Part 4 | Good and Faithful
SERIES THEME: We know about His first arrival, but are we ready for His second coming? The Lord told us to be fully aware of what will happen toward the end of the age. And on the heels of Easter weekend, we can’t think of a better topic that the return of Jesus Christ. But what is going to be happening around His return? Are we seeing the last days right now? How should we live? What should I know as a Christ-follower to be ready? Find the answers and be at peace with the “Last Days”.
From Matthew 25
QUESTION: What does a Last Days Church Look like?
ANSWER #2: .
1. understands: I am God’s , I’m , I’m .
📖 Matthew 25:14 (ESV) “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. “
📖 James 1:1 (ESV) James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ…
📖 Philippians 1:1 (ESV) Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi
📖 Romans 1:1 (ESV) Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
📖 1 Chronicles 29:2 (ESV) I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze…
📖 1 Chronicles 29:16 (ESV) O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.
📖 2 Chronicles 5:10 (ESV) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
2. focuses on my and not .
📖 Matthew 25:15 (ESV) To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
📖 Matthew 25:16 (ESV) He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.
📖 Matthew 25:22 (ESV) And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’
📖 Matthew 25:23 (ESV) His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
📖 Exodus 4:1-2 (ESV) Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’ ” 2 The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”
📖 Matthew 25:18 (ESV) But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.
PRO LIFE-TIP: There’s always someone who is / than you. Get anyway.
📖 Ephesians 5:15-16 (ESV) Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
God’s operates in the realm of not .
📖 Matthew 25:24 (ESV) He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’d and hid his master’s money.
FACT: Wrong about God can be more to faith than not believing in God.
3. believes God those who make the of their .
📖 Matthew 25:21 (ESV) His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
📖 Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV) Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
📖 Proverbs 3:9-10 (ESV) Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; 10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Sermon in a Sentence:
is not , it’s in the God gives me for which He will me.
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