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FEBRUARY 27, 1921 REWARDS OF FAITHFULNESS Golden Text: “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things.” Mat. 25:23. BESSON TEXT Mat. 25:14-30. (Read Mat. 25:31 4:101) 46; Lu. 19:11-27; Rom. 12:1 t 8; 1 Pet.
beside them. (23) His lord said unto Him, Well done, good and faithful ser vant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou in to the joy of thy . lord. (24) Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee th at thou, art an hard man, . reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: (25) And I was afraid, and went arid hid my talent in the earth: ks there thou hast th at is thine. (26) His lord, answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that. I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: (27) Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my com ing I should .have received mine own with usury. (28) Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents, (29) For unto everyone th at hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: b u t from him th at hath not, shall be taken away even th at which he hath. X30) And cast ye the unprofitable>servant into outer darkness: tlTere shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. a difference in the amounts entrusted, and a test of faithfulness. A pound was valued at about.thirty dollars. A talent of gold was valued at about three thousand dollars, and of silver, about two thousand dollars. The talents suggest variety of gifts given by which the Gospel is to be spread. Our Bord and His disciples are on the Mount of Oliyes where He had been foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem with its golden-domed temple, and they were looking down upon the city as He taught them. The closing days of His ministry are near. His messages are attended with solemn warnings. The parable has a searching message for every believer. (1) THE GIFTS OF GRAQE, vs. 14. 15.
(14) For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. (15) And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightw ay took his journey. ■(16) Then he th at had received the five talents went and traded w ith the same, ' and made them other five talents. (17) And likewise he th at had received two, he also gained other two. (18) But he th at received one went and digged in ' the earth, and hid his lord’s money. (19) After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckorieth w ith them. (20) And so he th at had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them .five talents more. (21) His lord said unto him. Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (22) Hé also th at had re ceived two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents Outline (1) The Gifts of Grace, vs. 14, 15. (2) The Grace of Service, vs. 16-18. (3) The Gracious Reward, vs. 19-23. (4) The Guilty Servant, vs. 24-30. Introduction This parable is the complement of the parable of the ten virgins, and com bined, they cover the two aspects of the Christian life,— the passive and the active. BESSON This parable of the EXPOSITION talents must not be T. C. Horton confounded with the parable of the pounds. In the parable of thè pounds, each servant had an equal gift of one pound. In this parable a different amount was given to each, according to ability. In the parable of the pounds (repre senting the Gospel) all are tested and all encouraged. In the talents, there is
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