Gospel of Matthew Chapter 25 Vs. 21

 The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:21 “His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

Ruler over many... I will promote thee to greater honors and to more important trusts.

Joy of thy... In the meantime, share the pleasures and enjoyments of his palace; be his companion, and receive the rewards which he has promised thee. The joy of thy lord may mean either the festivals or rejoicings at his return, or the rewards which his lord had prepared for his faithful servants.

Applied to Christians, it means that they who rightly improve their talents will, at the return of Christ, be promoted to great honors in heaven, and be partakers of the joys of their Lord in the world of glory (see Mat. 25:34; also 1Jhn. 2:28).

You see, we all know it has been a long time since our Master came and checked on us, close to 2,000 years. There is going to be a day of reckoning. A day will come when we and our works will be judged of Jesus. Just the fact that we belong to Him will get us into heaven.

Our faithfulness to the task that He has left us to do will determine what we will do when we reign with Him here on earth.

Life is pretty much like a monopoly game. Some people get Baltic and Mediterranean, and others get Boardwalk and Park Place. You can be a winner just as easily with Baltic, as you can with Boardwalk. It is how you play the game that is important.

These men trusted God and worked, and tried, and they were rewarded for their faithfulness and hard work. God is a rewarder of those who seek to please Him.

They had been unequally successful; but inasmuch as this was not due to any difference in diligence, but only to difference in ability, they were equal in welcome and reward. It is, however, worthy of remark that while the language is precisely the same in the one case as in the other, it is not such as to determine that their position would be precisely equal in the life to come. There will be differences of ability and of range of service there as well as here. In both cases the verdict on the past was faithful over a few things, though the few things of the one were more than double the few things of the other; and in the same way, though the promise for the future was for the one as well as for the other, I will set thee over many things, it might well be that the many things of the future might vary as the few things of the past had done.

Again, Two of the servants were faithful in caring for the master’s money (Mat. 25:16-17) and were accordingly rewarded for their faithfulness with additional wealth, additional responsibilities, and sharing of the master’s joy (Mat. 25:20-23).