Call to Arouse
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Your spiritual strength and blessing will be proportionate to the
labor of love and the good works which you perform.—
Testimonies
for the Church 3:526
.
Very much more might be done for Christ if all who have the light
of truth would practice the truth.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:40
.
I was shown that as a people we are deficient. Our works are not in
accordance with our faith. Our faith testifies that we are living under
the proclamation of the most solemn and important message that was
ever given to mortals. Yet in full view of this fact, our efforts, our
zeal, our spirit of self-sacrifice, do not compare with the character of
the work. We should awake from the dead, and Christ will give us
life.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:114
.
Go forth in faith, and proclaim the truth as if you believed it. Let
those for whom you labor see that to you it is indeed a living reality.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:42
.
A Christlike life is the most powerful argument that can be ad-
vanced in favor of Christianity.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:21
.
There are many who profess the name of Christ whose hearts are
not engaged in His service. They have simply arrayed themselves
in a profession of godliness, and by this very act they have made
greater their condemnation, and have become more deceptive and
more successful agents of Satan in the ruin of souls.—
The Review and
Herald, March 27, 1888
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Those who are watching for the Lord, are purifying their souls by
obedience to the truth. With vigilant watching they combine earnest
working. Because they know that the Lord is at the door, their zeal is
quickened to co-operate with the divine intelligences in working for
the salvation of souls. These are the faithful and wise servants who
give to the Lord’s household “their portion of meat in due season.”
They are declaring the truth that is now specially applicable. As
Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Moses each declared the truth for his
time, so will Christ’s servants now give the special warning for their
generation.—
The Desire of Ages, 634
.
Our standing before God depends, not upon the amount of light
we have received, but upon the use we make of what we have. Thus
even the heathen who choose the right as far as they can distinguish it,
are in a more favorable condition than are those who have had great