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The Greatest Work on Earth, June 1
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 19:10
.
Everyone who believes in Christ as a personal Saviour is under bonds to
God to be pure and holy, to be a spiritual worker, seeking to save the lost,
whether they are great or small, rich or poor, bond or free. The greatest work
on earth is to seek and to save those who are lost, for whom Christ has paid
the infinite price of His own blood. Everyone is to do active service, and if
those who have been blessed with light do not diffuse light to others, they
will lose the rich grace which has been bestowed upon them, because they
neglect a sacred duty plainly marked out in the Word of God. As the light
of the unfaithful one diminishes, his own soul is brought into peril; and the
ones to whom he should have been a shining light miss the labor that God
intended that they should have through the human instrument. Thus the sheep
unsought is not brought back to the fold.
God depends upon you, the human agent, to fulfil your duty to the best of
your ability, and He Himself will give the increase. If human agents would but
cooperate with the divine intelligences, thousands of souls would be rescued.
The Holy Spirit would give devoted workers glimpses of Jesus that would
brace them for every conflict, that would elevate and strengthen them, and
make them more than conquerors. When two or three are met together to
unite their counsel, and to send up their petitions, the promise is for them:
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you” (
Luke 11:9
). “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” (
verse 13
). The Lord has promised
that where two or three are met together in His name, there will He be in the
midst. Those who meet together for prayer will receive an unction from the
Holy One.—
The Review and Herald, June 30, 1896
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