Unity in our Work
As the medical missionary work becomes more extended, there
will be a temptation to make it independent of our conferences. But it
has been presented to me that this plan is not right. The different lines
of our work are but parts of one great whole. They have one center.
In Colossians we read: “The body is of Christ. Let no man beguile
you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels,
intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by
his fleshly mind, and not holding the Head, from which all the body
by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together,
increaseth with the increase of God.”
Colossians 2:17-19
. Our work in
all its lines is to demonstrate the influence of the cross. The work of
God in the plan of salvation is not to be done in any disjointed way. It
is not to operate at random. The plan that provided the influence of
the cross provided also the methods of its diffusion. This method is
simple in its principles and comprehensive in its plain, distinct lines.
Part is connected with part in perfect order and relation.
God has brought His people together in church capacity in order
that they may reveal to the world the wisdom of Him who formed this
organization. He knew what plans to outline for the efficiency and
success of His people. Adherence to these plans will enable them to
testify of the divine authorship of God’s great plan for the restoration
of the world.
Those who take part in God’s work are to be led and guided by
Him. Every human ambition is to be merged in Christ, who is the head
over all the institutions that God has established. He knows how to
set in operation and keep in operation His own agencies. He knows
that the cross must occupy the central place because it is the means of
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man’s atonement and because of the influence it exerts on every part of
the divine government. The Lord Jesus, who has been through all the
history of our world, understands the methods that should be invested
with power over human minds. He knows the importance of every
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