Be Diligent
Matthew 25:14-30
The Setting Jesus' lengthy discourse on the end times
This is the third parable explaining our need to be ready
A Talent is not ability or skill but a monetary measure
Each received resources according to their ability
This parable teaches us several key concepts about watching and keeping ready for the Lord's return.
There will be a lengthy period of time between the Resurrection and the second coming.
After a long time in v.19 could be an age or a part of a man's life
The servants in the story doubled their master's money
The third servant was not surprised by an early return
Citizens of the kingdom are expected to work for the advancement of the kingdom.
The first servant immediately set his master's money to work
The unfaithful servant is called wicked, slothful and unprofitable
His master allows him no excuse
He faces a terrible doom
Rewards and punishments in the kingdom are based on how citizens diligently apply themselves to the resources of the kingdom which are entrusted to them.
Spiritual rewards keep breaking out in the master's reaction to his servants' report
of their performance.
To the ones who have been diligent with the resources entrusted to their care,
More resources are entrusted.
Equal diligence in caring for unequal endowments will receive equal rewards.
What you have is God's gift to you, what you make of what He has given you is your gift to Him.
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