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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
Holy Ghost.” Christ is represented by His Holy Spirit today in every
part of His great moral vineyard. He will give the inspiration of His
Holy Spirit to all those who are of a contrite spirit.
Let there be more dependence upon the efficiency of the Holy
Spirit, and far less upon human agencies. I am sorry to say that
at least some have not given evidence that they have learned the
lesson of meekness and lowliness in the school of Christ. They do
not abide in Christ, they have no vital connection with Him. They
are not directed by the wisdom of Christ, through the impartation
of His Holy Spirit. Then I ask you, How can we regard these men
as faultless in judgment? They may be in responsible positions,
but they are living separated from Christ. They have not the mind
of Christ, and do not learn daily of Him. Yet in some cases their
judgment is trusted, and their counsel is regarded as the wisdom of
God.
When human agents choose the will of God and are conformed to
the character of Christ, Jesus acts through their organs and faculties.
They put aside all selfish pride, all manifestation of superiority, all
arbitrary exactions, and manifest the meekness and lowliness of
Christ. It is no more themselves that live and act, but it is Christ that
lives and acts through them. They understand the precious words of
the Saviour’s prayer, “I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be
made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast
sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.”
God would have every individual look less to the finite, depend
less upon men. We have counselors who make manifest that they
have not a knowledge of the grace of Christ and do not understand
the truth as it is in Christ. Those who are cooperating with God
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have humble opinions of themselves. They are not boastful, self-
sufficient, and self-exalted. They are long-suffering, kind, full of
mercy and good fruits. Human ambition takes the background with
them. The righteousness of Christ goes before them, and the glory
of the Lord is their reward.
Committees of Counsel
In counseling for the advancement of the work no one individual
is to be in controlling power, a voice for the whole, unless it is