告青年书-第111章
第100章 十分之一
告青年书-第111章
Chapter 100—The Tithe
告青年书-第111章
耶稣宣告祂降世来出事的伟大工作,已经交托给祂在地上的门徒。我们的元首基督已经在救恩的大工上率先而行。祂要我们随从祂的榜样。祂交给我们一个普世性的信息。这个真理必须传播到各国、各方、各民。撒但的权势必须予以抵制。基督和祂的门徒将要胜过了他。但与黑暗权势所作的大规模战争还要继续。为了这项工作的成功,就需要有钱财。上帝不打算直接把钱从天上送下来,而是把钱财放在祂门徒手中,让他们用来支持这场战斗。{MYP 304.1}[1]
告青年书-第111章
The great work which Jesus announced that He came to do was intrusted to His followers upon the earth. Christ, as our head, leads out in the great work of salvation, and bids us follow His example. He has given us a worldwide message. This truth must be extended to all nations, tongues, and people. Satan’s power was to be contested, and he was to be overcome by Christ and also by His followers. An extensive war was to be maintained against the powers of darkness. And in order to do this work successfully, means were required. God does not propose to send means direct from heaven, but He gives into the hands of His followers talents of means to use for the very purpose of sustaining this warfare.{MYP 304.1}[1]
告青年书-第111章
上帝已经为祂的百姓设立了一个计划,以获得足够的钱财来维持圣工。上帝什一制的计划,贵在其简单而公平。所有的人都可以凭着信心和勇气来遵守它,因为这个制度来源于上帝,简单又便利,不需要有高深的学问才能实行。人人都可以觉得他们能在推进宝贵的救恩工作中分担一分。男女老少都可以作主的掌库人,和应付圣库需要的经理人。使徒说:“各人要照着自己的进项抽出来留着”(林前16:2)。{MYP 304.2}[2]
告青年书-第111章
He has given His people a plan for raising sums sufficient to make the enterprise self-sustaining. God’s plan in the tithing system is beautiful in its simplicity and equality. All may take hold of it in faith and courage, for it is divine in its origin. In it are combined simplicity and utility, and it does not require depth of learning to understand and execute it. All may feel that they can act a part in carrying forward the precious work of salvation. Every man, woman and youth may become a treasurer for the Lord, and may be an agent to meet the demands upon the treasury. Says the apostle, “Let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him.”{MYP 304.2}[2]
告青年书-第111章
这个制度要达到伟大的目标。如果人人都接受这个制度,他们都可以成为上帝警醒而忠心的掌库人。传扬最后警告信息给世人的工作,就不会在经济上缺乏了。如果所有的人都采纳这个制度,库房就会充裕,捐献的人决不会更加贫穷。通过种种投资,他们将与现代真理的事业发生更密切的关系。他们必“为自己积成美好的根基,预备将来,叫他们持定那真正的生命。”——《教会证言》卷三388,389页{MYP 304.3}[3]
告青年书-第111章
Great objects are accomplished by this system.If one and all would accept it, each would be made a vigilant and faithful treasurer for God; and there would be no want of means with which to carry forward the great work of sounding the last message of warning to the world. The treasury will be full if all adopt this system, and the contributors will not be left the poorer. Through every investment made, they will become more wedded to the cause of present truth. They will be “laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.”—Testimonies for the Church 3:388, 389.{MYP 304.3}[3]
告青年书-第111章
【承认上帝的主权】
百姓从一切收入中,不论是从果园田地,羊群牛群,或是劳心劳力所得的,都抽出十分之一来奉献给上帝,再抽出十分之一来周济穷人或用于其他慈善事业。这是为了让百姓记住万有的主权属于上帝;他们有机会成为上帝福惠的通道。这也是一种训练,以消除小气自私,培养宽宏大量的品格。——《教育论》第44页{MYP 305.1}[4]
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【Recognition of God’s Ownership】
The consecration to God of a tithe of all increase, whether of the orchard and harvest-field, the flocks and herds, or the labor of brain or hand; the devotion of a second tithe for the relief of the poor and other benevolent uses, tended to keep fresh before the people the truth of God’s ownership of all, and of their opportunity to be channels of His blessings. It was a training adapted to kill out all narrowing selfishness, and to cultivate breadth and nobility of character.—Education, 44.{MYP 305.1}[4]
告青年书-第111章
【是属于上帝的】
“十分之一是耶和华的”(利27:30)。这里所用的口气是与安息日的律法相同。“第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日”(出20:10)。上帝在世人的光阴和财产之中为祂自己保留了特别的一部分。无论何人都不能为自己的利益把这属于上帝的光阴和财产拿来私用而不算为有罪。——《先祖与先知》525,526页{MYP 305.2}[5]
告青年书-第111章
【Belongs to God】
“The tithe ...is?the Lord’s.” Here the same form of expression is employed as in the law of the Sabbath. “The seventh day?is?the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” God reserved to Himself a specified portion of man’s time and of his means, and no man could, without guilt, appropriate either for his own interests.—Patriarchs and Prophets, 525, 526.{MYP 305.2}[5]
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