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

seen; souls are saved through their efforts in Christ.
The ministers who have been co-workers with
Christ enter into the joy of their Lord and are
satisfied.
"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God. For
consider Him that endured such contradiction of
sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and
faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto
blood, striving against sin." Ministers are too
forgetful of the Author of their salvation. They
think they endure much, when they bear and suffer
but little. God will work for ministers if they will
let Him work for them. But if they feel that they
are all right and do not need a thorough conversion,
and will not see themselves and come up to the
measurement of God, He can do better without
their labors than with them.
God requires ministers to come up to the
standard, to show themselves approved unto God,
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