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MATTHEW 25: 14-30
The
Parable is a story with an earthly application and with a HEAVENLY MEANING.
This is a
parable that could be confusing in the area of ‘spiritualising’ to find the
Heavenly Meaning.
We are to
see what was the message that Jesus
was passing on.
THE MAIN
THOUGHT THAT WAS GIVEN IS : “I KNOW EVEN AS I AM KNOWN”.
This is
the main message of 1 Corinthians 13: 11-12.
What I
have known of Christ and God, shall be revealed at my judgement by Christ of
the Church; it shall be made known. What I have known will be made manifest.
Matthew
25: 14-30
The
Master gives to his servants Talents.
To one he gave five, to another he gave two and to one he gave just one
talent. He gave according to what he knew of each servant, what their ability was.
He knew
what they knew and he gave according to where their knowledge had them standing
in their ability.
He knew
the ability of the one to whom he gave five.
He knew
the ability of the one to whom he have two.
He knew
the ability of the one to whom he gave just one.
There was
no favouritism but a certain knowledge of
each of those servants.
The
servants at The Time of Judgement of
what they had done with what the Master had entrusted them with –
He who
was given five, made five more. He made
a profit out of what he had not sown personally, but the talent had
been used and it produced another 100%, totalling ten.
The same
applied to the other servant who had been given two talents with his total of four.
The
Master was very pleased with them both and said that because they had been
faithful with the few things that he had given them to be responsible for, that
he would give them the responsibility
for many things, all of which would be in the boundaries of His Kingdom/Property.
We now come to the one, who had been given by the master who knew what he was capable of…..one
talent.
All he
had to do was to double the one
talent. However he did not attempt even
to do that. If he had the Master
would have been pleased, I am sure, because He knew the servant and what he was
capable of, i.e. The Master knew how much the servant knew.
The one talent servant. He did not try to explain to his Master why,
that he had hidden the talent away from
any way or possibility of doubling its value, but straight away jumped in with
his story of justification.
Why do
this if one is not feeling guilty but is
believing that they did the right thing?
He knew
that he had not done the right thing
but excused himself by accusing The
Master of what he was like and what he would do, whereby this servant had
become very afraid.
The One
Talent servant knew what the Master was
like and what he would do, to extend the One Talent Servant. However it would appear that with this knowledge of His Master, he knew that he would have
to abide within the confines of what
would be acceptable to The Master.
The One
Talent servant believed that he knew
what His Master thought and this did not extend to him being able to
double the One Talent His Way.
“You are
a hard man”. This does not mean that The Master was a
miserly, selfish and uncaring person, as the way that the Master rewarded the
other servants does not portray this.
Even the entrusting of His property and the giving of Talents to
enhance, produce and develop His holdings into His servants hands is not the mind of a hard man.
However what
this servant did know about His Master was in regard to whatever things that He
wanted done, The Master wanted that everything was to be done as He stipulated,
all in accordance with His will. There is NO OTHER WAY, NO ALTERNATIVES:
only His Way.
It is His
Way or else. He is unrelenting in what
is His Way and Will, and this applied to
the way Talents are doubled. There
is no softening or agreement of another
way, other than His Way and Will.
The
servant knew his Master’s Power, even to overcome the Law of Sowing and Reaping
– You reap and harvest where you have not sown -: whereas the Law is that one must
sow, in order to reap. A man must
see what he is sowing, in order to see
what is harvested.
The
servant knew that His Master could do this, but he knew that he, himself could not do that and was full of
fear. He thought that the best thing
was to keep what he had in order to give it back when the accounting time with
the Master came.
The
Master was very angry with the One Talent Servant, simply because, if he knew what his Master was capable of and His means
of doing things, WHY DID HE NOT DO WHAT THE MASTER DID AND HAVE FAITH to see
that WHAT HIS MASTER COULD DO would also occur/work for him because HE DID THE
WAY OF THE MASTER.
For his
lack of Faith, for his failing to do what was asked of him by His Master, who
already knew what the servant was able to do – The Master looked for this
servant, as He did with the others, to see them operating with the same principles of Righteousness as He did.
It does
not say what the other servants did to multiply their talents that were given
to them in trust, but as it was
successful, they obviously had done as their Master would do.
The One
Talent Servant did not do as his Master
would because he had no confidence in it.
This
appears to be a very important factor in this Parable because it called for
such a drastic judgement.
Jesus
spoke God’s Words exactly, how they were to be said, when to speak them and the
exact words to use. Jesus said “Do what
I do”. There is no other way that would please The Father, so do all His Way.
This is
the way that all we do for The Father and the furtherance of His Kingdom and
the building up of it, depends on us doing it all according to His plan and His
Way.
Look at Jeremiah 17: 10-11 John 12: 47-50**
It does
not matter how many talents one has been given, nor does it matter to whom they are given, they are to be multiplied :
doubled and doubled again.
BUT THIS WILL ONLY OCCUR WHILE WE
WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND DO THE WILL OF GOD THE FATHER AND DO IT HIS WAY.
This is so important as it relates
to The Spiritual Gift/s that we were given at Baptism with Holy Spirit.
AS WE THINK OR KNOW, SO SHALL WE
BE KNOWN.