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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

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message from heaven, if they have not drawn their<br />

own supplies from the refreshing, life-giving<br />

stream, how can they let that flow forth which they<br />

have not received? What a thought, that hungry,<br />

thirsty souls are sent away empty! A man may<br />

lavish all the treasures of his learning, he may<br />

exhaust the moral energies of his nature, <strong>and</strong> yet<br />

accomplish nothing, because he himself has not<br />

received the golden oil from the heavenly<br />

messengers; therefore it cannot flow forth from<br />

him, imparting spiritual life <strong>to</strong> the needy. The<br />

tidings of joy <strong>and</strong> hope must come from heaven.<br />

Learn, oh, learn of Jesus what it means <strong>to</strong> abide in<br />

Christ!<br />

If the Christian minister receives the golden oil,<br />

he has life; <strong>and</strong> where there is life, there is no<br />

stagnation, no dwarfed experience. There is<br />

constant growth <strong>to</strong> the full stature of Christ Jesus.<br />

If we have a deep, growing experience in heavenly<br />

things, we walk with the Lord, as did Enoch.<br />

Instead of consenting <strong>to</strong> the propositions of Satan,<br />

there is most earnest prayer for the heavenly<br />

anointing, that we may distinguish the right, the<br />

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