The Parable of the Talents - Part Three
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.’
LESSON
STUDY QUESTIONS
- What part of God’s character do most people tend to ignore?
- Why is it rational to conclude that there will be a time of reckoning?
- To read more about justification by faith and the wonderful grace of God, read Faith Alone by R. C. Sproul, or Dr. Boice’s book, The Glory of God’s Grace,
- What evidence of God’s grace comes to light as you read todays lesson? Think on the glory of His grace and thank Him.
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