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Reward of Service
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shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, when I make up My jewels.”
Every merciful act to the needy or the suffering is as though done to
Jesus. Whoever succors the poor, or sympathizes with the afflicted and
oppressed, and befriends the orphan, brings himself into a more close
relationship to Jesus.—
The Review and Herald, August 16, 1881
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Christ regards all acts of mercy, benevolence, and thoughtful con-
sideration for the unfortunate, the blind, the lame, the sick, the widow,
and the orphan, as done to Himself; and these works are preserved
in the heavenly records, and will be rewarded.—
Testimonies for the
Church 3:512, 513
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A Just Reward
The Lord is good. He is merciful and tender-hearted. He is ac-
quainted with every one of His children. He knows just what each one
of us is doing. He knows just how much credit to give to each one.
Will you not lay down your credit list and your condemnation list, and
leave God to do His own work? You will be given the crown of glory
if you will attend to the work that God has given you.—
The Southern
Watchman, May 14, 1903
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The Lord desires us to rest in Him without a question as to our
measure of reward. When Christ abides in the soul, the thought of
reward is not uppermost. This is not the motive that actuates our
service.—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 398
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From garrets, from hovels, from dungeons, from scaffolds, from
mountains and deserts, from the caves of the earth and the caverns
of the sea, Christ will gather His children to Himself. On earth they
have been destitute, afflicted, and tormented. Millions have gone down
to the grave loaded with infamy because they refused to yield to the
deceptive claims of Satan. By human tribunals the children of God
have been adjudged the vilest criminals. But the day is near when
“God is judge Himself.” Then the decisions of earth shall be reversed.
“The rebuke of His people shall He take away.” White robes will be
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given to every one of them. And “they shall call them the holy people,
the redeemed of the Lord.”—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 179, 180
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