The Faithful Investor
Jerry Vines
Luke 19:11-28
Two thousand years ago, Jesus came to this earth and died on the cross for our sins. Then He rose again and went back to heaven. Before Jesus went back to heaven, He promised His disciples, and promised you and me, that one day He was going to return again. Jesus is a man of honor. Jesus will do what He has promised to do.
I heard about a little boy one time who was waiting for his father. A storm had come up and he was at school and the father was coming to get him. All of the other children's fathers had come for them except this little boy's. Yet, the little boy was not alarmed. It was getting dark but he seemed to be rather cheerful about it. The teacher said to the little boy, ''Son, are you sure? Do you think maybe we need to make arrangements for someone else to take you home?'' The little boy said, ''Oh, no, my dad will be here.'' ''How do you know your dad will be here?'' He said, ''My dad said he would come and my dad always keeps his promises.''
Jesus Christ said He was going to come again and Jesus always keeps His promises. The questions is -- what are we to do between the first coming and the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ? What is our business to be? What is to occupy our time and our efforts and our thoughts until the Lord Jesus Christ comes again?
This is why Jesus told the story that I'm going to share with you this morning about the faithful investors. I think it might be helpful also if you will notice the context in which Jesus told the story. In verse 11 it says that Jesus told this story because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. They thought that the end of the age had come. They thought that the time that God would establish His kingdom on this earth was immediately going to happen. Of course we know that it didn't do that. We know that it's been two thousand years since Jesus told this story. We know that the com ...
Jerry Vines
Luke 19:11-28
Two thousand years ago, Jesus came to this earth and died on the cross for our sins. Then He rose again and went back to heaven. Before Jesus went back to heaven, He promised His disciples, and promised you and me, that one day He was going to return again. Jesus is a man of honor. Jesus will do what He has promised to do.
I heard about a little boy one time who was waiting for his father. A storm had come up and he was at school and the father was coming to get him. All of the other children's fathers had come for them except this little boy's. Yet, the little boy was not alarmed. It was getting dark but he seemed to be rather cheerful about it. The teacher said to the little boy, ''Son, are you sure? Do you think maybe we need to make arrangements for someone else to take you home?'' The little boy said, ''Oh, no, my dad will be here.'' ''How do you know your dad will be here?'' He said, ''My dad said he would come and my dad always keeps his promises.''
Jesus Christ said He was going to come again and Jesus always keeps His promises. The questions is -- what are we to do between the first coming and the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ? What is our business to be? What is to occupy our time and our efforts and our thoughts until the Lord Jesus Christ comes again?
This is why Jesus told the story that I'm going to share with you this morning about the faithful investors. I think it might be helpful also if you will notice the context in which Jesus told the story. In verse 11 it says that Jesus told this story because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. They thought that the end of the age had come. They thought that the time that God would establish His kingdom on this earth was immediately going to happen. Of course we know that it didn't do that. We know that it's been two thousand years since Jesus told this story. We know that the com ...
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