{"id":2650,"date":"2023-10-10T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2023-10-10T07:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:22:18","slug":"kingdom-impact-the-parable-of-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/kingdom-impact-the-parable-of-talents\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom Impact \u2013 The Parable of Talents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Missionary-or-Impostor-Spurgeon.png?resize=525%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Missionary-or-Impostor-Spurgeon.png?resize=1024%2C337&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Missionary-or-Impostor-Spurgeon.png?resize=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Missionary-or-Impostor-Spurgeon.png?resize=768%2C253&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Missionary-or-Impostor-Spurgeon.png?resize=1536%2C506&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Missionary-or-Impostor-Spurgeon.png?resize=1320%2C435&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Missionary-or-Impostor-Spurgeon.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Kingdom Impact is a cornerstone of our ministry; we use business sustainability to fund people impacting the Kingdom of God. From my time in third-world countries, I see how significant the Kingdom Impact can be when we invest very little money. We all have access to resources provided by God to sustain us. THe question is, how do we invest those resources?  Do we trust God to meet our needs even when we are doing his work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I hear and contribute to discussions concerning planning for retirement, college, weddings, investing in land, stocks and bonds, Gold, precious gems, and so on. What if we looked at the parable of the talents differently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE PARABLE OF TALENTS<\/strong>  &#8211; <strong>Matthew 25:14-30<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">&#8220;For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Investment<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">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&#8217;s money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Reward<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">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, &#8216;Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.&#8217; His Master said to him, &#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, &#8216;Master, you delivered two talents to me; here, I have made two more.&#8217; His Master said to him, &#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Reckoning<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, &#8216;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.&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">But his Master answered him, &#8216;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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">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.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BIBLICALLY WHAT IS KINGDOM IMPACT INVESTMENT?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">What if the actual investment was in saving souls, not gaining material wealth? The first man invested in a city-wide rally for Christ, and 100 people came to know Christ. The second man invested in a mission trip to a third-world country where some people accepted Christ. And the last man bought stock or Gold or precious gems where no one came to know Christ. Does the parable make more sense? Does it take on more kingdom impact?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Proverbs 16:8<\/strong>, \"Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE KINGDOM IMPACT CHALLENGE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">God challenges us to balance our need to survive and our need to have an impact. Survival in the United States is almost an oxymoron. We are so far beyond survival. But still, this is the condition we know. This environment is where we spend our entire lives. We can not quickly reorient ourselves to seeing survival as less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Matthew 6:19-21<\/strong>, \"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">These thoughts come to me directly because of a very dear friend of mine. He is always looking for ways to increase his income in his retirement years, like converting cash to Gold because he thinks it is a better return. He owns land that he wants to convert into a rental property, providing a monthly stream. A start-up company he invested in that has been trying to get traction for years. He is incredibly talented; he has written one Christian book and is working on another. He and a couple of his friends have started a non-profit. But they are just side projects\u2014things he would love to spend more time on if he had more money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGod\u2019s work done in God\u2019s way will never lack God\u2019s supplies.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hudson_Taylor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hudson Taylor.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Alternative<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I&#8217;m not him; I am not giving advice. But what if he took the money he plans to buy Gold with and invested it into a marketing campaign to sell his current Christian book? What if he used it to promote his non-profit? What if he used it to help himself through the writing of his new book? Would God not find a way to keep him doing God&#8217;s work? Could the sale of the books surpass any interest income? Would the souls reaped justify the investment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Philippians 4:19<\/strong>, \"And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I am not picking on him or anyone. We all have this within us. The challenge of caring for ourselves in this world and helping impact the next. 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