Sermon Tone Analysis

Ready to Offer Life

Intro:

Good morning Church and welcome all.

It was a great week with the fair in town and getting to experience the rodeo here, I went to both of them and I was impressed, that was the first rodeo I have ever attended in person before.

It was great to bring the county together and celebrate and a great time for spreading the Gospel message.

That is what this weeks lesson and question is all about, are your ready to offer life?

Because the message of the Gospel is a life giving offer to any who might hear it and accept it and it is our job to be ready to offer it up, just as it says in : read

Pray

This week we are going to be talking about the parable of the talents.

Now many have thought this is about money, but if we read this in context, especially in the Book of Matthew, and the parables that go with it, we see it is about much more than money, it is about being entrusted with something of Great worth and then producing gains.

Can I get three volunteers up here please?

Hand out gifts, backs facing the audience.

See their reactions.

Let them go back.

Great thing about this is that more people might volunteer now!

Did anyone happen to notice how they reacted?

Did they go back and hide their gift from others?

No, they shared what they had and in doing so shared the joy of what they had been given.

We have been given a far greater gift that is found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and we need to treat it as a far greater gift.

To prove the point, lets get into the parable of the talents found in Matt chapter 25.

The first question this morning is are we ready to be trusted with something of value?

I. Ready to be Trustworthy – vs 14-15

A. Each man was Entrusted

1. Explain the talent

a.

Large sum of wealth

2. Entrusted

a. implies trust

b.

Mean they knew one another

c.

Wasn’t a whim

B. Each man accepts

1.

None of them refused

2. None of them questioned

3. Must mean they understood their master

a.

We will see at the end

b.

They willingly accepted

i.

C. Each one is given according

1.

To their talent

2. To their ability

D. God has done the same in you and me

1. Entrusted with the Gospel

2. Something very valuable

3. It is life

II.

Ready for the Responsibility?

– Vs 16-18

A. Five bags and two bags

1. Went immediately to work

2. Was excited to invest

3. Knew the value

B. One bag

1. Went and hid the money

2. Did not put it to work

3. Too afraid

a. Lean this later

C. What has been given to us -

1. Worth much more

a.

Have to be ready

b.

Story of guy watching our dog

2. Are we excited about what we have

3. Do we want others invested

4. We bring forth life for others

II.

Ready to Settle Accounts?

A. The 10 and 5 bags – vs 19-20 & 22

1.

They again were excited

2. Understood the value

3. Knew it must grow

B. The one bag – vs 24-25

1. Came fearful

2. Did not know the value

3. Pretended to know the master

C. Is the Gospel of Value to you?

1. Ready to show off what is sown

a. Story of being a kid with Legos

i. brother was McGuyver of Legos

2. Excited about your work for the master

IV.

Accepting the Consequence?

A. The 10 and 5 bags – vs 21 & 23

1.

The Work is a joy

2. To add to the work is a joy

3. Truly worked for the master

i. Were unafraid (so much as we know)

ii.

Given much

B. The one bag – Vs 26 -30

1. Didn’t understand the true value

a.

He could have brought a return

i. no matter how he invested

ii.

Didn’t even have to do hard work