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work of God are not to be rash or self-confident or selfish. Never is
their example or influence to strengthen evil. The Lord has not given
men or women liberty to advance ideas that will bring commonness
into His work, removing the sacredness that should ever surround it.
God’s work is to become increasingly sacred to His people. In every
way we are to magnify the exalted character of the truth. Those who
have been set as guardians of the work of God in our institutions are
ever to make the will and way of God prominent. The health of the
general work depends upon the faithfulness of the men appointed to
carry out the will of God in the churches.
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Men must be placed in charge who will obtain an enlarged expe-
rience, not in the things of self, but in the things of God, an enlarged
knowledge of the character of Christ. The more they know of Christ,
the more faithfully they represent Him to the world. They are to
listen to His voice and give heed to His words.
A Warning
Then began He to upbraid the cities wherein most of His mighty
works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee,
Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which
were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would
have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment,
than for you.
“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be
brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done
in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this
day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land
of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from
the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even
so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight. All things are
delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but
the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and
he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him.