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Testimonies for the Church Volume 7
Enfeebled and defective, needing constantly to be warned and
counseled, the church is nevertheless the object of Christ’s supreme
regard. He is making experiments of grace on human hearts and is
effecting such transformations of character that angels are amazed and
express their joy in songs of praise. They rejoice to think that sinful,
erring human beings can be so transformed.
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As the third angel’s message swells into a loud cry, great power
and glory will attend its proclamation. The faces of God’s people will
shine with the light of heaven.
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The Lord will fit men and women—yes, and children, as He did
Samuel—for His work, making them His messengers. He who never
slumbers or sleeps watches over each worker, choosing his sphere of
labor. All heaven is watching the warfare which, under apparently
discouraging circumstances, God’s servants are carrying on. New
conquests are being achieved, new honors won, as the Lord’s servants,
rallying round the banner of their Redeemer, go forth to fight the good
fight of faith. All the heavenly angels are at the service of the humble,
believing people of God; and as the Lord’s army of workers here
below sing their songs of praise, the choir above join with them in
thanksgiving, ascribing praise to God and to His Son.
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Nothing is apparently more helpless, yet really more invincible,
than the soul that feels its nothingness and relies wholly on the merits
of the Saviour. God would send every angel in heaven to the aid of
such a one, rather than allow him to be overcome.
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The battle cry is sounding along the line. Let every soldier of the
cross push to the front, not in self-sufficiency, but in meekness and
lowliness, and with firm faith in God. Your work, my work, will not
cease with this life. For a little while we may rest in the grave, but,
when the call comes, we shall, in the kingdom of God, take up our
work once more.
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