To whom much is given much is required. When our eyes see and our ears hear and understand the truth of salvation we are without excuse. It is up to us, by our words and in our actions, to spread the Good News wherever we are placed.
The parable suggests degrees of God’s punishment: The faithful are rewarded, the ignorant are disciplined a little and the disobedient are disciplined moderately. In each case, the stewardship of the servant is evaluated.
Luke 12:46-48
47 And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
John 9:41
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
John 15:22
30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
Acts 17:30
17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
James 4:17
13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
1 Timothy 1:13
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