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men. What revelations would come to man if the curtain should be
rolled back and you could see the result of your work in dealing with
the erring who have needed most judicious treatment lest they should
be turned out of the way. “Wherefore lift up the hands which hang
down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest
that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed”
(
Hebrews 12:12, 13
).—SpT Series A, No. 3, pp. 9, 10, Aug 3, 1894.
(
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 184, 185
.)
The Current of Life-giving Energy—The power of love was in
all Christ’s healing, and only by partaking of that love, through faith,
can we be instruments for His work. If we neglect to link ourselves
in divine connection with Christ, that current of life-giving energy
cannot flow in rich streams from us to the people.—
The Desire of
Ages, 825
(1898).
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The One Source of Abiding Peace—Abiding peace, true rest of
spirit, has but one source. It was of this that Christ spoke when He
said, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest” (
Matthew 11:28
). “Peace I leave with you, My peace I
give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you” (
John 14:27
).
This peace is not something that He gives apart from Himself. It is in
Christ, and we can receive it only by receiving Him.—
The Ministry of
Healing, 247
(1905).
His Experience to Be Ours—In Christ the cry of humanity
reached the Father of infinite pity. As a man He supplicated the throne
of God till His humanity was charged with a heavenly current that
should connect humanity with divinity. Through continual communion
He received life from God that He might impart life to the world. His
experience is to be ours.—
The Desire of Ages, 363
(1898).
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