[Sundaycommunity] People Progress for November 15

[Sheila Barrett]

Dear TED,
Just want to thank you for your very thoughtful reflection, which we appreciate very much. Bob and I share your interpretation that we are given the gift of the Kingdom or the seed of our relationship with God, which we are called to develop in our lives as we reach out to bring the joy of the Kingdom to others. Thank you again. Will we see you today via Zoom? Love Bob and Sheila in England 

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> On 14 Nov 2020, at 20:56, Brian Shaughnessy <bshaughn43 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS
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> I see it very differently from Ted:
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> 1.  Jesus is saying that the more God has gifted you, the higher the bar is going to be set for you.
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> 2.  He is also saying that if we don't measure up, we will go to Hell for all eternity.
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> 3.  If this parable has a weakness -- and how can anything that Jesus gives us be other than Perfect? -- it is that it considers only what humanity is doing within the range of what very imperfect humanity can do.  It needs to be counterbalanced by passages like John 15:4-5:  "Without Me you can do nothing."  We get too caught up in what WE, WE, WE are going to do, and start sounding like we think we are going to accomplish more than what even He was able to accomplish during His time of earth, given that He has bound Himself to respecting our free will for as long as we continue to live on this earth.  
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>         Brian S.
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>> On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 1:18 PM John MacMillan <met191970 at gmail.com> wrote:
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