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Heaven Waiting to Cooperate, October 6
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning ... and thy righteousness shall
go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Isaiah 58:8
.
It is the constant realization of the preciousness of Christ’s atoning sacrifice in
our behalf that qualifies us to point others to the Lamb of God that taketh away
the sin of the world. We must become exponents of the efficacy of the blood of
Christ, by which our own sins have been forgiven. Only thus can we reach the
higher class....
Christ has said that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than
for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. But all things are possible with God.
He can and will work through human agencies upon the minds of rich men whose
lives have been devoted to money getting.
The heavenly universe has long been waiting to cooperate with human agents in
this work which they have shunned and neglected. Many who have attempted the
work have given up in discouragement, when, had they persevered, they would have
been largely successful. Those who faithfully do this work will be blessed of God.
The righteousness of Christ will go before them, and the glory of the Lord will be
their rearward.
There are miracles to be wrought in genuine conversion, miracles that are
not now discerned. The greatest men of the earth are not beyond the power of a
wonder-working God. If those who are workers together with Him will be men
of opportunity, doing their duty bravely and faithfully, God will convert men who
occupy responsible places, men of intellect and influence. Through the power of
the Holy Spirit, many will accept the divine principles. Beholding Jesus in His
loveliness, in His self-denial and self-sacrifice, the self-sufficient rich man will see
himself in contrast as wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked, and
will become so small in his own estimation that he will prefer Christ to himself, and
will lay hold on eternal life.
Converted to the truth, he will become an agent in the hand of God to communi-
cate the light. He will have a special burden for other souls of this neglected class.
He will feel that a dispensation of the gospel is committed to him for those who
have made this world their all. Time and money will be consecrated to God, means
will be brought into His treasury, talent and influence will be converted to the truth,
and new efficiency and power will be added to the church....
Pure, sanctified love, such love as was expressed in Christ’s lifework, is as a
sacred perfume. Like Mary’s broken box of ointment, it fills the whole house with
fragrance. Eloquence, knowledge of truth, rare talents, mingled with love, are all
precious endowments ... Love for God and for those for whom Christ has died will
do a work that we can scarcely comprehend (
Testimonies for the Church 6:81-84
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