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exerting every power to destroy. God’s people are called upon to rally
without delay under the bloodstained banner of Christ Jesus. Unceas-
ingly they are to continue their warfare against the enemy, pressing
the battle even to the gates. And everyone who is added to the ranks
by conversion is to be assigned his post of duty. Everyone should be
willing to be or to do anything in this warfare. When church members
put forth earnest efforts to advance the message, they will live in the
joy of the Lord and will meet with success. Triumph always follows
decided effort.
The Holy Spirit our Efficiency
Christ, in His mediatorial capacity, gives to His servants the pres-
ence of the Holy Spirit. It is the efficiency of the Spirit that enables
human agencies to be representatives of the Redeemer in the work of
soul saving. That we may unite with Christ in this work we should
place ourselves under the molding influence of His Spirit. Through the
power thus imparted we may co-operate with the Lord in the bonds of
unity as laborers together with Him in the salvation of souls. To every-
one who offers himself to the Lord for service, withholding nothing,
is given power for the attainment of measureless results.
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The Lord God is bound by an eternal pledge to supply power and
grace to everyone who is sanctified through obedience to the truth.
Christ, to whom is given all power in heaven and on earth, co-operates
in sympathy with His instrumentalities—the earnest souls who day by
day partake of the living bread, “which cometh down from heaven.”
John 6:50
. The church on earth, united with the church in heaven, can
accomplish all things.
Power Given the Apostles
On the Day of Pentecost the Infinite One revealed Himself in power
to the church. By His Holy Spirit He descended from the heights of
heaven as a rushing, mighty wind, to the room in which the disciples
were assembled. It was as if for ages this influence had been held
in restraint, and now heaven rejoiced in being able to pour upon the
church the riches of the Spirit’s power. And, under the influence of the
Spirit, words of penitence and confession were mingled with songs