你必得能力_8月24日支援圣工

8月24日支援圣工

The Support of Missions, August 24

“又要嘱咐他们行善，在好事上富足，甘心施舍，乐意供给人，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”（提前6:18,19）。[1]

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.1 Timothy 6:18, 19.{YRP 245.1}[1]

基督教会的使命是拯救将亡的罪人，向人显明上帝的爱，藉着那种爱的功效引人归向基督。现代真理应当传遍地上黑暗的角落。这项工作可以从家里开始。{YRP 245.1}[2]

The mission of the church of Christ is to save perishing sinners. It is to make known the love of God to men, and to win them to Christ by the efficacy of that love. The truth for this time must be carried into the dark corners of the earth, and this work may begin at home.{YRP 245.2}[2]

基督徒不应过一种自私的生活，而应被基督的灵充满，与祂协心同工。{YRP 245.2}[3]

The followers of Christ should not live selfish lives; but, imbued with the Spirit of Christ, they should work in harmony with Him.{YRP 245.3}[3]

祂赐给祂的子民一个计划，以便筹集足够的款项，使圣工能自养自给。上帝什一制的计划，优点在于既简单又公平。大家都可以凭着信心和勇气接受这个制度，因它是从天上来的。它既简单又实用，不需要很大的学问就能领悟和实行。{YRP 245.3}[4]

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 of divine origin. In it are combined simplicity and utility, and it does not require depth of learning to understand and execute it.{YRP 245.4}[4]

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司库；这样，传扬最后警告信息给世人的工作，就不会在经济上缺乏了。{YRP 245.4}[5]

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 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].{YRP 245.5}[5]

如果大家都采纳这种制度，库存就会充足，奉献的人也不会因此而变穷。通过每一笔捐款，他们将与现代真理的事业更加紧密地结合。他们“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”（提前6:19）。{YRP 245.5}[6]

The treasury will be full if all adopt this system, and the contributors will be left none 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” (1 Timothy 6:19).{YRP 245.6}[6]

如果每一个人都接受定期捐款计划，并充分实行，库存将永不缺乏。捐款将源源而来，有如泉源涌流不息。（East Michigan Banner.1905.1.18）,{YRP 245.6}[7]

If the plan of systematic benevolence was adopted by every individual and fully carried out, there would be a constant supply in the treasury. The income would flow in like a steady stream constantly supplied by overflowing springs of benevolence.—East Michigan Banner, January 18, 1905.{YRP 245.7}[7]