Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro

Where did this all begin?

I went back and listened to the very first sermon in this series, which was in January of this year.

Do you remember why we began this journey of discovering who Jesus is?

God gave Glen the vision for us to simplify.

To simply know Him and by doing so we would discover that JESUS IS ENOUGH.

This series started in

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip?

Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.

How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?

The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

How long?

How long until we know Him?

We were given three things to do this year.

ABC - Abide, Bless, and Commit to Community.

Now, We need to be careful today.

I think Glen ask me to preach when the text if difficult.

Thanks bro.

If you are only half paying attention you are going to leave here thinking that I preached on works today.

Let me be very clear from the outset.

Today is about obedience.

This is part of the abiding cycle.

It is how we learn about who God really is.

It is a critical step in the way we experience Him.

In fact, it is the only step in the cycle that we have any control over.

Remember that God doesn’t just want us to know about Him, He wants us to know him by experience.

We are going to address this a little later, but for now, let’s move on.

To learn about who Jesus is, we are looking at how He interacts with people, how he reacts to the circumstances that God puts Him in.

Today, we are going picking up where Glen left off last Sunday.

This story immediately follows Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus.

It is obvious from the outset that Jesus is telling this parable for a specific purpose.

The goal today is to break this parable down into chew-able chunks and determine what Jesus is wanting to communicate to the disciples and to us so we can learn about who He is.

11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

12 He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

13 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.’

14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ 15 When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

16 The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’

17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant!

Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’ 18 And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’

19 And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ 20 Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man.

You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

22 He said to him, ‘I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant!

You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

24 And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ 25 And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’ 26 ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

27 But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.’

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OK, my initial reaction this week was, “Wait, What?!”.

My first look at this passage made me ask a ton of questions.

I had lunch with Kyle this week and I was like, man, I don’t what to do with this passage.

It seems like Jesus is saying those that work the hardest get the most.

I knew this didn’t line up with what we have already discovered about who Jesus is.

So, I dug in and asked Jesus to show me what he was up too.

What we are going to talk about today is why Jesus tells the parable and what is he trying to communicate to the hearers.

It’s important to point out that in this parable the King is addressing two groups of people.

Ones that choose to be servants and those that rebel against the King.

The major portion of what we will talk about today is dealing with those that choose to serve the King.

Remeber that there is diverse group of people

The disciples thought it was about to go down.

Going back to the story from last week.

Zacchaeus experiences Jesus and it completely changes his life.

I think it would be safe to say that this blew everyone’s minds.

9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

The Parable of the Ten Minas

11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

The Parable of the Ten Minas

11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.

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Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

Going back to the story from last week.

Zacchaeus experiences Jesus and it completely changes his life.

I think it would be safe to say that this blew everyone’s minds.

As the disciples experience this, knowing that they are on the way to Jerusalem, they think it’s time.

Jesus is about usher in His kingdom.

It is time, but he’s not doing what they think and Jesus is aware of what they are thinking.

Philip -they still don’t get it.

They think Jesus is about to concur the Romans and set up a physical kingdom.

We still don’t get it.

We find ourselves in a similar place this morning.

God has been speaking his desire for us as a church, but I think we are still blind to it.

We still don’t get it.

Paul, in the book of Colossians, was trying to help the church understand this responsibility, this call, that we as believers share.

11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

The Parable of the Ten Minas

11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.

27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

We still don’t get it.

12 He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

13 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.’

At this point in his life, Paul got it.

God chooses us, his followers to tell the world about who He really is.

But still, the disciples were consumed with this idea that Jesus was about to smack down the establishment.

They were so blinded by what they wanted that they had missed, for 3 years, who Jesus was and what he was about to do.

They were so blinded by what they wanted that they had missed, for 3 years, who Jesus was and what he was about to do.

I know what you’re thinking, because i think it too.