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Vital Principles of Relationship
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is their duty. To those for whom the Lord has given me no light, I
have often replied: I have not been appointed by God to do such a
work as you ask me to do. The Lord Jesus has invited you to bring
your troubles to One who understands every circumstance of your
life.
“What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying,
forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is
in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive,
neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
I shall not dishonor my Lord by encouraging people to come to
me for counsel, when they have a standing invitation to go to the
One who is able to carry them and all their burdens.
“It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.
Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father,
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cometh unto Me.... I am the living bread which came down from
heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the
bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world.”
God deals with men as individuals, giving to everyone his work.
All are to be taught of God. Through the grace of Christ every
soul must work out his own righteousness, maintaining a living
connection with the Father and the Son. This is a genuine experience
that is of value.
Necessity of Harmonious Action
While it is true that the Lord guides individuals, it is also true
that He is leading out a people, not a few separate individuals here
and there, one believing this thing, another that. Angels of God are
doing the work committed to their trust. The third angel is leading
out and purifying a people, and they should move with him unitedly.
Those who were in our work at the beginning are passing away.
Only a few of the pioneers of the cause now remain among us. Many
of the heavy burdens formerly borne by men of long experience are
now falling upon younger men.
This transfer of responsibilities to laborers whose experience is
more or less limited is attended with some dangers against which