Chapter 19—What to Preach and Not to Preach
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No complete listing of topics is here attempted. For other suggestions
see
Evangelism, 184-199, 217-278
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Let Christ Appear
The object of all ministry is to keep self out of sight, and to let
Christ appear. The exaltation of Christ is the great truth that all who
labor in word and doctrine are to reveal.—
Manuscript 109, 1897
.
Laborers in the cause of truth should present the righteousness of
Christ, not as new light, but as precious light that has for a time been
lost sight of by the people. We are to accept of Christ as our personal
Saviour, and He imputes unto us the righteousness of God in Christ.
Let us repeat and make prominent the truth that John has portrayed,
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent
his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (
1 John 4:10
).
In the love of God has been opened the most marvelous vein of
precious truth, and the treasures of the grace of Christ are laid open
before the church and the world.... What love is this, what marvelous,
unfathomable love that would lead Christ to die for us while we were
yet sinners. What a loss it is to the soul who understands the strong
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claims of the law, and who yet fails to understand the grace of Christ
which doth much more abound.
It is true that the law of God reveals the love of God when it is
preached as the truth in Jesus, for the gift of Christ to this guilty world
must be largely dwelt upon in every discourse. It is no wonder that
hearts have not been melted by the truth, when it has been presented
in a cold and lifeless manner. No wonder faith has staggered at the
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