Precious Pictures: The Parables of Christ, Lesson 6, Stewardship (Pam Larson, July 13, 2022)

A Parable on Stewardship ... The Parable of the Talents 

Matthew 25:14–30

Pam Larson

What does it look like to be a good and faithful servant? Watchful? Expectant? Working?

Aim: Be faithfully working while you watch and wait eagerly for the return of King Jesus

3 Scenes

• Scene 1 (v14–15) before he goes
  
• Scene 2 (v16–18) while he is away
  
• Scene 3 (v19–30) when he returns

3 main characters

• Master, King
• Good and faithful servants 
  •  The faithful are rewarded and that includes JOY! (Psalm 16:11; 1 Peter 1:8)
     
• Wicked and slothful servant a
  • contrast
    • NO commendation
    • NO more opportunities or responsibilities
    • What he has is taken away and given to the first servant
    • He has NO celebration
    • NO fruit in his life for Christ

What does a good and faithful servant look like? 

Be faithfully working* while you watch and wait eagerly for the return of King Jesus

* “faithfully working” does not mean good works you do to earn salvation … NO! But works which are the fruit that comes from faith, from trusting in Jesus. The focus is not on your level of performance but on faithfully and gratefully responding to your relationship with Jesus!

Oh friends, be faithfully working while you watch and wait … be ready, faithful, wise, prepared, and eagerly expecting his return. Be watching, waiting, working.