This document discusses the importance of Christians serving those in need as a demonstration of their faith. It emphasizes that true religion involves actively helping the less fortunate through acts of benevolence, such as providing for the hungry and homeless. Quotes from the Bible and writings of Ellen White support this, especially Isaiah 58 which urges loosening bonds of wickedness and sharing with the hungry. Christians are called to reproduce Christ's character of self-sacrificial love by aiding widows, orphans, and people afflicted in various ways. Only by doing works of mercy and holiness can the light of Christ shine through believers as they await His soon return.

1. Leprosy Ministry
In China

7. Who will be their helping
hands?

8. WE are called to be!
Christians are to be like Christ

9. LOVE = Actions + Truth
“If anyone has
material
possessions and
sees a brother or
sister in need but
has no pity on
them, how can the
love of God be in
that person?”
-1John 3:17

11. The Ultimate Sacrifice…
…for YOU and ME!

12. What did Jesus do?
For even the Son of
Man did not come
to be served, but to
serve, and to give
His life a ransom
for many.”
- Mark 10:45

13. Christians are to be like Christ

14. “It is the greatest
and most fatal
deception to
suppose that a man
can have faith unto
life eternal, without
possessing Christ-
like love for his
brethren…”
Fatal Deception
-(EGWBC, John 13:34 , 5BC 1141)

15. We have a BIG
problem:

16. We have a BIG
problem:

17. Sheh-Papa
-78 years old
-Believer
-Obedient to
God

20. “Cry aloud, spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.”
-Isaiah 58:1
Isaiah 58

21. Great Danger:
Spiritually Deceived!
“…You say, ‘I am rich, have become
wealthy, and have need of nothing; -and do
not know that you are wretched, miserable,
poor, blind, and naked-’”
-Revelation 3:17
(Message to Laodicea)

23. The Lord Jesus Christ will heal the
church of this terrible disease if she
will be healed.
“The leprosy of selfishness has taken
hold of the church.
Leprosy of Selfishness
The remedy is found in the
fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah.”
- (Counsels on Stewardship pg 85)

24. “The work of Christ
in cleansing the leper
from his terrible
disease is an
illustration of His
work in cleansing the
soul from sin.”
- (Desire of Ages, pg 266)

25. “Self-sacrifice is the
keynote of Christ's
teachings. Often this is
enjoined upon believers in
language that seems
authoritative, because
there is no other way to
save men than to cut them
away from their life of
selfishness.”
Counsels on Stewardship, 25)

27. Isaiah 58
6 “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens,
To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your bread with the
hungry, And that you bring to your house the
poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from your own flesh?

28. 8 Then your light shall break forth like the
morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily,
And your righteousness shall go before you;
The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
Isaiah 58

29. What is the work of Isaiah 58?

30. Why Isaiah 58?
“Covetousness is one of the
most common and popular
sins of the last days, and has
a paralyzing influence upon
the soul...
Constant, self-denying
benevolence is God's
remedy for the
cankering sins of
selfishness and
covetousness. ” (Testimonies to the Church vol. 3, 547-548)

31. Our God-appointed Work
“I cannot too strongly urge all our church
members, all who are true missionaries, all who
believe the third angel's message, all who turn
away their feet from the Sabbath, to consider the
message of the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah.
The work of beneficence enjoined in this chapter
is the work that God requires His people to do
at this time. It is a work of His own
appointment.” - (Welfare Ministry, 33)

32. “ I have no fears of workers who are engaged
in the work represented in the fifty-eighth
chapter of Isaiah. This chapter is explicit,
and is enough to enlighten anyone who
wishes to do the will of God. There is plenty
of opportunity for everyone to be a blessing
to humanity. The third angel's message is
not to be given a second place in this
work, but is to be one with it…”
-(Welfare Ministry, pg 33)

33. Shun-Papa
-87 years old
-Kind, cheerful
-Loves college
student visitors

36. Moui-jeh
Popo
-92 years old
-Blind leper
grandma
-Cannot walk

39. Jiang-Papa
-Crippled leper
-Loves the
Bible & Spirit
of Prophecy
-Has great
faith!

41. “Christ is waiting with
longing desire for the
manifestation of
Himself in His church.
When the character
of Christ shall be
perfectly reproduced
in His people, then
He will come to claim
them as His own.”
-(Christ’s Object Lessons, pg 69)
CHRIST’S
“FRUIT”
CHARACTER

42. How is character developed?
“I saw that it is in the providence of God
that widows and orphans, the blind, the
deaf, the lame, and persons afflicted in
a variety of ways have been placed in
close Christian relationship to His
church; it is to prove His people and
develop their true character.”
(Testimonies to the Church vol. 3, p. 511)

45. The Last Message of Mercy
“…The last rays of merciful light, the last
message of mercy to be given to the world,
is a revelation of His character of love. The
children of God are to manifest His glory.
In their own life and character they are to
reveal what the grace of God has done for
them. The light of the Sun of Righteousness
is to shine forth in good works-- in words of
truth and deeds of holiness
-(Christ’s Object Lessons, pg 415-416)

46. The Three Angels’ Messages
1st Angel: Fear God
2nd Angel: Come out of Babylon
3rd Angel: Sabbath
Theory or Experience?

47. “..But in order to
keep the Sabbath
holy, men must
themselves be
holy. Through faith
they must become
partakers of the
righteousness of
Christ”
Keeping the Sabbath Holy
- (Desire of Ages, pg 283 )

48. “The harvest truly
is great…

49. …but the laborers
are few.
- Matthew 10:2

50. You are the light of the world…
Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works and give glory to
your Father who is in heaven.
(Matthew 5:14,16 RSV )
What is Light?

56. Jesus is coming SOON!

57. Will you answer the call?
Will you give all for Jesus?