"To everyone who has shall more be given, and he shall have an abundance. "
Matthew 25:29
A BIG LOSS Read
It: Matthew 25:26-30 As I said yesterday, this third servant did what many Christians do .today. They bury gifts, abilities, and money God has given them. They may use these things for their own gain, but God gets nothing out of it. The master wasn't buying his servant's excuse. We said Monday that this parable is a picture of Christ's kingdom. I believe the story pictures us believers at His judgment seat as our earthly stewardship is evaluated. This is serious stuff. Notice the three ways this man lost any reward he might have had as a steward. The first was the master's stinging rebuke (vv. 26-27). When you stand before Christ, when He shows you the price He paid so you could enjoy heaven, and when you see what you could have had, it will sting to know you have incurred His displeasure. The second loss was kingdom disinheritance (vv. 28-29). Christ will show you what you could have had and what you could have been in His thousand-year kingdom that follows immediately after His judgment seat.
Imagine going to work next Monday and having your boss give your paycheck to someone else in your presence. That's something of what's going on in verse 28. This man lost even what he thought he had to take into the kingdom with him. The third judgment was exclusion from Christ's kingdom wedding feast (v. 30). I believe some of His children will be excluded from the banquet-because quet-because of unfaithfulness. The Bible teaches that there are degrees of punishment in hell (Matthew 11:21-24). By the same principle, there are degrees of blessing ing in heaven. So when some Christians show up at Christ's judgment seat, all their stuff will burn up, and they will be sent to the penalty box, like an ice hockey player who has broken the rules and has to miss the action. What a tragedy to know what we could have had. Sometimes we can do something to fix our regrets. At the judgment seat, there'll be no fixing ing of anything. That's why we must be faithful stewards today. Amen? Think About It We don't know all the loss this faithless steward suffered. But it's something thing you don't want to experience as a child of God. And neither do I.
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