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NASB | Matthew 9:38 "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 9:38 "So pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest." |
Bible Question (short): Hungering and thirsting f/righteousness? |
Question (full): Matt 25:14 "For it (Kingdom of God) is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them. 15 "To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey. 16 "Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents. 17 "In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more. 18 "But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. 19 "Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them. 20 "The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.' 21 "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' 22 "Also the one who had received the two talents came up and said, 'Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more talents.' 23 "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' 24 "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed. 25 'And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.' 26 "But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed. 27 'Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. 28 'Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.' 29 "For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. 30 "Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Why is it that it's an almost universal problem throughout the country that most people know about this very famous parable from Jesus and yet we don't heed its very simple message? I guess almost everyone is familiar with this malady: the 80 - 20 percentage rule. Roughly about 20 percent of the congregation throughout America does about 80 percent of the work in that congregation. That is, they are faithful to every service they can be and are willing to help out assisting with the programs designed by the leadership of the church but designed for the whole congregation's participation. Why is it a large percentage of every congregation of human beings in the Lord's church (maybe as much as 80 percent) sit through the service every Sunday morning? They smile really pretty and shake hands in a friendly enough greeting but other than Sunday morning, we hardly every see them. Rarely do they show up on Sunday evening and never on Wed nite Bible Study. When asked about their attendance, they make up excuses again and again. They'll find time to go to the ball game and there they sit as close as possible to the front and center seats to see all the action. But in worship, they prefer the back couple of pews in the auditorium, and escape as soon as possible after worship. Like my father used to say to me as a child, "Son, you'll always find time to do the things you really love to do." Can anyone explain this to me? I've been studying human nature for almost my whole life. I've taken college pyscology courses and have talked to numeous other students of pyscology about this subject but the answers are always difficult to pin down to a root cause. We're commanded to use our talents as best we can even it's nothing more than just one single talent and yet so many of us don't do it. It's scary to me to think that this too will be part of the standard by which we're judged at Judgment Day and evaluated as to whether we get to spend eternity in Heaven with God and go to someplace much, much warmer. Can anyone furnish a formula with which they have had some success? Is there some other scripture that scares more people and makes the ratio a little closer to 60 - 40 or something better than 80 - 20? What are your thoughts? As you may have guessed by now. Our minister preached on this subject this past Sunday. We only get one to come forward. Sad, huh? God bless. --Rowdy |
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