“凭着他们的果子，就可以认出他们来”（太7:20）。{FH.82.1}
人类因犯罪而被判处了死刑，所以耶稣要来到世上。祂的工作是要使人重新效忠保罗所说“圣洁、公义、良善的”上帝律法。祂遵守了祂父的命令。凡借着悔改和顺从证明自己赏识祂所带来之救恩的人，必显出有圣灵在他们心上运行。生活便成了试验。“凭着他们的果子，就可以认出他们来。”约翰说：“人若说我认识祂，却不遵守祂的诫命，便是说谎话的，真理也不在他心里了”（约壹2:4）。{FH.82.2}
关于罪的性质，虽然有这些出于灵感的证言，许多人却自称成圣，不会犯罪了，其实他们正在不断地违背上帝的律法。……{FH.82.3}
自称圣洁的人没有一个是真正圣洁的。凡在天上的册子中被登记为圣洁的人，自己并不知道，而且最不会自夸良善。众先知和众使徒从来没有自称圣洁，连但以理，保罗或约翰都没有这样说过。义人决不会自称圣洁。他们越效法基督，就越悲叹自己不象祂，因为他们的良心十分敏感，他们对罪的看法与上帝越来越一致。……{FH.82.4}
我们唯一安全的立场乃是视自己是罪人，天天需要上帝的恩典。出于基督赎罪宝血的怜悯乃是我们唯一的辩护的理由。……凡拥有圣经中所显示之真理的人，必须坚定地站立在真理的立场上，依赖“经上记着说。”……{FH.82.5}
上帝有大福气要赐给祂的子民。他们可以拥有“上帝所赐出人意外的平安”（腓4:7），“能以和众圣徒一同明白基督的爱是何等长阔高深”（弗3:8），“叫上帝一切所充满的，充满了”他们（弗3:19）。但只有心里柔和谦卑的人，基督才会这样向他们显现。上帝称义之人的代表是那个税吏，而不是那自以为义的法利赛人。谦卑是从天上来的，没有谦卑就不能进入珍珠的门户。谦卑虽然完全不被人察觉，却会在教会和世上发出光芒，并将在天庭发出光芒。——《时兆》，1885年2月26日。{FH.82.6}
and False Sanctification, March 11
By their fruits you will know them.?Matthew 7:20.?{FH 82.1}[1]
Jesus came into the world because the human race were under sentence of death for their transgressions. His work was to bring them back to allegiance to the law of God, which Paul declares is “holy, and just, and good.” He kept His Father’s commandments. Those who by repentance and obedience testify their appreciation of the salvation He came to bring will show the work of the Spirit on their hearts. And the test is the life. “By their fruits ye shall know them.” “He that saith, I know Him,” says John, “and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”?{FH 82.2}[2]
Yet notwithstanding these inspired testimonies as to the nature of sin, many claim to be sanctified and incapable of sin, while they are constantly transgressing the law of God....?{FH 82.3}[3]
No one who claims holiness is really holy. Those who are registered as holy in the books of heaven are not aware of the fact and are the last ones to boast of their own goodness. None of the prophets and apostles ever professed holiness, not even Daniel, Paul, or John. The righteous never make such a claim. The more nearly they resemble Christ, the more they lament their unlikeness to Him, for their consciences are sensitive, and they regard sin more as God regards it....?{FH 82.4}[4]
The only safe position for any of us to take is to consider ourselves sinners, daily needing divine grace. Mercy through the atoning blood of Christ is our only plea.... Those who have the truth as it is revealed in that Holy Word must stand fast on the platform of truth, relying on, “It is written.” ...?{FH 82.5}[5]
God has great blessings to bestow upon His people. They may have the “peace of God, which passeth all understanding.” They “may be able to comprehend with all saints” ... “what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height” of the love of Christ, being “filled with all the fulness of God.” But it is only to those who are meek and lowly of heart that Christ will thus manifest Himself. The ones whom God justifies are represented by the publican rather than the self-righteous Pharisee. Humility is heaven-born, and none can enter the pearly gates without it. All unconsciously, it shines in the church and in the world, and it will shine in the courts of heaven.—Signs of the Times, February 26, 1885.?{FH 82.6}[6]
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