馬太福音 25:14~30
冒險的人生(一) 談投資
- 耶穌用才的比喻來挑戰我們要為他願意過一個冒險的人生。耶穌讓我們明白要跟隨他，我們的一生就要去冒險，去探險，去擴張，我們要有行動。
- 學會用我們的錢去冒險，對於生活安逸的基督徒來說，可能是一個最難但是最需要學習的功課。如果我們勇敢面對的話，那麼在這個學習過程中，不僅我們的生命成長了，我們的靈裡也會充滿激動和興奮。
- 上帝把錢財托付於你，並不是讓你亂用的，或者把它藏起來，上帝要你把錢投到有價值有意義的事情裡去，讓它流動起來。
- 耶穌說不要積攢財寶在地上，因為在地上是會壞。而是要積攢財寶在天上，在那裡不會壞。“你的財寶在那裡，你的心也在那裡。”
- 有兩千兩銀子的人有兩個很大的試探。第一，會嫉恨那有五千兩銀子的人；第二個試探是，他看不起隻有一千兩銀子的人，而感到自己比別人多一點，比別人強一點。
- 如果你是一個有兩千兩銀子的人，那麼你有責任把上帝托付給你的錢財用到最大限度, 因為上帝以我們得到的機會、能力和努力程度來衡量我們。
Take the Risk
- In parable of the Talents, Jesus is challenging us to be willing to live a lifetime of risk for his sake.
- Learning to take proper risks with our money may be one of the hardest, butmost-needed lessons that comfort-conscious Christians need to learn.
- God entrusted you with wealth not to indulge it or hoard it up, but to put it into circulation where it does some good.
- Jesus said not to lay up treasures on earth where they will be destroyed. Lay up treasure in heaven where it can’t be destroyed because “Where your treasure is, there would your heart be.”
- The two-talent man in this parable have two strong temptations. The first is you can resent the five-talent man. The other is to have a condescending spirit toward the one-talent man, and to feel because you have a little bit more, you’re better.
- The same commendation is given to the two-talent man as to the five-talent man, because God measures us by opportunity and ability and effort.
