WEDNESDAY- 33^rd  WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –C

Gospel: Luke 19:11-28 : Why did you not put my money in the bank?

I Reading: 2 Maccabees 7:1.20-31: The creator of the world will give you back both breath and life.

The Parable of the Pounds or Ten Minas:

Every Man is Being Tested, Lk 19:11-27

The Lord trusts us; He believes in us. He gives us gifts and responsibilities to look after until He returns. He longs for us to be faithful and diligent in doing our duty, and He is going to greatly reward those who are faithful. But he is going to severely judge those who do nothing to help a lost and needful world (Mt 25:14-30).

1. Jesus tried to correct a wrong idea about the kingdom of God (v.11)

2. He went to a distant country to receive a kingdom, but He will return (v.12)

3. He insisted: work until I come (v.13)

4. The citizens of the world hate Him and reject His rule (v.14)

5. His servants are to be rewarded according to the percent of their labor (v.15-23)

a. The believer who works 500 percent receives 500 percent

b. The believer who does not work receives nothing

6. The servant who labours 1000 percent will be given the reward of the unfaithful plus his own reward (v. 24-26)

a. Other servants wonder why

b. Because the servant was so faithful-ever increasing, 1Cor 15:58

7. The citizens who are enemies of His rule are to be slain (v.27)

Thought: Every believer is called and gifted by Christ to serve ( Rom 12:3f; 1 Cor 12: 7f; Eph 4:11f).

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