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1. God gives us gifts, talents and resources to be used for his glory. (V.9)

2. God will call us to account on judgement day. (V.10)

3. Evildoers will resist and rebel against God. (V.10-12)

4. God's expectation is that we believe and accept his son. (V.13)

5. Evildoers will rebel and reject the son and resort to murder. (V.14-15)

6. God will punish evil with eternal damnation. (V.16)

7. Jesus, the cornerstone and rock will become the Head.…

1. People have different expectations about the appearance of the kingdom of God. (V.11)

2. God will test his people to know their hearts. (V.12)

3. God expects us to be good stewards of his gifts, talents and resources. (V.13)

4. God will be hated by the forces of darkness. (V.14)

5. The Son of Man will be proclaimed king and all will be required to give account of their lives. (V.15)

6. Good stewards multiply and grow what has been given to them by God.…

1. All our righteousness are as filthy rags in the sight of God. (V.9)

2. People pray in different contexts. (V.10)

3. Some pray a self exalting prayer. (V.11,12)

4. Some knowing their unworthiness pray in humility. (V.13)

5. God loves humility and will exalt the meek. (V.14)

6. God will resist the proud. (V.14)

1. We need to be persistent in prayer. (V.1)

2. There will be people who do not fear God or men. (V.2)

3. Societal position and circumstance are not an excuse to desist from being tenacious. (V.3)

4. Continuous perseverance breaks barriers. (V.4,5)

5. God wants us to learn from parables. (V.6)

6. God will answer determined prayer. (V.7)

7. God will render justice for his people. (V.8)

8. God expects his people to have faith in him. (V.8)

1. Mismanagement leads to unfavourable results. (V.1-2)

2. People of darkness resort to deeds of darkness. (V.3-7)

3. People of the light struggle with questions of integrity. (V.8)

4. Our investment in people's needs will fetch us eternal rewards. (V.9)

1. Our spiritual inheritance should not be misspent and misused. (V.11-13)

2. Events will move to test the frivolous and wasteful. (V.14)

3. A squandered inheritance has adverse consequences. (V.15-16)

4. God's ways and thoughts are not like human thoughts and ways. (V.17-20)

5. God's compassion and grace is beyond human comprehension. (V.21-24)

6. Our track record might become a hindrance to God's work. (V.25-30)

7. God's tenderness and mercy…

1. God cares for everyone and  is single minded to save the lost. (V.8-10)

1. God's word has great attraction for the lost. (V.1)

2. God's word will be resisted by the leaders of the church. (V.2)

3. God speaks to us in the day to day events of our lives. (V.3)

4. God's burden is that no one should perish. (V.4)

5. God is joyful when the lost repent. (V.5)

6. God rejoices with his angels and saints when the lost are saved. (V.6)

7. God places great importance and focus for the lost. (V.7)

1. Blessed are those who are saved. (V.15)

2. God invites many to eternal life. (V.16,17)

3. People choose to give excuses and disregard God's call and gracious invitation. (V.18,19,20)

4. An angry God will choose those who are not to shame those who are. (V.21,22,23,24)

1. God reaches out to us to make us understand his word and kingdom. (V.18)

2. God's word is based on the atom principle - starts minutely, grows and spreads extensively. (V.19)

3. God's word works through obstacles till it transforms the entire environment. (V.20,21)

1. We will go to God with the desires of our heart. (V.13)

2. God's expectations are the desires of his heart. (V.14)

3. God warns us against the greed of money and material gain. (V.15)

4. God uses moral stories to teach us. (V.16)

5. Our abundance creates new problems and dilemmas for us . (V.17,18)

6. Our worldly goods will lull us into a  false security. (V.19)

7. Everything is the grace of God and we control nothing. (V.20)

8. Our prime…

1. God's word will be questioned and tested by experts (V.25)

2. We must use the word of God as the basis of our response. (V.26)

3. The cross is the way forward. (V.27)

4. The cross is the way to salvation and eternal life. (V.28)

5. Experts will attempt to justify themselves before God. (V.29)

6. We may face attacks from robbers during travel. (V.30)

7. God will use stories to teach us. (V.30)

8. Godly people might ignore us in times of dire…

1. We need to spread the word of God over towns and villages. (V.1)

2. A second line of command needs to be trained to carry out evangelistic efforts. (V.1)

3. Women folk can play the role of support evangelists. (V.2, 3)

4. We need to gather people to speak the word across towns. (V.4)

5. The sown word will be resisted, trampled and bitten by the enemy. (V.5)

6. God's word needs to be deeply rooted in our lives or it will wither. (V.6)

7. God's word…

1. God is the owner of everything and he expects us to be good stewards of what he entrusts to us. (V.1)

2. God expects a return on his investment in us. (V.2)

3. Evildoers will be violent, murderous, reject and rebel against God's word. (V.3,4,5)

4. God in his grace will send his son expecting us to accept and obey him. (V.6)

5. Evildoers will reject the word of God in greed, defiance, rebellion and haste. (V.7)

6. Evildoers will defy and murder God's son.…

1. God will use moral instruction to teach us about his kingdom. (V.30)

2. God will celebrate the day of small beginnings. (V.31)

3. Small is big in the kingdom of God. (V.32)

1. God , the Author and Giver of Life , will grow his kingdom despite our scattering, lethargy and lack of know - how (V.26,27)

2. Growth in the kingdom of God is deliberate and a series of well ordered steps (V.28)

3. God enables us to be fruitful (V.29)

1. We need to adapt in our efforts to evangelize. (V.1)

2. We need to focus on the morals and principles of God's word. (V.2)

3. God is always sowing into people's lives. (V.3)

4. God's word will be resisted and bitten by the enemy. (V.4)

5. God's word needs to be deeply rooted in our lives or we will wither and be scorched in times of testing. (V.5,6)

6. God's word will be unfruitful if give priority to our wants and delusions of wealth. (V.7)

7. We…

1. We are stewards and God is the owner of everything. (V.14)

2. God gives different talents and abilities to mankind. (V.15)

3. God given talents need to be multiplied. (V.16,17)

4. Some people bury and do not use their talents for the glory of God. (V.18)

5. God expects a return on his investment in us. (V.19)

6. Faithfulness will be rewarded by God. (V.20, 21,22,23)

7. Unfaithfulness to God's purpose will be reprimanded and punished by God. (V.24,…

1. Anointing is a pre -  requisite to meet God. (V.1)

2. Some of us will choose foolishness over wisdom. (V.2)

3. Some of us imprudently will not accept Jesus as Saviour and Lord. (V.3)

4. The wise will confess their sins and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour. (V.4)

5. No one knows the day and hour of the second coming of Jesus Christ. (V.5)

6. The second coming of Jesus will be sudden and without warning. (V.6)

7. At the second coming of Jesus all…

1. God speaks to us through moral stories. (V.1)

2. Christ the groom,  invites his bride the church,  to be one with him. (V.2)

3. God sends his messengers and calls his people to be unified with him, but is faced by rejection (V.3) 

4. God prepares an elaborate blessing for his people and constantly invites us to be yoked with him (V.4)

5. God's people rebuff his word. (V.5)

6. God's people resort to ill treatment and murder of his servants.…