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Chapter 1—Everyday Livin
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There is an eloquence far more powerful than the eloquence of
words in the quiet, consistent life of a pure, true Christian. What a
man is has more influence than what he says.
The officers who were sent to Jesus came back with the report that
never man spoke as He spoke. But the reason for this was that never
man lived as He lived. Had His life been other than it was, He could
not have spoken as He did. His words bore with them a convincing
power, because they came from a heart pure and holy, full of love and
sympathy, benevolence and truth.
It is our own character and experience that determine our influence
upon others. In order to convince others of the power of Christ’s grace,
we must know its power in our own hearts and lives. The gospel we
present for the saving of souls must be the gospel by which our own
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souls are saved. Only through a living faith in Christ as a personal
Saviour is it possible to make our influence felt in a skeptical world. If
we would draw sinners out of the swift-running current, our own feet
must be firmly set upon the Rock, Christ Jesus.
The badge of Christianity is not an outward sign, not the wearing
of a cross or a crown, but it is that which reveals the union of man with
God. By the power of His grace manifested in the transformation of
character the world is to be convinced that God has sent His Son as
its Redeemer. No other influence that can surround the human soul
has such power as the influence of an unselfish life. The strongest
argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.
The Discipline of Trial
To live such a life, to exert such an influence, costs at every step
effort, self-sacrifice, discipline. It is because they do not understand
this that many are so easily discouraged in the Christian life. Many
who sincerely consecrate their lives to God’s service are surprised and
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The Ministry of Healing, 469-482.
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