ROMANS 12:1-3 INVOLVEMENT
With God
involvement matters for it is a matter of honor and respect. It is central in authentic
worship. How and if we use God-given endowments matters in the end for it
reflects redeeming trust or lack thereof. (Jn.3:3; Rom.12:1-3)
Matthew [ESV] 25:14-30 [Jesus taught] “For it will be like a man going on a
journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he
gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his
ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them,
and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who
had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's
money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled
accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five
talents more, saying, ‘Master,
you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ His master
said to him, ‘Well done,
good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you
over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ And he also
who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents
more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well
done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will
set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ He also who
had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow,
and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was
afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is
yours.’ But his
master answered him, ‘You wicked
and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather
where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my
coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the
talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to
everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from
the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast
the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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An afterthought: Does this parable also show God’s
position on “redistribution of wealth”?
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