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To Be God’s Instrumentalities, July 2
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
1 Corinthians 3:5
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God’s servants do not all possess the same gifts, but they are all His
workmen. Each is to learn of the Great Teacher, and then to communicate
what he has learned. All do not do the same work, but under the sanctifying
influence of the Holy Spirit they are all God’s instrumentalities. God employs
a diversity of gifts in His work of winning souls from Satan’s army.
“Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall
receive his own reward according to his own labor” (
1 Corinthians 3:8
). God,
and not man, is the judge of man’s work, and He will apportion to each his
just reward. It is not given to any human being to judge between the different
servants of God. The Lord alone is the judge and rewarder of every good
work.
“He that planteth and he that watereth are one,” engaged in the same
work—the salvation of souls. “We are labourers together with God: ye are
God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building” (
verse 9
). In these words the church
is compared to a cultivated field, in which the husbandmen are to labor, caring
for the vines of the Lord’s planting; and to a building, which is to become
a holy temple for the Lord. Christ is the Master Workman. All are to work
under His supervision, letting Him work for and through His workmen. He
gives them tact and skill, and if they heed His instructions, crowns their labor
with success.
None are to complain against God, who has appointed to each man his
work. He who murmurs and frets, who wants his own way, who desires to
mold his fellow laborers to suit his own ideas, needs the divine touch before
he is qualified to labor in any line. Unless he is changed, he will surely mar
the work.
Remember that we are laborers together with God. God is the all-powerful,
effectual mover. His servants are His instruments.—
The Review and Herald,
December 11, 1900
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