Lesson 58: The God You See is the God You Get (Matthew 25:14-30)

This message on Matthew 25 was preached at Littleton Bible Chapel on March 9, 2014.

Outline:

Jesus Tells a Parable About...

1. The Master Who Entrusts His Talents to Three Servants (vv. 14-15)

2. Three Servants Whose Faith is Revealed by Their Service

Two Servants are fruitful and faithful (vv. 16-17)
The Third Servant is barren and faithless (v. 18)

3. Servants Who are Judged by their Faithfulness

Two Servants are commended as faithful (vv. 19-23)
The Third Servant is condemned as wicked and lazy (vv. 24-27)

4. The Final Judgment and Redistribution of the Talents (vv. 28-30)

What does the Parable of the Talents teach us?
What was the mistake of the Third Servant?
What does Jesus signify by the “Talents”? (Matthew 13:11-12; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5)