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“Go ... Teach All Nations”
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For the sick we should use the remedies that God has provided
in nature and point them to Him who alone can restore. We should
teach them to believe in the Great Healer, to take hold of His strength.
Only as we receive of Christ’s love, through faith, can the life-
giving energy flow from us to the people. There were places where
the Savior Himself could not do many mighty works because of their
unbelief. Today, as well, unbelief separates the church from her
divine Helper. Her lack of faith disappoints God and robs Him of
His glory. Where there is no active labor for others, love dies down
and faith grows dim.
Angels marvel at our shallow appreciation of God’s love. How
would a mother and father feel if they knew that their child, lost in
the cold and the snow, had been left to die by those who might have
saved it? The sufferings of every person are the sufferings of God’s
child, and those who reach out no helping hand to their dying fellow
beings stir up His righteous anger.
How the Gospel Has Power
Christ gave His disciples their message. Teach the people, He
said, “to observe all things that I have commanded you.” The things
He had spoken, not only in person but through all the Old Testament,
are included here. There is no place for tradition, human theories, or
laws established by church authority. “The Law and the Prophets,”
with the record of His own words and deeds, are the treasure we are
to give to the world.
We are to present the gospel not as a lifeless theory but as a
living force to change the life. Those whose actions have been most
offensive to Him He freely accepts. When they repent, He gives
them His divine Spirit and sends them into the camp of the disloyal
to proclaim His infinite mercy. Through His grace human beings
may possess a Christlike character and rejoice in His great love.
He is not content simply to announce these blessings. He
presents them in the most attractive way, to awaken a desire to
possess them. This is also how His servants are to present the riches
of the unspeakable Gift. The wonderful love of Christ will melt
and subdue hearts when merely reciting doctrines would accomplish
nothing. Words alone cannot tell it. Let it show in the life. Christ