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[902.44 --> 905.10] If you take no risk, you earn nothing.
[905.86 --> 913.06] You must be willing to go out and use your talent and try to produce something good with it.
[915.32 --> 917.92] And in case, you look at the five talent man.
[918.00 --> 918.78] He earned five more.
[918.86 --> 919.96] The two talent earned two more.
[919.96 --> 923.60] Now, would they have always doubled their money every time?
[923.84 --> 924.92] Was there a guarantee?
[926.26 --> 927.88] Well, we don't hear anything about that.
[928.48 --> 929.54] But we do know one thing.
[929.74 --> 934.32] If they did nothing but bury their talent in the ground, they would produce nothing.
[935.34 --> 937.96] But they were willing to take a risk.
[940.56 --> 944.08] So, this is a parable about using our talents.
[944.08 --> 951.38] And in the context of Jesus' ministry, it's using our talents until Jesus returns.
[952.82 --> 956.96] We are deeply and powerfully blessed.
[958.00 --> 960.42] We have the forgiveness of our sins.
[961.08 --> 963.76] We have the promise of a new creation.
[963.96 --> 965.62] No eye has seen.
[965.74 --> 966.70] No ear has heard.
[967.02 --> 971.40] No mind can conceive what God has prepared for those who love Him.
[971.40 --> 976.24] And already now, we share the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit.
[976.36 --> 980.62] Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, self-control.
[980.76 --> 982.12] All gifts from God.
[984.32 --> 989.82] But just don't think of them as gifts we get for free.
[991.42 --> 993.26] Think of them as seed money.
[993.26 --> 994.46] Think of them as gifts.
[994.46 --> 994.98] Think of them as gifts.
[994.98 --> 1001.02] Something that should produce some good in the world and good in the lives of others.
[1005.44 --> 1017.82] Now, if you are like a lot of people in the world, you may have one day tried to imagine in your daydreams what you would do if you suddenly got into lots and lots of money.
[1017.82 --> 1022.78] Say, some very wealthy uncle passes.
[1023.38 --> 1025.76] A very wealthy bachelor uncle.
[1026.58 --> 1029.80] And when they open his will, your name is there.
[1030.50 --> 1034.16] And in fact, it's the only name in the will.
[1034.26 --> 1037.42] And suddenly you are rich beyond your wildest dreams.
[1037.48 --> 1039.34] Now, I would not count on that happening.
[1040.00 --> 1041.72] But just imagine it would.
[1041.72 --> 1047.94] It's one of those questions you sometimes ask just to help you sort out your priorities.
[1048.08 --> 1052.18] Sort of like the question, what would you do if you had only a year left to live?
[1052.28 --> 1053.26] That sort of thing.
[1053.34 --> 1058.60] So, what would you do if you suddenly became fabulously rich?
[1061.04 --> 1064.28] Well, I would guess you would have two little voices talking to you.
[1064.28 --> 1067.90] And one of those voices would say, live it up.
[1068.72 --> 1069.74] Live large.
[1070.96 --> 1072.64] Go to Vegas for the weekend.
[1072.84 --> 1073.98] Stay at the Taj Mahal.
[1074.10 --> 1075.08] Play the slots.
[1076.06 --> 1076.96] Take a cruise.
[1077.10 --> 1079.00] Once the cruise lines are going again.
[1079.98 --> 1081.08] Buy a palace.
[1082.56 --> 1083.26] Show off.
[1083.26 --> 1089.74] And the other voice would be saying to you, imagine.
[1089.90 --> 1094.48] Just think of all the good you can do with what you have been given.
[1095.58 --> 1098.84] You can send your children to a wonderful school.
[1099.70 --> 1104.42] You can send other children, underprivileged children, to a wonderful school.
[1105.12 --> 1109.80] You can pay for good wells in poor villages in poor nations of the world.
[1109.80 --> 1117.32] You can do so much good in the world with the gifts you've received.
[1119.32 --> 1123.94] Now, if we listen to Jesus' parable, we know which voice we have to listen to.
[1128.50 --> 1135.62] Now, every one of us is part of this story because every one of us has been given a talent or a gift.
[1137.00 --> 1139.28] Now, you may not feel particularly gifted.
[1139.28 --> 1147.84] You may sometimes find yourself looking up at a five-talent person and feeling a sense of envy because they can do so much more than you can.
[1148.28 --> 1151.76] But everyone who follows Jesus has been given a gift.
[1151.84 --> 1153.84] That is a biblical promise.
[1154.56 --> 1161.08] To follow Jesus is to receive a gift of the Spirit, and you can use it for the blessing of others.
[1161.08 --> 1162.08] Every one of us.
[1162.08 --> 1164.48] Every one of us.
[1167.36 --> 1175.48] You know, some years ago, I was a pastor in Duncan, in Vancouver Island, and I had a Sunday off.
[1176.24 --> 1178.06] Now, that did not happen very much at the time.
[1178.12 --> 1179.86] I was preaching almost all the time.
[1179.86 --> 1183.54] But every once in a while, I'd have a free Sunday.
[1184.50 --> 1189.74] And if you ask my kids, they'll tell you whenever Dad had a Sunday off, he didn't skip church.
[1189.78 --> 1190.46] He would go.
[1190.46 --> 1193.40] Or he might go to another church.
[1194.16 --> 1196.74] Because Dad would be starving for a sermon.
[1197.64 --> 1202.16] Not one that he would preach, but one that he would hear.
[1202.90 --> 1209.44] And if you preach a lot, the greatest pleasure is to sit in a pew and hear a wonderful sermon.
[1209.54 --> 1210.84] So I wanted that to happen.
[1210.96 --> 1212.24] So I didn't have to go far.
[1212.24 --> 1216.14] I went to the Presbyterian Church in Duncan.
[1217.18 --> 1219.06] And the pastor there was Kerry McIntyre.
[1219.16 --> 1221.42] We knew each other through the Ministerial Association.
[1222.40 --> 1226.10] And it was a very vibrant Presbyterian Church.
[1226.22 --> 1227.82] So I thought I would go.
[1229.58 --> 1231.32] But my timing was off.
[1231.48 --> 1235.48] Because when I got there, I found out that Pastor Kerry was also off that Sunday.
[1236.20 --> 1240.92] And in his place, we were going to have a retired Presbyterian pastor.
[1240.92 --> 1244.92] A very old, retired Presbyterian pastor.
[1245.10 --> 1246.12] And I thought, rats.
[1247.84 --> 1250.12] But that really wasn't fair.
[1251.54 --> 1255.64] This retired pastor turned out to be Pastor Kerry's father-in-law.
[1256.06 --> 1257.02] Which is fine.
[1257.38 --> 1259.54] He also turned out to be a real gem.
[1260.54 --> 1266.92] And he preached a sermon that I still remember more than 20 years after I heard it.
[1268.44 --> 1270.36] He read his scripture passage.
[1270.36 --> 1271.54] The parable of the talents.
[1271.76 --> 1272.98] So the same one we just read.
[1274.28 --> 1281.06] And then he told a story about attending this big conference for Presbyterian pastors and
[1281.06 --> 1284.98] church leaders in some church in a major city.
[1285.54 --> 1288.72] And he said this conference was held in a beautiful new church.
[1289.00 --> 1290.32] It was very well built.
[1290.44 --> 1292.10] It was very well equipped and appointed.
[1292.10 --> 1298.94] And, you know, this Pastor Kerry's father-in-law said he sat there in this church.

[902.44 --> 905.10] If you take no risk, you earn nothing.

[905.86 --> 913.06] You must be willing to go out and use your talent and try to produce something good with it.

[915.32 --> 917.92] And in case, you look at the five talent man.

[918.00 --> 918.78] He earned five more.

[918.86 --> 919.96] The two talent earned two more.

[919.96 --> 923.60] Now, would they have always doubled their money every time?

[923.84 --> 924.92] Was there a guarantee?

[926.26 --> 927.88] Well, we don't hear anything about that.

[928.48 --> 929.54] But we do know one thing.

[929.74 --> 934.32] If they did nothing but bury their talent in the ground, they would produce nothing.

[935.34 --> 937.96] But they were willing to take a risk.

[940.56 --> 944.08] So, this is a parable about using our talents.

[944.08 --> 951.38] And in the context of Jesus' ministry, it's using our talents until Jesus returns.

[952.82 --> 956.96] We are deeply and powerfully blessed.

[958.00 --> 960.42] We have the forgiveness of our sins.

[961.08 --> 963.76] We have the promise of a new creation.

[963.96 --> 965.62] No eye has seen.

[965.74 --> 966.70] No ear has heard.

[967.02 --> 971.40] No mind can conceive what God has prepared for those who love Him.

[971.40 --> 976.24] And already now, we share the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit.

[976.36 --> 980.62] Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, self-control.

[980.76 --> 982.12] All gifts from God.

[984.32 --> 989.82] But just don't think of them as gifts we get for free.

[991.42 --> 993.26] Think of them as seed money.

[993.26 --> 994.46] Think of them as gifts.

[994.46 --> 994.98] Think of them as gifts.

[994.98 --> 1001.02] Something that should produce some good in the world and good in the lives of others.

[1005.44 --> 1017.82] Now, if you are like a lot of people in the world, you may have one day tried to imagine in your daydreams what you would do if you suddenly got into lots and lots of money.

[1017.82 --> 1022.78] Say, some very wealthy uncle passes.

[1023.38 --> 1025.76] A very wealthy bachelor uncle.

[1026.58 --> 1029.80] And when they open his will, your name is there.

[1030.50 --> 1034.16] And in fact, it's the only name in the will.

[1034.26 --> 1037.42] And suddenly you are rich beyond your wildest dreams.

[1037.48 --> 1039.34] Now, I would not count on that happening.

[1040.00 --> 1041.72] But just imagine it would.

[1041.72 --> 1047.94] It's one of those questions you sometimes ask just to help you sort out your priorities.

[1048.08 --> 1052.18] Sort of like the question, what would you do if you had only a year left to live?

[1052.28 --> 1053.26] That sort of thing.

[1053.34 --> 1058.60] So, what would you do if you suddenly became fabulously rich?

[1061.04 --> 1064.28] Well, I would guess you would have two little voices talking to you.

[1064.28 --> 1067.90] And one of those voices would say, live it up.

[1068.72 --> 1069.74] Live large.

[1070.96 --> 1072.64] Go to Vegas for the weekend.

[1072.84 --> 1073.98] Stay at the Taj Mahal.

[1074.10 --> 1075.08] Play the slots.

[1076.06 --> 1076.96] Take a cruise.

[1077.10 --> 1079.00] Once the cruise lines are going again.

[1079.98 --> 1081.08] Buy a palace.

[1082.56 --> 1083.26] Show off.

[1083.26 --> 1089.74] And the other voice would be saying to you, imagine.

[1089.90 --> 1094.48] Just think of all the good you can do with what you have been given.

[1095.58 --> 1098.84] You can send your children to a wonderful school.

[1099.70 --> 1104.42] You can send other children, underprivileged children, to a wonderful school.

[1105.12 --> 1109.80] You can pay for good wells in poor villages in poor nations of the world.

[1109.80 --> 1117.32] You can do so much good in the world with the gifts you've received.

[1119.32 --> 1123.94] Now, if we listen to Jesus' parable, we know which voice we have to listen to.

[1128.50 --> 1135.62] Now, every one of us is part of this story because every one of us has been given a talent or a gift.

[1137.00 --> 1139.28] Now, you may not feel particularly gifted.

[1139.28 --> 1147.84] You may sometimes find yourself looking up at a five-talent person and feeling a sense of envy because they can do so much more than you can.

[1148.28 --> 1151.76] But everyone who follows Jesus has been given a gift.

[1151.84 --> 1153.84] That is a biblical promise.

[1154.56 --> 1161.08] To follow Jesus is to receive a gift of the Spirit, and you can use it for the blessing of others.

[1161.08 --> 1162.08] Every one of us.

[1162.08 --> 1164.48] Every one of us.

[1167.36 --> 1175.48] You know, some years ago, I was a pastor in Duncan, in Vancouver Island, and I had a Sunday off.

[1176.24 --> 1178.06] Now, that did not happen very much at the time.

[1178.12 --> 1179.86] I was preaching almost all the time.

[1179.86 --> 1183.54] But every once in a while, I'd have a free Sunday.

[1184.50 --> 1189.74] And if you ask my kids, they'll tell you whenever Dad had a Sunday off, he didn't skip church.

[1189.78 --> 1190.46] He would go.

[1190.46 --> 1193.40] Or he might go to another church.

[1194.16 --> 1196.74] Because Dad would be starving for a sermon.

[1197.64 --> 1202.16] Not one that he would preach, but one that he would hear.

[1202.90 --> 1209.44] And if you preach a lot, the greatest pleasure is to sit in a pew and hear a wonderful sermon.

[1209.54 --> 1210.84] So I wanted that to happen.

[1210.96 --> 1212.24] So I didn't have to go far.

[1212.24 --> 1216.14] I went to the Presbyterian Church in Duncan.

[1217.18 --> 1219.06] And the pastor there was Kerry McIntyre.

[1219.16 --> 1221.42] We knew each other through the Ministerial Association.

[1222.40 --> 1226.10] And it was a very vibrant Presbyterian Church.

[1226.22 --> 1227.82] So I thought I would go.

[1229.58 --> 1231.32] But my timing was off.

[1231.48 --> 1235.48] Because when I got there, I found out that Pastor Kerry was also off that Sunday.

[1236.20 --> 1240.92] And in his place, we were going to have a retired Presbyterian pastor.

[1240.92 --> 1244.92] A very old, retired Presbyterian pastor.

[1245.10 --> 1246.12] And I thought, rats.

[1247.84 --> 1250.12] But that really wasn't fair.

[1251.54 --> 1255.64] This retired pastor turned out to be Pastor Kerry's father-in-law.

[1256.06 --> 1257.02] Which is fine.

[1257.38 --> 1259.54] He also turned out to be a real gem.

[1260.54 --> 1266.92] And he preached a sermon that I still remember more than 20 years after I heard it.

[1268.44 --> 1270.36] He read his scripture passage.

[1270.36 --> 1271.54] The parable of the talents.

[1271.76 --> 1272.98] So the same one we just read.

[1274.28 --> 1281.06] And then he told a story about attending this big conference for Presbyterian pastors and

[1281.06 --> 1284.98] church leaders in some church in a major city.

[1285.54 --> 1288.72] And he said this conference was held in a beautiful new church.

[1289.00 --> 1290.32] It was very well built.

[1290.44 --> 1292.10] It was very well equipped and appointed.

[1292.10 --> 1298.94] And, you know, this Pastor Kerry's father-in-law said he sat there in this church.