本期视频中，魏泰德牧师谈论了服务的纯正动机，这也是耶稣登山宝训中的一部分。

 “你们要小心，不可将善事行在人的面前，故意叫他们看见；”（马太福音6:1）

此处，耶稣直击了人性的核心——荣耀自己的欲望。

当我们行善时，“我们的施舍要出于诚心，不是为了表现自己的善行，而是出于对受苦之人的怜悯和仁爱。”怀爱伦写道：“上天所重视的动机，乃是真诚的宗旨和真实的爱心。”（《福山宝训》81页）

不要像法利赛人在公共场合大声祈祷，为了自己得荣耀，耶稣教导说：“你祷告的时候，要进你的内屋，关上门，祷告你在暗中的父，你父在暗中察看，必然报答你。”（马太福音6:6）

耶稣与天父有固定的交流场所。同样，我们应该找一个场所，在那里我们可以向祂倾诉一切，只有祂能听到。

 “那些藉着每天诚恳的祈祷向上帝祈求帮助、扶持和能力的人，必有崇高的愿望，对于真理和责任的清楚认识，高尚的行动目标，和一颗持续饥渴慕义的心。通过与上帝保持联络，我们能够把充满我们心灵的亮光、平静和安宁传播给他人。 ”（怀爱伦《福山宝训》85.2页）

耶稣敦促我们，“不要为自己积攒财宝在地上……只要积攒财宝在天上……因为你的财宝在哪里，你的心也在那里。”（马太福音6:19-20）与此相关，我们要忠心归还什一，并用我们的钱财、恩赐和才干来支持祂的事工。

同样，祂鼓励我们奉献全心。祂劝诫我们“一个人不能侍奉两个主。”（马太福音6:24）不是说“不要”或者“不应该要”，他说我们“不能”，因为在选择上帝还是选择所要侍奉的人和事之间是没有中间立场的。

最后，祂说：“不要忧虑”（25节），提醒我们祂看顾我们，哪怕是地上最微小的受造物。不必忧虑，祂邀请我们“要先求他的国和他的义，这些东西都要加给你们了”。

在《福山宝训》第100页，怀爱伦总结这些原则，说：“如果我们亲手管理自己必须做的事情，想靠自己的智慧去谋求成功，我们就担负起上帝所没有交托我们的担子，并且企图不靠祂的帮助而独自担当。”

 “我们擅自承担了属于上帝的责任，把自己放在祂的位置上。我们难免会有挂虑，面临危险和损失的威胁，因为这样的事情确实会临到我们。但如果我们真正相信上帝爱我们，愿意为我们谋利益，我们就不会为将来忧虑了。我们将依靠上帝，就像孩子依赖慈爱的父母一样。于是我们的烦恼和痛苦消失了，因为我们的意志已经融化在上帝的旨意之中。”

最后，愿我们在事奉上动机纯正——不是荣耀我们自己，而是荣耀上帝，惟独荣耀上帝。

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In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson talks about the true motive in service, as part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.

“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men to be seen by them” (Matthew 6:1). Here, Jesus strikes at the core of human nature—the desire for self-glory.

When we perform acts of charity, “we are to give in sincerity, not to make a show of our good deeds, but from pity and love to the suffering ones,” writes Ellen White. “Sincerity of purpose, real kindness of heart, is the motive that Heaven values” (Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, page 81).

Unlike the Pharisees, who prayed out loud in public for self-glorification, Jesus instructed, “When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father Who is in the secret place; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly” (Matthew 6:6).

Jesus had certain places for communion with the Father. Likewise, we should find a place where we can pour everything out to Him and only He can hear.

“The soul that turns to God for its help, its support, its power, by daily, earnest prayer, will have noble aspirations, clear perceptions of truth and duty, lofty purposes of action, and a continual hungering and thirsting after righteousness. By maintaining a connection with God, we shall be enabled to diffuse to others…the light, the peace, the serenity that rule in our hearts” (Ellen White, Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, page 85).

Jesus also urges us to “not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth…but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven…for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21). In connection with this, we are to return a faithful title and support His work with financial offerings and our talents and gifts.

Also, He encourages whole-hearted devotion to Him, warning us that “no man can serve two masters” (Matthew 6:24). Instead of saying “will not” or “shall not,” He says that we cannot because there is no neutral position in choosing between God and anyone or anything else to serve.

Lastly, He says, “Do not worry” (verse 25), reminding us that He takes care of us and even the smallest creatures on earth. Instead of worrying, we are invited to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (verse 33).

On page 100 of her book Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, Ellen White summarizes these principles, saying: “When we take into our hands the management of things with which we have to do, and depend upon our own wisdom for success, we are taking a burden which God has not given us, and are trying to bear it without His aid.”

“We are taking upon ourselves the responsibility that belongs to God, and thus are really putting ourselves in His place. We may well have anxiety and anticipate danger and loss, for it is certain to befall us. But when we really believe that God loves us and means to do us good, we shall cease to worry about the future. We shall trust God as a child trusts a loving parent. Then our troubles and torments will disappear, for our will is swallowed up in the will of God.”

In closing, may we have the true motive in service—to glorify not ourselves but God and God alone.

To learn more about this topic, read Ellen White’s book Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing and download its digital copy at https://egwwritings.org/.