<TITLE>03. Par 9-12</TITLE>L-9 A fellow that's got money wants to put it to a good investment, of course. A man that has as much as, say, ten thousand dollars, he would like to put it to some investment. Don't keep it in your pocket, 'cause you know thieves will steal it. And so, you don't want to do that.
So you want, if you're a good sound businessman, you want to put it to something that'll--it'll draw dividends. You want to put it to something to usury. You know about the talents in the Bible. So you must put it to some use that'll draw dividends out of it, some good sound business.

L-10 And then, in doing this, you don't want to put it in something that isn't sound. No man would want to do that. A good smart businessman wouldn't think of such a thing. You men wouldn't do that, put it in something that--one of these here "get rich overnights and don't know where it come from." Better be careful about that. You'll lose all you got, 'cause it's a gamble. And gambling is not a good sound business. It's a... It's got a chance to it. And you don't want to take them kind of chances.
But you want to put it in something, in some good sound firm that pays great dividends, something that's stable, reliable, something that you know that has paid off, and been proven that it will pay off.
When you have something like that to make your investment, why then you feel assured that you're--you got something coming. You can rest assure when you put your money in that. But if the business is not too good, well, you wouldn't want to try it. Some good reliable plan, something that would pay you off well...

L-11 And this rich young ruler, as we'd call it in the Bible, he passed up a great opportunity. He had the opportunity to put his richness of this world into a guaranteed plan, but failed it. He didn't do it. He was given the opportunity that he could draw interest on it, and make a great investment. But he--he failed to accept that opportunity--so much... as many of us do today. And we find out that it's too bad, but we do it. Now, although this plan that he was offered was perfectly vindicated that it was sound...
When Jesus came to the earth, He proved that He was what He said He was: that He was God, manifested in flesh, for He brought it to a--a showdown and said, "If I do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not."

L-12 So this young man was like this great, rich Laodicea age that we live in. They seen a great opportunity to--to invest in something, but it's not popular. Jesus was not a popular Man in His days, only amongst the poor and illiterate. The church of His day, the denomination of His day, or the sectarian religions had nothing to do with Him.
But there must've been something about Him, that this rich young fellow seen in Jesus that he did not see in others. And he did have the common good sense to come and ask what he might do, because he had seen in Jesus that there was a quality that his--he didn't see in anyone else. But you see, he was very rich with the things of the world.


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