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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Carelessness, #10
Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. (Matthew 25:14)
It is taught today that this parable does not apply to Christian believers because we are "saved by grace." The idea seems to be that the parables of Jesus applied to the Jews of His day; but after His resurrection we are not saved by any of the words in the Gospel accounts but purely by a sovereign grace.
Do you know something? Such teaching is not only destructive of the Christian faith but it is totally without any foundation in logic.
Would the Lord give all these parables about the Kingdom of God only to the Jews of His day, and not to the members of the Christian churches? How utterly ridiculous!
Was it only the Jews of Jesus' day who have to be born again to enter the Kingdom of God (which they could not do until after His resurrection)?
Was it only the Jews of Jesus' day who are invited to abide in the Vine, and bear the fruit of the image of Christ?
We know better than this! Such teaching is reckless, to say the least.
The parables the Lord spoke, including the parable of the ten virgins and the parable of the talents, apply to every believer in the Lord Jesus.
The parable of the talents is spoken to the Lord servants, which means those who have placed their faith in Him and refer to Him as Lord. Are you a servant of Christ? I am. Then this parable applies to you and me.
To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. (Matthew 25:15)
What is a talent? A talent is anything God has given you. It may be a natural talent. It may be a supernatural gift of the Spirit. It may be a wife and children. It may be health and strength. It may be employment. It may be material possessions. It is everything God has given you with which to build His Kingdom. You and I are to always redeem the time, using all that we have to serve the Lord.
Notice that not all Christians are equally endowed. Some have been given much, and of them shall much be required.
"To each according to his ability." Apparently the one given five talents did not have as much ability as the servant one talent. All Christians do not have the same ability.
To be continued.