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Use it or Lose it! | Adam Barr | God Wants to Heal You


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Series: God Wants to Heal You

November 21, 2021



Main Idea: Faithful stewardship brings Kingdom advancement. 


MAIN TEXT: Matthew 25:14-30


Kingdom Principles: For the Kingdom of Heaven is like...

Kingdom principles reveal new possibilities for the believer that are both present and eternal.




Kingdom Principles: For the Kingdom of Heaven is like...

Kingdom principles reveal new possibilities for the believer that are both present and eternal.


The Heart of the Master

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 



The gift of the master grants authority to the steward.



Two Responses

16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.




24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’ 26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.



We always operate out of faith or unbelief in God’s Faithfulness




The King’s Reward

20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 



Key: Stewardship brings advancement


The Bottom Line

Use it or lose it.

28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 




Discussion Questions:

  • What gift of Real Truth, Real Power, and/or Real Community have you received in your time at Inheritance? How are you being called to steward and multiply what you have received?
  • What is the challenge of stepping out, stewarding and multiplying the gifts that we have received? What makes it difficult? How can your community group help you take the next step out in stewarding the things God has given you?
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