As the plan of redemption begins and ends with a gift, so it is to be carried forward. The same spirit of sacrifice which purchased salvation for us will dwell in the hearts of all who become partakers of the heavenly gift. Says the apostle Peter: “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” Said Jesus to His disciples as He sent them forth: “Freely ye have received, freely give.” In him who is fully in sympathy with Christ there can be nothing selfish or exclusive. He who drinks of the living water will find that it is “in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” The Spirit of Christ within him is like a spring welling up in the desert, flowing to refresh all, and making those who are ready to perish, eager to drink of the water of life. It was the same spirit of love and self-sacrifice which dwelt in Christ that impelled the apostle Paul to his manifold labors. “I am debtor,” he says, “both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.” “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.” {5T 730.4}

Et højtideligt og betydningsfuldt arbejde for denne tid skal ikke kun fuldføres ved nogle få udvalgte mænds anstrengelser, som hidtil har båret ansvar i sagen. Når dem som Gud har kaldt til at hjælpe i færdiggørelsen af et bestemt arbejde, får det fremført så langt de kan, med de evner Gud har givet dem, vil Herren ikke lade værket stoppe ved dette. I hans forsyn vil han kalde og kvalificere andre til at forene sig med de første, så de sammen kan kom endnu længere frem og løfte standarden højere.