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wages they are to receive than of the work of the institution, they show
that they are not men to be depended upon as unselfish, God-fearing
servants of Christ, faithful in doing the work of the Master. Men who
are controlled by selfish desires should not remain connected with our
institutions....
God will require a return from men in proportion as they set a value
upon themselves and their services, for they will be judged according
to their deeds, and by no less a standard than they themselves have
established. If they have accounted their talents of so great value, and
placed a high estimate upon their abilities, they will be required to
render service proportionate to their own estimate and demands. Oh,
how few have any real acquaintance with the Father or with His Son
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Jesus Christ. If they were imbued with the spirit of Christ they would
work the works of Christ. “Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus” (
Philippians 2:5
).
Talents Belong to God
He who judgeth righteously has said, “Without Me ye can do
nothing” (
John 15:5
). All talents, great or small, have been entrusted
to men by God, to be employed in His service, and when men use
their ability simply for themselves, and have no special care to work
in harmony with those in medical practice, who are of the same faith,
they reveal that they are inclined to judge these men by themselves;
they do not seek to answer the prayer of Christ, that they may be one
as He is one with the Father. When they demand exorbitant prices for
their services, God, the Judge of all the earth, will hold them to the
measure of their own overrated estimation, and require of them to the
full extent of the value they put upon themselves.
As they judge of their worth from a money point of view, God will
judge of their works, comparing their services with their valuation of
them. Unless converted, no one who thus overrates his ability, will ever
enter heaven, for his personal influence in the service of Christ will
never balance the scale of his estimation of himself or of his demands
for his service for others....
He who is selfish and grasping, eager to take every dollar he can
get from our institutions for his services, is binding about the work
of God; verily he has his reward. He cannot be accounted worthy