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Failure
Discontent Happiness
The only true
security lies in a
simple, childlike
trust and
dependence upon
God.
Money is a visible
representation of the
actual expenditure of
life itself.
While no tree of
knowledge of good
and evil is involved,
God has specified
certain areas in
which the same
tests apply.
Tests Area
1. Sabbath—one- A test of obedience
seventh of time. to God’s commands
Human being
prepares the soil
and plants the seed,
but it is divine
power that causes
the seed to spring
into life.
CS, pp. 198, 199
It is not sin to
possess wealth.
The sin is in
hoarding wealth or
in its selfish use.
“Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of the Lord
they God which he hath given thee.”
[Deut. 16:17]
“It is accepted
according to that a
man hath, and not
according to that he
hath not.”
[2 Cor.8: 12]
In heaven’s balances the size is of
no importance. It is the motive
and the degree of sacrifice that
are the measure of a gift. Man is
unable to judge motive; neither
can he evaluate the degree of
sacrifice that any gift represents.