Giving an account to God sounds a little ominous. God loves us and died for our sins, but He will also call us into account for the gifts He has given us, including the gift of salvation. The Lord illustrates this in the parable of the Three Servants as He taught in Jerusalem during Holy …
Is God harsh? This is what the third servant in the Parable of the Three Servants accused the gift-giver of being. Matthew 25: 24 “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate. 25 I was …
Each of us must account for how we were faithful with God’s gifts. In the parable of the talents, the master gave each person gifts in proportion to their abilities and then left on his trip. One servant received five bags of silver, another two, and the final servant received one. The servants did not …
God gives proportionate gifts to fulfill His plans for us, as Jesus illustrated in the parable of the three servants. Matthew 25:14 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone. …
The Parable of the Three Servants is also called the Parable of the Talents. It all depends on which English translation you read from. Compare the difference in Matthew 25:14-15. ESV: 14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he …
The disciples assumed that Jesus’ timing for His kingdom was during their lifetimes. James and John had requested to have places of honor when Jesus came into His kingdom. Mark 10: 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do us a …
The gift of heaven in the Bible is called a great treasure. Our heavenly Father loves to give His children gifts. Gifts are not something we earn or deserve but are given to us because God loves us so much. The Apostle Paul writes about the gift of faith. Ephesians 2:8 God saved you by his …
When you are young, you may not think much about the inheritance of heaven that awaits you as a person of faith until someone close to you passes into eternity. When I was seven years old, my grandmother died, which was the first time I began to think about heaven. In my child’s mind, I …
The writer of Hebrews infers that the Temple and its items are copies of things in heaven. Hebrews 9: 11 So Christ…has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world… 23 That is why the Tabernacle and everything in it, which were …
As believers in Christ, we have dual citizenship. We live here on earth, but we are also citizens of heaven. Colossians 3: 1Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things …