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>>AMONG THE PEOPLE
LIVING THE TROPICS, FOR
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THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE COCONUT
HAS BEEN A VIRTUAL TREE OF LIFE.
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THE PEOPLE USE IT FOR FOOD, FOR
CLOTHING, FOR WATER, FOR TOOLS,
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SOAP - IT DOES JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING. THE COCONUT HAS ALSO
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SAVED A LOT OF LIVES.
DURING WORLD WAR II, PILOTS THAT
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WERE SHOT DOWN OR SAILORS
THAT WERE STRANDED ON PACIFIC
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ISLANDS, THEY LIVED FOR MANY
MONTHS ON NOTHING OTHER THAN THE
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COCONUT TREES THAT
WERE ON THEIR ISLANDS.
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YESSIR, THE
COCONUT IS A TREE OF LIFE.
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ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT
THE COCONUT IS THEY'RE DESIGNED
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SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY
ABLE TO FLOAT ACROSS OCEANS.
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COCONUTS CAN GO THOUSANDS
OF MILES AFTER MANY MONTHS, BE
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WASHED UP ON SOME DESERTED SANDY
BEACH, THEN THEY TAKE ROOT,
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SPROUT, COME TO LIFE, AND
THEY'LL DEVELOP A WHOLE NEW
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ECOSYSTEM, HOLDING ISLANDS
IN PLACE THROUGH A HURRICANE.
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WHEN THE ANCIENT POLYNESIAN
TRAVELERS CROSSING OCEANS SAW AN
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ISLAND WITH COCONUT
TREES, THEY KNEW THERE WAS HOPE.
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IT'S AMAZING HOW, IN VIRTUALLY
NOT TIME AT ALL, THOSE LIVING ON
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PACIFIC ISLANDS KNOW HOW TO MAKE
BASKETS AND ALL KINDS OF TOOLS
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FROM THE LEAVES
OF THE COCONUT TREE.
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THE COCONUTS EVEN SERVE
DIFFERENT PURPOSES AT DIFFERENT
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TIMES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
THE YOUNGER, GREEN COCONUTS,
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THEY'RE FULL OF WATER
AND THAT'LL KEEP YOU ALIVE.
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YOU CAN EVEN MAKE YOUR
UTENSILS FROM THE COCONUT.
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MY SPOON IS PART OF THE
GREEN SHELL AND HERE, THIS IS A
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COCONUT JELLY -
MAKES GOOD FOR BREAKFAST.
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THE MORE MATURE COCONUTS, THAT'S
WHERE YOU GET THE MEAT - BUT YOU
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WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
NOT BAD AND THE WAY THAT YOU
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TEST THIS IS YOU CAN
HEAR THE WATER INSIDE.
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HERE, BRING THAT MIC
OVER HERE. CAN YOU HEAR IT?
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THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A BITE?
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NOW THAT MAKES A MEAL THAT WILL
REALLY FILL YOU UP AND IT CLEANS
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YOUR TEETH AT THE SAME TIME.
THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, JESUS USES
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A NUMBER OF METAPHORS TO REMIND
US THAT EVERYTHING WE NEED TO
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SURVIVE COMES FROM HIM. HE
SAYS THAT HE'S THE LIVING WATER.
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JESUS TELLS US THAT
HE IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
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HIS ROBE COVERS US WITH
RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE IS OUR GOOD
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SHEPHERD THAT PROTECTS US.
JESUS IS THE LIVING VINE THROUGH
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WHICH WE GET OUR
LIFE AND OUR NOURISHMENT.
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YOU MIGHT SAY JESUS IS LIKE THE
COCONUT TREE - A TREE OF LIFE.
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YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FEW VERSES
IN THE BIBLE TELL THAT GOD
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PROVIDED A TREE OF LIFE FOR MAN
SO THAT HE COULD LIVE FOREVER.
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BUT, BECAUSE OF SIN, MAN
WAS SEPARATED FROM THAT TREE AND
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FROM THE GARDEN. BUT
THROUGH TRUSTING IN JESUS
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AND TRUSTING IN HIS SACRIFICE
ON THE CROSS, WE ONCE AGAIN WILL
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HAVE ACCESS TO THE TREE
OF LIFE AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
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WITH HIM IN THE KINGDOM.
BUT THIS IS ALL MADE POSSIBLE
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BECAUSE WE TRUST IN JESUS,
WHO IS THE REAL TREE OF LIFE.
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JESUS SAID, 'UNLESS YOU EAT
MY FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD, YOU
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HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU.' BUT
WHEN WE ACCEPT CHRIST AS OUR
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SACRIFICE, AND WE ALLOW HIM TO
CLEANSE US AND FILL US WITH HIS
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SPIRIT, WE BECOME NEW CREATURES
AND WE CAN BE WITH HIM IN
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SHARING THE GIFT OF
EVERLASTING LIFE WITH OTHERS.
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MATTER OF FACT, WE COULD DO THAT
RIGHT NOW BY TOSSING A COCONUT
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OUT AND PRAYING THAT IT
LANDS ON A DESERTED BEACH.
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(MUSIC) >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN
IN 1965 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED
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CONCEPT. >>HELLO,
THIS IS JOE CREWS AND
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THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST
FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU.
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>>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD
BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM
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SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY,
FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT
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TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS
FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
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THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT
SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON
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BEGAN EXPANDING TO
INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS.
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IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED
THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS
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GROWING OUTREACH
EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING
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EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES
FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD.
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IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR
ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE
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MINISTRY, ADDING THE
BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO
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PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY
TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON
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MULTIPLE
NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD.
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FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION
OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE
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BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE
EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A
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TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE
GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND
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WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH
THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF
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EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE
MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH
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SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS.
AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S MESSAGE,
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OUR MISSION. (MUSIC)
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>>YOU'LL GROW STRONGER
IN YOUR FAITH IF YOU USE THE
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VARIOUS GIFTS GOD HAS
GIVEN YOU IN SERVING THE LORD.
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AND THAT'S THE TOPIC
OF OUR SUBJECT TODAY.
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IT'S BASED ON THE PARABLE OF THE
TALENTS AND IT'S ON INVESTING
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OUR TALENTS. GOD HAS
GIVEN US ALL SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
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HE WANTS US TO
USE THEM IN HIS CAUSE.
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I REMEMBER READING A STORY ABOUT
A VERY SUCCESSFUL, RICH MAN -
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LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY - AND
WHEN HIS GRANDMOTHER'S BIRTHDAY
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CAME AROUND, HE WANTED TO
DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HER.
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HE HAD SPENT SEVERAL
YEARS LIVING WITH HER DURING THE
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SUMMERS - WANTED
TO GET HER A GIFT.
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SHE HAD REALLY IMPACTED HIS LIFE
- SHE AND GRANDPA - BUT GRANDPA
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HAD PASSED AWAY AND HE
KNEW THAT GRANDMA WAS LONELY.
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SHE WAS SOMETHING OF AN
OLD COUNTRY GIRL SO HE KNEW IT
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WASN'T GOING TO DO HER ANY GOOD
TO GET HER SOMETHING ELECTRONIC
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AND HE CAME UP WITH A BIG IDEA.
HE THOUGHT, 'I'M GOING TO GET
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GRANDMA A PARROT - A BIRD - THAT
CAN TALK TO HER - KEEP HER SOME
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COMPANY.' AND SO THIS MAN,
HE FOUND ONE THAT SPOKE 400
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DIFFERENT WORDS AND COULD SING
PARTS OF THREE ITALIAN OPERAS.
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AND HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, LOOK,
MY GRANDMA MEANS A LOT TO ME.
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MONEY IS NO OBJECT. HE SPENT
$50,000 BUYING THE BIRD AND
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HAVING IT SHIPPED TO HIS
GRANDMOTHER IN THE HILLS OF
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KENTUCKY. AND HE COULDN'T WAIT -
THE DAY AFTER THE BIRD ARRIVED,
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HE CALLED AND SAID, 'GRANDMA,
DID YOU GET THE BIRD THAT I
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SENT?' SHE SAID, 'WELL, YES I
DID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SON.'
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AND HE SAID, 'WELL, WHAT'D
YOU THINK?' SHE PAUSED AND SAID,
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'WELL, TO BE HONEST, IT WAS A
LITTLE SMALL AND A LITTLE TOUGH,
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BUT WITH THE RIGHT SEASONINGS
IT WAS QUITE DELICIOUS.'
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NOTHING QUITE LIKE
A GIFT THAT IS WASTED.
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DIDN'T APPRECIATE THE GIFT.
AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THAT'S
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A FUNNY STORY, BUT IT IS TRUE
THAT GIFTS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN AT
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GREAT EXPENSE TO YOU AND I, ARE
OFTEN TOTALLY BURIED AND WASTED.
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AND THAT'S WHAT OUR PARABLE'S
ABOUT. SO, IF YOU HAVE YOUR
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BIBLES, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JOIN
ME BY TURNING TO MATTHEW 25.
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NATHAN - IN THE SCRIPTURE
READING - I HAD HIM READ THE
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FIRST HALF OF THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO READ IT ALL.
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THERE IS A PARALLEL PARABLE
IN LUKE 19 - IT'S A LITTLE
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DIFFERENT. WE'RE GOING
TO READ FROM MATTHEW 25.
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I'LL PROBABLY TALK
ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
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WHY ARE SOME OF THE PARABLES
DIFFERENT FROM ONE GOSPEL TO
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ANOTHER? DOES THAT
MEAN THE BIBLE CANNOT
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BE TRUSTED AND
THAT IT'S NOT INSPIRED?
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OR DID ONE OF THE GOSPEL WRITERS
GET IT WRONG AND ONE OF THEM GOT
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IT RIGHT? NO, NOT AT ALL.
WHEN JESUS WENT FROM TOWN TO
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TOWN, AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE WENT
FROM TOWN TO TOWN AND VILLAGE TO
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VILLAGE - FROM THE COUNTRY TO
THE CITY, TEACHING AND PREACHING
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OVER THOSE THREE
AND A HALF YEARS.
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HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT HE
SHARED THE SAME PARABLES - OR AT
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LEAST VARIATIONS
OF THEM - MANY TIMES?
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HE DIDN'T HAVE PRINTED COPIES HE
SENT OUT, HE WOULD REPEAT THEM.
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AND AS HE WENT FROM ONE TOWN
TO THE NEXT AND HE LOOKED AT THE
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AUDIENCE AND HE SAW WHAT THE
NEEDS WERE, HE WOULD MODIFY AND
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ADJUST HIS PARABLES TO BE MORE
EFFECTIVE BASED ON HIS AUDIENCE.
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AND SO, THAT'S WHY MATTHEW SAID,
'I REMEMBER WHEN JESUS TOLD IT
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IN THIS VILLAGE AND
THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD THEM.
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AND LUKE SAYS, 'WELL, PETER TOLD
ME ABOUT - OR PAUL TOLD ME ABOUT
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WHEN HE TOLD THE PARABLE IN THIS
VILLAGE AND THIS IS HOW HE DID
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IT THERE.' AND SO, THERE'S
LITTLE DIFFERENCES, BUT IN LUKE
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AND IN MATTHEW, THE MESSAGE
OF THE PARABLES IS IDENTICAL.
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AND SO, MATTHEW CHAPTER 25,
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH VERSE
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14, "FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
IS LIKE A MAN TRAVELING TO A FAR
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COUNTRY, WHO CALLED IS OWN
SERVANTS AND DELIVERED HIS GOODS
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TO THEM." - NOW
WHERE'S THIS HAPPENING?
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- MATTHEW 25 -
WHAT'S IN MATTHEW 24?
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IT TALKS ALL ABOUT THE SECOND
COMING, AND THEN THE FIRST
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PARABLE IN MATTHEW 25 HE
TALKS ABOUT THE VIRGINS THAT ARE
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WAITING. SO ONE OF
THE THINGS - WHAT DO
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WE DO WHILE WE ARE
WAITING FOR JESUS TO COME?
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WELL, IT TALKS ABOUT THE
TEN VIRGINS WHO ARE MAKING SURE
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THEY'VE GOT A STORE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND THEY'RE WAITING WITH
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EXPECTANCY. AND
AFTER HE TALKS ABOUT HOW WE
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ARE TO WAIT WITH ANTICIPATION
AND EXPECTANCY OF THE LORD'S
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RETURN, HE THEN SAYS, 'BUT YOU
DON'T JUST SIT THERE AND WAIT,
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YOU WORK.' SO THEN HE SAYS
HOW YOU WAIT FOR THE LORD'S
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COMING IS BY STAYING BUSY.
AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
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IT'S IN THE CONTEXT OF 'WHAT
DO WE DO WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR
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THE MASTER TO RETURN? SO
IT SAYS HE'S GETTING READY -
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VERSE 14 - HE'S GOING - JOURNEY
- FAR COUNTRY - THAT FAR COUNTRY
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IS HEAVEN - NOT THAT HEAVEN'S
FAR AWAY, IT'S ONLY A PRAYER
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AWAY, BUT IT SEEMS FAR SOMETIMES
BECAUSE WE'RE SEPARATED BY SIN.
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AND HE DIVVIES UP HIS GIFTS
AND IT SAYS, "AND TO ONE HE GAVE
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FIVE TALENTS, TO ANOTHER
TWO, AND TO ANOTHER ONE, TO EACH
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ACCORDING TO HIS OWN ABILITY;"
- HE'S NOT BEING UNFAIR - "AND
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IMMEDIATELY HE
WENT ON A JOURNEY.
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THEN HE WHO HAD RECEIVED
THE FIVE TALENTS WENT AND TRADED
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WITH THEM, AND MADE
ANOTHER FIVE TALENTS.
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AND LIKEWISE HE WHO HAD RECEIVED
TWO GAINED TWO MORE ALSO.
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BUT HE WHO HAD RECEIVED ONE WENT
AND DUG IN THE GROUND, AND HID
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HIS LORD'S MONEY." -
WRAPPED IT UP IN A NAPKIN,
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DUG A HOLE, STUCK IT IN THERE.
IT DOESN'T SAY HE STOLE IT.
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IT DOESN'T SAY HE SPENT IT.
HE BASICALLY DID NOTHING WITH IT
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- "AFTER A LONG TIME THE
LORD OF THOSE SERVANTS CAME AND
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SETTLED ACCOUNTS WITH THEM.
SO HE WHO HAD RECEIVED FIVE
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TALENTS CAME AND BROUGHT FIVE
OTHER TALENTS, SAYING, 'LORD,
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YOU DELIVERED TO ME FIVE
TALENTS; LOOK, I HAVE GAINED
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FIVE MORE TALENTS BESIDES THEM.'
HIS LORD SAID TO HIM, 'WELL
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DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT;
YOU WERE FAITHFUL OVER A FEW
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THINGS, I WILL MAKE
YOU RULER OVER MANY THINGS.
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ENTER INTO THE JOY OF YOUR
LORD.' HE ALSO WHO HAD RECEIVED
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TWO TALENTS CAME AND SAID,
'LORD, YOU DELIVERED TO ME TWO
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TALENTS; LOOK, I HAVE GAINED TWO
MORE TALENTS BESIDES THEM.' HIS
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LORD SAID TO HIM, 'WELL DONE,
GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT;'" -
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HE SAYS THE SAME THING TO HIM:
'YOU TOOK WHAT I GAVE YOU, EVEN
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THOUGH IT WAS LESS, BUT YOU WERE
FAITHFUL WITH IT - WELL DONE' -
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"'I WILL MAKE YOU
RULER OVER MANY THINGS.
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ENTER INTO THE JOY OF YOUR
LORD.' THEN HE WHO HAD RECEIVED
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THE ONE TALENT CAME AND SAID,
'LORD, I KNEW YOU TO BE A HARD
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MAN, REAPING WHERE YOU
HAVE NOT SOWN, AND GATHERING
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WHERE YOU HAVE
NOT SCATTERED SEED.
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AND I WAS AFRAID, AND WENT AND
HID YOUR TALENT IN THE GROUND.'"
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- LOOK, THERE IT IS - HE UNWRAPS
THIS DIRTY NAPKIN AND SAYS, 'I'M
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GIVING YOU BACK WHAT YOU GAVE
ME.' - "BUT HIS LORD ANSWERED
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AND SAID TO HIM, 'YOU WICKED AND
LAZY SERVANT, YOU KNEW THAT I
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REAP WHERE I HAVE NOT SOWN,
AND GATHER WHERE I HAVE NOT
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SCATTERED SEED. SO YOU
OUGHT TO HAVE DEPOSITED
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MY MONEY WITH THE BANKERS,
AND AT MY COMING I WOULD HAVE
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RECEIVED BACK MY
OWN WITH INTEREST.
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THEREFORE TAKE THE TALENT FROM
HIM, AND GIVE IT TO HIM WHO HAS
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TEN TALENTS. FOR TO
EVERYONE WHO HAS, MORE
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WILL BE GIVEN, AND HE WILL HAVE
ABUNDANCE; BUT FROM HIM WHO DOES
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NOT HAVE, EVEN WHAT HE
HAS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY.
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AND CAST THE UNPROFITABLE
SERVANT INTO THE OUTER DARKNESS.
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THERE WILL BE WEEPING
AND GNASHING OF TEETH."
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THEN JESUS MOVES
ON TO ANOTHER PARABLE.
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SO, THAT'S OUR OBJECTIVE THIS
MORNING, IS TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF
00:13:14.32\00:13:18.36
THE LESSONS - AND I WON'T BE
COVERING THEM ALL - BUT WHAT ARE
00:13:18.36\00:13:21.50
THE PRINCIPAL LESSONS WE
CAN LEARN FROM THIS PARABLE?
00:13:21.50\00:13:25.63
FIRST OF ALL, IT TELLS US
THERE'S A MASTER - A MASTER WHO
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DISTRIBUTES HIS GOODS. WHO
IS THE MASTER? MASTER IS CHRIST.
00:13:29.14\00:13:33.51
MATTHEW 25:14, "THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN IS LIKE A MAN TRAVELING
00:13:33.51\00:13:37.01
INTO A FAR COUNTRY, WHO CALLED
HIS OWN SERVANTS AND DELIVERED
00:13:37.01\00:13:40.78
HIS GOODS TO THEM." 1
TIMOTHY 1:17, "NOW TO THE KING
00:13:40.78\00:13:45.42
ETERNAL, IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, TO
GOD WHO ALONE IS WISE," - GOD,
00:13:45.42\00:13:51.06
THE KING, THE LORD - HE IS
OUR MASTER, YET HE'S GIVING
00:13:51.06\00:13:54.56
EVERYBODY GIFTS.
WHO ARE THE SERVANTS?
00:13:54.56\00:13:57.90
I READ ONE COMMENTARY WHERE THE
WRITER SAID, 'WELL, THE SERVANTS
00:13:57.90\00:14:01.84
ARE PREACHERS.'
I TOTALLY DISAGREE.
00:14:01.84\00:14:05.14
I THINK THE SERVANTS ARE
EVERYBODY WHO RECEIVES ANY
00:14:05.14\00:14:08.91
SPIRITUAL GIFTS FROM THE LORD,
AND WE'RE ALL TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT
00:14:08.91\00:14:12.28
OF THOSE TO THEM. IT'S
THE SERVANTS - THE FOLLOWERS.
00:14:12.28\00:14:16.08
READ IN ROMANS 1:1 - PAUL SAID,
"PAUL, A BONDSERVANT OF JESUS
00:14:16.08\00:14:20.26
CHRIST, CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE,
SEPARATED TO THE GOSPEL..."
00:14:20.26\00:14:24.49
- REVELATION 1, "THE REVELATION
OF JESUS CHRIST, WHICH GOD GAVE
00:14:24.49\00:14:28.40
HIM TO SHOW HIS SERVANTS
--" - IS THAT JUST PREACHERS OR
00:14:28.40\00:14:30.87
EVERYBODY? - "THINGS
WHICH MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE."
00:14:30.87\00:14:34.44
- 1 CORINTHIANS 6:20
- "WE ARE NOT OUR OWN.
00:14:34.44\00:14:37.04
WE HAVE BEEN
BOUGHT WITH A PRICE.
00:14:37.04\00:14:38.61
WE ARE SERVANTS,
HE IS THE MASTER." -
00:14:38.61\00:14:41.31
2 CORINTHIANS 5:15, "AND HE
DIED FOR ALL, THAT THOSE WHO
00:14:41.31\00:14:46.51
LIVE SHOULD LIVE NO LONGER FOR
THEMSELVES, BUT FOR HIM WHO DIED
00:14:46.51\00:14:49.82
FOR THEM..." WE
BELONG TO THE LORD BY VIRTUE
00:14:49.82\00:14:52.45
OF BOTH REDEMPTION AND CREATION.
WE'RE HIS. HE'S THE MASTER.
00:14:52.45\00:15:00.63
WE'RE THE SERVANTS.
WHAT ARE THE TALENTS?
00:15:00.63\00:15:03.57
NOW THE WORD 'TALENT' IT COMES
FROM THE WORD - YOU'LL FIND IT
00:15:03.57\00:15:07.17
IN YOUR BIBLE - IT COMES FROM
A GREEK WORD RELATED TO THE WORD
00:15:07.17\00:15:09.84
'TALENTO' AND IT MEANS A WEIGHT.
NOW THE TALENT IS KIND OF A
00:15:09.84\00:15:17.98
CONFUSING SUBJECT FOR
SCHOLARS BECAUSE IT VARIES.
00:15:17.98\00:15:21.42
THE EGYPTIANS HAD A LITTLE
DIFFERENT MEASUREMENT THAN THE
00:15:21.42\00:15:23.85
BABYLONIANS - THAN THE HEBREWS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF
00:15:23.85\00:15:28.06
HOW THIS WORKED: YOU KNOW WHERE
WE GET THE WORD FOR 'A FOOT' -
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A MEASUREMENT - A FOOT -
LIKE A YARD - A FOOT - AN INCH.
00:15:32.39\00:15:35.56
AN INCH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE THUMB AND
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THE KNUCKLE. A CUBIT
IS SUPPOSED TO BE FROM
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YOUR ELBOW TO THE FIRST KNUCKLE.
A FOOT WAS THE FOOT OF THE
00:15:43.20\00:15:48.51
REIGNING KING, AND SO, WHENEVER
THE KING CHANGED, THE STANDARD
00:15:48.51\00:15:56.42
OF MEASUREMENT WOULD
CHANGE BASED UPON THE SIZE
00:15:56.42\00:15:59.69
OF THE KING'S FOOT.
HOW'D YOU LIKE TO HAVE TO BUILD
00:15:59.69\00:16:02.36
WITH THAT KIND OF TAPE
MEASURER? IT WOULD CHANGE.
00:16:02.36\00:16:06.73
AND SO, TALENTS, SOMETIMES
THERE WAS A LITTLE FLEX THERE.
00:16:06.73\00:16:12.33
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE PLACE YOU'RE
GOING TO READ THE TALENT WAS 90
00:16:12.33\00:16:15.74
POUNDS - PROBABLY THE TALENT WAS
- I'VE READ THE SMALLEST TALENT
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WAS 56 POUNDS - THE
HEBREW TALENT ABOUT 75 POUNDS.
00:16:19.51\00:16:24.11
IT SAYS WHEN THE WICKED
ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED BY
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HAILSTONES - EACH ONE
WEIGHING ABOUT A TALENT.
00:16:26.68\00:16:30.12
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME IF
IT WAS 56 POUNDS, IT MAY AS WELL
00:16:30.12\00:16:32.39
BE 90 POUNDS. IT
WON'T MATTER IF IT'S
00:16:32.39\00:16:33.99
HAILING TALENTS, RIGHT?
BUT THESE ARE TALENTS - THESE
00:16:33.99\00:16:37.96
ARE WEIGHTS OF
SILVER, MOST LIKELY.
00:16:37.96\00:16:41.23
MATTER OF FACT, SOMETIMES THE
WORD 'TALENT' IS USED, TALKING
00:16:41.23\00:16:44.43
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SILVER.
AND SO, IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO
00:16:44.43\00:16:48.70
GIVE YOU FIVE TALENTS, AND A
TALENT IS 75 POUNDS OF SILVER,
00:16:48.70\00:16:54.11
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD
TRUST. THAT'S QUITE EXPENSIVE.
00:16:54.11\00:16:58.28
BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU SAY
A PERSON IS 'TALENTED', THE
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ENGLISH WORD 'TALENT' COMES FROM
THE GREEK WORD THAT YOU FIND IN
00:17:02.45\00:17:07.29
THE BIBLE FOR A
WEIGHT. IT MEANS A PERSON IS
00:17:07.29\00:17:09.62
WEIGHTED WITH AN ABILITY.
SO EVEN WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD
00:17:09.62\00:17:12.46
'TALENT', IT'S COMING FROM
THE ORIGINAL WORD IN THE BIBLE.
00:17:12.46\00:17:17.13
AND IT REPRESENTS THE GIFTS THAT
GOD GIVES PEOPLE THAT WE WILL
00:17:17.13\00:17:22.54
GIVE AN ACCOUNT
TO HIM FOR SOMEDAY.
00:17:22.54\00:17:25.81
JAMES 1:17, "EVERY GOOD GIFT
AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM
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ABOVE, AND COMES DOWN FROM
THE FATHER OF LIGHTS, WITH WHOM
00:17:30.01\00:17:33.42
THERE IS NO VARIATION
OR SHADOW OF TURNING."
00:17:33.42\00:17:36.72
GOD IS THE ONE WHO
GIVES US THE GIFTS.
00:17:36.72\00:17:38.82
HE IS THE MASTER. WE ARE THE
SERVANTS. NOW I'D RECOMMEND -
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HAVE - ANY OF YOU HAVE A COPY
- IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN READ IT
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ONLINE - OF THAT WONDERFUL BOOK
CALLED CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS ?
00:17:47.40\00:17:52.00
I RECOMMEND YOU GO TO THAT BOOK
AND YOU FIND - I THINK IT'S PAGE
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325 - THERE IS A
WHOLE CHAPTER ON THIS.
00:17:56.20\00:17:59.31
IT'S ONE OF THE LONGEST CHAPTERS
IN THE BOOK, BUT IT IS GOOD.
00:17:59.31\00:18:02.48
IT IS BOTH
COMFORTING AND CONVICTING.
00:18:02.48\00:18:06.88
AND READ ABOUT THE
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS.
00:18:06.88\00:18:09.78
AND THERE IT ENUMERATES -
WE ALL HAVE A GIFT OF TIME.
00:18:09.78\00:18:13.79
TIME IS THE
STUFF LIFE IS MADE OF.
00:18:13.79\00:18:15.52
WE WILL ANSWER TO GOD
FOR WHAT WE DO WITH OUR TIME.
00:18:15.52\00:18:18.76
WE WASTE A LOT OF TIME - AND
TIME THAT CAN BE IMPROVED, NOT
00:18:18.76\00:18:23.13
ONLY FOR OUR OWN EDIFICATION
AND BENEFIT TO BETTER PREPARE
00:18:23.13\00:18:27.34
OURSELVES TO REACH OTHERS,
BUT TIME THAT CAN BE USED IN
00:18:27.34\00:18:31.51
SERVING GOD AND OUR
FELLOW MAN. TIME IS A GIFT.
00:18:31.51\00:18:35.31
SOME HAVE BEEN BORN WITH CERTAIN
NATURAL ABILITIES THAT SHOULD BE
00:18:35.31\00:18:39.38
DEVELOPED AND USED.
YOU'VE GOT SKIFTS - SKILLS AND
00:18:39.38\00:18:42.98
GIFTS - THAT COULD BE ANYTHING
FROM DEXTERITY AND MECHANICAL
00:18:42.98\00:18:45.72
ABILITY, TO SINGING, BUT WE HAVE
DIFFERENT NATURAL GIFTS THAT
00:18:45.72\00:18:50.73
SHOULD BE DEDICATED TO LOVE FOR
GOD AND LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW MAN.
00:18:50.73\00:18:55.43
SPEECH IS A GIFT. AND
THERE'S FEW GIFTS FOR WHICH
00:18:55.43\00:18:59.50
WE'LL BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE THAN
WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR WORDS?
00:18:59.50\00:19:02.34
WORDS ARE POWERFUL.
CHRIST WAS CALLED 'THE WORD'
00:19:02.34\00:19:04.74
BECAUSE BY THE WORD
THE WORLD WAS CHANGED.
00:19:04.74\00:19:07.34
AND HE'S GIVEN US - NO ANIMAL
SPEAKS - YOU CAN GET A PARROT,
00:19:07.34\00:19:10.95
BUT THEY DON'T
REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
00:19:10.95\00:19:12.85
NO ANIMAL SPEAKS LIKE A HUMAN.
ALL THE VARIA - THERE'S MORE
00:19:12.85\00:19:16.65
VARIATION IN THE HUMAN
VOICE THAN ANY CREATURE.
00:19:16.65\00:19:19.72
THEY'VE GOT BIRDS OUT THERE THAT
MIMIC - THEY'VE GOT A BIRD IN
00:19:19.72\00:19:23.32
AUSTRALIA - IT'LL MIMIC A
CHAINSAW - BECAUSE IT HEARS A
00:19:23.32\00:19:26.06
CHAINSAW - AND IT'S
CONFUSED LOGGERS MANY TIMES.
00:19:26.06\00:19:29.16
VROOM - VROOOOOM VROOM VROOM
VROOM VROOM VROOM VROOM - OUT
00:19:29.16\00:19:31.30
THERE THEY'VE GOT A
BIRD THAT'LL MAKE THAT SOUND.
00:19:31.30\00:19:34.10
WE HAD A BIRD UP IN COVELO.
00:19:34.10\00:19:36.81
OUR PHONE USED TO MAKE THIS, YOU
KNOW, REAL ANNOYING ELECTRONIC
00:19:36.81\00:19:39.77
RING AND I'D BE OUT WORKING IN
THE YARD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'D
00:19:39.77\00:19:42.68
HEAR IT GO OFF AND I'D RUN BACK
TO THE HOUSE AND - NOBODY ON THE
00:19:42.68\00:19:45.91
PHONE - I FINALLY REALIZED IT
WAS A BIRD THAT HEARD OUR PHONE
00:19:45.91\00:19:48.18
RING SEVERAL TIMES.
HE WAS PLAYING WITH US.
00:19:48.18\00:19:49.82
HE SAW WHEN HE MADE THAT
NOISE, WE RAN TO THE HOUSE.
00:19:49.82\00:19:51.89
HE THOUGHT IT WAS
VERY ENTERTAINING.
00:19:51.89\00:19:53.62
SO THERE WERE ANIMALS THAT
CAN REPEAT CERTAIN NOISE, BUT
00:19:53.62\00:19:55.49
THERE'S NO ANIMAL THAT CAN
DO WHAT THE HUMAN VOICE CAN DO -
00:19:55.49\00:19:59.26
THE INFLECTION, THE EMOTION
- THAT CAN BE COMMUNICATED.
00:19:59.26\00:20:02.70
AND BY OUR WORDS WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH MUCH GOOD AND BY OUR
00:20:02.70\00:20:06.53
WORDS WE CAN DO A LOT
OF HARM. WE CAN DISCOURAGE.
00:20:06.53\00:20:09.70
I THINK WE'LL ALL
BE SHOCKED IN ETERNITY.
00:20:09.70\00:20:11.54
YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID THAT IN THE
JUDGMENT WE'LL GIVE AN ACCOUNT
00:20:11.54\00:20:15.11
FOR EVERY IDLE
WORD THAT WE'VE SPOKEN.
00:20:15.11\00:20:17.45
AND THAT'S MADE ME NERVOUS.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE GRACE OF
00:20:17.45\00:20:20.32
GOD I'D BE IN A HEAP OF TROUBLE.
SPEECH - INFLUENCE - ALL OF
00:20:20.32\00:20:26.92
US HAVE AN INFLUENCE WITH OUR
LIVES. IT'S A TALENT THAT GOD
00:20:26.92\00:20:31.26
HAS GIVEN US. THE
MEASURE OF HEALTH YOU ENJOY,
00:20:31.26\00:20:35.20
THAT SHOULD BE
CARED FOR - YOUR BODY.
00:20:35.20\00:20:38.97
SOME HAVE JUST SQUANDERED THEIR
LIVES BY BAD LIVING AND WE'VE
00:20:38.97\00:20:43.04
SHORTENED OUR
USEFULNESS FOR GOD.
00:20:43.04\00:20:44.84
ONE OF THE BEST REASONS WE
ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE HEALTH
00:20:44.84\00:20:46.41
MESSAGE SO WE'D ALL FEEL BETTER,
BUT REALLY, THE BEST REASON TO
00:20:46.41\00:20:49.31
TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH IS
BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD AND YOU
00:20:49.31\00:20:51.75
LOVE YOUR FELLOW MAN.
IT'S HARD TO WORSHIP GOD AND
00:20:51.75\00:20:54.28
SERVE YOUR FELLOW MAN
WHEN YOU JUST FEEL ROTTEN.
00:20:54.28\00:20:56.82
AND, NOT TO MENTION,
YOU'LL FEEL BETTER TOO.
00:20:56.82\00:21:00.59
BUT IT ALL OUGHT TO BEGIN WITH
LOVE FOR GOD AND LOVE FOR OUR
00:21:00.59\00:21:03.22
FELLOW MAN. WE WILL
ANSWER TO GOD FOR WHAT WE DO.
00:21:03.22\00:21:06.46
NOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF OUR
00:21:06.46\00:21:09.13
ANCESTORS AND THE GENES THAT
WE HAVE, YOU MAY STRUGGLE WITH
00:21:09.13\00:21:12.60
HEALTH PROBLEMS, BUT YOU NEED
TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU GOT AS
00:21:12.60\00:21:15.34
WELL AS YOU CAN. AND
THE STRENGTH THAT YOU HAVE
00:21:15.34\00:21:18.97
- THE MEANS...IN THE BIBLE
IT'S TALKING ABOUT MONEY, IN THE
00:21:18.97\00:21:23.85
PARABLE, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW IT
MEANS A LOT MORE THAN MONEY, BUT
00:21:23.85\00:21:26.95
IT CERTAINLY DOES INCLUDE
THAT. GOD HAS BLESSED SOME WITH
00:21:26.95\00:21:30.59
THE ABILITY TO GET
WEALTH. MAYBE WE'VE EARNED IT.
00:21:30.59\00:21:34.96
MAYBE WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE
AND RECEIVED A WINDFALL OR AN
00:21:34.96\00:21:38.13
INHERITANCE, BUT HE WANTS US TO
USE THIS IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY,
00:21:38.13\00:21:43.10
TO EXPAND HIS KINGDOM AND
STORING TREASURE IN HEAVEN WITH
00:21:43.10\00:21:46.90
THE THINGS THAT LAST FOREVER.
IN THAT BOOK CHRIST'S OBJECT
00:21:46.90\00:21:50.71
LESSONS , THERE'S ONE
QUOTE IN PARTICULAR - PAGE 326 -
00:21:50.71\00:21:54.94
"CHRIST'S FOLLOWERS HAVE
BEEN REDEEMED FOR SERVICE.
00:21:54.94\00:21:58.45
OUR LORD TEACHES THAT THE
TRUE OBJECT OF LIFE IS MINISTRY.
00:21:58.45\00:22:03.32
CHRIST HIMSELF WAS A WORKER, AND
TO ALL OF HIS FOLLOWERS HE GIVES
00:22:03.32\00:22:06.99
THE LAW OF SERVICE." - SERVICE
TO GOD AND TO THEIR FELLOW MEN.
00:22:06.99\00:22:10.36
WE HAVE BEEN SAVED TO
SERVE. NOW, EVERYBODY HERE HAS
00:22:10.36\00:22:16.20
SOMETHING. YOU NOTICE THAT?
00:22:16.20\00:22:18.27
EVERYBODY IN THE
PARABLE GETS SOMETHING.
00:22:18.27\00:22:20.67
RIGHT AWAY, WHEN I WAS READING
THE PARABLE AND YOU HEARD THAT
00:22:20.67\00:22:23.20
ONE GOT FIVE AND ONE GOT ONE,
YOU THOUGHT THAT 'THE MASTER'S
00:22:23.20\00:22:26.07
UNFAIR.' AND MAYBE YOU HAVE GONE
THROUGH LIFE PINING THAT YOU
00:22:26.07\00:22:31.25
DON'T HAVE MORE NATURAL
ABILITIES OR WEALTH OR WHATEVER
00:22:31.25\00:22:34.58
THE GIFTS ARE. YOU LOOK AROUND,
YOU THINK, 'THAT PERSON'S GOT
00:22:34.58\00:22:37.09
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE' OR
'THEY'VE GOT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
00:22:37.09\00:22:40.29
FACE AND WHY AM I POOR AND
HOMELY?' GOD GAVE YOU SOMETHING.
00:22:40.29\00:22:47.86
YOU KNOW WHAT I
THINK IS VERY INTERESTING?
00:22:47.86\00:22:50.03
THE ONE WHO IS THE MOST GUILTY
IN THIS PARABLE IS NOT THE ONE
00:22:50.03\00:22:54.87
WHO ABUSED GREAT GIFTS, IT'S
THE ONE WHO DID NOTHING WITH THE
00:22:54.87\00:22:59.04
LITTLE BIT.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T DO ANYTHING
00:22:59.04\00:23:02.58
WITH WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE
WE THINK WE DON'T HAVE MUCH, SO
00:23:02.58\00:23:04.48
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT
MAKE? ALL OF US ARE TO USE
00:23:04.48\00:23:08.12
WHATEVER GIFTS WE HAVE.
AND EVERYBODY GETS A GIFT.
00:23:08.12\00:23:11.89
ROMANS 12:3, "FOR I SAY, THROUGH
THE GRACE GIVEN TO ME, TO
00:23:11.89\00:23:16.06
EVERYONE WHO IS AMONG YOU, NOT
TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY
00:23:16.06\00:23:19.83
THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK, BUT TO
THINK SOBERLY, AS GOD HAS DEALT
00:23:19.83\00:23:24.37
TO EACH ONE A MEASURE OF FAITH."
00:23:24.37\00:23:27.04
- EVERYBODY GETS SOMETHING -
"FOR AS WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS IN
00:23:27.04\00:23:31.24
ONE BODY," - WE'RE A CHURCH
- MANY MEMBERS - "BUT ALL THE
00:23:31.24\00:23:34.51
MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME
FUNCTION, SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE
00:23:34.51\00:23:38.08
ONE BODY IN CHRIST, AND
INDIVIDUALLY MEMBERS OF ONE
00:23:38.08\00:23:41.62
ANOTHER. HAVING
THEN GIFTS DIFFERING
00:23:41.62\00:23:45.42
ACCORDING TO THE GRACE
THAT IS GIVEN TO US, LET US USE
00:23:45.42\00:23:49.09
THEM:" - THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
EVERYBODY'S GOT DIFFERENT GIFTS
00:23:49.09\00:23:53.26
FROM GOD. THE VERY
FACT THAT YOU CAN SAY,
00:23:53.26\00:23:55.13
'I HAVE A GIFT FROM GOD' OUGHT
TO BE EXCITING. JUST BECAUSE YOU
00:23:55.13\00:24:00.40
DON'T HAVE THE SAME GIFT AS
THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU,
00:24:00.40\00:24:04.31
DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU
DON'T HAVE A CAUSE TO REJOICE.
00:24:04.31\00:24:06.84
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU GIFTS.
00:24:06.84\00:24:09.04
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE WE
LEARNED FROM THIS PARABLE?
00:24:09.04\00:24:11.38
THE ONES WHO USED THE GIFTS
THAT GOD GAVE THEM GOT MORE.
00:24:11.38\00:24:17.75
AS YOU USE THE ONES THAT HE
GIVES YOU, HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE.
00:24:17.75\00:24:22.69
YOU KNOW, AND THIS
IS ALSO TRUE OF TRUTH.
00:24:22.69\00:24:28.00
SOMETIMES WE GRAPPLE BECAUSE WE
SAY, 'THERE'S JUST THINGS IN THE
00:24:28.00\00:24:30.23
BIBLE I DON'T UNDERSTAND.' AND
YOU READ THE BIBLE AND YOU SAY,
00:24:30.23\00:24:33.70
'I'M JUST NOT GETTING ANYTHING
OUT OF IT.' HERE'S THE PRINCIPLE
00:24:33.70\00:24:36.30
OF LIGHT. IF YOU
WALK IN THE LIGHT THAT
00:24:36.30\00:24:37.97
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU,
HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE.
00:24:37.97\00:24:40.21
SOME PEOPLE HAVE
REACHED A CUL-DE-SAC IN THEIR
00:24:40.21\00:24:42.34
UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT LIVING UP TO WHAT GOD HAS
00:24:42.34\00:24:44.61
GIVEN THEM AND HE'S NOT
GOING TO GIVE THEM ANYMORE.
00:24:44.61\00:24:47.82
THEY'RE NEGLECTING KNOWN TRUTH.
AND IF WE'RE IGNORING USING THE
00:24:47.82\00:24:53.02
GIFTS HE'S GIVEN US - IF WE'RE
NEGLECTING THE TRUTH THAT HE HAS
00:24:53.02\00:24:55.46
REVEALED, WHY
WOULD HE GIVE YOU MORE?
00:24:55.46\00:24:57.96
THEN YOU'D JUST BECOME MORE
RESPONSIBLE IN THE JUDGMENT.
00:24:57.96\00:25:00.73
NOW DID THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:25:00.73\00:25:02.53
IF YOU WANT TO GROW IN
KNOWLEDGE, LIVE UP TO THE
00:25:02.53\00:25:05.47
KNOWLEDGE HE GIVES YOU AND YOUR
PATH WILL KEEP GETTING BRIGHTER.
00:25:05.47\00:25:09.24
BUT IF GOD REVEALS LIGHT
TO YOU AND YOU GO, 'NO, NOT
00:25:09.24\00:25:12.04
INTERESTED.' AND THEN YOU SAY,
'BUT LORD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
00:25:12.04\00:25:14.01
THIS OVER HERE.' AND GOD
SAYS, 'WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
00:25:14.01\00:25:15.94
EITHER, BECAUSE YOU WON'T DO
THIS OVER HERE.' SO IF YOU USE
00:25:15.94\00:25:21.95
THE GIFTS HE'S GIVEN
YOU, HE'LL MULTIPLY THEM.
00:25:21.95\00:25:24.55
IF YOU LIVE UP TO THE LIGHT HE'S
GIVEN YOU, YOU'LL GET MORE LIGHT
00:25:24.55\00:25:27.52
AND MORE UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR
DAY'LL KEEP GETTING BRIGHTER -
00:25:27.52\00:25:32.99
YOUR TALENTS WILL GROW -
YOUR ABILITIES WILL MULTIPLY.
00:25:32.99\00:25:36.40
YOU'LL NOTICE, BOTH IN THE
GOSPEL OF MATTHEW AND IN LUKE,
00:25:36.40\00:25:39.50
WHERE THIS PARABLE IS SHARED,
EVERYBODY THAT USED THE GIFTS
00:25:39.50\00:25:42.80
THEY HAD, THEY MULTIPLIED.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE FARMING.
00:25:42.80\00:25:46.94
I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT
THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:25:46.94\00:25:48.51
1 CORINTHIANS 12, VERSE 7, "BUT
THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT
00:25:48.51\00:25:53.98
IS GIVEN TO EACH ONE FOR
THE PROFIT OF ALL: FOR TO ONE IS
00:25:53.98\00:25:58.59
GIVEN THE WORD OF WISDOM" - NOW
I NEED TO PAUSE HERE - JUST SAY
00:25:58.59\00:26:01.19
SOMETHING - THERE ARE
SOME CHURCHES THAT TEACH THAT
00:26:01.19\00:26:05.29
EVERYBODY IS TO HAVE A
PARTICULAR GIFT - THAT EVERYBODY
00:26:05.29\00:26:08.46
IS TO HAVE ONE AND
THE SAME OF CERTAIN GIFTS.
00:26:08.46\00:26:12.03
I REMEMBER WORSHIPING WITH SOME
DEAR PEOPLE, BUT THEY ALL SAID,
00:26:12.03\00:26:14.64
'DOUG, WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO
HAVE THE GIFT OF TONGUES.' AND
00:26:14.64\00:26:17.64
I, YOU KNOW, WAS NOT A VERY DEEP
BIBLE STUDENT, BUT JUST READING
00:26:17.64\00:26:20.68
THE BIBLE AT FACE VALUE, I
SAID, 'I'M NOT READING THAT, I'M
00:26:20.68\00:26:23.55
READING THAT GOD GIVES DIFFERENT
GIFTS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.25
NOT EVERYBODY
HAS ALL THE GIFTS.'
00:26:26.25\00:26:28.85
THIS IS ONE OF THE
VERSES THAT MAKES THAT CLEAR.
00:26:28.85\00:26:32.19
THE MAN - BY THE WAY, 1
CORINTHIANS 12:7, IF YOU MISSED
00:26:32.19\00:26:34.79
IT - "BUT THE MANIFESTATION OF
THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO EACH ONE
00:26:34.79\00:26:37.96
FOR THE PROFIT OF ALL:" - HE
GIVES YOU GIFTS FOR THE PROFIT
00:26:37.96\00:26:40.60
OF ALL - "FOR TO ONE IS GIVEN"
- IF YOU'RE A GOOD COOK, THAT'S
00:26:40.60\00:26:45.03
FOR THE PROFIT OF ALL. BRING
SOMETHING TO POTLUCK, AMEN?
00:26:45.03\00:26:49.64
WE'LL ALL PROFIT - "FOR TO
ONE IS GIVEN THE WORD OF WISDOM
00:26:49.64\00:26:55.61
THROUGH THE SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER
THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH
00:26:55.61\00:26:57.78
THE SAME SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER
FAITH BY THE SAME SPIRIT, TO
00:26:57.78\00:27:00.35
ANOTHER GIFTS OF HEALINGS BY
THE SAME SPIRIT," - SOME HAVE
00:27:00.35\00:27:03.35
SPECIAL GIFTS IN HEALTH MINISTRY
- "TO ANOTHER THE WORKING OF
00:27:03.35\00:27:06.86
MIRACLES, TO ANOTHER PROPHECY,"
- AND THAT COULD MEAN - PROPHECY
00:27:06.86\00:27:10.93
COULD MEAN PREACHING - "TO
ANOTHER DISCERNING OF SPIRITS,
00:27:10.93\00:27:13.80
TO ANOTHER DIFFERENT
KINDS OF TONGUES, TO ANOTHER THE
00:27:13.80\00:27:16.53
INTERPRETATION OF
TONGUES." - IS IT CLEAR THAT NOT
00:27:16.53\00:27:18.60
EVERYONE GETS THAT GIFT?
HE SAYS, 'TO ONE THIS; TO
00:27:18.60\00:27:21.24
ANOTHER THIS' - "BUT ONE AND
THE SAME SPIRIT WORKS ALL" - THE
00:27:21.24\00:27:25.24
SAME SPIRIT THAT MAY GIVE
YOU THE GIFT OF MUSIC, MAY GIVE
00:27:25.24\00:27:28.61
SOMEONE ELSE THE GIFT
OF MECHANICS OR COOKING OR
00:27:28.61\00:27:31.05
ADMINISTRATION OR HEALING -
WHATEVER IT IS - THEY'RE ALL
00:27:31.05\00:27:34.15
GIFTS OF GOD'S SPIRIT - "...THE
SAME SPIRIT WORKS ALL THESE
00:27:34.15\00:27:38.82
THINGS, DISTRIBUTING TO EACH
ONE INDIVIDUALLY AS HE WILLS."
00:27:38.82\00:27:43.02
SO IF GOD'S GIVEN YOU A
PARTICULAR GIFT, THANK HIM.
00:27:43.02\00:27:45.96
EPHESIANS 4:7, "BUT TO EACH
ONE OF US GRACE WAS GIVEN" -
00:27:45.96\00:27:50.83
HOW MANY? EACH ONE.
YOU - SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE
00:27:50.83\00:27:54.87
THINKING, 'I BELIEVE IT BUT
I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT MY GIFTS
00:27:54.87\00:27:58.11
ARE.' HOW DO YOU KNOW
WHAT YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE?
00:27:58.11\00:28:01.78
THERE MAY BE A FEW
HERE THAT JUST HAVE NO IDEA.
00:28:01.78\00:28:04.98
DO YOU HAVE A
CHRISTIAN FRIEND? ASK THEM.
00:28:04.98\00:28:08.32
AND - NO, REALLY, SOMETIMES
PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE, IT'S AS
00:28:08.32\00:28:10.99
CLEAR AS DAY WHAT THE
GIFTS ARE AND WE DON'T KNOW.
00:28:10.99\00:28:14.39
PRAY THAT GOD'LL
REVEAL IT TO YOU.
00:28:14.39\00:28:16.56
HE'LL SHOW YOU. HE
WANTS YOU TO USE THEM.
00:28:16.56\00:28:18.23
IF YOU'RE WILLING - "...TO EACH
ONE GRACE WAS GIVEN ACCORDING TO
00:28:18.23\00:28:23.30
THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S GIFT.
00:28:23.30\00:28:24.73
THEREFORE HE SAYS: 'WHEN
HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED
00:28:24.73\00:28:27.80
CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, AND GAVE
GIFTS TO MEN.'" NOW, WHEN DID
00:28:27.80\00:28:32.91
THAT HAPPEN? WHEN
DID CHRIST ASCEND?
00:28:32.91\00:28:36.24
WELL, YEAH, YOU CAN FIND IT
IN ACTS CHAPTER 1, THE END OF
00:28:36.24\00:28:42.25
MATTHEW, MARK - IT TALKS
ABOUT THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST.
00:28:42.25\00:28:45.79
HE SAID, 'WAIT IN JERUSALEM
'TILL YOU RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF
00:28:45.79\00:28:48.96
THE FATHER. THE
HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE GIVEN
00:28:48.96\00:28:51.49
TO YOU THAT YOU MIGHT BE MY
WITNESSES. HE POURED OUT THE
00:28:51.49\00:28:54.50
SPIRIT AND VARIOUS GIFTS
WERE GIVEN TO THE CHURCH.
00:28:54.50\00:28:58.93
NOW SHOW ME THE VERSE WHERE
GOD SAYS HE WITHDREW THE SPIRIT.
00:28:58.93\00:29:03.47
WHERE DID GOD REVOKE
THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT?
00:29:03.47\00:29:07.14
SO IS THAT SPIRIT STILL
AVAILABLE TO THE CHURCH?
00:29:07.14\00:29:10.81
THE LATTER RAIN CAME
AND GOD HAS MADE A PROMISE.
00:29:10.81\00:29:14.45
HE IS ASCENDED; HE IS AT
THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER.
00:29:14.45\00:29:16.89
WHEN YOU COME TO
CHRIST HE GIVES YOU GIFTS.
00:29:16.89\00:29:19.49
AND, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY
THINK THAT WHEN A PERSON MAKES A
00:29:19.49\00:29:22.49
COMMITMENT THROUGH BAPTISM, OR
AS ONE DID, PROFESSION OF FAITH,
00:29:22.49\00:29:26.13
TODAY, NEW GIFTS
COME INTO A PERSON'S LIFE.
00:29:26.13\00:29:29.86
DO YOU NOTICE THAT SOMETIMES A
PERSON DIDN'T SPEAK WITH TONGUES
00:29:29.86\00:29:32.30
UNTIL AFTER THEY WERE
BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:29:32.30\00:29:35.70
AND WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME
- FIRST TIME YOU EVER HEAR PETER
00:29:35.70\00:29:39.11
PREACH A SERMON IS - HE HAD
PLENTY TO SAY, BUT THEY WEREN'T
00:29:39.11\00:29:42.64
SERMONS. AND HE
MAY HAVE DONE SOME
00:29:42.64\00:29:45.15
PREACHING BEFORE THAT, BUT
HIS REAL SERMON IS AFTER THE
00:29:45.15\00:29:47.58
HOLY SPIRIT COMES OUT.
GOD GIVES DIFFERENT GIFTS.
00:29:47.58\00:29:50.99
YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT JAMES
ADMINISTRATING UNTIL AFTER THE
00:29:50.99\00:29:53.25
HOLY SPIRIT'S POURED OUT.
JAMES, THE BROTHER OF JESUS,
00:29:53.25\00:29:55.72
HAD THE GIFT OF ADMINISTRATION.
HE BECOMES THE CHAIRMAN OF
00:29:55.72\00:29:58.99
THE BOARD FOR THE
CHURCH IN JERUSALEM.
00:29:58.99\00:30:01.16
BUT WHEN HE ASCENDED ON
HIGH, HE GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN.
00:30:01.16\00:30:04.77
CHRIST STILL GIVES GIFTS
WHEN WE COMMIT OUR LIVES TO HIM.
00:30:04.77\00:30:07.60
BAPTISM IS KIND OF LIKE A
WEDDING AND USUALLY WHEN THERE'S
00:30:07.60\00:30:11.74
A WEDDING,
THERE'S GIFTS GIVEN OUT.
00:30:11.74\00:30:15.21
AND WHEN YOU COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO
THE LORD, HE GIVES YOU GIFTS OF
00:30:15.21\00:30:17.81
THE SPIRIT. GOD HAS A PLACE FOR
00:30:17.81\00:30:20.42
EVERYBODY TO WORK. HAVE
YOU FILLED OUT YOUR FORM YET?
00:30:20.42\00:30:27.56
NOW HOW DOES HE DISTRIBUTE THEM?
00:30:27.56\00:30:30.19
HE GIVES THE GIFTS
ACCORDING TO THE ABILITIES.
00:30:30.19\00:30:33.16
TO WHOM MUCH IS
GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED.
00:30:33.16\00:30:36.60
YOU DON'T PUT A
5-YEAR-OLD BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A
00:30:36.60\00:30:39.43
LAMBORGHINI - OR ANY CAR
FOR THAT MATTER, UNLESS IT'S A
00:30:39.43\00:30:43.24
MATCHBOX CAR.
THAT WOULD NOT BE FAIR.
00:30:43.24\00:30:47.91
YOU - THE LORD
KNOWS WHAT YOU CAN HANDLE.
00:30:47.91\00:30:50.48
AND YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'OH LORD, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING
00:30:50.48\00:30:53.42
GREAT FOR YOU.' AND GOD'LL SAY,
'OKAY, THAT TIME'S COMING, BUT
00:30:53.42\00:30:56.99
FIRST YOU NEED TO DO THIS.'
MOSES, HE WANTED TO - HE WANTED
00:30:56.99\00:31:02.06
TO BE A WARRIOR AND LEAD THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT.
00:31:02.06\00:31:05.43
HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DO IT
BY FORCE OF ARMS AND HE KILLED
00:31:05.43\00:31:07.56
AN EGYPTIAN. HE
EXPECTED ALL THE ISRAELITES
00:31:07.56\00:31:09.16
TO RALLY BEHIND HIM. GOD
SAID, 'NO, YOU'RE NOT QUITE
00:31:09.16\00:31:11.67
READY FOR THAT YET, MOSES.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF
00:31:11.67\00:31:13.80
SHEEP.' AND HE
PREPARED HIM FOR THAT.
00:31:13.80\00:31:18.54
THEN GOD GAVE HIM THE
SPECIAL GIFTS WHEN HE NEEDED IT.
00:31:18.54\00:31:21.68
SO HE KNOWS HOW
AND WHEN TO DO IT.
00:31:21.68\00:31:24.65
HE GAVE FIVE TALENTS TO ONE,
TWO TO ANOTHER, ONE TO ANOTHER -
00:31:24.65\00:31:27.78
EACH ACCORDING
TO HIS OWN ABILITY.
00:31:27.78\00:31:30.99
YOU NOTICE HE'S TRUSTING EVERY
ONE OF HIS SERVANTS WITH HIS
00:31:30.99\00:31:33.72
MEANS. GOD HAS
GIVEN SOMETHING VALUABLE
00:31:33.72\00:31:38.36
- WHO'S PAYING THE COST
FOR THE GIFTS? THE MASTER.
00:31:38.36\00:31:42.03
THE GIFTS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED,
DO THEY COST SOMEBODY SOMETHING?
00:31:42.03\00:31:45.83
CHRIST PURCHASED THOSE
GIFTS WITH HIS LIFE, FOR YOU.
00:31:45.83\00:31:53.17
WE'VE ALL RECEIVED OPPORTUNITIES
AND ABILITIES ACCORDING TO GOD'S
00:31:53.17\00:31:55.88
PLAN. NOW, ONE
OF THE THINGS I'VE
00:31:55.88\00:31:59.25
WONDERED THAT ISN'T REALLY
ADDRESSED IN THE PARABLE, BUT I
00:31:59.25\00:32:01.82
JUST THINK, 'WHAT
WOULD THE LORD HAVE SAID?'
00:32:01.82\00:32:05.89
- YOU REALIZE THAT EACH ONE, IT
SEEMS LIKE, ENDS UP WITH LIKE A
00:32:05.89\00:32:08.56
HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE, BUT
WHAT WOULD THE LORD HAVE SAID IF
00:32:08.56\00:32:11.73
THE ONE WHO GOT THE FIVE TALENTS
- THE LORD COMES BACK, HE GETS
00:32:11.73\00:32:14.93
TEN - BUT WHAT WOULD HE HAVE
SAID IF HE HAD SEVEN AND A HALF?
00:32:14.93\00:32:20.67
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IF THE
ONE WHO HAD FIVE, INSTEAD OF
00:32:20.67\00:32:22.80
DOUBLING IT, HE'D
ONLY GOT TWO MORE?
00:32:22.80\00:32:25.94
WOULD HE HAVE SAID, 'WELL DONE'?
HE DIDN'T DO NOTHING, BUT HE
00:32:25.94\00:32:30.05
DIDN'T DO
EVERYTHING HE COULD HAVE DONE.
00:32:30.05\00:32:32.45
I WONDER IF ANY OF US FIT IN
THAT CATEGORY, THAT WE DO HAVE
00:32:32.45\00:32:36.42
GIFTS, WE ARE USING THEM,
BUT WE'RE NOT USING THEM TO THE
00:32:36.42\00:32:40.09
HUNDRED PERCENT CATEGORY.
IT COULD BE THAT SOME OF
00:32:40.09\00:32:44.49
US ARE ABLE TO DO
MORE. DOES ANYONE GET MORE
00:32:44.49\00:32:49.96
THAN THEY CAN
HANDLE? ARE YOU EVER TEMPTED
00:32:49.96\00:32:53.40
MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE?
OR DOES GOD PROMISE YOU'LL NOT
00:32:53.40\00:32:56.07
BE TEMPTED ABOVE WHAT YOU'RE
ABLE, BUT WILL, WITH EVERY
00:32:56.07\00:32:59.04
TEMPTATION,
PROVIDE A WAY OF ESCAPE.
00:32:59.04\00:33:01.21
HE'LL NOT ONLY PROMISE NOT
TO TEMPT YOU ABOVE - SO WHATEVER
00:33:01.21\00:33:03.81
TESTS OR TEMPTATIONS OR GIFTS
YOU HAVE, GOD MAKES SURE THAT IT
00:33:03.81\00:33:08.18
IS WEIGHED ACCORDING
TO WHAT YOU CAN HANDLE.
00:33:08.18\00:33:10.65
HOW MUCH CAN YOU
DO THROUGH CHRIST?
00:33:10.65\00:33:13.19
ALL THINGS. SO
HE'LL GIVE YOU - AND IF
00:33:13.19\00:33:16.12
YOU'RE FAITHFUL - IF
YOU'RE FAITHFUL WITH YOUR LITTLE
00:33:16.12\00:33:20.33
TEMPTATIONS, HE'LL
GIVE YOU BIG ONES. NO.
00:33:20.33\00:33:22.46
IT IS TRUE, THOUGH, SOMETIMES
GOD PREPARES YOU THROUGH THE
00:33:22.46\00:33:25.53
SMALL TESTS FOR BIG TRIALS.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO TO AVOID
00:33:25.53\00:33:31.24
BIG TRIALS, FAIL
ALL THE LITTLE TESTS?
00:33:31.24\00:33:34.11
YOU WANT TO BE FAITHFUL HOWEVER
GOD WANTS TO - WHEN IS THE
00:33:34.11\00:33:36.41
BIGGEST TEST THAT
CAME TO DANIEL'S LIFE?
00:33:36.41\00:33:39.91
HE WAS 90 YEARS OLD,
THROWN IN A LION'S DEN.
00:33:39.91\00:33:43.05
BUT THROUGH THAT TEST HE WAS
ABLE TO BE A WITNESS FOR HIM.
00:33:43.05\00:33:46.25
SO THROUGH THE TRIALS THAT GOD
GIVES US, WE'RE OFTEN THE BEST
00:33:46.25\00:33:49.39
WITNESSES. LUKE
12:48, "...FOR EVERYONE TO
00:33:49.39\00:33:53.93
WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, FROM HIM
MUCH WILL BE REQUIRED; AND TO
00:33:53.93\00:33:57.67
WHOM MUCH HAS BEEN COMMITTED,
OF HIM THEY WILL ASK MORE."
00:33:57.67\00:34:00.54
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE
EXPRESSION, 'IF YOU WANT
00:34:00.54\00:34:02.00
SOMETHING DONE,
FIND A BUSY PERSON'?
00:34:02.00\00:34:08.24
THE ONE WHO ENDED UP GETTING THE
TEN TALENTS HE SAID, 'WELL DONE,
00:34:08.24\00:34:11.21
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU TEN
CITIES TO MANAGE.' THAT'S IN THE
00:34:11.21\00:34:15.12
PARABLE OF LUKE. HE
GIVES HIM EVEN MORE.
00:34:15.12\00:34:18.12
SO EVERYONE IS GIVEN SOMETHING
ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY.
00:34:18.12\00:34:21.99
AND IF WE'RE FAITHFUL WITH THE
ABILITIES HE'S GIVEN US, THEY
00:34:21.99\00:34:24.89
MULTIPLY AND THEY GROW.
YOU CAN GROW YOUR TALENTS.
00:34:24.89\00:34:29.63
THE ONE WHO GOT FIVE - GOT A
HUNDRED PERCENT - HE TURNED IT
00:34:29.63\00:34:33.17
INTO TEN. THE ONE WHO GOT TWO,
00:34:33.17\00:34:35.94
WHAT PERCENT DID HE GET?
A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE.
00:34:35.94\00:34:38.54
YOU NOTICE BOTH OF
THEM GOT THE SAME INCREASE?
00:34:38.54\00:34:41.04
IF THE ONE WHO HAD RECEIVED ONE
TALENT HAD SAID, 'LORD, YOU ONLY
00:34:41.04\00:34:44.75
GAVE ME ONE TALENT BUT I'VE
GAINED ONE MORE.' WHAT WOULD HE
00:34:44.75\00:34:47.35
HAVE HEARD? 'WELL
DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL
00:34:47.35\00:34:50.99
SERVANT, ENTER INTO THE JOY
OF YOUR LORD.' BUT BECAUSE HE
00:34:50.99\00:34:54.86
THOUGHT, 'WELL, IT'S NOT
MUCH. WHO WILL EVEN NOTICE?'
00:34:54.86\00:34:58.89
DIDN'T EVEN TAKE IT TO
THE BANK. THAT'S PRETTY LAZY.
00:34:58.89\00:35:01.90
I MEAN, EVEN IF INTEREST RATES
WERE LIKE TODAY, HE'D STILL GET
00:35:01.90\00:35:03.90
ONE PERCENT. BUT HE DID NOTHING
WITH IT AND THAT WAS A PRETTY
00:35:03.90\00:35:10.87
SAD ENDING. AGAIN, FROM THE
BOOK CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS ,
00:35:10.87\00:35:14.94
PAGE 329, "THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ALL OF OUR POWERS IS THE FIRST
00:35:14.94\00:35:19.48
DUTY WE OWE GOD
AND TO OUR FELLOW MEN.
00:35:19.48\00:35:22.98
NO ONE WHO IS NOT GROWING DAILY
IN CAPABILITY AND USEFULNESS
00:35:22.98\00:35:27.76
IS FULFILLING
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE.
00:35:27.76\00:35:30.76
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE
BORDERS OF A NEW YEAR - STILL
00:35:30.76\00:35:33.70
NOT TOO DEEP INTO THE NEW YEAR
TO MISS A RESOLUTION, RIGHT?
00:35:33.70\00:35:37.07
YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WAIT
ANOTHER YEAR IF YOU CAN MAKE A
00:35:37.07\00:35:38.30
GOOD ONE NOW, RIGHT?
IT'S ONLY THE SECOND.
00:35:38.30\00:35:43.71
HOW MUCH TIME DO
YOU THINK WE WASTE?
00:35:43.71\00:35:51.51
IF WE WOULD PLAN AND
SAY, 'LORD, GIVE ME WISDOM.
00:35:51.51\00:35:55.08
LET ME SEARCH AN' - IT SAYS IN
2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 13, 'LET
00:35:55.08\00:36:00.12
EVERYONE EXAMINE HIMSELF.' WE
SPEND A LOT OF TIME, SOMETIMES,
00:36:00.12\00:36:03.93
EXAMINING EACH OTHER.
LET'S EXAMINE OURSELVES,
00:36:03.93\00:36:07.86
WHETHER WE BE IN THE
FAITH. PROVE YOUR OWN SELVES.
00:36:07.86\00:36:10.77
KNOW YE NOT YOURSELVES?
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR DAY - YOU
00:36:10.77\00:36:15.70
LOOK AT YOUR WEEK AND
HOW YOU SPEND YOUR TIME.
00:36:15.70\00:36:18.64
NOW, SOME OF US, WE'VE GOT
SO MUCH TIME WE'VE GOT TO SPEND
00:36:18.64\00:36:21.24
SLEEPING. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING
00:36:21.24\00:36:23.11
ELSE IF YOU'RE NOT RESTED.
YOU'VE GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME
00:36:23.11\00:36:24.81
EATING - IF YOU'RE
WEAK YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
00:36:24.81\00:36:26.75
YOU SHOULD SCHEDULE SOME
TIME FOR REGULAR EXERCISE.
00:36:26.75\00:36:29.68
IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT,
YOU OUGHT TO SCHEDULE IT.
00:36:29.68\00:36:32.25
TRY AND FIND EXERCISE YOU ENJOY.
00:36:32.25\00:36:33.96
IF YOU DON'T, FIND
SOME YOU DON'T ENJOY.
00:36:33.96\00:36:35.49
BUT YOU NEED EXERCISE EITHER
WAY, JUST BECAUSE YOU'LL BE MORE
00:36:35.49\00:36:39.13
USEFUL. AND THEN
WE HAVE A CERTAIN
00:36:39.13\00:36:43.70
AMOUNT OF FREE TIME ASIDE FROM
OUR JOBS. SOME OF US HAVE FREE
00:36:43.70\00:36:48.24
TIMES EVEN AT OUR JOBS.
YOU COULD LISTEN TO SOMETHING.
00:36:48.24\00:36:55.01
I GOT READY FOR CHURCH A FEW
MOMENTS BEFORE KAREN AND NATHAN.
00:36:55.01\00:36:59.38
I WAS IN THE CAR,
WARMING IT UP - IT'S BEEN COLD.
00:36:59.38\00:37:01.95
I POPPED IN A SERMON AND I WAS
LISTENING TO ANOTHER SERMON ON
00:37:01.95\00:37:07.49
THIS MESSAGE. I THOUGHT,
'I'M GOING TO MAKE USE OF THESE
00:37:07.49\00:37:09.29
MINUTES WHILE I'M HERE.' WHEN
I'M DRIVING MY CAR, I'M OFTEN
00:37:09.29\00:37:13.23
LISTENING TO THINGS, BECAUSE I'M
A PREACHER AND IT'S A GOOD WAY
00:37:13.23\00:37:15.10
FOR ME TO SPEND MY SPARE TIME.
BUT SOMETIMES I GET BUSY WORKING
00:37:15.10\00:37:20.80
ON A SERMON AND I GO RESEARCH
SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET.
00:37:20.80\00:37:25.51
YOU'VE GOT TO BE REAL CAREFUL
BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GO
00:37:25.51\00:37:29.11
ON GOOGLE AND YOU SAY YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR ONE THING AND YOU
00:37:29.11\00:37:30.95
FIND ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOU
WEREN'T LOOKING FOR AND YOU FIND
00:37:30.95\00:37:32.65
A HALF AN HOUR LATER, 'I'VE BEEN
CHASING USELESS RABBITS AND I'M
00:37:32.65\00:37:35.28
FINDING OUT ABOUT STEREO
EQUIPMENT THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO
00:37:35.28\00:37:37.49
WITH THE SERMON.' YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M TALKING - YOU'RE LAUGHING
00:37:37.49\00:37:41.39
BECAUSE THAT'S A RECOGNITION.
WE CAN WASTE A LOT OF TIME.
00:37:41.39\00:37:45.29
FACEBOOK IS NICE - KEEP IN TOUCH
- MIGHT WANT TO BUDGET HOW MUCH
00:37:45.29\00:37:51.97
TIME WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR
THAT, KIND OF, SOCIAL GOSSIP.
00:37:51.97\00:37:59.04
BUT WE CAN WASTE A LOT OF
OUR LIVES THAT COULD BE SPENT IN
00:37:59.04\00:38:01.48
SERVING OUR FELLOW MEN.
THERE'S A LOT OF ELECTRONIC
00:38:01.48\00:38:05.18
ENTERTAINMENT THESE DAYS,
WHETHER IT'S ON YOUR IPAD OR
00:38:05.18\00:38:08.82
YOUR TELEVISION OR WHATEVER IT
IS - IT'S NOT STRENGTHENING YOUR
00:38:08.82\00:38:12.55
SOUL. I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT IT
UNTIL RECENTLY THAT PEOPLE GET
00:38:12.55\00:38:17.53
INVOLVED IN BINGE WATCHING. YOU
ALL KNOW WHAT BINGE EATING IS?
00:38:17.53\00:38:23.97
BUT THEY'LL FIND THEIR FAVORITE
TELEVISION PROGRAM AND NOW,
00:38:23.97\00:38:26.57
INSTEAD OF JUST WAITING A WEEK
UNTIL IT COMES ON, THEY'LL WATCH
00:38:26.57\00:38:29.74
A WHOLE YEAR'S
EPISODE IN ONE 8-HOUR SITTING.
00:38:29.74\00:38:33.54
WHERE IN THE WORLD
DO THEY FIND THE TIME?
00:38:33.54\00:38:38.35
AND SOMEDAY WE'LL ALL STAND
BEFORE THE KING AND GIVE AN
00:38:38.35\00:38:41.58
ACCOUNT FOR WHAT WE DO.
ARE WE GROWING OUR TALENTS?
00:38:41.58\00:38:46.99
YOU KNOW, TO GROW -
THIS FAITHLESS SERVANT -
00:38:46.99\00:38:51.83
HE SAYS, 'WHAT DID YOU DO?'
00:38:51.83\00:38:53.50
HE SAYS, 'WELL, I TOOK THAT ONE
TALENT AND I KNEW YOU WERE JUST
00:38:53.50\00:38:55.70
GOING TO WANT IT BACK.' WHY DID
THE OTHERS - WHY WERE THEY SO
00:38:55.70\00:38:59.03
HAPPY TO INVEST THEIR TALENTS
IN MULTIPLYING THE KING'S MONEY?
00:38:59.03\00:39:06.71
BECAUSE THEY LOVED THE MASTER.
I THINK THEY LOVED THE MASTER.
00:39:06.71\00:39:10.11
THE MASTER SAID,
'LOOK, I TRUST YOU.
00:39:10.11\00:39:12.28
I'M GOING ON A JOURNEY.
I'LL BE GONE FOR A LONG TIME.
00:39:12.28\00:39:14.45
I'M COMING BACK.' HE DIDN'T
SAY WHEN HE'S COMING BACK.
00:39:14.45\00:39:17.05
JESUS HASN'T TOLD US
WHEN HE'S COMING BACK.
00:39:17.05\00:39:18.95
HE SAID, 'HERE'S - A MILLION
DOLLARS' - YOU KNOW - FIVE -
00:39:18.95\00:39:24.39
WHAT IS IT? FIVE
TIMES 75 POUNDS OF SILVER -
00:39:24.39\00:39:27.76
IT'S NOT A MILLION - IT'S A LOT
THOUGH. AND HE SAYS, 'HERE, YOU
00:39:27.76\00:39:30.60
GET 150 POUNDS OF SILVER.
YOU GET 75 POUNDS OF SILVER.
00:39:30.60\00:39:35.97
TRADE WITH IT - DO SOMETHING
PRODUCTIVE WITH IT - AND I'LL
00:39:35.97\00:39:40.01
REWARD YOU WHEN I COME BACK.'
WELL THEY LOVE THE MASTER.
00:39:40.01\00:39:44.35
THEY WANT TO MAKE HIM
HAPPY. BUT THIS ONE SERVANT, HE
00:39:44.35\00:39:47.28
DOESN'T LOVE THE
MASTER. YOU NOTICE HIS ATTITUDE?
00:39:47.28\00:39:49.75
'I KNEW THAT YOU WERE AN AUSTERE
MAN - THAT I'D HAVE TO JUST GIVE
00:39:49.75\00:39:52.62
YOU BACK
EVERYTHING WHEN YOU CAME.
00:39:52.62\00:39:55.22
AND I WAS AFRAID I MIGHT
DO SOMETHING WRONG.' YOU KNOW,
00:39:55.22\00:39:58.76
INVESTING - IF YOU WANT TO GROW,
YOU STUDY THE MILLIONAIRES AND
00:39:58.76\00:40:02.93
BILLIONAIRES OUT THERE - ONE OF
THE THINGS YOU'LL OFTEN FIND IN
00:40:02.93\00:40:05.17
COMMON, THEY ARE NOT
AFRAID OF CALCULATED RISK.
00:40:05.17\00:40:11.91
IF YOU WANT TO SERVE GOD AND
GROW, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE A RISK.
00:40:11.91\00:40:17.65
FARMERS TAKE A RISK.
WHEN YOU THROW THAT SEED OUT -
00:40:17.65\00:40:22.15
DO YOU REALIZE, YOU CAN
KEEP THAT SEED AND EAT IT?
00:40:22.15\00:40:25.65
WHEN YOU THROW IT OUT INTO THE
GROUND, YOU'RE HOPING THAT IT'S
00:40:25.65\00:40:27.86
GOING TO PRODUCE BUT YOU
DON'T GET TO EAT IT THEN.
00:40:27.86\00:40:31.43
AND SO YOU'RE TAKING A RISK, BUT
YOU'RE COUNTING ON THE BLESSING
00:40:31.43\00:40:35.10
OF GOD, THAT IT'LL MULTIPLY AND
END UP BEING MORE THAN YOU HAD
00:40:35.10\00:40:38.67
TO START WITH. AND
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PEOPLE,
00:40:38.67\00:40:41.84
THEY UNDERSTAND
YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IT OUT.
00:40:41.84\00:40:43.54
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE A RISK.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO
00:40:43.54\00:40:45.64
WIN SOULS, YOU'VE
GOT TO TAKE A RISK.
00:40:45.64\00:40:48.61
YOU'VE GOT TO
KNOCK ON SOME DOORS.
00:40:48.61\00:40:50.15
YOU'VE GOT TO START A
CONVERSATION THAT MAY SEEM
00:40:50.15\00:40:53.31
AWKWARD. YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME
PEOPLE SAY, 'DON'T TALK TO ME
00:40:53.31\00:40:55.45
ABOUT RELIGION. YOU
MIGHT TAKE A RISK OF LOSS,
00:40:55.45\00:41:00.12
BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING,
THE MASTER WILL BLESS YOU.
00:41:00.12\00:41:03.09
AND, YEAH, YOU MIGHT GET TURNED
DOWN A FEW TIMES, BUT IT'S GOING
00:41:03.09\00:41:06.09
TO BE WORTH IT WHEN
YOU LEAD A SOUL TO CHRIST.
00:41:06.09\00:41:08.66
HOW MANY FISHERMEN DO YOU KNOW
THAT GET DISCOURAGED THE FIRST
00:41:08.66\00:41:12.40
TIME THEY BRING
IN THE LINE EMPTY?
00:41:12.40\00:41:15.04
THEY SAY, 'OH, I DON'T
WANT TO LOSE ANY MORE BAIT.
00:41:15.04\00:41:17.87
I'M GOING BACK. IT'S
A WASTE OF BAIT TO GO
00:41:17.87\00:41:20.34
FISHING.'
FISHERMEN NEVER SAY THAT.
00:41:20.34\00:41:23.51
THEY JUST KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO
DROP A LOT OF BAIT IN THE WATER
00:41:23.51\00:41:25.68
BEFORE YOU REEL SOMETHING
IN. AND THAT'S JUST A PRINCIPLE
00:41:25.68\00:41:28.75
IN LIFE, WHETHER IT'S SEED OR
FISHING FOR FISH OR FARMING OR
00:41:28.75\00:41:33.22
INVESTING. THIS
SERVANT WAS AFRAID OF THE RISK.
00:41:33.22\00:41:37.76
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOVE PEOPLE,
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A RISK THAT
00:41:37.76\00:41:40.46
SOME OF THEM
WON'T LOVE YOU BACK.
00:41:40.46\00:41:43.03
AND A LOT OF FOLKS CLOSE
THEMSELVES OFF BECAUSE THEY
00:41:43.03\00:41:45.53
DON'T WANT TO EXPOSE
THEMSELVES TO BEING HURT.
00:41:45.53\00:41:48.50
THEY DON'T WANT TO EXPOSE
THEMSELVES TO REJECTION SO THEY
00:41:48.50\00:41:50.57
TAKE NO RISKS AND THEY LIVE VERY
LONELY, SOLITARY LIVES INSOLATED
00:41:50.57\00:41:54.61
FROM ANY HURT.
IT'S ACTUALLY VERY SAD.
00:41:54.61\00:41:59.18
THIS SERVANT, HE BURIED IT. THE
OTHERS, THEY THREW IT OUT THERE.
00:41:59.18\00:42:05.15
THEY INVESTED. THEY GREW
IT. AND SO GROWTH REQUIRES RISK.
00:42:05.15\00:42:09.59
YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THAT THESE
TWO SERVANTS THAT WERE FAITHFUL
00:42:09.59\00:42:13.63
HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT GROWTH, IT
MADE ME THINK OF A GENESIS STORY
00:42:13.63\00:42:16.77
- GENESIS 26:12, "THEN ISAAC
SOWED IN THAT LAND, AND REAPED
00:42:16.77\00:42:21.94
IN THE SAME YEAR A HUNDREDFOLD;"
YOU KNOW, IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN
00:42:21.94\00:42:26.24
THE SEED FALLS ON THE GOOD
GROUND, SOME GET THIRTY - SIXTY
00:42:26.24\00:42:30.51
- SOME A HUNDRED-FOLD - A
HUNDRED PERCENT GROWTH. WOULDN'T
00:42:30.51\00:42:34.65
YOU LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN TO YOUR
BANK? HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD PUT
00:42:34.65\00:42:37.62
YOUR MONEY IN A BANK IF
YOU COULD GET A HUNDRED-FOLD?
00:42:37.62\00:42:40.72
WATCH OUT IF ANYBODY PROMISES
YOU AN INVESTMENT LIKE THAT.
00:42:40.72\00:42:45.39
I'VE SEEN SOME GOOD CHRISTIANS
TAKEN IN BY PEOPLE WHO SAY, 'OH,
00:42:45.39\00:42:47.50
I KNOW A PLACE.' BUT WHEN IT
COMES TO THE SPIRITUAL REALM,
00:42:47.50\00:42:55.34
YOU CAN GET A HUNDRED-FOLD.
IF YOU GET TO THE KINGDOM,
00:42:55.34\00:42:59.47
YOU WILL THINK YOU
GOT A HUNDRED-FOLD.
00:42:59.47\00:43:01.84
IF YOU CAN HEAR JESUS SAY
TO YOU, 'WELL DONE, GOOD AND
00:43:01.84\00:43:04.31
FAITHFUL SERVANT' YOU WILL
BELIEVE YOU GOT A HUNDRED-FOLD
00:43:04.31\00:43:07.18
BLESSING. BUT IT INVOLVES RISK.
AND YOU MIGHT LOSE, BUT IF YOU
00:43:07.18\00:43:13.32
KEEP INVESTING,
YOU'LL END UP AHEAD.
00:43:13.32\00:43:16.32
NOW I DON'T RECOMMEND WE FOLLOW
ALL OF HIS PRACTICES, BUT AN
00:43:16.32\00:43:18.86
INTERESTING CHARACTER STUDY IN
HISTORY - AMERICAN HISTORY - WAS
00:43:18.86\00:43:22.30
P.T. BARNUM. HAVE YOU
EVER READ ABOUT P.T. BARNUM?
00:43:22.30\00:43:25.43
YOU'VE HEARD OF THE
BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS?
00:43:25.43\00:43:27.14
AND HE WAS QUITE A SHOWMAN.
00:43:27.14\00:43:30.97
IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, HE
CAME FROM A VERY CONSERVATIVE
00:43:30.97\00:43:32.94
PURITAN FAMILY, BUT THE THING
THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT HIS
00:43:32.94\00:43:35.74
LIFE - HE MADE AND
LOST SEVERAL FORTUNES.
00:43:35.74\00:43:42.18
I MEAN, HE HAD A MUSEUM WHERE HE
HAD EVERYTHING INVESTED IN THE
00:43:42.18\00:43:44.02
MUSEUM AND IT
BURNT TO THE GROUND.
00:43:44.02\00:43:45.62
AND HE HAD TO START FROM
SCRATCH - BUT HE WAS THE ETERNAL
00:43:45.62\00:43:48.92
OPTIMIST AND HE WOULD START ALL
OVER AGAIN AND HE'D EARN ANOTHER
00:43:48.92\00:43:53.03
FORTUNE AND THEN SOME
OTHER CALAMITY WOULD COME.
00:43:53.03\00:43:55.40
AND THERE - DIFFERENT THINGS
HIT HIM BUT HE ENDED UP A VERY
00:43:55.40\00:43:57.80
WEALTHY MAN. SO, IN
SERVING THE LORD YOU - IT
00:43:57.80\00:44:02.14
DOESN'T SAY THAT THESE SERVANTS,
WHEN THEY WERE TRADING WITH
00:44:02.14\00:44:04.61
THEIR FIVE TALENTS AND THEIR
TWO TALENTS, IT DOESN'T SAY
00:44:04.61\00:44:07.18
THERE WERE NO UPS AND
DOWNS. DID YOU NOTICE THAT?
00:44:07.18\00:44:10.15
IT DOESN'T SAY THERE
WERE NO GAINS AND LOSSES.
00:44:10.15\00:44:13.25
IN THE END,
THERE WAS A GREAT GAIN.
00:44:13.25\00:44:18.25
EVEN IF YOU PUT YOUR MONEY IN
THE STOCK MARKET, YOU'RE GOING
00:44:18.25\00:44:19.95
TO SEE IT GO LIKE THIS.
BUT THEY SAY, HISTORICALLY,
00:44:19.95\00:44:21.92
OVER TIME, IT'S GOING TO GO UP.
REAL ESTATE GOES LIKE THIS, BUT
00:44:21.92\00:44:25.79
IN THE LONG TIME - YOU
LOOK AT THE CURVE - IT'LL GO UP.
00:44:25.79\00:44:29.13
AND IF YOU'RE WORKING TO SAVE
SOULS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WINS
00:44:29.13\00:44:32.47
AND LOSSES. I JUST
- SOMEBODY - MATTER OF
00:44:32.47\00:44:36.27
FACT, FORMER MEMBER ROY AND JAN
DENNIS JUST SENT ME A BOOK BY
00:44:36.27\00:44:38.97
H.M.S. RICHARDS, SR. ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THE ONE WHO STARTED
00:44:38.97\00:44:42.58
THE VOICE OF
PROPHECY RADIO PROGRAM.
00:44:42.58\00:44:44.55
HE WAS AN EVANGELIST AND HE USED
TO SAY, 'EVERY EVANGELIST NEEDS
00:44:44.55\00:44:49.15
TO EXPERIENCE PREACHING TO
AN AUDITORIUM THAT SEATS 10,000
00:44:49.15\00:44:53.82
PEOPLE WITH 20 PEOPLE IN IT.' HE
HAD A FEW EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT
00:44:53.82\00:44:59.69
WHERE HE PREACHED FOR
WEEKS AND HAD ONE CONVERT.
00:44:59.69\00:45:05.40
AND THEN THEY FIND OUT
THAT CONVERT WENT ON TO BECOME A
00:45:05.40\00:45:08.40
MINISTER AND WIN A LOT
OF OTHER PEOPLE TO THE LORD.
00:45:08.40\00:45:11.47
BUT HE DIDN'T GET
DISCOURAGED AND GIVE UP.
00:45:11.47\00:45:14.01
THEY KEPT WORKING AT IT
UNTIL THEY HAD GREAT HARVESTS.
00:45:14.01\00:45:17.61
SO DON'T GET DISCOURAGED IF YOU
USE YOUR GIFT AND SOMETIMES YOU
00:45:17.61\00:45:20.68
MEET WITH REJECTION OR YOU MEET
WITH FAILURE OR YOU DON'T ALWAYS
00:45:20.68\00:45:23.55
SING ON KEY. YOU'VE
JUST GOT TO KEEP ON.
00:45:23.55\00:45:27.56
AND YOU FIND OUT, IF YOU, DAILY,
PRESS ON AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M
00:45:27.56\00:45:30.29
GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE MY
GIFTS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME, TO
00:45:30.29\00:45:33.56
TRY AND SERVE YOU AND TO WIN
MY FELLOW MAN, TO INVEST IN YOUR
00:45:33.56\00:45:37.47
KINGDOM IN DOING GOOD' -
HE WILL BLESS YOU IN THE END.
00:45:37.47\00:45:42.30
HE SAYS HE'S WITH YOU ALWAYS, HE
DIDN'T SAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
00:45:42.30\00:45:44.51
HAVE PERSECUTION. HE DIDN'T SAY
THERE'S GOING TO BE NO PROBLEMS.
00:45:44.51\00:45:50.08
HE SAID, 'I'M COMING BACK.' YOU
NOTICE, THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY
00:45:50.08\00:45:53.72
PLACES IN THE BIBLE - I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT IT - IT SAYS
00:45:53.72\00:45:56.55
HE DELIVERED THEM HIS RESOURCES
AND HE WENT ON A JOURNEY AND IT
00:45:56.55\00:46:01.16
SAYS, 'AFTER A LONG TIME HE
CAME BACK.' DID YOU CATCH THAT?
00:46:01.16\00:46:07.13
'AFTER A LONG TIME.' FOR
THOSE WHO THOUGHT THAT JESUS WAS
00:46:07.13\00:46:10.53
COMING IMMEDIATELY, HE
WAS LETTING THEM KNOW, IN THIS
00:46:10.53\00:46:12.83
PARABLE, IT WASN'T RIGHT
AWAY. SOME OF YOU, IT'S NOT
00:46:12.83\00:46:16.60
UNTIL THE END OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU DIE, YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS
00:46:16.60\00:46:18.71
THOUGHT'S THE RESURRECTION.
IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LONG
00:46:18.71\00:46:21.18
TIME, BUT HE WILL COME
BACK. HE'S GOING TO COME FOR
00:46:21.18\00:46:24.35
US IN THE WORLD TOO. SO
THERE IS A JUDGMENT DAY.
00:46:24.35\00:46:29.28
NOW, YOU NOTICE
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE?
00:46:29.28\00:46:32.05
WITH THE FAITHFUL
SERVANTS, IT SAYS, 'WELL DONE.
00:46:32.05\00:46:37.49
ENTER INTO THE JOY' - WITH THE
WICKED SERVANT, HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE
00:46:37.49\00:46:44.03
GOING TO OUTER DARKNESS.' THE
LORD SAYS, 'YOU WICKED AND LAZY
00:46:44.03\00:46:49.07
SERVANT! YOU KNEW
THAT I REAPED' - HE
00:46:49.07\00:46:51.31
SAID, 'IF YOU BELIEVED THAT
I REAPED WHERE I DID NOT SOW
00:46:51.31\00:46:53.61
AND GATHERED WHERE I DID NOT
SCATTERED SEED, YOU SHOULD HAVE
00:46:53.61\00:46:55.94
AT LEAST DEPOSITED MY
MONEY WITH THE BANKERS.
00:46:55.94\00:46:58.38
AT MY COMING I WOULD
HAVE RECEIVED MY OWN BACK WITH
00:46:58.38\00:47:00.95
INTEREST.' HE SAID,
'TAKE THE TALENT FROM
00:47:00.95\00:47:03.55
HIM.' IF YOU DON'T
USE IT, YOU LOSE IT.
00:47:03.55\00:47:07.02
HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE?
NOT ONLY IS THAT TRUE WITH YOUR
00:47:07.02\00:47:11.86
MUSCLES, IT'S TRUE WITH YOUR
MIND. THEY'VE FOUND OUT THAT
00:47:11.86\00:47:15.83
PEOPLE THAT WATCH TELEVISION
ARE MORE PRONE TO DEMENTIA AND
00:47:15.83\00:47:18.67
ALZHEIMER'S THAN
PEOPLE THAT DON'T.
00:47:18.67\00:47:21.57
AND PEOPLE WHO USE THEIR MIND
ACTIVELY IN READING, OR EVEN IN
00:47:21.57\00:47:26.11
DOING PUZZLES - THAT ARE USING
THEIR MINDS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS,
00:47:26.11\00:47:28.91
THEY RETAIN IT. IF YOU
DON'T USE IT YOU LOSE IT.
00:47:28.91\00:47:31.25
THIS MAN DID NOT
INVEST THE TALENT.
00:47:31.25\00:47:32.91
WHAT HE HAD WAS NOT ONLY TURNED
TO NOTHING, IT WAS TAKEN FROM
00:47:32.91\00:47:35.52
HIM. 'AND GIVE IT TO HIM WHO HAS
TEN TALENTS. FOR TO EVERYONE WHO
00:47:35.52\00:47:41.82
HAS MORE WILL BE GIVEN
AND HE WILL HAVE AN ABUNDANCE.
00:47:41.82\00:47:44.53
HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE, EVEN WHAT
HE HAS IS TAKEN AWAY, AND CAST
00:47:44.53\00:47:48.40
THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANT INTO
OUTER DARKNESS, AND THERE'LL BE
00:47:48.40\00:47:52.97
WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.
IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE ETERNAL
00:47:52.97\00:47:55.50
LOSS - ETERNAL SEPARATION.
ONE IS WEEPING, ONE IS JOY.
00:47:55.50\00:48:03.18
NOW GOD IS SAYING, EVERYBODY
HERE, YOU'VE GOT A DESTINY.
00:48:03.18\00:48:06.18
THERE'S A DAY OF RECKONING.
NOW WE COULD LOOK BACK ON THE
00:48:06.18\00:48:10.65
PAST YEAR OR YEARS AND WE CAN
START WEEPING RIGHT NOW IF WE
00:48:10.65\00:48:14.96
THINK ABOUT THE WAYS THAT
WE MAY HAVE WASTED THE TALENTS
00:48:14.96\00:48:17.96
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU. I
WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I
00:48:17.96\00:48:21.10
HAVE WASTED TALENTS, HAVE YOU?
BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT PAUL SAID?
00:48:21.10\00:48:27.07
'FORGETTING THOSE THINGS THAT
ARE BEHIND, LOOKING FORWARD'
00:48:27.07\00:48:31.34
SAY, 'LORD, FORGIVE
ME. I HAVE WASTED - I HAVE
00:48:31.34\00:48:34.24
SQUANDERED SOME OF MY
TALENTS. HELP ME TO BE FAITHFUL
00:48:34.24\00:48:37.78
FROM THIS POINT ON. CAN
THE LORD STILL, THEN, HELP
00:48:37.78\00:48:40.78
YOU RECOVER WHAT THE
LOCUST HAS EATEN AND REDEEM
00:48:40.78\00:48:44.69
AND CHANGE THINGS?
JESUS SAID, 'LOOK, IF YOU'LL
00:48:44.69\00:48:46.42
COME TO ME JUST AS YOU ARE,
I'LL BLESS YOU AND YOU CAN GROW.
00:48:46.42\00:48:50.43
IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE ALL YOU'VE
GOT IS A FEW LEFTOVERS, BUT IF
00:48:50.43\00:48:52.59
YOU'LL COMMIT WHAT YOU'VE GOT OF
YOUR TALENTS TO ME, I WILL STILL
00:48:52.59\00:48:55.93
HONOR MY WORD. I'LL BLESS AND
I'LL MULTIPLY WHAT I GIVE YOU.
00:48:55.93\00:48:59.07
AND THAT WOULD BE MY DESIRE
- FOR EVERY ONE OF US TO SAY AT
00:48:59.07\00:49:02.20
THE BEGINNING OF THIS
YEAR, 'LORD, I WANT TO SERVE YOU
00:49:02.20\00:49:04.84
SOMEHOW.' THINK ABOUT 'HOW
DO I WANT TO GET INVOLVED?'
00:49:04.84\00:49:09.41
EVERYBODY HERE
COULD DO SOMETHING.
00:49:09.41\00:49:12.35
THIS CHURCH IS UNIQUE BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED
00:49:12.35\00:49:15.52
IN THE MUSIC OR MAYBE TEACHING
THE CHILDREN OR HELPING WITH THE
00:49:15.52\00:49:18.75
KITCHEN AND THE POTLUCK -
WE'VE GOT THE MEDIA MINISTRY,
00:49:18.75\00:49:21.86
DUPLICATION OF DVDS AND SOME
OF YOU HAVE ELECTRONIC GIFTS, OR
00:49:21.86\00:49:25.56
SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE GIFTS IN
CARPENTRY - WE'RE PERIODICALLY
00:49:25.56\00:49:28.86
DOING ODD JOBS - EVERYBODY HAS
SOMETHING THEY COULD DO - AND
00:49:28.86\00:49:32.37
COMMIT TO GOD AND HE WILL BLESS
YOU AND MULTIPLY THOSE GIFTS.
00:49:32.37\00:49:37.04
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SHARE THIS
STORY ONE TIME, ABOUT THIS MAN,
00:49:37.04\00:49:41.34
YEARS AGO IN NEVADA, HE WAS
CROSSING THE WEST AND HE NEEDED
00:49:41.34\00:49:44.71
TO CATCH A STAGE COACH AND
HE WAS IN THE STAGE COACH OFFICE
00:49:44.71\00:49:47.35
AND HE SAW THE PRICE FOR
THE TICKETS. THEY HAD $20.00 -
00:49:47.35\00:49:51.82
FIRST-CLASS SEAT; $15.00
- SECOND-CLASS SEAT; $5.00 -
00:49:51.82\00:49:56.29
THIRD-CLASS SEAT; AND RIGHT WHEN
HE WAS READING THAT THE STAGE
00:49:56.29\00:49:58.46
COACH PULLED UP AND HE LOOKED
AND HE SAW EVERYBODY CLIMBED OUT
00:49:58.46\00:50:01.66
OF THE SAME PLACE ON THE STAGE
COACH. HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, IF
00:50:01.66\00:50:05.43
THEY'RE ALL RIDING IN THE SAME
SPOT, I DON'T KNOW WHY IN THE
00:50:05.43\00:50:07.47
WORLD A PERSON -WOULD
PAY FOR A FIRST-CLASS SEAT.
00:50:07.47\00:50:09.67
I'M NO DUMMY, I'M GOING TO BUY
ONE OF THOSE THIRD-CLASS SEATS.
00:50:09.67\00:50:12.24
THEY ALL GET THERE.' HE
THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY SMART.
00:50:12.24\00:50:15.71
AND THEY RODE ALONG - HE WAS
SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THIS LADY
00:50:15.71\00:50:17.65
DRESSED UP AND SHE HAD
PAID FIRST-CLASS FARE AND HE WAS
00:50:17.65\00:50:20.18
SITTING ACROSS FROM SOMEBODY
ELSE AND THEY PAID SECOND-CLASS
00:50:20.18\00:50:22.98
FARE AND THERE WERE SEVERAL
OTHER PEOPLE SITTING THERE AND
00:50:22.98\00:50:25.39
HE THOUGHT, 'YEAH, THESE GUYS
AREN'T VERY SMART BECAUSE I ONLY
00:50:25.39\00:50:28.59
PAID $5.00.' AND PRETTY SOON
IT STARTED TO RAIN AND THEN THE
00:50:28.59\00:50:35.70
HORSES STARTED STRUGGLING UP
A HILL AND THE STAGE COACH RIDER
00:50:35.70\00:50:40.00
STOPPED. HE
SAID, 'OKAY, ALL OF THE
00:50:40.00\00:50:43.87
SECOND-CLASS PASSENGERS, IF
YOU CAN GET OUT AND WALK, FIRST
00:50:43.87\00:50:47.98
CLASS PASSENGERS REMAIN SEATED,
THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS, IF YOU'D
00:50:47.98\00:50:51.71
GET OUT AND PUSH.' (LAUGHTER)
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH MOST
00:50:51.71\00:50:58.05
CHURCHES IS WE HAVE TOO
MANY FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS.
00:50:58.05\00:51:02.22
THEY KIND OF SIT. YOU
KNOW, USUALLY IT IS 20
00:51:02.22\00:51:04.19
PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE
IN ANY CHURCH THAT DO 80
00:51:04.19\00:51:06.66
PERCENT OF THE WORK. A
LOT OF FOLKS JUST SIT WHILE
00:51:06.66\00:51:10.30
EVERYONE PUSHES OR
THEY WALK ALONGSIDE.
00:51:10.30\00:51:13.27
I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT
TIME FOR US, AT THE BEGINNING OF
00:51:13.27\00:51:15.64
THE YEAR, TO COMMIT OUR TALENTS
TO THE LORD AND SAY, 'LORD,' -
00:51:15.64\00:51:17.84
WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD HAPPEN
TO A CHURCH WHERE EVERYBODY USED
00:51:17.84\00:51:20.84
THEIR GIFTS TO GET INVOLVED IN
SHARING THE GOOD NEWS AND USING
00:51:20.84\00:51:26.68
THEIR GIFTS FOR
BUILDING UP OF THE BODY?
00:51:26.68\00:51:29.55
WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL?
00:51:29.55\00:51:31.35
WELL, THE LORD HAS BLESSED
US ALL AND HE'S - HE'LL MULTIPLY
00:51:31.35\00:51:34.52
WHATEVER GIFTS YOU HAVE, IF YOU
COMMIT WHAT YOU DO HAVE TO HIM.
00:51:34.52\00:51:38.36
WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK BACK
AT THE WASTED TIME AND MEANS AND
00:51:38.36\00:51:41.10
GIFTS, BUT LET'S LOOK FORWARD
AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M YOURS.
00:51:41.10\00:51:44.27
I WANT TO USE MY GIFTS
FOR YOU.' IS THAT YOUR PRAYER?
00:51:44.27\00:51:47.44
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>>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
00:52:17.40\00:52:21.77
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
00:52:21.77\00:52:25.37
OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
00:52:25.37\00:52:28.24
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
00:52:28.24\00:52:32.15
WHY DID GOD
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
00:52:32.15\00:52:34.62
DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
00:52:34.62\00:52:37.32
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>>AMAZING FACTS CHANGED
LIVES. >>I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT I
00:52:51.43\00:53:01.21
HAD A WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD.
GROWING UP, I WENT TO A PRIVATE
00:53:01.21\00:53:05.05
SCHOOL UP UNTIL THE SEVENTH
GRADE - UNTIL JUNIOR HIGH.
00:53:05.05\00:53:08.28
I BELIEVE IT WAS AT THAT POINT,
IN JUNIOR HIGH, THAT MY LIFE
00:53:08.28\00:53:12.45
BEGAN TO CHANGE. GOING
FROM A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
00:53:12.45\00:53:15.72
INTO A PUBLIC SCHOOL
WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE.
00:53:15.72\00:53:18.79
THERE WAS A LOT OF SECULAR
INFLUENCE - PEER PRESSURE - AND,
00:53:18.79\00:53:24.73
FOR ME, IT WAS THE
MUSIC. I STARTED LISTENING
00:53:24.73\00:53:27.37
TO HEAVY METAL MUSIC.
EVERY CONCERT THAT WOULD
00:53:27.37\00:53:29.54
COME TO TOWN I WAS THERE.
IT HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ME.
00:53:29.54\00:53:33.88
I STARTED USING MARIJUANA,
PROBABLY AT THE AGE OF 14.
00:53:33.88\00:53:39.58
I STARTED DRINKING - USING A
LOT OF COCAINE AND THAT LED TO
00:53:39.58\00:53:42.95
METHAMPHETAMINE AND THAT
COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE.
00:53:42.95\00:53:47.19
I DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL MY
SOPHOMORE YEAR AND WENT TO WORK.
00:53:47.19\00:53:52.49
I WOULD GET OFF OF WORK AND WE'D
GO TO THE BAR UNTIL 2:00 IN THE
00:53:52.49\00:53:55.93
MORNING AND I'D GET BACK UP AT
5:00 AND GO BACK AT IT AGAIN -
00:53:55.93\00:53:59.67
SIX, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AT THE AGE OF 20, I LOST
00:53:59.67\00:54:06.74
MY DAD TO A HEART ATTACK. I
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE
00:54:06.74\00:54:10.68
LOSS SO I TRIED TO MASK MY
PAIN WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUGS.
00:54:10.68\00:54:16.02
I GOT THREE DUIS IN
ONE YEAR. I WAS ARRESTED.
00:54:16.02\00:54:19.29
THEY GAVE ME ONE YEAR IN THE
COUNTY JAIL AND THE MOMENT I GOT
00:54:19.29\00:54:24.13
OUT I WENT BACK TO DOING
THE SAME THING, HANGING WITH THE
00:54:24.13\00:54:27.10
SAME PEOPLE - THE SAME CROWD.
I WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN
00:54:27.10\00:54:30.70
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND I
WAS CHARGED WITH A FELONY DUI.
00:54:30.70\00:54:34.54
EVEN THOUGH AT THE TIME OF
THE ACCIDENT I WAS NOT UNDER THE
00:54:34.54\00:54:36.77
INFLUENCE, I STILL HAD
METHAMPHETAMINE IN MY SYSTEM.
00:54:36.77\00:54:40.58
AT MY SENTENCING DATE I LEFT
THE COURTROOM AND I DIDN'T COME
00:54:40.58\00:54:44.31
BACK. AND THAT LEFT
ME WITH A FELONY WARRANT.
00:54:44.31\00:54:48.82
AND I HAD FALLEN ASLEEP AT
A PARK AND I WOKE UP TO A PARK
00:54:48.82\00:54:53.32
RANGER KNOCKING ON MY WINDOW.
I KNEW THAT I WAS WANTED AND I
00:54:53.32\00:54:57.23
KNEW THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO
JUST TURN MYSELF IN. I TURNED TO
00:54:57.23\00:55:01.86
HIM AND I MADE THE COMMENT,
'NOT TODAY.' AND I TOOK OFF.
00:55:01.86\00:55:06.47
I LED FIVE DIFFERENT AGENCIES
ON ABOUT A 35-MINUTE CHASE AND I
00:55:06.47\00:55:10.74
REALIZED AT ONE POINT THAT
I WASN'T GOING TO GET AWAY AND
00:55:10.74\00:55:13.84
THIS WAS GOING TO END UP EITHER
ME KILLING SOMEBODY OR MYSELF.
00:55:13.84\00:55:18.75
AND SO I MADE A DECISION TO PULL
OVER. AT THAT POINT, EVERYTHING
00:55:18.75\00:55:23.28
THAT I HAD, I LOST. I
WAS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN
00:55:23.28\00:55:26.42
STATE PRISON AND IT WAS
THERE THAT GOD GOT AHOLD OF ME.
00:55:26.42\00:55:34.00
AND IT WAS THROUGH
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRIES.
00:55:34.00\00:55:37.50
I REMEMBER LISTENING ON MY
RADIO TO PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
00:55:37.50\00:55:41.27
I WANTED TO GET TO KNOW THE
BIBLE. I WANTED TO KNOW GOD.
00:55:41.27\00:55:44.87
AND SO MY AUNT MARILYN SENT ME
THE AMAZING FACTS STUDY GUIDES
00:55:44.87\00:55:50.78
AND IT WAS THERE THAT MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST BEGAN.
00:55:50.78\00:55:58.02
I HAD CALLED HOME AND I KNEW MY
MOTHER WASN'T DOING WELL, BUT I
00:55:58.02\00:56:02.99
DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SHE
HAD CANCER. SHE HAD ABOUT A
00:56:02.99\00:56:10.70
30-PERCENT CHANCE OF
MAKING IT THROUGH HER SURGERY.
00:56:10.70\00:56:13.90
SHE HAD TOLD THE DOCTORS THAT
SHE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE CHEMO
00:56:13.90\00:56:16.07
AND SHE WAS NOT
GOING TO HAVE RADIATION.
00:56:16.07\00:56:17.47
THAT, IF HER GOD WAS
GOING TO SAVE HER, THEN HE WOULD
00:56:17.47\00:56:19.81
SAVE HER. I
REMEMBER HANGING UP THE PHONE
00:56:19.81\00:56:23.98
TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY
LAST CONVERSATION WITH MY MOM.
00:56:23.98\00:56:28.85
I TURNED AROUND, I GOT DOWN ON
MY KNEES, AND I PRAYED TO GOD.
00:56:28.85\00:56:34.36
I SAID, 'GOD, IF YOU'RE
THERE, PLEASE SAVE MY MOTHER.
00:56:34.36\00:56:38.66
WHEREVER YOU LEAD ME IN LIFE,
WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO, I AM
00:56:38.66\00:56:42.56
YOURS.' AND I HAD A FEELING OF
SUCH PEACE, THAT I KNEW THAT MY
00:56:42.56\00:56:48.70
MOTHER WAS GOING TO BE OKAY
AND THAT MY LIFE WAS GOING TO
00:56:48.70\00:56:52.34
CHANGE. THERE ARE
NO WORDS THAT I CAN
00:56:52.34\00:56:56.28
ADEQUATELY EXPRESS TO AMAZING
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I AM A PRODUCT OF YOUR SUPPORT.
MY LIFE IS CHANGED BECAUSE OF
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THIS MINISTRY AND I THANK
YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
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>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS
PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
00:57:21.07\00:57:24.54
OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:57:24.54\00:57:28.38
PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
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