Chapter 1 A Consecrated Life - Far Eastern Bible College

Like Joseph and Nicodemus, we should respond to the glorious
mercies of God by giving our all, and our best to Jesus. Like them, we
should not regard any price as being too high or too costly to pay for our
commitment to Christ. And like them, we should refuse to be
conformed to the world we now live in, even if it means that the world
will reject us for it.
Dear reader, is your heart moved by what you have just read? As
you stand at the foot of the cross, beholding the shame of the
humiliation that Jesus went through for you, the greatness of the love
that He has for you, and the fulfilment of God’s Word that prophesied
how He would save you by His death, are you not deeply moved by all
that? What are you going to do then, with your life?
This same question was in the mind of a rich young German
nobleman, as he gazed at a painting of Christ on the cross. That painting
showed the face of Jesus in agony with drops of blood and tears
streaming down His cheeks. As that rich young nobleman continued to
contemplate this painting his eyes looked at the little label that was
attached to the bottom of the painting. On it were the words, “All this, I
have done for thee. What has thou done for Me?” And as he read these
words that young nobleman broke down and cried. And right there he
consecrated his life to the Lord, devoting all his time and treasures to
the cause of Christ.
And God used the consecrated life of
Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
to build up the famous Moravian
missionary enterprise, which sent out
hundreds of missionaries in the
eighteenth century—and inspired
countless others. The self-sacrifice, love,
and total commitment to evangelisation
of the Moravian missionaries are
unparalleled in the history of missions.
They also influenced the Evangelical
Revival in England through James
Hutton and John Wesley.
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