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Witnessing Instructions, April 8
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the
world.
Matthew 28:18-20
.
Those in the home field who have a knowledge of the truth and of the
blessings that this knowledge brings, should remember the needs of those
who are laboring in new fields, where the work is hard and facilities few....
The instruction given in the tenth chapter of Matthew shows how the Lord
regards those who go forth to work for Him in new fields. Read this chapter.
Study what Christ said in regard to the perils the messengers would have to
meet and the hardships they would have to endure. “Behold, I send you forth
as sheep in the midst of wolves,” He said to His disciples: “be ye therefore
wise as serpents, and harmless as doves” (
Matthew 10:16
). Today those who
labor in new fields have many trials and difficulties to encounter. They need
the help and sympathy of their brethren in the home field, where facilities for
work are more abundant and means more easily obtained.
Christ’s last words to His disciples show the importance to be placed on
the work of spreading the truth. Just before His ascension He gave them the
commission, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end of the world” (
chap. 28:19, 20
).
Christ did not confine His labors to one place. Of His work we read,
“...And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities
also: for therefore am I sent. And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee”
(
Luke 4:43, 44
).
Would that all who have the light of truth would follow the example set
by Christ, and not expend their God-given time and ability and means in
one or two places, when the light of truth is to go to all the world. The
wonderful display of grace shown in the gospel message is to be carried to all
places.—
Letter 92, April 8, 1902
, to “My Brethren in Responsible Positions
in the Medical Missionary Work.”
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