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Study Resources :: Text Commentaries :: F.E. Marsh :: Readings 451-500 (The Word - Wedges)
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F.E. Marsh :: 490. What Shall I Do?

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Several times we find the above question asked in the New Testament. The following give a consecutive chain of thought:—

  1. A Dismissed Steward. “What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship” (Luke 16:3). The unjust steward is commended for his thoughtfulness, and not for his sinfulness, by Christ (see Luke 16:9, R.V.).
  2. A Directed Son. “What shall I do? I will send My Beloved Son” (Luke 20:13). It seems as if God were uncertain what to do in the face of man’s sin. We know now what He did (John 3:16-18).
  3. A Determined Suppliant. “There came one running, and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17). He was determined in his pleading, but not in practising Christ’s direction.
  4. A Distressed Soul. “What must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30). Done is the work that saves. To believe in Him who has done the work, saves (John 6:29).
  5. A Puzzled Judge. “What shall I do then with Jesus?” (Matthew 27:22). Pilate was in a quandary, and could not get out of it. He had not the moral courage to be true to his convictions.
  6. A Submissive Sinner. “What shall I do, Lord?” (Acts 22:10). Saul was turned to Christ by His manifestation. He is now as much for Him as He was against Him before.
  7. A Foolish Man. “What shall I do?” “This will I do.” (Luke 12:17-18). A fool always answers his own question by a self-willed action. He never waits for God’s direction.
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