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1. In Defense of the One-Talent Servant

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

... and all eyes focus on the Judge. There is obvious strain evident in the Judge’s face and voice. It appears that the judgment to be made is one which weighs heavily upon the Judge’s heart. Finally, the Judge speaks. Judge: The defendant will rise. Mr. One-Talent, I understand your fear that you may lose all you have. But you fail to recognize that what you have is not really yours. What you have is a gift, entrusted to you by your master. Yes, it is true that your resources are limited, but whatever you ...

2. The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... be thought of in terms of opportunity to fulfill their possibilities? Or is it in approval for how they perform with what they have? Or is it in ultimate worth before God as persons of value? 4. The judgment pronounced on the slave who tried to protect the talent was severe. He was called wicked and lazy. We usually do not associate wickedness with lack of action. We tend to think of it as some dastardly actions which do injury and harm to others. We do not usually assume that it applies to what we fail to ...

3. The Talents - A Parable of Stewardship

Matthew 25:14-30

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... (Solo 3): The man who uses well what he is given shall be given more, and he shall have abundance. But from the man who is unfaithful, even what little responsibility he has shall be taken from him. Solo 2: The man who is a wise steward of his talents will be blessed. Solo 4: The man who does not use those that he has or abuses them, shall wither and die. Master (Solo 3): Throw the useless servant out into outer darkness. Solo 2: Out ... [Move DC] Solo 4: Into darkness ... [Move beside Solo 2 DC] Master ...

4. The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... time. The bridegroom comes after a long time. The landowner returns after a long time. The judgment comes after a long time. Perhaps this is Matthews’s way of saying to us: Our master may be delayed in his return, but, in the meanwhile, what are you doing with the talent that has been entrusted to you. Let us be clear on one issue. God expects a return. We had better not simply bury that which has been given us and return it when he comes. Well, it is obvious that the star, or we might say the villain, of ...

5. The Parable Of The Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will ...

6. Talents and Trust

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

... his charge. He preserved it, but he made no use of it. No one benefited from it, neither the servant nor the master nor the business community nor even the economy. Instead of being praised as a prudent man, the servant is called "wicked and slothful." He loses the talent and along with it the opportunity of using it and the responsibility of administering it. I said that the story is very much like the risk-and-trust Catch-22. It is, and it is vitally important that it be read that way and not as a reward ...

7. Talented People

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... on how much we started out with, but on what we have done with what we had. Our responsibility is proportionate to our gifts. All of us have received something. Another thing this parable appears to encourage is risk-taking. The fellow in the story who received one talent to invest hid it, made nothing of it, returned it to his master intact, and was condemned for so doing. That may seem rather harsh to us. After all, he didn't squander the money; he didn't abscond with it; he didn't spend it on himself ...

8. Gifts of Talent

Matthew 25:14-30

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... me? (response) He gave me the ability to play the guitar. Play a short segment of music or show something you’ve drawn. If something can be drawn quickly let the children watch your work. Do you know what else he gave me? (response) What skills and talents do you think he gave to the choir members? (response) What would happen if the choir members took their singing ability and never used it again? If they hid it and never sang again? (response) How do you think God would feel about that? (response) Now I ...

9. The Parable of the Talents - Sermon Starter

Matthew 25:14-30

Illustration

Brett Blair

... guaranteed equal rights under the Constitution. In an election our votes are all equal. But when it comes to our abilities, we are as different as different can be. God simply did not make us all the same. There are some people who can handle five talents, there are some who can handle only one. There are some persons who have great intellectual capabilities, and some who do not. There are some who have the ability to project and articulate their thoughts, and there are some who cannot. There are some who ...

10. The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... lazy servant. Verse 26b is a question: So you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown, did you? Then you should have deposited my money in the bank so I could have collected not only the principal but the interest as well. The master orders the talent to be taken from the lazy servant and given to the one with the most. Verse 29 states the general principle that those who have, receive more, and those who do not, forfeit what little they do have. In context it means that faithfulness is rewarded by expanded ...

11. Using our Special Talents

Romans 12:6-8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... use them well. Do you remember how good Charley was at hanging on the wall? Not very good, was he? But when he is filled with milk he is terrific. You can be like Charley and Sally and Pat and work hard at using the talents that God has given you. If you use your special talents well, you will not only please God, but your friends and family as well. CHRISTIAN CHAMPIONS 1 Corinthians 9:24--10:5, verse 27: I treat my body hard and make it obey me, for, having been an announcer myself, I should not want to ...

12. The Box (A Drama about Using Your Talents for God)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... for Christ and how many of them wanted to make an eternal impact on this world. When Ray asked me to write something about using our talents for God, it seems like a perfect opportunity to share this story. I also want to apologize here. I know the ending is a bit wordy ... a dot. He then asked me who that was. I told him it was a fan. He asked me what they were good at, what their talent was. I told him I didn’t know. He said "Maybe their good at drawing, or math, or maybe they are a teacher." He then asked ...

13. Today's Talent Show

Romans 12:1-8

Children's Sermon

... about what you want to do, I want to tell you why I am suggesting this. We call these things that we are able to do talents or gifts, and they come from God. Just as we all look different, so we all can do different things. For instance, I know some ... their gifts.] That sure was good. It is wonderful the way that you use your gifts. God is thrilled by the way that you use your talents. I hope you never forget that everybody can do something well because that is the way that God made us. It doesn't make any ...

14. Sympathizing With The One Talent Man

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... even a more potent force that can work for us--and that is our relationship with God. I would like to read you something now, and this is for anyone who is tyrannized by fear and defeated by a poor self-image. If only the poor servant with the one talent could have read it. It is from Romans 8, beginning with the fourteenth verse as translated by J.B. Phillips: All who follow the leading of God's Spirit are God's own sons. Nor are you meant to relapse into the old slavish attitude of fear--you have been ...

15. Some Talents are Inappropriate

Matthew 25:14-30

Illustration

Johnny Dean

One man in a group being received into the church heard the pastor say, "Now God has given each of you a unique talent. When you join the church, you are expected to serve God with whatever abilities you have." Well, it just so happened that this ... that every other day it will run backwards. That way you'll never have to write another check to American Electric." Well, some talents are just inappropriate for use in the service of God, no matter how sincerely they're offered! But all of us have at least one ...

16. Parable of the Talents Retold

Matthew 25:14-30

Illustration

Unknown

... parable: Once there was a king who had three sons, each with a special talent. The first had a talent for growing fruit. The second for raising sheep. And the third for playing the violin. Once, the king had to go overseas on important business. Before departing he called his three sons together and told them he was depending on them to keep the people contented in his absence. Now ...

17. Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... ! Leader: Know the Lord is God and we are every one God's creations. People: We are God's chosen servants each given special talents for service. Leader: Let us serve the Lord with joy and lift our voices in praise! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord ... in so many wonderful ways and we have failed to see You and failed to give You thanks. Too often we have taken for granted the talents and skills You have given us and we have failed to use them to bless the world around us. Forgive us, Lord, and help us ...

18. A Talent for Life

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the spirit, and you'll live larger than life. Why do people make so little of their lives? The Spirit wants you to make so much of your life. The Spirit wants to help you make so much of your life. In short, the Spirit gives people a talent for life. Marilynne Robinson has written only two novels. But her most recent one entitled Gilead (2004) received the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 2005. The story is of a dying Iowa preacher in his 70s who is writing reminiscences about life for a son he will never ...

19. Gave Her One Talent To God

Matthew 25:14-30

Illustration

Mark Adams

... him to death and thrown his body in the trash. "I love you and Jesus loves you." Those were some of the last words this little boy heard in his short life---from the lips of a Puerto Rican woman who could barely speak English. This woman gave her one talent to God and because of that a little boy who never heard the word "love" in his own home, experienced and responded to the love of Christ. What can you give? What is your "colt"? You and I each have something in our lives, which, if given back to God ...

20. Don't Bury the Talents

Illustration

Stuart Briscoe

As a pastor, a husband, and a father, I have a dread of burying someone else's talents, particularly those bestowed on women. Accordingly, I have tried to scrutinize my views, the place of tradition, the thrust of theology, and the force of my prejudices. Repeatedly, I have come back to this fact: ... their stewardship. As a man in a male-oriented church, I may one day be asked about their gifts. I would like to be able to say that I did considerably more than burying. A talent is a terrible thing to waste.

21. Lending Talent

Matthew 21:1-11

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

One of my pastor-friends in the Memphis Conference is a wonderful preacher. Some years ago she was serving on a church staff in Cincinnati, as a layperson in charge of singles ministry. One day a layman and his wife took her out to dinner. The layman said to her, "I don't know how to lead people to Jesus, but I know how to make money. You know how to lead people to Jesus, so I want to send you to seminary." After Susan recovered a bit from shock, she asked, "Are you really serious?" He said, "I certainly ...

22. Four Talents

Illustration

Nathan Castens

In The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen retells a tale from ancient India: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers met to reveal what they had learned. "I have mastered a science," said the first, "by which I can take but a bone of some creature and create the flesh that goes with it." "I," said the second, "know how to grow that creature's skin and hair if there is flesh on its bones." The third said, "I am able to create its limbs if I have flesh, the skin ...

23. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... gnashing of teeth." (vv.28-30) Put simply—use it or lose it. Now this man may have been upset because he only had one talent. But having little to work with is no excuse for not using it at all. Someone has said, and said it well, that the great ... of all compliments is to stand before the God who made you, and the God who gifted you, whether you are a five talent man, or a one talent man, and hear Him simply say, "Well done, you good and faithful servant." This all leads me to ask every one of you ...

24. It's Time to Go to Work

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... have, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (vv.28-30) Put simply, what you don't use you lose. Now this man may have been upset because he only had one talent. But having little to work with is no excuse for not using it at all. Someone has said, and said well, that the great danger is between the things that we think are too small for us to fool with, and the things that we think are too great for ...

25. The Opportunity of a Lifetime

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... t you hear me say, ‘Well done?'" The waiter said: "Thank you—I haven't had a compliment all day." I tell you the compliment of all compliments is to stand before the God who made you, and the God who gifted you, whether you are a five talent man, or a one talent man, and hear Him simply say, "Well done, you good and faithful servant." This all leads me to ask every one of you who claim to know Christ as your Lord and Savior this question: Did Jesus make a good investment when He saved you? How would you ...

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