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Follow the True Medical Missionary Worker, August 4
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Matthew 16:24
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Those who labor as Christ, the great Medical Missionary, labored, must be
spiritual-minded. But not all who are doing medical missionary work are exalting
God and His truth. Not all are submitting to the guidance of the Holy Spirit....
I pray that I may have wisdom and power from God to present to you that which
constitutes gospel medical missionary work. This is a great and important branch
of our denominational work. But many have lost sight of the pure, ennobling
principles underlying acceptable medical missionary work....
What language could so forcibly express God’s love for the human family
as it is expressed by the gift of His only-begotten Son for our redemption. The
Innocent bore the chastisement of the guilty. “God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.” ...
Study Christ’s definition of a true missionary: “Whosoever will come after
me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
Following Christ, as spoken of in these words, is not a pretense.... Jesus
expects His disciples to follow closely in His footsteps, enduring what He endured,
suffering what He suffered, overcoming as He overcame. He is anxiously waiting
to see His professed followers revealing the spirit of self-sacrifice.
Those who receive Christ as a personal Saviour, choosing to be partakers of
His suffering, to live His life of self-denial, to endure shame for His sake, will
understand what it means to be a genuine medical missionary.
When all our medical missionaries live the new life in Christ, when they
take His Word as their guide, they will have a much clearer understanding of
what constitutes genuine medical missionary work. This work will have a deeper
meaning to them when they obey the law engraven on the tables of stone by the
finger of God, including the Sabbath commandment, concerning which Christ
Himself spoke through Moses to the children of Israel....
I am instructed to say, Follow your Leader. He is the Way, the Truth, and
the Life. He is your example. Upon all medical missionary workers rests the
responsibility of keeping in view Christ’s life of unselfish service. They are to
keep their eyes fixed on Jesus.—
Pacific Union Recorder, December 17, 1903
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