Men and Not Men | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 8, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 26.

Men and Not Men.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ saves men, and counts them more precious than all the material things of earth; but it does not look to men for power or wisdom to carry it forward. The church of Jesus Christ is placed in the world to save men, to carry forward the work of the Master, to seek and to save the lost. But the church is not to look to men for her wisdom or power, however wise and learned or great or pious those men may be. As soon as she looks to men, she interposes a shadow between herself and God. It is cruel to lead a church to decide duty because some council or conference or set of men so decided. Jesus Christ is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.