Daily Devotion REVISION DAY 5
REVISION DAY 5
FRIDAY 24/2/2017
LESSON 9
THE PARABLE OF TALENTS
Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 68, 69
Devotional Reading: 1 Cor. 12:1-11
Topic for Adult: You Will Be Held Accountable.
Topic for Youth: Use Your Talents To Glorify God
Topic for Intermediates: Don’t Bury Your Talents
Scripture Lesson: Matt. 25:14-30; Ps. 8:3-6; Prov. 10:4-5
Memory Verse: For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. Matt. 25:14 (NKJV)
SUMMARY
In the parable in verse 16 that the one “who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.” In another Bible version, we read that this man “went at once.” One thing that set this servant apart from the third servant was his faith. And there were two things that showed that he had faith. First of all, he took a certain measure of risk. He could easily have taken the safe route and buried his talents too. But instead, he took his money and invested it. Another indication that this was a man of faith was the fact that he “went at once.” Alexander the Great, when asked how he had conquered the world, replied, “By not delaying.” This servant didn’t waste any time in investing his master’s money—he didn’t want to lose even a day’s interest on that money, so he “went at once.” You are encouraged to go at once, God helping you.
LESSON 10
THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD WORKERS
Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 27, 150, 237
Devotional Reading: Matt. 19:23-30
Topic for Adults: Complaints and Craving
Topic for Youths: No Preferential Treatments
Topic for Intermediates: At My Level I Am Ready to Work for God
Scripture Lesson: Matt. 20:11-16
Memory Verse: For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Eph. 2:8-9) NKJV
SUMMARY
God offers His gift of salvation to all people. A way to picture this in our minds is to think of God calling men, women, boys and girls on the phone. If someone is calling you or me on the phone, we have a choice to pick up the phone and answer it, don’t we? We can stand there and look at the phone while it rings and never pick it up to find out who is calling and hear what they have to say. It is the same with God’s call. When a person answers God’s call to be saved, He gives him a job to do Matt. 28:19-20. Each person is created with abilities to do the work. No one knows how long they will be on this earth before God calls them home to be with Him. Believers will be rewarded by God not by work they do for Him. The greatest reward is to hear the words ‘Well done, good and faithful servant’.
