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The Minister of the Gospel

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 8, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 6.

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The Minister of the Gospel

The minister of Christ is not the minister of civil law, nor, for the matter of that, of divine law, but the "minister of the Gospel." He is to persuade men, not compel them. 2 Cor. 5:11. He is to use carnal weapons neither in theory nor practise, but the weapons not carnal (2 Cor. 10:4), even the whole armor of God (Eph. 6:11-18). In this armor, with those weapons, in God's way, as minister of the Gospel, he is promised the presence of Christ, in whom is all power, even unto the end. When ministers are found clamoring for civil law to effect "moral reforms," their faith in Christ and connection with Him may well be questioned.