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Quick Intro
Jesus is continuing a train of thought.
The last two parables have somewhat the same message, but it seems that Jesus takes a different angle than before.
You know how sometimes when we are trying to get a point across to someone and we try saying the same thing to them but we try it a bit differently so that this person could understand?
Jesus seems to be doing that.
But he is also expounding on his thoughts.
It seems that he becomes a little more in depth.
With a couple parables before he tells how the faithful will be saved and taken by God and as he goes a long he breaks it down differently so that we can understand.
So here we are, at the parable of “The Talents.”
A lot of preachers will allegorize this parable too much and focus on the wrong thing and I pray that won’t be me today but rather I want to point out the most important things in this parable.
The things that Jesus was trying to get across.
Expositor’s says: Attempts to identify the talents with spiritual gifts, the law, natural endowments, the gospel, or whatever else, lead to narrowing of the parable with which Jesus would have been uncomfortable.
Perhaps he chose the talent… symbolism because of its capacity for varied application.
So it’s good to remember that and to know Responsibility is the overall theme here!
We can talk about all the other things that fall under this but it’s really important to remember that Jesus didn’t narrow it as we do.
So Let’s Jump into it…
1. God never gives more than you can handle
In life we all will have different responsibilities and some of us have more than others.
In the parable (as always) God is the master.
God gives his servants different amounts and the key words in verse 15 are “…to each according to his ability”
God has a plan for everyone of us and he gives us all different gifts, jobs, families, circumstances… etc.
But in the end he tells us he never gives us more than our capabilities.
*There have been so many times where I have felt like I had too much on my plate; that my circumstances were too hard, or even that my load was too much.
But every time it was Gods will, it worked out.
I didn’t die, things got better somehow.
Now that isn’t saying that sometimes we go outside of our capabilities and do things that we weren’t designed for but that’s not what we should focus on right now.
He purposely make this story about the one with the least responsibility, so no one can say it was “too much”
2. It’s not about how much you have but what you do with it.
God wants to see you do something with what he has given us.
He has given us His word, His Son for our salvation, His Spirit to empower and encourage us, He has given us talents and blessings in our life that at times gifts that we don’t deserve.
And God wants us to do something with those things.
He wants to use it for His glory.
It’s not the amount of responsibilities God gives, it what do we do with it.
Do we have faith, and believe in Him and what he has given us.
Do you believe in Jesus, His life, death and resurrection, His sacrifice, his words, His Spirit?
Then you have a responsibility to that.
Lets Read this real quick
3. God knows the Heart.
The master in this parable saw right through this guy.
It had nothing to do with fear.
But lack of faith.
When we lack faith we get lazy, we make excuses to spread the blame.
When you lack faith, their can be fear involved but when it came to this specific servant it was an excuse.
If he had faith, He would have known God gave him what he needed and was capable of doing.
He instead disrespected the mast by doing nothing, blaming it on Him and basically throwing it back in His face.
We use a lot of excuses to not fulfill what God has purposed in our lives.
But in the end He sees your heart and it grieves Him.
I’ve done it: story of college and what happened before Bible school.
My Question to you is: What are you going to do with your responsibility to God and His purposes in your life?
I’m not saying all of you are doing this.
But I believe there may be a few of you who are ignoring your responsibilities, hiding from them, making excuses, blaming the pastors or leaders or other people for your mistakes/ your sins.
This is your chance, to get right, ask God whats your next step, What is your purpose for me?
Or maybe you know what that purpose is, and you need to surrender to God your worries and excuses and just do it.
lets take the time to pray, seek God and get right with him.
I’ll be in the front for prayer and we have..... to pray also.
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