银子的比喻说到我们服事的一面
诸天的国指明这银子的比喻，与十个童女的比喻一样，也是关于诸天的国。这里的人象征基督；祂要往外国去，就是到诸天之上去。奴仆象征信徒服事的一面。我们已经看见，信徒向着基督的身分有两面：在生命一面，他们是童女，为祂而活；在服事、工作一面，他们是祂所买、服事祂的奴仆。
为着服事，我们需要银子—属灵的恩赐
“按照各人的才干，个别的给了一个五他连得银子，一个二他连得，一个一他连得。”他连得是最高的重量单位。一他连得银子合六十罗马银币。童女比喻里的油，象征神的灵；这节比喻里的银子，象征属灵的恩赐（罗十二6，林前十二4，彼前四10，提后一6）。为着生命，我们需要油，神的灵，甚至祂的充满，使我们能过童女的生活，作主的见证；为着服事、工作，我们需要银子，属灵的恩赐，使我们能装备为良善的奴仆，完成主的工作。在生命上那灵的充满，是为着我们在服事上运用属灵的恩赐；在服事上属灵的恩赐，配上在生命上那灵的充满，使我们能成为基督完美的肢体。
主把家业交给我们，我们在负担里领受银子
十四节说，那人把他的家业交给他的奴仆，但十五节说，他给他们银子。这指明十五节的银子就是十四节的家业。换句话说，主把祂的家业当作银子赐给我们。例如，福音是主的家业，但福音赐给我们之后，就成了我们的银子。照样，真理是主的家业；但真理赐给我们之后，就成了银子。同样的原则，所有的信徒都是主的家业；信徒赐给了我们，他们就成了我们的银子。主把祂的家业赐给我们越多，我们得的银子就越多。照样，主给我们的负担越多，我们得的银子就越多。许多基督徒知道，这比喻中的银子就是恩赐。然而，他们不知道恩赐的源头是主的家业。今天主的家业主要的是福音、真理、信徒和教会。你若不在意这些事，就不会有银子。我的银子不是天然的，乃是福音、真理、信徒和教会。
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Spiritual Gifts – Matt 25:15
Parable of Talents Regarding the Aspect of Our Service
The kingdom of the heavens indicates that this parable of the talents, like the parable of the ten virgins, is also concerning the kingdom of the heavens. The man here signifies Christ, who was going into another country, that is, into the heavens. The slaves signify believers in the aspect of service. As we have seen, the status of the believers in their relationship toward Christ is of two aspects: in life they are the virgins living for him; in service, in work, they are his purchased slaves serving him.
We Need Talents for Service – Spiritual Gifts
Verse 15 says, “And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability.” A talent is the largest unit of weight, was worth 6,000 denarii.While oil in the parable of the virgins signifies the Spirit of God, talents in this parable signify spiritual gifts (Eph. 4:8; Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 12:4; 1 Pet. 4:10; 2 Tim. 1:6). For life we need oil, the Spirit of God, even his fullness, that we may be enabled to live the virgin life for the Lord’s testimony; for service, for work, we need the talent, the spiritual gift, that we may be equipped as a good slave for the accomplishment of the Lord’s work. The fullness of the Spirit in life is for us to use the spiritual gift in service, and the spiritual gift in service matches the fullness of the Spirit in life that we may be perfected as members of Christ.
Lord Delivered His Possessions to Us, We Received the Talents in Burden
Verse 14 says that the man gave his slaves his possessions, but verse 15 says that he gave them talents. This indicates that the talents in verse 15 are the possessions in verse 14. In other words, the Lord uses his possessions as talents for us. For example, the gospel is the Lord’s possession. But when it is given to us, it becomes our talent. Likewise, the truth is the Lord’s possession. But when the truth is given to us, it becomes a talent. In the same principle, all the believers are the Lord’s possessions. When the believers are given to us, they become our talents. The more of his possessions the Lord gives to us, the more talents we shall have. In like manner, the more the Lord burdens us, the more talents we shall have. Many Christians know that in this parable the talents are gifts. However, they do not know that the source of the gifts is the Lord’s possessions. Today the Lord’s possessions primarily are the gospel, the truth, the believers and the church.