Sermon Tone Analysis

*WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

MT. 25:14-30 JANUARY 20, 2008 BBC: STEWARDSHIP.*

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*MATTHEW 25:14-18 * 14 1 FOR /THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS /AS A MAN TRAVELING INTO A FAR COUNTRY, /WHO /CALLED HIS OWN SERVANTS, AND DELIVERED UNTO THEM HIS GOODS.

15 AND UNTO ONE HE GAVE FIVE TALENTS, TO ANOTHER TWO, AND TO ANOTHER ONE; TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS SEVERAL 1 ABILITY; AND STRAIGHTWAY TOOK HIS JOURNEY.

16 THEN HE THAT HAD RECEIVED THE FIVE TALENTS WENT AND TRADED WITH THE SAME, AND MADE /THEM /OTHER FIVE TALENTS.

17 AND LIKEWISE HE THAT /HAD RECEIVED /TWO, HE ALSO GAINED OTHER TWO.  18 BUT HE THAT HAD RECEIVED ONE WENT AND DIGGED IN THE EARTH, AND HID HIS LORD'S MONEY.

*INTRO:** PURPOSE OF STEWARDSHIP *- WOULD YOU CALL THE FARMER FAITHFUL WHO DIDN’T CARE ENOUGH TO CULTIVATE, WEED, AND SPRAY HIS FIELDS AFTER THE SEED WAS PLANTED?

HE SHOULD CHANGE HIS METHODS IF HE’S NOT GETTING AN ADEQUATE YIELD OF PRODUCE.

THE PURPOSE OF FARMING IS TO RAISE A GOOD CROP, AND THE PURPOSE OF STEWARDSHIP IS TO MULTIPLY THE INVESTMENT ENTRUSTED TO A MANAGER BY HIS EMPLOYER.

CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP ENTAILS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INVESTING WHATEVER TIME, TALENTS, AND POSSESSIONS GOD HAS GIVEN US TO YIELD THE BEST RETURNS TO HIM.

 

*EXPL:* THE BOOK OF MATTHEW REMINDS US THAT JESUS IS THE KING; NOT ONLY KING, BUT KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

AND THE KING HAS COME TO PROCLAIM AND HERALD BLESSINGS UPON US.

IN THE FIRST PORTION OF THE BOOK...THE KING COMES, HERE YE, HERE YE...JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHES AND PROCLAIMS*, REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.*

WE ARE CALLED TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD; NOT A KINGDOM OF EARTHLY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION....A STATE BETWEEN DENVER AND NEVADA...BUT A STATE OF MIND; ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION BASED ON A CHANGE OF HEART THAT IS TURNED TOWARD JESUS, THE KING.

JESUS PICKS UP THE MESSAGE MANTLE AND TOO PREACHES...REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND...MT.

3:3.

JESUS SAYS....YOU ARE BLESSED!  *BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT, FOR THERE IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.*

WHEN WE PRAY...WE KNEEL BESIDE THE THRONE AND PRAY, “*LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL, FOR THINE IN THE KINGDOM... MT. 6:13.*

WHEN WE PRESS TO MAKE A NAME FOR OURSELVES, AND STRIVE FOR SUCCESS...KING JESUS SAYS, *“BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.

MT. 6:33*

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AND IF WE PRESS WITHOUT A CHANGE OF HEART, FROM THAT OF STONE TO A SOFT HEART TOWARD OUR SAVIOR...BE ARE WARNED, *“NOT EVERYONE WHO SAITH UNTO, LORD, LORD, SHALL ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM.

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* JESUS TEACHES THESE TRUTHS VIA PARABLES, EARTHLY MESSAGE WITH HEAVENLY TRUTH.

FROM MT. 13 TO 25..*

 

HE SAID THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE....

 

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SOWER AND THE SOILS

2.       WHEAT AND THE TARES

3.       MUSTARD SEED AND

4.       YEAST OF LEAVEN

 

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HIDDEN TREASURE,

6.       THE PEARL OF PRICELESS MEASURE AND

7.       THE GREAT CATCH OF FISH.

8.

THE TEN VIRGINS; FIVE WISE AND FIVE FOOLISH

9.       THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS

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*AND FOR US HERE....10.

THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS *

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*PROP: IT’S NOT WHAT WE HAVE BUT WHAT WE DO WITH IT. *

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*IT’S NOT THE NUMBER OF OUR DAYS...BUT WHAT WE DO IN OUR DAYS.*

*IT IS NOT THE NUMBER OF TALENTS... BUT WHAT WE DO WITH THE TALENTS.*

*IT IS NOT THE NUMBER OF OUR TREASURE...BUT WHAT WE DO WITH OUR TREASURE.

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*PROP: USE YOU TALENTS WELL *

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*INTER: WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR TALENTS? *

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*TS: AS WE LOOK AT THIS PASSAGE WE WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO USE OUR TALENTS WELL....BECAUSE; *

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*MP.

I.

GOD ENTRUST US HIS RESOURCES.

V.14-18 *IT IS LIKE A MAN GOING ON AN EXTENDED TRIP.

HE CALLS HIS SERVANTS TOGETHER AND DELEGATES RESPONSIBILITY.

HE GAVE ONE 5G’S, TO ANOTHER 2G’S AND TO A THIRD ONE 1 G DEPENDING ON THEIR ABILITIES.

THEN HE LEFT AND RIGHT AWAY THE FIRST AND SECOND STEWARDS, SERVANTS WENT TO WORD AND DOUBLED THEIR MASTER’S INVESTMENT.

BUT THE THIRD...MAN WITH THE 1 G, DUG A WHOLE AND CAREFULLY BURIED HIS MATER’S MONEY.

*A TALENT IS A TRUST, NOT MINE BUT GOD’S*

*            A TALENT IS A TEST, FUTURE RESPONSIBILITY IS TIED TO PRESENT FAITHFULNESS.*

HE CALLED.....YES, HE HAS CALLED US  TO HIMSELF

HE DELIVERED...HANDED OVER THAT WHICH IS HIS

HE GAVE.

AND GAVE...TO US AS A TALENT: NORMALLY A MEASURE OF WEIGHT 60 TO 80 POUNDS AND COULD BE GIVEN VIA GOLD, SILVER OR COPPER.

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GOLD = MILLIONS

SILVER =THOUSANDS

COPPER = HUNDREDS

 

IT REPRESENTS A LARGE SUM OF MONEY...

 

IMP.

GOD GIVES ACCORDING TO HIS SOVEREIGN WILL; ALTHOUGH GOD IS A GOD OF ORDER, AND VARIETY HE DOES...NOT GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME THING.

WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT, THERE IS NO ONE THE SAME, AND EACH PERSON HAS AND DEVELOPS SKILLS, HAS ABILITIES AND TALENTS BASED ON THE WILL OF GOD.

THUS ACCORDING TO THE SOVEREIGN WILL OF GOD,  HE GIVES TO US.

AS HE WILL...TIME, TALENTS AND TREASURE.

GOD GIVES AND WE ARE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS; TIME.

TIME WILL TELL; TIME...TIME IS PRECIOUS; TIME...TIME IS SHORT.

WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE.

HERE, NOW AND TODAY...IN LIGHT OF ETERNITY.

WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE...BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN MINUTES, HOURS AND DAYS OF CHRONS TIME WHILE BEING SENSITIVE TO THE STRATEGIC, EPOCH SEASONS OF OPPORTUNITY WHEN GOD SHOWS US ...IN WHAT WE CALL THE FULLNESS OF TIME.

GOD GIVES US, AS KINGDOM PEOPLE, THE SAINTS OF GOD....

HIS WORD; PROMISE, CHURCH, COMMAND TO MAKE DISCIPLES, A NEW HEART, NEW LIFE; SPIRITUAL GIFTS; HIS POWER HIS LOVE; HIS JOY; HIS PEACE.

WE ARE IN A SO TO SPEAK...”LIMITED PARTNERSHIP” AS CO-LABORERS WITH CHRIST AN UNIQUE MIX OF THE INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE.

TEXT: IT SAYS TO US THAT ALL I AM OR EVER HOPE TO BE I OWE IT ALL TO THE LORD.

FOR EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM ABOVE, AND COMETH DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS WITH WHOM IS ON VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING.

BECAUSE THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S AND THE FULLNESS THERE OF; THE WORLD AND THEY THAT DWELL THERE IN PS. 24:1.

*1 CORINTHIANS 7:17* 1 BUT AS GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO EVERY MAN, AS THE LORD HATH 2 CALLED EVERY ONE, SO LET HIM WALK.

AND SO ORDAIN  IN ALL CHURCHES.

*1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-7 * *1** CORINTHIANS 12:1* NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL /GIFTS, /BRETHREN, I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE IGNORANT:  2 YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE GENTILES, CARRIED AWAY TO THESE DUMB IDOLS, HOWEVER YOU WERE LED.  3 THEREFORE I MAKE KNOWN TO YOU THAT NO ONE SPEAKING BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD CALLS JESUS ACCURSED, AND NO ONE CAN SAY THAT JESUS IS LORD EXCEPT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.  4 THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT.  5 THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF MINISTRIES, BUT THE SAME LORD.

6 AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF ACTIVITIES, BUT IT IS THE SAME GOD WHO WORKS ALL IN ALL.  7 BUT THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO EACH ONE FOR THE PROFIT /OF ALL:/

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*1 CORINTHIANS 12:11* BUT ALL THESE WORKETH THAT ONE AND THE SELFSAME SPIRIT, DIVIDING TO EVERY MAN SEVERALLY AS HE WILL.

*1 PETER 4:10* 1 AS EVERY MAN HATH RECEIVED THE GIFT, /EVEN SO /MINISTER THE SAME ONE TO ANOTHER, 2, AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD.

11 1 IF ANY MAN SPEAK, /LET HIM SPEAK /AS THE ORACLES OF GOD; IF ANY MAN MINISTER, /LET HIM DO IT /AS OF THE ABILITY WHICH GOD GIVETH: THAT GOD IN ALL THINGS MAY BE GLORIFIED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE PRAISE AND DOMINION FOR EVER AND EVER.

AMEN.

GOD GIVES US SOMETHING TO WORK WITH...THE INTANGIBLE AND THE TOOL.

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*CONSIDER GOD’S GIFTS TO US...*

JUBAL WAS BLESSED TO BE A MUSICIAN

NIMROD WAS A MASTER BUILDER

ABRAHAM AND LOT WERE SHEPHERDS

JOSEPH AND DANIEL WAS AN INTERPRETER OF DREAMS

NEHEMIAH WAS A LEADER

DAVID WAS A SHEPHERD, MUSICIAN, WARRIOR AND KING

LYDIA WAS A SELLER OF PURPLE...

PETER, JAMES AND JOHN EXPERT FISHERMAN

AND JESUS...HE WAS PRIEST, PROPHET AND KING.

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*CHRIST GIVES TO ALL OF US...AS PAUL SAYS, GRACE ACCORDING *

*TO THE MEASURE OF THE GIFT OF CHRIST.

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GOD EQUIPS AND ENABLES US....GAVE SOMETHING FROM HIS HAND TO THEIRS

 

MOSES A ROD

GIDEON, HORNS AND CLAY POTS

JOSHUA, THE MARCH