开朗的宗教-第77章

  3月17日 劳动乃是人类的福乐

开朗的宗教-第77章

  Labor Is a Blessing to Man, March 17

开朗的宗教-第77章

  “上帝赐人资财丰富，使他能以吃用，能取自己的分，在他劳碌中喜乐，这乃是上帝的恩赐”（传5:19）。[1]

开朗的宗教-第77章

  Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.Ecclesiastes 5:19.{RRe 78.1}[1]

开朗的宗教-第77章

  上帝指定劳动为人类幸福之源，使人藉着工作来运用思想，操练身体，发展才能。亚当在运用智力和体力上，获得了他圣洁人生最高尚的快乐。即使后来由于不顺从的缘故，他被赶出美丽的家乡，不得不在荒芜的地土上辛苦劳作以求糊口，那时他的工作虽与园中愉快的生活大为不同，却仍是抵挡试探的保障和获得幸福的方法。[2]

开朗的宗教-第77章

  God appointed labor as a blessing to man, to occupy his mind, to strengthen his body, and to develop his faculties. In mental and physical activity, Adam found one of the highest pleasures of his holy existence. And when, as a result of his disobedience, he was driven from his beautiful home, and forced to struggle with a stubborn soil to gain his daily bread, that very labor, although widely different from his pleasant occupation in the garden, was a safeguard against temptation, and a source of happiness.{RRe 78.2}[2]

开朗的宗教-第77章

  工作虽然带来疲劳和痛苦，但人若视工作为一种咒诅，那就是错了。有钱的人往往轻视作工的人，其实这种看法是与上帝造人的旨意相违的。就是最富足之人的财产，若与上帝所赐给亚当的基业相比，还算得什么呢？然而亚当却不是懒惰无所事事的。我们的创造主知道人类的幸福何在，所以指定了亚当的工作。惟有作工的男女才能得到人生真正的喜乐。（PP 50）[3]

开朗的宗教-第77章

  Those who regard work as a curse, attended though it be with weariness and pain, are cherishing an error. The rich often look down with contempt upon the working classes; but this is wholly at variance with God’s purpose in creating man. What are the possessions of even the most wealthy, in comparison with the heritage given to the lordly Adam? Yet Adam was not to be idle. Our Creator, who understands what is for man’s happiness, appointed Adam his work. The true joy of life is found only by the working men and women.—Patriarchs and Prophets, 50.{RRe 78.3}[3]

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