The Gospel of Matthew

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The Gospel of Matthew
Knowing the Messiah
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Review

• Parable a short narrative under which some
  important truth is veiled. Of this sort were the
  parables of Christ.
• Matt 1310-17
• Why do You speak to them in parables? Jesus
  answered them, "To you it has been granted to
  know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but
  to them it has not been granted.
• I speak to them in parables because while seeing
  they do not see, and while hearing they do not
  hear, nor do they understand.
• Matt 1334-35
• This was to fulfill what was spoken through the
  prophet "I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES I
  WILL UTTER THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF
  THE WORLD

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Explaining Everything Privately

• Mark 434
• 34 and He did not speak to them without a
  parable but He was explaining everything
  privately to His own disciples.

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The Seeming Contradiction

• We get the picture in these verses that Jesus in
  intentionally revealing and concealing truth at
  the same time.
• His purpose is to reveal it to some
• And conceal it from others
• Why would God want to conceal the truth from
  anyone, especially when salvation is on the line?
• What about God wanting everyone to be saved and
  not perish?
• 2 Peter 39
• The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some
  count slowness, but is patient toward you, not
  wishing for any to perish but for all to come to
  repentance.

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The Culmination Of These Things

• From these verses we understand
• Jesus spoke in parables
• Parables were meant to convey meaning to some
  people and to hide meaning from others
• The disciples are given the meaning secretly
• The multitudes do not understand
• They can not understand because they have
  darkened hearts seeking to justify wickedness
• Those who can not understand because they are not
  of God, will be given over to an even greater
  delusion so that they will receive judgment

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Chosen

• Some people are chosen for deliverance and others
  for destruction.
• Matt 2624
• Judas-The Son of Man is to go, just as it is
  written of Him but woe to that man by whom the
  Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good
  for that man if he had not been born.
• Why? Didnt he have a choice?
• Didnt God know what choice He would make?

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Hmmm?

• John 664-65
• But there are some of you who do not believe."
  For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were
  who did not believe, and who it was that would
  betray Him. 65 And He was saying, "For this
  reason I have said to you, that no one can come
  to Me unless it has been granted him from the
  Father."
• If God knows what choice you will make and still
  allows you to be born, did he not choose at that
  point for you to make that choice?
• Does this mean He took away your choice?

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The Son of Perdition

• John 1712 (Compare the NIV)
• While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your
  name which You have given Me and I guarded them
  and not one of them perished but the son of
  perdition, so that the Scripture would be
  fulfilled

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Prepared for Destruction/Glory

• Romans 911-21
• 11 for though the twins (Jacob and Esau) were not
  yet born and had not done anything good or bad,
  so that God's purpose according to His choice
  would stand , not because of works but because of
  Him who calls, 12 it was said to her, "THE OLDER
  WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER." 13 Just as it is
  written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED."
  14 What shall we say then? There is no injustice
  with God, is there? May it never be! 15 For He
  says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE
  MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE
  COMPASSION." 16 So then it does not depend on the
  man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who
  has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh,
  "FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO
  DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME
  MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH."
  18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and
  He hardens whom He desires. 19 You will say to
  me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who
  resists His will?" 20 On the contrary, who are
  you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing
  molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you
  make me like this," will it? 21 Or does not the
  potter have a right over the clay, to make from
  the same lump one vessel for honorable use and
  another for common use?

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Why would God do this?

• Romans 922 
• What if God, although willing to demonstrate His
  wrath and to make His power known, endured with
  much patience vessels of wrath prepared for
  destruction? 23 And He did so to make known the
  riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which
  He prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us,
  whom He also called, not from among Jews only,
  but also from among Gentiles. 25 As He says also
  in Hosea,

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Predestined

• Ro 829Our Victory in Christ For those whom He
  foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed
  to the image of His Son, so that He would be the
  firstborn among many brethren
• Ro 830Our Victory in Christ and these whom He
  predestined, He also called and these whom He
  called, He also justified and these whom He
  justified, He also glorified.
• Eph 15The Blessings of Redemption He
  predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus
  Christ to Himself, according to the kind
  intention of His will,
• Eph 111The Blessings of Redemption also we have
  obtained an inheritance, having been predestined
  according to His purpose who works all things
  after the counsel of His will,

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Parable of the Marriage Feast

• Matt 221-14
• 1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
  2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a
  king who gave a wedding feast for his son. 3 "And
  he sent out his slaves to call those who had been
  invited to the wedding feast, and they were
  unwilling to come. 4 "Again he sent out other
  slaves saying, 'Tell those who have been invited,
  "Behold, I have prepared my dinner my oxen and
  my fattened livestock are all butchered and
  everything is ready come to the wedding feast."'
  5 "But they paid no attention and went their way,
  one to his own farm , another to his business,
  6 and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated
  them and killed them. 7 "But the king was
  enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed
  those murderers and set their city on fire.
  8 "Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is
  ready, but those who were invited were not
  worthy. 9 'Go therefore to the main highways, and
  as many as you find there, invite to the wedding
  feast.' 10 "Those slaves went out into the
  streets and gathered together all they found,
  both evil and good and the wedding hall was
  filled with dinner guests. 11 "But when the king
  came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a
  man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
  12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come
  in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was
  speechless. 13 "Then the king said to the
  servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him
  into the outer darkness in that place there will
  be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 14 "For many
  are called , but few are chosen."

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The Contradiction Question

• Does God want everyone to be saved or has He
  already decided who would be saved?
• We have been told that some people were destined
  to destruction and that others were destined to
  Glory.
• Does this mean all people fit specifically into
  these categories?

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Wedding feast revealed

• The King God
• Kingdom Kingdom of Heaven
• Son Jesus
• Bride Church
• Wedding feast Judgment and time following
• Slaves Gods Messengers
• Invited guests Israel (Chosen people)
• Disobedient Israel Those who killed the
  messengers
• 70 AD Destruction of Rome God the King sends
  His army to destroy their city
• Second sending of messengers Disciples of Jesus
  (New Testament)
• Main Highways public crossroads of life where
  all kinds of people are (represents the
  availability of Gods invitation to all people
  through the Gospel)
• The Hall is filled with both good and evil people
  many come into the Church, but not all are good
  (Wheat and TaresGod will separate)
• Wedding garments blood of Christ (pure white
  robes washed in Christs blood)
• Man without garment Person who looks like the
  others but has not been saved
• Outer darkness judgment, outside the kingdom
  of God (Hell)

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Many Are Called, Few Chosen

• Matt 2214
• For many are called , but few are chosen.
• God called the Jews, most did not come and were
  not chosen
• God Called the people in the byways
• Many came, still few were chosen (Matthew 721)
  Many will come saying did we not prophecy.I
  never knew you.
• Picture of mustering of Roman Army.the call went
  out. Soldiers assembled. Not all soldiers were
  chosen.

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Conclusions

• God has called all to repentance (many are
  called)
• All had the opportunity to come
• Some refused
• Some came but not on Gods terms and tried to get
  in without the right clothing
• But God chooses from all those who come.
• In addition, What about the selected attendants
• Best man.Slaves..Bridesmaids..etc(They were
  specifically chosen to serve a specific purpose)
• In history God has specifically raised up certain
  individuals from humanity to accomplish certain
  things
• Noah to preserve mankind
• Pharaoh to accomplish Gods glory in the Exodus
• Moses-to lead the Israelites
• John the Baptist to be the Forerunner of Jesus
• Judas to betray Jesus
• Not all of us are chosen ahead of time for such
  specific tasks, but the invitations were planned
  ahead of time for us to be able to come

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Predestination and Foreknowledge

• If God knows all things, and He does, then He
  knew who would be created (even the numbers of
  the hairs on their heads) and He knew who would
  answer His call.
• He also knew who would deny Him.
• If you knew how people would respond, what would
  you do?
• He takes that knowledge and implements his
  purpose using them.
• Example..He knew Pharaoh would harden his heart.
  So From the beginning, God planned to use that
  hard heartedness for His purpose and Pharaoh was
  responsible for sending out the Israelites with
  the spoils of the Egyptians

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Final Thoughts

• Ro 829Our Victory in Christ For those whom He
  foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed
  to the image of His Son, so that He would be the
  firstborn among many brethren
• Notice the order.
• Foreknew
• Predestined
• Since He knew what they would choose (They still
  had a choice) He predestined the outcome of the
  choice. (He did not predestine the choice)

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Parables (The Secret Messages of God)

• Parable of Sower . (Mt.
  133-9)
• Parable of the weeds ...
  (1324-30)
• Parable of the mustard seed
  (1331-32)
• Parable of the yeast .
  (1333)
• Parable of the Hidden treasure
  (1344)
• Parable of the Pearl of Great Price
  . (1345-46)
• Parable of the net .
  (1347-50)
• Parable of the lost sheep ..
  (1812-15)
• Parable of unmerciful servant...
  (1823-25)
• Parable of the vineyard workers
  .. (201-16)
• Parable of the 2 sons
  (2128-32)
• Parable of the tenants.rejected by men
  (2133-43)
• Parable of the Wedding feast
  (221-14)
• Parable of the Fig Tree .
  (2432-41)
• Parable of Ten VirginsWedding analogy
  .. (251-13)
• Parable of the talents..
  (2514-30)

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Sower (Mt. 133-9)

• sower went out to sow
• some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds
  came and ate them up.
• Others fell on the rocky places, where they did
  not have much soil and immediately they sprang
  up, because they had no depth of soil. "But when
  the sun had risen, they were scorched and
  because they had no root, they withered away.
• Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came
  up and choked them out.  
• "And others fell on the good soil and yielded a
  crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some
  thirty.

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Meaning of the Sower Matt 1319-23

• 1. Seed sown beside the road
• When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and
  does not understand it, the evil one comes and
  snatches away what has been sown in his heart
• 2. Seed sown on the rocky places
• this is the man who hears the word and
  immediately receives it with joy yet he has no
  firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and
  when affliction or persecution arises because of
  the word , immediately he falls away.
• 3. Seed sown among the thorns
• this is the man who hears the word, and the
  worry of the world and the deceitfulness of
  wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
• 4. Seed sown on the good soil
• this is the man who hears the word and
  understands it who indeed bears fruit and brings
  forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some
  thirty."

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4 kinds of soil

• Roadside (packed down, solid)
• Rocky Soil (No place for roots)
• Thorns (Choked by everything)
• Good Soil (Productive)
• The sower sows everywhere, whether something will
  grow depends on the soil.
• What kind are you?

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Parable of the Weeds/Tares (1324-30)

• man sowed good seed in his field
• while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and
  sowed tares among the wheat, and went away
• when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the
  tares became evident also.
• The slaves of the landowner came and said to him,
  'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field?
  How then does it have tares
• he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The
  slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go
  and gather them up?' But he said , 'No for
  while you are gathering up the tares, you may
  uproot the wheat with them. Allow both to grow
  together until the harvest and in the time of
  the harvest I will say to the reapers, "First
  gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to
  burn them up but gather the wheat into my barn."

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Tares Explained (1336-43)

• "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of
  Man,
• the field is the world
• the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom
• the tares are the sons of the evil one
• the enemy who sowed them is the devil
• the harvest is the end of the age
• the reapers are angels.
• So just as the tares are gathered up and burned
  with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.
  The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and
  they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling
  blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and
  will throw them into the furnace of fire in that
  place there will be weeping and gnashing of
  teeth. "Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS
  THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father.

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Mustard Seed (1331-32)

• "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed,
  which a man took and sowed in his field and this
  is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is
  full grown, it is larger than the garden plants
  and becomes a tree, so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR
  come and NEST IN ITS BRANCHES.
• Meaning Kingdom starts small but will be greater
  than all when fully grown and will cover the
  whole earth and we will find shelter in the
  kingdom

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Yeast/leaven (1333)

• "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a
  woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until
  it was all leavened."
• The yeast (power of the kingdom) is hidden by the
  woman (the Church) in the three pecks of flour
  (triune nature of people) until the kingdom is
  spread throughout the whole world.

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Treasure and The Pearl (Matt 1333-46)

• "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden
  in the field, which a man found and hid again
  and from joy over it he goes and sells all that
  he has and buys that field.
• "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
  seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl
  of great value, he went and sold all that he had
  and bought it.
• When one discovers the kingdom (treasure/pearl)
  in the midst of the world (dirt/earth) he
  protects that knowledge until he can receive it
  (purchase the field) and it is worth all his
  possessions.

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The Net (1347-50)

•  "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet
  cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every
  kind and when it was filled, they drew it up on
  the beach and they sat down and gathered the
  good fish into containers, but the bad they threw
  away.
• "So it will be at the end of the age the angels
  will come forth and take out the wicked from
  among the righteous, and will throw them into the
  furnace of fire in that place there will be
  weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Lost Sheep (1812-15)

• "What do you think? If any man has a hundred
  sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he
  not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go
  and search for the one that is straying?  "If it
  turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you,
  he rejoices over it more than over the
  ninety-nine which have not gone astray.  "So it
  is not the will of your Father who is in heaven
  that one of these little ones perish.
• God protects His sheep, know when they stray,
  goes to retrieve them, and rejoices over them
  when they are found.

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The Unmerciful Servant (1823-25)

• king who wished to settle accounts with his
  slaves
• one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought
  to him but since he did not have the means to
  repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along
  with his wife and children and all that he had,
  and repayment to be made.
• the slave fell to the ground and prostrated
  himself before him, saying, 'Have patience with
  me and I will repay you everything
• the lord of that slave felt compassion and
  released him and forgave him the debt
• But that slave went out and found one of his
  fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii
  and he seized him and began to choke him, saying,
  'Pay back what you owe.'
• "So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began
  to plead with him, saying, 'Have patience with me
  and I will repay you.' "But he was unwilling and
  went and threw him in prison until he should pay
  back what was owed.
• So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened,
  they were deeply grieved and came and reported to
  their lord all that had happened.
• Then summoning him, his lord said to him, 'You
  wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because
  you pleaded with me
•  'Should you not also have had mercy on your
  fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on
  you?'
• And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over
  to the torturers until he should repay all that
  was owed him.
• "My heavenly Father will also do the same to you,
  if each of you does not forgive his brother from
  your heart."

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Vineyard Workers (201-16)

• a landowner who went out early in the morning to
  hire laborers for his vineyard.
• When he had agreed with the laborers for a
  denarius for the day, he sent them into his
  vineyard and he went out about the third hour and
  saw others standing idle in the market place and
  to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard,
  and whatever is right I will give you.' And so
  they went.
• Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth
  hour, and did the same thing.
• "And about the eleventh hour he went out and
  found others standing around and he said to
  them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all
  day long?' They said to him, 'Because no one
  hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the
  vineyard too.'
• When evening came, the owner of the vineyard
  said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay
  them their wages, beginning with the last group
  to the first.'
• When those hired about the eleventh hour came,
  each one received a denarius .
• When those hired first came, they thought that
  they would receive more but each of them also
  received a denarius.
• When they received it, they grumbled at the
  landowner, saying, 'These last men have worked
  only one hour, and you have made them equal to us
  who have borne the burden and the scorching heat
  of the day.'
• "But he answered and said to one of them,
  'Friend, I am doing you no wrong did you not
  agree with me for a denarius? Take what is yours
  and go, but I wish to give to this last man the
  same as to you. 'Is it not lawful for me to do
  what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye
  envious because I am generous ?' "So the last
  shall be first, and the first last."
• God is generous. Those who work for the vineyard
  owner receive the same pay (Salvation) whether
  they come first or last.

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Two Sons (2128-32)

• A man had two sons
• he came to the first and said, 'Son , go work
  today in the vineyard.' "And he answered, 'I will
  not' but afterward he regretted it and went.  
• The man came to the second and said the same
  thing and he answered, 'I will, sir' but he did
  not go.
• "Which of the two did the will of his father?"
  They said "The first.
• Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the
  tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the
  kingdom of God before you. "For John came to you
  in the way of righteousness and you did not
  believe him but the tax collectors and
  prostitutes did believe him and you, seeing
  this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as
  to believe him.
• It is the one who does the Fathers will that
  will be justified.

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Parable of the Landowner (2133-43)

• There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND
  PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT,
  AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine
  -growers and went on a journey.
•  When the harvest time approached, he sent his
  slaves to the vine-growers to receive his
  produce.
• The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one,
  and killed another, and stoned a third.
• Again he sent another group of slaves larger than
  the first and they did the same thing to them.
• But afterward he sent his son to them, saying,
  'They will respect my son.'
• But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said
  among themselves, 'This is the heir come, let us
  kill him and seize his inheritance.' They took
  him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed
  him.
• Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes,
  what will he do to those vine-growers?"
• They said to Him, "He will bring those wretches
  to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard
  to other vine-growers who will pay him the
  proceeds at the proper seasons."
• Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the
  Scriptures, 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS
  REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone
  THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS
  MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES
• "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will
  be taken away from you and given to a people ,
  producing the fruit of it. And he who falls on
  this stone will be broken to pieces but on
  whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."

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Fig Tree (2432-41)

• Now learn the parable from the fig tree when its
  branch has already become tender and puts forth
  its leaves, you know that summer is near  so,
  you too, when you see all these things, recognize
  that He is near, right at the door .
• "Truly I say to you, this generation will not
  pass away until all these things take
  place. "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My
  words will not pass away. "But of that day and
  hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,
  nor the Son, but the Father alone.
• "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just
  like the days of Noah. "For as in those days
  before the flood they were eating and drinking,
  marrying and giving in marriage, until the day
  that Noah entered the ark, and they did not
  understand until the flood came and took them all
  away so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
• "Then there will be two men in the field one
  will be taken and one will be left.  
• "Two women will be grinding at the mill one
  will be taken and one will be left.
• Be aware of the sings of the times

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Talents (2514-30)

• a man about to go on a journey called his own
  slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
• To one he gave five talents , to another, two,
  and to another, one, each according to his own
  ability and he went on his journey.
• Immediately the one who had received the five
  talents went and traded with them, and gained
  five more talents.
• In the same manner the one who had received the
  two talents gained two more.
• But he who received the one talent went away, and
  dug a hole in the ground and hid his master 's
  money.
• Now after a long time the master of those slaves
  came and settled accounts with them.
• The one who had received the five talents came up
  and brought five more talents, saying, 'Master,
  you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have
  gained five more talents. His master said to him,
  'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were
  faithful with a few things, I will put you in
  charge of many things enter into the joy of your
  master .'
• Also the one who had received the two talents
  came up and said, 'Master, you entrusted two
  talents to me. See, I have gained two more
  talents. His master said to him, 'Well done, good
  and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few
  things, I will put you in charge of many things
  enter into the joy of your master.
• And the one also who had received the one talent
  came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a
  hard man, reaping where you did not sow and
  gathering where you scattered no seed. And I was
  afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the
  ground. See, you have what is yours.' But his
  master answered and said to him, 'You wicked,
  lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not
  sow and gather where I scattered no seed. Then
  you ought to have put my money in the bank, and
  on my arrival I would have received my money back
  with interest. Therefore take away the talent
  from him, and give it to the one who has the ten
  talents.' "For to everyone who has, more shall
  be given, and he will have an abundance but from
  the one who does not have, even what he does have
  shall be taken away. "Throw out the worthless
  slave into the outer darkness in that place
  there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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The Ten Virgins (251-13)

• "Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to
  ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to
  meet the bridegroom. 2 "Five of them were
  foolish, and five were prudent. 3 "For when the
  foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with
  them, 4 but the prudent took oil in flasks along
  with their lamps. 5 "Now while the bridegroom was
  delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.
  6 "But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold,
  the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7 "Then
  all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
  8 "The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some
  of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 "But
  the prudent answered, 'No, there will not be
  enough for us and you too go instead to the
  dealers and buy some for yourselves.' 10 "And
  while they were going away to make the purchase,
  the bridegroom came, and those who were ready
  went in with him to the wedding feast and the
  door was shut. 11 "Later the other virgins also
  came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'
  12 "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do
  not know you.' 13 "Be on the alert then, for you
  do not know the day nor the hour. Matt 251-13
  (NASB)
• We must be ready when He comes

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Synopsis

• Cultivate a heart that can receive the Word
• Dont worry about those who are false, God will
  take care of it.
• Though you can not see the fullness of the
  Kingdom now, be patient. It will grow to cover
  the earth and faith will become sight.
• The power of the Kingdom will spread throughout
  the world
• The kingdom is worth everything so lay up your
  treasures there
• Make sure that you do not become unclean by the
  world
• When you stray know that God will come to find
  you
• Because God forgives you, you must forgive others
• Do not grumble about what you have received. We
  all receive salvation through Him.
• Do what God says, even when you dont want to and
  you will be honored by your Father
• Produce your fruit and yield it to the Father
• Be aware of the signs of His coming
• Make good use of what He has given you
• Be prepared for His return