1.遵照原则生活
青年人要以圣经为他们的向导，坚持原则，如同磐石。他们可以达到任何高度的造诣。(《时兆》1889年3月4日){PH048 3.1}
“这律法书不可离开你的口，总要昼夜思想，好使你谨守遵行这书上所写的一切话。如此，你的道路就可以亨通，凡事顺利”(书1:8经文为编者所加)。{PH048 3.2}
上帝的工人们蒙召要记住，他们不能随波逐流，随从被冲动扭曲了的不稳定的原则，否则就必误表他们所信奉的真理，对自己的心灵造成持久的损害。(《特別证言系列A》7:41){PH048 3.3}
“只是你行这事，叫耶和华的仇敌大得亵渎的机会，故此，你所得的孩子必定要死”(撒下12:14)。{PH048 3.4}
教师和学生在不断地工作，编织他们的永恒命运之网。每当梭子穿过，就拉着一根线，或系于正确的原则和圣洁的行动，或于之相反。学生有可能把他们的线系于对他们将来生活不利的事物上。(未发表证言){PH048 3.5}
“我已经与基督同钉十字架。现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信上帝的儿子而活，祂是爱我，为我舍己。……我素来所拆毁的，若重新建造，这就证明自己是犯罪的人”(加2:20,18)。{PH048 3.6}
人生所要显示的原则是什么呢?—“因为你们是重价买来的。所以要在你们的身子上荣耀上帝”(林前7:20，未发表证言){PH048 4.1}
青年人可以有如此坚定的原则，以致撒但最有力的试探也不能动摇他们的忠诚。(《证言》卷三472页){PH048 4.2}
“彼拉多对祭司长和众人说，我查不出这人有什么罪来。”(路23:4)。{PH048 4.3}
“那些人便说，我们要找参这但以理的把柄，除非在他上帝的律法中就寻不着”(但6:5)。{PH048 4.4}
上帝的应许并不是建立在感觉上的，而是有根有基，与感觉截然不同，如同光明与黑暗截然不同一样。我们必须学习按原则行事。我们学会如此行的时候，就会聪明地行事，而不致为各种情绪所左右。(《时兆》1889年11月11日){PH048 4.5}
“上帝的应许，不论有多少，在基督都是是的，所以借着他也都是实在的，叫上帝因我们得荣耀”(林后1:20)。{PH048 4.6}
主的工人在言行一致上怎么谨慎都不过分，因为惟有始终如一的生活才能博得尊敬。我们的行为若与我们的教导相符，我们的工作就会见效;然而不以尽责原则为基础的那种虔诚就像失了味的盐。说而不做就像鸣的锣响的钹一般。我们努力谆谆教导我们并不本着良心实行的原则是不会有用处的。(《特别证言系列A》7:37){PH048 4.7}
“不可叫人小看你年轻。总要在言语，行为，爱心，信心，清洁上，都作信徒的榜样”(提前4:12)。{PH048 4.8}
人生的一举一动，都有向善或向恶的重大影响。只有在日常生活的考验中坚持原则，我们才能获得力量，在最危险和最艰难的环境中站立得稳，保持忠诚。(《健康改革者》1878年5月1日){PH048 4.9}
“耶和华说，你若与步行的人同跑，尚且觉累，怎能与马赛跑呢?你在平安之地，虽然安稳，在约旦河边的丛林要怎样行呢?”(耶12:5){PH048 5.1}
青年人不论贫富贵贱，要是没有受过实用手艺的训练，以原则来防护守卫，撒但就都会找到事情给他们做。(《时兆》1896年11月12日){PH048 5.2}
改革的进步取决于对基本真理的明确界定和认识。要把上帝律法的原则摆在人们面前，就像上帝自己的品格那样永不动摇。(《健康改革者》1878年8月1日){PH048 5.3}
“祂对我说，将这默示明明地写在版上，使读的人容易读(或作随跑随读)”(哈2:2)。{PH048 5.4}
圣经教导人行动要有原则。我们每当成功地抵御邪恶的影响，都会加强受到攻击的原则。单单拥有才干不能保证人生的用途或幸福。正确的原则是真成功的唯一基础。(《评论与通讯》1883年9月25日){PH048 5.5}
“你们要顺服上帝，务要抵挡魔鬼，魔鬼就必离开你们逃跑了”(雅 4:7)。{PH048 5.6}
每一个人的心都要经过试验。每一个人的品格都需要发展。这是上帝子民所必须实行的原则。生活的原则必须在生活中实行出来。(《教会证言》卷一222页){PH048 5.7}
“惟有犯罪的，他必死亡。儿子必不担当父亲的罪孽，父亲也不担当儿子的罪孽。义人的善果必归自己，恶人的恶报也必归自己”(结18:20)。{PH048 5.8}
PH048 - Living by Principle
Let the youth take the Bible as their guide, and stand like a rock for principle, and they can aspire to any height of attainment.—Signs of the Times, March 4, 1889.?{PH048 3.1}[1]
Joshua 1:8: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. [The Bible texts have been supplied by the compiler.]?{PH048 3.2}[2]
God’s ... workers are called upon to remember that they cannot drift along with unsettled principles which are warped and distorted by impulse, without misrepresenting the truth which they profess, and doing a lasting injury to their own souls.—Special Testimonies, Series A 7:41.?{PH048 3.3}[3]
2 Samuel 12:14: Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.?{PH048 3.4}[4]
Teachers and students are constantly at work, weaving the web of their eternal destiny. Every time the shuttle passes, it draws after it a thread which is fastened to right principles and holy actions, or the opposite. Students may have fastened to their threads that which is not profitable for their future life.—Unpublished Testtimony.?{PH048 3.5}[5]
Galatians 2:20, 18: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.... If I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.?{PH048 3.6}[6]
What is the principle that is to characterize the life?—“Therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”—Unpublished Testtimony.?{PH048 4.1}[7]
The youth may have principles so firm that the most powerful temptations of Satan will not draw them away from their allegiance.—Testimonies for the Church 3:472.?{PH048 4.2}[8]
Luke 23:4: Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.?{PH048 4.3}[9]
Daniel 6:5: Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.?{PH048 4.4}[10]
The promises of God do not rest upon feeling. They have a foundation as distinct from feeling as light is from darkness. We must learn to move from principle; and when we learn to do this, we shall move understandingly, and not be controlled by varying emotions.—Signs of the Times, November 11, 1889.?{PH048 4.5}[11]
2 Corinthians 1:20: For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.?{PH048 4.6}[12]
The Lord’s workers cannot be too careful that their actions do not contradict their words; for a consistent life alone can command respect. If our practise harmonizes with our teachings, our works will have effect; but piety that is not based upon conscientious principles is as salt without savor. To speak, and do not, is as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. It is of no use for us to strive to inculcate principles which we do not conscientiously practise.—Special Testimonies, Series A 7:37.?{PH048 4.7}[13]
1 Timothy 4:12: Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.?{PH048 4.8}[14]
Every act of life is great for good or evil; and it is only by acting upon principle in the tests of?daily life that we acquire power to stand firm and faithful in the most dangerous and most difficult positions.—Health Reformer, May 1, 1878.?{PH048 4.9}[15] Jeremiah 12:5: If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan??{PH048 5.1}[16]
Whether rich or poor, high or low, Satan finds employment for the youth who are not trained to useful industry, and guarded and barricaded with principle.—Signs of the Times, November 12, 1896.?{PH048 5.2}[17]
The progress of reform depends upon a clear definition and recognition of fundamental truth. The principles of God’s law must be kept before the people as everlasting and inexorable as the character of God himself.—Health Reformer, August 1, 1878.?{PH048 5.3}[18]
Habakkuk 2:2: And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.?{PH048 5.4}[19]
The Bible teaches men to act from principle; and whenever we successfully resist evil influence, we are strengthening that principle which has been assailed.?The mere possession of talent is no guarantee of usefulness or happiness in life. Right principles are the only basis of true success.—The Review and Herald, September 25, 1883.?{PH048 5.5}[20]
James 4:7: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.?{PH048 5.6}[21]
Every heart will be tested, every character developed. It is principle that God’s people must act upon. The living principle must be carried out in the life.—Testimonies for the Church 1:222.?{PH048 5.7}[22]
Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.?{PH048 5.8}[23]
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