Sermon Tone Analysis

SLOTH

BE STILL/PRAY

Another translation gives us the amount of money that was given.

TALENT=6,000 DENARII=$150,000

First Servant-750,000

Second Servant-300,000

Third Servant-150,000

GOD ENTRUSTS US WITH A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY

SLOTH-ἀκηδία akedia-(a = absence + kedos = care)

“Sloth is insidious.

It whispers that you might as well do it tomorrow, that nobody will know if you cut corners here and there to save yourself some trouble, that the world will be the same in a hundred years no matter what you do, so why do anything?

Sloth says, “Don’t strain yourself”, “What’s the big hurry?”

and “Just give me five more minutes.”

“Sloth hits the snooze alarm, hits the remote control and hits the road when the going gets tough . . .

Sloth cheats on exams, drinks straight from the milk carton and leaves exactly two sheets on the toilet roll so that it will have to be replaced by the next poor soul who finds out too late that the remaining paper is nothing more than a mirage.

“Sloth does slightly less than the right thing.

It doesn’t bother returning something to the lost-and-found, but pockets it instead; it doesn’t tell the clerk he has undercharged.

Sloth has never written a thank-you note, sent a birthday card on time or entertained angels.

All of this simply takes too much effort.”

There is an expectation when it comes to what God has given you.

EACH OF US HAVE A GIFT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US BY GOD.

USE IT!

WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE?

SQUANDERING YOUR GIFT WILL COST YOU IN THE END

WEEPING AND GNASHING ARE SPOKEN NOT AS DISTRESS, BUT OF ANGER AND FRUSTRATION.

SLOTH WILL COST YOU MORE THAN YOUR TIME

HOW WILL YOU USE WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU?