WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.000 Welcome Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose 2 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:12.919 of inspiring from heartfelt tagalog sermons from different characters and 3 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.120 speakers all over the Philippines. We hope that this podcast 4 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:23.199 finds you in good shame and now here's your message. 5 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:28.839 You were listening to a message from Victory. We hope 6 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:31.519 it inspires you to honor God and make disciples in 7 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:33.679 your humanity. 8 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:41.840 We are in our sixth week of our series Truth 9 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:48.240 Be Told. Okay, on my way here, I was reminded 10 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:54.320 of very embarrassing and painful story after will I tell 11 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:58.079 this story or not? But this happened when I was 12 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:01.880 applying for a Korean visa. Early in the morning, my 13 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:05.120 daughter and I went to the embassies because so that 14 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:08.799 we will finish early, so I brought my daughter with me. 15 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:12.640 Then at the gate, they asked for my papers. Can't 16 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:16.560 remember anymore if that's the confirmation of the appointment or 17 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.920 the papers, but they asked for my papers, and then 18 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.359 they asked for my ID and then they gave me 19 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:24.920 a number. Then after that I went to the building 20 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:29.040 and when we entered the building, I saw a lot 21 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:32.719 of people, but I still I felt like we're going 22 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.840 to finish early. If I'm not mistaken, I think your 23 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:39.319 application of visit I think nine from morning to twelve 24 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:43.959 noon only, So we've waited patiently. I was there. I 25 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:48.719 was looking at the numbers being called, so one or 26 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:54.760 two hours a big opara p s Korean embassy. I 27 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:58.920 saw people coming late, but they're being called ahead of me, 28 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:09.759 so should contempatients. So I've waited eleven and then almost 29 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:14.479 twelve noon, they're starting to close the windows. So I 30 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.919 was a bit mad already and confused at the same time. 31 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:22.159 I'm not sure what's happening. So I made the decision 32 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.360 to approach the wind one of the windows and ask 33 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:31.400 the guy. Because your your system is so inefficient, say 34 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:34.800 what's happening here? I have this number. I've waited here. 35 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:37.639 I was early, first in the line, but my number 36 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:40.240 wasn't cold, so I've been a circain. I check your number. 37 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.560 So I gave the number and said, sorry, this is 38 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:47.280 for claiming your ID. You did not ask for a 39 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:51.879 number when you entered the building, so I was waiting 40 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:57.599 the whole time. I stayed there for four hours and 41 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:02.960 nothing happened. So we went home, brought my daughter with me. 42 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:08.000 Was boss and pinto and then my wife was there, 43 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.759 opened the door and said and asked me what happened? 44 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:16.000 And my daughter said nothing, So I walked out. So 45 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:19.479 I felt really bad during that time because I felt 46 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.159 like my half of my day was wasted. I felt 47 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:26.039 like it was really a complete waste of time. And 48 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.479 you know, I told you that story because that is 49 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.800 really connected to what we're going to talk about here 50 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:36.960 as we look at another story that we're going to 51 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:41.400 look in the Bible, stories that Jesus told because as 52 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:46.159 people generally, we don't like the feeling of wasting time. Okay, 53 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:48.560 how many of you here you want your time to 54 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.960 be productive? Okay, you hate the feeling of just killing 55 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:55.120 time and not doing anything. You want your You want 56 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:59.319 to do something productive. And that's innate in each and 57 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.879 every one of them us, because we're wired that way. 58 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:06.479 In Genesis, when we're created, God said, here's the charge 59 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.560 that is given to Adam and Eve. That is also 60 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:15.080 a charge for all of us. He said, go and 61 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.199 bear fruit and multiply and subdue the earth. We're called 62 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:24.519 to be fruitful, be fruitful, and increase in number and ephicients. 63 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:28.720 Chapter two, verse ten, it says, for we are God's workmanship. 64 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:33.040 In other words, we are God's masterpiece. Can you please 65 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.040 look at the person see that next to you, and 66 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:43.519 tell that person you are a masterpiece, work of art abstract, 67 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:48.079 but you are a masterpiece. And the Bible says you 68 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:55.639 are God's workmanship, created to do good works which God 69 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.920 prepared in advance for us to do. So when God 70 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:04.360 created you, he prepared you, He wired you to do 71 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:09.079 something in this world. You're created to do something good. 72 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:16.399 That is why there's that inner sense in each and 73 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:20.000 every one of us to do something, to make a difference, 74 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:24.759 to be productive. And this parable we're going to look 75 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:27.920 at this afternoon is really part of a series of 76 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:33.040 parables that Jesus thought to explain to us how the 77 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:37.120 kingdom works, or how do we live as part of 78 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:41.399 this kingdom? How do we live our lives while waiting 79 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:46.240 for Jesus promise to come back again? How do we 80 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:50.560 live our lives? And Jesus told this story in order 81 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:53.839 to explain to us how do we live as people 82 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.560 of the kingdom. The story we're going to read today 83 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:01.279 is the parable of the talents. Okay, how many if 84 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.920 you're familiar with this parable talents, And that's what we're 85 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.480 going to look at today. Can you bow your heads 86 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:09.800 with me and close your eyes as we as we 87 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:13.079 commit this time to God before we read our word 88 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:16.839 for today, Lord, we thank you once again for this 89 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:22.399 opportunity to hear your word. Lord. You wired us, Lord 90 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:27.879 to do something great to make a difference in this world. God, 91 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:29.720 we thank you you said in your word, we are 92 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:34.560 your workmanship. We are your masterpiece. And Lord, I pray 93 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.399 God that you will call out that greatness in each 94 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:40.279 and every one of us today. I pray Lord that 95 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:44.199 you will just ignite something in our hearts, Lord that 96 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:48.480 would make us desire, Lord, to honor you with whatever 97 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:52.839 you've given us wherever you've placed us in Jesus name 98 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:57.560 me pray. Amen. Okay, if you have your Bible with you, 99 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:02.079 we're going to read from Mathew chapter twenty. And this 100 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.560 is a long story, so we're just going to read 101 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:07.639 through the verses and then I'm going to make some 102 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:12.439 comments and applications here and there. Matthew twenty five, verse fourteen, 103 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:14.519 it says, for it will be like a man going 104 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:18.439 on a journey who called the servants and entrusted to 105 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:22.560 them his property. To one he gave five talents, and 106 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:27.399 to another two to another, one to each according to 107 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:33.439 his ability. Then he went away so early on, like 108 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:37.439 to said a context, when this master went away for 109 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:42.879 a journey, the Bible said that he gave his servants 110 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:46.920 talents each one of them one he gave five, the 111 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.600 other he gave two, and then to the other he 112 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:56.199 gave one. It was a substantial amount. Some commentarists that 113 00:07:56.279 --> 00:08:00.959 I checked saying that one talent is rual equivalent to 114 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:05.120 twenty years of a man's salary. So if you're earning 115 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:08.920 a minimum wage of four hundred to five hundred pesos, 116 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:12.600 times that to twelve in times that two twenty years, 117 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:17.279 it's like three point five million pesos. That's in our currency. 118 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:23.040 So some of them receive five talents, one two talent, 119 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:27.839 and then one regardless, there's still a substantial amount. And 120 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:32.480 all of them were entrusted with something. You know, we 121 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:35.159 know that in every story God is the hero of 122 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:41.639 the story, and in the story, definitely the Master represents 123 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:44.919 God and the servants represents us and the way we 124 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:49.360 respond to him. In the story, we will learn that 125 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:53.759 just like the servants, all of us are given different 126 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:58.960 gifts and resources. All of us are gifted. Can you 127 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.000 please strength to the person see it next to you 128 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:06.000 again and tell that person I'm gifted. Sorry, not gifted child, Okay, 129 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:13.559 I'm gifted. You are an asset, not a liability. Whoever 130 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:18.440 you are, God has given you something that is valuable. 131 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:24.919 God has given you gifts and talents and resources, you know. 132 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:29.919 Browsing through my Facebook newsfeed this week, I saw this 133 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:34.799 short video that I'm going to show you later on 134 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:38.279 one minute video of Nick Voyage check. And I'm sure 135 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:41.799 some of you have heard of him. I've definitely watched 136 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:48.679 many of his preachings and talks. But this guy, he's 137 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:52.440 an Australian Christian evangelist. And for those of you who 138 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:55.559 don't know him, he was born without arms and legs. 139 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:58.639 Sure enough. In the early days of his life, he 140 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:04.639 struggled really making sense of his design. Why was I 141 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:07.799 born like this? I have no arms, I have no legs. 142 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:10.720 At one point of his life, he just wanted to 143 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:14.679 die until he had an encounter with God and God 144 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:20.200 opened his eyes and he finally realized that he's actually 145 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:25.960 given something valuable. He discovered how gifted he was and 146 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:29.759 how much God has entrusted to him. By the way, 147 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:34.200 he's married with two kids. He's offered seven books and 148 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:40.000 continually going around the world preaching powerful messages to point 149 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:43.960 people to Jesus and inspire hope in the hearts of people. 150 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:48.799 This guy is gifted. You are gifted. God has given 151 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:53.200 you something important. How many gifted people do we have 152 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:57.320 in this room today? If you know you've received something 153 00:10:57.480 --> 00:11:00.679 valuable from God, can you give the alloyed a big 154 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:08.320 shout today? You are gifted. Actually, in my notes, I 155 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:12.240 wrote here a title for this message, and the title 156 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:18.320 of this message is Victory Greenhills got talent. This church 157 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:22.519 is full of people with so much gifts and talents 158 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:27.399 and resources that God has given all of us. You 159 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:31.519 are gifted. You're talented. Some of you are very charismatic. 160 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:35.080 That's your gift. That's one of your gifts. You're very 161 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:39.639 good with people like Pastor Larry. If you know Pastor Larry, 162 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:43.399 just give him five minutes, even if it's your first 163 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:47.159 time to meet each other, just five minutes. After five minutes, 164 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:49.919 you would feel like you've been best friend for years. 165 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:55.240 Very charismatic into fifteen seconds. Palanng. We don't know what 166 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:59.960 to talk about anymore. We're afraid the people. That's why 167 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:04.000 even before I say amen, you're already at the door. Jokelan, 168 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:08.240 some of you are very good in math, in music, 169 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:13.399 in arts. Some of you are very good in creating 170 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:17.279 wealth and selling. Some of you are very good in 171 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:23.080 cooking and engineering. I mean God has given us different gifts. 172 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:29.200 God has given us different talents and resources. And that's 173 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:34.080 what we can see in this parable. And what is 174 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:38.919 the purpose? First Peter chapter four verse Then, as each 175 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:43.039 has received a gift, use it to serve one another 176 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:49.799 as good stewards of God's varied grace. That's the purpose 177 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.279 of your gift. The purpose is to enrich the life 178 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:57.159 of other people. The purpose is to serve you know, 179 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:00.279 the purpose of life is not just for us us 180 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:06.240 to work and secure our retirement. Some people are working 181 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:11.399 very hard preparing for retirement. That is not the purpose 182 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.240 why we are here on earth. The Bible says, we 183 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:18.360 are here and we're loaded with gifts so we can 184 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.000 make a difference in the world he created. God has 185 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:26.559 called you and me to serve other people. We're missing 186 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:29.600 the point if we think that our talents are simply 187 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:35.360 for us to make money to retire and today eventually, 188 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:41.559 you know, the talents here also represents these talents really 189 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:46.759 are monetary money, but yet it also represents other things, 190 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:52.200 not only money, but it also represents opportunities. If you're 191 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:57.720 given talent, if you're given money to invest, you're actually 192 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:02.840 given an opportunity to build something and to grow something. 193 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:09.279 So we are given opportunities. And what I'm encouraged to 194 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:12.919 know reading this parable and I feel like God wants 195 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:15.440 to say to all of us today, is that God 196 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:21.840 has loaded our life with opportunities. We are blessed with opportunities. 197 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.879 Sometimes we just don't recognize it, or sometimes we are 198 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:29.840 thinking that it's not yet here. It's something that we're 199 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:33.919 going we might see in the future. You know, I 200 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:38.600 posted a vlog this week and the title of the 201 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:43.519 vlog was remove someday from your vocabulary. I'm not sure. 202 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.639 I think it has seven thousand views now. I think 203 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:51.039 it resonated with a lot of people. But what I 204 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:55.000 mean by remove someday from your vocabulary is this thinking 205 00:14:55.919 --> 00:15:00.000 that our best hope, our best opportunity, and our best 206 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:04.000 chance for success and to make a difference is in 207 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:10.159 the future. It's someday when things are better, when we 208 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:14.360 are less busy, when we are ready, when we have 209 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:19.440 all the resources that we need, When when our situation improves, 210 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:25.799 then maybe I can make a difference. But someday is 211 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:29.720 not going to come. It's not going to happen. We 212 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:33.279 will never be less busy, we will never come to 213 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:36.720 a point that we are completely ready, and we will 214 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:40.080 never have all that we need to accomplish everything that 215 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:44.000 God is placed in our heart. Our greatest opportunity is 216 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:48.399 not someday, it's today. Today is the best chance that 217 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:51.679 we have to do something with what God has given 218 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:55.720 to us. Every day is loaded with opportunities. You know 219 00:15:55.879 --> 00:16:00.159 Lamentations Chapter three, verse twenty two to twenty three, as 220 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:04.519 the steadfast love of the Lord never seeses His mercies 221 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:08.279 never come to an end, and they are new every morning. 222 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:12.399 Great is your faithfulness. You know what I like about 223 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:15.559 God is we don't need to wait for January one 224 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.279 in order for us to have a fresh start. Every 225 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:21.480 day we can have a fresh start. Every day is 226 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:25.480 a new beginning. Every day we can press the reset 227 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:30.360 button and have a new start. The Bible says, every 228 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:35.679 day it's a new morning. Greate is thy faithfulness just 229 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:40.720 you waking up today? You already have an opportunity. The 230 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:44.919 Master gave the servants each one of them talents for 231 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.159 them to invest and to use in the same way 232 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:52.039 with us. We're all given talents by God. And in 233 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.320 Matthew chapter twenty five, verse sixteen, two seventeen, moving on, 234 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.000 just like the servants in the parable who were given 235 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.279 five and two talents, it says, he who had received 236 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:06.680 the five talents went at once and traded with them, 237 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:10.519 and he made five talents. More so also he who 238 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:14.960 had the two talents made two talents more They had 239 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:18.920 that sense of urgency. They did not wait for another day, 240 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:21.920 they did not wait for another year. As soon as 241 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:26.160 they received the talent, the Bible says, immediately they went 242 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:30.119 at once and traded with them. And I believe that's 243 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:33.640 an encouragement for all of us today. You're loaded with gifts, 244 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.039 you're loaded with opportunities, and God is saying to you, 245 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.160 do something about it today, do something about what God 246 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.160 has given to you. And Matthew twenty five, verse eighteen, 247 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:49.319 here's the other servant. But he who had received the 248 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:53.160 one talent went and dug in the ground and hid 249 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:57.680 his master's money. So there's this servant who was given 250 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:01.559 five the other servant given two. And then there's this 251 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:05.240 servant who was given one talent and instead of investing it, 252 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:10.839 the Bible says he hid the talent he did not use. 253 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.480 Can you imagine getting three point five million pesos and 254 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:20.680 you're praying to God, Lord changed my life, change my situation. 255 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:24.279 And then one day somebody knocked at your door and said, 256 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:29.079 somebody is giving you three point five million pesos. Okay, 257 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:35.440 does likud numba that has been on muyunjak? That was Melican. 258 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:41.680 Lord changed my life, change my situation. That's almost like 259 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:45.279 what this person did. And we're going back to him 260 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:49.039 and we're going to discover and will know later why 261 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:53.680 he did that. And verse nineteen. Now, after a long time, 262 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:58.839 the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them, 263 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.400 and he who had received the five talents came forward 264 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:06.920 bringing five talents more, saying, Master, you delivered to me 265 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:11.440 five talents. Here I have made five talents more. And 266 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:15.039 his master said to him, well done, good and faithful servant. 267 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.799 You have been faithful over a little. I will set 268 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:23.559 you over much. Enter into the joy of your master. 269 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:27.799 And he also had the two talents came forward saying, Master, 270 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:31.799 you delivered to me two talents. Here, I have made 271 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:36.279 two talents more. And his master said to him, well done, 272 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:39.519 good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little. 273 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:44.519 I will set you over much. Enter into the joy 274 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:49.200 of your master. So when the master came back, they 275 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:51.880 showed up and they gave a report of what happened. 276 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:55.079 And both of them, the guy who was given five 277 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:57.680 and the guy who was given too, they said, see 278 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:02.279 what happened. What you gave us doubled. And the master 279 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:06.279 was so happy. He commended them. He said, well done, 280 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:09.920 good and faithful servant. He promoted them, he said, I 281 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:14.680 will put you in charge more. And then third they 282 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:17.960 were invited. He said, come and share the joy's happiness, 283 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:21.680 your master's happiness. You know, if you're working here and 284 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:25.000 if you have a boss, it's almost like your boss 285 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:28.599 bragging about you and social media in his Facebook account 286 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:34.000 having a best employee ever, broadcasting to the whole world. 287 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:36.559 Not only that he gave you a raise, he doubled 288 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:39.119 your pay, and he gave you a high position in 289 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:42.599 the company. And then not only that, he invited you 290 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:46.839 in his house to have dinner with his family, grabbing 291 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:50.400 them and town Master is really happy, you know, with 292 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:54.039 this guy who received five and the other one who 293 00:20:54.079 --> 00:21:00.839 received two. They were given two different amounts of talents, 294 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:05.160 but yet they were both commended the same way, and 295 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:10.920 they were promoted as well. The Master didn't compare what 296 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:14.839 they produced. The Master did not expect the two to 297 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:19.839 produce what the guy who received five produced. He simply 298 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:24.480 commended him based on how faithful he was with what 299 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:26.799 was given to him. You know, in the same way, 300 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:35.440 we're given talents gifts, and eventually, when God ask us 301 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:39.160 for an account of what He has given to us, 302 00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:43.039 he will not compare it. He's not expecting you, you know, 303 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:47.079 Praise God. God is not expecting me to excel the 304 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:51.480 way Jason is excelling in his field. In the same 305 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:56.799 way God is not expecting you to produce or excel 306 00:21:57.759 --> 00:22:00.759 how I am producing or excelling where God displaced me. 307 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:05.240 Each one of us were given talents and gifts, and 308 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:09.200 God will hold you accountable based on the faithfulness that 309 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:12.039 you are putting in what God has given to you. 310 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:15.519 He's not comparing us to one another. That's why it's 311 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:19.200 foolish to compare yourself with others. You know, early on 312 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:23.440 I struggled with that that in a pyprayer. Oh my Lord, Lord, 313 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:27.400 why do I process information this way? Lord? Why am 314 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:33.759 I not that friendly compared to other pastors? Is colord? 315 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.839 I'm ready to go home. I don't want to see 316 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:39.079 people anymore. That's my capacity. I mean, if you can relate, 317 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:42.799 sometimes I look at others? Why can't I preach that way? 318 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:47.759 So I would compare until God taught me how to 319 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:52.599 be grateful for what I have. Comparing will lead to discontentment, 320 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:56.799 and it will lead to resentment. Eventually, you are going 321 00:22:56.880 --> 00:23:00.839 to hate God for creating you that way, not realizing 322 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:04.920 how low that you are with gifts and opportunities, just 323 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:09.720 like other people. You know. Faithful, the Master said, well done, 324 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:13.599 good and faithful serve and faithful means growing and not 325 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:19.279 simply maintaining what God has entrusted to us. Faithful means 326 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:25.559 growing and not simple maintaining what God has entrusted to us. 327 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:29.319 It means Faithful means not just going to church every 328 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:32.599 single week. Just because we show up in church every 329 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:37.160 Sunday doesn't mean we are faithful. Faithful means what do 330 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:40.759 we do with what we hear every week? So it's 331 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:44.160 not just showing up, but it's really doing something with 332 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:50.559 what we're receiving. It's increasing. How's our relationship with God? 333 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:55.799 How's our faith in God? How's our marriage, our family, 334 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:59.880 our ministry, our work? Is it the same today like 335 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:04.279 last year? Is it growing? Is it increasing? That's what 336 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:07.720 faithful means. And we can see that in the parable. 337 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:11.359 And here's the last part of the parable. In verse eighteen. 338 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:16.559 He also had received the one talent came forward, and 339 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:19.960 the story of this guy is really tragic because he 340 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:23.400 was given the same opportunity. He had the same master. 341 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:27.839 But here's what happened. He showed up and said, Master, 342 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:31.079 I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where 343 00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:35.240 you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no scene. 344 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:39.160 So I was afraid. Then I went and hid your 345 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:43.519 talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours. 346 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:48.759 But his master answered him, you wicked and sloughful servant. 347 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:52.240 You knew that where I have not sown, and gathered 348 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:55.440 where I scattered no scene. Then you ought to have 349 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:58.319 invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming 350 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:03.119 I should have re what was my own with interest. 351 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:05.880 So take the talent from him and give it to 352 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:08.920 him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who 353 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:12.200 has will be will more be given, and he will 354 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:14.559 have an abundance. But from the one who was not 355 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:19.519 even what he has will be taken away and cast 356 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:23.680 the wordless servant into the outer darkness. In that place 357 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:27.400 there will be whipping and gnashing of teeth. And that 358 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:31.079 was really sad. You know, this one talent guy. Not 359 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:36.319 only that he was ungrateful, but he made accusation against 360 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:40.119 his master. He said, you're a hard man, you're unfair, 361 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:44.440 you're unjust. You take money where you have not invested. 362 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:47.880 And as we can see from the story, these are 363 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:53.039 not true, these are lies. The master was actually very kind. 364 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:57.839 You know, during that time, it's not common for masters 365 00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:02.480 to actually distribute his wealth to his servants. Servants don't 366 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:06.559 own anything, and it's not cost to marry for masters 367 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:11.720 too if they go away to distribute his wealth. Even today, 368 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:14.240 we don't do that. Right, If you have a household 369 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:18.240 helps in your in your house and you're going out 370 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:23.880 for one week vacation trip and tye Yumaha bank account 371 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:30.839 you and je will Reno Samana helper you a bank 372 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:34.599 accounts of BP I sayu yan no we don't do that. 373 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:38.400 We entrust the house, but we don't entrust the weald 374 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:41.720 and the properties that we have, and the same during 375 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:45.799 that time. It's not something that they do normally. But 376 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:52.000 this master, he wants his servants to start and build something, 377 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:55.880 so he gave them well. And not only that, masters 378 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:59.119 don't normally talk to their servant, but he's having a 379 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:05.279 dialogue with so this guy made really evil accusations again 380 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:09.839 the master. But the master right along with his argument, Sabin, Okay, 381 00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:13.720 if you really believe that, if you're saying I'm bad, 382 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:19.640 I'm hard, I'm unjust because I demand interests where I 383 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:23.400 have not invested. If you, if you really believe what 384 00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:26.119 you're saying, you should have invested the money in the 385 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:29.319 bank because you know I'm going to demand that from you, 386 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:32.559 so when I come back, I will earn interest. But 387 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:36.240 you did not do anything about it. I was actually 388 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:38.960 wondering when I was preparing this. The Bible says the 389 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:42.480 master was gone for a long time, long enough for 390 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:45.720 the other servants to actually double what was given to them. 391 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:49.200 So I wonder what did the servant do while the 392 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:54.960 master was away? He buried the talent? So whin Sabah, 393 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:57.799 What did he do the whole time? Did he play 394 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:01.359 video games the whole time? Did you check Facebook or 395 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:05.319 YouTube channel the whole time? Did he just do mulling 396 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:08.319 or partying the whole time? I don't know. But but 397 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:12.599 the Master said, you're lazy, You're wicked. Not only that, 398 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:16.200 you're ungrateful. You actually made up stories to accuse me. 399 00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:19.440 You made all this, made up all these lies, and 400 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:23.359 you're blaming me for you not being able to produce 401 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:27.160