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  第727号 快乐顺从的侍奉

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  MR No. 727 - Service of Joyful Obedience

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  基督面上发出的光由所有跟从祂的人反映出来。因此祂所有的儿女都有家庭类似性。基督的形像显在跟从祂之人的品格上，因为他们既脱离了世上从情欲来的败坏，便得与上帝的性情有分。甚至在地上我们就可以拥有属灵的喜乐，像永流不竭的泉源，因为它是由流自上帝宝座的那条河供应的。这是一切真正优秀品格的来源。{9MR210.1}[1]

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  The light that shineth in the face of Christ is reflected by all His followers. Hence the family resemblance in all His children. The image of Christ appears in the character of His followers, because they are partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. Even on earth we may have spiritual joy as a wellspring never failing, because [it is] fed by the streams that flow from the throne of God. This is the source of all true excellence of character. {9MR 210.1}[1]

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  在天国，服务不是本着律法主义的精神献上。当撒但在天上反叛耶和华的律法时，天使们才开始想到有律法存在，这几乎就像意识到某种他们未曾想过的东西。对上帝和对高天上的统帅的爱，原本没有一点瑕疵。天使在他们的服务中行事并不像奴仆，他们遵行上帝的旨意并不是为了工资或获得地位；不是为了使自己更加重要或照顾自己的快乐；而是他们的意愿与上帝的旨意完全相同。天使和他们的创造主之间，在品味和爱好上有一种完全的一致。顺从对他们来说并不是苦差事，而是乐趣。（《信函》1892年4号第15页，致A.G.丹尼尔斯姐妹，1892年9月19日）怀爱伦著作托管委员会1979年5月3日发表于美国首都华盛顿{9MR210.2}[2]

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  In heaven, service is not rendered in the spirit of legality. When Satan in heaven rebelled against the law of Jehovah, the thought that there was a law came to the angels almost as an awakening to something they had not thought of. Love for God and for the Commander in high heaven, had been without one drawback. In their ministry the angels did not work as servants, they were not doing the will of God for wages, or to secure position; not to increase their importance or minister to their own pleasure; but their will was identical with the will of God. There was a perfect unity of taste and inclination between the angels and their Creator. Obedience was no drudgery to them. It was a delight.--Letter 4, 1892, p. 15. (To Sister A. G. Daniells, September 19, 1892.) White Estate Washington, D. C. May 3, 1979 {9MR 210.2}[2]

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