11152021 MCUTS Get Ready! Be Ready! And Stay Ready! Keep Working Until Christ Return Matthew 24-25; Mark 13; Luke 21 Part 6

Get Ready! Be Ready! Stay Ready! Working as Slaves to Improve the Master’s Assets Matthew 25:13-30 The End of the World is coming, our Lord is coming back and while waiting God’s People Must Be Constantly Working as Slaves to Improve the Master’s Assets. How are saints to work as slaves to improve our Master’s assets while we wait for His return? A. INTRODUCTION 2 COR 5:15; PHP 2:14-15; TI 2:9-10 B. OUTLINE OF THE OLIVET DISCOURSE: 1. THE SETTING MT 24:1-3 2. THE DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS PRIOR TO CHRIST’S RETURN MT 24:4-35 3. LESSONS ON WAITING FOR THE LORD MT 24:36—MT 25:30 a. Wait for the Lord as Those Who Do Not Want to be Caught Unexpectedly at His Coming Mt 24:36-44 b. Wait for the Lord as Slaves Who Must Give An Account of Their Service—Whether Good & Faithful or Wicked & Lazy Mt 24:45-51 c. Wait for the Lord as Those Who Know Their Master’s Coming May be a Long Time Coming Mt 25:1-13 d. Wait for the Lord as Slaves Commissioned to Improve Our Master’s Assets. Mt 25:14-30 e. Wait for the Lord as People Whose Lives Are So Transformed by the Gospel that They Automatically, Without Thinking Serve our Brothers & Sisters in Christ in SelfSacrificing Ways Mt 25:31-46 C. THE PARABLE OF THE TALENT (WAIT FOR THE LORD AS SLAVES COMMISSIONED TO IMPROVE THEIR MASTER’S ASSETS) MT 25:14-30; 1 COR 15:58; LK 16:10-12; RE 3:21 SERVANT—δοῦλος dŏulŏs,—SLAVE [A PERSON WHO IS LEGALLY OWNED BY SOMEONE ELSE AND WHOSE ENTIRE LIVELIHOOD AND PURPOSE WAS DETERMINED BY THEIR MASTER.] TALENT--τάλαντον talantŏn [A LARGE SUM OF WEALTH, MONEY EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 20 YEARS OF WAGES] 1. OUR JOB AS CHRISTIANS, WHILE WE WAIT FOR JESUS, IS TO IMPROVE OUR MASTER’S ASSETS NOT OUR OWN. 2. AS SLAVES OF JESUS, WE ARE TO JOYOUSLY RECOGNIZE OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY AS SLAVES, AND TAKE OUR SLAVERY SERIOUSLY 3. OUR WAITING FOR JESUS’ RETURN IS NEVER TO BE PASSIVE TITUS 2:11-14 4. FAILURE TO IMPROVE THE MASTER’S ASSETS RESULTS IN BEING REJECTED AND CONDEMNED BY THE MASTER JESUS & THE GOSPEL SESSION 6 PASTOR MARK DEMIRE GUEST TEACHER GET READY! BE READY! STAY READY! [WORKING AS SLAVES TO IMPROVE THE MASTER’S ASSETS] NOVEMBER 15, 2021