That picture of Jesus is a man named Jim Caviezel its not Jesus
@Absentiment4l Says:
The parable of the talents has always deeply confused me.
On one hand the Bible says we are saved by grace.
Then the parable of the talents sounds like the other guy though a believer went to hell for not investing his masters money? So is it by grace or by works that we’re saved?
@greenplate9945 Says:
I love fresh perspectives regarding the Bible.
Im a total blockhead when it comes to understanding the Bible
@CarlosColon-x3j Says:
There seems to be an element of jealousy and envy that everyone misses. I can only assume the the Master distributed the talents in front of all three, so that all three saw what the other had. Would the one given one talent reacted the same if he had not been aware of what the others received? Didn't He say not to let your left hand know what your right hand does? Why did He distribute the money in public? Also, He claimed to be giving the money according to abilities. They did not get the same abilities? If not, who created them that they may question their abilities so that they may be on equal footing. There seems lots more than what is always preached. Same boring answer as always. Nothing to see here. But, what would I know. I might not have been given but one talent.
@paulrussell6495 Says:
How can u use money to get people to heaven, i dont get it. Im obviously slow
@jonyivre4541 Says:
Attention: It's not just about money.
@dursty3226 Says:
it's wild to think that God is telling us to be like a dishonest manager.
albeit, it's the shrewdness and not the dishonesty that's being praised. but still, for God to say "be more like that dishonest person" is just... idk man, it's really wild to me.
@nickteune1210 Says:
The background music 😂
@tammy5926 Says:
I'm wondering about the inequity part regarding money. Wouldn't what's discussed here be implying that different people are given different amounts of money without earning it? Aren't the inequities because some work harder to achieve more?
@msmd3295 Says:
So… this explanation implies a close relationship between religion and capitalism. In other words don’t save your money spend it.
Prior to the advent of “credit” if Americans needed money they’d go to a bank and the bank would determine your creditworthiness.
Now they just hand out credit like candy bars. And everyone knows American consumers are the poorest consumers on the planet. Those poor consumption practices (spend, spend and spend some more), will eventually collapse the American economy.
He’s also clearly stating they only want rich people in heaven. And the capitalist will insist that if you’re not wealthy then you’re too lazy. Never mind that human life is a lot more complicated than that.
@tonygoy7277 Says:
On the second parable (unjust steward) from the Luke 16, although I agree with Franks interpretation on 16v9, it should be pointed out that the NIV cuts back quite a bit on the insight that can be gained from the verse. First the terms "Use Worldly wealth" should be translated "Use unrighteous Mammon" Not that I am a KJV reader, but the word Mammon only occurs twice in the gospel, and is not a proper Greek word but is used by Luke as if it is. If he puts a non-Greek word (its really from Aramaic) in the midst of a Greek document means he feels that Jesus is showing something that the Greek words for rich could not convey. Mammon carries a greater feeling of 'Money becomes our support, and our God-replacement'
Secondly the NIV also removes the word 'they' which is vital to the verse. The people inviting you into heaven are the people you blessed money to, and made friends with, when they had little and you had more and 'they' will invite you into heaven. This is the essence of this verse.
Thirdly the word concerning wealth is "when it fails" rather than "when it is gone" as the essence is that money fails and we in the flesh naturally rely on it.
So a summary of this verse is 'straight talk to the wealthy' to stop relying on money, make friends with the poor and use your money to do it, open your house to them, share your food with them, preach the gospel to them and fulfill the verse in 2 cor 9 (He scattered abroad his gifts to the poor and his righteousness lives forever) and you will gain a great resurrection. This is what is considered being trustworthy with money (Lk 16v10)
@Jesus_is_the_Way_1985 Says:
This parable destroys the false teaching of “Once Saved Always Saved no matter how you live. “
Even the servant’s salvation was taken away from him. He was cast into outer darkness and there was weeping and gnashing of teeth.
I got news for y’all - weeping and gnashing of teeth are terms used when describing hell and eternal punishment. Also, there is NO darkness in Heaven… the servant was sent to hell.
It is possible for Christians to 1) depart from the faith 1 Timothy 4:1 2) fall from grace (Galatians and 2 Thess.)
3) Names can be blotted out of the book of life
4) People vomited out of His mouth (which is His body)
@sweepingbricksfilms Says:
Awesome video. God bless you brother.
@Packhorse-bh8qn Says:
In this parable, the most important lesson for westerners is that OUR idea of what is "fair" is just flat WRONG.
See also the parable of laborers in the vineyard.
@BoundyMan Says:
While one talent may not sound like much on the surface, it was worth $300,000 to $500,000 in today's money. For that servant to have buried that much was nothing but a waste of time. I can imagine when the master returned the first two servants were well dressed and well fed, while the third servant was naked, starving, and dirty.
@hhh-et2vi Says:
Jesus looks like such a stud in Frank's video, that makes him so much easier to love. LoL
@moviusministries6271 Says:
Super insightful, thank you Frank!
@midlander4 Says:
Another chapter from Frank's favorite book of bedtime stories
@WayneStewart-p9l Says:
A church I’ve been checking out maintains that it isEssentual part of salvation for a person to be baptised. Is this adding on to what was done on the cross? What of the thief that asked Jesus to remember him when he reached paradise?
@WayneStewart-p9l Says:
You cannot lose your salvation but can you forsake it ? Or weren’t you saved in the first place?
@virgilpalmer2427 Says:
Talents are money, but it's about their ABILITIES...
It's about using your ability to expand the kingdom of heaven.. has nothing to do with actual money...
@theantichrist4267 Says:
God is a manipulator !!!
@TheRealRenn Says:
Why is this guy using photos of the Roman Catholic antiChrist religion's favorite son Jim Caviezel as if the Roman Catholic antiChrist religion's favorite son Jim Caviezel is actually Jesus, or looks like Jesus? Oh wait, we have been indoctrinated by media that we need eye candy in order to stay focused on the plain language of God's Word.....and NONE of you notice, and NONE of you even care
@dashriprock5720 Says:
This parable preceded by the parable of "the 10 virgins" and followed by "the judgement". I think the lesson is not to be a lazy follower and to the work of the Lord, "faith >working< through love" rather than faith simply being a state of mind, an acceptance of facts.
Sorry to copy and paste long versus here is part of the judgement. Look it up to read the whole thing.
The Judgment
31 “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. 32 And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33 and He will put the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38 And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39 And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of Mine, you did it for Me...
Faith >working< through love.
@mattc2812 Says:
Parables hide the truth because you won't like the truth. So what little you could have gotten has been hidden.
Parable of the talents: Mr. 1-Talent is too lazy to avoid the harvests (nuclear wars.) He gets tossed into hell for that, but hell here is just the effects of radiation.
Parable of the shrewd manager: The manager waters down the Bible's message in order to gain friends and followers. He will not be trusted for entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
@paulstewart6203 Says:
So what happened to the guy with one Talent, was he cast into hell, he changed Parables and I didn't understand the conclusion of the one guy that got one Talent.
@TheTrueSonOfFire Says:
Amen.
@robmckee5295 Says:
It's important to remember that our relationship with God is secure because of what Jesus has done. We are forgiven, cleansed, and in perfect fellowship with Him (Hebrews 10:14, Colossians 2:13-14). This parable encourages us to live out our faith boldly, knowing that we are fully accepted and loved by God.
@harryfaber Says:
Hear this, Hananiah!
The LORD has not sent you,
and you have raised false confidence in this people.
For this, says the LORD, I will dispatch you from the face of the earth;
@AzBboy Says:
Is this parable teaching a works based salvation? Also something to consider, this parable was BEFORE Christs sacrifice on the cross, so does that mean it is old covenant and we are now saved by grace through faith in Christ regardless of how we use our talents? Such a tough parable to discern!
@afriendtoleanon3401 Says:
I too am a US Navy Veteran . im not a pastor but the Spirit revealed to me that talents are not money but the Gospel ! Here is why !
Mat 25:24
“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
He is talking about reaping and sowing Why because its about the gospel . He hid the talent Or Gospel in the ground or inside himself for fear of being persecuted or ridiculed ! Notice he says gathering where You have not scattered seed . Look at the parable of the Sower !
. Mat 25:25
‘And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
Mat 25:26
“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
He was afraid of persecution or loosing friends and family for preaching the Gospel ! Then Jesus calls him wicked and lazy . if it were just money He would not have called him wicked . Just lazy . He is wicked because he kept the only thing that could save others from hell to himself . Thats why he is wicked .
Mat 25:30
‘And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Now we serve a just and fair God i dont believe God would throw someone into outer darkness for not earning interest on money . Not sharing Gods plan of salvation thats a different story . We are commanded to go and spread the Gospel .
Frank im in NJ if you want to talk Vet to Vet lol
@3BadBostons Says:
So if parables are allusions to other things.... Why do we teach the talents are teaching about money?
Don't we think that if it is a parable and it's alluding to different things that the money would be alluding to something different...
@Bugsy0333 Says:
According to what Frank has been told or read ? How can you show us Frank that waht you are quoting is actually true ?
@tebogomarokana2740 Says:
what would have happened if the one with the 2 and 5 had lost it all?
@grantbuchanan5749 Says:
Frank what's up with the face pic 😊is that just the man(the guy) given talents 😂
@CartiershiPs Says:
Thanks, very informative.
@Phony-baloney8 Says:
Works do matter.
@mlauntube Says:
Frank skipped past one of the most important things in the parable: that the man with only one talent accused God of being bad. This is a critical part of the Gospel, that if you turn away from God and in your heart accuse God's morality, you will be cast out into outer darkness. Jesus told this parable at another time and in the other version, the person with one talent didn't want the King to be King over him and so the King said "bring a sward and kill him in front of me".
@bullymonkeybaby9000 Says:
Jesus forgives sin so sin doesn't matter because everyone is forgiven by Jesus so you can do what you want. It's in the Bible. I'm a holy christian and go to church so I know everything. Trust us christians so when you die you will go to heaven where all the good people will be walking on streets of gold throwing money around like it was confetti. Thank you Donald Trump for making america great again!
@adamsanchez222 Says:
Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity. -Psalm 98: 8-9
@WarriorBongSociety Says:
Parable of the talents sounds like a pyramid scheme.
@mattslater2603 Says:
Gotta laugh at the hilariously whitewashed Caviezel Jesus....
@BackToGodSaved Says:
Isn’t the “money” or the “talents” the Word Of God? What Jesus gives us is the gospel. If we just hide it and keep it for ourselves we aren’t doing what we are asked to do. “Talents” don’t represent money or skills like it’s been taught since I was a child. It represents the gospel.
@Godsgreathope Says:
Yes Lord give us boldness and wisdom to be good stewards of the gifts callings resources and talents you have given to us so we can build your kingdom! 🙏🙌💯
@Obeytheroadrules Says:
Yes , we know Jesus is a profit, 💰, not a prophet, ask Joel Osteen, credulous, gullible Christians are easy targets
@lilyquists Says:
There is a lot more to Jesus than the parable of the talents.
A ruler came to Jesus and asked Him what he needed to do to inherit eternal life.
He told Jesus that he had kept all the commandments.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Luke 18:22 NIV
Jesus told the ruler that to inherit eternal life, he needed to do the opposite of amassing wealth.
Jesus' love and commitment to us is not based on how much we achieve, and that is the beauty of the gospel.
We don't have to earn Salvation.
We accept it as an unmerited, undeserved gift.
The good Samaritan gave away his money to help a stranger in need, ended up with less, and was commended by Jesus for it.
Mary annointed Jesus' feet with perfume worth about a year's worth of wages, and was commended by Jesus for it.
Jesus fed the 5000 and did not limit the loaves and fish to only those who had been productively working or to those who had money to pay.
Jesus is not a profiteer and neither were his followers.
The following is Peter's response when Simon the Sorcerer offered money for the apostles to give him their abilities.
Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!”
Acts 8:20 NIV
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
1 Timothy 6:10 NIV
@lookup129 Says:
Why are you using a photo likeness of someone who is not Jesus up there on your slides? Shouldn’t you know better not to do that? Repent!
@sawthetpaingtun1983 Says:
Share the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts!
@followerofchrist6694 Says:
Treasure in Heaven is knowing people who are there because of your good works.
@lancealbon46 Says:
I’ve heard a different take on this parable which made more sense to me.
1. The servant was not wicked because he did not spend the talent or lose the talent. But he did see his master as hard, as a person who reaps where he has not sown.
2. God teaches us sowing and reaping.
3. Because the servant saw the master as hard, he was judged harshly. There are scriptures that teach we will be judged how we judge others, and by the words of our mouth.
4. In the teaching I heard, we were also shown how strict God was in the Old Testament. A Priest could walk into the temple and displease the Lord and he would die, and a rope would have been tied around the Priest’s leg to pull him out of the temple. But then we were shown how David was being chased by king Saul and David went into a temple of God with his men and they ate and drank the food and wine meant for God. Because David saw God as his Father, God loved David and saw him as His son. David did not die when he ate and drank the food and wine from the temple.
Therefore, if we see God as a hard master, we will be judged as we see Him. If we see God as loving and merciful, we will be judged as we see Him.
*there are many interpretations to Scripture, but this interpretation resonated with me. One day the Lord will show me what I got right, and where I was mistaken. I thank God that I am saved by grace through faith and that not of works that I may boast. It’s all done and accomplished by Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior.
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