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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
propitiation for his sins, let men step aside. Let them declare to
the sinner that Christ “is the propitiation for our sins: and not for
ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” Encourage
him to seek wisdom from God; for through earnest prayer he will
learn the way of the Lord more perfectly than if instructed by some
human counselor. He will see that it was the transgression of the
law that caused the death of the Son of the infinite God, and he
will hate the sins that wounded Jesus. As he looks upon Christ as
a compassionate, tender High Priest, his heart will be preserved in
contrition.
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Humility
[Special Testimonies, Series A 3:53-59 (1895).]
When he who is a colaborer with Christ presses home the truth
to the sinner’s heart in humility and love, the voice of love speaks
through the human instrumentality. Heavenly intelligences work
with a consecrated human agent, and the Spirit operates upon the soul
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of the unbeliever. Efficiency to believe comes from God to the heart,
and the sinner accepts the evidence of God’s word. Through the
gracious influence of the Holy Spirit he is changed and becomes one
with Christ in spirit and purpose. His affection for God increases, he
hungers after righteousness and longs to be more like his Master. By
beholding Christ, he is changed from glory to glory, from character to
character, and becomes more and more like Jesus. He is imbued with
love for Christ and filled with a deep, unresting love for perishing
souls, and Christ is formed within, the hope of glory. “As many as
received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on His name.”
Please read the second and third chapters of Philippians, and the
first chapter of Colossians. There are lessons there that we all should
study. Paul writes, “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the
things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ