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Win Souls Through the Sabbath School, September 22
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3
, NKJV.
The Sabbath school teacher should be a laborer together with God, cooperating
with Christ. Do not be content with a lifeless, formal religion. The object of
Sabbath school work should be the ingathering of souls. The order of working may
be faultless, the facilities all that could be desired; but if the children and youth are
not brought to Christ, the school is a failure; for unless souls are drawn to Christ,
they become more and more unimpressionable under the influence of a formal
religion.
The teacher should cooperate, as He knocks at the door of the heart of those
who need help. If pupils respond to the pleading of the Spirit, and open the door of
the heart, that Jesus may come in, He will open their understanding, that they may
comprehend the things of God. The teacher’s work is simple work, but if it is done
in the Spirit of Jesus, depth and efficiency will be added to it by the operation of
the Spirit of God.
There should be much personal work done in the Sabbath school. The necessity
of this kind of work is not recognized and appreciated as it should be. From a heart
filled with gratitude for the love of God, which has been imparted to the soul, the
teacher should labor tenderly and earnestly for the conversion of the scholars.
What evidence can we give to the world that the Sabbath school work is not a
mere pretense? It will be judged by its fruits. It will be estimated by the character
and work of the pupils. In our Sabbath schools the Christian youth should be
entrusted with responsibilities, that they may develop their abilities and gain spiritual
power.
Let the youth first give themselves to God, and then let them in their early
experience be taught to help others. This work will bring their faculties into exercise
and enable them to learn how to plan and how to execute their plans for the good of
their associates. Let them seek the company of those who need help, not to engage
in foolish conversation, but to represent Christian character, to be laborers together
with God, winning those who have not given themselves to God.—
Testimonies on
Sabbath School Work, 47, 48
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