A man leaves and gives to his servants a few talents according to each man's ability. When he comes back he expects a return on his investment.

of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation.

Yet we are ashamed to call sin - sin. We are ashamed to tell them they are going to Hell if they do not have Christ.

So are we not ashamed?

The bible is an amazing Word of an Awesome God yet we treat it as a lecture book, or a dry dusty read.

Tell them of the God in these pages as you know Him, not just of the rules giver, but of the compassionate One, the Combative with the Pharisees One. The One who gave rest and assurance to Gideon, Paul and Elijah.

We do not get excited and passionate so why should they?

Jesus spoke in the synagogue and you could only do that if invited and llowed. So His theology was not the problem they had with Him, no it was the healing on the Sabbath they had an issue with.

The Lord of the Sabbath was right in front of them yet they never saw Him, they only saw their indignation.

What is so great is God is preparing the hearts of men for us as we prepare them for Him.

This is what is great about our God, He knows what we need when we need it. Gideon is going to war with 300 men against 40,000, and God sends Gideon a 4th sign to bolster his courage.

Here in the 7 churches in Revelations is one church (body of believers not the building) that Jesus has nothing good to say to. Laodicea.

Pride, comfort, complacency and laziness are the sins they are to repent of.

Believers, he that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit sayeth to the churches.

The rich man thought I do not have enough space for all my things, let us tear down and rebuild for more space.

But God Said.

God is the authority, He said you fool tonight you will die then who will be the rich man? What will it have availed you?