FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE

(Also called Faithful Steward)

(See also Channel of Communication)

appointed over master’s belongings (Mt 24:47; Lu 12:44): od 20; it-1 806; w08 1/15 24-25; w07 4/1 22-23; re 31; w04 3/1 12; wt 131; w98 3/15 20; w93 5/1 16-17; w90 3/15 15-16, 19; w87 8/1 16-18

belongings: w13 7/15 24-25; w09 2/15 26; w01 1/15 30-31; km 6/98 3-6; w93 5/1 17

when: od 20; w13 7/15 8, 22, 24-25; w13 12/15 16

appointed over master’s domestics (Mt 24:45):

when: kr 23-24; w13 7/15 22-23; w13 12/15 16

as watchman, does work like Ezekiel: rr 124, 128, 176, 178

attitude of elders: scl 87

channel for spiritual food: scl 111; w22.07 10-12; cl 312-313; od 18-19, 170; w13 7/15 18-20; w10 4/15 10; re 16-17, 21; w94 10/1 8; jv 626; w92 11/15 19-20; w86 5/15 12-14

goes to any Scriptural lengths to supply: w87 5/1 15-16

Watchtower mainly used: w89 3/15 22

when explanations are hard to accept: w11 9/15 14; w08 11/15 14; w07 4/15 28; w06 7/15 22; w00 1/1 10; w00 9/1 9-10; w99 10/1 5; w96 7/15 16-17; w92 11/15 20; w88 1/15 22

comfort and encouragement from: re 40-41; w96 1/15 23

cooperating with: w11 5/15 26-27; w09 11/15 14; w86 1/1 30

custodian of God’s Word: w86 5/15 12-14

discussion: lff lesson 54; od 18-20; it-1 805-806; jy 182; jl lesson 19; w13 7/15 20-25; w10 9/15 26; w09 6/15 20-24; w07 4/1 21-25; w04 3/1 8-18; w02 3/15 13-14; w93 5/1 15-21; gt chapter 78; w90 3/15 10-16; w88 10/1 9

“domestics” identified (Mt 24:45): od 19-20; it-1 806; w13 7/15 22-23; w09 6/15 21; re 201; w04 3/1 10; w95 5/15 16; w90 3/15 10-11

“faithful and discreet” (Mt 24:45; Lu 12:42): jl lesson 19; w11 4/15 4; w09 2/15 27; w02 12/1 17

“discreet”: w07 9/1 31

“food at the proper time” (Mt 24:45; also Lu 12:42): w22.07 10-12; w22.10 8; cl 312-313; lff lesson 54; it-1 499, 806; w17.02 25-26; w14 1/15 13; yb11 9; w09 6/15 21-22, 24; w09 8/15 23; w04 3/1 11-12; w02 3/1 15; w02 12/1 17; w01 7/1 11-12; w00 5/1 15-16; w97 1/1 13-14; kl 161-163; w90 3/15 11, 13-16

being well-nourished from what is available: w14 8/15 3-5

Jehovah’s table: w94 7/1 11

satisfaction with: w95 3/1 16

holy spirit operative on: w09 2/15 25

identified: lff lesson 54; od 18-19; it-1 806; jl lesson 19; w13 7/15 21-22; w09 6/15 20-21; w07 11/1 30; w05 9/15 22; w04 3/1 8-10; wt 130-131; w95 5/15 16; kl 160-161; w93 8/15 10; w90 3/15 10-11; om 25-26; je 9

during centuries of apostasy: od 17-18; w95 5/15 16

first century: w95 5/15 16; w92 12/1 14; w90 3/15 10-11

modern times: lff lesson 54; w20.01 31; w17.02 26-28; w16.01 26; kr 130; w11 4/15 4; w09 6/15 22; w95 5/15 16-17; w93 11/1 8-9; jv 142-143, 146; w92 12/1 13-14; w90 3/15 13-14

Russell’s view: jv 142-143, 626

view that Russell was the “slave”: jv 143, 626

insight from depending on Bible: w89 3/15 14-22

inspection by master: w90 3/15 12-14

arrival of master: w13 7/15 7-8, 24

listening to: w09 2/15 28

loyalty to: w16.11 15-16; w07 4/1 24-25; w90 12/1 19

“master”: it-1 805-806

modesty: w97 6/1 14

obedience to: w11 4/15 4-5; w02 10/1 18-19

when direction seems ill-advised: w22.03 19

relationship to Governing Body: lff lesson 54; od 19; w17.02 26; kr 130; w13 7/15 22; w10 9/15 13, 27; w09 6/15 24; w07 4/1 23-24; w06 7/15 20; w02 3/15 14; w98 3/15 20-22; w90 3/15 11-20

understanding clarified (2013): w13 7/15 21-22

relationship to Watch Tower Society: w01 1/15 31; w98 3/15 18-19

respect for: w08 6/15 21; w07 4/1 24; w97 6/1 10

role in organization: w13 7/15 20, 22-23

stewardship: km 6/98 3-4

time of fulfillment: w13 7/15 21; w13 12/15 16

training by: w08 1/15 26; w06 5/1 25-26

trust in: od 21-23; w09 2/15 24-28

understanding clarified:

1927: w95 2/1 12-13

2013: w15 3/15 8-9; w13 7/15 8, 20-25