God’s Call to Service
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Channels of Light and Blessing
We are to be consecrated channels, through which the heavenly
life is to flow to others. The Holy Spirit is to animate and pervade the
whole church, purifying and cementing hearts.—
Testimonies for the
Church 9:20
.
Every follower of Jesus has a work to do as a missionary for Christ,
in the family, in the neighborhood, in the town or city where he lives.
All who are consecrated to God are channels of light. God makes
them instruments of righteousness to communicate to others the light
of truth.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:632
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The result of the work of Jesus, as He sat, weary and hungry, at
the well, was widespread in blessing. The one soul whom He sought
to help became a means of reaching others and bringing them to the
Saviour. This is ever the way that the work of God has made progress
on the earth. Let your light shine, and other lights will be kindled.—
Gospel Workers, 195
.
Many have an idea that they are responsible to Christ alone for
their light and experience, independent of His recognized followers on
earth. Jesus is the friend of sinners; and His heart is touched with their
woe. He has all power, both in heaven and on earth; but He respects
the means that He has ordained for the enlightenment and salvation of
men; He directs sinners to the church, which He has made a channel
of light to the world.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 122
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To the early church had been intrusted a constantly enlarging
work,—that of establishing centers of light and blessing wherever
there were honest souls willing to give themselves to the service of
Christ.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 90
.
As the rays of the sun penetrate to the remotest corners of the
globe, so God designs that the light of the gospel shall extend to every
soul upon the earth. If the church of Christ were fulfilling the purpose
of our Lord, light would be shed upon all that sit in darkness and in the
region and shadow of death.—
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing,
42
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It is the privilege of every soul to be a living channel through which
God can communicate to the world the treasures of His grace, the
unsearchable riches of Christ. There is nothing that Christ desires so
much as agents who will represent to the world His Spirit and character.