Basic HTML Version
Color Line
187
from on high He enforced the importance of justice and mercy. But
He refused to become entangled in personal disputes.
Christ stood in our world as the Head of the great spiritual king-
dom that He came to our world to establish -the kingdom of righ-
teousness. His teaching made plain the ennobling, sanctifying prin-
ciples that govern this kingdom. He showed that justice and mercy
and love are the controlling powers in Jehovah’s kingdom.
A Time of Preparation
We are living in the great antitypical day of atonement. We
must individually seek God. This is a personal work. Let us draw
near to God, allowing nothing to come into our efforts that would
misrepresent the truth for this time. Let everyone confess, not his
brother’s sin, but his own sin. Let him humble his heart before God
and become so filled with the Holy Spirit that his life will show that
he has been born again. We read: “As many as received Him, to
them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on His name.”
John 1:12
.
The gospel of Christ is to be lived, practiced in the daily life. The
servants of God are to be cleansed from all coldness, all selfishness.
Simplicity, meekness, lowliness are of great value in the work of
[219]
God. Try to unite the workers in confidence and love. If you cannot
do this, be right yourselves, and leave the rest with God. Labor
in faith and prayer. Select Christian youth, and train them to be,
not workers with hearts like iron, but workers who are willing to
harmonize.
I pray that the Lord will change the hearts of those who, unless
they receive more grace, will enter into temptation. I pray that
He will soften and subdue every heart. We need to live in close
fellowship with God, that we may love one another as Christ has
loved us. It is by this that the world is to know that we are His
disciples. Let there be no self-exaltation. If the workers will humble
their hearts before God, the blessing will come. They will all the
while be receiving fresh, new ideas, and there will be a wonderful
revival of gospel medical missionary work.
The great work before us all, as Christians, is to extend Christ’s
kingdom as rapidly as possible, in accordance with the divine com-