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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
be made common property. Christ pities and helps those who err in
judgment. He has suffered death for every man, and because of this
He has a touching and profound interest in every man.
A man may be trying to serve God, but temptations from within
and from without assail him. Satan and his angels urge and coax
him to transgress. Perhaps he falls a prey to their temptings. How
then do his brethren treat him? Do they speak harsh, cutting words,
driving him further from the Saviour? What a sad sight for Christ
and the angels to behold!
Let us remember that we are struggling and falling, failing in
speech and action to represent Christ, falling and rising again, de-
spairing and hoping. Let us beware of dealing unkindly with those
who, like ourselves, are subjects of temptation and who, like our-
selves also, are the objects of Christ’s unfailing love.
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God deals with men as responsible beings. He will work by His
Spirit through the mind He has put in man if man will only give Him
a chance to work and will recognize His dealings. He designs that
each shall use his mind and conscience for himself. He does not
intend that one man shall become the shadow of another, uttering
only another’s sentiments.
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