God’s Call to Service
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We must be laborers together with God; for God will not complete
His work without human agencies.—
The Review and Herald, March
1, 1887
.
A Call to the Individual
A distinct work is assigned to every Christian.—
The Southern
Watchman, August 2, 1904
.
God requires every one to be a worker in His vineyard. You are
to take up the work that has been placed in your charge, and to do it
faithfully.—
The Bible Echo, June 10, 1901
.
Were every one of you a living missionary, the message for this
time would speedily be proclaimed in all countries, to every people
and nation and tongue.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:438
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Every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary.
He who drinks of the living water becomes a fountain of life. The
receiver becomes a giver. The grace of Christ in the soul is like a
spring in the desert, welling up to refresh all, and making those who
are ready to perish eager to drink of the water of life.—
The Desire of
Ages, 195
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God expects personal service from every one to whom He has
intrusted a knowledge of the truth for this time. Not all can go as
missionaries to foreign lands, but all can be home missionaries in their
families and neighborhoods.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:30
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Christ was standing only a few steps from the heavenly throne
when He gave His commission to His disciples. Including as mission-
aries all who should believe on His name, He said, “Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” God’s power was to
go with them.—
The Southern Watchman, September 20, 1904
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To save souls should be the life work of every one who professes
Christ. We are debtors to the world for the grace given us of God, for
the light which has shone upon us, and for the discovered beauty and
power of the truth.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:53
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Everywhere there is a tendency to substitute the work of organi-
zations for individual effort. Human wisdom tends to consolidation,
to centralization, to the building up of great churches and institutions.
Multitudes leave to institutions and organizations the work of benevo-
lence; they excuse themselves from contact with the world, and their