By The Cross and Crowns Assembly
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Matt. 25:16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
God in His wisdom has provided His Word to navigate any willing kingdom-seeking believer during his pilgrimage towards the land of his inheritance. This Word is Jesus Christ Himself, the Bread of Life-Joh. 6:48-51.
Israel HEARD what God SAID through Moses, His servant. They BELIEVED what God said as demonstrated in their ACTIONS in accordance to ALL that the Lord had commanded them! If we bring this to the Parable of the Talents, then we may want to see the nation of Israel as having been given ‘talents’ with which they ‘traded.’
A believer who KNOWS what God has SAID in His
Matt. 25:16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
In the Parable of the Talents, the first two servants went and traded with the talents thus made 100% profit.
The talents/minas refer to the Word of the Kingdom which the Lord has GIVEN/DELIVERED to believers to TRADE with if they expect to receive approval on that Day.
In this lesson, we explore what TRADING looks like by looking at Old Testament examples of Israel.
Matt. 25:14 “For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions. (AMP)
Lk. 19:12 Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’
In this lesson, we lay the foundation for the Parable of the Talents and follow the connecting thread that runs in the all the four parables that form the Christian Section in the Olivet Discourse-Matt. 24:40-25:30.
a. Who is the Man in view?
b. Who are the servants in view?
c. What do the talents/minas relate to?
A Study on the life of Mary, the virgin to who the Lord sent an angel with the news that she would conceive Christ in fulfilment of Old Testament prophecies-Gen. 3:15; 2 Sam. 7:12-14; Isa. 7:14, 9:6.
For Mary (a virgin) to conceive Christ, the following had to happen:
a. She found favor with God-Lk. 1:28, 30.
b. The Holy Spirit would come upon her-Lk. 1:35a.
c. The Power of the Highest would overshadow her-Lk. 1:35b.
In this lesson, we search the Scriptures to understand how, in a secondary application, Mary's life is comparable to the wise virgins.
A Study of Ruth as a type of a wise virgin.
Both Orpah and Ruth knew what was at stake if they made the journey with Naomi. Initially, both expressed interest to journey with Naomi but when push came to shove (TESTING), Orpah went back to her people and gods while Ruth went on with Naomi until they arrived at Bethlehem.
In her choice to return, Orpah typifies a foolish virgin and in her choice to follow Naomi, Ruth typifies a wise virgin.
The CHOICE is ours at a personal level to make.
Am I an Orpah or a Ruth?
There is nothing in the New Testament that is NOT in the Old Testament.
In this lesson, we study Rebekah to understand how she is a wise virgin in light of the Parable of the Talents.
Gen. 24:15 And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. 16 Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher.”
A study on the Parable of the Ten Virgins with specific emphasis on the bridegroom's response to the foolish virgins-Matt. 25:11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
God is all-knowing. How then could He possibly disavow knowing certain believers on that soon-coming Day?
The OT provides examples of individuals of whom God denied knowledge of.
In light of this reality, Christ admonishes us to be vigilant, awake-Matt. 25:13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
A Study on the Parable of the Ten Virgins with special attention to the truth that the after the wise virgins went in with the bridegroom, the door was SHUT-Matt. 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
In the present, the door to the kingdom of the heavens is OPEN but the day is coming when it will be SHUT!
The door was shut to Esau, the 10 spies and the first generation of the Israelites 20 years old and above and also to Orpah.
Are you willing to go in through the open door?
A Study of the Parable of the Ten Virgins-Matt. 25:1-13.
Special emphasis in this lesson is the truth that when the bridegroom arrived, the virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding festivities and then the door was SHUT-Matt. 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
The door must have been shut to the foolish virgins who came afterward!
The door was OPEN to all BUT only the wise virgins went in through it!
In the present, the DOOR to the kingdom of the heavens is OPEN! Will we go in through it?
A Study on the Parable of the Ten Virgins.
Matt. 25: 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
Those virgins who were ready went in with the bridegroom to the wedding festivities.
The Lord is inviting ALL believers to be READY at all times.
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