1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,880 Thank you for listening to this message from Life House Church. 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,800 Good morning, good morning. 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:22,720 Listen, I appreciate so much what Jason said before giving. 4 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:27,040 I don't know if you know this or not, but everywhere else in scripture the Word of God 5 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:33,360 says, God says don't test me, don't try me except in the area of finances. 6 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,520 It's the one place he says try me in this. 7 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:41,860 See if I won't open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that you cannot contain. 8 00:00:41,860 --> 00:00:49,320 So great words, just continue to listen and as testimonies are told and as people speak 9 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,960 out of God's Word and we are going to continue on if you look to the walls, look to the walls, 10 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,800 if you're online just listen up, but we are in the middle of a message series called Bucks 11 00:00:58,800 --> 00:00:59,800 and Stuff. 12 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,960 Turn to somebody telling them Bucks and Stuff. 13 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:06,200 Do a little twang this morning, do a little twang, put a little country in. 14 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,760 Bucks and Stuff and we took a little break last week for Father's Day, but this is week 15 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:18,040 three of this message series and we're really finding out what it means to discover or to 16 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:24,880 know how to live a God honoring life in the area of money and possessions. 17 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:26,200 It's a big deal. 18 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:30,840 Jesus talked about it a lot and he talked about how we can manage what God's placed 19 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:31,880 in our hands. 20 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:37,160 He talks about what I should do with my bucks and stuff so God receives glory, right? 21 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,260 So it's for your benefit and he receives glory both. 22 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:46,300 How do I use my bucks and stuff to expand the kingdom of God and benefit my family all 23 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:49,320 at the same time because there's a biblical order to all of this. 24 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,200 How many know God's word has order? 25 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,080 Always has order with it, right? 26 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,680 And understanding that bucks and stuff is a spiritual matter. 27 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,480 A lot of times we put it off over here and it's not spiritual, right? 28 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:08,080 It's just a physical thing, but today I want to take you into another slice of Bucks and 29 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,020 Stuff and what it means to be God honoring in our finances and I want to introduce out 30 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:16,600 of the scripture something called profit, alright? 31 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,440 How many know when you're talking about money what profit is? 32 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,200 Yeah, come on, right? 33 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Nobody else knows. 34 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,000 I'm going to have to, this could be a long message, man. 35 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Alright, thank you. 36 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Alright, a couple of you. 37 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,760 Six of you know, that's enough. 38 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:34,240 How do I make sure that my bucks and stuff are bringing profit into the kingdom of God? 39 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:39,520 I know you don't hear that word used much in Christian circles or maybe in spiritual 40 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,360 circles, right? 41 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,480 How do I make sure bucks and stuff bring profit and increase to my family and to myself and 42 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,240 it really is in that order. 43 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,900 We want to bring profit into the kingdom of God and we want to bring it into our families 44 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:53,760 and into our lives. 45 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,160 Matthew 6.33 says this and really gives the order. 46 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,160 It says, but seek first, there's the order, right? 47 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:04,040 God loves order, but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these 48 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,920 things shall be added unto you. 49 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:10,040 If you look at this portion of scripture, Jesus is talking about bucks and stuff. 50 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,080 All the scriptures before this, he's talking about the things that we chase after, all 51 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,480 the stuff that we need, right? 52 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:20,360 Food, shelter, all those things and he says, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness 53 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,600 and then all these things will be added unto you. 54 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,800 Honor God with our bucks and stuff, right? 55 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:31,040 First profit in the kingdom and then second in our lives because if we put God first, 56 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:36,360 if we do what God says, if we invest the way God says, if you do this first, the rest is 57 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,060 blessed, alright? 58 00:03:38,060 --> 00:03:40,360 If we put God first, the rest is blessed. 59 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,280 So this morning we're going to go to a parable that Jesus teaches. 60 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,800 We're going to go to Matthew chapter 25.13 is where we're going to start. 61 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,160 If you can head that direction or you get your notes ready, that's where we're going 62 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,160 to begin. 63 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,440 I'm going to pray over the reading of God's word before we start this morning. 64 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,040 So if you bow your heads, Father, we're grateful for this day. 65 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,320 I thank you for your word, God, that is so incredibly amazing in our lives. 66 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:06,160 Lord, I thank you that you left us the written word, God, that we might dive in, God, that 67 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,680 we might understand you and Lord that we might grow in our hearts and minds in every area 68 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,080 of our life including bucks and stuff. 69 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:18,000 So God direct us, show us today what you need us to hear and see for each person in the 70 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,240 house, each person listening online, each person at each shore and we'll just give you glory 71 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,640 and praise in Jesus' name. 72 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,240 Everybody said together, amen, amen, that was great amen. 73 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:32,380 Jesus starts his story off with some clear instruction and some warning. 74 00:04:32,380 --> 00:04:38,120 He says this, this parable, he says Matthew 25-13 says, watch therefore for you know not 75 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,860 neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming. 76 00:04:42,860 --> 00:04:48,120 Before he starts to tell the story, before he begins to unfold the story, he prefaces 77 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,060 this story with a warning. 78 00:04:50,060 --> 00:04:55,600 He prefaces this with an idea that we need to keep in our head and our hearts, right? 79 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,040 Instruction for the body of Christ. 80 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,760 He says keep watch because one day I'm coming back. 81 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,640 Jesus is going to return. 82 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,340 One day he's coming back. 83 00:05:05,340 --> 00:05:07,420 One day he's going to return to this earth. 84 00:05:07,420 --> 00:05:08,960 One day every knee is going to bow. 85 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,900 The word of God says every tongue is going to confess that he is in fact Lord. 86 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:19,040 One day all this that you see around you, the governments, how things are running in 87 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,600 the world around us, all that is going to shift. 88 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,480 All that is going to change because Jesus is going to return. 89 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:32,360 One day all authority and dominion and rule will shift from the current governments, corrupt 90 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:33,960 or otherwise, right? 91 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,380 That's all going to shift and it's going to go into God's kingdom. 92 00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:38,840 He's going to rule everything. 93 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:43,020 I think of it this way, Jesus is going to drain the swamps of some governments, amen? 94 00:05:43,020 --> 00:05:44,020 Come on. 95 00:05:44,020 --> 00:05:45,020 He's going to say, yeah, yeah, yeah, all right. 96 00:05:45,020 --> 00:05:49,060 Oh wow, I didn't think I'd get any applause over that. 97 00:05:49,060 --> 00:05:50,560 And he'll take it over. 98 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,080 And I can't wait until he returns. 99 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:58,880 But Jesus starts off this parable and he says, you need to keep this in mind. 100 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,320 Watch therefore for you neither know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming 101 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:04,320 back. 102 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:05,880 We need to be prepared. 103 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,740 We need to occupy and we need to be about the Father's business. 104 00:06:11,740 --> 00:06:14,280 So poke your neighbor right now, tell him he's coming back. 105 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:15,280 He's coming back. 106 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:19,000 I want to remind you this morning, Jesus started off that he's coming back, right? 107 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,000 He starts off with the warning and then he starts into the story. 108 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,600 He says this, for the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling into a far country who 109 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,760 called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 110 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:35,600 And one, he gave five talents to another two and to another one to each one according to 111 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:36,860 his own ability. 112 00:06:36,860 --> 00:06:39,440 And immediately he went on a journey. 113 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,640 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them and made five other 114 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:44,640 talents. 115 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,720 And likewise, he who received the two gained two more also. 116 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:53,200 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground and hid his Lord's money. 117 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:59,700 And after a long time, the Lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 118 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:02,640 Why is Jesus telling this story? 119 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:07,720 Why this message about the talents and the servants and a man who traveled to a far country? 120 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,180 What's the parallel? 121 00:07:09,180 --> 00:07:10,640 What's the main theme? 122 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,960 What does the subject matter have to do with bucks and stuff? 123 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,720 It's profit. 124 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:16,720 It's profit. 125 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,160 Now listen, I know God's word is layered. 126 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,760 There's a lot of things we could preach out of this passage. 127 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:26,520 But if you look at an overall theme in this message, it's about profit. 128 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:31,560 Profit is increased, realized or attained above an initial investment. 129 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:37,760 So if I take $10 and I invested in the stock market and it realizes a gain of $10, how 130 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,160 many know I have $20? 131 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,200 My profit is 10 bucks. 132 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:48,000 I invested an original $10 and then my profit gained is 10 additional dollars, so I have 133 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,600 20 total. 134 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,520 Profit is increased above the original investment. 135 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:58,120 My grandsons who were eight and five were working on this this weekend. 136 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,800 They started working a deal to gain some profit. 137 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,500 And I don't know where they could come up with this idea. 138 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:08,780 But they got some paper and they started doing some artwork. 139 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:11,720 And they do some pictures and they colored them. 140 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,420 And then they brought them over to Mimi and Poppy's house and said, hey, our artwork is 141 00:08:15,420 --> 00:08:16,800 for sale. 142 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,040 All right, they did. 143 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,640 You can have this original for a dollar. 144 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,320 So of course we're all showing out money. 145 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:27,320 We're buying out papers. 146 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,680 Oh, but they didn't stop there. 147 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,480 They're quite entrepreneurial in nature. 148 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,240 They were thinking all about profit. 149 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:38,560 We went outside and down by their house, right by the mailbox, they had them lined up along 150 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:42,360 the road with rocks on them and a jar sitting there. 151 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:47,760 You can swing by today and pick yourself a copy up for a buck. 152 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,160 They understood profit and they do understand profit. 153 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,000 Do you know how much a piece of paper costs? 154 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Less than one cent. 155 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Come on. 156 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,880 They're going to be millionaires. 157 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,400 It's awesome. 158 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:04,480 Jesus is telling this parable to tackle the spiritual matter of profit. 159 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:10,480 He's addressing the idea of profit in the kingdom of God and in this story that the 160 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:17,600 main the main man, right, the man who represents Jesus Christ is gone for a long period of 161 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:18,600 time. 162 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:19,600 He leaves. 163 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:20,600 It's the parallel of Jesus. 164 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,160 Jesus, listen, two thousand plus years ago, Jesus left this earth. 165 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,560 He is currently sitting at the right hand of the father. 166 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:30,320 The word of God says he's making intercession for you and I. 167 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,840 He's speaking to the father for us. 168 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:33,840 Right. 169 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,280 He's right there and he's just waiting to hear the word from the father. 170 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:41,240 The word of God tells us when when the father decides he's going to return to this earth 171 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,040 and he's just waiting for that time and the servants are left. 172 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:46,040 Right. 173 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,640 Who are the servants were the servants? 174 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:53,000 Jesus is the man and the servants here are supposed to be producing profit while he's 175 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 gone. 176 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,220 It's why he sent the Holy Spirit to us. 177 00:09:56,220 --> 00:09:59,840 One of the things I believe that we're going to give an account for one of these days when 178 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:05,480 he returns when I stand before God is what kind of kingdom profit that I secured on behalf 179 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,880 of the king while he was gone on behalf of what the word of God says here is the man. 180 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,520 So I want you to get the picture. 181 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:13,640 Are you starting to see what's unfolding here? 182 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:19,680 In this story, Jesus tells he places something in the servant's hands, actually a large amount 183 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:20,900 of something. 184 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:22,540 He gives them talents. 185 00:10:22,540 --> 00:10:24,160 Say talents. 186 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,280 A talent was a measurement of something. 187 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,280 It was an amount. 188 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:33,400 And in the case of a talent or money, you know, Roman talent could be equivalent to 189 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,280 what they call back then 6,000 denarii. 190 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,280 6,000 denarii. 191 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,120 One denarii was a day's wages, roughly a day's wages average. 192 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,120 So let me put it in terms that we might help us out. 193 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:49,760 Let's pretend that we made $25 per hour, right, in an eight hour day. 194 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,340 That means you made 200 bucks a day. 195 00:10:52,340 --> 00:10:58,400 Take 200 times 6,000 and you'll come up to $1.2 million for one talent. 196 00:10:58,400 --> 00:10:59,400 All right. 197 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,080 That'll give you a rough equivalent of what we're talking about. 198 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:07,400 He did not leave just a little bit of money to these guys to manage or these people, men 199 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:08,800 or women to manage. 200 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,480 He left a significant amount of money. 201 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,680 And we're not talking about 10 bucks here. 202 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,720 We're not talking about a dollar for some artwork. 203 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,480 We're talking about 6 million, 2.4 million, and 1.2 million in talents. 204 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:25,960 Jesus put something of great value into their hands. 205 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,880 Greater than any bag of money, right? 206 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:28,880 We'll hope. 207 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:33,800 He placed, and if you want to see the parallel in this picture, what does God put in our 208 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,040 hands? 209 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,920 He placed the gospel of Jesus Christ, right, in our hands. 210 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,440 He's given us physical things, stuff. 211 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:43,640 He's given us income. 212 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,240 He's given us money and all this. 213 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,180 You know, the money and the bucks and the stuff are over here. 214 00:11:49,180 --> 00:11:53,040 But the gospel message, you can't put a price on that. 215 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:54,120 It's priceless. 216 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:58,400 You carry the message of Jesus Christ that has eternal value to anybody that you run 217 00:11:58,400 --> 00:11:59,780 into, right? 218 00:11:59,780 --> 00:12:00,780 It's salvation. 219 00:12:00,780 --> 00:12:02,640 It's life and it's death. 220 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,760 And he places the gospel. 221 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,180 He places stuff. 222 00:12:06,180 --> 00:12:08,520 He places bucks in our hand. 223 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:14,360 And he says, while I'm gone, I want you to make profit. 224 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,000 Jesus wants us to generate profit while He's away. 225 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,000 He wants us to bring increase into God's kingdom while He's gone. 226 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:27,480 We're supposed to occupy our time in His physical absence, making sure that we bring profit 227 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,840 into the kingdom of God. 228 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:35,300 He sent the Holy Spirit to us to empower us to bring profit into the kingdom of God. 229 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:39,120 And one day when He returns, I believe it's going to be one of the questions He asks of 230 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:40,120 us. 231 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,440 I think I might stand before God, don't know, but I think He's going to stand, I might stand 232 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:49,600 before Him and say, how much profit did you bring into the kingdom of God? 233 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,640 What kind of increase, right? 234 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,560 What kind of gains did you realize? 235 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:57,520 And you've got to understand something about the kingdom of God profit. 236 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,160 It's not like profit in the world. 237 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:03,000 See, the kingdom of God profit is this. 238 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,840 God sees profit as people. 239 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:05,840 Okay? 240 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,040 Well, we're going to get to the kingdom of God. 241 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,440 God's not looking for you to come, you know, one day when He returns, drag a big old bag 242 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,440 of money in front of Him. 243 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:13,840 You're not going to impress Him with your money. 244 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:14,920 He owns it all. 245 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,620 He wants you to bring people into the kingdom of God. 246 00:13:18,620 --> 00:13:19,620 Profit is kingdom. 247 00:13:19,620 --> 00:13:23,040 Now we use the bucks and stuff to bring the gospel to other people. 248 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,040 It costs money. 249 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,300 You just got back from Tangier. 250 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:27,280 It costs money to go do all that. 251 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:28,280 Right? 252 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,120 But it is people, say people. 253 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:38,720 Everything He puts in our hands is to realize kingdom profit, to bring people into the kingdom, 254 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,840 everything. 255 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:46,800 Jesus allows us to earn income and to be generous so we bring people into the kingdom of God. 256 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:47,800 Right? 257 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,480 So ministry happens and people come in. 258 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:56,480 Jesus allows us to earn income so that our families and ourselves were sustained in all 259 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:57,480 of this. 260 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:58,480 And how many know your people? 261 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,400 Come on, raise your hand if you're a people out there right now. 262 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,320 God cares about you just as much as the person next to you. 263 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,320 Right? 264 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,200 Everything Jesus came to do is generate kingdom profit. 265 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,720 Kingdom of God profit. 266 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:16,760 So why is it so important that I understand this? 267 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:22,360 If you get this in your heart, in your head, that everything that God placed in your hands 268 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:28,080 is for the kingdom of God profit, it changes your perspective of what you do with what 269 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,480 God put in your hands. 270 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:31,480 Everything changes. 271 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,240 How many know when you know the why, it changes what you do? 272 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,240 Right? 273 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,960 If you know the why for something, it changes what you do. 274 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,520 And Jesus said generate profit while I'm away. 275 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:43,520 Now listen, there's more to this story. 276 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:44,520 I want to read you. 277 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,520 I want to pick up at verse 20. 278 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:50,520 And he says this, so he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, 279 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,080 saying Lord, you delivered me five talents. 280 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,920 Look I've gained five more talents beside them. 281 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:55,920 Excuse me. 282 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,800 As Lord said to him, well done good and faithful servant. 283 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,560 You've been faithful over a few things. 284 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,440 I will make you rule over many things. 285 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,820 Enter into the joy of your Lord. 286 00:15:05,820 --> 00:15:09,960 He also who had received two talents came and said Lord, you delivered to me two talents. 287 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,160 Look I've gained two more talents beside them. 288 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,560 The Lord said to him, well done good and faithful servant. 289 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:15,560 You've been faithful over a few things. 290 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,560 I'm going to make you rule over many things. 291 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,600 Enter into the joy of the Lord. 292 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,240 Then you who received the one talent came and said Lord, I knew you to be a hard man 293 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,320 reaping where you have not sown, gathering where you have not scattered seed, and I was 294 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:29,320 afraid. 295 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,520 Man, I could stop and preach right there for a while. 296 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,680 I'm not going to for time. 297 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,760 And I went and hid your talent in the ground. 298 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,640 Look there you have what is yours. 299 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:44,260 But his Lord answered and said to him, you wicked lazy servant. 300 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:47,680 You knew I reap where I have not sown, gather where I have not scattered seed. 301 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,720 So you had to have deposited my money with the bankers and in my coming I would have 302 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,180 received back my own with interest. 303 00:15:54,180 --> 00:15:58,920 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has ten talents. 304 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:03,580 For to whoever who has more will be given and he will have abundance. 305 00:16:03,580 --> 00:16:08,760 But from him who does not have even what he has will be taken away and cast the unprofitable 306 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:13,200 servant into outer darkness where they will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 307 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,800 Jesus sends a very clear message to his servants in this story to those who call him Lord. 308 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,920 The kingdom prophet is really not optional. 309 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,840 Jesus said there's no excuse for lack of profit in the kingdom. 310 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,120 There's no excuse for lack of involvement. 311 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:31,200 There's no lack of there's no excuse for lack of investment in the kingdom prophet. 312 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:37,720 And God's not cool with laziness in the kingdom of God and getting people into the kingdom. 313 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:42,440 Jesus is not all right with us just kind of hanging out and waiting until Jesus returns. 314 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:48,000 Hanging out occupying a chair, occupying a pew and just saying well Jesus saved me. 315 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,160 Man I'm feeling good. 316 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,280 I'm feeling awesome. 317 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,400 I'm going to worship God. 318 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,040 He came and changed my life. 319 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,040 Now I'm just going to keep hunkering down and praying and waiting until Jesus returns 320 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,400 and then I'm going to go get my reward. 321 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,360 That's not what he said to do. 322 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,560 That's not what he told us. 323 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,160 That's not what he instructed us. 324 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,220 He said listen you got to be about the father's business. 325 00:17:09,220 --> 00:17:10,220 This is about bringing profit. 326 00:17:10,220 --> 00:17:12,780 This is about bringing people into the kingdom. 327 00:17:12,780 --> 00:17:17,800 This is about getting people in and the man called the servant who went and hid his talent 328 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,000 who went and took what God put in his hand stuck it in the ground not to steal it. 329 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,760 He was going to give it back right every bit of it but he called him wicked and lazy. 330 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,560 What getting lazy? 331 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:36,560 And in fact the man hands down the orders he says cast the unprofitable servant into 332 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:41,200 outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 333 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,120 Does that sound optional to anybody? 334 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:48,360 It's only optional if you're into outer darkness weeping and gnashing of teeth. 335 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:52,000 If you enjoy that it's optional. 336 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Really. 337 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,920 And God shows us and I know it's sobering right. 338 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,360 This is one of those scriptures that just kind of whack hits you right between the eyes 339 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:03,000 hits you right in the chest. 340 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,160 But we practically got to think about what God's put in our hands and how can we use 341 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:11,400 this to reach people in the kingdom whether that's bucks and stuff whether it's your gifts 342 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,120 and your talents whatever God's given you. 343 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:18,040 And I want to give you something practical this morning because sometimes we can preach 344 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,680 and we can bring the word of God but you need something practical. 345 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,380 And here's something practical that you can do to make sure that you're going in that 346 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:28,720 direction with everything that God's caught in your hand and it's this. 347 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,320 Predecide all right. 348 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,760 Predecide what you're going to do with your bucks and stuff. 349 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,540 Don't wait till the spur of the moment. 350 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:36,200 Don't wait till the heat of the moment. 351 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:41,720 Don't wait till you suddenly get an emotional burst or you know an emotional thing happens 352 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,400 and you're willing to give. 353 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,480 Don't wait for any of that. 354 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,400 Predecide what you're going to do ahead of time. 355 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,280 Make an informed decision out of God's word. 356 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:52,720 Make a prayerful decision. 357 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,160 If you're married you and your spouse sit down talk about this. 358 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:57,320 What's this going to look like? 359 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:03,060 You can pre decide exactly what you're going to do with your bucks and stuff and your gifts 360 00:19:03,060 --> 00:19:07,220 and your talents and how you're going to pour it into the kingdom of God to go to realize 361 00:19:07,220 --> 00:19:09,240 kingdom profit. 362 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:16,640 Predecide because pre decision always pre pre I guess goes before a plan right. 363 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,600 If you pre decide then you'll set a plan. 364 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:21,880 Don't make it up as you go. 365 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,560 Don't wait right. 366 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,520 Do you know why most salespeople when you come into a store and you're considering buying 367 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,160 something they don't want you going out the door. 368 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,120 Do you know why they try to keep you in the house. 369 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:36,900 Because they know you have a most nine out of ten people have not pre decided before 370 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:38,400 they've gone into a store. 371 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,760 They see something like right. 372 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,520 I think I want that you know and they draw a little closer and they said and then salesman 373 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:51,760 going who I see commission right and they'll walk up and they don't they don't they don't 374 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,440 want you going out the door because if you go out the door you might actually start to 375 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,960 make some decisions. 376 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,640 You might actually start to contemplate about what you're about to do and how much money 377 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,600 you're about to spend and they know the impulse is going to fly out the door and you're going 378 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,400 to start putting together a plan right. 379 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,600 Pre decide pre decide pre decide what you're going to do. 380 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:16,120 You know what you got to you should do this in all areas of life right. 381 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:18,400 How many know you can get all inspired to do some exercise. 382 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,680 How many you bought some exercise equipment while you're watching the infomercial. 383 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,560 Come on nobody's going to read that. 384 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:24,560 Thank you for being honest. 385 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,040 I got one honest person in the house. 386 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,960 We all do we all have our clothes drying on them right. 387 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,960 Come on you buy those in an impulsive moment right. 388 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,040 But you didn't make a plan to exercise you didn't start thinking about nutrition and 389 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:41,240 writing down how you're going to exercise what days you're going to exercise. 390 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:47,600 Pre decide what you're going to do and as you do that God will begin to work in what 391 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,680 you're doing to bring profit into the kingdom. 392 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,800 Now I want to I want to share one last thing as I kind of bring this message towards the 393 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,920 close notice I said towards the close. 394 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:03,840 What does the Lord do for the kingdom servant who pre decides how they're going to invest 395 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,520 their bucks and stuff for kingdom profit. 396 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,660 Matthew 25 26 let me reread it. 397 00:21:08,660 --> 00:21:11,800 But his Lord answered and said to him you wicked lazy servant you knew I reap where 398 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,920 I have not sown you gather where I have not scattered seed so you ought to have deposited 399 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:20,240 my money with the bankers and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 400 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,840 Now watch what he says. 401 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:29,160 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has 10 right for every for to everyone 402 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:36,480 who has more will be given and he will have abundance but from him who does not have even 403 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,440 what he has will be taken away. 404 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:45,120 Do you know what the man is saying to his faithful servants his profitable servants 405 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:50,960 to the ones who've invested and invested well and realized profit to every one of them who 406 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:55,760 has who's proven themselves faithful and brought profit into the kingdom of God. 407 00:21:55,760 --> 00:22:00,520 He says take even what that take the one right the servant who went and hit it take that 408 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,320 and give it to the one who had the 10. 409 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,640 Because whoever has is going to have even more. 410 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:12,360 How many know you trust you trust more into somebody that that is faithful somebody that 411 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:18,480 is trustworthy you hand them more if you're in a job somewhere and you just started it 412 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,340 and you get a year up the line and your employer feels like they can trust you they'll still 413 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:28,080 put more in your hands they'll start letting you manage more and that's what God does. 414 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:32,440 And the word of God says he says well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful 415 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:38,680 over a few things a few things I will make you ruler over many enter into the joy of 416 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,560 the Lord. 417 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:47,960 Listen how we invest has eternal consequences to it or actually eternal reward is a better 418 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:53,760 way to put it right enter into I'm going to make you ruler over many things God will increase 419 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:58,480 you I don't think that ends with this life I think God if you find you faithful if you're 420 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:03,800 bringing profit into the kingdom I think he'll just keep going on you'll profit the kingdom 421 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,240 of God all through this life God will keep putting more in your hands in this life and 422 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,360 I think one day when we get to heaven he's just going to say you know what that's one 423 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:14,080 of my faithful ones right there I don't know what it's going to look like I got no idea 424 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,120 but I think he's going to say that's a faithful one right there you're going to be ruler over 425 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:19,880 many things and he's going to put you in place because it's going to be a kingdom it's going 426 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:24,240 to be a society it's going to be it's going to be it's not a small thing man billions 427 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,400 and billions and billions of people from all time are going to be there and he's going 428 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:33,960 to just keep going on this is a kingdom principle it is about profit in the kingdom what are 429 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:40,800 you pre-deciding what are you pre-deciding because it is this means listen if you don't 430 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:45,840 pre-decide can I throw the other direction just for a second if we don't pre-decide if 431 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,720 we're not worried about profit in the kingdom do you know some people are going to die and 432 00:23:48,720 --> 00:24:01,080 go to hell man right silvering it's about profit in the kingdom bucks stuff gifts talent 433 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,560 seek first the kingdom of God and all his righteousness and then he will add everything 434 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:13,600 else to you it's all through his word I'm going to ask you to stand this morning this 435 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,640 is a prayerful thing it's a prayerful thing and I'm going to ask you to do the praise 436 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,640 teams coming I want you to make your way up towards the front because we're going to pray 437 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:25,520 together this communion today it was about being together I want to and I'm going to 438 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,760 ask you to do one thing if you would everybody just make your way out if you can out of your 439 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,560 seats and move up towards the front because here let me ask you to do one thing as you 440 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:38,920 come I'm going to ask you to begin to pre-decide now some of you might say I've already decided 441 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:43,440 I've already got a plan I'm already tithing I'm already giving an offering I'm doing all 442 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:48,000 those things listen that's awesome maybe God will want to expand that in your life maybe 443 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,800 it's you know I have to do with the gifts and the talents this morning but make your 444 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:59,660 way up you know if you're a couple get together stand beside each other make your way up move 445 00:24:59,660 --> 00:25:07,640 up a little bit closer the whole way up please yeah they're doing baby steps I don't even 446 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:18,320 know what that means it's going like this move up closer pre-decision if you pre-decide 447 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:26,200 you will make a plan it is part of the plan pre-decide because here's what will happen 448 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:31,160 if you don't it'll be like that exercise equipment it'll be like all things that you make an 449 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:36,640 emotional right inspirational decision some people tell me that like well I just I just 450 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:42,960 I just give when God moves on me the problem is you can dismiss getting emotional for a 451 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:48,840 moment and sometimes inspiration doesn't come along very often and that's not really what 452 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,160 God says in his word he's looking for people who are faithful how many know faithful is 453 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:57,400 when nobody's looking that's what you're doing when nobody's looking right faithful is about 454 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,640 when I used to tell my kids that all the time when they were growing up listen I understand 455 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,540 you're gonna listen when I'm watching but it's about what you're doing when I'm not 456 00:26:04,540 --> 00:26:10,920 looking it matters because he's always watching all right pre-decide what you're gonna do 457 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:17,040 pre-decide start now we taught our kids from little up listen you you give to God you give 458 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:22,080 to God and watch what he does put him first right first fruits make sure it's the first 459 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:26,320 thing out of your checkbook make it's the first thing when you get paid very first thing 460 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:32,400 and watch what God does and we've watched it I've watched it in thousands of lives thousands 461 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,480 of testimonies you can literally test God on this and he'll say just watch what I'll 462 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:42,680 do you want to watch God show up and show off just listen to what he says here he'll 463 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:48,400 do it amen all right so let's bow our heads just to keep you focused it's not sure any 464 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:53,320 more spiritual your eyes are open or closed but it keeps you focused what are you gonna 465 00:26:53,320 --> 00:27:00,160 pre-decide this morning this is about a decision it's not about emotion and inspiration Father 466 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:07,920 we come to you today Lord I don't come Lord speak into emotion or speaking in a moment 467 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:14,000 of inspiration but we come as obedient servants because God we want this house to be profitable 468 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,920 in the kingdom of God Lord God we want people to come into the kingdom of God because of 469 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:23,880 what we do with our bucks and our stuff Lord everything that you place in our hands you've 470 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:29,660 trusted us with you've already said I see you as a faithful servant so Lord we want 471 00:27:29,660 --> 00:27:34,560 to invest wisely hey God we want to bring into the kingdom God so that the kingdom of 472 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:40,960 God expands so souls are reached so mission trips happen God so people young people come 473 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:47,360 to faith in Christ so people come in and gain health in you Lord they come are saved God 474 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:53,240 they're filled with the spirit God they're there God all of it Lord it's profit there 475 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:59,440 are people so God break our heart for people God so much so that we'll be completely obedient 476 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:05,600 to what your word speaks and says we just give you praise and glory and honor in Jesus 477 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:13,000 name amen amen young people God just touched my heart just spoke to my heart right there 478 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:19,680 start now start now you make ten bucks take a tenth and take a buck and give it to God 479 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:25,120 you make a buck take ten cents give it to God watch what God does okay start this pattern 480 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:29,560 in your life watch what God does now listen that's just a tie that's just the beginning 481 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:35,880 point right there's offering goes along with that I'm not gonna preach on that yet I know 482 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:42,240 people who reverse tithe they give 90% of their income away and live on 10% and God 483 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:49,480 explodes them now I don't recommend jumping to that all right they did that incrementally 484 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:54,200 over years but literally they give 90% away and some of them have businesses and their 485 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,880 businesses just go crazy you know and they don't even know what to do with it they just 486 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:03,840 give money away they just bless ministries all over the place God could do it in you 487 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:10,040 he really can he's just looking for faithfulness amen sure amen turn to somebody give him a 488 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:39,160 high five tell him it's all about profit.