Ø Text: Matthew 25:14-30
Ø Also called “responsibility”
Ø Liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust; involving personal accountability or ability to act without guidance or superior authority; able to make moral or rational decisions on one's own and therefore answerable for one's behavior; able to be trusted or depended upon
Ø God gave you “talents” – these include spiritual and physical gifts, abilities, prophetic words, revelations, skills, anointing, resources, time and many other spiritual tools. He bestowed these to you to use for His glory and for His Kingdom
---> God entrusts us with talents according on our abilities. In the parable, the servants were given different amounts. Each person's talent is different. There should be no comparison of what each of us is entrusted with because each one has something unique
Ø The Lord is the one who adds the increase and He is the one who allows you produce good fruit. However, He expects you to responsibly and faithfully use, manage and cultivate what you have been entrusted with
---> We are called to be stewards of the things God lends us, and to be accountable for whatever little that the Lord has entrusted us [in relationships, blessings, abilities, talents]
Ø The Lord will hold you responsible and will require an accounting for how you have used the “talents” He has placed in your hands. He expects a multiplication of what He gave
---> We should be concerned about what we are doing with what has been entrusted to us, and not compare ourselves and our talents with others’
---> ”After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.” [v. 19 of Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25:14-30]
Ø Two things that kept the 'one talent' servant from being a productive steward:
---> Fear: "I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground." [v. 25]
------> Fear is the enemy of faith. Fear always hinders us from being productive.
---> Passivity: "So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest." [vv. 26-27]
------> The servant "knew" but he didn't do anything about his knowledge. He became passive and passivity never leads to fruitfulness.
Ø He will also hold you accountable for every word that comes out of your mouth, every action that you do, and your responses to life situations. But most importantly, He will ask you what you did with Jesus in your life
Ø Also called “responsibility”
Ø Liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust; involving personal accountability or ability to act without guidance or superior authority; able to make moral or rational decisions on one's own and therefore answerable for one's behavior; able to be trusted or depended upon
Ø God gave you “talents” – these include spiritual and physical gifts, abilities, prophetic words, revelations, skills, anointing, resources, time and many other spiritual tools. He bestowed these to you to use for His glory and for His Kingdom
---> God entrusts us with talents according on our abilities. In the parable, the servants were given different amounts. Each person's talent is different. There should be no comparison of what each of us is entrusted with because each one has something unique
Ø The Lord is the one who adds the increase and He is the one who allows you produce good fruit. However, He expects you to responsibly and faithfully use, manage and cultivate what you have been entrusted with
---> We are called to be stewards of the things God lends us, and to be accountable for whatever little that the Lord has entrusted us [in relationships, blessings, abilities, talents]
Ø The Lord will hold you responsible and will require an accounting for how you have used the “talents” He has placed in your hands. He expects a multiplication of what He gave
---> We should be concerned about what we are doing with what has been entrusted to us, and not compare ourselves and our talents with others’
---> ”After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.” [v. 19 of Parable of the Talents, Matthew 25:14-30]
Ø Two things that kept the 'one talent' servant from being a productive steward:
---> Fear: "I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground." [v. 25]
------> Fear is the enemy of faith. Fear always hinders us from being productive.
---> Passivity: "So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest." [vv. 26-27]
------> The servant "knew" but he didn't do anything about his knowledge. He became passive and passivity never leads to fruitfulness.
Ø He will also hold you accountable for every word that comes out of your mouth, every action that you do, and your responses to life situations. But most importantly, He will ask you what you did with Jesus in your life
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