The Lord Delivers Talents to His Disciples

This is a parable to help disciples of Jesus Christ, servants of the Lord, to better prepare for his second coming. When this five talent guy comes in for his moment of reckoning with the Lord, it seems very clear in his mind that these are not the man's talents. They are the Lord's. These ten talents, the Lord gave him five. He's multiplied them and he's not staking claim. We find out from the very end of the parable that those ten talents were not greedily taken by the Lord saying, oh good, I've looked how much richer I am now. God doesn't take things from you in your discipleship. He gives things to