Number Eight—Testimony for the Church Chapter 62—Family Religion I have been shown the high and responsible position which God’s people should occupy. They are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and they must walk even as Christ walked. They will come up through great tribulation. The present is a time of warfare and trial. Our Saviour says in Revelation 3:21: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” The reward is not given to all who profess to be followers of Christ, but to those who overcome even as He overcame. We must study the life of Christ and learn what it is to confess Him before the world. {1T 303.1}

(303) [Den høje og ansvarsfulde stilling, Guds folk bør indtage, er blevet fremstillet for mig. De er jordens salt og verdens lys og de må vandre, som Kristus vandrede. De vil komme ud af den store trængsel. Vor tid er en strid og prøvelsens tid. Vor frelser siger i Åb. 3,21: »Den, der sejrer, ham vil jeg lade sidde sammen med mig på min trone, ligesom også jeg har sejret og taget sæde hos min fader på hans trone.« Lønnen gives ikke til alle, der bekender sig til at være Kristi efterfølgere, men dem, der sejrer, ligesom han har sejret. Vi må studere Kristi liv og lære, hvad det vil sige at bekende ham over for verden.