Christ’s Methods to be Followed
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The Review and Herald, December 24, 1914
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From Christ’s methods of labor we may learn many valuable
lessons. He did not follow merely one method; in various ways He
sought to gain the attention of the multitude and, having succeeded in
this, He proclaimed to them the truths of the gospel. His chief work lay
in ministering to the poor, the needy, and the ignorant. In simplicity
He opened before them the blessings they might receive, and thus He
aroused their soul’s hunger for the truth, the bread of life.
Christ’s life is an example to all His followers, showing the duty of
those who have learned the way of life to teach others what it means
to believe in the word of God. There are many now in the shadow of
death who need to be instructed in the truths of the gospel. Nearly the
whole world is lying in wickedness. To every believer in Christ, words
of hope have been given for those who sit in darkness: “The land of
Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; the people which sat in darkness saw
great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death
light is sprung up.”
Matthew 4:15, 16
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Earnest, devoted young people are needed to enter the work as
nurses. As these young men and women use conscientiously the
knowledge they gain, they will increase in capability, becoming better
and better qualified to be the Lord’s helping hand.
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The Lord wants wise men and women, who can act in the capacity
of nurses, to comfort and help the sick and suffering. O that all who
are afflicted might be ministered to by Christian physicians and nurses
who could help them to place their weary, pain-racked bodies in the
care of the Great Healer, in faith looking to Him for restoration! If
through judicious ministration the patient is led to give his soul to
Christ and to bring his thoughts into obedience to the will of God, a
great victory is gained....
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