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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he
shall surely live. Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the
Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. When the
righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he
shall even die thereby. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness,
and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. Yet ye
say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will
judge you every one after his ways.”
The Preeminence of the Work of Saving Souls
The saving of human souls is an interest infinitely above any
other line of work in our world. Whoever is brought under the
influences of the truth, and through faith is made partaker of Christ’s
love, is by that very fact appointed of God to save others. He has a
mission in the world. He is to be a colaborer with Christ, making
known the truth as it is in Jesus; and when men in any line of
God’s work seek to bring the minds and talents of the Lord’s human
agents under their control, they have assumed a jurisdiction over
their fellowmen that they cannot maintain without injustice and
iniquity. The Lord has placed no man as judge, either of the pen or
the voice of God’s workmen.
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There are men whose character and life testify to the fact that
they are false prophets and deceivers. These we are not to hear
or tolerate. But those whom God is using are under His control,
and He has not appointed men with human, shortsighted judgment
to criticize and condemn, to pass judgment and reject their work
because every idea does not coincide with that which they suppose
to be truth.
The Fallibility of Human Judgment
Men can become just as were the Pharisees—wide-awake to
condemn the greatest teacher that the world ever knew. Christ gave
unmistakable evidence that He was sent of God, yet the Jewish rulers
took upon themselves the work the enemy prompted them to do,
and charged Him who made the Sabbath, who was the Lord of the
Sabbath, with being a Sabbath breaker. Oh, the foolishness of men!
the weakness of men!