SPECIAL MESSAGE TO WGM TEAM MEMBERS:
A MAJOR CAUSE OF INEFFICIENCY AND WEAKNESS IN WITNESSING FOR THE TRUTH AND ITS REMEDY
“Wherefore He saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. . . . Humble yourselves in the sight of God, and He shall lift you up.” James 4: 6, 10, KJV. “I would address those who preach [and teach] the word: ‘The entrance of Thy words giveth life; it giveth understanding to the simple [humble of mind and heart].’ All the advantages and privileges that may be MULTIPLIED for your benefit, that you should be educated and trained, rooted and grounded in the TRUTH, will be NO real help to you PERSONALLY unless the mind and heart are OPENED so that the truth shall find ENTRANCE, and you make a CONSCIOUS SURRENDER of every habit and practice, and every sin that has CLOSED THE DOOR against Jesus [even if we know the doctrines intellectually].
Let the LIGHT from Christ [brought home to the conscience by the Holy Spirit through the Word] SEARCH every dark corner of the soul; [then] with EARNEST determination adopt a right course of action.
“If you hold on to a wrong course, as many of you are NOW doing; if the truth does not work in you with TRANSFORMING power, so that you OBEY IT FROM THE HEART [not in mere lip and mouth service] because you LOVE its pure principles: [you can] be sure that for you the truth will LOSE ITS VITALIZING POWER, and SIN WILL STRENGTHEN [rather than weaken].
“This is why many are not efficient agents for the Master. They are constantly making provisions to please and glorify THEMSELVES, or they cherish LUST in their heart. True, they ASSENT to the law of Ten Commandments, and many TEACH THE LAW IN THEORY, but they do not cherish its PRINCIPLES [one of the main reasons why I am emphasizing the sermon/studies on ‘Magnifying the Spiritual Nature of the Law and Making it Honorable’].
They do not obey the commandments of God to be PURE, to love God SUPREMELY, and their neighbor AS themselves. While constantly living a lie, can such have strength? Can they have confidence? Will such become efficient workers for God [not merely for the ‘church’ or the ‘ministry’]? “Testimonies to Ministers & Gospel Workers, p. 159. July 3, 1892. (All emphasis and bracketed words mine).
May these special Testimonies I am sharing with you truly prove to be, spiritually, a more incisive tool of eye-opening and heart-searching counsels for the truly humble workers of God in these last days. Bless all, NMF.