In the parable of the talents two servants were commended and rewarded for furthering their Master’s interests by going to work and making productive use of the talents He had entrusted to them. But a third servant who perceived his Master as hard and served him only for fear was condemned as wicked and lazy…
Having left the temple mount and predicted its coming destruction, Jesus is on the Mount of Olives answering His disciples’ request for when that destruction would overtake the unbelieving Jews, lest it overtake them also. In summary of the signs He gave, He warned that they must keep watch and be on the alert, and…
In the parable of the talents we have seen from the example of the first two servants who are described as good and faithful that our Master Jesus Christ invites us to enter into His joy by joining Him as participants in His creative act of building a kingdom of righteousness, similar to the way…
In the parable of the talents Jesus is warning His disciples what it means to keep watch as faithful stewards of the manifold riches of His grace entrusted to them, lest they too be swept away to destruction as was about to happen to the unbelieving Jews who proved unfaithful stewards of God’s heavenly treasures. …
In the Parable of the Talents Jesus is contrasting those servants who use the spiritual treasures entrusted to them to further their Master’s interests in the world with those who bury them so they are of no use to anyone, including themselves. After commending the servants who acted according to His will as being good…
We have seen in the parable of the talents that when the Master, who represents Christ, returned to settle accounts with His servants, He commended two of them as good and faithful for using the treasures entrusted to them to further enrich His kingdom. Good and faithful describe God’s own nature, and so the commendation…
In the Parable of the Talents Jesus is illustrating for His disciples what it means to be faithful stewards of the manifold riches of His grace entrusted to them, lest they too be swept away to destruction as was about to happen to the unbelieving Jews who proved unfaithful stewards of God’s heavenly treasures that…
On the Mount of Olives after forsaking the temple to the religious leaders who would have their spirit fill it rather than the Holy Spirit of God, Jesus has been warning His disciples of the need to be on the alert lest His coming overtake them in judgment as it was about to do to…
Recall in the Parable of the Talents that Jesus compares His kingdom (see Mat 25:1,14) to a man who called his own slaves and entrusted to them large quantities of his wealth to manage for him and then departed on a journey. We are reminded by the parable of the part He has called us…
We have seen in the Parable of the Talents that as the servant entrusted with the least of his Master’s goods was culpable for doing nothing with what had been entrusted to him, much more will those be held accountable who are entrusted with the most and do nothing with it. This was exactly the…