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Section 3—The Christian Physician and His Work
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and He does not desire you to walk in darkness. You need not cast
yourself away; for the Lord says, “His life need not be a failure. I
will make him Mine. I will show him that I prize his soul. I will
strive with him, and lift him up. He must not perish. I have a special
work for him to do. If he will unite with Me, believe in Me, and
work for Me, his weakest points of character, notwithstanding his
past failures, will become his strongest points.”
Do not keep your mind fixed on the defective example of pro-
fessing Christians. You will, of course, see in their lives things
that are not right. But if you keep looking at their faults, you will
become like them. Instead of looking at the lives of your fellowmen,
look to Jesus. There you will see no imperfection, but perfection,
righteousness, goodness, mercy, and truth. Take the Saviour as your
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example in all things. It is in looking to men instead of beholding
Christ that you have made your great mistake.
Without Excuse
You are not excusable for living an un-Christlike life. Christ
came to this world, subject to His Father’s will, for one great
purpose—to show men and women what God desires them to be
and what, through His grace, they may be. He came to develop for
man a character after the similitude of heaven.
But I did not begin to write this letter to condemn you, but to
encourage you to look away from sinful examples to the perfect
Example, to point you to the path of peace and holiness. The Lord’s
merciful love is still for you. But He would have you follow a
better way than you have followed in the past. This you are to do,
not by keeping your eyes fixed on the defective lives of professing
Christians, but by beholding Christ, the Sent of God, who in this
world and in human nature lived a pure, noble, perfect life, setting
an example that all may safely follow.
The Lord is reaching out His hand to save you. I long to see you
responding to His invitation, “Let him take hold of My strength, that
he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.” ...
There have been many things to tempt you to swerve from your
allegiance to the truth, but the Saviour has been willing to lead you
at every step. It is young men whom the Lord claims as His helping