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The Ministry of Health and Healing
Isaiah 61:1, 2
. Jesus of Nazareth was the Promised One. The
evidence of His divinity was seen in His ministry to the needs of
suffering humanity. His glory was shown in His willingness to step
down from His royal throne and be born into our low estate.
The Principles of Heaven
The works of Christ not only declared Him to be the Messiah,
they showed in what manner His kingdom was to be established.
To John was opened the same truth that had come to Elijah in the
desert, when “a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and
broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in
the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in
the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not
in the fire; and after the fire” God spoke to the prophet by “a still
small voice.”
1 Kings 19:11, 12
. So Jesus was to do His work, not
by overturning thrones and kingdoms, not with pomp and outward
display, but through speaking to human hearts by a life of mercy and
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self-sacrifice.
The kingdom of God comes not with outward show. It comes
through the gentleness of the inspiration of His Word, through the
inward working of His Spirit, the fellowship of the soul with Him
who is its life. The greatest manifestation of its power is seen in
human nature brought to the perfection of the character of Christ.
The followers of Christ are to be the light of the world, but God
does not bid them make an effort to shine. He does not approve of
any self-satisfied endeavor to display superior goodness. He desires
that their souls shall be imbued with the principles of heaven; then,
as they come into contact with the world, they will reveal the light
that is in them. Their steadfast fidelity in every act of life will be a
means of illumination.
Wealth or high position, costly equipment, architecture, or fur-
nishings are not essential to the advancement of the work of God.
Neither are achievements that win human applause and administer
to vanity. Worldly display, however imposing, is of no value in
God’s sight. Above the seen and temporal, He values the unseen and
eternal. The former is of worth only as it expresses the latter. The
choicest productions of art possess no beauty that can compare with