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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
pattern. He works according to His own mind and Spirit. It is man’s
work to reveal to the world that which
Christ
has placed in his heart;
through His grace man becomes a partaker of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. The
higher powers of the one who receives Christ are strengthened and
ennobled, and he receives a fitness for God’s service.
Many of the world’s learned men have received so high an edu-
cation that they cannot touch the common people. Their knowledge
is intricate. It soars high, but rests nowhere. The most intelligent
businessmen desire simple truth such as Christ gave to the people
when He was on this earth—the truth that He declares to be spirit
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and life. His words are as the leaves of the tree of life. What the
world needs today is the light of Christ’s example reflected from
the lives of Christlike men and women. The intellect most powerful
in behalf of truth is the intellect that Christ controls, ennobling and
purifying it by the sanctification of the Holy Spirit.
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Christ has given His commission: “Go ye into all the world.”
Mark 16:15
. All must hear the message of warning. A prize of
richest value is held up before those who are running the Christian
race. Those who run with patience will receive a crown of life that
fadeth not away.
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Cultivate restfulness, and commit the keeping of your souls unto
God as unto a faithful Creator. He will keep that which is committed
to His trust. He is not pleased to have us cover His altar with our
tears and complaints. You have enough to praise God for already, if
you do not see another soul converted. But the good work will go
on if you will only go forward and not be trying to adjust everything
to your own ideas. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, and be
ye thankful. Let the Lord have room to work. Do not block His way.
He can and will work if we will let Him.
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