主必快来_八月十八日　遵守安息日的人得以成圣

八月十八日　遵守安息日的人得以成圣

Sanctification Is for Sabbathkeepers, August 18

　　“当记念安息日，守为圣日。……第七日是耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日，……无论何工都不可作”（出20:8-10）。

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.... The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work. Exodus 20:8-10. {Mar 238.1}

　　上帝在祂的圣言中宣布，第七日是祂与祂选民之间的记号，以证明他们的忠诚。……{Mar 238.1}

God has declared in His Word that the seventh day is a sign between Him and His chosen people—a sign of their loyalty.... {Mar 238.2}

　　第七日是上帝所选定的日子。祂没有允许神职人员或世俗官员予以修改。这件事关系重大，不可由人来判断。上帝看到人会谋求自己方便，选一个符合他们自己心意，却没有上帝权威的日子。祂明确宣布第七日是耶和华的安息日。{Mar 238.2}

The seventh day is God’s chosen day. He has not left this matter to be remodeled by priest or ruler. It is of too great importance to be left to human judgment. God saw that men would study their own convenience, and choose a day best suited to their inclinations, a day bearing no divine authority; and He has stated plainly that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord. {Mar 238.3}

　　上帝所造世界上的每一个人都受祂政权律法的约束。上帝将安息日置于十诫的中心，以它作为顺从的标准。我们借着它学习祂的作为和圣言所显示的权能，……{Mar 238.3}

Every man in God’s world is under the laws of His government. God has placed the Sabbath in the bosom of the Decalogue, and has made it the criterion of obedience. Through it we may learn of His power, as displayed in His works and His Word.... {Mar 238.4}

　　人坚决反对上帝的作为和祂律法的行动，莫过于高举一个没有神圣凭证的日子，并声称在这日敬拜上帝的了。那些用伪安息日代替上帝的圣安息日，从而败坏上帝律法，并强迫人遵守这伪安息日的人，乃是高抬自己超过上帝，并尊重虚假胜于真实。{Mar 238.4}

Men could not place themselves more decidedly in opposition to God’s work and to His law than by upholding a day that is without one evidence of sanctity, and professing to worship Him on that day. Those who have corrupted the law by substituting a false sabbath for the holy Sabbath of God, and who compel the observance of this false sabbath, exalt themselves above God, and honor the spurious above the genuine. {Mar 238.5}

　　那些自命为基督徒，却不顾上帝的圣安息日而遵守伪安息日的人，竟声称自己已经成圣。但上帝却宣布自祂而来的成圣，只赐给因遵守祂的命令而尊荣祂的人。那些继续犯罪的人所声称的成圣乃是虚假的成圣。宗教界就是这样被上帝和人类的仇敌撒但所欺骗了。……{Mar 238.5}

Sanctification is claimed by professed Christians who ignore God’s holy rest day for a spurious sabbath. But God declares that the sanctification coming from Him is bestowed on those only who honor Him by obeying His commands. The sanctification claimed by those who continue in transgression is a spurious sanctification. Thus the religious world is deceived by the enemy of God and man.... {Mar 238.6}

　　世人追求许多发明。他们选了一个上帝所没有分别为圣的普通日子，赋予它神圣的特权。他们宣称这日要作为圣日，但是这样作并不使它带有丝毫神圣的证据。他们接受人的制度，向世界提供一个没有“耶和华如此说”为权威的日子，作为基督徒的安息日，从而羞辱了上帝。（ST.1898.3.31）{Mar 238.6}

Men have sought out many inventions. They have taken a common day, upon which God has placed no sanctity, and have clothed it with sacred prerogatives. They have declared it to be a holy day, but this does not give it a vestige of sanctity. They dishonor God by accepting human institutions and presenting to the world as the Christian Sabbath a day which has no “Thus saith the Lord” for its authority.28 {Mar 238.7}