Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

How Jesus Taught the People.—Jesus did not
give full comments or continued discourses upon
doctrines, but he oft spoke in short sentences, as
one sowing the heavenly grains of doctrines like
pearls which need to be gathered up by a
discerning laborer. The doctrines of faith and grace
are brought to view everywhere he taught. Oh, why
do not ministers give to the churches the very food
which will give them spiritual health and vigor?
The result will be a rich experience in practical
obedience to the Word of God. Why do the
ministers not strengthen the things that remain that
are ready to die?
When about to leave his disciples, Christ was in
search of the greatest comfort he could give them.
He promised them the Holy Spirit—the
Comforter—to combine with man’s human effort.
What promise is less experienced, less fulfilled to
the church, than the promise of the Holy Spirit?
When this blessing, which would bring all
blessings in its train, is dropped out, the sure result
is spiritual drought. This is the reproach that meets
the sermonizer. The church must arise and no
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