Think Again!

Chapter 1: The US Government Will Do That • 25

• Parable of the Talents (Matt. 25.14-30): God gives talents and expects to receive more than he put in. • Parable of the Soils (Matt. 13.3-9): God provides the seed and expects 30, 60, 100 times the investment. • Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matt. 13.31-32): A small seed results in a large plant that provides refuge for others. • Parable of Leaven (Matt. 13.33): A small amount of leaven spreads to whole loaf. In all these parables, God provides the seed and expects a harvest well beyond what he put in. He makes the initial investment, but asks you to produce a windfall. Because Jesus appointed you to bear fruit that will last (John 15.16), there is work for you to do. As he forges your identity, he wants you enhance your ability to yield an ROI for him. The reason Jesus came was to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3.8). Now you become Jesus’s agent to carry on the destruction of Satan’s works. The enemy pillages and God provides, but you participate in God’s work to frustrate the enemy, advancing God’s Kingdom.