The Latter Parables Of Jesus 17

INTRO: We have come now to the parable of the talents. As I see it, we have a trilogy, a set of three, parables here. Each of these three parables sets out a danger for the Christian to watch. The first in these three is found in Matthew 24:45-51, the parable of the two servants. In this parable we have the danger of slacking off as Christians. I have watched this in the life of many Christians. The servant that slacked off said, “My Lord is delaying His coming”.

The second of these three was the parable of the ten virgins found in 25:1-13. Here we have the danger of professing without possessing. It is a very real danger. Our present parable, the parable of the talents, presents to us the danger of not keeping occupied in what the Lord has given us to do. It is found in Matthew 25:14-30.