Be Ready to Work Harder with God Talents: A Brief Study on the First and Second Stewards

Bible Passage: Matthew 25:14-30

I. Subject: How do you live in the time between Jesus’ physical absence and His Second Coming?

(a) Work with what Jesus has entrusted to you in such a way to bring profit for Him (all that you have don’t belong to you; you are only stewards)
(b) Jesus’ disciples [you and me] must risk their lives to please him
(c) Make pleasing Jesus with your work your priority
(d) How much/many one has been given does not matter, but what one does with what he/she has matters
(e) Jesus recognizes your work/labor which, according to this parable, includes adding more stewardship “good and faithful servant”

II. Motivation for your work: To please the Lord, not the Lord’s condemnation/fear/obligation

(a) No one has the luxury to say that they do not want to use what God has entrusted to them
(b) The Lord is against such attitude

Take Away

Be ready to work harder with God’s more talents