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Section 18—Extent of the Work
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The members are to be so established in the faith that they will
have an intelligent knowledge of medical missionary work. They
are to follow Christ’s example, ministering to those around them.
Faithfully they are to fulfill the vows made at their baptism, the
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vow that they will practice the lessons taught in the life of Christ.
Through sanctification of the truth as it is in Jesus they are to plant in
hearts the living principles of saving faith. They are to work together
to keep alive in the church the principles of self-denial and self-
sacrifice, which Christ, His divinity clothed with humanity, followed
in His medical missionary work. It is imparting the knowledge
of Christ’s love and tenderness that gives efficiency to missionary
operations.
An Army of Workers
The Lord Jesus desires the members of His church to be an army
of workers, laboring for Him according to their varied capabilities,
and carrying out the principles of self-denial and self-sacrifice, pre-
serving that love for God which drew them away from the world
and which will draw them together, away from separate confedera-
cies, from distant, detached parties. The work is to be one grand,
harmonious whole in Christ Jesus. The faith that works by love and
purifies the soul is the holy, uplifting, sanctifying agency which is
to soften and subdue jarring human nature. The love of Christ is to
constrain the believers, causing them to blend in harmonious action
at the cross of Calvary. As they live the principles which separated
them from the world, they will be bound to one another by the sacred
cords of Christian love.
Work the Works of Christ
With grace in their hearts believers are to work the works of
Christ, placing themselves, soul, body, and spirit, on His side, as
His human hand, to impart His love to those who are out of the fold.
Believers are to associate together in Christian fellowship, regarding
one another as brothers and sisters in the Lord. They are to love one
another as Christ loved them. They are to be lights for God, shining
in the church and in the world, receiving grace for grace as they