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Welfare Ministry, August 22
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing
every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw
the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they
fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 9:35, 36
.
The Lord continually performed deeds of loving ministry, and this every
minister of the gospel should do. He has appointed us to be His ambassadors,
to carry forward His work in the world. To every true, self-sacrificing worker
is given the commission “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature” (
Mark 16:15
).
Read carefully the instruction given in the New Testament. The work
that the great Teacher did in connection with His disciples is the example
we are to follow in our medical missionary work. But have we followed this
example? The glad tidings of salvation are to be proclaimed in every village,
town, and city. But where are the missionaries? In the name of God I ask,
Where are the laborers together with God?
It is only by an unselfish interest in those in need of help that we can give
a practical demonstration of the truths of the gospel. “If a brother or sister be
naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in
peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things
which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not
works, is dead, being alone” (
James 2:15-17
). “And now abideth faith, hope,
charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity” (
1 Corinthians 13:13
).
Much more than mere sermonizing is included in preaching the gospel.
The ignorant are to be enlightened; the discouraged are to be uplifted; the sick
are to be healed. The human voice is to act its part in God’s work. Words of
tenderness, sympathy, and love are to witness to the truth. Earnest, heartfelt
prayers are to bring the angels near.
The evangelization of the world is the work that God has given to those
who go forth in His name. They are to be colaborers with Christ, revealing
to those ready to perish His tender, pitying love.—
The Review and Herald,
March 4, 1902
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