{"id":7108,"date":"2026-06-17T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7108"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:00:55","slug":"unprofitable-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7108","title":{"rendered":"Unprofitable servant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>So&nbsp;likewise&nbsp;ye, when&nbsp;ye shall have done&nbsp;all&nbsp;those things which are commanded&nbsp;you, say,&nbsp;We are&nbsp;unprofitable&nbsp;servants:&nbsp;we have done&nbsp;that which&nbsp;was our duty&nbsp;to do.&nbsp;Lk. 17:10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnprofitable servant\u201d. This is not just a humble way to express one\u2019s service to God. It is literally true. To make a profit is to gain assets as a result of an investment. Since our God is perfectly complete within Himself, whatever investment we make to serve the Lord profits Him nothing. The desire and ability to serve the Lord is for&nbsp;<strong>our<\/strong>&nbsp;benefit. It is the Lord\u2019s love and grace that would give us a glimpse of His glory by allowing us to worship and serve Him. It adds nothing to Him for He cannot be added to. To worship God is<strong>&nbsp;our<\/strong>&nbsp;greatest profit. It is&nbsp;<strong>our<\/strong>&nbsp;greatest need and&nbsp;<strong>our<\/strong>&nbsp;greatest blessing. It profits God nothing.&nbsp;We are \u201cunprofitable servants.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg Elmquist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&nbsp;likewise&nbsp;ye, when&nbsp;ye shall have done&nbsp;all&nbsp;those things which are commanded&nbsp;you, say,&nbsp;We are&nbsp;unprofitable&nbsp;servants:&nbsp;we have done&nbsp;that which&nbsp;was our duty&nbsp;to do.&nbsp;Lk. 17:10 \u201cUnprofitable servant\u201d. This is not just a humble way to express one\u2019s service to God. It is literally true. To make a profit is to gain assets as a result of an investment. Since our God is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,32,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-greg-elmquist","category-the-will","category-total-depravity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7109,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7108\/revisions\/7109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}