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THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.  And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey." (Matthew 25:14, 15).   In the parable of the talents, Jesus addresses one of the principles of servanthood as it relates to the Kingdom of Heaven.   Because of the use of the word "talent" in this parable, many English-speaking folks confuse what Jesus is trying to convey and interpret it to mean the God-given talents that we are each given at birth.   While it is true that people show certain affinities for music, science, art, language, etc., and these affinities can manifest themselves at an early age, this is not at all what the Lord was teaching about here.     The talent that the Bible refers to was a standard unit of weight that was applied to a variety of co...
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GOD'S VINEYARD

"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him.  And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed ." (Daniel 7:13, 14).   " And the Kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the Kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High , Whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him ." (Daniel 7:27).   It is God's intention to establish His Kingdom on the earth, and it is also His will that Jesus, His only begotten Son, should reign as King of kings over that Kingdom.  This is why Jesus taught His disciples to pray, "Thy Kingdom come.  Thy will be done in earth, as it is in...
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THE UNJUST SERVANT

"Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants." (Matthew 18:23).   Jesus uses this parable in Matthew's gospel to convey yet another lesson concerning the Kingdom of Heaven.   The opening verse (23) reveals that the king over this kingdom is one who takes "account of His servants."   Each servant is accountable to his own master, and it is our Lord who is our Master and who will be our ultimate judge.   "For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ." (Romans 14:10).   "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." (Romans 14:12).     Interestingly, the Greek word which Matthew used in this verse, and was translated as "account" in most English translations, is logos .   We should be familiar with this Greek word because it is translated 218 times in the New Testament as "Word."   Logos is used in John 1:1, "In the b...
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