Sentences with phrase «servants used the talents»

We see in verses 16 - 18 how these three servants used the talents they had been given.

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I see God as the Patron, and the issue of talents as an allegorical way of expressing activity for the Kingdom of God using familiar social realities (but in keeping with Mark 4:10 - 12, 24 and Matthew 13:11 - 16, the peasants may have taken it too literally and thus missed the whole point — thinking that the unprofitable servant is the hero when he's really not).

The basic meaning of the parable of the pounds or talents as a whole is that God's servants are required to make the best use they can of what he gives them.

While David's post is about «stars,» I've seen many pastors use and abuse the average saint's talents and abilities because of the wrongful application of servant theology.