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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
in the things of God. They find music in the words spoken by Christ.
“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from
the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Fa-
ther, He shall testify of Me: and ye also shall bear witness, because
ye have been with Me from the beginning.” If men will receive the
ministration of the Holy Spirit—the richest gift God can bestow-they
will impart blessings to all who are connected with them.
But God cannot reveal Himself through some who are entrusted
with responsibilities. He cannot make them channels through which
His grace and compassion and love can flow; for they insult His
goodness by exhibiting a masterful spirit toward those whom they
regard as being in error and needing reproof, eclipsing Christ’s love
and mercy by their own unsanctified passions. The enemy of all
good is allowed to rule in their hearts, and their lives will reveal his
attributes. They claim that the word of God directs them, but by
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their actions they say, We want not Thy way, but our way.
By their words, their works, and their spirit those who pursue
such a course are making a record in the books of heaven which they
will not care to meet; for God does not value them as they value
themselves. They are abusing their probationary opportunities and
are grievously neglecting the high privileges conferred upon them.
Though finding nothing in the word of God to vindicate their actions
or countenance their opinions, yet they persist in their own way. In
that day when judgment is passed upon all, the sentence will be
pronounced against them, “Thou art weighed in the balances, and
art found wanting.”
The Stewardship of Men
God may entrust men with money and possessions, but because
of this they are not to lift themselves up. All they have they hold in
trust; it is lent them by God that they may develop a character like
His. They are on trial. God wants to see whether they will prove
themselves worthy of the eternal riches. If they use their Lord’s
goods to set themselves above their fellowmen, they prove unworthy
of a place in the kingdom of God. In the great reckoning day they
will hear the words: “If therefore ye have not been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?