Sermon Title: “Accountable to the Master”
Sermon Series: GETTING TO KNOW GOD BETTER
Luke 19:11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was
near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
Luke 19:12-27 He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king
and then to return. (13) So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to
work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’
(14) “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our
king.’
(15) “He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had
given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
(16) “The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’
(17) “ ‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very
small matter, take charge of ten cities.’
(18) “The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’
(19) “His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’
(20) “Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of
cloth. (21) I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap
what you did not sow.’
(22) “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you,
that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
(23) Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it
with interest?’
(24) “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten
minas.’
(25) “ ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
(26) “He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has
nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
(27) But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill
them in front of me.’ ”
1. THOSE WHO REJECT THE KING
2. THOSE WHO SERVE THE KING
3. THOSE WHO ACCEPT THE KING, BUT DON’T SERVE