The Work of Soulsaving
God has given me a message for His people. They must awake,
spread their tents, and enlarge their borders. My brethren and sisters,
you have been bought with a price, and all that you have and are
is to be used to the glory of God and for the good of your fellow
men. Christ died on the cross to save the world from perishing in sin.
He asks your co-operation in this work. You are to be His helping
hand. With earnest, unwearying effort you are to seek to save the lost.
Remember that it was your sins that made the cross necessary. When
you accepted Christ as your Saviour you pledged yourself to unite with
Him in bearing the cross. For life and for death you are bound up with
Him, a part of the great plan of redemption.
The transforming power of Christ’s grace molds the one who gives
himself to God’s service. Imbued with the Spirit of the Redeemer,
he is ready to deny self, ready to take up the cross, ready to make
any sacrifice for the Master. No longer can he be indifferent to the
souls perishing around him. He is lifted above self-serving. He has
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been created anew in Christ, and self-serving has no place in his life.
He realizes that every part of his being belongs to Christ, who has
redeemed him from the slavery of sin; that every moment of his future
has been bought with the precious lifeblood of God’s only-begotten
Son.
Have you so deep an appreciation of the sacrifice made on Calvary
that you are willing to make every other interest subordinate to the
work of saving souls? The same intensity of desire to save sinners that
marked the life of the Saviour marks the life of His true follower. The
Christian has no desire to live for self. He delights to consecrate all that
he has and is to the Master’s service. He is moved by an inexpressible
desire to win souls to Christ. Those who have nothing of this desire
might better be concerned for their own salvation. Let them pray for
the spirit of service.
How can I best glorify Him whose I am by creation and by re-
demption? This is to be the question that we are to ask ourselves. With
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