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In harmony with the above, there is also a distinct difference between the "talents" in the one parable and the "pounds" in the other. An important clue to this difference is given in the fact, that whereas the talents are bestowed on the servants in varying measures, this is not true of the pounds.
In the parable, when this man leaves to go to the far country, He leaves behind a charge to servants who he keeps here, leaves behind. Take your master's goods. Take my money. and use it, make it work for the good of my purposes while I am gone. I have work for you to do while I am away in the f
And these talents, these several natural abilities are increated by God; they are gifts from God to us, which in turn under the law of God in Christ entail a duty, which at once is a great and blessed privilege by faith. The acknowledgement of this fact makes for a humble and strong life. For if th
Outline XXIX THE TALENTS For the parable refer to Matt. 25:14-30. The Gospel according to Matthew alone makes mention of this parable. Some interpreters consider the parable of the pounds, given in Luke 19:11-27, to be identically the same as this of the talents. It must be admitted that there are
Each student has been blessed with some special talent or ability which also has the potential to fully develop. It is the duty of each teacher to discover this talent and provide the proper instruction for his development. He must guide the student toward ideals and achievement. When a student is d
These verses can be applied to any talent that we may have, such as public speaking, teaching, engineering, mechanics, or information technologies. These talents can be further developed and sharpened by taking classes in college or by going to technical schools after high school. Once developed, th
Mrs. Miersma is the wife of Rev. Thomas Miersma, missionary in Spokane, Washington. You are so talented!" "I just don't have a talent for that." You have probably said or heard these words many times. What are talents? Are some people just born talented while others are not? Are gifts and talents
We must not forget, however, that the other arts reveal other God-given talents and are to be used in His fear. Beyond any doubt, we are lax in not giving them a larger place, in our educational systems and in our personal lives. To restate the parable of the talents is hardly necessary. But to exam
I think we must remember again one important fact– that these things have been given to us by God. God has given us talents and skills to be used to the good of His kingdom. Many of us have talents in one or more of the fine arts listed above, or in some other fine art. Positively, I believe that we
Talents are not always given to the Christian to develop, but could also be conceived as being given to us in order to mortify them for Christ’s sake. This is a tremendous task and far beyond our powers to do. This “devil” can only be cast out “by prayer and fasting”. The question in choosing a pro