Parable of the Talents

Hello. Everyone is wonderful to be back. I hope you have a good week.

And you had to enjoy the wonderful sunshine.

I'm definitely a bit brown today and I was this time last week.

It is wonderful to be back with you as we continue to look at some of

the stories we find in the Bible of what we could be learning about them.

So let's start off with our first question.

So what is something that you can do that no one else can do better?

So what can you do that no one else can do better.

So, for instance, I think I would have to be. I think I make the best brownies.

I'm sure there might be other people in the world to do better,

but I think I'm pretty good brownies.

So that is something that I think I'm very good at. So what about you?

What are you very good at? What do you think you're better at it than anyone else?

If you go,

I'd love to hear some of the things that you said would be lovely to hear about what?

Some of the things that you're very good at now when I asked my kids,

at the moment they're very good at most.

The answers are either dinosaur hunting.

They love their dinosaurs at the moment or eating,

and they can definitely eat a lot more than most other people.

But there is a reason behind what I'm asking this. And we are going to look at

a story in the Bible that Jesus told and Jesus told lots

of stories called parables now parables the stories with a meaning.

Okay, the stories with a meaning in them.

Okay, so they're trying to teach us something, and there's lots of different level.

Sometimes it's very simple message. Sometimes it's a very difficult message.

But today is a story called the parable of the talents.

Jesus told the story of a long time ago. A man went on a journey and he owned.

He was a very rich man, and he had lots of servants who would take care of things.

So while he was away on this journey,

he chose three servants and he gave them each some money.

And he said, Here is some money

I want you want you. I want you to take care of this while I'm away.

One person who really trusted he gave five.

So this was the one who felt very talented, someone who could do a lot with this

someone else he gave to. He thought, Yeah, that's quite talented, trust them.

And then one person who gave one gold coin

and he wanted to see what all these people do with this money because they're Imagine

if one of your parents or grandparent's gave you some

money and I'm going to go on a journey.

You to take care of this for me. What would you do with the money?

Would you hide it away and forget about it? Would you spend it?

Would you try and make more money? What do you think you would do?

Let's hear about an expert in our story.

So the person who had five talents, they decided they wanted to make more money.

They really wanted to make this man proud.

So they went away and they started with five talents

of five gold coin and they made five more.

They doubled the amount.

The person who had to go coins did the same and they doubled their money.

But the person who had one.

I was thinking, Well, I could make more money, but I could also lose the money I have.

So he does a big hole and he hit the money.

He hit his gold coin away because he was a bit scared about what might happen.

So then, after a long time, the man came back

and he said, What have you done while I've been away? What have you done to my money?

And the first person said, I have used your money wisely and look,

you gave me a 5.5 talents and here is five more.

And then the next person said You gave me to talents and I wanted to make you proud.

So I have made to mourn Here's for

And he was so happy he came and give him a hug. And he said, Amazing.

Look at how well you've used this money in these talents.

But the person who has given one

he was a bit sad, he realized, dug a hole, and he wasted that he told the master he was.

I thought you would be really angry

if you've lost your money and I didn't want to risk it I didn't want to risk losing it.

So instead I buried in a big hole in my head. It So here's the one coin back,

the master said. But that wasn't the point, was it? You've wasted this opportunity.

You've wasted this money. You could have gone out and made more.

So he was quite sad at the end of it.

And what he thought he'd get angry.

And he did get angry, but for a different reason, didn't he?

No. I think this is a very powerful story.

And as we always finish, what is the moral of the story? So pause here.

What do you think this story is trying to teach us? Off you go.

Amazing. There's lots of different things we can learn from this.

But I think the big message is all about using

the talent and gifts we've been given as a Christian.

I believe that God gives us gifts and sometimes it could be a gift of,

um, a house or food, but he gives us other gifts. So I think he gives people

good characteristics and these are going

to make something very kind.

He makes some very clever to make something very helpful.

Someone who's really good at talking to people and making sure everyone's okay.

And I think this is trying to teach us to use

these gifts we've been given because we don't use them,

they'll just disappear, won't they?

Just like, if you're really sporty, imagine if you're really good at swimming.

Now, if you don't use that, if you don't practice and try and make it better,

you won't be as good as for other.

People will get better, won't they?

And the better they get more time to invest in them,

even get better and better and better, won't they?

Same as if you thought that you've got a gift

for getting to know people and making friends really easily.

You don't use that. You're gonna waste it.

So the challenge for all of us that all of us have been given different talents,

different gifts, actually.

So if you go about this week, think about how can you use these talents.

How can you use these tools to help people?

How can you use your talents and your gifts to make the world a better place?

So I hope that story stays with you.

This week,

and I hope that you can go out and use your amazing talent because all of us have any.

If you're seeing that, I'm thinking I don't know what I'm good at.

All of us are good at something.

So go out and use your talents this week and

I look forward to hearing about the more next week.

Okay, See you soon.

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