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Every Member to Help Spread the Gospel, September 30
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who
follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
John 8:12
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Those who follow Jesus will be laborers together with God. They will not walk
in darkness, but will find the true path where Jesus, the Light of the world, leads
the way; and as they bend their steps Zionward, moving on in faith, they will attain
unto a bright experience in the things of God. The mission of Christ, so dimly
understood, so faintly comprehended, that called Him from the throne of God to the
mystery of the altar of the cross of Calvary, will more and more unfold to the mind,
and it will be seen that in the sacrifice of Christ are found the spring and principle
of every other mission of love. It is the love of Christ which has been the incentive
of every true missionary worker in cities, in towns, in the highways and the byways
of the world.
The church of Christ has been organized on earth for missionary purposes, and
it is of the highest importance that every individual member of the church should
be a sincere laborer together with God, filled with the Spirit, having the mind of
Christ, perfected in sympathy with Christ, and therefore bending every energy
according to his or her entrusted ability to the saving of souls. Christ requires that
everyone who would be called by His name should make His work the first and
highest consideration, and disinterestedly cooperate with heavenly intelligences in
saving the perishing for whom Christ has died.
To misapply means or influence or any entrusted capital of mind or body is to
rob God and to rob the world; for it is turning the energies into another channel than
that in which God designed they should move for the salvation of the world. When
Christ was here upon earth, He sent out His disciples to proclaim the kingdom
of God throughout Judea, and in this example He clearly revealed that it is the
duty of His people throughout all time to impart to others the knowledge they
have of the way, the life, and the truth. In all His labors Jesus sought to train His
church for missionary work, and as their numbers increased, their mission would
extend, until eventually the gospel message would belt the world through their
ministrations.—
The Review and Herald, October 30, 1894
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