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uncourteous to their fellow workers must reckon with God. By their
influence they keep out of the church the light which God desires His
people to have. They manifest a spirit which God does not endorse.
Christ the Pattern
Christ was sent to the world to look after His Father’s interests. He
is our pattern in all things. The variety of His teaching is a lesson we
need to study.
All workers are not alike in their understanding and experience or
in their administration of the Word. Some are constantly partaking
of Christ’s flesh and blood. They eat the leaves of the tree of life.
They are constant learners in the school of Christ. They make daily
progress in goodness, and gain an experience which fits them to labor
for the Master. Their influence is a savor of life unto life. So spiritual
minded are they that they readily discern spiritual things. The Bible is
their study. Magazines, newspapers, and books which treat of nothing
heavenly or divine have no attraction for them. But the Word of God
grows constantly more precious to them. God draws near and speaks
to them in language which cannot be misunderstood.
There are others who have not learned how to fix their minds so
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intently upon the Scriptures that they draw from them each day a fresh
supply of grace.
Some men have a special message from heaven. They are to be
sent forth to waken the people, not to hover over the churches to their
own detriment and the hindrance of the work of God. It does a church
no good to have two or three ministers waiting upon it. Were these
ministers to go forth to labor for those in darkness, their work would
show some results. Let the experienced men take the young men
who are preparing for the ministry and go forth into new territory to
proclaim the message of warning.
Those who believe the truth will be greatly blessed as they impart
the blessings God has given them, letting their light shine forth in good
works. As they let their light shine by personal piety, by revealing
sound principles in all business transactions, they will magnify the
principles of God’s law. God calls upon His workers to annex new
territory for Him. With intense earnestness we are to work for those