First Baptist Church of Hoquiam
Sunday Worship, January 1, 2023
- Yes I Will
- Glory Honor Power
- Gratitude
- I Speak Jesus
- A look back at 2022Began Evangelism trainingWe saw two youth accept Jesus as SaviorWe had three youth commit to leadership trainingWe invited people to the Easter serviceWe hosted Sunday Picnics through the summerWe brought back our dessert and pie auction fundraiser for the youth and childrenWe saw nearly 100 people from the neighborhood come through our church on HalloweenWe celebrated Thanksgiving dinner togetherWe gave gifts to the children of our church at ChristmasWe celebrated Christmas with our young people at the Christmas playWe have begun church membership classesLooking Back with Growth in MindToday’s passage is about evaluating ourselves based on this past year with an eye toward growth in the coming year. Next week we will be looking at the year ahead, but this week I want to take the time to wrap up 2022 and allow our efforts and struggles to challenge and encourage us.Read Matthew 25:14-30
Matthew 25:14–30 ESV 14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money. 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 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.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’EntrustedMatthew 25:14–15 ESV 14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.It’s all His!He knows you!ResponsibleMatthew 25:16–18 ESV 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.A talent is a reference to 60-80 pounds of silver money.Currently silver is worth around $285 a pound so a talent would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 19k to 20k.It’s valuable!We do the Work!1 Corinthians 3:5–9 ESV 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.God Brings the Growth!AccountableMatthew 25:19–27 ESV 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 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.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.Faithful ServantMatthew 25:23 ESV 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’Wicked ServantMatthew 25:26–27 ESV 26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.Wicked - Planning EvilSlothful - Trying to get by without doing the workJudgement and RewardMatthew 25:28–30 ESV 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’What have you been given?Have you been faithful?If Jesus came back to review 2022 with you, what would the evaluation say? When he asked to see what you had done with what you have been given, what would you say?Growth in Mind Matthew 25:14–30ESV
Matthew 25:14–15ESV
Matthew 25:16–18ESV
1 Corinthians 3:5–9ESV
Matthew 25:19–27ESV
Matthew 25:23ESV
Matthew 25:26–27ESV
Matthew 25:28–30ESV
- Homecoming
1 Corinthians 11:26ESV
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