任何人，不论是传道人还是平信徒，若想要强迫或控制其他人的理智，他就成为撒但的代理人而为他工作。在上天的眼中，他就带有该隐的记号。({PC 30.5}
工资问题。——那些参与主的服务的人，不应等待规定的工资，就好像那位伟大的农夫——家主不会真诚地对待他们一样。低声抱怨的人不会因他们的低声抱怨而获得同情。抱怨的工人总是会找到可以抱怨的东西;他的心需要改变。{PC 30.6}
家主对待在他葡萄园里作工之人的比喻代表上帝对待人类家庭的方式。要是第一批工人心中洁除了自私，他们原会认出家主付给在最后一小时来作工的人和那些先来作工的人一样的工资乃是他的慷慨。{PC 30.7}
比喻中的第一批工人是预先讲定的工价。他们得到了应得的工资，并没有其他的报酬。后来的雇工则相信主人的应许：“所当给的，我必给你们”(太20:4)。他们没有问到工资问题，这就表明他们对主人的信任。他们相信他的公平和公义。他们所得的报酬不是根据他们的工作量，而是根据主人的慷慨。{PC 30.8}
同样，上帝也希望我们信靠祂是称罪人为义的主。祂并不按照世界的方式对待祂的仆人。人的标准得不到认可。{PC 30.9}
那些在他们的弟兄姐妹身上寻找过错的人，表明他们对上帝的处事方式没有任何概念。挑剔和抱怨的精神是那个大儿子的精神，但它却在许多列身基督的追随者的人心中找到了一席之地。低声抱怨的人在忍受艰难困苦和承受重担方面可能是一流的，但他那不像基督的精神损害了他的服务。{PC 31.1}
Any man, be he minister or layman, who seeks to compel or control the reason of any other man, becomes an agent of Satan, to do his work, and in the sight of the heavenly universe he bears the mark of Cain.?{PC 30.5}
The Wage Question.—Those engaged in the Master’s service are not to wait for a stipulated sum as their wages, as if the great Husbandman-householder would not deal truly with them. Murmurers will obtain no sympathy for their murmuring. A grumbling worker will always find something to grumble at; it is his heart that needs to be changed.?{PC 30.6}
The parable of the householder’s dealing with the workers in his vineyard represents God’s dealing with the human family. Had the hearts of the first laborers been purified from selfishness, they would have recognized the liberality of the householder in paying those who came at the eleventh hour, the same wages as he paid them who came at an earlier period.?{PC 30.7}
In the parable, the first laborers agreed to work for a stipulated sum, and they received the amount specified, nothing more. Those later hired believed the Master’s promise, “Whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.” They showed their confidence in him by asking no question in regard to wages. They trusted his justice and equity. They were rewarded, not according to the amount of their labor, but according to the generosity of his purpose.?{PC 30.8}
So God desires us to trust in him who justifieth the ungodly. He does not deal with his servants after the manner of the world. The standard of men received no recognition.?{PC 30.9}
Those who are ever watching for something to find fault with in their brethren and sisters, show that they have no conception of God’s manner of dealing. The spirit of fault-finding and complaining is the spirit of the elder brother, but it finds a place in the hearts of many who rank as followers of Christ. The murmurer may be first in enduring hardships and in bearing burdens, but his unchristlike spirit spoils his service. -?{PC 31.1}
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