Discussing the meaning of the parable of the ten mina's in Luke 19
"Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him [more] will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him."
Luke 8:18
Jesus said those words just after speaking the parable of the sower.
it is debatable, but are we to believe that the seed is salvation itself?
The seed is the gospel of Christ, the word of the kingdom of heaven, and the word of God.
(Reference Luke 8:11, Matthew 13:19, Mark 4:14 )
so if the seed is the gospel, then when Jesus says " He who has" is Jesus referring to him who has the gospel of Christ, or salvation. and to him who has not, even the things he thinks he has will be taken away, could that mean to those who are not saved, and believe in things of THIS world, that even that will be taken away?
just thought to ponder, as I am trying to understand the parable of the ten mina's in Luke 19,
where a noble man entrusts his servants to some of his money until he returns from receiving a kingdom, while he is away the people curse him and say they do not wish to be ruled by this man. And two of the servants invested and worked, and they produced the a small treasure, but the third servant hid his money in a napkin, producing NO treasure, not furthering the wealth or kingdom of the noble man, giving back exactly what the noble man had left. And the bad servant was killed, either slain before the noble man or thrown in to the eternal darkness (differences by the gospel book you read the parable in).
after the man was killed, Jesus said '
"For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."
Luke 19:26
which, I thought significant, since this particular sound bite was spoken after the parable of the sower.
Questions??
1. Is the noble man indeed Jesus, who is going away until the time of his return to receive his kingdom. Added to that, are the people who decided they did not want Jesus to be their Lord or ruler, are they the people of this world, born children of wrath?
2. Could we say from our readings, that the money just like the seed, is the gospel of Christ, our very way in to salvation?
3. Would the man who did not further the kingdom at all, not be saved? If Jesus gave him the gospel, and he did not return any growth to the kingdom, wouldn't that mean that there wasn't even growth of even that man, that he didn't believe in the power or the need to use the money?
4. With the reference to the parable of the sower, could we open this parable to believe that maybe the servants here are like the sower, what honestly good sower would throw seed into thorns or on rocks, someone who didn't believe in the power of the seed?
5. If the Mina's seriously do not represent monetary value, we do not have to fear being slain or thrown into eternal darkness if we are bad with actual money, but if we do not accept salvation.
Final thought,
The Lukewarm Francis Chan in me has to ask, will we be punished if we do not produce fruit from what we are given? Is a lukewarm christian really a christian?
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