高举主耶稣-第347章
十二月十二日我们和上帝之间没有障碍
高举主耶稣-第347章
Nothing Between Us and God, December 12
高举主耶稣-第347章
“因此,你们是大有喜乐;但如今,在百般的试炼中暂时忧愁,叫你们的信心既被试验,就比那……金子更显宝贵,可以在耶稣基督显现的时候得着称赞、荣耀、尊贵”(彼前1:6,7)。{LHU360.1}
高举主耶稣-第347章
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer ... all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith ... worth more than gold, ... may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 Peter 1:6, 7, NIV. {LHU 360.1}
高举主耶稣-第347章
当我们受引诱对任何地上的事物发生兴趣,以致爱慕它的时候,我们必须寻求恩典摆脱它,不让它成为我们和上帝之间的障碍。我们心灵的眼睛应当时刻注视耶稣去为我们预备的地方。我们不可让房屋土地、商业交易和属世的事业,成为我们与上帝之间的障碍。我们应当牢记衪留在圣经里的丰富应许。要研究指明我们所处时代的伟大路标。我们知道世界历史的结局非常近了。任何属世的事情,应当摆在侍奉上帝之后。我们现在应当更加虔诚地祈祷,使我们能投入为上帝的大日作准备的战斗。我们应当欢喜快乐,因为不久以后,我们将与耶稣相聚在衪为我们所预备的地方。只要你仰望和信靠耶稣,衪就能满足你的一切需要。当你仰望衪的时候,你就会为衪神圣之爱的丰盛荣耀所陶醉。对可见之物的盲目之爱,将会被对不朽宝贵之物更高尚、更美好的爱所取代。你可以思考永恒的财富,直到你情系天上的事物,成为指引他人倾慕天上财富的媒介。你可帮助他们看到:不必要的金钱花费就是浪费,甚至比浪费更糟;因为这些金钱本来可以用来拯救将亡的生灵。即使这个浪费的人得蒙救赎了,也必是藉着将一条罪状摆在他面前,说明他浪费了上帝的财产。上帝要求他的仆人将衪交给他们的财产进行交易。衪赐给他们的才干,必须通过运用而得以提高。放在他们手中的钱,应该放给兑换银钱的人。……凡正确估计金钱价值的人,会认识到能利用金钱把真理传给从未听过福音的人,把他们从仇敌的权下拯救出来。接受真理的人,将会发现他喜爱属地事物的心消除了。他看到属天之事的无比荣耀,就喜爱那与永生有关的美事。他被看不见的永恒事物所吸引。他放松抓住地上事物的手,带着崇敬的心,盯紧着那看不见的天上世界的荣耀。他认识到一切试炼将为他成就极重无比永远的荣耀,与他将要享受的丰富相比,他视自己所受的为至暂至轻的苦楚。(RH.1896.6.23).{OHC340.1}{LHU360.2}
高举主耶稣-第347章
When we are tempted to place our affections on any earthly object that has a tendency to absorb our love, we must seek grace to turn from it, and not allow it to come between us and our God. We want to keep before the mind’s eye the mansions which Jesus has gone to prepare for us. We must not allow our houses and lands, our business transactions and worldly enterprises, to come between us and our God. We should keep before us the rich promises that He has left on record. We should study the great waymarks that point out the times in which we are living. We know that we are very near the close of this earth’s history, and everything of a worldly nature should be secondary to the service of God. We should now pray most earnestly that we may be prepared for the struggles of the great day of God’s preparation. We should rejoice in the prospect of soon being with Jesus in the mansions He has gone to prepare for us. Jesus can supply your every need, if you will look to Him and trust in Him. As you behold Him, you will be charmed with the riches of the glory of His divine love. The idolatrous love of things that are seen will be superseded by a higher and better love for things that are imperishable and precious. You may contemplate eternal riches until your affections are bound to things above, and you may be an instrument in directing others to set their affections on heavenly treasures. You can help them to see that money spent needlessly is wasted, and worse than wasted; for it might have been used in presenting the truth to souls who are ready to perish. If the spendthrift is redeemed, it will be by having an object placed before him that will show him the sin of wasting his Lord’s goods. The Lord requires His servants to trade upon the goods that He has put in their charge. The talents which He has given to them are to be improved by exercise. The money placed in their hands is to be put out to the exchangers.... Those who rightly value money are those who see its availability in bringing the truth before those who have never heard it, and by this means rescuing them from the power of the enemy. The soul who accepts the truth will find his love for earthly things dislodged. He sees the surpassing glory of heavenly things, and appreciates the excellency of that which relates to everlasting life. He is charmed with the unseen and eternal. His grasp loosens from earthly things; he fastens his eye with admiration upon the invisible glories of the heavenly world. He realizes that his trials are working out for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, and in comparison to the riches that are his to enjoy, he counts them light afflictions which are but for a moment (The Review and Herald, June 23, 1896). {LHU 360.2}
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