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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
hedges the high and the low, the rich and the poor, and to bear to
all the message that they are the objects of Christ’s special love and
guardian care.
Work for All
So great is the natural blindness and ignorance of men in regard
to God and to the Saviour that everyone who loves Jesus may find
work to do. Not one who has true love for Christ will remain indiffer-
ent and indolent. There is a marked difference between the character
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and life of those who are obedient to all the commandments of God,
and of those who are disobedient.
Parents have not restrained the selfishness of their children. Self-
indulgence has been the object of pursuit. Through self-serving,
multitudes are bound in servitude to Satan. They are the slaves of
their own impulses and passions, which are under the control of
the wicked one. In calling them to His service, God offers them
freedom. Obedience to God is liberty from the thralldom of sin,
deliverance from human passion and impulse.
But we have to meet and contend with men who employ all their
power in slandering those who are loyal to God. Their wit and their
God-given reason are devoted to making it appear that obedience to
the commandments of God is an irksome service. But those who
advocate the claims of the law of God testify, “Great peace have
they which love Thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” “The law
of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.” The Lord presents truth
in contrast with error, and presents also the sure result of accepting
truth, the experience that always follows willing obedience. It is
peace and rest.
The work before the servants of God is to present Jesus. The
work for the ministers of Christ is to hang their helpless souls upon
His merit. Men who turn away from the path of obedience and make
transgression of the law of God a virtue are under the inspiration of
the archdeceiver. They are blinded by his power. They need to have
before them a representation of what the truth can do in enabling men
to preserve a Christlike temper when tempted to become imperious
and impatient. The enemies of the truth want to provoke those who
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teach the binding claims of the law of God. If there is retaliation