“我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么”（约15:5）。{FH.160.1}
在恢复人类上帝形像的计划中，也安排了圣灵在人心中的运行，正像有基督亲自同在一样，在人品格上发挥塑造的功能。人们接受了真理，也就领受了基督的恩典，将他们经过圣化的才能，献给基督所曾经从事的工作，成为上帝的同工了。由于人成为上帝的代表，神圣的真理才得以深入他们的悟性。……{FH.160.2}
借着真理的媒介，品格才被改变并按上帝的样式进行塑造。彼得说基督徒是借着圣灵因顺从真理而洁净了自己的心。……{FH.160.3}
基督徒的职责就是要发光。自称基督徒的人若不服侍他人，就没有实现福音的要求。他们决不应忘记将自己的光照在人前，叫人们看见他们的好行为，便将荣耀归给他们在天上的父。他们的言语总要带着恩典，与他们所自称的信仰相称。他们的工作是向世人彰显基督。耶稣基督并祂钉十字架是他们取之不尽的主题，可以尽情发言，说出他们心中的珍宝，就是福音的宝物。他们心中既充满了不朽且满有荣耀的洪福之望，就不能闭口不言。凡已觉察到基督的神圣同在的人，不能说轻浮无聊的话，因为他们的话语应是谨慎自守的，是活的香气叫人活。我们不可作小孩子漂来漂去，而要在耶稣基督里抛锚稳定，讲确实有价值的东西。……基督徒应该公布救恩的好消息，叙述上帝的良善，永不厌倦。……{FH.160.4}
你们要对罪人讲说，因为你们不知道上帝正在感动他们的心。决不要忘记你们在他们面前说的每一句话都带有重大的责任。要扪心自问：有多少次我心中充满着基督的爱，谈论上帝的怜悯和基督的义说不尽的恩赐呢？——《评论与通讯》，1895年2月12日。{FH.160.5}
Ordained to Bring Forth Fruit, May 28
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.?John 15:5.?{FH 160.1}[1]
In the plan of restoring in men and women the divine image, it was provided that the Holy Spirit should move upon human minds and be as the presence of Christ, a molding agency upon human character. Those who receive the truth become also recipients of the grace of Christ and devote their sanctified human ability to the work in which Christ was engaged—men and women become laborers together with God. It is to make them agents for God that divine truth is brought home to their understanding....?{FH 160.2}[2]
Through the mediumship of truth the character is transformed and fashioned after the divine similitude. Peter represents Christians as those who have purified their souls through obedience to the truth through the operation of the Holy Spirit....?{FH 160.3}[3]
It is the Christian’s business to shine. The professed followers of Christ are not fulfilling the requirements of the gospel unless they are ministering to others. They are never to forget that they are to let their light so shine before others that they, seeing their good works, may glorify their Father which is in heaven. Their speech is to be always with grace and in harmony with their profession of faith. Their work is to reveal Christ to the world. Jesus Christ and Him crucified is their inexhaustible theme, of which they are freely to speak, bringing out of the good treasure of their hearts the precious things of the gospel. The heart that is filled with the blessed hope, that is big with immortality and full of glory, cannot be dumb. Those who have a realization of the sacred presence of Christ cannot speak light and trifling words, for their words are to be sober, a savor of life unto life. We are not to be children tossed to and fro, but we are to be anchored in Jesus Christ and to have something of solid worth of which to speak.... Christians are to publish the good news of salvation, and they are never to weary of the recital of God’s goodness....?{FH 160.4}[4]
You are to speak to sinners, for you know not but God is moving upon their hearts. Never forget that great responsibility attaches to every word you utter in their presence. Ask yourself the question, How many have I spoken to with my heart filled with the love of Christ concerning the unspeakable gift of God’s mercy and Christ’s righteousness?—The Review and Herald, February 12, 1895.?{FH 160.5}[5]
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