Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

molding. He follows no human pattern. He works
according to His own mind and Spirit. It is man's
work to reveal to the world that which Christ has
placed in his heart; through His grace man
becomes a partaker of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world through
lust. The higher powers of the one who receives
Christ are strengthened and ennobled, and he
receives a fitness for God's service.
Many of the world's learned men have received
so high an education that they cannot touch the
common people. Their knowledge is intricate. It
soars high, but rests nowhere. The most intelligent
businessmen desire simple truth such as Christ
gave to the people when He was on this earth—the
truth that He declares to be spirit and life. His
words are as the leaves of the tree of life. What the
world needs today is the light of Christ's example
reflected from the lives of Christlike men and
women. The intellect most powerful in behalf of
truth is the intellect that Christ controls, ennobling
and purifying it by the sanctification of the Holy
Spirit.
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