Numbers These days were just all about numbers

Numbers: “These days we’re just all about numbers” Buildings: “We should be spending money on mission, not on buildings” Money: “We shouldn’t talk about giving, it’s a secret”

12 Numbers: 12 120 7 5000 3000 4000 72 2 “A great multitude that no man count” 10 5 5000 7

Buildings: • The Ark • The Tabernacle • The Temple in Jerusalem • The rebuilt Temple • The walls of Jerusalem

Money: “Where your treasure is, your heart will be”

Investing Everything Matthew 25 v 14 - 30

What does the parable mean? God gives us resources, and we must use them wisely on his behalf.

“For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? ” 1 Corinthians 4 v 7

“What if I’ve only given you two talents? ”

“What if I’ve only given you two talents? ” 1. I understood my place 2. Everything I had was a gift of God 3. It didn't matter how much I had, it only mattered how I used it 4. Deep down I really wanted to serve Jesus with my life 5. Jesus knows my anxious thoughts and he cares

“What if I’ve only given you two talents? ” 6. There would be a fourth site 7. Doubling is possible 8. We are only in competition with ourselves 9. God has the right to distribute his resources however he chooses 10. “Why do I bother? ” is dangerously close to burying what we have in the sand

Philippians 2 v 4 - 11

“It doesn’t matter how much God has given you, but it matters eternally what you do with it. ”

Investing Everything Matthew 25 v 14 - 30