Using the Lord's Talents

Theme: Jesus Teaches that God Requires Productive Stewardship from His People
I. Each Given Talents According to Ability – vv. 14-19
A. A Seemingly Unsupervised Stewardship – vv. 14-15; Lk 19:13; I Co 6:20; Ro 12:6
B. Investing Those Trusts for God's Gain – vv. 16-17
C. One Paralyzed by Fear of Loss (or just plain Laziness) – vv. 18-19; Mt 12:36; Php 2:12-13; Lk 19:15
II. Judged According to Stewardship of God's Gifts – vv. 20-25
A. Joyfully Bringing God's ROI – vv. 20, 22; I Ti 4:14; I Pe 4:11
B. Blessed with Further Eternal Responsibility – vv. 21, 23; Mt 24:45; 25:34; Lk 16:10; Re 3:21; Heb 12:2
C. Fearfully Returning God's Capital – vv. 24-25; Ge 1:28; I Ti 4:4-5
III. God Requires Interest on His Investment – vv. 26-30
A. God does Not Deny that He is a Hard "Man" – v. 26; Lk 19:22; Pr 22:13; Lk 12:47
B. Depositing His Salvation for Usury – v. 27
C. God's Stewardship is Reinvested in One Who Produces Gain – vv. 28-29; Mt 21:43; Jn 15:2
D. Unprofitable Servants will be Cast into Outer Darkness – v. 30; Jn 15:6