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Christian Service
In every place where there is a church, instruction should be given
in regard to the preparation of simple, wholesome foods, for the use of
those who wish to live in accordance with the principles of health. And
the church members should impart to the people of their neighborhoods
the light they receive on this subject.—
Gospel Workers, 362
.
Adapt the Instruction
How many useful and honored workers in God’s cause have re-
ceived a training amid the humble duties of the most lowly positions
in life! Moses was the prospective ruler of Egypt, but God could not
take him from the king’s court to do the work appointed him. Only
when he had been for forty years a faithful shepherd was he sent to be
the deliverer of his people. Gideon was taken from the threshing floor
to be the instrument in the hands of God for delivering the armies of
Israel. Elisha was called to leave the plow and do the bidding of God.
Amos was a husbandman, a tiller of the soil, when God gave him a
message to proclaim. All who become coworkers with Christ will have
a great deal of hard, uncongenial labor to perform, and their lessons of
instruction should be wisely chosen, and adapted to their peculiarities
of character, and the work which they are to pursue.—
Gospel Workers,
332, 333
.
Responsibility for Providing the Training
When men of promise and ability were converted, as in the case
of Timothy, Paul and Barnabas sought earnestly to show them the
necessity of laboring in the vineyard. And when the apostles left for
another place, the faith of these men did not fail, but rather increased.
They had been faithfully instructed in the way of the Lord, and had
been taught how to labor unselfishly, earnestly, perseveringly, for the
salvation of their fellow men. This careful training of new converts
was an important factor in the remarkable success that attended Paul
and Barnabas as they preached the gospel in heathen lands.—
The Acts
of the Apostles, 186, 187
.
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As churches are established, it should be set before them that
it is even from among them that men must be taken to carry the
truth to others, and raise new churches; therefore they must all work,