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five, two, and one talents
Matt 25:15-18 15To one he gave five bags of sliver, and to another two bags of sliver, and to another one bag of sliver, each man according to his power, and he immediately went abroad. 16But he who received five talents went and traded them and gained five others. 17So also he of the two gained two others. 18But he who received one went and dug in the ground and buried the money of his lord. I want to talk about the third one first. I have wondered, in the past about the parable. If, we just look on the surface, some have seen how this appears to be unfair to the third one. However, the amounts are not really the issue. The third one, acted out of fear. Instead of, putting what he was given to use. ... “My lord, I had known you that you are a hard man, and that you reap where you have not sown and that you gather from where you have not threshed, 25And I was afraid, and I went and buried your talent in the ground. Behold, it is yours.” Now, we can see that the master, had financial investments, maybe a money manager. He entrusted them to oversee or manage, some financial capital, according to each one potentiality. So, when the one servant clearly understood, of his master’s competence and savvy, in this area of commerce. As he told his story, it became clear that this servant was operating in fear and by adding, “you evil and lazy servant!” We can see that it was his job to manage that money. 25And I was afraid, and I went and buried your talent in the ground. Behold, it is yours.” His master was angry because, he failed to do his job. A job that he was capable to doing, again “each man according to his power.” 26His master answered and said to him, “You evil and lazy servant; you knew that I reaped where I had not sown, and I gathered from where I have not threshed. 27And it was incumbent upon you to cast my money to the exchange, so that when I would come, I could require my own with its interest. We know the other two were successful. 21His master said to him, ''Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I shall set you over much; enter the joy of your Lord.
' The point of the parable is to bring Glory to the Master.
No matter what talent or gift we have, we must strive to do our best, with what we have. “each man according to his power.” God knows what we are able to do, and He knows when we are acting lazy. He weighs our hearts, He gave us the talents. We must always work towards bringing Glory to Our Master. So, as we trust in the Spirit to show us how, we can do just that. Bring Glory to the Lord, through our actions. By using our talents, and Trusting that God gives us the Power and Wisdom, to operate in those abilities. We do all of this with a humble heart to bring Glory to The Master. So when that day comes, we will hear, ''Well done, good and faithful servant... enter the joy of your Lord.”
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Comment by a servant (Chris) on January 11, 2012 at 12:35pm
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I felt truly Blessed last night when Holy Spirit showed me what this parable meant. I have wondered about much of it, for a long time. So when Holy Ghost told me this I was just so Thankful. It make so much more sense now. Well, everything does when we are shown the Truths in the Word.
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Comment by Hamm on January 11, 2012 at 12:26pm
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God bless you Chris dear friend. You humble me. I don't know how to reply.
What I was trying to say is that your wisdom on this scrpture has made me realise how I used to see it.
I really hated it and used it as an excuse to be angery at God. Because I have been lazy, I have been to easy willing to blame instead of realise that God has given me diferent genitics, different things I should have been willing to invest in and return with profit. Instead of the things I wanted to, or should I say wished to be. And envious, (if I have spelt that right). Thanks again brother. God bless you, keep shining, I am learning so much from you.
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Hamm
Let's see, you help others who have faced terrible things. You have a strong sense of justice. You desire to help others in need. You lend a ear to many who, feel like the world is deaf to them. You then offer, show, and help those to accept compassion. We have never meet face to face, however if I asked you would give me the shirt off your back. God knows that, you have seen and heard many horrible things innocent people, have and are going through. Having "free will" opens the door for good and bad.
As I shared, talents are just possibilities. How we do them gives them their value. I believe you sell yourself short. We all to often, never really get to see how we impact others. "A Wonderful Life." For many the fear of failing is so strong, they never try. Hamm your desire to be a better person, is real. To help others, you do that as often as you can. You are a good man, who has been hurt. You have shown me true friendship, and have shared parts of yourself to me, you have shown me trust. That in itself is, very helpful to me, and I appreciate that trust. And, I believe you know I would not tickle someone's ear, just to make them feel better. I would never share anything that, I did not believe was true, just so someone would "feel" better. I have already seen growth in you, from the first time we talked. As always thanks for the comments.
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Hi chris. I have pondered on this for years, it stopped me reading the scriptures for some time because I got angry at it.
You have a talent that reads the scriptures in a spirit of learning and positiveness. I don't at the moment
From a personal point of view I feel maybe Iam like the servant who got 1 piece of silver, I have been given a small talent. Though I don't know what the talent is. My genetics are so I am not a gifted athlete, but I would like to be, I don't have charisma, but I would like to be, I don't have good looks, but I would like to, I have not the gift of financial wisdom, but I would like to, I don't have the spirituality and understanding of religion, but I would like to. I don't have the understanding and looks to attracting a partner but I would like to. I have loads of things I would like to do and be able to do, but haven't, because of the small talent/ gift. I try or I feel I try. But with little success. I feel(I agree this is negative as such) beacuase of my little talent I will only produce little return. Becuase I fear God, as he is very daming, critical and judging God of his rewards (as demonstrated in this scripture) that it effects me. A good parent will help, a good parent will not unequally distribute among their children and expect the same return. A good non negative critical parent would not punish he would help and teach. A parent who inflicts & rules by fear will get what reward. Fear is not respect and teaching, its abuse. Punishment warrents fear, Fear can be overcome when fear is overcome the inflictor is not respected or acknowledged as worthy for respect.
Here on earth we are not rewarded unless we give a return. We are slaves to return especially financial returns.
I know this seems negative my friend and I do understand perfectly the learning and agree with your comments. I am saying how I saw and in retrespect see this scripture now.
God blessmy friend
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