Matthew: Our Life, Corroborating Evidence of Our Faith

Matthew 25.14-30: Last week we saw that the bridesmaids lacked the oil and we learned that we must have the reality of God’s saving grace in our life to be part of the kingdom of God. Today as we continue in Matthew’s Gospel, hear another parable from Jesus that presses the point of how important it is to have persevering faith that bears fruit. This parable causes us to ask, With the faith that has been gifted to us (Ephesians 2.8-10) are we serving Christ with what He has given us? Genuine disciples of Christ are servants of the Master. They are stewards responsible for that which has been entrusted to them. So, are we joyfully working diligently, and therefore honoring our Master by maximizing His resources? If we are not, then from the parable it seems that we have a lack of love and desire for our Master, Jesus. So, the call for us is to joyfully use what the Lord has given us to honor Him out of a love for Him, instead of being lazy and therefore be condemned at Jesus’ coming.