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The Parable of the Talents and Personal Development
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs – Email this article to a friend The parable of the talents is a great teaching of Jesus on morals. It was given as an exhortation to his disciples. In the parable, each servant was given a different amount of money based on his or her qualifications to manage it. While a talent in Greek is a measure of weight, it is interesting to apply the parable to the English word talent or ability. Different people are gifted with different talents. Some are far more gifted than others, but the…
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For Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen…
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend “For many are called and few are chosen is the last verse of a parable that Jesus spoke shortly before he went to Jerusalem to be crucified. A parable is a word picture of a deeper truth. On this occasion Jesus wanted to demonstrate how that all people are called to salvation but only a few will be chosen. That statement begs the question: does God randomly chose some and reject others? You need to see the context from which it comes to understand.…
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You Are Invited to Eternities’ Greatest Event…
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in each facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend You have been invited to enjoy a relationship with God for all eternity! The Parable of the Wedding Banquet Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared…