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Christian Service
The Divine Example
Christ, the great medical missionary, is our example.... He healed
the sick and preached the gospel. In His service, healing and teaching
were linked closely together. Today they are not to be separated.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:170, 171
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Christ’s servants are to follow His example. As He went from
place to place, He comforted the suffering and healed the sick. Then
He placed before them the great truths in regard to His kingdom. This
is the work of His followers.—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 233, 234
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Christ’s example must be followed by those who claim to be His
children. Relieve the physical necessities of your fellow men, and their
gratitude will break down the barriers, and enable you to reach their
hearts. Consider this matter earnestly.—
Testimonies for the Church
9:127
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Especially should those who are medical missionaries manifest,
in spirit, word, and character, that they are following Christ Jesus,
the divine Model of medical missionary effort.—
Testimonies for the
Church 7:127
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Combine with Gospel Ministry
The gospel and the medical missionary work are to advance to-
gether. The gospel is to be bound up with the principles of true health
reform. Christianity is to be brought into the practical life. Earnest,
thorough, reformatory work is to be done.... We are to present the
principles of health reform before the people, doing all in our power
to lead men and women to see the necessity of these principles, and to
practice them.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:379
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It is the divine plan that we shall work as the disciples worked.
Physical healing is bound up with the gospel commission. In the work
of the gospel, teaching and healing are never to be separated.—
The
Ministry of Healing, 141
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Medical missionary work and the gospel ministry are the channels
through which God seeks to pour a constant supply of His goodness.
They are to be as the river of life for the irrigation of His church.—
The
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Bible Echo, August 12, 1901
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