And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
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… And if you're in here, I want you to go back and study. But in Matthew 25, verse 14 through 30, this whole story was about three different people who who the grace of God gave one of them five, one of them, two and one of them, one. And he didn't matter. It didn't matter about the amounts. He just wanted them to do something with what they had been given. So in this series, this whole thing about us being the blessed people that God wants us to be. I really started to look at this scripture because verse 29 really struck me. And I want to go there real quick as we end last week's service today. And I'm going to start a new message today, too. But I want you to see this real quick. Matthew 25, verse 29. It says, those who use well. Everybody say use well. Those who use well what they are given Even more will be given And I said man god what if we could have nobody have an excuse? …
… listen in and hear what the Savior can teach us about the shape of ambition in his kingdom. Matthew chapter 25, verses 14 through 30. Jesus said, For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now, after a long time, the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, Master, you delivered to me five talents. Here I have made five talents more. His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant. …
… that he harvested where he didn't sow. It was past time to show that slave the door into the outer darkness where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew loves that phrase. I'm pretty sure William would want to know if you really believe that darkness is God's own hell, Or is it simply the truth about where whistleblowers really go, once they've decided they can't go on the way they've been going anymore, that they would rather join the 99 percent in the dark than stay with the 1 percent who burn through all the brightness without ever seeing those who foot the bill? I just read an article, some of you probably did too, called Too Small to Fail about Mosier, Oregon, population 430, smallest town in the United States to join the Occupy Wall Street movement. Mosier doesn't have a stoplight, the only gas station closed years ago, the nearest multinational corporations at least five miles away. But a handful of people are planning to set up about a dozen tents where they can camp together and talk about things that matter. Their short list includes reducing the influence of corporations on little tiny rural communities like theirs, supporting credit unions, spending more money on health and education than on war. One resident said, people have asked us if we're getting a permit. …