Week 36 Matthew
The last big teaching section in Matthew is in chapters 23, 24 and 25. In my bible it’s written almost totally in red-letters – the Lord talks to his disciples for about 136-verses.
The bible is an impression-making book. As I read the bible impressions are made on me. Impression-making isn’t always the same. Some things in the bible don’t make too much of an impression. Or they might not make much of an impression one time, but then another time they do. And I think that some things make more of an impression on some people than others.
Anyway, reading through this time the parable of the talents made an impression on me. The master in the parable says to his servant: well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount…
The master says he’s interested in three things:
Whether the guy did well.
Whether the guy was good and faithful in doing what he did.
Whether he was a faithful handler of what he had.
The one thing the master wasn’t too concerned about was the amount the guy had.
The master seems to be saying that the amount I gave you is irrelevant. Even if I gave you virtually nothing, the real question is: what did you do with it?
Note: quote from Matthew 25:21 & 23 (NLT). Reading report: Total read = 1385 pages. Total to read = 1866 pages. 74% read in 66.6% of 2020.