God's Story : Parable of the Talents — Transcript

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1. 0:00God's story, Parable of the Talents. So,
2. 0:04part of God's story is when Jesus told a
3. 0:06parable about a man and his servants,
4. 0:09and it goes like this. One day, Jesus
5. 0:12told a parable to help people understand
6. 0:14God's kingdom. A parable is a story that
7. 0:17Jesus used to teach something important
8. 0:19and to help us know God better. In this
9. 0:21parable, a man was preparing to go on a
10. 0:24long trip. Since he would be gone for a
11. 0:26long time, he put three of his servants
12. 0:29in charge of his money. Kids, you might
13. 0:31use dollar bills or some other kind of
14. 0:33money, but back then, a large amount of
15. 0:36money was called a talent. The master
16. 0:38gave the first servant five talents,
17. 0:41the second servant two talents,
18. 0:44and the third servant one talent.
19. 0:46Then he left for his journey.
20. 0:49The first servant took the five talents
21. 0:52and tried to make more money with them,
22. 0:54and he did. He doubled the money that
23. 0:56his master had given him. The second
24. 0:58servant took the two talents and also
25. 1:01doubled the money given to him. The
26. 1:03third servant, who had one talent, dug a
27. 1:05hole and buried it in the ground.
28. 1:09After a long time, the man returned home
29. 1:11from his journey and went to find his
30. 1:13three servants. First, he talked to the
31. 1:16servant given five talents. The servant
32. 1:19said,
33. 1:20"You trusted me with five talents. See?
34. 1:22I have earned five more."
35. 1:25And the master said, "You have done
36. 1:28well, good and faithful servant. You
37. 1:31have been faithful with a few things. I
38. 1:34will put you in charge of many things.
39. 1:36Come and share in my happiness."
40. 1:40Next, he talked to the second servant
41. 1:42who had been given two talents and had
42. 1:44earned two more. The master said the
43. 1:46same thing to him. "You have done well,
44. 1:50good and faithful servant. You have been
45. 1:52faithful with a few things. I will put
46. 1:55you in charge of many things. Come and
47. 1:58share in my happiness."
48. 2:01Finally, it was time to talk to the
49. 2:03third servant who had been given one
50. 2:05talent. The servant said,
51. 2:08"I know you are hard to please, and I
52. 2:11was scared. While you away, I buried
53. 2:14your money because I was afraid." Then
54. 2:16he gave the master his one bag of gold
55. 2:19back.
56. 2:20The master was angry and told the
57. 2:22servant he should have put the money in
58. 2:24a bank so that it could earn more money
59. 2:27instead of just burying it. Then he gave
60. 2:30the single talent to the servant with
61. 2:3310.
62. 2:34He said, "Everyone who has will be given
63. 2:37more. They will be given more than
64. 2:39enough.
65. 2:40And what about anyone who doesn't? Even
66. 2:42what they have will be taken away from
67. 2:44them."
68. 2:46Jesus told this parable to help us
69. 2:47understand that we're all an important
70. 2:50part of God's kingdom. Just like the
71. 2:52master trusted his servants to take care
72. 2:55of what he gave them, God trusts us to
73. 2:58take care of what he's given us, and not
74. 3:01just money. God has given each of us
75. 3:04different gifts, talents,
76. 3:06and abilities.
77. 3:08And he wants us to use those for his
78. 3:10kingdom. Kids, what are some of the
79. 3:12gifts and abilities that God has given
80. 3:15you?
81. 3:15Maybe you notice things people don't
82. 3:17always pick up on, like when someone is
83. 3:19sad or lonely. God wants to use you to
84. 3:22show others kindness and love. Maybe you
85. 3:25are great at explaining things and
86. 3:27helping people understand. God can use
87. 3:30you to teach others. Or maybe you have a
88. 3:33lot of ideas. God wants you to use your
89. 3:35ideas and share them with others. No
90. 3:38matter what God has given you, you can
91. 3:40use it to help others and glorify him.
92. 3:44And that's a little bit about the
93. 3:46parable of the talents. So, in case you
94. 3:48missed it, here's the quick version.
95. 3:50Jesus told a parable. A master gave
96. 3:52three servants his money to manage. The
97. 3:54first servant turned five bags of gold
98. 3:56into 10. The master was happy with him.
99. 3:59The second servant turned two bags of
100. 4:02gold into four.
101. 4:03The master was happy with him, too.
102. 4:06The third servant had one talent and
103. 4:08buried it in the ground.
104. 4:10The master was angry with him.
105. 4:12This is like God's kingdom.
106. 4:14God wants us to use our talents to help
107. 4:17others and glorify him. And that's a
108. 4:20part of God's story.