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

unlearned fishermen from their boats and their
fishing nets and connected them with Himself as
He traveled from place to place, teaching the
people and ministering to their needs. Sitting down
on a rock or on some elevated place, He would
gather His disciples about Him and give them
instruction, and, before long, hundreds of people
would be listening to His words. There are many
men and women who suppose that they know all
that is worth knowing, when they greatly need to
sit humbly at the feet of Jesus and learn of Him
who gave His life that He might redeem a fallen
world. We all need Christ--the One who left the
royal courts, laying off His kingly robe and crown
and His majesty in the heavens, and clothing
Himself with humanity. The Son of God came as a
little babe, that He might understand the
experiences of humanity and know how to deal
with them. He knows the wants of the children. In
the days of His earthly ministry He would not
allow them to be forbidden to come to Him. Send
them not away, He said to His disciples, "for of
such is the kingdom of heaven."
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