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has made a plain distinction between human and divine wisdom. All
who work on Christ’s side must work to save, not to destroy. Worldly
policy is not to become the policy of the servants of God. Divine
authority is to be acknowledged. The church on earth is to be the
representative of heavenly principles. Amid the awful confederacy
of injustice, deception, robbery, and crime she is to shine with light
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from on high. In the righteousness of Christ she is to stand against
the prevailing apostasy.—
Letter 38, 1901
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As the Servants of Christ
Whatever work we do, we are to do it for Christ. There are many
kinds of temporal work to be done for God. An unbeliever would
do this work mechanically, for the wages he receives. He does not
know the joy of cooperation with the Master Worker. There is no
spirituality in the work of him who serves self. Common motives,
common aspirations, common inspirations, a desire to be thought
clever by men, rule in his life. Such a one may receive praise from
men, but not from God. Those who are truly united with Christ do
not work for the wages they receive. Laborers together with God,
they do not strive to exalt self.
In the last great day decisions will be made that will be a surprise
to many. Human judgment will have no place in the decisions then
made. Christ can and will judge every case; for all judgment has
been committed to Him by the Father. He will estimate service
by that which is invisible to men. The most secret things lie open
to His all-seeing eye. When the Judge of all men shall make His
investigation, many of those whom human estimation has placed
first will be placed last, and those who have been put in the lowest
place by men will be taken out of the ranks and made first.—
The
Review and Herald, July 31, 1900.
Heart-Searching Questions
I ask those who live in the vanity of self-indulgence, Will you
continue to act as if there rested on you no responsibility to practice
self-denial? For what purpose are you living? What good are you
accomplishing? Can you afford to live for self? Can you gain eternal