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One Talent, Used Faithfully, Will Gain Other Talents, March 22
The kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called
his own servants and delivered his goods to them. And to one he gave five
talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own
ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
Matthew 25:14, 15
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Let not the work that needs to be done wait for the ordination of ministers. If
there are not ministers to take up the work, let men and women of intelligence, with
no thought of how they can accumulate the most property, establish themselves in
these cities and towns, and lift up the standard of the cross, using the knowledge
they have gained in winning souls to the truth.
The knowledge of the truth is altogether too precious to be hoarded up, and
bound about, and hid in the earth. Even the one talent entrusted by the Master is to
be faithfully employed to gain other talents also. Where are the men and women
who have been refreshed with rich streams of blessing from the throne of God?
Let them ask themselves what they have done to communicate this light to those
who have not had like advantages. How will those who have neglected to use their
talents stand in the judgment, when every motive will be brought under scrutiny?
The heavenly Master has committed to every one of His servants talents. “And unto
one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according
to his several ability.”
God has not given talents to merely a chosen few, but to everyone He has
committed some peculiar gift to be used in His service. Many to whom the Lord
has given precious talents have refused to employ them for the advancement of the
kingdom of God; nevertheless, they are under obligation to God for their use of
His gifts. Everyone, whether serving God or pleasing self, is a possessor of some
trust, whose proper use will bring glory to God and whose perverted use will rob
the Giver. That possessors of talents do not acknowledge God’s claims upon them
does not make their guilt the less. If they choose to stand under the black banner of
the prince of darkness through this life, they will stand unconfessed by Christ in
the day of final accounts.—
The Signs of the Times, January 23, 1893
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