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The Ministry of Healing
a message of love, can understand the science of soulsaving. He
whose heart is filled with love for Christ because he himself has
been sought for by the Saviour and brought back to the fold, knows
how to seek the lost. He can point sinners to the Lamb of God. He
has given himself without reserve to God and has been accepted in
the Beloved. The hand that in weakness was held out for help has
been grasped. By the ministry of such ones many prodigals will be
brought to the Father.
For every soul struggling to rise from a life of sin to a life of
purity, the great element of power abides in the only “name under
heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12
.
“If any man thirst” for restful hope, for deliverance from sinful
propensities, Christ says, “let him come unto Me, and drink.”
John
7:37
. The only remedy for vice is the grace and power of Christ.
The good resolutions made in one’s own strength avail nothing.
Not all the pledges in the world will break the power of evil habit.
Never will men practice temperance in all things until their hearts
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are renewed by divine grace. We cannot keep ourselves from sin for
one moment. Every moment we are dependent upon God.
True reformation begins with soul cleansing. Our work for the
fallen will achieve real success only as the grace of Christ reshapes
the character and the soul is brought into living connection with
God.
Christ lived a life of perfect obedience to God’s law, and in
this He set an example for every human being. The life that He
lived in this world we are to live through His power and under His
instruction.
In our work for the fallen the claims of the law of God and
the need of loyalty to Him are to be impressed on mind and heart.
Never fail to show that there is a marked difference between the
one who serves God and the one who serves Him not. God is love,
but He cannot excuse willful disregard for His commands. The
enactments of His government are such that men do not escape the
consequences of disloyalty. Only those who honor Him can He
honor. Man’s conduct in this world decides his eternal destiny. As
he has sown, so he must reap. Cause will be followed by effect.
Nothing less than perfect obedience can meet the standard of
God’s requirement. He has not left His requirements indefinite. He