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

They look with selfish eyes on their own things,
and do not love and seek the interest of others as
they do their own. They reverse God's order.
Instead of doing for others what they wish others to
do for them, they do for themselves what they
desire others to do for them, and do to others what
they are most unwilling to have returned to them.
Here is where you need to learn. Love is of God.
You have not the love which dwelt in the bosom of
Christ. The unconsecrated heart cannot originate,
or produce, this plant of heavenly origin, which, in
order to flourish, must be watered constantly with
the dew of heaven. It can flourish only in the heart
where Christ reigns. This love cannot live and
flourish without action; and it cannot act without
increasing in fervency, and extending and diffusing
its nature to others. This principle you have greatly
lacked, and thus all has been dark where its
presence would have made all light.
My brother, you need an entire transformation,
a thorough conversion. Without this you are only a
blind leader. Your influence does not increase the
love and union of those with whom you are.
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