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a pretense, a farce. Jesus expects His disciples to follow closely in
His footsteps, enduring what He endured, suffering what He suffered,
overcoming as He overcame. He is anxiously waiting to see His
professed followers revealing the spirit of self-sacrifice.
Those who receive Christ as a personal saviour, choosing to be
partakers of His suffering, to live His life of self-denial, to endure
shame for His sake, will understand what it means to be a genuine
medical missionary.
When all our medical missionaries live the new life in Christ,
when they take His word as their guide, they will have a much clearer
understanding of what constitutes genuine medical missionary work.
This work will have a deeper meaning to them when they render
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implicit obedience to the law engraven on tables of stone by the finger
of God, including the Sabbath commandment, concerning which Christ
Himself spoke through Moses to the children of Israel, saying:
“Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily My
Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between Me and you throughout
your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth
sanctify you.... The children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe
the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever.”
Exodus
31:13-17
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Let us diligently study God’s word, that we may proclaim with
power the message that is to be given in these last days. Many of
those upon whom the light of the Saviour’s self-sacrificing life is
shining refuse to live a life in accordance with His will. They are not
willing to live a life of sacrifice for the good of others. They desire to
exalt themselves. To such ones truth and righteousness have lost their
meaning, and their un-Christlike influence leads many to turn away
from the Saviour. God calls for true, steadfast workers, whose lives
will counteract the influence of those who are working against Him.
To every medical missionary worker I am instructed to say: Follow
your Leader. He is the way, the truth, and the life. He is your example.
Upon all medical missionary workers rests the responsibility of keep-
ing in view Christ’s life of unselfish service. They are to keep their
eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of their faith. He is the
Source of all light, the fountain of all blessing.