Chapter 7—Women’s Role in Soul-Winning Ministry
God’s cause at this time is in special need of men and women who
possess Christlike qualifications for service, executive ability, and a
large capacity for work, who have kind, warm, sympathetic hearts,
sound common sense, and unbiased judgment; who will carefully
weigh matters before they approve or condemn, and who can
fearlessly say No, or Yea and Amen; who, because they are sanctified
by the Spirit of God, practice the words “All ye are brethren,” striving
constantly to uplift and restore fallen humanity.—
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Christ Provided a Perfect Pattern for True Ministry—Sunday,
March 15, 1891. I attended the morning ministers’ meeting. The
blessing of the Lord came upon me, and I spoke in the demonstra-
tion of the Spirit of God and with power. There are those who are
working out a great circle. The Lord has given Christ to the world for
ministry. Merely to preach the Word is not ministry. The Lord de-
sires His ministering servants to occupy a place worthy of the highest
consideration. In the mind of God, the ministry of men and women
existed before the world was created. He determined that His ministers
should have a perfect exemplification of Himself and His purposes.
No human career could do this work; for God gave Christ in humanity
to work out His ideal of what humanity may become through entire
obedience to His will and way.God’s character was revealed in the life
of His Son. Christ not only held a theory of genuine ministry, but in
His humanity He wrought out an illustration of the ministry that God
approves. Perfection has marked out every feature of true ministry.
Christ, the Son of the living God, did not live unto Himself, but unto
God.—
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Christians Are God’s Helping Hands—God’s promises to the
obedient are “good tidings of great joy.” They are gladdening to the
humble, contrite soul. The life of the true Christian is radiant with the
bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness. If men and women would
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