证言精选-卷一-第50章
第49章 为什么上帝责备祂的子民
证言精选-卷一-第50章
Why God Reproves His Own People
证言精选-卷一-第50章
安息日复临信徒比起世界上所有其他的人,更应在内心和言谈上作虔诚圣洁的榜样。我曾经当N.富勒弟兄的面说过,上帝所特选属祂的子民,奉命成为高尚,文雅,及圣洁的,既脱离世上从情欲来的败坏,就得与上帝的性情有分。他们既有了这样高尚的信仰,若仍放纵罪恶及不义,他们的罪就大极了。主责备一个人的罪,好使别人有所警戒和畏惧。{1TT 264.1}[1]
证言精选-卷一-第50章
Seventh-day Adventists, above all other people in the world, should be patterns of piety, holy in heart and in conversation. I related in the presence of ----- that the people whom God had chosen as His peculiar treasure were required to be elevated, refined, sanctified, partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. Should they who make so high a profession indulge in sin and iniquity, their guilt would be very great. The Lord reproves the sins of one, that others may take warning and fear.{1TT 264.1}[1]
证言精选-卷一-第50章
安息日复临信徒中行非作错的人之所以受到警告和责备,并不是因为他们的生活比有名无实的各教会中自称为基督徒之人的生活更该受责备,也不是因为他们的榜样或行为比那些不愿顺从上帝律法要求的其他复临派信徒的行为更坏,而是因为他们拥有大光,并照他们所宣称的、处于上帝特选子民的地位,有上帝的律法写在他们心上。他们藉着顺从上帝政权的律法,表明自己效忠于天上的上帝。他们是上帝在地上的代表。任何使他们与上帝隔绝的罪恶,都以一种特别的方式羞辱祂的名,使祂圣洁律法的敌人们有机会指摘祂的圣工和祂的子民,就是祂所召为“是被拣选的族类,是有君尊的祭司,是圣洁的国度,是属上帝的子民,要叫他们宣扬那召他们出黑暗而入奇妙光明者的美德”的人们(彼前2:9)。{1TT 264.2}[2]
证言精选-卷一-第50章
Warnings and reproofs are not given to the erring among Seventh-day Adventists because their lives are more blameworthy than are the lives of professed Christians of the nominal churches, nor because their example or their acts are worse than those of the Adventists who will not yield obedience to the claims of God’s law, but because they have great light, and have by their profession taken their position as God’s special, chosen people, having the law of God written in their hearts. They signify their loyalty to the God of heaven by yielding obedience to the laws of His government. They are God’s representatives upon the earth. Any sin in them separates them from God and, in a special manner, dishonors His name by giving the enemies of His holy law occasion to reproach His cause and His people, whom He has called “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people,” (1 Peter 2:9), that they should show forth the praises of Him that hath called them out of darkness into His marvelous light.{1TT 264.2}[2]
证言精选-卷一-第50章
那些敌对伟大耶和华之律法的人,他们即使在言语,著作,及行为上用最残酷可憎的事物表现对律法的轻视,仍可能高谈上帝的爱,似乎是有极大的宗教热心,正如昔日犹太的祭司长与长老们一样。然而在上帝的大日,天上的大君却要说他们是“显出亏欠”的。“因为律法本是叫人知罪”(罗3:20)。这面镜子要照出他们品格上的瑕疵,他们因律法指出自己的罪恶,便暴怒而攻击之。有些拒绝真光的复临派领袖,狂热攻击上帝的神圣律法,正如犹太全国拒绝上帝的儿子一样。他们陷于可怕的迷途,欺人而又自欺。他们不愿来就光,恐怕他们的行为受责备。这样的人不愿受教。但主责备和纠正凡自称遵守祂律法的人。祂指出他们的罪,揭露他们的不义,因祂想要他们离弃一切的罪恶,以致敬畏上帝,得以成圣,且预备妥当,或在主内安眠,或等待变化升天。上帝责备,申斥,矫正他们,使他们可以文雅,圣洁,高尚,而最后被提升到祂的宝座前。(2T.451,452.1870年){1TT 265.1}[3]
证言精选-卷一-第50章
The people who are at war with the law of the great Jehovah, who consider it a special virtue to talk, write, and act the most bitter and hateful things to show their contempt of that law, may make exalted profession of love to God, and apparently have much religious zeal, as did the Jewish chief priests and elders; yet, in the day of God, “Found wanting” will be said of them by the Majesty of heaven. “By the law is the knowledge of sin.”Romans 3:20. The mirror which would discover to them the defects in their characters, they are infuriated against, because it points out their sins. Leading Adventists who have rejected the light are fired with madness against God’s holy law, as the Jewish nation were against the Son of God. They are in a terrible deception, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. They will not come to the light, lest their deeds should be reproved. Such will not be taught. But the Lord reproves and corrects the people who profess to keep His law. He points out their sins and lays open their iniquity because He wishes to separate all sin and wickedness from them, that they may perfect holiness in His fear and be prepared to die in the Lord or to be translated to heaven. God rebukes, reproves, and corrects them, that they may be refined, sanctified, elevated, and finally exalted to His own throne.{1TT 265.1}[3]
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