Procl

amat i
onofTr uthOurWor k.InaspecialsenseSev enth-dayAdv entistshavebeenseti nt
he
worldaswat chmenandl ight-
bear er
s.Tothem hasbeenent r
ustedt helastwar ningfora
peri
shingwor l
d.Ont hem isshiningwonder f
ulli
ghtf r
om theWor dofGod.Theyhav ebeengi v
en
awor kofthemostsol emni mpor t,
--
theproclamationofthef ir
st,second, andthirdangel s'
messages.Ther eisnootherwor kofsogr eatimpor t
ance.Theyar et oallownot hingelseto
absorbtheiratt
enti
on.Themostsol emnt ruthseverentrustedtomor tal
shav ebeengi v enusto
procl
aimtot hewor l
d.Thepr oclamationoftheset rut
hsistobeourwor k.Thewor ldi
st obe
warned,andGod' speoplearet obet ruet
ot hetrustcommi ttedtot hem....{ Ev119, 120}

5.Wear eGod’sChosenasPecul i
arPeople.Seventh-dayAdv enti
stshavebeenchosenbyGod
asapecul i
arpeople,separ
atef
rom theworld.Bythegr eatcl
eav eroft
ruthHehascutthem out
fr
om t hequar
ryoft heworl
dandbroughtthem intoconnect i
onwi thHimself
.Hehasmadet hem
Hisrepresent
ati
vesandhascal l
edthem t
obeambassador sf orHiminthelastworkof
sal
vation.Thegreatestweal
thoftr
utheverentrustedtomor tals,t
hemostsol emnandfear
ful
warningseversentbyGodt oman,havebeencommi tt
edtot hem tobegiventotheworl
d,7T
138

ToDev el
opaChr i
st-Li
keCharacter.“GodcouldhavereachedHisobj ecti
nsavi
ngsinners
wit
houtourai d;butinorderf
orust odev el
opacharacterli
keChrist
's,wemustshareinHis
work.I
nor dertoent eri
ntoHisjoy,-
-t
hejoyofseeingsoulsredeemedbyHi ssacri
fi
ce,-
-wemust
par
tici
pateinHisl aborsfort
heirredempt i
on.
”DA142

Theyar eChil
dli
keandHumbl e.“
Bef or
ehonorishumi l
i
ty .Tofi
llahighpl acebefor
emen,Heav
en
choosesthewor kerwho,l
ikeJohnt heBapt
ist,t
akesal owlyplacebef oreGod.Themost
chi
ldli
kedisci
pleisthemosteffi
cientinl
aborforGod.Theheav enlyintel
li
gencescanco-
operatewithhim whoisseeki
ng,nottoexaltsel
f,buttosav esouls.”DA436

22.“I
nchoosingmenandwomenf orHisser
vice,
Goddoesnotaskwhethert
heypossess
l
earni
ngoreloquenceorwor
ldl
ywealt
h.Heasks:"Dotheywal
kinsuchhumil
it
ythatIcant
each
them Myway?CanIputMywor dsi
ntothei
rli
ps?Wil
ltheyr
epr
esentMe?”7T144

TheyHav eUnreservedConsecration.“
Trueholi
nessiswhol
enessintheservi
ceofGod.Thisi
s
thecondit
ionoftrueChrist
ianl
iving.Chri
stasksforanunr
eservedconsecr
ati
on,f
orundivi
ded
serv
ice.Hedemandst heheart
,themi nd,t
hesoul,t
hestr
ength.Sel
fisnott
obecherished.He
wholivestohi
msel fisnotaChristian.
”COL48, 49
TheyareWi ll
ingtoSacrif
iceandDenySel f.“Wear eneari
ngtheendofthi
searth'
shistory
, and
thedif
ferentli
nesofGod' swor karetobecar r
iedforwardwit
hmuchmor eself-
sacri
fi
cet han
theyhavey etbeen.Thewor kfortheselastday si
sami ssi
onarywork.Pr
esenttr
uth,f
rom t he
fi
rstl
etterofitsal
phabett ot
hel ast
,meansmi ssi
onaryeff
ort
.Thewor kt
obedonecal lsfor
sacri
fi
ceatev erystepofadv ance.Thewor ker
saret ocomef or
thf
rom tr
ial
purif
iedandref ined,
asgoldt r
iedinthefir
e.”CH300

HeMi ngl
edwi t
hMen.Jesuswentt hroughallt
hetownsandv i
ll
ages,teachinginthei
r
synagogues,preachingthegoodnewsoft hekingdom andhealingeverydiseaseandsickness.
Whenhesawt hecr owds,hehadcompassi ononthem, becausetheywer eharassedand
helpl
ess,l
ikesheepwi thoutashepherd.Matt
hew9: 35,36

“Chri
st'
smethodalonewi
llgiv
et r
uesuccessi
nreachi
ngthepeople.TheSavi
ourmi
ngl
edwit
h
menasonewhodesi redt
heirgood.HeshowedHissympathyfort
hem, mini
ster
edt
othei
r
needs,andwonthei
rconf
idence.ThenHebadethem,"Fol
l
owMe. ”MH143