The parables of Jesus are so powerful that they should not be taken for granted. Each one contains insights into deep revelations. Often, Jesus uses parables as an allegory depicting the kingdom of heaven and the parable of the talents which is my focus today, is no different.
The parable of the talents is found in Matthew 25:14-30 where a master called three servants of his and gave each of them talents according to their abilities, not based on sentiments. He gave one servant five talents, to another he gave two talents, and to the last, he gave one talent. He asked them to go and do business with them until he returned from the journey he was about to embark upon.
Now, I've heard several teachings on this parable, and many seem to depict talent with money, but this is totally wrong.
First are the master, who depicts Jesus, and the servants who depict the Christians (Sons and Daughters of God). And if this is so, when Jesus comes back, are we to give Him more money? Think of it. This is because God did not give us money in the first place. Money was made by man, not God. So, if talent doesn't depict money, what does it mean?
Very plain and simple, talents depict our God-given talents or gifts, what we were all born with. So, what does this have to do with the parable, and what does it mean to do business with it?
We must first understand that talent comes from God. In other words, God gave us these talents, doing this therefore implies that He made us stewards of His kingdom.
We are to understand that before the coming of the Lord Jesus, we are first to establish His kingdom in us [through acceptance or faith] and expand it while here on earth. This is why He gave the great commission in Matthew 28:19-20, thus making us understand the importance of the kingdom, making us understand His mercy by delivering the whole world from the kingdom of darkness to His kingdom (seen in His death, burial, and resurrection). This is activated through us, thus going into all the world and enlarging the kingdom of our Lord Jesus and using these talents, this is the business Jesus meant, NOTHING ELSE.
But what about our needs?
In Matthew 6:24, Jesus said "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
Why did Jesus bring this up? He brought this up because the world since the fall of man in Genesis had been serving mammon intentionally or otherwise. The spirit of mammon was the spirit that brought about the creation of money. Money was created for man to acquire his needs, and this was not so from the beginning.
For Jesus to point our attention to this implies He was to enlighten us on the way it was at the beginning, and what it was. So, how was it from the beginning, and how does that connect with the parable of the talents?
You'll find the answer to these questions in tomorrow's write-up. So, log on tomorrow for the part 2 of The Parable of the Talents
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are obtained from the New King James Version (NKJV)
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