WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE?
Memory Verse: Matthew 6:21 (NKJV) For where
your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Read Matthew 25:14-30
Introduction: 1 Corinthians 4:2; Romans 14:12
Principles for Godly
Investment:
1.
The
Principle of Stewardship. Verse 14.
Mat 25:14; 1 Cor 4:2 NIV
“We have
nothing to do with how much ability we've got, or how little, but with what we
do with what we have. The man with great talent is apt to be puffed up, and the
man with little (talent) to belittle the little. Poor fools! God gives it, much
or little. Our part is to be faithful, doing the level best with every bit and
scrap. And we will be if Jesus' spirit controls.”-- S.D. Gordon
2.
The
Principle of Ability. 15.
Mat 25:15; 1 Cor
10:13
3.
The
Principle of Investing. 16-17.
Mat 25:16-17
4.
The
Principle of Wisdom—Use it or Lose It. 18, 24-28.
Mat 25:18, 24-28; 2 Cor 9:6; Gal 6:7; Mat 25:24; Prov
14:30; Prov 27:4; Prov 13:4;
Prov 20:4; Heb 11:6; Hag 1:9
ILLUSTRATION:
from Bits &
Pieces of April 30, 1992
5. The Principle of Reward
19-23
Mat 25:19-23
First, the master commended their work.
Second, the master congratulated them.
Third, the master commented
Fourth, the master compensated them.
Conclusion: Rom
14:12; John 3:16
