<p>25:22&nbsp;<em>And also he that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, you gave me two talents. Look, I have gained another two talents</em>- Paul uses the same word for &quot;received&quot; in 1 Cor. 4:7: &ldquo;For who makes you to differ? And what have you that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?&rdquo;. All that we have spiritually including the knowledge of the Lord Jesus in truth, is a gift we received. And yet we can easily act as if we did not receive it, suggesting instead that we found the Lord ourselves by our own searching. Many people have a spiritual search all their lives and never find much if anything. What we have got is a gift we received, and we must ever be humbled by that.</p>