Volume 6, Issue 10 January 10, 2010

Body Language: Our Calling as a Church

ASSEMBLY TIMES Do we want to know what the world will find does nothing with what the master entrusted
appealing in a church? It isn’t a better worship him. Instead he takes it and buries it in the
Sunday Morning:
service, or a purer doctrine, or a more right- ground. The master returns home and finds
10:00am Bible Class eous crowd. It is this; sincere, authentic peo- two of his three servants had been faithful with
11:00am Worship Service ple, sinners saved by grace, who love God what was entrusted to them, but the third was
deeply and be- not. In fact, the
Thursday Evening: cause of that third servant did
7:00pm Bible Study love, they love not even to the
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equally! The could with the
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iterate how body language affects our identity. kicks the servant out, takes away his trust and
LEADERSHIP If we are, indeed, in a crisis of identity, then we gives it to the first servant. Jesus exact words
use the world as a mirror to see our reflection. were, “you wicked and lazy servant…throw that
Elders: worthless servant outside, into the darkness,
I think the message of Matthew 25 says it far
Garnet Goud where there will be weeping and gnashing of
better than I can! Jesus tells a couple of stories
Cameron Husband teeth!” Ouch! I have heard many a message
calling his followers to be prepared for the
Howard Floyd from this parable, calling the church to action.
Master’s return. The second of his two par-
Harold Floyd One message was about our talents, how God
ables speaks of three servants entrusted with
has given us talents that we need to use to
their master’s wealth and commissioned to do
Minister: serve, while another was about evangelism.
something with it. The first of the three takes
Rolland Bouchard Some talk more about the preparedness from
his trust (5 talents) and doubles it. The second
(306)577-8418 the passage, while others spend more time on
servant does the same, but the third servant

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what it means to bury our talent in the ground. But very few speak about the sepa-
Thank you to all who have made contributions
ration that happens when we do not do even the bare minimum. And what is it?
to the comment box by the entrance to the
What is the least we can do? What is investing it? The parable is ended by vs. 30
auditorium. We have received a list of names
of Matthew chapter 25, but the application takes us to the end of the chapter.
of gentlemen doing the work of shepherding.
When Christ returns to this world, he will siphon through his followers and sepa-
The names are as follows:
rate them by those who have done something with what he has given and those
who have simply buried it. What I find fascinating is what he doesn’t talk about as
Garnet Goud
grounds for separation. He does not spend much time discussing perfection of
doctrine, or how to do the assembly of the saints. He certainly does not spend Harold Floyd
time encouraging people to prepare for His return by pursuing knowledge or terms Dale King
of theological understanding. Nor does he teach that preparedness involves mak- Cameron Husband
ing sure that you run a business well. Instead he identifies just what it is that he Jim Sedor
has given to His servants, and what we ought to do with it. Read for yourself how
he closes this chapter.
Please spend this week praying for these men
31
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he and their wives as they too consider what it
will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered means to shepherd the flock.
before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and Other names have been submitted as well, I
the goats on his left. 34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, have spoken to each person whose name has
you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom pre-
been put forward. Some have graciously
pared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you
gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to declined but wish to thank those who have
drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you suggested them.
clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you
came to visit me.' 37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did
we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to
drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in or needing
clothes and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and go
to visit you?' 40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for
one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' 41 "Then he will
say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eter-
nal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you
gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I
was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did
not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' 44
"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a
stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' 45 "He
will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least
of these, you did not do for me.' 46 "Then they will go away to eternal pun-
ishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

To prepare for the Master’s return, Jesus tells us that we need to “do for the least
of His little ones all that we can!” He calls us to love and care for one another be-
cause that is precisely what He has done for us. The master has entrusted us with
his most valuable possessions, one another. The moment that we become more
concerned with the organization rather than the organism we have buried the tal-
ent! When we compromise our relationships with each other, and cease to serve
and love each other because of liturgical ecclesiology, we have buried our talent.
When we make rules and regulations to govern how we ought to do church and
with them alienate another who does not agree, we bury our coin. When we look
at the world around us in an “Us Vs. Them” mentality thinking that we are better,
more righteous and holy, more deserving of salvation, then we have buried our
talent! God makes it significantly clear, through Jesus Words that we ought do the
very most for the very least, and in that doing, in that lifestyle we will be speaking
the language that we are supposed to speak; Christ!

While this parable speaks to us individually to be prepared for the Master’s return,
we must recognize its value for the body of Christ. As a body, we often bury out
talent by simply making our Sunday morning assembly the be-all-and-end-all of our
Christian walk. When doing church overtakes our desire to be church we have bur-
ied the talent. We have been called to a much deeper action than simply to exist
and maintain an assembly of saints. We are a nation of priests called to the Service
of the King.

Excerpt from January 3, 2010 Sermon

Rolland Bouchard