Cascade of Power

David preached on the Parable of the Ten Minas, which includes the difficult saying: “everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.” He opened up Jesus’s words but reading the minas an allegory for spiritual power:

Like the noble man gave minas to his servants, power flows from king down to his servants who trust and obey. John 2 tells us about Jesus’ first miracle that he turned water into wine at a wedding banquet in Cana. In the banquet, the wine was gone, and it was a very serious problem. Jesus might have solved it by bringing wine from heaven like rain. But Jesus didn’t solve the problem that way. What Jesus did was flowing his power down through those who believed in his authority. First, Jesus’ mother Mary brought his issue to Jesus. Then, she said the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” After this, Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And when they filled to the brim, Jesus told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” The servants obeyed this far. Then, the water had already turned into choice wine. Jesus had the power to turn water into wine. But he didn’t work directly onto water. Instead, he cascaded his power down through Mary, and through the servants prepared by Mary. And finally, the power reached the water in the jars and changed it into wine. Like cascade falls, the power of king in the highest flew down through people of faith and performed the wondrous miracle