2 Timothy 4:2
4:2 Preach the message,
be ready
whether it is convenient or not,
reprove, rebuke, exhort
with complete patience and instruction.
Exodus 35:26
35:26 and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilled
spun goats’ hair.
Exodus 36:2
36:2 Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord had put skill – everyone whose heart stirred him to volunteer to do the work,
Matthew 25:15-30
25:15 To
one he gave five talents,
to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
25:16 The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work
and gained five more.
25:17 In the same way, the one who had two gained two more.
25:18 But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money in it.
25:19 After
a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.
25:20 The
one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Sir,
you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
25:21 His master answered,
‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
25:22 The
one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’
25:23 His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
25:24 Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,
25:25 so
I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’
25:26 But his master answered,
‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?
25:27 Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers,
and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!
25:28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.
25:29 For the one who has will be given more,
and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
25:30 And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Luke 19:13
19:13 And he summoned ten of his slaves,
gave them ten minas,
and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’
Romans 12:6-8
12:6 And we have different gifts
according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.
12:7 If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;
12:8 if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.
Romans 12:1
Consecration of the Believer’s Life
12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
Romans 5:19
5:19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man
many
were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man
many
will be made righteous.
Romans 5:1
The Expectation of Justification
5:1 Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 4:10-11
4:10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!
4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised,
so that he would become
the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised,
that they too could have righteousness credited to them.