1. PARABLE OF THE TALENTS MATTHEW 25:14-30

2. WHAT IS A TALENT?

3. TALENT A LARGE SUM OF MONEY (STRONGS)

4. WHAT IS A TALENT? TALENT A LARGE SUM OF MONEY (STRONGS) VS. 15 “ACCORDING TO OUR OWN ABILITY”

5. WE ARE SERVANTS

6. THE WISE MAN ECCLESIASTES 12:13-14

7. WE ARE SERVANTS THE WISE MAN ECCLESIASTES 12:13-14 PAUL UNDERSTOOD THIS ROMANS 1:1, 1CORINTHIANS 7:22-23

8. WE ARE SERVANTS THE WISE MAN ECCLESIASTES 12:13-14 PAUL UNDERSTOOD THIS ROMANS 1:1, 1CORINTHIANS 7:22-23 SERVANTS BEAR FRUIT JOHN 15:8

9. GOD GIVEN ABILITIES MUST BE ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL MATTHEW 7:21-23

10. GOD GIVEN ABILITIES MUST BE ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL MATTHEW 7:21-23 MANY DIFFERENT ROLES IN CHRIST’S CHURCH EPHESIANS 4:1-16, TITUS 2:3-4, GALATIANS 6:1-2

11. GOD GIVEN ABILITIES MUST BE ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL MATTHEW 7:21-23 MANY DIFFERENT ROLES IN CHRIST’S CHURCH EPHESIANS 4:1-16, TITUS 2:3-4, GALATIANS 6:1-2 WE MUST GO ON TO PERFECTION HEBREWS 5:11-6:2

12. FOLLOW CHRIST’S EXAMPLE GREW IN WISDOM, STATURE, AND FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN LUKE 2:41-52

13. CONCLUSION 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-25 THE ONLY WAY TO BE AS STRONG AND PRODUCTIVE AS POSSIBLE AS A CONGREGATION OF GOD’S CHILDREN, IS IF WE ALL ARE DOING THINGS ACCORDING TO OUR ABILITY AS GOD HAS COMMANDED OF US.