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A Day of Reckoning, November 16
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even
that which he hath.
Matthew 25:29
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If talents are well improved, increased talents are the result. “Unto
every one that hath shall be given.” ... If Heaven’s bestowed gifts are not
appreciated and improved as God’s intrusted capital—if they are buried
in worldliness, in selfishness—these powers capable of blessing humanity
decrease, and because the God of heaven is not sought after and glorified
as the source of all these precious endowments, He is dishonored, and He
cuts off the supply. In order to increase, to grow in the knowledge of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we must put to use by human effort our
physical and intellectual powers
Those who hoard up their talents to rust, unemployed, unimproved,
must not think that such action in any way relieves them from responsibility,
for God holds us responsible for the good we might do if we took up the
yoke with Christ, lifting His burdens, learning more of His meekness and
lowliness of heart day by day. The interest continues to accumulate on
buried talents, and instead of decreasing our responsibility the burying of
our talent only increases and intensifies it.
Let the human agent consider the solemn fact that the day of reckoning
is just before us, and that we are daily deciding what our eternal destiny
shall be. The Master examines every individual case, dealing personally
with the talents entrusted by Him. O solemn day of reckoning; that day
which will bring paleness to many faces; that day in which the words
shall be spoken to many, “Thou art weighed in the balances, and found
wanting”! It will be an awful thing to be found “wanting” when the book
of accounts is opened in that great day.... Upon the decisions reached in
that day depends the future, eternal interest of every soul. We shall have
unspeakable joy, or unutterable woe and misery.... O how Jesus will love
to recompense every true worker! Every faithfully performed duty will
receive His blessing. It is then that He pronounces the benediction, “Well
done.
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The Review and Herald, April 12, 1887
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Manuscript 13, 1895
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