p. 197 | Christian Servitude by Methodist Recorder

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 26, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 13.

Christian Servitude.

By Methodist Recorder

LIFE is not only the time to save our souls, but also the time to serve the Lord. Salvation and service should go together. Every saved soul should be a serving soul. When Christ healed Peter's mother-in-law, she "arose and ministered unto him"—she at once began to serve him. And so should every one who is saved from his sins by the power of Christ. He should at once enter his service, and become an active worker in his vineyard. If Christ had nothing for men to do in the world after their conversion, he would at once take them to Heaven. But God contemplates more in the conversion of a sinner than simply the salvation of that one soul. He designs that he shall be a co-worker with him in the salvation of others. His command to every saved soul is, "Go work to-day in my vineyard." Begin at once. Do not put it off till to-morrow. There is work for every saved soul to do, that he can do better than any one else, and Christ requires him to do it. He will not recognize as his those who idle away their time, and do nothing to promote his glory and the advancement of his cause. A man may be converted, but if he does not begin at once to work for God, he will soon lose his sense of divine favor, and his interest in the cause of Christ.