彰显主基督_七月九日信徒蒙福是为造福他人

七月九日信徒蒙福是为造福他人

Church Members Are Blessed to Bless Others, July 10

“你们是世上的盐”（太5:13）。{RC205.1}

Ye are the salt of the earth. Matthew 5:13. {RC 205.1}

基督的教会要成为一种福惠。教会的信徒造福他人，也使自己蒙福。上帝在全世界面前选召一班子民的目的，不仅是要接纳他们为祂的儿女，还要藉着他们将祂启迪的恩惠带给世界。当耶和华选择亚伯拉罕的时候，不只是要让他成为特别的朋友，而且要通过传达主希望赐给列国宝贵而特殊的权利。他要在周围的道德黑暗中发光。{RC205.2}

Christ’s church is to be a blessing, and its members are to be blessed as they bless others. The object of God in choosing a people before all the world was not only that He might adopt them as His sons and daughters, but that through them He might confer on the world the benefits of divine illumination. When the Lord chose Abraham it was not simply to be the special friend of God, but to be a medium of the precious and peculiar privileges the Lord desired to bestow upon the nations. He was to be a light amid the moral darkness of his surroundings. {RC 205.2}

无论何时上帝赐给祂的儿女亮光与真理，都不仅是让他们享受永生的恩赐，还要让他们周围的人蒙受属灵的光照。……“你们是世上的盐。”上帝让祂的儿女们成为盐，不单为保护他们自己，还要藉他们来保护他人。{RC205.3}

Whenever God blesses His children with light and truth, it is not only that they may have the gift of eternal life, but that those around them may also be spiritually enlightened.... “Ye are the salt of the earth.” And when God makes His children salt, it is not only for their own preservation, but that they may be agents in preserving others. {RC 205.3}

基督的宗教不是自私自的宗教，不要用锁锁住。每一个真正的基督徒要成为一种感化力，照亮坐在黑暗中的人。每一个与真正基督徒联络的人都能因此而得到改善。我们要作上帝的擎光者，将上天平稳的光线照在别人身上。{RC205.4}

The religion of Christ is not a selfish religion. It is not to be kept under lock and key, but it is to be an influence of power going forth from every genuine Christian to enlighten those that sit in darkness. Every soul connected with a true Christian will be made better thereby. We are to be God’s light bearers, reflecting the steady beams of heaven upon others. {RC 205.4}

我们所能享受的一切属灵和属世福惠，都是因着基督功劳的缘故。基督的救恩放在我们可以达到的范围，使我们能凭着信心获得，并把基督的爱交织在我们的品格上，实行在我们的生活中，以致能造福全人类。但我们自己如果不收集上帝圣言的神圣亮光，就没有人能发光照耀别人。我们必须拥有基督化的品格，否则就成不了我们主耶稣的真实代表。{RC205.5}

It is through the merits of Christ that all our spiritual and temporal blessings are given us to enjoy. The salvation of Christ was placed within our reach that we might lay hold upon it by faith, that we might weave the love of Christ into our characters, and practice it in our lives, that we might be a blessing to all our race. But not one of us can shed light upon others unless we ourselves have gathered rays of divine illumination from the Word of God. We must have the Christlike mold of character or we cannot be true representatives of our Lord. {RC 205.5}

没有上帝的帮助，我们什么都不能作。上帝的灵必须参与我们的努力。上帝的福气若随着我们，我们就能成为传光的通管。主希望赐给我们众人一种经验；这经验若经过提高，就能带我们从地上的低洼处，上升到天上与上帝有亲切关系的地方；每一根自私的纤维都会从我们的本性中根除。{RC205.6}

We can do nothing without the help of God. The Spirit of God must work with our efforts, and if God’s blessing attends us, we shall be channels of light. The Lord is willing to give us all an experience, which, if improved, will bring us from the lowlands of earth into close, heavenly relationship with God, and every fiber of selfishness will be uprooted from our natures. {RC 205.6}

你是否像上帝殿中的活石一般发光呢？……我们所信奉的宗教如果不对我们的一切商业交易发挥控制的影响力，我们就未曾拥有真正的宗教。我们应该有实际的敬虔交织在我们人生事工中。我们必须感受基督改变人心的恩典。我们需要大量地削减自我，增加主耶稣的成分。{RC205.7}

Do you shine as living stones in God’s building? ... We have not the genuine religion, unless it exerts a controlling influence upon us in every business transaction. We should have practical godliness to weave into our lifework. We should have the transforming grace of Christ upon our hearts. We need a great deal less of self, and more of Jesus.... {RC 205.7}

我们需要大量的恩典，使我们保持谦卑，又帮助我们时常祷告、心存怜悯、温柔、礼貌，按照主的旨意与人相处。（ST.1890.2.3）{RC205.8}

We need plenteous grace to keep us humble, to make us prayerful, pitiful, tenderhearted, and courteous, that we may deal with others as the Lord designs we should.—The Signs of the Times, February 3, 1890. {RC 205.8}