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Christian Service
What rejoicing there will be as these redeemed ones meet and greet
those who have had a burden in their behalf! And those who have lived,
not to please themselves, but to be a blessing to the unfortunate who
have so few blessings,—how their hearts will thrill with satisfaction!
They will realize the promise, “Thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot
recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of
the just.”—
Gospel Workers, 519
.
In heaven we shall see the youth whom we helped, those whom
we invited to our homes, whom we led from temptation. We shall see
their faces reflecting the radiance of the glory of God.—
Testimonies
for the Church 6:348
.
To be a coworker with Christ and the heavenly angels in the great
plan of salvation! What work can bear any comparison with this!
From every soul saved, there comes to God a revenue of glory, to be
reflected upon the one saved, and also upon the one instrumental in
his salvation.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:232
.
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The redeemed will meet and recognize those whose attention they
have directed to the uplifted Saviour. What blessed converse they will
have with these souls! “I was a sinner,” it will be said, “without God
and without hope in the world; and you came to me, and drew my
attention to the precious Saviour as my only hope. And I believed in
Him. I repented of my sins, and was made to sit together with His
saints in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Others will say: “I was a
heathen in heathen lands. You left your friends and comfortable home,
and came to teach me how to find Jesus, and believe in Him as the
only true God. I demolished my idols, and worshiped God, and now I
see Him face to face. I am saved, eternally saved, ever to behold Him
whom I love. I then saw Him only with the eye of faith, but now I
see Him as He is. I can now express my gratitude for His redeeming
mercy to Him who loved me, and washed me from my sins in His own
blood.”—
Gospel Workers, 518
.
Others will express their gratitude to those who fed the hungry
and clothed the naked. “When despair bound my soul in unbelief, the
Lord sent you to me,” they say, “to speak words of hope and comfort.
You brought me food for my physical necessities, and you opened
to me the Word of God, awakening me to my spiritual needs. You
treated me as a brother. You sympathized with me in my sorrows, and
restored my bruised and wounded soul, so that I could grasp the hand