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Medical Ministry
The poor, afflicted souls with whom you are brought in contact
have needed more of your attention than they have received. You
have it in your power to encourage them to look to Jesus, and, by
beholding, be changed to His image.
The true knowledge of Jesus Christ will lead your mind ... in
a safe direction. It gives the inspiration of true worship. It is the
fellowship of the soul with Him who is its life. Coming in contact
with Him, the mind is drawn to His heart of life and is inspired with
the essence of His sanctification.
Be careful, my brother, ... in regard to where your faith is tending.
Jesus lives to make intercession for you. Let your mind be one with
the mind of Christ. Having His mind, you will not soar to heights
which will at last bring you down to the lowest depths. Dabble not
in those things which now appear to you so attractive, but which do
not lead to Christ. Let your ambition ascend higher, to pure, true
fellowship with Him in whom you may safely glory. Then your
religion will be a power for good. You will not then communicate
that which will prove a snare unto death.
A Call to Perfection
Our Saviour understood all about human nature, and He says to
every human being, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.” As God is perfect in His sphere, so
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man is to be perfect in his sphere. Those who receive Christ are
among the number to whom the words so full of hope are spoken,
“As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.” These words
declare to us that we should be content with nothing less than the best
and highest character, a character formed after the divine similitude.
When such a character is possessed, the life, the faith, the purity
of the religion, is an instructive example to others. “Righteousness
exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” ...
“I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through
his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity
that is in Christ.” ...
“Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and