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No More Ungodly Fear

and being fearful I went and hid your talent in the ground, behold, you have what is yours !" * The Master gave talents to three men, two earned more talents but this man did not. The parable says the master gave according to their ability, so the man with one talent had the ability. What ability did he have? How did the other two men earn more talents in such a day? It mentions the master was gone for a long time so possibly, they bought seed, planted vineyards, and reaped a harvest. The ability of the man with one talent to do so is known in his excuse, he said he knew the master was a stern hard, unscrupulous man, "reaping where you have not sown and gathered where you have scattered no seed." *  It would seem he knew how to farm and it wasn't laziness as the master said if he had put the money in the bank to earn interest this would have been ok. His motivation to do nothing was fear, "being fearful I went and hid your talent in the ground." * Hi...