The churches need to have their eyes anointed with the heavenly eyesalve, that they may see the many opportunities all about them to minister for God. Repeatedly God has called upon His people to go out into the highways and hedges, and compel men to come in, that His house may be full; yet even within the shadow of our own doors are families in which we have not shown sufficient interest to lead them to think that we cared for their souls. It is this work lying nearest us that the Lord now calls upon the church to undertake. We are not to stand, saying: “Who is my neighbor?” We are to remember that our neighbor is the one who most needs our sympathy and help. Our neighbor is every soul who is wounded and bruised by the adversary. Our neighbor is everyone who is the property of God. In Christ the distinctions made by the Jews as to who was their neighbor are swept away. There are no territorial lines, no artificial distinctions, no caste, no aristocracy. {6T 294.2}

[Menighederne trænger til at få deres øjne salvet med den himmelske øjensalve, så de kan se de mange anledninger, de har til at tjene Gud. Gud har gentagne gange opfordret sit folk til at gå ud på vejene og ved gærderne og nøde folk til at gå ind, så hans hus kan blive fuldt, men lige ved siden af vor egen dør bor der mennesker, som vi ikke har vist så megen interesse, at de kan mærke, vi tænker på deres sjæls vel. Det er den gerning, der ligger nærmest for, som Herren nu kalder sin menighed til at tage op. Vi skal ikke stå og sige: "Hvem er så min næste?" Vi skal tænke på, at vor næste er den, der behøver vor sympati og hjælp. Vor næste er enhver, som er såret og slået af modstanderen. Vor næste er enhver, som tilhører Gud. De skel, som jøderne havde rejst for at betegne, hvem der var deres næste, bliver fjernet i Kristus. Der er der ingen territoriale grænser, ingen kunstige skillelinjer, ingen kaster eller klasser. I Mesterens Tjeneste side 49]