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10月23日 上帝维持祂圣工的计划
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God’s Plan for Support of His Work, October 23
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“好施舍的,必得丰裕;滋润人的,必得滋润”(箴11:25)。{HP303.1}[1]
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The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.Proverbs 11:25.{HP 303.1}[1]
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主已使传扬福音的工作,有赖于祂子民所奉献的才能,以及他们乐意的捐献。祂呼召一些人去传道,同时祂让教会全体信徒有权捐献他们的钱财支援,从而参与圣工。祂嘱咐他们作祂的代表照顾穷人。主规定我们全部收入的十分之一归给祂,专门用来供养献身传扬福音的人。祂还要求我们为祂的圣工奉献礼物与捐款,并供应穷人的需要。……{HP303.2}[2]
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The Lord has made the proclamation of the gospel dependent on the consecrated ability and the voluntary gifts and offerings of His people. While He has called men to preach the Word, He has made it the privilege of the whole church to share in the work by contributing of their means to its support. And He has bidden them also to care for the poor, as representatives of Himself. A tithe of all our income the Lord claims as His own, to be devoted solely to the support of those who give themselves to the preaching of the gospel. And besides this He asks of us gifts and offerings for His cause and also to supply the needs of the poor....{HP 303.2}[2]
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主经常将祂的福惠和恩典赐给人。祂若收回这些恩赐,我们就必定灭亡。祂时刻关注人类的家庭。“祂叫日头照好人,也照歹人,降雨给义人,也给不义的人”(太5:45)。祂“赏赐丰年,叫你们饮食饱足,满心喜悦”(徒14:17)。赐人得货财能力的乃是上帝。敏捷机警的思想、计划与执行的才能,都是从祂而来的。惠赐我们健康,为我们开启门户殷勤运用自己才能以获得财富的也是祂。祂对我们说:“我使你赚得的金钱,有一部分要归我。要将十分之一、供物和乐意捐送入我的仓库,使我家有粮,以维持那些将我恩典的福音传给世人的人。”{HP303.3}[3]
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The Lord is ever bestowing His blessings and mercies upon men. Should He withdraw these gifts we should perish. Every moment He has His human family in view. “He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matthew 5:45). He gives us “fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness” (Acts 14:17). It is God who gives men power to get wealth. The quick, sharp thought, the ability to plan and execute, are from Him. It is He who blesses us with health and opens ways for us to acquire means by diligent use of our powers. And he says to us, “A portion of the money I have enabled you to gain is Mine. Put it into the treasury in tithes, in gifts and offerings, that there may be meat in Mine house—that there may be something to sustain those who carry the gospel of My grace to the world.”34{HP 303.3}[3]
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上帝在世上推进祂的圣工,供应穷人的需要,本来不需要世人的合作。祂要求我们服务和捐献,不但可以藉此表达我们对祂和同胞的爱,而且为他人的福利所作的服务和牺牲会加强我们心中仁慈的精神,使我们与那位原来富足却为我们的缘故成为贫穷,叫我们因祂的贫穷得以富足的主有更密切的联合。惟有这样效法救主的榜样,我们的品格才能按照祂的样式发展。{HP303.4}[4]
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God might have carried forward His work in the world, and have provided for the poor, without the cooperation of man. He asks for our service and our gifts, not only that we may thus manifest our love for Him and our fellow men but because the service and sacrifice for the good of others will strengthen the spirit of beneficence in the giver’s heart, allying us more closely to Him who was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich. And it is only as we thus imitate the Saviour’s example that our characters will be developed in His likeness.34{HP 303.4}[4]
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