God’s Purpose For His PeopleGod has in store love, joy, peace, and glorious triumph for all who serve Him in spirit and in truth. His commandment-keeping people are to stand constantly in readiness for service. They are to receive increased grace and power, and increased knowledge of the Holy Spirit’s working. But many are not ready to receive the precious gifts of the Spirit which God is waiting to bestow on them. They are not reaching higher and still higher for power from above that through the gifts bestowed, they may be recognized as God’s peculiar people, zealous of good works. {8T 247.3}

Guds hensigt med sit folk
Gud har kærlighed, glæde, fred og herlig sejr beredt til alle, der tjener ham i ånd og sandhed. Hans lovlydige folk skal til stadighed være beredte til tjeneste. De skal modtage forøget nåde og kraft og forøget kundskab om Helligåndens gerning. Men mange er ikke rede til at modtage Helligåndens kostelige gaver, som (248) Gud venter på at kunne give dem. De strækker sig ikke højere og højere opad efter kraft fra det høje, således at de gennem disse gaver kunne blive kendt, som Guds ejendomsfolk, der er ivrige efter at gøre gode gerninger.