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…
In the Parable of the Talents Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a man who entrusted to his slaves great quantities of his wealth to further his interests in the world, and then went away. Just moments earlier in His discourse on the Mount of Olives He had summarized the signs requested by His…
In the parable of the talents Jesus likens His kingdom to a man who entrusted to His slaves huge amounts of his treasure to further his interests in the world before departing and leaving them to their task. After his quick departure two of his servants immediately went to work gaining an amount equal to…
In the Olivet Discourse Jesus has warned His disciples that they must keep watch lest they be swept away in the flood of destruction that would overtake the unbelieving Jews. They had rejected Him as their Messiah and the way of peace He came to provide, in favor of a worldly messiah who would provide…
Recall in the parable of the talents that the man, who represents Christ, was about to go on a journey. Having accomplished the work He came to do (Joh 17:4), He was going to depart out of this world to the Father (Joh 13:1). And so calling his own slaves, who represent His disciples, He…
In the Olivet discourse Jesus has warned His disciples about the need to be on the alert lest His coming catch them by surprise, and is now expounding in a series of parables upon the implications to them of what it means to keep watch. Here in the parable of the talents He likens the…