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When God gave His Son to our world, He endowed human beings with imperishable riches—riches compared with which the treasured wealth of men since the world began is nothingness. Christ came to the earth and stood before the children of men with the hoarded love of eternity, and this is the treasure that, through our connection with Him, we are to receive, to reveal, and to impart.

God's gift of Christ brings imperishable spiritual riches and enduring divine love to humanity. The text describes the spiritual gift of Christ and the immeasurable value of His love imparted to believers.

Human effort will be efficient in the work of God just according to the consecrated devotion of the worker —by revealing the power of the grace of Christ to transform the life. We are to be distinguished from the world because God has placed His seal upon us, because He manifests in us His own character of love. Our Redeemer covers us with His righteousness.

Human effort in divine service derives its efficiency from consecrated devotion and Christ's transforming grace. It addresses the source of effectiveness in religious service through spiritual devotion and transformation.

In choosing men and women for His service, God does not ask whether they possess worldly wealth, learning, or eloquence. He asks, “Do they walk in such humility that I can teach them My way? Can I put My words into their lips? Will they represent Me?”

God chooses servants based on teachable humility and willingness to represent Him rather than worldly credentials. The paragraph outlines divine criteria for service focusing on spiritual humility and receptivity.

God can use every person just in proportion as He can put His Spirit into the soul temple. The work that He will accept is the work that reflects His image. His followers are to bear, as their credentials to the world, the ineffaceable characteristics of His immortal principles.

God utilizes individuals in proportion to their spiritual receptivity and reflection of His divine character. It emphasizes the spiritual mechanism of divine utility based on the indwelling of the Spirit.