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Good and Faithful Servant

Good and Faithful Servant. Matthew 25:14-30. The impact of this parable. Personal focus of Pastor Tan. What does it mean to be a good and faithful servant and to receive the commendation from our Master? Impact on the world – briefly. Max Weber,

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Good and Faithful Servant

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  1. Good and Faithful Servant Matthew 25:14-30

  2. The impact of this parable • Personal focus of Pastor Tan. What does it mean to be a good and faithful servant and to receive the commendation from our Master? • Impact on the world – briefly.

  3. Max Weber, • Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus • The Protestant ethic and the spirit of Capitalism

  4. Calvinism: the teachings of John Calvin, aka Reformed Theology. Contra Roman Catholicism.

  5. The disparity of the trust is not a problem when we recognize it is a trust • Luke 12 48 From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

  6. The disparity of the trust is not a problem when (2) we realize the reward is the same • ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

  7. The disparity of the trust is not a problem when (3) we accept the sovereignty of God Romans 9 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

  8. The disparity of the trust is not a problem when (4) we embrace God’s creative diversity • God’s true creative diversity versus foolish egalitarianism advocated in “social justice”

  9. The challenge of reality: • God’s generosity is seen in giving us as much as we can handle – often more than we can handle.

  10. Three characteristics of the good and faithful servant 1. The good and faithful servant uses what God has given him. • Acts 9 36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. 

  11. Acts 9 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!” 39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

  12. Three characteristics of the good and faithful servant 1. The good and faithful servant uses what God has given him. 2. The good and faithful servant is trustworthy.

  13. Three characteristics of the good and faithful servant 1. The good and faithful servant uses what God had given him. • The good and faithful servant is trustworthy. • The good and faithful servant gives his best work for the Lord. (the case of Farel and Calvin)

  14. The end results of the two different types of servants are commendation and condemnation • Increase  commendation • No increase  condemnation

  15. Story of Jim Elliot • Born 1927, Portland Oregon • Answered God’s call to the Huaorani people, Ecuador. • Joined Wycliffe, met Elisabeth Howard • Prepared to go with great care in Ecuador. Married Elisabeth in Ecuador. • Did preliminary trips • Actual trip to meet the Huaorani people. January 8, 1956.

  16. The exception may not be an exception, just an incomplete story • Elisabeth Elliot, Through gates of splendor. • Movie: The End of the Spear

  17. Matthew 25:1-13. Parable of the virgins. – We are accountable for living in readiness when Jesus returns. • Matthew 25:14-30. Parable of the servants and their talents. – We are accountable for the resources Jesus gives us when he returns. • Mathew 25: 31-46. Parable of the sheep and the goats. – We are accountable for the needy God brings into our life when Jesus returns.

  18. Matthew 25 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

  19. Matthew 25 24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’

  20. Matthew 25 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

  21. Your Take Away • What is the next step God wants you to take to be his good and faithful servant?

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