DOING WHAT WE CAN

2. DOING WHAT WE CAN

3. Doing What We Can Colossians 3:23-24 “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” Eccl. 9:10 “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”

4. Doing What We Can We want to consider doing what we can according to our ability. Often we think we have done all we are able to do. But with a closer examination, we can find other talents.

5. Doing What We Can • We must act to the extent of our ability Matthew 25:14-30 16. “Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.”

6. Doing What We Can The talents were given according to ability – Matthew 25:15 Each servant received something. Each was to use his talent to the fullest of ability. The two talent man was rewarded the same as the five talent man. Two did – One didn’t!

7. Doing What We Can One servant begin to make excuses His master didn’t accept them. Matthew 25:30 “And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

8. Doing What We Can II. She hath done what she could Mark 14:3 “And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.”

9. Doing What We Can II. She hath done what she could Jesus’ appraisal was: Mark 14:8 “She hath done what she could.” This was a sacrifice of love & devotion The disciples criticized because they did not understand the anointing was for His burial.

10. Doing What We Can II. She hath done what she could God holds each responsible for what he can do, not what he cannot do. II Corinthians 8:12 “For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.”

11. Doing What We Can II. She hath done what she could Christ is our pattern Acts 10:38 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

12. Doing What We Can II. She hath done what she could Christ is our pattern Acts 10:38 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

13. Doing What We Can II. She hath done what she could Tabitha should encourage us Acts 9:39 “Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.”

14. Doing What We Can II. She hath done what she could Tabitha should encourage us Acts 9:39 “Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.”

15. Doing What We Can II. She hath done what she could We all have our own abilities Rom. 12:5 “So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”

16. Doing What We Can III. Have we done what we could In studying the Bible II Timothy 2:15 “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

17. Doing What We Can III. Have we done what we could In teaching & preaching Mark 16:15-16 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”

18. Doing What We Can III. Have we done what we could In attending worship Hebrews 10:25 “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”

19. Doing What We Can III. Have we done what we could In teaching our children Ephesians 6:4 “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

20. Doing What We Can III. Have we done what we could In ministering to the sick James 1:27 “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”

21. Doing What We Can III. Have we done what we could In giving as we have prospered I Corinthians 16:2 “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.” Time, effort, skill, influence, etc.

22. Doing What We Can III. Have we done what we could May god bless each of us that we may conduct ourselves that Christ can say: “They have done what they could!” Our service begins by obedience to the gospel of Christ & being faithful.

23. Doing What We Can To obey the gospel one MUST: • Hear – Rom. 10:17 • Believe – Heb. 11:6 • Repent – Luke 13:3 • Confess Christ – Acts 8:36-37 • Be Baptized – Acts 2:38 • Then Remain Faithful – Rev. 2:10