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Bible Study Guides – Parable of the Talents, Part I

October 18, 2019 by Unknown

July 23, 2006 – July 29, 2006 – In the parable of the talents, what had the individuals done which led their Lord to speak such words of commendation? Matthew 25:20, 22.

Bible Study Guides – Parable of the Talents, Part II

October 17, 2019 by Unknown

July 30, 2006 – August 5, 2006 – The parable of the talents has not been fully understood. This important lesson was given to the disciples for the benefit of Christians living in the last days.

The Parable of the Talents

November 7, 2018 by Jim Stoeckert

So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me five talents: look, I have gained five more talents beside them.

Pen of Inspiration – Talents

September 26, 2018 by Ellen G. White

The time is to be spent, not in idle waiting, but in diligent working. This lesson He taught in the parable of the talents.

Inspiration – Spare It This Year Also

September 19, 2018 by Ellen G. White

In the parable, the dresser of the vineyard does not question the sentence that the tree, if it remained fruitless, should be cut down; but he knows and shares the owner’s interest in that barren tree.

Inspiration – Instruction to Church Members

March 21, 2018 by Ellen G. White

In the Church today there are tares among the wheat. Christ declared: “The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

Keys to the Storehouse – Scorched and Withered

March 21, 2018 by Judy Hallingstad

“Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.” Matthew 13:5, 6.

Inspiration – Preparation of the Soil

January 14, 2018 by Ellen G. White

Throughout the parable of the sower [Luke 8:5–8], Christ represents the different results of the sowing as depending upon the soil. In every case the sower and the seed are the same. Thus He teaches that if the word of God fails of accomplishing its work in our hearts and lives, the reason is to be found in ourselves.

Parables of the Investigative Judgment

January 8, 2018 by Jana Wagner

There is a need for God’s people to understand the relationship of the investigative judgment and the wedding banquet. Many people are aware of the warning given in Malachi 3:1–3 regarding the work of the purification of God’s people and the removal of sin, but there is a deeper meaning, which needs to be understood.

Editorial – Sinners in Zion, part 2

May 20, 2020January 4, 2018 by John J. Grosboll

The sinners in Zion are the same as the tares who are in the church. “There are many sinners in Zion, and they are likened to tares among the wheat.”