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treasure in heaven; and when earthly possessions are all gone, the
faithful steward has Jesus and angels for his friends, to receive him
home to everlasting habitations.
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.”
He that is faithful in his earthly possessions, which are least, making a
judicious use of what God has lent him here, will be true to his pro-
fession. “He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” He that
will withhold from God that which He has lent him, will be unfaithful
in the things of God in every respect. “If therefore ye have not been
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faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the
true riches?” If we prove unfaithful in the management of what God
lends us here, He will never give us the immortal inheritance. “And
if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall
give you that which is your own?” Jesus has purchased redemption
for us. It is ours; but we are placed here on probation to see if we will
prove worthy of eternal life. God proves us by trusting us with earthly
possessions. If we are faithful to impart freely of what He has lent us,
to advance His cause, God can entrust to us the immortal inheritance.
“Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” “If any man love the world, the
love of the Father is not in him.”
God is displeased with the slack, loose manner in which many of
His professed people conduct their worldly business. They seem to
have lost all sense of the fact that the property they are using belongs to
God, and that they must render to Him an account of their stewardship.
Some leave their worldly business in perfect confusion. Satan has
his eye on it all, and he strikes at a favorable opportunity, and by his
management takes much means out of the ranks of Sabbathkeepers.
And this means goes into his ranks. Some who are aged are unwilling
to make any settlement of their worldly business, and in an unexpected
moment they sicken and die. Their children who have no interest in
the truth, take the property. Satan has managed it as suited him. “If
therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true riches? And if ye have not been
faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which
is your own?”
I was shown the awful fact that Satan and his angels have had
more to do with the management of the property of God’s professed
people than the Lord has. Stewards of the last days are unwise. They