required to give an account of their stewardship. When he returns seven years later in the Second Advent, the end-time professed saints will be required to give their account. In each of these accountings, those servants having made a profit will be commended and rewarded but those servants not having made a profit will be condemned, will lose their talents, and will be cast into outer darkness. (3) The lessons from the parable (a) We do possess gifts (25:14; 1 Cor. 12:7, 11) (b) We possess unequal
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