Contentment Study: Week 1, Day 2

Book:  Money and Possessions:  The Quest for Contentment

Pages:  6-9

Scripture : Luke 19:12-25

Ten servants received one mina each, according to verse 16.

The nobleman distributed these minas before he left to receive his kingdom.  My observation:  Christ "distributed" His Spirit after He ascended, so I do believe this verse confirms that the mina represents, among other things, the Holy Spirit.  Perhaps it is a stretch to say that "the minas represent the Holy Spirit, among other things," although I'm not quite ready to let go of that thought. Here's why:   As I go about the Master's business, if I don't rely on the Spirit Whom He has freely given, I'm sunk :-)  When the Lord gives "minas" (possessions, money, relationships, talents, abilities), He doesn't leave us without His Spirit.  So that's where my thinking was as I looked at this passage. 

The servants were to do the nobleman's business while he was away, but the treasure/minas belonged to the nobleman.  The servants were only stewards.

Contentment Study: Week 1

Book:  Money and Possessions:  The Quest for Contentment

Pages: 4-5

Scripture:  Luke 19:11-15

Verse 11

Jesus was near Jerusalem when He spoke this parable.  He spoke the parable because the people supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

Verses 12-15

Before the nobleman left, he did three things: 

• He called his bondservants.
• He gave his bondservants a trust; in this case, money.
• He said that His bondservants should carry on His business with what He had given them.

When the nobleman returned, he summoned his bondservants to give an account for what they had done.

What did we learn by marking the references to nobleman?