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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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increase. So then neither is he that planteth any<br />

thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth<br />

the increase. Now he that planteth <strong>and</strong> he that<br />

watereth are one; <strong>and</strong> every man shall receive his<br />

own reward according to his own labor. For we are<br />

laborers together with God; ye are God's<br />

husb<strong>and</strong>ry, ye are God's building."<br />

Now if I say "we" <strong>and</strong> "us", you may<br />

underst<strong>and</strong> what I mean; we are laborers together<br />

with God. The whole of the third chapter of First<br />

Corinthians needs to be carefully studied. Study<br />

every verse of this chapter; for it means to you <strong>and</strong><br />

your associates, as well as to me.<br />

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,<br />

<strong>and</strong> that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" Then<br />

why should not I say "we" in a peculiar <strong>and</strong><br />

significant sense? I myself <strong>and</strong> you yourself must<br />

be united in mind, in heart, in soul, in strength,<br />

with heavenly agencies. This is our only hope of<br />

success. The less that is said of "I", the more<br />

correct will be our underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the great I Am.<br />

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