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 This morning we're in the middle of a series on the parables of Jesus.

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 Jesus told stories of everyday life in order that he might make a spiritual point very often.

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! So before we come to preach God's word, why don't we bow our heads and pray together.

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 Our gracious Father, we thank you for your word.

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 And we thank you that the Lord Jesus taught us that your word is truth.

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 And Lord, we pray that as we learn together today,

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 Father God, you would not make us just want to be receivers of information,

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 but Lord, we might become agents of transformation.

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 Jesus said that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

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 Lord, we pray that those of us who are laborers would do what we can to bring your kingdom.

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 And we pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So as I said, we've come this morning to a point where we're talking about the parable of the talents,

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 which is the scripture that Catherine just read for us.

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 It's a parable which I think, like many parables, is prone to misunderstanding.

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 If you are a entrepreneur in this congregation and you are thinking to yourself,

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 well, here's biblical justification for market capitalism,

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 you're probably not really understanding it.

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 And I want to labor, if I may, this morning, a little bit on the introduction

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 because it's really important that you understand a little bit about the background to this.

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 And to know that, we need to look in the previous chapter, chapter 24.

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 And in that chapter, Jesus himself is prophesying the events that will precede his return to earth.

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 And it's a pretty shattering resume, I think you would agree with me.

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 Let me just read a little bit of that.

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 He says,

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 Watch out that no one deceives you, there will be deception.

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 Many will come in my name, claiming I am the Christ, and will deceive many.

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 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars.

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 See that you're not alarmed.

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 Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

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 Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

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 There will be famines, earthquakes in various places.

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 All these are the beginning of the birth pangs.

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 In other words, what's about to follow in chapter 24 is Jesus addressing his disciples.

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 We know that he was talking to his disciples because it tells us in chapter 24 and verse 3,

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 as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately.

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 Tell us, they said.

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 Tell us, when will the end happen?

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 And what will be the signs of your coming and of the end of the age?

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 The rest of chapter 24 and 25 is there to prepare disciples, people like you and me,

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 for that time when the Lord will return.

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 And I know that it's 2,000 years now since Jesus said those things.

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 And though in our heads we know that Jesus promises to return, in our hearts,

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 many of us, I think, find that very hard to appropriate.

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 I love the story of the Methodist minister who was approached by the Jehovah's Witness leader.

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 And the Jehovah's Witness leader said to the Methodist minister,

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 could we borrow some chairs from your church for our Sunday night meeting?

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 The Methodist minister was interested into why this might be and asked,

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 why do you need more chairs for Sunday evening?

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 He said, well, we've calculated that the world will end on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.

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 The Methodist minister looked distinctly worried.

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 He said to the men, so when will I get the chairs back?

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 And the Jehovah's Witness said, Monday morning.

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 The point is, the idea of the Lord's return is a little distant to us.

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 And yet, it is very central to the core teaching of the New Testament,

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 and indeed the Old Testament, as we heard a little earlier from the book of Malachi.

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 There is more about the Second Coming of the New Testament than there is about Holy Communion,

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 than there is about lots of subjects which are second nature to us.

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 But we tend to be a little iffy around the Second Coming of Jesus.

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 First time Jesus came, he came not to judge, but to save.

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 The second time Scripture teaches us, he will come to judge.

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 Friends, there will be a day when you will face judgment.

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 I don't know how much time you think reflecting on that.

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 But you will be judged.

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 If you are a believer, then you will not be judged on your family relationship with God.

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 You will be judged on whether you, if I might quote Ephesians chapter 2, verses 8 and 9,

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 you will be judged on, have you received Christ by grace through faith?

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 That's God's amazing plan to help human beings like us escape the consequences of our sin.

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 It is by grace you've been saved through faith, so that you can't boast.

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 And this parable is one of those parables,

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 which is meant to prepare us for that time when the Lord will return.

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 That's the most important thing to remember about this.

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 If I were to put it in a simple sentence, I would say,

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 the meaning of this parable is,

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 when the Master returns, will he find you faithful?

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 And by faithful, the Bible doesn't just mean, you know,

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 faith like it's some kind of abstract gas that, you know, I might breathe in occasionally.

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 It means that you have trusted the promises of God for your salvation.

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 And it also means that you've worked hard to build his kingdom here on earth.

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 And here's the massive distinction.

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 You will not be saved by your effort.

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 You don't need to be.

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 But as James put it in chapter 3 and verse 17 of his book,

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 he said,

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 faith without action is what?

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 A dead thing.

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 We're not saved by our effort,

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 but we are saved for effort to bring the kingdom of God in.

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 Christianity is not a spectator sport.

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 Because faith without action is a dead thing.

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 Now, I want to teach you something really fundamental

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 in terms of your journey through life with Jesus Christ.

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 And it's to do with the way that we interpret the Bible.

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 There are basically two fundamental ways that we think about the Bible.

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 Two words that sound a bit tricky.

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 The first one is the word exegesis.

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 If you've not got your teeth in properly, don't say it.

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 Exegesis.

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 What that means is,

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 and Luther put it very well,

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 Martin Luther the reformer,

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 Martin Luther said,

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 let the text speak for itself.

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 In other words,

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 exegesis is taking the Bible,

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 trying to explain the context,

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 as I've just been trying to do,

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 trying to explain the language,

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 as I hope to do,

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 and to interpret the meaning of it from the text.

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 And where the text is obscure,

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 what people who believe in exegesis do is,

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 they use the Bible to interpret other bits of the Bible.

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 So we don't just take one verse and build a doctrine on it.

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 We look at the whole of Scripture

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 and build our doctrine upon that.

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 Since the end of the 19th century,

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 another way of interpreting the Bible has gathered pace.

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 It's called eisegesis.

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 And eisegesis is where we read back into Scripture

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 our own ideas.

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 It sounds weird that anybody would do that,

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 but trust me,

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 that explains a lot.

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 And as we'll see in a few moments' time,

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 this parable,

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 and the way it's been interpreted in history,

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 and more recently,

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 explains very well

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 what eisegesis is.

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 I want to tell you that I think you're very blessed

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 because in this church,

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 we believe in exegesis.

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 We believe that we should let the text speak for itself.

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 But there are many churches up and down this land

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 that believe in eisegesis.

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 And the problem is,

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 it's not quite as clear-cut

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 as I've just made it sound.

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 I think there are moments

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 when those of us who are into exegesis

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 actually do read back in the Scripture

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 some of our ideas.

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 So in this church,

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 we don't insist that every woman

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 comes to church with a hat on.

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 We don't tell people what they should eat.

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 Oh, you shouldn't eat seafood or pork

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 because the Bible says so.

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 I mean, you might not eat seafood or pork

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 because you're a vegan or a vegetarian.

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 That's a different reason.

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 So it's not quite as clear-cut as I made it sound.

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 But generally speaking,

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 we would stand on the side

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 of letting the text speak for itself.

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 Now, this parable is very interesting to me

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 because historically and traditionally,

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 the church has interpreted

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 this particular parable in this way.

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 The first thing is,

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 in the parable,

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 the church has obviously equated

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 the master in the story

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 as God or Christ.

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 Secondly,

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 it's interpreted the servants

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 as believers entrusted with gifts,

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 abilities, resources,

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 and opportunities.

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 The third part of the interpretation

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 is that talents relate

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 to our God-given resources.

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 When the Bible's talking about talents,

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 it's not talking about talent

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 in the way we usually think about it.

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 It's not thinking of Britain's got talent,

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 which apparently it does.

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 It's thinking about talents

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 in the sense that

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 our translation of the Bible

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 that Catherine read for us

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 talks about bags of gold.

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 It was about money.

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 And in fact,

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 one talent in today's money

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 would be 20 years' wages.

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 So you're given five talents.

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 You've been given

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 a hundred years' worth of wages.

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 The first two servants

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 in the traditional interpretation

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 are faithful disciples

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 who use what God gives

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 to advance his kingdom.

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 The third servant

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 is unfaithful,

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 lazy,

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 and fearful,

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 and who fails to use

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 God's resources

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 for God's purposes.

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 We can say with confidence

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 from the traditional

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 reading of this parable,

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 firstly,

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 that the Master will return,

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 Christ will return.

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 I've taught you about that.

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 Secondly,

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 his servants will be judged

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 by the Master.

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 And thirdly,

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 their family relationship

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 with God

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 won't be brought into question.

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 But more along the lines

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 of what did you do

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 with what God gave you?

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 Now, I want you,

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 if you would,

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 to contrast this

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 with the modern

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 eisegetical interpretation.

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 In that interpretation,

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 the Master

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 is a wealthy,

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 exploitative landowner.

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 The servants

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 are agents

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 of the Master's exploitation.

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 The talents

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 are vast sums of money

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 obtained through

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 unjust systems.

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 The first two servants

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 are complicit

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 in that exploitation.

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 And the third servant

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 becomes the hero

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 under this interpretation.

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 The morally courageous

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 whistleblower

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 who refuses

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 to be complicit

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 with unjust systems.

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 The Master's return

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 is the corrupt power

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 demanding profit

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 and punishing

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 non-compliance.

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 And the

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 main message

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 of that

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 eisegetical

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 explanation

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 is God's kingdom

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 is unlike

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 exploitative

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 economies.

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 Now, friends,

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 we will

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 have in church

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 this morning

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 different

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 understandings.

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 and I would

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 say myself

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 that the

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 more modern

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 translation

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 of that parable

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 I think

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 is making

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 some good points.

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 I just don't think

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 that those good points

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 emerge from this

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 particular parable.

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 Is that clear?

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 So it's making

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 good points.

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 I think our world

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 suffers from

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 exploitation.

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 We call it

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 greedy capitalism

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 these days.

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 It doesn't mean

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 that all capitalism

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 is wrong

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 or it has to be

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 you know,

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 it is inherently

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 greedy.

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 But it does mean

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 that you can't

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 use this parable

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 as a basis

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 to dictate

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 what economic

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 system

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 they will be.

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 So, my

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 introduction

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 over.

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 Verse 1

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 of chapter

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 25

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 tells us

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 it says

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 it will

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 be like

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 a man.

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 What is

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 the it?

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 It means

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 the end

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 of time.

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 That's what

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 Jesus has been

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 talking about

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 in chapter

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 24.

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 The parable

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 of the

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 ten virgins

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 the message

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 of that is

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 be prepared

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 for the

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 Lord's

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 return.

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 Incidentally,

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 there's a church

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 in High

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 Wickham

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 that used

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 to do

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 this

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 wayside

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 pulpit

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 thing

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 and they

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 would put

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 the titles

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 of their

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 sermons

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 on the

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 wayside

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 pulpit,

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 this big

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 kind of

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 notice board

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 and the

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 morning sermon

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 was about

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 the work

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 of Jesus

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 on the cross

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 and the

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 title of the

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 sermon was

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 What Can

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 One Man

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 Do?

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 In the

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 evening

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 they were

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 talking about

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 the parable

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 of the

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 virgins

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 and so

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 it read

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 on the

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 notice board

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 What Can

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 One Man

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 Do?

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 And then

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 it said

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 ten

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 unprepared

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 virgins.

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 Think about

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 it.

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 So the

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 it in this

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 story is

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 the return

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 of Jesus

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 and

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 amazingly

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 the master

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 calls his

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 servants

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 and entrusts

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 to them

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 his property.

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 Well

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 obviously

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 it doesn't

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 mean that

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 this is about

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 our material

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 goods alone

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 though it does

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 include them.

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 What it means

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 is that

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 God has

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 entrusted

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 to his

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 church

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 his disciples

00:17:34.199 --> 00:17:36.959
 a legacy

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 and the

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 legacy

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 is

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 put in

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 Matthew's

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 gospel at

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 the end

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 going to

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 all the

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 world

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 and make

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 disciples

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 of all

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 people

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 baptize

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 them

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 in the

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 name of

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 the

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 father

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 and the

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 son

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 and the

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 holy

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 spirit.

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 What God

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 has

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 bequeathed

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 to us

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 is the

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 task of

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 building

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 his kingdom

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 here on

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 earth.

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 And what

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 this

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 parable

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 gets

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 after is

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 what part

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 are you

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 playing

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 in that?

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 We have

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 three

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 interesting

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 examples

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 here of

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 people who

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 are playing

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 their part

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 or not.

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 The first

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 one he

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 decides to

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 give five

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 talents to.

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 It's

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 interesting

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 isn't it

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 that the

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 master in

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 this story

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 doesn't give

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 all disciples

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 equal talents.

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 The Bible

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 is very

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 clear that

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 we're all

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 equal before

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 God but

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 that's

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 different

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 than saying

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 we're the

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 same.

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 People have

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 different gifts

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 and abilities.

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 People have

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 different levels

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 of intellect.

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 We're not

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 the same.

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 And the

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 master hands

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 out the

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 talents on

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 the basis

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 of the way

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 he understands

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 it.

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 I imagine

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 the one who

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 got five

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 talents was

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 a very

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 entrepreneurial

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 self-motivated

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 kind of leader

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 in the

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 organization.

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 foundation

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 and the

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 master

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 takes the

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 view this

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 person can

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 be entrusted

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 with a

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 hundred years

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 worth of

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 wages.

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 The second

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 one less

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 so.

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 And the

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 last one I

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 think that

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 probably one

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 of these

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 people who

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 found it

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 even difficult

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.539
 to get up

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 in the

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 morning and

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 get to

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 work on

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 time.

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 And he

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 gives him

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:26.980
 one talent

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:27.500
 and you

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 know the

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 way the

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.019
 story goes.

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 The one

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 with five

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 talents

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 fulfills the

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.139
 master's

00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:32.980
 confidence in

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 him and

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 makes a

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:34.900
 load of

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 money.

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 The second

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 one does

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 pretty well

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.039
 also.

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 The third

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 one.

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 And this

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 is the

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.440
 terrible

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:47.519
 point of

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.360
 this service.

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 Of the

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.500
 one who

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 went and

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.539
 buried his

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.059
 talent in

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.559
 a field

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.799
 and then

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.160
 dug it

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 up when

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.059
 the master

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.779
 returns.

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 The

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.920
 master's

00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:00.400
 judgment

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:01.099
 over this

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.720
 person is

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.240
 take the

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.900
 talent from

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.700
 him and

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.059
 give it

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.360
 to the

00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:04.900
 one who

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.559
 has the

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:05.880
 ten

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.440
 talents.

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.100
 For

00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:08.860
 everyone who

00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.579
 has will

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.019
 be given

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:11.420
 more and

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:11.860
 he will

00:20:11.860 --> 00:20:12.539
 have an

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 abundance.

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 Whoever

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 does not

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:15.900
 have even

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.360
 what he

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 has will

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 be taken

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 from him.

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 Listen,

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 I'm not

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 here this

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.380
 morning to

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.279
 shame you,

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.680
 to make you

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 feel bad

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:28.880
 about what

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.280
 you're not

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 doing.

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 But what

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 I want

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.540
 to do is

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 try to

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 encourage you

00:20:34.080 --> 00:20:35.940
 to believe

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.680
 one of two

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:36.960
 things.

00:20:37.040 --> 00:20:37.460
 The first

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.040
 thing is

00:20:38.040 --> 00:20:39.020
 whether you

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 feel it

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.440
 or not,

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:41.680
 God has

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.280
 given you

00:20:42.280 --> 00:20:42.980
 gifts if

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.400
 you are

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.200
 his disciple.

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.980
 The Bible

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.460
 gives us

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.100
 some lists

00:20:48.100 --> 00:20:48.520
 of those

00:20:48.520 --> 00:20:48.800
 gifts.

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 They're not

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.020
 exhaustive,

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.340
 but you

00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:50.740
 can read

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.260
 about them

00:20:51.260 --> 00:20:51.800
 in Romans

00:20:51.800 --> 00:20:52.460
 12 and

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.320
 1 Corinthians

00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:53.740
 12.

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 They're not

00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:55.420
 all spooky

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.180
 gifts like

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:57.180
 prophecy and

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.740
 the gift of

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.160
 tongues,

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 though they

00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.560
 are included.

00:21:00.800 --> 00:21:01.320
 But some

00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:01.620
 of them

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.360
 are very

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:03.100
 basic,

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.800
 important

00:21:03.800 --> 00:21:05.000
 gifts for

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.420
 the building

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.960
 of God's

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.279
 kingdom.

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.400
 In Romans

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:08.000
 we're told

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.640
 that leadership

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.420
 is important.

00:21:09.540 --> 00:21:09.900
 We're told

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.920
 that administration

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:12.380
 is important.

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.960
 This is a

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:18.140
 story that

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:19.060
 tells us

00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:21.180
 that unproductive

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:23.380
 disciples are

00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:23.940
 not really

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.920
 disciples at

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.220
 all.

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.180
 And you

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.019
 notice in

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.779
 this story

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:32.120
 that the

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:33.600
 guy who

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.060
 just had

00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:34.759
 one talent,

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.320
 he says

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:38.039
 this to

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.320
 God,

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.340
 Master,

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.180
 I know

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.680
 that you're

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.080
 a hard

00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.360
 man,

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:41.900
 harvesting

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.299
 where you've

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.799
 not sown

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.279
 and gathering

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.759
 where you've

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.340
 not scattered

00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:44.720
 seeds,

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.440
 so I was

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:45.960
 afraid and

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.480
 went out

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:46.920
 and hid

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.480
 your talent

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.840
 in the

00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:48.120
 ground.

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:48.880
 See,

00:21:49.080 --> 00:21:49.539
 here is

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.180
 what belongs

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.600
 to you.

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.440
 See,

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.980
 the problem

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.400
 for this

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:53.860
 guy is,

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.680
 his idea

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.140
 of God

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.580
 was all

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:55.940
 wrong.

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.360
 The Bible

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:58.200
 reveals God

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.600
 to be

00:21:58.600 --> 00:21:59.340
 merciful.

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:01.759
 This man

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.299
 thought God

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.900
 was just a

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.360
 kind of

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.340
 hard case,

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.640
 impossible to

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.120
 please.

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.560
 We might

00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.240
 say that

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.279
 this is the

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.880
 kind of

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:13.279
 person who

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.180
 uses the

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.100
 right language

00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.980
 around religion

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:17.100
 but truly

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:19.240
 does not

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.720
 believe in

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.039
 the God

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.319
 of the

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.680
 Bible.

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.599
 Jesus

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.019
 says,

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.359
 doesn't he,

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:23.720
 in Matthew

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.259
 7,

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.220
 verse 21,

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 not everyone

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.799
 who says

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.139
 to me,

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.460
 Lord,

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:27.819
 Lord,

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.319
 will enter

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.779
 the kingdom

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.259
 of heaven,

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.079
 but only

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.659
 those who

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.039
 do the

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.920
 will of

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.579
 my Father.

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.180
 God's

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.440
 got a

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.839
 plan for

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.379
 your life.

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.200
 And you

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.519
 need to

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.940
 work it

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.319
 out and

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.619
 you need

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:37.940
 to go

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.460
 do it.

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:46.099
 I

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.579
 wonder,

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:49.339
 I

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.740
 wonder,

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.900
 how many

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.660
 of us

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.319
 sitting in

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.180
 church today

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:56.720
 are even

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.500
 aware that

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.140
 God gives

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.740
 us gifts,

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.299
 but secondly,

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.940
 if we are

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.539
 aware of

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.880
 that,

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.480
 do we

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.839
 know what

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.319
 those gifts

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.740
 are?

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.440
 And there

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.480
 are various

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.039
 ways you

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.740
 can discover

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.059
 this.

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.359
 I mean,

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.940
 you can go

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.400
 and talk

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.720
 with a

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.240
 friend who

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:13.000
 loves you

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.480
 enough to

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.839
 tell you

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.420
 the truth

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.000
 and say,

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 if you

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.500
 ever think

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.740
 you're

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.279
 leaning

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.960
 towards a

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.380
 particular

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:18.920
 gift,

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:21.259
 go and

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.620
 talk it

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.000
 through with

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.420
 a friend

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.799
 who you

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.160
 trust,

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.740
 who loves

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.140
 you enough

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.579
 to tell

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:24.839
 you the

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.039
 truth.

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.819
 The reason

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.339
 I say

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.900
 that is

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.559
 we can

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.160
 be deluded.

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.599
 We can

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.120
 think we're

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.460
 good at

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.940
 stuff that

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.599
 nobody else

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.079
 on planet

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.900
 earth thinks

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.299
 we're good

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.519
 at.

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.319
 Imagine,

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.039
 friends,

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.920
 imagine a

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.620
 church where

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.819
 every member

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:45.359
 took their

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.980
 talents,

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.799
 to use the

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.480
 language of

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:49.700
 the New

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.220
 Testament,

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:53.200
 and used

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.419
 them to

00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:55.539
 glorify God,

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.700
 to edify the

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.139
 church,

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.259
 and to

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.700
 serve the

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.039
 world.

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.240
 Imagine,

00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:02.139
 we had

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.639
 people,

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.259
 as we're

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.779
 blessed in

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.299
 this church

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.579
 with,

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.119
 we need

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.679
 some more,

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:06.279
 but we're

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.679
 blessed with

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.039
 the ones

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.579
 we have,

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:09.059
 who have a

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.559
 gift for

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.359
 teaching our

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.740
 children.

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:10.839
 children.

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.420
 Imagine that

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.079
 the people

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.839
 who were

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.500
 teaching our

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.539
 children were

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.000
 the people

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.319
 who were

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.880
 gifted to

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.420
 teach our

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.799
 children.

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.920
 Imagine a

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.579
 church where

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:25.120
 people who

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.859
 preached

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:27.319
 messages had

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.859
 a gift for

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.640
 communication.

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.579
 What a

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.319
 wild idea.

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:34.880
 See,

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.359
 that's the

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:35.740
 way the

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.599
 body is

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.279
 supposed to

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.700
 work.

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.400
 Paul uses

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.059
 that image,

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.460
 doesn't he,

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.340
 in 1 Corinthians,

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.759
 when he

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.360
 talks about

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:42.840
 the church

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.140
 as a

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.420
 body,

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.340
 where the

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.880
 parts are

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.259
 different,

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.819
 but they're

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.380
 meant to

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.860
 work in

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.559
 harmony with

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.079
 one another.

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.720
 I used

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.819
 to do a

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.880
 family service

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.660
 talk in the

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:56.299
 days when I

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.900
 was keen on

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.480
 that stuff,

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:59.559
 and I

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.140
 made this

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:01.000
 giant

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:04.600
 puzzle,

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.579
 jigsaw

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.980
 puzzle,

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.099
 puzzle.

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.940
 And I

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.400
 take the

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.740
 puzzle,

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.120
 and we

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.599
 talk about

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:12.680
 it,

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.059
 and each

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.579
 puzzle has

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.140
 a different

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.920
 gift on it,

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.120
 put it

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.539
 together,

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.819
 and then,

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.259
 how frustrating

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.900
 is this,

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.960
 when you end

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.880
 a puzzle and

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.319
 you can't

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.700
 find the

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.339
 last piece.

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.740
 So I

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.160
 made a big

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.819
 play of not

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.559
 being able to

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.059
 find the

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.559
 last piece,

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:28.960
 but of course

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.400
 the last

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:31.160
 piece had

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.539
 the word

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.180
 you written

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.539
 on it.

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:35.039
 And if

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.399
 you're not

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.940
 playing your

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.559
 part, the

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.059
 church can

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.579
 never be

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.059
 fully

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.680
 functional.

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.039
 Christianity

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:43.139
 is not a

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.839
 spectator

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.399
 sport.

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.440
 And you

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.119
 remember that

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.500
 there's a

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.960
 very

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:51.079
 interesting

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.619
 little

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:53.559
 verse here.

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.960
 When the

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.680
 master is

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.420
 commending

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.720
 the servant

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.539
 who's made

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.920
 five talents,

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.119
 he says,

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.659
 well done,

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.039
 good and

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.319
 faithful.

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.799
 You've

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.619
 been faithful

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.139
 with a few

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.500
 things.

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.519
 I will put

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:05.919
 you in

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.679
 charge of

00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.599
 many things.

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:09.639
 Come and

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.859
 share your

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.519
 master's

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.919
 happiness.

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.779
 I want to

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.339
 end by

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:19.119
 just reflecting

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:21.219
 something that

00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:21.979
 I found

00:26:21.979 --> 00:26:22.639
 true,

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.079
 having had a

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.739
 ministry for

00:26:24.739 --> 00:26:25.199
 the past

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.919
 30 years,

00:26:25.979 --> 00:26:26.339
 which has

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:26.879
 taken me

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.239
 into a

00:26:27.239 --> 00:26:27.559
 different

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.299
 church almost

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.059
 every Sunday.

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:32.339
 And it's

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.799
 this,

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.959
 that there

00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:35.519
 are a lot

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.039
 of people

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.699
 who sit

00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.099
 in our

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.639
 churches

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:39.059
 frustrated

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.119
 Sunday by

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.659
 Sunday.

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.779
 Whatever

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.619
 sharing in

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.299
 the master's

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.079
 joy is,

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.939
 it's not

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.879
 self-evidently

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.199
 true.

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.240
 true.

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.400
 And,

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:55.539
 you know,

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:55.840
 that

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:57.380
 experience,

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.000
 which,

00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.380
 I mean,

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.700
 there are

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.480
 some companies

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.900
 which are

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.440
 really good

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.600
 at,

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:01.920
 but you

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.080
 know,

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.940
 when you've

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.920
 got something,

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.400
 either it

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.160
 doesn't work

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.420
 or,

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.779
 you know,

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.220
 I mean,

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:09.539
 I am the

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.559
 world's worst

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.480
 do-it-yourself

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.819
 guy,

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.679
 okay?

00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:14.700
 I mean,

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.720
 most of the

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.480
 houses we've

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.179
 lived in have

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:18.139
 been a

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.839
 testimony to

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.639
 my bodging

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.259
 attempts.

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.019
 My shells

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.619
 look great,

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.319
 providing you

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.779
 look like

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.119
 that.

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.259
 Okay?

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.460
 And there

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.759
 are two

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.299
 words which

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.939
 fill a person

00:27:28.939 --> 00:27:29.639
 like me with

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.019
 fear,

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.700
 and those

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.299
 two words

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.939
 are flat

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.399
 packed.

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:36.200
 And I

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.859
 remember one

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.299
 day I

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.839
 got this

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.639
 bathroom

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.200
 cabinet

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.700
 from,

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.439
 I think I

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.860
 can say

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.279
 the name,

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.720
 you guessed

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.100
 it anyway,

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.740
 Ikea,

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.299
 flat packed.

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.580
 Took me

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.340
 four days

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.900
 to get it

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.180
 to the

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.680
 point where

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.140
 I couldn't

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.519
 take it

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.000
 apart and

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.340
 I couldn't

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:50.900
 finish it.

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.380
 So I

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.700
 took it

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.059
 back.

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:54.740
 And they

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:54.880
 said,

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.299
 you can't

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.720
 bring that

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.059
 back.

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:56.980
 I said,

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.080
 well,

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.539
 I get that

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.019
 in a way,

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.900
 but here's

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.539
 my point.

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.160
 The

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.720
 instructions

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.279
 aren't that

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.620
 clear.

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.100
 And so I

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.240
 said,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.400
 well,

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.779
 what do you

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.019
 want?

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.379
 So I

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:11.519
 said,

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:11.799
 I want

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.240
 my money

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.579
 back.

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.779
 And just

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.279
 to conflate

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.799
 the message

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.480
 I got from

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.879
 Ikea,

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.160
 it was,

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.599
 well,

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:19.779
 you can

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.119
 go and

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.619
 whistle for

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:20.920
 that.

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.859
 Oftentimes,

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.319
 we struggle

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.900
 to get our

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.539
 money back.

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.240
 And I

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.839
 say that

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.299
 to you,

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:32.279
 because

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.160
 metaphorically

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.639
 thinking,

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.259
 I think

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.660
 there are

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:36.059
 people who

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.700
 sit in

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.079
 churches

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.940
 Sunday by

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.440
 Sunday.

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:39.820
 And

00:28:39.820 --> 00:28:40.500
 metaphorically

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.059
 speaking,

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.940
 they want

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.440
 their money

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.680
 back.

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:42.980
 I don't

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.340
 mean they

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.700
 want their

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.500
 giving back.

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.279
 I mean,

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.840
 they're just

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:48.120
 frustrated by

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.320
 it.

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.240
 And I

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.500
 want to

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.920
 leave you

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.320
 with this

00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.720
 thought.

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.299
 You want

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.720
 to share

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.000
 in the

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.480
 master's

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.900
 happiness?

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:56.080
 Find out

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.779
 the gifts

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.240
 that God

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.680
 has given

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:57.980
 you.

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.640
 Offer

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.019
 them to

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.360
 him,

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.240
 and you

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.740
 will find

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.360
 a joy

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.740
 that

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.819
 today you

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.199
 cannot

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:07.479
 begin to

00:29:07.479 --> 00:29:08.019
 imagine.

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.139
 But this

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.039
 parable is

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.719
 not just

00:29:12.719 --> 00:29:13.559
 about practical

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.059
 advice,

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.939
 it's about

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:15.639
 an important

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.399
 spiritual

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.919
 message,

00:29:17.199 --> 00:29:17.759
 a chilling

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.439
 spiritual

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:19.039
 message.

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.019
 And that

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.419
 is,

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:24.240
 for all

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.819
 the talk

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.799
 of inclusion

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.399
 in our

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.159
 culture today,

00:29:27.439 --> 00:29:28.079
 much of

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.479
 which I

00:29:28.479 --> 00:29:29.019
 think is

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.559
 very helpful,

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:32.359
 some of

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.779
 which I

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.399
 think is

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.279
 strange.

00:29:35.959 --> 00:29:36.799
 But the

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.639
 frightening

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:39.019
 thing is

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.479
 the very

00:29:39.479 --> 00:29:40.740
 final verse

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.519
 of the

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.139
 reading that

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.699
 we had.

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:43.679
 It's the

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.259
 kind of

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.619
 verse,

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.259
 I think,

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:46.339
 that many

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.959
 of us,

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.759
 if we

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.039
 had,

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:48.959
 you know,

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.199
 one of

00:29:49.199 --> 00:29:49.819
 those pens

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.539
 that makes

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.059
 writing

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.619
 indelible,

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.099
 we'd like

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.559
 to do it

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.039
 over this

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.439
 verse.

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.779
 The very

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.899
 last verse

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:57.059
 of the

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.559
 parable of

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.039
 the talents.

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.019
 Speaking of

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:05.299
 the servant

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.480
 who had

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.319
 buried the

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.940
 one talent

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.460
 he got

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.879
 and then

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.440
 tried to

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.700
 give it

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.139
 back to

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.819
 his master.

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.440
 The

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.339
 master says,

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.259
 and throw

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.000
 that worthless

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.599
 servant

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.799
 outside into

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.500
 the darkness

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:24.220
 where there

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.759
 will be a

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.200
 weeping

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.799
 and gnashing

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.599
 of teeth.

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:33.339
 the Bible

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.759
 says,

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.459
 you're God's

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:36.119
 workmanship.

00:30:37.959 --> 00:30:38.579
 He has

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.359
 crafted you.

00:30:39.459 --> 00:30:39.839
 I know

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.579
 some of us,

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.699
 I put myself

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.179
 ahead of the

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.379
 queue,

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.939
 look in the

00:30:42.939 --> 00:30:44.000
 mirror and

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.399
 think to

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.679
 yourself,

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.159
 I wish it

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.399
 could have

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:45.879
 just been a

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.299
 little long

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.059
 lasting than

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.480
 it is.

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.919
 But you're

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:50.240
 God's

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.799
 workmanship.

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.159
 You can

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:53.799
 look in a

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.459
 mirror and

00:30:54.459 --> 00:30:55.419
 remind yourself

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:55.879
 of that

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.900
 every day.

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.320
 I have

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.680
 God's

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.240
 workmanship.

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.660
 He's put

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.320
 me together.

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.880
 Okay,

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:03.860
 I've got some

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.400
 stuff that

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.340
 messes me up,

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.400
 but Jesus

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.360
 can heal me

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.860
 from that

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.380
 stuff and

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:08.960
 set me

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.300
 free.

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.680
 Free to

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.240
 do what?

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:15.100
 Free to

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.640
 do what I

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:15.940
 want?

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.360
 No.

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.380
 Free to

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.760
 do what

00:31:18.760 --> 00:31:19.420
 God wants?

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:20.040
 Yes.

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.920
 Go into

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.640
 all the

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.020
 world.

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.660
 And make

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.620
 disciples of

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.280
 all nations

00:31:28.280 --> 00:31:29.140
 and baptize

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.460
 them in the

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.860
 name of the

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.380
 Father and

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.900
 of the Son

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.620
 and of the

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.400
 Holy Spirit.

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.200
 That's the

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.520
 work that

00:31:36.520 --> 00:31:37.280
 God has

00:31:37.280 --> 00:31:38.160
 entrusted to

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.500
 us.

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:39.880
 And

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.400
 together,

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:44.060
 God willing,

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.520
 we have the

00:31:45.520 --> 00:31:46.520
 resources to

00:31:46.520 --> 00:31:47.000
 make that

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.420
 happen.

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.280
 And you

00:31:50.280 --> 00:31:51.800
 are part of

00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:52.420
 that picture.

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.960
 Let's pray.

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:55.960
 God, I'm

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:55.960


00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.360
 our gracious

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.000
 Lord, we

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.200
 thank you for

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.120
 your word.

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.880
 Thank you

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.980
 again that it

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.720
 is truth.

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.740
 And Lord, we

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.600
 really don't

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.319
 want to just

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:07.319
 be cold

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:09.519
 processes of

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.980
 truth.

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.360
 But Lord, we

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:12.019
 want to play

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.940
 our part in

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.660
 your great

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:15.759
 plan to

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.299
 save the

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.640
 world.

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:16.700
 world.

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.560
 And Lord,

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.560
 whatever our

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:21.300
 gifts are, we

00:32:21.300 --> 00:32:22.220
 pray that you

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.100
 would help us

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:24.360
 to know what

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:25.780
 they are and

00:32:25.780 --> 00:32:26.520
 to offer them

00:32:26.520 --> 00:32:27.680
 to you, that

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.820
 we might glorify

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.660
 your wonderful

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.600
 name, edify

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.620
 your amazing

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:33.540
 church, and

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:34.180
 serve the

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.960
 world which is

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.060
 in such need

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:37.200
 at this time.

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.920
 And we

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.500
 pray these

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.120
 things together,

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.120
 Father, and

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.680
 the people who

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.380
 agreed said

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.840
 together.

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:44.240
 Amen.

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.519
 Amen.

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.840
 Amen.

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:44.840


00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.840
 Amen.

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:45.840


00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:45.840


00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:45.840


00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:45.840


00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:45.840


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