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Selected Messages Book 2
Every word spoken by the direction of the Holy Spirit will be full of
the deepest solicitude for the salvation of souls.
The minister’s acceptance with God depends not on outward show,
but on his faithful discharge of duty. Christ’s road to exaltation lay
through the deepest humiliation. Those who are partakers with Christ
in His sufferings, who follow cheerfully in His footsteps, will be
partakers with Him in His glory.
It has been the continual endeavor of the enemy to introduce into
the church persons who assent to much that is truth, but who are
not converted. Professed Christians who are false to their trust are
channels through whom Satan works. He can use unconverted church
members to advance his own ideas and retard the work of God. Their
influence is always on the side of wrong. They place criticism and
doubt as stumbling blocks in the way of reform. They introduce
unbelief because they have closed their eyes to the righteousness of
Christ and have not the glory of the Lord as their rearward.
Unity is the strength of the church. Satan knows this, and he
employs his whole force to bring in dissension. He desires to see a
lack of harmony among the members of the church of God. Greater
attention should be given to the subject of unity. What is the recipe
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for the cure of the leprosy of strife and dissension? Obedience to the
commandments of God.
God has been teaching me that we are not to dwell upon the dif-
ferences which weaken the church. He prescribes a remedy for strife.
By keeping His Sabbath holy we are to show that we are His people.
His Word declares the Sabbath to be a sign by which to distinguish
the commandment-keeping people. Thus God’s people are to preserve
among them a knowledge of Him as their Creator. Those who keep
the law of God will be one with Him in the great controversy com-
menced in heaven between Satan and God. Disloyalty to God means
contention and strife against the principles of God’s law.
Everything connected with the cause of God is sacred, and is to
be thus regarded by His people. The counsels that have any reference
to the cause of God are sacred. Christ gave His life to bring a sinful
world to repentance. Those who are imbued with the spirit that dwelt
in Christ will work as God’s husbandmen in caring for His vineyard.
They will not merely work in spots which they may choose. They
are to be wise managers and faithful workers, making it their highest