上帝的儿女-第259章
9月14日 上帝将赒济与祷告并列
上帝的儿女-第259章
God Places Benevolence Close Beside Prayer, September 14
上帝的儿女-第259章
「你的祷告和你的赒济达到上帝面前,已蒙记念了」(徒10:4)。{SD264.1}[1]
上帝的儿女-第259章
Laborers Together With God in the Church
Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.Acts 10:4.{SD 264.1}[1]
上帝的儿女-第259章
基督徒的善行源于感恩之爱的原则。如果不爱基督降世救赎的人,就不存在爱基督的心。要以爱基督的心作为人的指导原则,管理人的情感,支配人的能力。救赎的爱应激发人心中的一切柔情和克己牺牲的精神。若是这样,就不需要再用感人的呼吁来打破自私的观念,激发潜在的同情心,要人为宝贵的真理事业慷慨捐献。……{SD264.2}[2]
上帝的儿女-第259章
True Christian benevolence springs from the principle of grateful love. Love to Christ cannot exist without corresponding love to those whom He came into the world to redeem. Love to Christ must be the ruling principle of the being, controlling all its emotions and directing all its energies. Redeeming love should awaken all that tender affection and self-sacrificing devotion that is possible to exist in the heart of man. When this is the case, no heart-stirring appeals will be needed to break through their selfishness and awaken their dormant sympathies, to call forth benevolent offerings for the precious cause of truth....{SD 264.2}[2]
上帝的儿女-第259章
善行若有正确的方向,必能激发人的智力和道德力,促使他们进行帮助穷人,推进上帝圣工的有益活动。有钱的人如果能认识到要为他们所化的每一快钱向上帝交账,他们就会大大减少他们所认为必要的开支。良心一旦唤醒,就能证明许多为满足口腹之欲、骄傲之念、虚荣之心和追求娱乐的不必要花费,指证他们浪费主的钱财,而这些钱财本应用来推进祂的圣工。……{SD264.3}[3]
上帝的儿女-第259章
Rightly directed benevolence draws upon the mental and moral energies of men, and excites them to most healthful action in blessing the needy and in advancing the cause of God. If those who have means should realize that they are accountable to God for every dollar that they expend, their supposed wants would be much less. If conscience was alive, she would testify of needless appropriations in the gratification of the appetite, and in ministering to pride, to vanity, and to amusements, and report the squandering of their Lord’s money, which should have been devoted to His cause....{SD 264.3}[3]
上帝的儿女-第259章
长寿和幸福不在于我们属世的财富的多少。……{SD264.4}[4]
上帝的儿女-第259章
The length and happiness of life consist not in the amount of our earthly possessions....{SD 264.4}[4]
上帝的儿女-第259章
凡全面慷慨支持上帝圣工的教会,必然在属灵上兴旺。基督徒真正的慷慨,证明他与他的主利益与共。……俗念和贪婪正在败坏上帝子民的命脉。他们应该明白,要他们多捐款是出乎祂的恩典。上帝的使者曾将赒济与祷告并列,对哥尼流说:「你的祷告和你的赒济,达到上帝面前已蒙记念了」。{SD264.5}[5]
上帝的儿女-第259章
Those churches who are the most systematic and liberal in sustaining the cause of God, are the most prosperous spiritually. True liberality in the follower of Christ identifies his interest with that of his Master.... Worldliness and covetousness are eating out the vitals of God’s people. They should understand that it is His mercy which multiplies the demands for their means. The angel of God places benevolent acts close beside prayer. He said to Cornelius, “Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.”33{SD 264.5}[5]
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