'From each according to one's ability to each according to need' is a slogan that Karl Marx tried to make popular in the 19th century. Communists, particularly, Marxists use class analysis as their basic method for understanding society and recognize that fairness has a lot to do with the needs of a person.
In the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, Jesus talks about a wealthy man who gave money to three servants based on their ability. One received 5 talents, the others 2 and 1 respectively and made them his business partners for a period of time. Two of the servants went to work immediately with the money and doubled. The person with one talent did not do anything with it and he was punished rather harshly.
A socialist ethic pervades in the form of fairness in the world today where equal distribution is considered fair. We hear more leaders favor social leveling and redistribution of income. We are taught that the inequality that exist among people are somehow not natural. The fact is that diversity is woven into the fabric of creation. We are not all created equal. In the scripture we read about “The carpenter who encouraged the goldsmith” (Isaiah 41 7). The carpenter operates on wood while the goldsmith works with gold. One uses a hammer and chisel the other works with the fine instruments. Our callings are different, our talents are different.
On a closer study, there is equality found in this Parable in that it takes just as much work for the five-talent servant to produce five more talents as it does the two-talent servant to produce two more. The third servant had the wrong view of his master. “Master, I knew you to be a hard man”, he said. The value of a free talent becomes huge when compared with the loss of opportunity. Free gifts in life are not cheap. When you lose your eye sight, the value of eyes becomes precious. When you lose the ability to move around, you recognize the value of your feet. You notice your ability to breathe only when you get a shortness of breath. We take a lot of things for granted. Be thankful that the Master is a generous master.
In Luke 19:11-26 Jesus taught a parable where the landlord gave one talent to each equally. Again, the return of their talents were made according to their ability. Certain things are given to us equally. All of us have been given 24 hours a day, most of us can see, walk, and have reasonable ability to move around. These are unmerited gifts, given before we asked. He does not condemn the one who returned only five times against the one who returned ten times.
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Mathew Philip
In the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, Jesus talks about a wealthy man who gave money to three servants based on their ability. One received 5 talents, the others 2 and 1 respectively and made them his business partners for a period of time. Two of the servants went to work immediately with the money and doubled. The person with one talent did not do anything with it and he was punished rather harshly.
A socialist ethic pervades in the form of fairness in the world today where equal distribution is considered fair. We hear more leaders favor social leveling and redistribution of income. We are taught that the inequality that exist among people are somehow not natural. The fact is that diversity is woven into the fabric of creation. We are not all created equal. In the scripture we read about “The carpenter who encouraged the goldsmith” (Isaiah 41 7). The carpenter operates on wood while the goldsmith works with gold. One uses a hammer and chisel the other works with the fine instruments. Our callings are different, our talents are different.
On a closer study, there is equality found in this Parable in that it takes just as much work for the five-talent servant to produce five more talents as it does the two-talent servant to produce two more. The third servant had the wrong view of his master. “Master, I knew you to be a hard man”, he said. The value of a free talent becomes huge when compared with the loss of opportunity. Free gifts in life are not cheap. When you lose your eye sight, the value of eyes becomes precious. When you lose the ability to move around, you recognize the value of your feet. You notice your ability to breathe only when you get a shortness of breath. We take a lot of things for granted. Be thankful that the Master is a generous master.
In Luke 19:11-26 Jesus taught a parable where the landlord gave one talent to each equally. Again, the return of their talents were made according to their ability. Certain things are given to us equally. All of us have been given 24 hours a day, most of us can see, walk, and have reasonable ability to move around. These are unmerited gifts, given before we asked. He does not condemn the one who returned only five times against the one who returned ten times.
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Blessings
Mathew Philip
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