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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
hearts, elevate the intellect, and give divine wisdom to the students,
there are those who, in their present state, would interpose between
God and those who need the light. They would not understand the
work of the Holy Spirit; they have never understood it; in the past
it has been to them as great a mystery as were Christ’s lessons to
the Jews. The working of the Holy Spirit of God is not to create
curiosity. It is not for men to decide whether they shall lay their
hands upon the manifestations of the Spirit of God. We must let God
work.
When teachers are willing to sit in the school of Christ and learn
of the Great Teacher, they will know far less in their own estimation
than they do now. When God becomes the teacher, He will be
acknowledged, His name will be magnified. The students will be as
were the young men in the schools of the prophets, upon whom the
Spirit of God came, and they prophesied.
The great adversary of souls is seeking to bring a dead, lifeless
spiritual atmosphere into all our institutions. He works to turn and
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twist every circumstance to his own advantage, to the exclusion
of Jesus Christ. Today, as in the days of Christ, God cannot do
many mighty works because of the unbelief of those who stand
in responsible positions. The converting power of God is needed
before they will understand the word of God, and be willing to
humble themselves before Him as learners.
Finishing at Worldly Schools
Prophecy tells us that we are near the close of time. Intellec-
tual power, natural abilities, supposed excellent judgment, will not
prepare the youth to become missionaries for God. No one who is
seeking an education for the work and service of God will be made
more complete in Jesus Christ by receiving the supposed finishing
touch at—in either literary or medical lines. Many have been un-
fitted to do missionary work by attending such schools. They have
dishonored God by leaving Him on one side and accepting man as
their helper. “Them that honor Me I will honor,” God declares, “and
they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.”
1 Samuel 2:30
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God’s word should be received as the foundation and the finisher
of our faith. It is to be received with the understanding and with