Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
I was re-reading Mt. 25 ... parable of the talents ...
14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
19After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
24Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Mt. 25
The one who hid that 1 talent and didn't produce with it ... God took that
talent away from him and gave it to the one who had 10 talents and producted
with that which he had been given.
If you have the word of God and fail to use it properly, it can be taken
away from you and given to another who will use it.
18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day. Prov. 4
The person who hides, letting the word of God slip .. or hides without
sharing that with the church ... grows duller and duller of hearing.
12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as
have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the
word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14But strong meat belongeth to them
that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil. Heb. 5
If that person keeps mishandling the word of God, it can get to point that
person can no longer discern good and evil. And the person gets weaker and
weaker and some are sick and some die.
27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord,
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28But let a
man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that
cup. 29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30For this cause many
are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. I Cor. 11
(The Lord's supper is the eating and drinking of the word of God ... it has nothing at all
to do with crackers and grape juice.)
But that person who hears the word of God and applies it to his own life
properly and then shares it with the church gets more and more light.
So while one person gets duller and duller, the other person has more and
more light
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Be warned:
You must deal properly with the word of God.
When you hear a word by the Spirit of God ... you must apply that word
properly in your own life, doing that word ... then you need to share that
word and share how you applied it in your life.
When you do this you will be given more and more light from God.
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Also notice ...The man who was given 1 talent had less to deal with than the man who was
given 5 talents.
But the point is it was not more than he was able to handle.
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The one who did not deal properly with the talent he was given was called
"wicked and slothful servant."
Slothful means "lazy" ... and "lazy" means ... unwilling to work or use
energy; characterized by lack of effort or activity; showing lack of care;
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The word of God should be the most important thing in your life.
But some allow the word of God to slip because of "cares of this life,
deceitfulness of riches, lust of other things" and there word of God
becomes unfruitful because of such. Mk. 4
29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for
it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30And if thy right hand offend
thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that
one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast
into hell. Mt. 5
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If you have been "slothful" in handling the word of God in the past, that
doesn't mean you have to be "slothful" in the future.
And if something is keeping you from dealing properly, just pluck it out or cut it off ... do
whatever you have to do to focus properly on word of God and deal with it
properly, putting it into your own life and then sharing it with others
along with how it worked in your life.
Each of us have to be diligent to deal with that which we are given.
You will not be able to make the information multiply if you let the word
given slip to the ground.
It is important that we have every word from the mouth of God. And that we deal with every word properly.
So we have to be diligent to handle that which we are given by the Holy
Spirit ... and to put it to work in our own lives ... and then to share it
with the church. Thus we multiply the talents we are given.