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

Chapter 24
“Freely Ye Have Received,
Freely Give”
Self-sacrifice is the keynote of the teachings of
Christ. Often it is presented and enjoined in
language that seems authoritative, because God
sees that there is no other way to save man than to
cut away from his life the selfishness which, if
retained, would degrade the whole being.
Christ became poor that we might be partakers
of the far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory." (2 Corinthians 4:17) We are to practice the
same self-sacrifice that led Him to give Himself up
to the death of the cross, to make it possible for
human beings to have eternal life. In all our
expenditure of means we are to strive to fulfill the
purpose of Him who is the alpha and omega of all
Christian effort.
We are to place in the Lord's treasury all the
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