Faithful in Little

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon Notes

1) The Royal Timeline, Rightly Understood, 11-12

2) The (Hated) King Returns, 12-15

3) The King Rewards the Faithful, 15-19

4) The King Rewards the Fearful, 20-27

5) The Royal Rewards, Rightly Understood, 24-27

Reflection questions:

1. “Faithfulness reveals faith in a good king. Fearfulness reveals hatred or apathy toward a misunderstood king.” How do you see that play out in this story?

2. The first two servants both say (vv16-18) that the mina (the amount of money) made or earned more money. Are they merely being humble, or do God’s gifts sometimes possess power beyond our own actions? Cf. Romans 1:16; Colossians 1:28-29.

3. Consider the following quote (from Leon Morris’ commentary on v.26): “In the Christian life we do not stand still. We use our g