Make Your Life Count For The Kingdom

Make your life count for the Kingdom

Paul Trulock - 5/28/2023

Key Passage: Matthew 25:14-30

What is the Kingdom like?

• Matthew 25:14-30

The Master

• God. The creator and sustainer of all things.

• Sovereign over all things.

The Servants

• You and me.

• Entrusted with responsibility

The Talents

• The responsibilities God has entrusted us with.

• Time 

• Talent/Gifting/Spiritual Gifts

• Treasures (material resources)

• Matt 25:14 - all things belong to God and have been given to us to steward.

First & Second Servants

• Matthew 25:15 - …according to their ability.

• Luke 16:10 - faithful with little…

• They took what they were given and “Immediately put it to work”

• Delayed obedience is disobedience

Third Servant

• Matthew 25:18 - He dug a hole and hid his money.

• Our lives will never count for the kingdom if we live a hidden life.

First & Second Servants Received:

• Praise

• Praise for their faithfulness, not their fruitfulness.

• The fruit is the product of the Holy Sprit.

• Our job is to be faithful. The results are up to God.

• More responsibility 

• Invitation of special fellowship

The Third Servant

• Matthew 25:25 - I was afraid

• The opposite of faith is not doubt. God can work with our doubt. The opposite of faith is fear.

• Hebrews 11:6

• He is described as: Wicked, Lazy, Worthless.

Attend your own funeral

• Galatians 2:20 - Die to self. Live by faith.

Humble Service

House Rules - Service

Dave Riddle - 11/13/2022

doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition

It’s What Jesus Did

• Matthew 20:28

• Acts 10:38

• Philippians 2:7

We’re (re)created for it and called to it

• 1 Peter 2:21

• Philippians 2:3-5

• Ephesians 2:10

• Galatians 6:10

• Matthew 20:26-27

It Demonstrates Love

• Galatians 5:13-14

• Romans 12:9-10

• Romans 13:8

It Strengthens the Household

• 1 Corinthians 14:12

• Ephesians 4:11-13

• 2 Peter 1:5-8

• James 2:15-16

• 1 Peter 4:8-11

It’s Pleasing to, and Rewarded by, God

• Matthew 25:21 & 23, 34-36

Missions Emphasis Week - A Love for Jesus

Missions Emphasis Week - A Love for Jesus

10/9/2022 - Micah Williams

Key Passage: John 14:23-24

A love for Jesus looks like a love for the marginalized

• Matthew 25:31-40

  • Hungry, thirsty, naked, imprisoned, strangers

  • Do we see those who are on the margins?

  • What if it was Jesus in need?

A love for Jesus looks like a love for the lost

• Matthew 28:19-20

• Mark 16:15-16

  • The gospel is good news.

    • Not everybody knows the good news.

    • The vast majority of people we brush shoulders with do not know Jesus.

A love for Jesus looks like a commitment to living missionally  

• Romans 10:13-17

  • We have to tell others.

  • They won’t hear unless somebody says something.

  • How do you spend your time and your money?

Set your sights on eternity 

• Revelation 19:6-7