CHRIST's OBJECT LESSONS: Audio & Pull Quotes- Chapter 25

Talents  

Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/isY-sy--tq0?list=PL4ByrircmXL5UosnbsJhG1f_BnZUXmR6P

A character formed according to the divine likeness is the only treasure that we can take from this

world to the next. God gives the talents, the powers of the mind; we form the character. It is formed by hard, stern battles with self. Thousands pass through life as if they had no definite object for which to live, no standard to reach.

Throw a pebble into the lake, and a wave is formed, and another and another; and as they increase, the circle widens, until it reaches the very shore. So with our influence. There are many who in their hearts charge God with being a hard master because He claims their possessions and their service. But we can bring to God nothing that is not already His. All things are God's, not only by creation, but by redemption.

All men have been bought with this infinite price. By pouring the whole treasury of heaven into this world, by giving us in Christ all heaven, God has purchased the will, the affections, the mind, the soul, of every human being. Whether believers or unbelievers, all men are the Lord's property.

God expects returns according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
2 Corinthians 8:12