“你要嘱咐那些今世富足的人，不要自高，也不要倚靠无定的钱财；只要倚靠那厚赐百物给我们享受的上帝”（提前6:17）。{FH.157.1}
花时间、花心思、花力气追求属世的利益是危险的，即使在坚持不懈的努力之后获得了成功，因为这样做有使上帝和祂的义屈居于次的危险。处贫穷、经失望并使我们属世的盼望破灭，比使我们永恒的利益受到危害要好得多。媚人的引诱可能会呈现在我们面前，我们可能想获得财富和尊荣，从而将我们的心魂系于属世的计划。……{FH.157.2}
金钱已经成了评判人在世上价值的标准。对一个人的判断，不是按照他的品德，而是按他所拥有的财富。洪水之前的日子正是这样。……{FH.157.3}
我们不要一心只想发财。假如我们看到持守简明的真理就会得到贫穷的命份，我们仍要坚持真理，并且乐天知命。耶稣说：“人活着，不是单靠食物，乃是靠上帝口里所出的一切话”（太4:4）。爱世界的人会对这句话一笑置之，但它仍是永恒智慧的忠告。……因业务而前往世界的基督徒，若是跟从基督，就会靠着基督的灵，背着自己的十字架，并应付他们的难题。他们不会以世界为他们的神，用脑力体力侍奉玛门。他们会意识到上天正在看着他们。凡他们所获得的成功，他们都归荣耀于上帝。他们会认识到上帝知道我们所不知道的；再过几年，地上的财物就会归于无有了。……{FH.157.4}
想到将来的世界，人就会心理平衡，不让看得见的事控制我们的情感。世界的救赎主已用无限的代价买了我们的情感。借着圣灵的力量，我们的心就见到了不可见的永恒事物。永恒的利益，永不衰残的财宝便呈现在我们心灵的眼睛之前，无限美好。这样，我们就学会视不可见的永恒事物，和为基督所受的凌辱比世上的财物更宝贵。——《时兆》，1893年6月26日。{FH.157.5}
Put God First, May 25
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.?1 Timothy 6:17.?{FH 157.1}[1]
It is dangerous to give time, thought, and strength to the pursuit of worldly gain, even if success follows persevering effort, for in thus doing there is danger of making God and His righteousness secondary. It is better far to be in poverty, to endure disappointment and have our earthly hopes shattered, than to have our eternal interests imperiled. Flattering inducements may be presented to us, and we may think to obtain wealth and honor, and so set our heart and soul on worldly enterprises....?{FH 157.2}[2]
Money has become the measure of manhood in the world, and men are estimated, not by their integrity, but by the amount of wealth they possess. Thus it was in the days before the Flood....?{FH 157.3}[3]
Let us not be determined to get rich. If we see that poverty will be our portion in abiding in the simple truth, let us abide by the truth and enter into life. Jesus said that “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” The devotees of the world may smile at this statement, but it is nevertheless the counsel of eternal wisdom.... Christians who are called into the world by their business, if they follow Christ, will bear their cross and meet their perplexities in the Spirit of Christ. They will not make the world their God, and give brain and bone and muscle to the service of mammon. They will realize that Heaven is looking upon them, and whatever success attends them, they will give glory to God. They will realize that God knows, as we do not, that a few more years will roll by and the treasures of earth be no more....?{FH 157.4}[4]
It is the vision of the world to come that balances the mind so that the things which are seen do not obtain control over the affections, which have been bought with an infinite price by the world’s Redeemer. Through the agency of the Holy Spirit the things unseen and eternal are brought before the soul, and the advantages of the eternal, imperishable treasure are made to appear before the mind’s eye in their attractive beauty. In this way we learn to look to the unseen and the eternal, and to esteem the reproaches of Christ greater value than the treasures of the world.—Signs of the Times, June 26, 1893.?{FH 157.5}[5]
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