“凡有的，还要加给他，叫他有余;没有的，连他所有的也要夺过来”(太25:29)。{FH.117.1}
接受耶稣为个人救主的人会过谦卑、忍耐、仁爱的生活。他们献身给主不是为了自己将得到的好处。他们已与基督合而为一，就象基督与天父合而为一一样，而且他们天天在与基督的谦卑、责备、舍己和自我牺牲上有分。他们在遵守主的命令中得到喜乐，在真诚的服务中得到希望、平安和安慰，存着信心和勇敢的心，在顺从的道路上前进，跟随那为他们舍命的主。他们借着献身的生活向世界表明这句话的真理：“现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着”(加2:20)。{FH.117.2}
先知玛拉基说：“那时，敬畏耶和华的彼此谈论，耶和华侧耳而听，且有纪念册在祂面前，记录那敬畏耶和华、思念祂名的人”(玛3:16)。他们说的是抱怨、挑剔，自怜的话吗?不!敬畏上帝的人与说话反对上帝的人完全不同。他们说的是有胆识的话，感恩的话和赞美的话。他们不用眼泪和哀叹遮盖上帝的祭坛。他们的脸被公义日头的光束照亮，赞美上帝的恩慈。{FH.117.3}
他们所说的话语使全天庭欢喜快乐。他们在属世的财物上可能是贫穷的，但他们借着忠心地把上帝所要求的那部分献给上帝，承认自己欠祂的债。他们人生的篇章不是由侍奉自我所构成。他们本着仁爱感恩的心，唱着喜乐的歌把供物带给上帝，象戴维一样说：我们把从祢而得的献给祢。“万军之耶和华说：‘在我所定的日子，他们必属我，特特归我。我必怜恤他们，如同人怜恤服事自己的儿子’”(玛3:17)。……{FH.117.4}
真正侍奉上帝的人必敬畏祂，而不会象那不忠心的仆人所做的，把银子埋在地里，担心主会拿回祂自己的东西。这些人只是担心因未能善用自己的才干而羞辱造他们的主。——《评论与通讯》，1897年1月5日。{FH.117.5}
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To everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.?Matthew 25:29.?{FH 117.1}[1]
Those who accept Jesus as their personal Savior will live lives of humility, patience, and love. They did not give themselves to the Lord for the sake of the profit they should receive. They have become one with Christ, as Christ is one with the Father, and daily they receive their reward in being partakers of the humility, the reproach, the self-denial, and the self-sacrifice of Christ. They find their joy in keeping the Lord’s ordinances. In true service they find hope, and peace, and comfort; and with faith and courage they go forward in the path of obedience, following Him who gave His life for them. By their consecration and devotion they reveal to the world the truth of the words, “I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”?{FH 117.2}[2]
“They that feared the Lord,” writes the prophet Malachi, “spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.” Were the words spoken, words of complaint, of faultfinding, of self-sympathy? No; in contrast to those who speak against God, those who fear Him speak words of courage, of thankfulness, and of praise. They do not cover the altar of God with tears and lamentations; they come with faces lighted up with the beams of the Sun of Righteousness, and praise God for His goodness.?{FH 117.3}[3]
Such words make all heaven rejoice. Those who utter them may be poor in worldly possessions, but by faithfully giving to God the portion He claims, they acknowledge their indebtedness to Him. Self-serving does not make up the chapters of their life history. In love and gratitude, with songs of joy upon their lips, they bring their offerings to God, saying as did David, Of Thine own we freely give Thee. “And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.” ...?{FH 117.4}[4]
Those who truly serve God will fear Him, but not as did the unfaithful servant, who hid his talent in the earth because he was afraid the Lord would receive His own. They will fear to dishonor their Maker by failing to improve their talents.—The Review and Herald, January 5, 1897.?{FH 117.5}[5]
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