Christ is Our Example
“Christ's method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, ‘Follow Me.’” Ministry of Healing pg 143
(For this study, read also:
Ministry of Healing Chapter 1 )
1. What was Christ’s character like?
Speech- kind and gentle, but with authority
Attitude- Patient, cheerful, courteous, humble Christ was LOVE incarnate- (1 Cor 13)
2. Christ was the prototype for all medical missionaries. What was His ministry like?
Spent more time healing than preaching
Gained peoples trust by caring for their needs
Touch ministry; placed a caring hand on people- (the importance of appropriate touch, and handshake, etc.)
He would follow up planting a seed of truth
3. How can we reflect His likeness in our ministry?
In personally accepting Him as our Savior, He comes into our hearts
In studying His life, we be become motivated by His example
By beholding Him we become changed into His image
In living like Him we may reveal Him to others (the Word made flesh)
3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2Corinthians 3:18 NKJ
Ellen White Quotes:
Who was Ellen White? ;
Ellen White named by Smithsonian among the 100 most significant Americans of all time ,
EGW Link 2
An Expression of God's Love
Christ stands before us as the pattern Man, the great Medical Missionary--an example for all who should come after. His love, pure and holy, blessed all who came within the sphere of its influence. His character was absolutely perfect, free from the slightest stain of sin. He came as an expression of the perfect love of God, not to crush, not to judge and condemn, but to heal every weak, defective character, to save men and woman from Satan's power. {MM 20.1}
A Servant of All
Christ stood at the head of humanity in the garb of humanity. So full of sympathy and love was His attitude that the poorest was not afraid to come to Him. He was kind to all, easily approached by the most lowly. He went from house to house, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, comforting the mourners, soothing the afflicted, speaking peace to the distressed. He took the little children in His arms and blessed them, and spoke words of hope and comfort to the weary mothers. With unfailing tenderness and gentleness He met every form of human woe and affliction. Not for Himself, but for others, did He labor. He was willing to humble Himself, to deny Himself. He did not seek to distinguish Himself. He was the servant of all. It was His meat and drink to be a comfort and a consolation to others, to gladden the sad and heavy-laden ones with whom He daily came in contact. {MM 19.3}
The Majesty of Heaven as a Medical Missionary
This world has been visited by the Majesty of heaven, the Son of God. "God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Christ came to this world as the expression of the very heart and mind and nature and character of God. He was the brightness of the Father's glory, the express image of His person. But He laid aside His royal robe and kingly crown, and stepped down from His high command to take the place of a servant. He was rich, but for our sake, that we might have eternal riches, He became poor. He made the world, but so completely did He empty Himself that during His ministry He declared, "Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head." {MM 19.1}