Title: Slothful Servants are Wicked Servants Meta: True sloth is not simply when I am idle, but when I am idle with regards to Christ. Idleness towards Christ is the sum of wickedness. Tags: work,lazy,slothful,servant,master 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,764 Third thing, 2 00:00:01,764 --> 00:00:05,641 slothful servants are wicked servants. 3 00:00:05,926 --> 00:00:08,126 Notice verse 26. 4 00:00:08,126 --> 00:00:13,646 "But his master answered him, you wicked and slothful servant! 5 00:00:13,646 --> 00:00:20,178 You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gathered where I have scattered no seed." 6 00:00:20,178 --> 00:00:24,634 Slothful servants are wicked servants. 7 00:00:24,634 --> 00:00:27,542 True sloth 8 00:00:27,542 --> 00:00:31,806 is not simply when I'm idle. 9 00:00:31,806 --> 00:00:35,294 But when I'm idle with regards to Christ. 10 00:00:35,294 --> 00:00:41,478 Idleness towards Christ is the sum of wickedness. 11 00:00:41,478 --> 00:00:42,206 Listen... 12 00:00:42,206 --> 00:00:47,182 We go door-to-door evangelistically. 13 00:00:47,182 --> 00:00:49,017 And you can go to someone's door 14 00:00:49,017 --> 00:00:51,917 and they basically believe that they are a good person 15 00:00:51,917 --> 00:00:53,607 and they basically believe that they do good. 16 00:00:53,607 --> 00:00:54,730 You say, "why?" 17 00:00:54,730 --> 00:00:56,895 "Why? Tell me about your life?" 18 00:00:56,895 --> 00:00:59,255 "Well, I go to church sometimes, 19 00:00:59,255 --> 00:01:00,675 and I say my prayers, 20 00:01:00,675 --> 00:01:04,035 and I give to the charity at Christmas time, 21 00:01:04,035 --> 00:01:06,851 and I visit my grandmother in the nursing home. 22 00:01:06,851 --> 00:01:08,671 I do these things. 23 00:01:08,671 --> 00:01:12,963 I buy donuts for the guys at work." 24 00:01:12,963 --> 00:01:17,634 But, do you know what? 25 00:01:17,634 --> 00:01:20,914 They do none of it for Christ. 26 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:23,746 And can you see from this parable, 27 00:01:23,746 --> 00:01:27,891 if you don't bring any return for Christ in all of your activity... 28 00:01:27,891 --> 00:01:32,047 You may be a very personable person and very moral. 29 00:01:32,047 --> 00:01:36,051 You may be the nice guy at work. 30 00:01:36,051 --> 00:01:39,299 You may have a great personality. 31 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:43,766 You may be charitable. 32 00:01:43,766 --> 00:01:49,802 But you're not doing it because you love Christ. 33 00:01:49,802 --> 00:01:55,569 You're not doing it because you want to see Christ honored. 34 00:01:55,569 --> 00:01:59,602 You are doing it for other reasons. 35 00:01:59,602 --> 00:02:04,736 That is the sum of wickedness here. 36 00:02:05,236 --> 00:02:06,822 Wicked! 37 00:02:06,822 --> 00:02:10,003 Don't live your life for Christ. 38 00:02:10,003 --> 00:02:12,981 He has given you life and He has given you everything 39 00:02:12,981 --> 00:02:15,915 and to turn and use it all for something else. 40 00:02:15,915 --> 00:02:23,730 Every privilege, every power, every penny are intended to be put to work for Christ. 41 00:02:23,730 --> 00:02:26,994 We need to be doing spiritual inventory here. 42 00:02:26,994 --> 00:02:31,226 Am I using everything for His glory? 43 00:02:31,226 --> 00:02:34,826 Excerpt taken from the full sermon: The Joy of the Lord