Yesterday (o8/22/2010) I had the task of preaching Luke 19:11-27. You can watch or listen to the sermon here. For me, it was a difficult text to swim through. The primary point seemed to be that followers of Jesus are to use the gifts given them by the Lord to make disciples of all nations until Jesus returns. There are other details, of course, but this seems to be the primary point.
Below are just a few discussion questions to help you think through and apply the truth(s) from the passage.
1. What is your spiritual gift and how are you using it now?
A link to a spiritual gift inventory can be found here: http://www.brookhills.org/pdfs/impact_homework_2.pdf
(Note: this inventory is used with permission from The Church at Brook Hills)
2. List some things that God has given you. How might these things be used to make disciples of all nations?
3. What is your personal strategy for making disciples of all nations? What is your family's personal strategy? What is your small group/Sunday School class's strategy?
4. If Jesus were to return today, where would you fall in the parable? Would you be the one found with 10 minas? The one with 5 minas? The one with the same mina? Or, those who are to be brought before Jesus to be slaughtered?
5. According to Luke 19:27, how does Jesus define one of His enemies? Are there areas in your life where Jesus does not have full reign?
6. According to Luke 19:21, the man who did nothing with the mina that he had received refused to work because he had a wrong understanding of his master. What are you currently involved in and actively doing to grow in your biblical knowledge of God?
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