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Testimonies for the Church Volume 6
The sweet influences that are to be abundant in the church are
bound up with God’s ministers, who are to represent the precious love
of Christ. The stars of heaven are under the control of Christ. He fills
them with light. He directs their movements. If He did not do this,
they would become fallen stars. So with His ministers. They are but
instruments in His hand, and all the good they accomplish is done
through His power. Through them His light is to shine forth. It is to
the honor of Christ that He makes His ministers greater blessings to
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the church, through the workings of the Holy Spirit, than are the stars
to the world. The Saviour is to be their sufficiency. If they will look to
Him as He looked to His Father, they will do His works. As they make
God their dependence, He will give them His brightness to reflect to
the world.
Let those who are as stars in the hand of Christ remember that
they are ever to preserve a sacred, holy dignity. They are Christ’s
representatives. Simplicity in Christ is the pure, sacred dignity of the
truth.
God’s servants are to preach His word to the people. Under the
Holy Spirit’s working they will come into order as stars in the hand
of Christ, to shine forth with His brightness. Let those who claim to
be Christ’s ministers arise and shine; for their light has come, and the
glory of the Lord has risen upon them. Let them understand that Christ
expects them to do the same work as He has done. Let them leave the
churches that know the truth, and go forth to establish new churches,
to present the word of truth to those who are in ignorance of God’s
warning message.
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The number of workers in the ministry is not to be lessened, but
greatly increased. Where there is now one minister in the field, twenty
are to be added; and if the Spirit of God controls them, these twenty
will so present the truth that twenty more will be added.
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Christ’s dignity and officework are in imposing such conditions as
He pleases. His followers are to become more and more a power in