METHODIST CHURCH NIGERIA
DIOCESE OF OSOGBO
DIOCESAN 6TH ANNUAL
HARVEST/AWARD SERVICE ON SUNDAY, 11TH SUNDAY, 2020.
GOD’S WORD TO GOD’S
PEOPLE.
THEME: The Reward (Ere)
TEXT: Matthew 25:20&21
“So he who had received five talents came and brought five
other talents, saying ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents, look, I have
gained five more talents besides them.’ His Lord said to him, “Well done, good
and faithful servant; you were faithful over many things, I will make you ruler
over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.”
“Eyi ti o gba talenti marun-un si wa, o si mu talenti
marun-un miiran wa pelu, o wi pe, Oluwa, iwo fi talenti marun-un fun mi; si wo
o, mo jere talenti marun-un miran. Oluwa re wi fun un pe, O seun, iwo omo-odo
rere ati olooto iwo se olooto, ninu ohun die, emi o mu o se olori ohun pupo;
iwo bo sinu ayo Oluwa re.”
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The english word ‘reward’
can be used as a noun or a verb. As a noun, it means “a thing given in
recognition of service, effort, or achievement.” But when used as a verb, it
means to “give something to (someone) in recognition of their services,
efforts, or achievements.”
·
The parable of talents
has to do with opportunities we have in life to use our abilities and the
rewards which will come after. (like Cain and Abel in Gen. 4:3-7)
·
God has given talents
to human beings (I mean each of us) according to their (our) ability – 5, 2 and
1 (Matt. 2515)
·
If 5 talents were
given to a person with minimal ability, he would be destroyed by the heavy
responsibility, like Samson Judges 16:28-30, and if only one was given to a man
of great ability, he would be degraded or under-utilized.
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The 3 servants fell
into 2 categories: faithfulness (God expects us to be faithful to him (1Cor.4:2))
and unfaithfulness.
·
We must always
remember that there is a day fixed for settling of account it is also a day of
reward (Rom. 14:12; Eccl. 12:14)
·
The day of harvest is
coming when we will all reap whatever we have sown (Gal. 6:7)
·
The first two servants
started as servants but ended as rulers. They were faithful with few things so
they gained many. They labored and toiled, and now they entered into joy. These
are rewards
·
The third was
unfaithful and therefore was unrewarded. If anyone is afraid of failure and
failed to work, he/she may not even try to succeed. Which one are you, faithful
or unfaithful servant?
·
If we are faithful and
hardworking, we shall be rewarded at the coming of Christ Rev. 22:12
Rt.
Rev. A.K.O. Ogunrinde, JP, FICT.
Bishop, Diocese of Osogbo.
OS-CAN Chairman.
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