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 Her art to point both pagans and hypocriticals to hypocrites to Christ at the same time.

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! She comes with a trigger warning.

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! She always comes with shock.

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 But that's the point.

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 I think I like her, and I think she's also misunderstood for precisely the same reason.

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 It's because she was picking up the same thing as the biblical prophets and Jesus.

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 And I'm going to share a quote from her, the reason I tell you that story.

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 It's because she was asked one time, why does she write such graphic and absurd stories?

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 She said, when you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do,

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 you can relax a little and use a more normal means of talking to it.

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 You can assume.

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 When you have to assume that it does not, that they do not share your same beliefs,

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 then you have to make your vision apparent by shock.

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 To the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind, you draw large and startling figures.

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 And I think she was a close reader of scripture, because this is exactly what the prophets were doing,

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 and this is exactly what Jesus is doing in these parables that we will be looking at.

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 So here's my challenge to you.

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 Do not let our cultural familiarity with these parables blind us to the shock Jesus originally intended.

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 We are so familiar with these stories.

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 Let us not forget that they were shocking then, and they should shock us back into belief today.

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 Let us not be the hard of hearing.

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 Let us not be the almost blind, as O'Connor says.

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 But let us hear these words of Jesus anew, and let these words shock us back into a better understanding of the truth.

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 So that's my challenge to you in the next four weeks.

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 Take these parables, read them, let them shape you, let them draw you closer to Christ.

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 So, to our parable, the parable of the talents.

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 I will read it, and then we'll do a closer reading, and then we'll sum up.

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 So, read with me.

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 Verse 14, chapter 25 of Matthew.

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 For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.

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 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one.

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 To each according to his ability.

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 Then he went away.

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 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.

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 So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more.

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 But he who received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.

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 Now, after a long time, the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

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 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying,

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 Master, you delivered to me five talents.

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 Here, I have made five talents more.

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 His master said to him,

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 Well done, good and faithful servant.

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 You have been faithful over a little.

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 I will set you over much.

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 Enter into the joy of your master.

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 And he who had the two talents came forward, saying,

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 Master, you delivered to me two talents.

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 Here I have made two talents more.

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 His master said to him,

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 Well done, good and faithful servant.

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 You have been faithful over a little.

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 I will set you over much.

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 Enter into the joy of your master.

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 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying,

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 Master, I knew you to be a hard man,

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 reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.

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 So I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground.

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 Here you have what is yours.

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 But his master answered him,

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 You wicked and slothful servant.

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 You knew that I reap where I have not sown

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 and gather where I scattered no seed.

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 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers.

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 And at my coming, I should have received what was my own with interest.

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 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.

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 For to everyone who has will more be given,

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 and he will have an abundance.

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 But from the one who has not,

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 even what he has will be taken away

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 and cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness.

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 In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 So the reason I open up with,

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 we're going to talk about eschatology,

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 is because if you want to study eschatology,

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 the study of last things,

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 what will be in the future,

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 the best books to read,

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 and write this down if you want,

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 there's three.

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 It's Revelation, Daniel, and these two chapters, and Matthew.

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 Good books are good.

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 But as an aside,

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 you can read good books.

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 They're great.

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 But do not neglect the scripture.

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 We have the spirit,

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 and we have his word.

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 And we should do well

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 if we have questions about

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 what is to come,

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 then we should go to the source.

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 And so,

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 obviously,

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 Revelation and Daniel are good resources.

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 I can, like,

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 commend you to read it over and over

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 with the cross-references.

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 That's where you should begin.

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 But in Matthew 24 and 25

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 is a concentrated

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 vision of what is to come

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 when Jesus is asked that same question.

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 So,

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 if you look with me

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 in the beginning of chapter 24,

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 for context,

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 we'll start in verse 3.

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 As he sat on the Mount of Olives,

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 Jesus,

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 the disciples came to him privately,

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 saying,

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 Tell us when will these things be,

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 and what will be the sign of your coming

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 and of the close of the age?

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 and he goes on.

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 And he has several things to say,

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 a lot, comparatively,

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 two whole chapters.

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 And,

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 and particularly,

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 he ends it,

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 at the very end,

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 with our parable today.

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 But,

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 I want to,

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 I want you to notice that

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 this is the third

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 of a series of three

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 parables

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 that almost have the same point.

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 So,

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 look with me at the very end

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 of chapter 24.

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 From 20,

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 from verse 45

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 to the end of the chapter,

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 that's a small parable

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 that actually is not

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 titled in your

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 English Bibles.

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 But we can count that as one.

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 It has a lot of similarities

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 to the one we have

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 today,

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 the talents.

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 And then the second parable

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 in the series

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 is the parable

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 of the ten virgins.

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 And,

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 obviously,

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 ours today,

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 the parable

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 of the talents.

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 Now,

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 I'm pointing this out

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 because they have similar points,

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 and they're all answering

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 the question,

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 what does it mean

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 to be ready

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 for the Lord?

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 What does it mean

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 to be ready for the Lord?

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 Now,

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 we could take

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 three Sundays

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 and these three parables

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 and exegete,

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 and they would be

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 very profitable.

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 But I only have

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 one week with you,

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 so I'm going to choose

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 the third one.

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 So,

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 why this parable

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 besides that?

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 I'm going to say

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 something personal

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 and something textual.

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 So,

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 personally,

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 this,

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 there's some text

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 in the Bible

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 that haunts you.

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 And this one,

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 particularly,

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 has haunted me.

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 And I believe

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 haunted is the best word,

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 maybe there's another word,

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 but the best one

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 I could think of

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 because it sticks with me.

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 As you go through

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 your Bible reading plan,

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 there's always some

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 portion of Scripture

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 that you can't

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 just leave

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 there.

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 It always follows you.

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 And I hope that

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 this parable

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 also does the same

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 thing for you today

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 in a good way.

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 That it will

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 go with you

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 and you dwell on it.

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 Dwell on these words

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 that Jesus

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 has given us.

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 And it's probably

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 because

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 they were in my

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 marriage vows,

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 which is kind of

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 a big deal,

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 and we'll get to that

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 later.

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 But it always

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 follows me

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 and always

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 haunts me.

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 And I hope it

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 does the same

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 for you.

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 And contextually,

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 it's interesting

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 that this is the

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 last parable

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 that Matthew

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 records for Jesus

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 in the Gospel

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 of Matthew,

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 and it's

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 connected to

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 the first parable.

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 So,

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 turn with me

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 to chapter 13.

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 Chapter 13

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 of Matthew

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 is the first

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 parable

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 that Matthew

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 records.

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 And a structure,

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 the normal structure

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 of a parable

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 is that there's

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 a story,

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 there's a point,

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 we could say,

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 and then

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 there's a result.

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 And we'll see

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 that in ours.

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 But the point,

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 the four at the

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 very end,

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 is repeated

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 word for word

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 in ours,

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 but it was first

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 recorded in

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 chapter 13

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 in the first

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 parable.

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 The parable

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 of the sower,

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 we won't read

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 that,

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 but someone

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 asks him,

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 his disciples,

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 ask him,

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 why do you

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 speak to them

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 in parables?

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 In verse 11,

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 chapter 13,

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 and Jesus

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 answered them,

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 to you it has

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 been given

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 to know the

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 secrets of the

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 kingdom of heaven,

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 but to them

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 it has not

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 been given.

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 For,

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 here it is,

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 for to the

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 one who has,

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 more will be

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 given,

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 and he will

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 have an abundance,

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 but from the

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 one who has

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 not,

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 even what he

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 has will be

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 taken away.

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 Sounds familiar.

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 Now,

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 I would love

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 to dive deep

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 in how Jesus

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 is using that

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 there,

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 but I just

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 want to point

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 that out.

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 There are

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 bookends,

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 and I just

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 want you to

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 see,

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 one,

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 it's beautiful,

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 but there's

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 also something

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 pointed by

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 he begins

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 his parables

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 with this,

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 and he ends

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 with this.

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 And we'll get

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 there at the

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 end,

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 in verse 29.

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 So,

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 there are two

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 different readings

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 we can have

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 this.

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 A quick reading

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 of this parable,

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 and you can be

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 forgiven if you

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 have only read

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 it this way,

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 because I have

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 for a long

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 time.

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 Maybe that's

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 why it bothered

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 me so much,

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 is that I

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 think it's

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 more than

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 punishment and

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 reward.

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 A flat or a

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 quick reading of

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 this parable would

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 be, it'd be

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 punishment,

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 reward,

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 and God

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 rewards the

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 faithful and

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 punishes the

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 wicked, which is

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 definitely there.

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 But I think I'm

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 going to challenge

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 us to have

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 maybe a closer

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 reading of this

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 parable.

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 And I submit

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 to you that

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 maybe a closer

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 reading would

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 reveal that the

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 point of this is

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 more on how to

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 answer the question

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 how to be ready

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 for the day of

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 the Lord.

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 It is by daily

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 faithfulness.

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 Daily faithfulness.

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 Faithfulness is

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 the key difference

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 between the

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 differences between

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 the faithful servant

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 and the wicked

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 servant.

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 And so I submit

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 to you that the

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 point that he

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 is driving at

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 through this

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 parable is daily

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 faithfulness in

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 the light of

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 being ready for

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 the day of the

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 Lord.

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 So some details

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 before we deeply

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 dive into reading

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 it together is

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 that just to keep

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 you on track

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 in the characters,

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 it's always good to

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 write down the

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 characters of a

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 parable if you're

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 confused.

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 There is one

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 master and there

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 are three servants.

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 One master,

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 three servants.

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 And the servants

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 are divided into a

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 five-talent servant

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 who makes five,

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 he doubles,

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 five talents more.

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 So there's a five-talent

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 servant.

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 There's a two-talent

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 servant who doubles

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 two talents more.

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 And then there's a one-talent

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 servant who hid his

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 talent.

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 So he just has one.

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 So five, two, and one.

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 It's always good to write

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 down the details of the

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 parable to help you read

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 it.

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 So let's read.

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 So I actually want to

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 begin us a verse above.

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 So if you look at

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 chapter 25, verse 13,

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 the very end of the

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 parable of the ten

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 virgins, he says,

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 Watch therefore, for

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 you know neither the

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 day nor the hour.

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 I think this explains the

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 for and the it in verse

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 14.

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 So if we read verse 14,

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 For it will be like a

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 man going on a journey

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 who called his servants

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 and entrusted to them his

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 property or possessions.

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 What is the for?

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 The for links it to the

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 previous parable in the

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 ten virgins, like we just

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 read, Watch therefore,

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 for you know neither the

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 day nor the hour.

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 But what is the it?

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 The it is the kingdom of

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 God or the kingdom of

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 heaven, used

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 interchangeably in Matthew.

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 The for and the it is

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 linked to the kingdom of

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 God.

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 Verse 15, read with me.

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 To the one he gave five

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 talents, to another two,

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 to another, to another two,

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 to another one, to each

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 according to his ability or

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 capacity.

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 Then he went away.

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 So what is a talent?

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 Talent comes up here for the

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 first time.

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 It's a very large sum of

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 money, which is interesting.

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 It's almost inconceivable.

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 One talent equal to roughly

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 what a laborer might hope in

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 to earn in half a lifetime.

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 One talent.

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 Think about how much you make.

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 Think about when you're

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 middle age, what you think you

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 make, and that's one talent.

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 That's a lot of time.

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 That's a lot of wealth.

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 But think about five

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 talents.

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 This is an enormous,

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 almost inconceivable

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 amount.

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 So that helps.

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 This points to something

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 greater than what he's

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 actually.

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 It's not about the

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 talents.

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 It's about something else.

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 So verse 16, he who had

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 received the five talents, went

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 at once, and traded or

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 conducted business with them,

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 and he made or they gained

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 five talents more.

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 Went at once highlights his

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 eagerness for the work.

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 Notice the five-talent servant

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 went at once his eagerness to

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 do the work of his master.

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 And traded is to engage in

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 activity that involves effort,

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 and it involves work, obviously,

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 but if we stop and meditate on

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 this, it involves risk.

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 Trading involves risk.

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 And this servant was eager to do

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 the master's work, and he was

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 eager to jump in the work,

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 knowing the risk.

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 Now this is contra to the third

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 servant, and we'll get to him.

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 Verse 17, so similarly,

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 the one who received or had the

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 two talents gained two others,

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 but he who had received the one

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 talent went, going away, and dug

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 up the ground and hid his

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 master's money.

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 Now after a long time, the master

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 of those servants came, or comes,

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 and settled, or settles, accounts

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 with them.

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 I highlight the long time is a

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 reference to 24, 48, when

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 Pastor, in the previous chapter,

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 verse 48 says, but if that wicked

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 servant, this is the first parable in

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 the three series of parables, but if

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 that wicked servant says to himself,

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 my master is delayed, and that was

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 the wicked servant.

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 That was his first question, if you

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 go back and read.

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 The delay is a long time, so even

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 after a long time, these servants

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 worked.

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 So I highlight also those servants

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 came.

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 When you see came, it can actually

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 be rendered comes, because it's in

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 the present tense.

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 I only highlight that because in

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 English, it makes more sense to say

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 it came, past tense.

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 But I think Jesus is making this

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 intentional.

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 This is present because this

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 anticipates the master's return.

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 This shows that not only the third

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 servant, but all the servants, all

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 three servants, anticipated their

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 master's return, even after a long

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 time.

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 This is a key moment of the parable,

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 gospel.

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 And this is where the theme of daily

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 faithfulness comes in.

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 Because they were anticipating the

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 master's return, they knew he would

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 come back, even if it was a long time.

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 They still did the work.

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 Some.

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 The two first servants, they did the

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 work and with risk.

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 How much more should we reflect on

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 that today?

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 Verse 20.

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 And he who had received the five

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 talents came forward, bringing five

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 talents more, saying, Master, you

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 delivered or handed over to me five

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 talents.

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 Here, I have made five talents more.

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 His master said to him, Well done,

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 good and faithful servant.

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 You have been faithful over a little.

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 I will set you over much.

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 over a few things you are faithful.

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 Over many things I will set you.

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 There's another way you can render

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 it.

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 Enter into the joy of your master.

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 And he also who had the two talents

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 came forward, saying, Master, you

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 delivered or handed over to me two

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 talents.

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 Here, I have made you two talents more.

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 His master said to him, Well done,

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 good and faithful servant.

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 You have been faithful over a little.

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 I will set you over much.

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 Or it can be rendered over a few

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 things you are faithful.

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 Over many things I will set you.

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 Enter into the joy of your master.

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 There's a couple of things I want you

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 to notice here.

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 We'll camp out here for a little bit.

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 Notice that the master's response to

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 the five talents servant is the same

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 as to the ten talent servant.

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 The one who ended up having, or the

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 five talent servant, sorry, originally,

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 is the same response as the two talent

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 servant.

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 That was a mistype.

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 And over a little or over a few

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 things is

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 is

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 is at the front of this

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 because it is there by emphasis.

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 So over a few things,

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 over a little,

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 you have,

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 they have set you over much.

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 See, it's contrast.

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 Jesus loves contrast.

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 And what's repeated twice,

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 I want you to

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 see is that

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 enter into

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 the joy of your master.

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 Enter into the joy of your master.

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 Here,

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.820
 faithfulness,

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.279
 daily faithfulness,

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 leads to joy

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:18.419
 in the Lord.

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 You see

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 the work,

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 you see the risk,

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 you see

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 yes reward,

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 but

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.419
 it is

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 joy

00:20:27.199 --> 00:20:28.399
 in the master.

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.279
 So,

00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.259
 let's ask.

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.839
 Faithfulness,

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.980
 faith.

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.539
 It's a really big,

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:37.079
 it's actually a small word,

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.379
 but it's a really big

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:39.079
 Bible word.

00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:40.519
 It is everywhere.

00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:42.319
 It is everywhere in Paul,

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.539
 and

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.379
 sometimes

00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:44.839
 it's,

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.500
 we would do well

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.059
 to stop,

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:47.879
 to think,

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:49.079
 what is

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:50.379
 this faith?

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.200
 I think we

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.559
 use it so much.

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.779
 Let's stop and

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:55.019
 think about what faith is.

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:56.039
 So if you were asked,

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.259
 what is faith?

00:20:59.099 --> 00:21:00.019
 By your child,

00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:01.359
 or even an unbeliever,

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.119
 what would you say?

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.819
 It would be a hard

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:05.259
 question to answer.

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.659
 But,

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.919
 I want to

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.500
 share with you

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.939
 something that

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:10.859
 has helped me

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.519
 in this,

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.359
 is that

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.500
 the Heidelberg Catechism

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:15.700
 is something that

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:17.059
 I read in college,

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:17.740
 and

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:19.759
 actually,

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.440
 very college of me,

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.440
 printed it out

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.920
 and put it on my

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.759
 dorm room door,

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.119
 like on the outside.

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.180
 I guess I thought

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.039
 it was Martin Luther

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.480
 or something,

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:28.900
 but

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:31.299
 I don't remember

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.379
 which

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:33.879
 question or answer

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.480
 I put on there.

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.460
 I wish I did,

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.299
 but this one

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:37.319
 has always stuck with me.

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.160
 There's a few questions

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.839
 and answers that have

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.480
 really stuck with me

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.160
 with the Heidelberg Catechism,

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.480
 and I

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:43.640
 encourage you to read it.

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.800
 But in question 21,

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:47.120
 Catechism is a question

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:48.960
 and there's a prescribed answer.

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.960
 And the question 21 comes,

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.759
 what is true faith?

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.800
 So what is true faith?

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.660
 And I guess

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:58.200
 when I first read this,

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.660
 I didn't expect this answer.

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.100
 True faith

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:04.400
 is not only

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.580
 a sure knowledge

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:07.279
 by which I hold as true

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.660
 all that God

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.200
 has revealed

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:10.019
 to us in Scripture.

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:12.019
 It is also

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.359
 a wholehearted

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.339
 trust.

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.039
 And I'll read the whole thing.

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.799
 With which the Holy Spirit

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.740
 creates in me

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.599
 by the gospel

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.599
 that God

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.579
 has freely granted

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:23.079
 not only to others,

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.440
 but to me also.

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:26.240
 Forgiveness of sins,

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.579
 eternal righteousness,

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.619
 and salvation.

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.200
 These are gifts

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.519
 of sheer grace

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.639
 granted

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.539
 solely

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.279
 by Christ's

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.160
 merit.

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.460
 So,

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.820
 I'll point you to

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.980
 the first two lines.

00:22:40.300 --> 00:22:41.160
 True faith

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:43.220
 is like a two-sided coin.

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.200
 One side.

00:22:46.040 --> 00:22:46.960
 You have to have both.

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.320
 One side

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.620
 is a sure knowledge

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:53.240
 by which I hold as true

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.940
 all that God

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.640
 has revealed to us

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.200
 in Scripture.

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.440
 Sure knowledge

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.019
 through Scripture.

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.200
 But it is also

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:01.000
 a wholehearted

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.160
 trust.

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.960
 A wholehearted

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.700
 trust.

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.340
 True faith

00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:08.220
 is one coin,

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.960
 two sides.

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.960
 You have to have both.

00:23:11.060 --> 00:23:11.940
 Sure knowledge

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:13.380
 and wholehearted

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.320
 trust.

00:23:14.820 --> 00:23:16.380
 I hope that helps you

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:18.340
 understand

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:19.759
 what faith is.

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.900
 And faith

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:24.060
 is everywhere

00:23:24.060 --> 00:23:24.880
 in the New Testament.

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.560
 And I encourage you

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.540
 to hang on to that

00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:28.220
 when you see that

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.140
 and think about that.

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.780
 the one coin,

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.780
 the two-sided coin

00:23:31.780 --> 00:23:33.360
 of sure knowledge

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:35.720
 and wholehearted

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.259
 trust.

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.280
 So,

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.900
 I'm going to stop

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.600
 here,

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.540
 pause here,

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:42.940
 and

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:44.780
 because of

00:23:44.780 --> 00:23:46.880
 the line,

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.980
 well done,

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.140
 good and faithful

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.920
 servant.

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:53.039
 this came up

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.420
 in my marriage

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.660
 vows.

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.160
 And I just want to

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.940
 share this with you

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.600
 because

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:58.539
 maybe many of you

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.300
 actually have been

00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:00.200
 married by

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.240
 Nathan,

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.220
 our pastor,

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.440
 and he,

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:04.539
 if I understand it

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:04.640
 right,

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.779
 he wrote these

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.759
 vows.

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:08.400
 And they're very good.

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.400
 And I will not read

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.160
 the whole thing to you.

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.400
 But I will read you

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.980
 the first four

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.680
 of what he gets

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:15.460
 the man

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:18.099
 to affirm.

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.420
 There are four

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.900
 questions.

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.660
 And so,

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.360
 for Father's Day,

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.700
 I know fathers,

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:24.120
 but if you're a father,

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.700
 you're probably

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.759
 married.

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.599
 So,

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.000
 as an aside,

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.000
 I want to speak to

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.319
 specifically husbands

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.599
 because this is

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.339
 something that we

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.920
 should dwell on

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:34.180
 and be reminded of.

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.259
 So,

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.680
 Nathan's

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:37.140
 marriage vows

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.240
 that he has

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.839
 required

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.579
 most of us

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:40.839
 to

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.339
 take

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.059
 is

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:44.359
 very good.

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.579
 But the fourth

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.240
 question is

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.000
 specifically the one

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.319
 we want to

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.759
 keep up with.

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.599
 I'm going to read

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.980
 the first four

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.959
 to keep context.

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.299
 So,

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.240
 the first question,

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.759
 husband,

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:55.000
 do you affirm

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:58.079
 before God

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.319
 that your marriage

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.539
 is appointed by God

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.379
 and is ultimately

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.199
 for God

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:03.299
 by serving

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:04.179
 as a representation

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:05.339
 of Christ's love

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.059
 for his bride,

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.799
 the church?

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.299
 Ask yourselves

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.559
 this side of marriage,

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.240
 these questions.

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:12.220
 do you promise

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:13.379
 to love Christ

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.419
 above your wife

00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:15.459
 and your wife

00:25:15.459 --> 00:25:16.639
 above all others?

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.619
 Third,

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.279
 do you,

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:20.619
 husband,

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.419
 recognize that

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.139
 you have been

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:23.720
 given a divine

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.399
 call to unconditionally

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.399
 love your wife

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.679
 by pastoring her,

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.759
 providing for her,

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.059
 and protecting her,

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.500
 and that you are

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.259
 to lay down

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.179
 your life for her

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.779
 just as Jesus Christ

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.879
 died for the church?

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.879
 The fourth question,

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:40.780
 do you commit

00:25:40.780 --> 00:25:42.020
 to love your wife

00:25:42.020 --> 00:25:42.660
 by seeking

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.980
 her spiritual growth

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.800
 in Christ

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:46.280
 that she may

00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:47.540
 one day appear

00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:48.440
 before God

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:50.000
 clothed in Christ

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.200
 and have it said

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.600
 of her,

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.420
 well done,

00:25:53.760 --> 00:25:54.460
 my good

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.340
 and faithful

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:56.140
 servant.

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:58.400
 That fourth question

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.960
 always gets me.

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.040
 I think about that

00:26:01.040 --> 00:26:01.680
 every time I read

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.120
 this parable.

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:04.339
 I think it's a good

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.479
 question for us husbands

00:26:05.479 --> 00:26:06.559
 to ask ourselves

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.479
 regularly.

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.919
 I'll read it one more time.

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.000
 Do you commit

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.879
 to love your wife?

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.759
 Are you committing

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.599
 to love your wife

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.859
 by seeking

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.239
 her spiritual growth

00:26:17.239 --> 00:26:17.799
 in Christ

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:19.299
 that she may

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.339
 one day appear

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.159
 before God

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:22.659
 clothed in Christ

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.639
 and have it said

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.000
 of her,

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.899
 well done,

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.639
 my good

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.599
 and faithful

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.379
 servant.

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:32.020
 what can you

00:26:32.020 --> 00:26:32.520
 change

00:26:32.520 --> 00:26:33.840
 in your daily

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.360
 life

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.060
 to seek

00:26:35.060 --> 00:26:35.840
 her spiritual

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.640
 growth?

00:26:37.260 --> 00:26:37.600
 Husband,

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:40.160
 maybe making

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.860
 time each day

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.640
 for her to read

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.180
 or meditate

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.680
 on scripture,

00:26:44.040 --> 00:26:45.400
 forcing that time,

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.520
 making that space

00:26:47.520 --> 00:26:47.880
 for her,

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.200
 maybe making

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.700
 the effort

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.260
 to ask her

00:26:50.260 --> 00:26:51.480
 intentional questions

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.000
 about what

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.740
 she is thinking,

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.380
 not what you're

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.660
 thinking,

00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:55.200
 but what is

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.780
 she thinking,

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.560
 which is

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:57.940
 extremely difficult.

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.720
 I understand

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:58.960
 that.

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.680
 And not

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.200
 immediately

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.920
 attempting

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:03.320
 to problem

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:03.680
 solve.

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:05.160
 Are you

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.660
 laying your

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.400
 life down

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.960
 in that way?

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.380
 Let's,

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.860
 let's,

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.259
 husbands,

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.799
 let's,

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.980
 let's think

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.140
 about how

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.759
 one day

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.660
 we will present

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.519
 our wives

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:17.880
 and we

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.380
 hope

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.340
 that we can

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.960
 present her

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.620
 in a way

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.580
 that is said

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:21.920
 of her,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.820
 well done,

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.660
 my good

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.519
 and faithful

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.700
 servant.

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.900
 that haunts

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.140
 me,

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.519
 I hope

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.880
 it haunts

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.059
 you,

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.360
 husband.

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.000
 So happy

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.420
 Father's Day.

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.039
 Verse 24.

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.299
 He also,

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.220
 who had,

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.779
 he who,

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.539
 he also,

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.140
 who had

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.759
 received the

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.320
 one talent

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:41.700
 came forward

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.200
 saying,

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.100
 Master,

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.500
 I knew you

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.480
 to be a hard

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.120
 or harsh

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.539
 man,

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.480
 reaping where

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.960
 you did not

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.720
 sow and

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.420
 gathering where

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.539
 you scattered

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.420
 no seed.

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:56.180
 so I

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.779
 was afraid

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.380
 and I

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.960
 went and

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.420
 hid your

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.220
 talent in

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.660
 the ground.

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.060
 Here you

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.539
 have what

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.019
 is yours.

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.060
 Verse 26.

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.080
 But he,

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.620
 but his

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.180
 master

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.080
 answered him.

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.200
 Notice

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.539
 that he

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.200
 repeats his

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.420
 own,

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.460
 the servant's

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.700
 own,

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.700
 own words.

00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:14.720
 You wicked,

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.440
 evil,

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.320
 and slothful,

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:18.000
 or lazy

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.500
 servant,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.600
 condemning

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:19.880
 words.

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.800
 You knew,

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.480
 or you did

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.980
 not know,

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:23.000
 did you know

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.760
 that I reap

00:28:23.760 --> 00:28:24.580
 where I have

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.440
 not sown

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.980
 and gathered

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.460
 where I

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.900
 scattered

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.800
 no seed?

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.700
 That's slothful

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.380
 or lazy,

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.580
 shrinking from

00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:34.980
 something,

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.860
 holding back,

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.820
 lazy,

00:28:38.020 --> 00:28:38.380
 idle,

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.540
 passive.

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.320
 These are

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.020
 condemning

00:28:43.020 --> 00:28:44.200
 descriptions.

00:28:44.760 --> 00:28:45.380
 You wicked

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.180
 and you

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.980
 slothful

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.500
 servant.

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.180
 He goes

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.400
 on.

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.900
 The master

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.980
 in verse 27.

00:28:53.540 --> 00:28:54.060
 Then you

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:55.600
 ought to

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.320
 have invested

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:56.840
 my money

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.200
 with the

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.600
 bankers,

00:28:57.780 --> 00:28:58.460
 and at

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.000
 my coming

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.560
 I should

00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.420
 have received

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.100
 or recovered

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:02.640
 what was

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.240
 my own

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.100
 with interest.

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:05.460
 So take

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.980
 the talent

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.680
 from him

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.660
 and give

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.160
 it to him

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.560
 who has

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:09.440
 the ten

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.340
 talents.

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.260
 Notice

00:29:12.260 --> 00:29:13.900
 the master

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.340
 points to

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.880
 the servant's

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:16.040
 foolishness

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:16.540
 in his

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:17.080
 logic

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.940
 of the

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.360
 master's

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:18.740
 character.

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:20.059
 master's

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.599
 character.

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.400
 The master

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.759
 is just

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.079
 repeating

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.759
 his own

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.120
 words

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.660
 to point

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:25.960
 out his

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.579
 foolishness.

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.640
 God

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.000
 makes

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.579
 demands

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.279
 on his

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.599
 people

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.799
 and this

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.259
 involves

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.859
 risk.

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.319
 Notice

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.019
 banking

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:37.819
 back then

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.799
 and today

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.380
 we kind of

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.880
 forget about

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.740
 banking being

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.120
 risky

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:42.700
 today in

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.299
 our context,

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.879
 banking

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.440
 would have

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.240
 also been

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.759
 a risk

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.359
 then.

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.000
 This

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.460
 servant

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.079
 tried to

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.599
 play it

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.039
 safe

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.200
 for his

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.759
 own benefit

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.799
 because he

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.619
 did not

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.279
 want to

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.419
 feel

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.859
 uncomfortable.

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.379
 He wanted

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.659
 to play it

00:29:59.659 --> 00:29:59.980
 safe.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.079
 Now let's

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.639
 stop and

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.079
 think about

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.940
 what that

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.200
 mean,

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.200
 what that

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.639
 might mean

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:05.879
 in the

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.419
 larger context.

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.680
 What's

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.000
 Jesus

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.420
 trying to

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.100
 say by

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.440
 pointing

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.840
 this out?

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.840
 Risk,

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:12.720
 as one

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.180
 commentator I

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.440
 read

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.960
 recently

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.560
 said,

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:18.300
 risk is

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:18.700
 at the

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.840
 heart of

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.620
 discipleship.

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.620
 Risk is

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:23.900
 at the

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.840
 heart of

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.800
 discipleship.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.259
 And we

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.460
 think of

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.160
 discipleship,

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.740
 let's just

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.000
 think.

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.400
 That may

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.900
 mean sitting

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.920
 down one-on-one

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:34.160
 with another

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.500
 guy.

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.960
 But

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.279
 really,

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.180
 when we're

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.660
 thinking about

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.259
 daily

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.180
 faithfulness,

00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.340
 your daily

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.779
 life,

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.519
 what risks

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.039
 are you

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.779
 taking for

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.259
 the Lord

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.960
 in the

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.900
 areas that

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.300
 the Lord

00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:49.700
 has given

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:49.920
 you?

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:51.100
 Think about

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:52.180
 your circles

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.560
 that the

00:30:52.560 --> 00:30:52.860
 Lord has

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.259
 placed you

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.440
 in.

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.180
 Not what

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.539
 you want

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.820
 to be

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:54.980
 in,

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.820
 but where

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.060
 are you

00:30:56.060 --> 00:30:56.440
 right now?

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:56.880
 Are you

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.100
 in a

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.420
 marriage

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.640
 that you're

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.100
 playing it

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.560
 safe in?

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:01.259
 Or are

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.920
 you taking

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.519
 risks for

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.900
 the Lord

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:05.200
 of calling

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.100
 out sin,

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.660
 sin,

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:10.040
 and

00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:10.960
 sacrificially

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.580
 loving your

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:14.380
 wife as

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.440
 Christ loved

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.860
 the church?

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.200
 And that's

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.519
 risky.

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.080
 But think

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.600
 about parenting,

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.000
 maybe.

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.180
 Many of us

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.400
 are in

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.740
 parenting

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:24.920
 area of

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.340
 our life,

00:31:26.060 --> 00:31:26.920
 deep in

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.100
 it.

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.480
 Are you

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.060
 playing it

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.720
 safe with

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.200
 your kids?

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:36.740
 things for

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.160
 the Lord

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.660
 in the

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.819
 way you

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.259
 discipline

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.620
 them,

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.740
 raise them

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.100
 up in

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.680
 the Lord?

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.319
 Are you

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.640
 opening up

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.019
 scripture,

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.920
 which is

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:46.039
 risky because

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.380
 it takes

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:47.259
 effort and

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.500
 it takes

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.000
 sacrificial

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.539
 love for

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.700
 that?

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.140
 That's

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.460
 risk.

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.539
 Think about

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.819
 the church

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.140
 body,

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:52.900
 another

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.720
 that we're

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.100
 all in.

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:56.019
 are you

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.399
 playing it

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.079
 safe here

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:58.719
 amongst

00:31:58.719 --> 00:31:59.480
 each other,

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:02.659
 sliding in

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.059
 and out,

00:32:03.719 --> 00:32:05.019
 or are you

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.079
 one another?

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.099
 It is a

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.439
 risky

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:09.619
 thing to

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.819
 do.

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:12.980
 Risk is

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.259
 at the

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.179
 heart of

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.839
 discipleship.

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.839
 I challenge

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.779
 you to

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.459
 think about

00:32:17.459 --> 00:32:17.839
 all the

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.559
 other areas

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.679
 of your

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.459
 life and

00:32:20.459 --> 00:32:20.879
 ask that

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.240
 question.

00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:21.699
 Are you

00:32:21.699 --> 00:32:22.079
 playing it

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.359
 safe?

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.720
 Are you

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.419
 the third

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:26.579
 servant

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.139
 with a

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.579
 shovel in

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.899
 hand,

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.740
 burying

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.879
 and keeping

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.299
 it safe?

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.679
 Or are

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.220
 you the

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.379
 one of

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:36.659
 the first

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.419
 servants

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:39.099
 where you're

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.019
 taking risks

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:42.599
 and working

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:44.399
 for the

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.580
 Lord?

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.700
 Ask

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:45.960
 yourself

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.180
 that.

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.120
 So,

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.560
 we get

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:48.860
 to the

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.200
 point,

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.740
 in the

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.420
 center of

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.800
 this

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:51.160
 parable,

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:53.320
 in verse

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.800
 29.

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.580
 For,

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.140
 we know

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.800
 that because

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.420
 the for.

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.660
 For,

00:32:59.320 --> 00:32:59.580
 and this

00:32:59.580 --> 00:33:00.200
 can be a

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.800
 little confusing,

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.660
 this is not

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.120
 expected,

00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:03.120
 this is part

00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:03.580
 of the shock

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.820
 value,

00:33:04.320 --> 00:33:04.660
 you don't

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.140
 expect him

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.380
 to say

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.660
 this.

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.700
 For,

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.360
 to everyone

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.220
 who has

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.580
 will more

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:11.080
 be given,

00:33:12.080 --> 00:33:12.880
 and he

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.360
 will have

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:13.980
 an abundance.

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.500
 but,

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.740
 from the

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.280
 one who

00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:17.820
 has not,

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.840
 even what

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.480
 he has

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.320
 will be

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:21.280
 taken away.

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.400
 Now,

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.420
 this is a

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.880
 bit hard

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.480
 to understand,

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.200
 but I

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.460
 will give

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.960
 you a

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.140
 trick.

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:28.800
 There,

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:29.420
 this whole

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.060
 thing is,

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.800
 this whole

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.120
 verse,

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.800
 is,

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.620
 there are

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.440
 three verbs

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.759
 here.

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.900
 They're all

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:38.060
 passive verbs,

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:38.960
 meaning,

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.100
 and they're like

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:40.620
 passive,

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.640
 and then future,

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.420
 meaning,

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.100
 all that

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.460
 to say,

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.420
 will be,

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.300
 verb,

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.140
 will be,

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.420
 verb,

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.880
 will be,

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.060
 verb.

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.539
 So,

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.019
 will be

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.320
 given.

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.220
 The one

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.840
 who has

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.820
 will be

00:33:51.820 --> 00:33:52.120
 given,

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.180
 the first,

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.660
 will have

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.300
 an abundance,

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:55.779
 that's the

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.019
 second,

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.400
 and then

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.860
 there's only

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.200
 one,

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.140
 with the one

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.440
 who has

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.660
 not.

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.740
 The one

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.019
 who has

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.300
 not,

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.380
 will be

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.000
 taken away.

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:07.880
 and the

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.280
 four is

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.699
 possibly

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:10.320
 explanationary

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.300
 aside by

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.519
 Jesus,

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:11.980
 so taking

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.360
 us out

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.579
 of the

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.820
 parable,

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.340
 taking us

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.719
 out of

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.480
 the story,

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.239
 and

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.780
 explaining.

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.260
 God

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.739
 gives,

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.559
 through these

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.440
 three verbs,

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.760
 God gives

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.260
 an abundance

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.719
 to those

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.380
 who serve

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.860
 faithfully,

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.019
 and God

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.500
 takes away

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.860
 from those

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.360
 who serve

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.360
 wickedly.

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.639
 Now,

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.599
 this reminds

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.400
 me of two

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.679
 things.

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.280
 One,

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.860
 you might have

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.119
 seen that

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:33.940
 evangelistic

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.359
 track,

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.980
 two ways

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.420
 to live.

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.880
 It's a

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.179
 great

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:37.159
 explainer

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.339
 of the

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:37.619
 gospel,

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.079
 and we

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.460
 see the

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.179
 two ways

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.880
 to live

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.559
 in this

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.859
 parable,

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.460
 the wicked

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.039
 and the

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.259
 faithful.

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.699
 But it

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.239
 also reminds

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.539
 me of

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.179
 an early

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:47.559
 document

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.139
 that is

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.819
 very

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.239
 interesting.

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.659
 It's called

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.039
 the Didache.

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.639
 You may

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.039
 have heard

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.319
 of it,

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.400
 but it's

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.119
 basically a

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.799
 very early

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:54.219
 church

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:55.159
 manual,

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:55.779
 church of

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.179
 book order

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.420
 for the

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.980
 early church.

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.779
 And it

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.239
 has things

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.559
 about,

00:34:59.619 --> 00:34:59.819
 like,

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.779
 Lord's

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:00.980
 Supper,

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.019
 baptism,

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:03.059
 all the

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.339
 things.

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:05.039
 But it

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.900
 begins in

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.420
 a very

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.059
 interesting

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.339
 way.

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.259
 And it's

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.619
 always stuck

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.039
 out to me

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.219
 too.

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.980
 It begins,

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.900
 early church

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.259
 document,

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.019
 early Christians,

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.579
 think of this,

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:18.000
 says,

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.519
 there are

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.559
 two ways,

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.420
 one of life

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.599
 and one of

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:22.880
 death.

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.159
 And there

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.940
 is a great

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.219
 difference between

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.339
 these two ways.

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.299
 Notice what

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.640
 is not

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:29.920
 there.

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.500
 There is

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.980
 no middle

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.220
 way.

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.860
 There is

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:35.200
 wicked and

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.560
 there is

00:35:35.560 --> 00:35:35.940
 faithful.

00:35:37.080 --> 00:35:37.780
 Even the

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.300
 early Christians

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.880
 saw this,

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:39.640
 and I think

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.480
 maybe they

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:40.860
 were reading

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.640
 this and

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:42.180
 seeing that.

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.880
 So think

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:46.480
 about that

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.160
 there are

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:48.220
 maybe the

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.800
 third way

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.420
 could be

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.760
 the third

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.180
 servant.

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.380
 So,

00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:53.160
 last verse.

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.200
 Verse 30.

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.759
 And here's

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.419
 another shock.

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.239
 You don't

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.519
 see this

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.739
 coming,

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.919
 although it's

00:35:59.919 --> 00:36:00.219
 repeated.

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.819
 And cast

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.480
 the worthless

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.699
 servant into

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.179
 the outer

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.719
 darkness.

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.039
 In that

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.439
 place,

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.139
 they will be

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.239
 weeping and

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:10.460
 gnashing of

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.799
 teeth.

00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:11.859
 Notice the

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.279
 change of

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:13.000
 description of

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.299
 the wicked

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.639
 servant.

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.299
 A further

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:16.480
 condemnation by

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.319
 adding worthless

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:18.179
 and useless.

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:19.879
 He adds

00:36:19.879 --> 00:36:21.119
 condemnation by

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.559
 adding a

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.119
 description to

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.519
 that third

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:22.779
 servant.

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.980
 The one

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.519
 talent servant

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.900
 was unready

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.900
 to meet

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.759
 his Lord.

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.840
 At the end

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.199
 of the day,

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.259
 it ends

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:31.920
 with the

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.699
 one talent

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.059
 servant,

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.840
 the one

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.739
 that refused

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.199
 to take a

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.440
 risk.

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.840
 He was

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.400
 unready

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:40.599
 to meet

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.039
 his Lord.

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:44.059
 The one

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.599
 talent servant

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.179
 knew the

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.840
 master would

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.340
 return,

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.880
 but chose

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.500
 not to

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.259
 make himself

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.719
 ready.

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.579
 It was a

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.860
 choice.

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.900
 He did

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.719
 not choose

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.380
 to live

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:55.059
 by faith

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:56.200
 in his

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.599
 daily

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.059
 life,

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.420
 anticipating

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.079
 the

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.539
 master's

00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.900
 return.

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.640
 Don't

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.079
 forget that.

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.780
 It's

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.240
 connected to

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.660
 the previous

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:05.420
 two parables

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.059
 and the

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.340
 theme,

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:06.780
 the second

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.140
 coming,

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:07.720
 the Lord.

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.720
 It goes

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.039
 back.

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.680
 These

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:09.960
 three

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.340
 parables

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.980
 have the

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.340
 same

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.039
 similar

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:13.680
 conclusions.

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.760
 What does

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.780
 it mean to

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.400
 be ready

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:17.340
 for the

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.579
 Lord?

00:37:17.700 --> 00:37:17.980
 Which is

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.680
 really a

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:20.160
 better question

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.500
 when we

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.940
 think about

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.460
 eschatology.

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.599
 not what

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.099
 might

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.440
 happen,

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:25.059
 but what

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.280
 does it

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.519
 mean to

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.079
 be ready

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.679
 today?

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.099
 I think

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.639
 actually

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:31.559
 concludes

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.699
 in the

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.420
 next verse

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.000
 that's not

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.220
 in our

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.500
 parable,

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.300
 which is

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:35.840
 classic me,

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.039
 right?

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.380
 So,

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:39.659
 ignore the

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:41.119
 title between

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.960
 verse 30 and

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.340
 31.

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.679
 We'll end

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.280
 with 31,

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.099
 because I think

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.480
 this is a

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.880
 better end.

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.960
 I think it's

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.280
 connected.

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:48.660
 it says,

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:51.300
 when the

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:52.300
 Son of

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.680
 Man comes

00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:55.440
 in His

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.800
 glory,

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.200
 and all

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:57.840
 the angels

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.400
 with Him,

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.820
 then He

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.860
 will sit

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.740
 on the

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.300
 glorious,

00:38:03.640 --> 00:38:04.400
 His glorious

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.160
 throne.

00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:07.300
 This is

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:08.000
 our hope,

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.720
 this is our

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.360
 encouragement,

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:11.220
 that is the

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:12.140
 foundation for

00:38:12.140 --> 00:38:13.540
 daily faithfulness

00:38:13.540 --> 00:38:14.700
 through the

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:15.320
 work of

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.240
 the Son,

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:17.879
 past,

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.779
 we can look

00:38:18.779 --> 00:38:19.059
 in the

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:20.299
 future to

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:20.639
 this,

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.859
 when the

00:38:21.859 --> 00:38:22.299
 Son of

00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:22.979
 Man comes

00:38:22.979 --> 00:38:24.219
 in His

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.579
 glory,

00:38:24.919 --> 00:38:25.779
 and all

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.359
 the nations

00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:26.879
 with Him,

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:29.099
 then He

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.659
 will,

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.039
 and that's a

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.299
 promise,

00:38:30.479 --> 00:38:31.279
 He will

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:32.819
 sit on His

00:38:32.819 --> 00:38:33.399
 glorious

00:38:33.399 --> 00:38:34.159
 throne.

00:38:34.939 --> 00:38:35.299
 And how

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:36.159
 precious is

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.579
 that truth.

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.459
 Pray with

00:38:38.459 --> 00:38:38.599
 me.