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Our Mission To The World, June 25
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the
world.
John 17:18
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Will separation from the world, in obedience to the divine command, unfit
us for the work the Lord has left us? Will it hinder us from doing good to those
around us? No; the firmer hold we have on heaven, the greater will be our power
of usefulness. We should study the Pattern, that the spirit which dwelt in Christ
may dwell in us. The Saviour was not found among the exalted and honorable
of the world. He did not spend His time among those who were seeking their
ease and pleasure. He worked to help those who needed help, to save the lost and
perishing, to lift up the bowed down, to break the yoke of oppression from those
in bondage, to heal the afflicted, and to speak words of sympathy and consolation
to the distressed and sorrowing. We are required to follow this example. The more
we partake of the spirit of Christ, the more we shall seek to do for our fellow men.
We shall bless the needy and comfort the distressed....
Probation is about to close.... Soon the last prayer for sinners will have been
offered, the last tear shed, the last warning given, the last entreaty made, and the
sweet voice of mercy will be heard no more. This is why Satan is making such
mighty efforts to secure men and women in his snare.... The enemy is playing
the game of life for every soul. He is working to remove from us everything of
a spiritual nature, and in the place of the precious graces of Christ to crowd our
hearts with the evil traits of the carnal nature—hatred, evil surmising, jealousy,
love of the world, love of self, love of pleasure, and the pride of life. We need to
be fortified against the incoming foe, ... for unless we are watchful and prayerful
these evils will enter the heart and crowd out all that is good.
How great is the responsibility placed upon the disciple of Christ. How
imperative the duty to reflect the light of heaven upon a world enshrouded in
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darkness. The deeper the surrounding gloom, the brighter should shine out the
light of Christian faith and Christian example.
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