112
Testimonies for the Church Volume 6
Are you, who have this example before you, co-operating with
Him who is seeking to save the lost? Are you colaborers with Christ?
Can you not for His sake endure suffering, sacrifice, and trial? There
is opportunity for doing good to the souls of the youth and the erring.
If you see one whose words or attitude shows that he is separated from
God, do not blame him. It is not your work to condemn him, but come
close to his side to give him help. Consider the humility of Christ,
and His meekness and lowliness, and work as He worked, with a heart
full of sanctified tenderness. “At the same time, saith the Lord, will I
be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.
Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found
grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee
with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn
thee.”
Jeremiah 31:1-3
.
In order for us to work as Christ worked, self must be crucified. It
is a painful death; but it is life, life to the soul. “For thus saith the high
and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in
the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the
contrite ones.”
Isaiah 57:15
.
[126]