Signs of the Time: Are you Working?•
A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
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I. ACCOUNTABILITY
A. AGREEMENT
Mt 25:14 “For [the Kingdom of Heaven] will be like a man leaving his country, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
1. AUTHORIZE
2. ASSURANCE
B. APPORTIONMENT
Mt 25:15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. He then left the country.
1. ADMONITION
2. ABILITY
II. ACTIVITY
A. ACTION
1. ALERTNESS
Mt 25:16 He who had received the five talents left immediately to trade with them, and he added five talents more.
2. ADDITION
Mt 25:17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.
B. ANXIOUS
Mt 25:18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.
1. ADVERSE
2. ARRANGED
III. ASSESSMENT
A. ACCOLADE
1. ARRIVAL
Mt 25:19-20 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
2. ANSWER
Mt 25:20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’
3. ACCEPTANCE
Mt 25:21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
B. APPROVAL
1. ASTUTE
Mt 25:22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mt 25:23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
C. ACCUSATION
1. ARGUMENT
Mt 25:24-25 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard-to-please person, reaping where you didn’t sow, gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, take what’s yours.’
2. AMASSED
Mt 25:26-27 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you should have invested my money with bankers so that when I returned I should have received what was mine plus interest.
IV. AWARD
A. ABUNDANCE
1. ALLOCATE
Mt 25:28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.
2. APPRAISAL
Mt 25:29a For to everyone who has [been proven faithful] more will be entrusted, and he will have an abundance.
3. ASSIGN
Mt 25:29b But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
B. APPREHENDED
1. ALARM
Mt 25:30a And throw out the useless servant into the dark.
2. ANNIHILATE
Mt 25:30b In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’