You want to talk Bible then it is perhaps well to remember the parable of the talents:
A. THE PARABLE ANALYZED...
1. A man, about to travel to a far country, distributes his goods
("talents") among his servants - Mt 25:14-15
a. A "talent" here is a monetary measure, amounting to 6000
denarii, which would take an ordinary laborer twenty years
to earn (a denarius being a day's wage)
b. The number of "talents" was given "to each according to his
own ability"
2. The use made of the talents is described - Mt 25:16-18
a. Two of the servants doubled their talents
b. One servant simply hid the money
3. The lord of the servants returns, and a reckoning is made - Mt
25:19-30
a. His return was after "a long time"
b. The first two servants describe how they doubled their
amount...
1) They stand before the lord with excitement (implied in
the word "look")
2) Their lord was pleased
a) He praises them for their work, saying "Well done"
b) He commends them both as "good and faithful servant"
c) He rewards them by promoting them: "you were
faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler
over many things"
d) He invites them to share in his happiness: "Enter
into the joy of your lord"
c. The servant who hid his money then faces his lord...
1) He begins by making excuses
a) "Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you
have not sown..."
b) "I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the
ground."
2) He seeks to appease the lord by returning what he had
been given: "Look, there you have what is yours."
d. The lord's response...
1) He calls him a "wicked and lazy servant"
2) He tells him what was the least he should have done:
"you ought to have deposited my money with the
bankers..."
3) He takes away what he had, and gave it to the servant
with ten talents, with this explanation:
a) "For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he
will have abundance"
b) "But from him who does not have, even what he has
will be taken away"
4) He has the "unprofitable servant" cast "into the outer
darkness", where "there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth"
Is Mory a wise servant? You judge. |
