Sermons on Matthew 25:14-26:1:

Seven Wonders Of Hell

Contributed by Wayne Doyle on Jul 21, 2006

Hell has been abandoned by the modern Church, but will that make it 1 degree cooler when people arrive there?

Pastors note: Prior to the sermon I had our drama team do A skit I wrote called "What are we teaching our Children" See skit under Dramas. I ran across these notes while in college but could never find the author, I have massaged this sermon for my own style of Preaching. If you know the author ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:41

Denomination: Pentecostal

Investing For The Future

Contributed by Brent Manor on Jul 27, 2006

If we invest our talents now, we have so much to look forward to.

Matthew 25:14-30 I. Context This story is told in the middle of pages of Jesus talking about His second coming. From Ch. 24 v.1, to the end of Ch. 25, it’s all about the “End of the Age”, and His return to rule this planet, and look at our “accounts”. II. What’s a Talent? NIV notes it’s worth more ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Vineyard

Easter Through The Disciples Eyes Series

Contributed by Jon Miller on Jul 28, 2006

This is part one of a five week sermon series leading up to Easter

The Next 5 weeks we are going to be looking at the Easter story in the Bible As we do we are going to focus on different people who were involved in the actual events that took place 2000 years ago. It was a very busy last week in Jesus’ life, so there is no way that we can look at this last week ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:1-2

Prepared As A Faithful Servant Series

Contributed by Brad Rigney on Jul 29, 2006

How can we be prepared for Jesus’ return? This message looks at the importance of being a Faithful and Fruitful servant for the Lord.

Being Prepared for Jesus’ Return as a Faithful Servant Matthew 25:14-30 Intro.: A. I can remember when I was about 17 and my parents were going away for the weekend and so they sat Darlene and I down and explained their expectations to us and reminded us that they would be coming Home soon. We ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Adventist

Prepared By Sharing Jesus Series

Contributed by Brad Rigney on Jul 29, 2006

How can we be Prepared for that day when Jesus returns? We may not know when, but Jesus clearly teaches us how we can be prepared. This 3rd sermon talks about our need to Serve others as Jesus Himself.

Being Prepared by Sharing Jesus with Others Matt. 25:31-46 Intro.: A. There’s a story that I read years ago about a Small College that trained Nurses. It was the Sr. Class and they were taking their Finals. This Final was the Final of all finals. It was comprehensive, it was going to cover ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Adventist

Make A Difference With Your Life

Contributed by John Woelfel on Aug 14, 2006

What does God expect from us in this life? What does He expect from us based on what we are able to do? This message tries to answer those questions by looking at a couple of teachings from Jesus.

What we want to know this morning is how God has uniquely made us so we don’t waste our lives. One of the main ideas from the series we went through is that if you do something meaningful with your life, you will be a minority. Most people just go through life trying to survive. They go ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fake Vs. Real Christianity Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 3, 2006

Was Jesus teaching us that we can "buy" our way into heaven by doing good works?

OPEN: One night a woman dreamed that she was having a conversation with God. She was angry about all the suffering and evil she saw around her, so she complained to the Lord. “God, why don’t You do something about all this?” God gently replied: “I did. I created you.” APPLY: Over the next ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fear Factor - Failure Series

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 5, 2007

Encouragement to active service rather than freeze due to fear especially in view of the second coming of Christ

Fear Factor - Failure Matt 25:14-30 ’fail-ure’: 1. the state or fact of being lacking or insufficient 2. a losing of power or strength; weakening, dying away. 3. not doing; neglect or omission. 4. not succeeding in doing or becoming. 5. person who does not succeed. Webster’s dictionary ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Serving Church Series

Contributed by Jon Daniels on Aug 27, 2007

The third in a series based on the 3 points of our church’s purpose statement: "Seek God, Share Christ, & Serve Others."

“THE SERVING CHURCH” Matt. 25:31-46 INTRO – Read “Too Full to Eat” (p. 118-121, A Call to Die, David Nasser) “So, are you saying we’ve got to go to India if we want to serve others?” No, but I am saying that we’ve got to pay attention to and obey the Word of God if we are going to serve ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Baptist

Using What God Has Given

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 30, 2007

Jesus told this parable to remind us that what we have is not ours. God has given us gifts and they are what we can handle. We must invest and use them. A day of accountability will come.

1 Peter 4:10: “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” It is not too difficult to identify the talents we have. • Some are good at music, some good at drawing, cooking, writing… • After a short period of time, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Death In The Family

Contributed by David Perkins on Sep 10, 2007

Are the church house doors open to all or not? Do we, as followers of Christ, welcome everyone or not? Are we going to judge those passing though our doors, especially in time of death and the sorrow that surrounds that? Christ wants us to be includers

There’s the story of President Calvin Coolidge who was better known back in the 1920s when he was President of the United States (1923-1929), he was known as “Silent Cal” because he didn’t like to speak very often. This drove the reporters of that day up the wall. The story goes that he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:41-45

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Reaching Across Series

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Oct 3, 2007

The What, Why, and How of Missions.

What’s going on? ---->When Hurricane Katrina left the Gold Coast in shatters, thousands of volunteers went to New Orleans and the outlying regions to help, and millions sent financial help to assist those displaced from their homes. The Red Cross set up and served hot meals to thousands, including ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:34-40

Denomination: Baptist

Money Series

Contributed by Steven Spillman on May 2, 2008

A “talent” is a measurement of weight.

Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.” (Matthew 25: 14–15) Remember the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Calls Us To Put Our Love Into Action

Contributed by Ray Ellis on May 5, 2008

The teaching of Jesus calls us to serve Him until He returns. We are to get out of the box and serve others with love and compassion.

Jesus Calls Us To Put Our Love into Action Matthew 25:31-46 In Matthew 25 we have some of the final teachings of Jesus. The Harmony of the Gospels lists 31 parables Jesus taught. Jesus taught in parables using fictional stories that used the pictorial language and common experiences of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Free Methodist

Called To Serve

Contributed by Ben Thomas on Dec 6, 2006

We are called to serve God and God’s people.

Theme Verse Ex 7: 16 “Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the desert. But until now you have not listened.” Call to Serve God in Worship · “Let my people go” · When you are under the bondage of Egypt you ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 7:14-16, Matthew 25:40

Denomination: Church Of God