教会证言-卷一-第43章

  第43章 穷人

教会证言-卷一-第43章

  Chap.43 - The Poor

教会证言-卷一-第43章

  有些在今世的财物上贫穷的人，易于把那率直的证言全部加在有财产的人身上。然而他们没有认识到，他们也有一项工作要做。上帝要他们做出一项牺牲。祂号召他们牺牲自己的偶像。他们应该放弃诸如烟草、茶、咖啡之类有害的刺激品。若是他们竭尽了自己所能的仍陷于经济拮据的状况，他们富有的弟兄们就要乐于帮助他们脱离困境。{1T 224.3}[1]

教会证言-卷一-第43章

  Some who are poor in this world's goods are apt to place all the straight testimony upon the shoulders of the men of property. But they do not realize that they also have a work to do. God requires them to make a sacrifice. He calls upon them to sacrifice their idols. They should lay aside such hurtful stimulants as tobacco, tea, and coffee. If they are brought into straitened circumstances while exerting themselves to do the best they can, it will be a pleasure for their wealthy brethren to help them out of trouble.{1T 224.3}[1]

教会证言-卷一-第43章

  许多人缺乏明智的管理和节约。他们不会三思而后行。这种人不应信赖自己拙劣的判断力，而应请教有经验的弟兄。然而那些缺乏节约和良好判断的人往往不愿请教人。他们通常认为自己懂得如何处理现世的事物，不愿听从忠告。他们行动失策，自食其果。弟兄们见到他们受苦便感忧伤，就帮助他们脱离困境。他们不明智的管理影响了教会，从上帝的库中取走了本应用于推进现代真理圣工的钱。这些贫穷的弟兄若是采取谦卑的做法，乐于听从弟兄们的建议和忠告，后来陷入了困境，弟兄们就该觉得有责任去高高兴兴地帮助他们脱离困境。但他们若是选择偏行己路，依赖自己的判断，就应该丢下他们去感受自己不智行为的全部结果，并藉昂贵的经验学得“谋士众多，人便得胜”（箴24:6）。上帝的子民应该彼此顺服。他们应该彼此商议，以便一个人的缺乏可以由另一个人的充足来帮补。我看到主的管家没有责任去帮助那些坚持消费烟草、茶和咖啡的人。{1T 224.4}[2]

教会证言-卷一-第43章

  Many lack wise management and economy. They do not weigh matters well, and move cautiously. Such should not trust to their own poor judgment, but should counsel with their brethren who have experience. But those who lack economy and good judgment are often unwilling to seek counsel. They generally think that they understand how to conduct their temporal business, and are unwilling to follow advice. They make bad moves, and suffer in consequence. Their brethren are grieved to see them suffer, and they help them out of difficulty. Their unwise management affects the church. It takes means from the treasury of God which should have been used to advance the cause of present truth. If these poor brethren take a humble course and are willing to be advised and counseled by their brethren, and are then brought into straitened places, the brethren should feel it a duty to cheerfully help them out of difficulty. But if they choose their own course, and rely upon their own judgment, they should be left to feel the full consequences of their unwise course, and learn by dear experience that "in multitude of counselors there is safety." God's people should be subject one to another. They should counsel with one another, that the lack of one may be supplied by the sufficiency of another. I saw that the stewards of the Lord have no duty to help those persons who persist in using tobacco, tea, and coffee. {1T 224.4}[2]

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