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Christian Service
with the price of Christ’s own life,—bought that we may return to God
His own in faithful service.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:104
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God has given me a message for His people. They must awake,
spread their tents, and enlarge their borders. My brethren and sisters,
you have been bought with a price, and all that you have and are is to
be used to the glory of God and for the good of your fellow men. Christ
died on the cross to save the world from perishing in sin. He asks
your co-operation in this work. You are to be His helping hand. With
earnest, unwearying effort you are to seek to save the lost. Remember
that it was your sins that made the cross necessary.—
Testimonies for
the Church 7:9
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Christ’s followers have been redeemed for service. Our Lord
teaches that the true object of life is ministry. Christ Himself was
a worker, and to all His followers He gives the law of service,—
service to God and to their fellow men.... The law of service becomes
the connecting link which binds us to God and to our fellow men.—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 326
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Go Forward
Often the Christian life is beset with dangers, and duty seems hard
to perform. The imagination pictures impending ruin before, and
bondage and death behind. Yet the voice of God speaks clearly, Go
forward. Let us obey the command, even though our sight cannot pen-
etrate the darkness. The obstacles that hinder our progress will never
disappear before a halting, doubting spirit. Those who defer obedience
till every uncertainty disappears, and there remains no risk of failure
or defeat, will never obey. Faith looks beyond the difficulties, and lays
hold of the unseen, even Omnipotence, therefore it cannot be baffled.
Faith is the clasping of the hand of Christ in every emergency.—
Gospel
Workers, 262
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Our ideas are altogether too narrow. God calls for continual ad-
vancement in the work of diffusing light. We must study improved
ways and means of reaching the people. We need to hear with ears
of faith the mighty Captain of the Lord’s host saying, “Go forward.”
We must act, and God will not fail us. He will do His part when we
in faith do ours. Brethren and sisters who have been long in the truth,