Title: The Gospel of Money (3)
Series: 40 Day Challenge
Author: Scott Maze
Text: Matthew 25:14-30
The 40-Day Challenge is a series of sermons designed for your growth. It's designed to motivate you to grow spiritually by forming 7 habits that Christians have used for centuries to grow in their faith. You have a card that was in your seat. Please put this in front of you for the next few minutes.
I want you to take a 40-day challenge with me.
40 days of Bible reading.
40 days of prayer
40 days of serving.
40 days of giving.
More details to come in a few moments.
I invite you to turn to Matthew 25 with me. Jesus tells a story that challenges us to consider our lives and possessions in light of eternity.
Jesus is on the Mount of Olives, which you can see directly over the valley into Jerusalem, no more than one mile away. This is known as the Olivet Discourse. In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus tells the future. It's clear Jesus is speaking about an event that hasn't happened yet as He instructs us on what to do while waiting for His return.
Jesus groups this series of parables together to make His point. Parables were Jesus' favorite teaching method. Each parable represents a small story with a big truth.
Today's Scripture
"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five t ...
Series: 40 Day Challenge
Author: Scott Maze
Text: Matthew 25:14-30
The 40-Day Challenge is a series of sermons designed for your growth. It's designed to motivate you to grow spiritually by forming 7 habits that Christians have used for centuries to grow in their faith. You have a card that was in your seat. Please put this in front of you for the next few minutes.
I want you to take a 40-day challenge with me.
40 days of Bible reading.
40 days of prayer
40 days of serving.
40 days of giving.
More details to come in a few moments.
I invite you to turn to Matthew 25 with me. Jesus tells a story that challenges us to consider our lives and possessions in light of eternity.
Jesus is on the Mount of Olives, which you can see directly over the valley into Jerusalem, no more than one mile away. This is known as the Olivet Discourse. In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus tells the future. It's clear Jesus is speaking about an event that hasn't happened yet as He instructs us on what to do while waiting for His return.
Jesus groups this series of parables together to make His point. Parables were Jesus' favorite teaching method. Each parable represents a small story with a big truth.
Today's Scripture
"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five t ...
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