The Christian Minister

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 3, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 22.

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The Christian Minister

If it be the duty or privilege of the Christian to enter the political field, is it not the duty of the Christian preacher to instruct his flock in respect to that duty? In other words, is not the field of teaching on the part of the Christian minister as broad as the field of practise on the part of the Christian in general? Paul, speaking as a Christian minister, said: “I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house.” “I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.” Acts 20: 20, 27.
He labored “to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” And yet he nowhere tells us that it is by “the gateway of politics” that the nation becomes Christian or the disciple does his duty. On the contrary, he clearly sets forth that “our citizenship is in heaven,” that here we are “pilgrims and strangers,” that “the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,” that the foes we are to fight are principalities and powers, and spirits of evil.