Would you like to know what is the true meaning of the parable of the talents? In this parable, the talents (or pieces of gold) are refer to the Good news what we have just recived. Each one will be judged according to the way in which he has made this gift of God bear fruit.
The lazy servant he finds no other excuse than to accuse God of being too demanding of him. Jesus wants to make people understand the obligation but also the joy of participating in God’s action in the evangelization of the world. Let’s see some important points about what Jesus wants to tell us with this story:
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The parable of the talents: the meaning of the text
Let us first remember that a parable it is a story, a tale, taken from life, whose objective is the lesson to be learned. A bit like the fables of la fontaine that tell a story and end with: “The moral of this story is that…“.
The story is apparently simple. The master entrusts his goods to his servants, who must be held accountable upon their return.
The first two have doubled the bet thanks to your work. They are praised and promoted. It doesn’t matter if the reward was two or five. each one fructified according to the gifts received and according to their abilities. The congratulations are not based on the teacher’s profit but on the work of each one, to their measure.
the third servant did nothing and he buried his talent. He is afraid or rather justifies his laziness for fear of mistakes of the teacher. He is blamed for not having done anything. If with his talent he had produced a second talent, just one, he would have had the same congratulations as the first two.
Everything that one has, their qualities or their abilities, are gifts from God. It is up to everyone to develop them, make them fruitful and not bury their abilities, their possibilities, their gifts.
- The Good News is also the message of God: whoever has received it but has not paid attention to it will not be able to grow, progress. On the contrary, whoever tries to make this relationship with God grow will not stop making it grow. God gives his Good news Y your help to allbut we must know how to listen to it, receive it and then make it bear fruit on a day-to-day basis.
Let’s watch this video about the parable of the talents:
The parable of the talents: meditation
This parable, Lord Jesus, has more to worry us than it gives us hope. This poor servant, who had already received a single talent, now finds himself destitute and cast out.
- Here is a master who seems to justify the reproaches that this servant made him when he told him that he was a hard man.
It’s just a parable, Lord. You do not have the toughness of this teacher. He wants to underline all the fruits that can come from the goods that he entrusts to us. You want to show that you give everyone what they can use, that you don’t demand more of us than we can give. To each according to his abilities.
Each one has to work, with what they have in their hands, in their heads, in their hearts. Especially in the heart. Because if the heart is full of trust, the servant will rejoice in service. He will give everything he has, everything he is. But if the heart is closed, it will not be able to give anything.
This parable that you leave us, Lord, is for our life today. Perhaps we have received a lot through education, through all intellectual, physical and artistic capacities.
Maybe life is difficult, you don’t feel like much. It doesn’t matter, sir. All we have to do is give everything we are to him. To serve the Kingdom of love from him, to be returned as a complement of love.
Other aspects of the parable of the talents
Now, let’s see other points that are reflected in the teaching of the parable of the talents. Each of the words in this story has a key message for believers. Let’s see:
The parable of the talents is an illustration of the responsibility of the Christian in waiting for the Lord.
Here are key aspects of the Christian’s responsibility in the church to wait on the Lord.
wait and serve
It is not enough for the witnesses who are still on this earth to wait for the coming of the bridegroom, which was presented in the previous parable, that of the ten virgins (Matt. 25:1-13).
The next one, that of talents, considers the service side. Until the coming of the Lord, we must take advantage of the time we have left and use it in an activity commensurate with our responsibility. “The night comes, when no one can work” (John 9: 4)said the Lord to his disciples.
The life of a Christian after his conversion acquires this double character: “to serve the living and true God and to wait for his Son from heaven” (1 Thess. 1:9-10). It is a privilege to be able to work for Him! The Thessalonians understood this well and by their means a powerful testimony had been given from afar (v. 8).
In the parable of the talents, the master does not call strangers or bankers, but addresses his own slaves. He wants to use them however he sees fit, to test his loyalty and devotion. We can also see the similarity with other passages, let’s see:
- They belong entirely to him, body and soul (2 Cor. 5:14-15).
- What an immense grace to be a “slave of Jesus Christ” like Judas ( 1)
- Paul and Timothy who call themselves “slaves of Jesus Christ” ( eleven)!
- James also presents himself as “a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” (James 1:1).
- Pedro and Juan refer to themselves as such (2 Peter. eleven; Rev 1:1).
loyalty rewarded
The teacher puts the talent in the capacity and gives to all the means. Then, after having entrusted his goods to them, he leaves. The responsibility for him is now directly engaged. Then we see all the activity displayed by the first slave. The word “immediately“emphasizes this.
The No wait before starting his work, he is in a hurry to take the best possible care of his master’s property. Now, what the price for the Lord, which is not so much the results, does not stop representing a little thing – it is above all loyalty. She is rewarded, there is no question of skill and prowess at that time.
Much later, having left his slaves long enough to do their work, the master returns and does his accounts with them. It is a solemn moment. For Christians, this appearance before the Lord will take place during the first act of his second coming.. This is the end of waiting for him: He will come and take you to meet Him in the air (1 Thess. 4:16-17).
The entrusted talents are few compared to the immense riches that he will later give to his faithful slaves. whatWhat is meant by “the joy of your master”? The most natural thing to do is to admit that it is about the blessedness and glory that the Lord enjoys, having completed his perfect service here on earth. There he will present his faithful servant (Rom. 8:17).
The approval and reward are exactly the same for someone who received five talents and gains ten as it is for someone who was given two talents and had twice as many taken away. The Lord does not measure the reward by the number of gifts he entrusts, but by the fidelity of the worker towards Him.
the evil slave
The language of the wicked slave who slanders his master is taken from the domain of agriculture: accuses him of reaping where he did not sow and reaping where he did not sow. He claims that he is a harsh man, too demanding, unfair.
But he himself betrays the state of his heart. He is inhabited by the fear of poor quality; there is no confidence in him in this teacher who, however, lo”I buy“(2 Peter. twenty-one).
He does not feel love or concern for his interests. She stands before him on the basis of her own righteousness.: “Behold, you have what is yours” (v. 25). He even reproaches her, it seems, for having entrusted him with very little compared to other slaves (Luke 19:20-26).
Evil and laziness:
These are the two vices widely exposed in the conduct of the slave. He loved them go in the heart of this unfaithful servant. However, he does not refute the accusation that he presents against him.
He accepts this, sadly, but immediately draws a conclusion that condemns the servant’s conduct. In fact, even if he had been this harsh and unjust man, making his slave live in fear, he should have, precisely because of this slavish fear, at least made the bankers’ money worthy of his master. . By doing so, while he was lazy, he would have done less damage..
As a consequence of his infidelity, the Lord takes away from the slave the talent that he had entrusted to him. She even loses what she thought he had: his “Christian profession” (Matt. 13:12).
The resulting decision is justified: “Throw him out into the darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (v. 30). These expressions are of pain and despair (Matthew 8:12; 13:42, 50; 22:13; 12:51 p.m.)
The meaning of the teaching of the parable of the talents for each child of God
Now, let us see what is the meaning of the teaching of the parable of the talents for each child of God:
“talents” entrusted by the Lord
The man who entrusts all his possessions before leaving is the Lord himself. As he speaks this parable, he will soon leave his beloved disciples. The slaves in the parable represent them here, as well as the redeemed of all time, regardless of their position in this world or their role in the Assembly.
The talents that they will develop are a picture of all the gifts received from God.. These may be natural benefits (health, memory, intelligence, free time, material goods: Luke 16: 9).
But they are alsospiritual thanks”: the Word of God at your disposal, with the knowledge that corresponds to you (1 Co 2, 12: 1, Peter 4, 10). This knowledge is brought by the Holy Spirit, sent to earth to the Church, after the elevation of Christ in glory, a sign of acceptance of his work (John 14: 16-17).
This Spirit communicates to each redeemed the new life and through it all the gifts are accelerated.
According to your ability
The “talents” are entrusted to each according to his ability (v. fifteen; Rom. 12:6-15), with a view to its usefulness, especially in the life of the assembly. These gifts are entrusted by the sovereign wisdom of the One who searches hearts, measures our moral and intellectual capacities, and perfectly knows the degree of receptivity of each soul (1 Corinthians 12:4-7, 11).
In this world, the possession of a talent is already a great fortune. So Christ has given each believer much to a use for himself. The more we have received, the greater the responsibility.
It is up to everyone to increase the number of these talents, promote them. The Apostle Paul exhorted the believers in Rome: “As for the), not lazy” (Rom 12, 11). All these graces are multiplied by faithful use in practical life.
The Master’s return will come unexpectedly, at least as far as Christians are concerned. Let us not lose sight of the fact that the Lord will settle accounts with each of his servants. This will be the acid test for those who “affirm“be their slaves. The simple profession without life will result in the rejection of these infidels.
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