“从前你们是暗昧的，但如今在主里面是光明的，行事为人就当象光明的子女”（弗5:8）。{FH.151.1}
基督对门徒说：“你们是世上的光”（太5:14）。太阳怎样在天空光照世界，跟从基督的人也必须照样将真理的光照在那些在错谬与迷信的黑暗中摸索的人身上。但跟从基督的人自己本没有光，乃是天国的亮光照在他们身上，他们再将之反照世界。……{FH.151.2}
生命的光是白白提供给每个人的。凡愿意的，都可受公义日头的明亮光辉所指导。基督乃是罪病的伟大良药。谁也不能以自己的环境、教育或脾气秉性为借口，过反叛上帝的生活。罪人就是故意选择过这种生活的人。我们的救主说过：“光来到世间，世人因自己的行为是恶的，不爱光，倒爱黑暗，定他们的罪就是在此。凡作恶的便恨光，并不来就光，恐怕他的行为受责备”（约3:19,20）。……{FH.151.3}
当上帝的要求提出来时，喜爱罪恶的人就暴露了自己的真面目。他们以指出自称基督徒之人的错误和过失为乐。他们是受他们的老师撒但的精神所鼓动的。圣经称他为“控告弟兄的”。恶意的谣言一经传出，就迅速地夸大其辞，一传十，十传百！多少人会以之为食，象秃鹰盘踞在垃圾之上啊。……{FH.151.4}
真基督徒是“行真理的必来就光，要显明他所行的是靠上帝而行”（约3:21）。他虔诚的生活和圣洁的谈吐是每日的见证，反对罪和罪人。他是所信仰之真理的活代表。耶稣论到真心跟从祂的人说，祂称他们为弟兄不以为耻。每一个最终永生的人，必在今生显出热心，献身于上帝的服务。……他们一知道自己的本分，就衷心无畏地履行。他们跟随照在路上的亮光，不管后果如何。真理的上帝在他们身边，决不撇弃他们。——《时兆》，1882年3月9日。{FH.151.5}
The Light of the World, May 19
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.?Ephesians 5:8.?{FH 151.1}[1]
Christ said to His disciples, “Ye are the light of the world.” As the sun goes forth in the heavens to fill the world with brightness, so must the followers of Jesus shed the light of truth upon those who are groping in the darkness of error and superstition. But Christ’s followers have no light of themselves. It is the light of Heaven that falls upon them, which is to be reflected by them to the world....?{FH 151.2}[2]
The light of life is freely proffered to all. Every one who will may be guided by the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness. Christ is the great remedy for sin. None can plead their circumstances, their education, or their temperament as an excuse for living in rebellion against God. Sinners are such by their own deliberate choice. Said our Savior, “This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.” ...?{FH 151.3}[3]
When the claims of God are presented, those who love sin evince their true character by the satisfaction with which they point to the faults and errors of professed Christians. They are actuated by the same spirit as their master, Satan, whom the Bible declares to be the “accuser of the brethren.” Let an evil report be started, and how rapidly it will be exaggerated and passed from lip to lip! How many will feast upon it, like vultures upon a heap of garbage....?{FH 151.4}[4]
The true Christian, “he that doeth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.” His godly life and holy conversation are a daily testimony against sin and sinners. He is a living representative of the truth which he professes. Of these true-hearted followers, Jesus declares that He is not ashamed to call them brethren. Everyone who at last secures eternal life will here manifest zeal and devotion in the service of God.... To know their duty is to do it heartily and fearlessly. They follow the light as it shines upon their path, regardless of consequences. The God of truth is on their side and will never forsake them.—Signs of the Times, March 9, 1882.?{FH 151.5}[5]
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