1. Gone!

2. Matthew 25:1-13 -There is only so much oil in our lamp… -How then will we burn it? “As scarce as the truth is, the supply of it has always exceeded the demand.” -Josh Billings American Humorist

3. Matthew 25:14-30 We all have God given talents…the question is how are we using them?

4. Matthew 25:31-46 Sheep Goats Takers Talkers Reapers of what they’ve not sown • Givers • Doers • Sowers

5. THE END “No man is a fool who gives away everything he can not keep to gain the one thing he can not loose” Philippians 3

6. Conclusions • The life we are given and the resources that we are provided are a gift from God. • He is the owner we are the steward/manager nothing more. • OUR DECISION: Will we burn our oil/talents on what God (the owner) wants us to, or will we use them up to our own ends? • Once they are gone they are gone and we are left either as a sheep or a goat to give account.