Time, Talent and Teasure references tentalents.txtthread

I\'ve heard it said this way \"Use your time, talent and treasure for God\". The scriptures support this: TIME: 1 Peter 4:1-3 ...he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. For you have SPENT ENOUGH TIME in the past doing what pagans choose to do... (Peter is exhorting us to use our remaining TIME to do God\'s will, not to fulfill the evil human desires of our will. Don\'t jump to hasty conclusions or be moved by other peoples condemnations, read the scriptures thoroughly to discern God\'s will). TALENT: 1 Peter 4:10 Each one should use WHATEVER GIFT HE HAS RECEIVED to serve others, faithfully administering God\'s grace in its various forms. (Peter then goes on to list some of those \'various forms\') TREASURE: 2 Cor. 8:7 ...see that you EXCEL IN THIS GRACE (gift) OF GIVING. (In light of all the scriptures there is no reason to think this only applied to the Corinthian church he was speaking to.) As our character becomes more and more like Jesus\'s character we will become more and more productive in the things that Christians do. In 2 Peter 1:5-7 Peter lists the qualities of Godly, Christlike character. Then he goes on to say in verse 8: \"For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, THEY (these qualities) WILL KEEP YOU FROM BEING INEFFECTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.\" (Godly character is what will equip you to \'produce\', and bring \'increase\', the very things we are exhorted to do in the parables.) The seed sown and the talent entrusted is the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our responsibility is to let that knowledge grow and increase into active, visible deeds as God himself gives increase. God develops the very character of Jesus within us, character that can\'t help but to be expressed in the righteous deeds of the Spirit. God changes WHAT we do by changing WHO we are. Hope this is what you were looking for.

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