Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

works are not wrought in God. Light discovers,
makes manifest, the evil hidden under darkness.
Men of the world and men who are Christ's
servants indeed may be alike in outward
appearance; but they are servants of two masters
whose interests are in decided opposition to each
other. The world does not understand or discern the
difference; but there is an immense distance, a vast,
separation, between them.
Says Christ: "Ye are not of the world, but I
have chosen you out of the world." The true
followers of Christ cannot enjoy the friendship of
the world and at the same time have their life hid
with Christ. The affections must be withdrawn
from the treasures of earth and transferred to the
heavenly treasure. How difficult was it for the
young man who had great possessions to withdraw
his affections from his worldly treasure, even with
the promise of eternal life before him as his
reward!
When all that we have and are is not
consecrated to God, selfish interests close our eyes
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