The Cross and Crowns Ministry Nairobi

Faithfulness is NOT automatic in the life of a believer! This is part of the outworking of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer who chooses to cooperate with the Lord thereby be transformed by the renewing of the mind− Rom. 12:1-2 . Automatically, a believer who expresses a desire to be faithful with the end in mind finds himself in warfare against the enemies of the faith who will work eithe...

Jesus Christ Himself said He will build His Church− Matt. 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church… These words that Jesus spoke constitute the Word of God! The Lord is actively watching over His Word to fulfill it i.e., to perform it, to do it−Jer. 1:12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfil...

The wedding guest who showed up without a garment was bound hand and foot, taken away and cast into the darkness, the outer. He represents believers who will be adjudged unfaithful and thereby excluded from Christ’s coming rule because they did NOT cooperate with the Lord and therefore, NOT part of the Church He was/is building. Matt. 22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.” This verse hig...

The Scriptures affirm that God is faithful - Deut. 7:9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God ... A choice to be FAITHFUL, is a choice to imitate God! Eph. 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children . i. In the type, Moses was faithful in God’s house (Israel) as a servant. ii. In the antitype, Christ is faithful as a Son over His Father’s house. The Scriptures...

The chastisement of the two servants who didnothing with their talent/mina was twofold; firstly, they forfeited the positions of authority/rulership that could have been theirs and these were given to the faithful servants and secondly, they were cast into the darkness, the outer. After the destruction of the cities, Abraham representing a faithful Christian, is seen on the mountain from where he...

There are ONLY two outcomes that await a Christian at the judgment seat of Christ; either receiving a reward or suffering loss! The former is associated with faithfulness arising from trading/doing business with one’s talents/minas while the latter is associated with unfaithfulness arising from doing nothing with one’s talents/minas! Contextually, suffering loss is in relation to one’s soul i.e.,...

Our being found FAITHFUL at the time of settling accounts starts with being instructed in the Word of the Kingdom− Matt. 13:10-13 . Having been instructed in the Word of the Kingdom, our being found FAITHFUL depends on our choice to do business with our talents/minas, the Word of the Kingdom. If we do, we will realize profit i.e., bearing fruit− Matt. 13:23; Mk. 4:24-25; Lk. 8:18 . The unfaithful...

Part of the chastisement of the wicked and lazy servants is that their talent and mina were taken from them- Matt. 25:28; Lk. 19:24 . Since the faithful servants were rewarded by being made rulers over many things i.e., having authority over a given number of cities, then it goes without saying that the unfaithful servants were reprimanded by not being made rulers, thus denied positions of authori...

The faithful servants arrived at the goal, namely, the out-resurrection from the dead, were brought to a good goal and obtained a BETTER resurrection! The master described the two servants who did nothing with their talent/mina as wicked and lazy− Matt. 25:26; Lk. 19:22 . The master also expressed his expectation which was unmet by the servants− Matt. 25:27; Lk. 19:23 . The two servants represent...

Being COMMENDED by their master, the faithful servants in the two parables received the prize and the crown, the inheritance− Matt. 25:21, 23; Lk. 19:17, 19 . Christ gives SEVEN promises that constitute the COMPLETE COMMENDATION for believers found faithful at the JSOC- Rev. 2-3 ! If we take this to the two parables under study, we might as well draw the conclusion that this is exactly what each o...

As with the individual presentation of the servants so with the master’s commendation and/or condemnation of EACH individual servant! There was/is NO corporate commendation/condemnation− Matt. 25:21, 23, 26; Lk. 19:17, 19, 22. The commendation that the master gives the profitable servants is REGAL in nature! God created Man to ‘have dominion’ i.e., to rule over the earth as a replacement for Satan...

In the Parable of the Talents, three servants are in view and the two who gained present themselves before their master FIRST. In the Parable of the Minas, ten servants are in view, each of whom received a mina, but only three come before their master and the two who gained present themselves before their master FIRST. God is a God of order and therefore the manner in which the servants appear bef...

The Lord has redeemed us with a view to ruling with Christ in His Coming Kingdom (PURPOSE) and towards this end, He has supplied the Word of the Kingdom to trade with (RESPONSIBILITY) and when He returns, He will call us to His judgment seat (ACCOUNTABILITY) to establish who among us will participate in His Coming rule. Before believers are called to account, resurrection/rapture MUST first take p...

Hearing that bread was available in Bethlehem, Naomi began a return journey. She was joined by her daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth. Being in the company of Naomi, Orpah and Ruth represent believers instructed in the Word of the Kingdom which is inferred by the marriage conversation. The PURPOSE before Orpah and Ruth was to find REST, each in the house of her husband! The RESPONSIBILITY before the...

The theme on PURPOSE, RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY is the context within which the master of theservants returned after a long time i.e., he had delivered his goods to them, gave them an instruction on what to do and now it was time to evaluate them. At the master’s return, only one thing was uppermost in his mind i.e., settling accounts with each of the servant− Matt. 25:19 . Settling accoun...

Matt. 25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them . After the man/certain nobleman gave his servants an instruction to trade/do business with their talents/minas he went on a journey to receive a kingdom and return. During the master’s absence, the servants were to be actively involved in executing the master’s instruction anticipated his return. At his r...

a. The two servants who did nothing with their talent/mina DID NOT give the more earnest heed to the things they heard. b. The two servants hardened their hearts, disobeyed their master’s instruction and walked in unbelief. c. The Lord DID NOT permit the two servants to go on to maturity. d. The two servants who did nothing with their talent/mina came into mature knowledge, but fall away from it....

The two servants who did nothing with their talent/mina, as with the rest of the servants, heard the instruction of their master− Lk. 19:13 . They made a CHOICE to either ignore, reject and/or disobey this command/instruction. They ere deceived by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in a similar fashion like the woman− Gen. 3:13 . They servants knew the right thing to do, (trade...

The nation of Israel was redeemed from Egyptian oppression with a view to being taken into the land of promise where they would realize their inheritance, being made the head over the nations, based on their CHOICE to walk in faithful obedience to the Lord’s Word− Ex. 19:5-6 . However, they did not believe the Lord, rebelled against and tested Him− Ps. 78:17-22 . Following this attitude that conti...

The Jews were the physical descendants of Abraham through Isaac, Jacob and Jacob’s twelve sons. God had promised Abraham that his descendants would rule from both realms of the kingdom, a promise which was repeated to both Isaac and Jacob− Gen. 22:17; 26:2-5; 28:13-15 . The Lord kept His Word and delivered the Israelites from Egypt− Ex. 14:30 . Upon their deliverance, they sang a praise song to th...

The two servants who did nothing with their talent/mina had a negative attitude towards their master, the man/certain nobleman. This is the attitude of a kingdom-seeking believer towards the Lord Jesus Christ. Our attitude towards God is demonstrated in our attitude towards His Word because God and His Word cannot be separated. By having a negative attitude towards God's Word, a kingdom-seekin...

The two servants who did nothing with their talent/mina represent believers instructed in the Word of the Kingdom who choose to align themselves with Satan, the ruler of this world, in total opposition to the Lord. These two servants appear to apportion blame squarely on the man/certain nobleman− Matt. 25:24; Lk. 19:21 . They had an incorrect view of the man/certain nobleman and represent believer...

When Man failed the test of obedience, he not only suffered the consequence disobedience but so did the material creation which became in a state of ruin- Gen. 3:17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “ Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the...

The nation of Israel rejected both the offer and re-offer of the kingdom of the heavens resulting in the setting aside of the nation and the offer being made to the Church which comprises largely of Gentiles. The 21 epistles that are found between the Acts and Revelation are written to saved individuals instructing them on what TO DO so that they may realize an inheritance in the heavenly realm of...

Matt. 25:16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also . A parable is one truth cast alongside another to explain previous truth. Jesus gave the Parable of the Talents to explain the Parable of the Ten Virgins. In this lesson, we draw a comparison between the two servants who trade...