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in this life, and shall inherit everlasting life.—
The Review and Herald,
September 16, 1884
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If the stewards of God do their duty, there is no danger that wealth
will increase so rapidly as to prove a snare; for it will be used with
practical wisdom and Christlike liberality.—
The Review and Herald,
May 16, 1882
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Property to Be Prized but Not Hoarded
He who is seeking for eternal riches should be striving for the
heavenly treasure with far greater earnestness and perseverance, and
with an intensity that is proportionate to the value of the object of which
he is in pursuit. The worldly man is laboring for earthly, temporal
things. He is laying up his treasure upon the earth, doing just that
which Jesus has told him he must not do.
The sincere Christian appreciates the warning given by Jesus, and
is a doer of His word, thus laying up his treasure in heaven, just as the
world’s Redeemer has told him he should do. He views an eternity
of bliss worth a life of persevering and untiring effort. He is not
misdirecting his efforts. He is setting his affections upon things above,
where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Transformed by grace,
his life is hid with Christ in God.
He has not lost by any means, the power of accumulation; but
he employs his active energies in seeking for spiritual attainments;
then all his entrusted talents will be appreciated as God’s gifts to be
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employed to His glory. By him property will be prized, not hoarded,
valued only inasmuch as it can be used to advance the truth, to work
as Christ worked when He was upon the earth, to bless humanity. For
this purpose he will use his powers, not to please or glorify self, but to
strengthen every entrusted gift that he may do the highest service to
God. Of him it can be said, “Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit;
serving the Lord.”
God does not condemn prudence and foresight in the use of the
things of this life, but the feverish care, the undue anxiety, with respect
to worldly things is not in accordance with His will.—
The Review and
Herald, March 1, 1887
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