John3firstrecordsJesus'one-on-oneconversationwith"amanofthePhariseesnamedNicodemus,amemberoftheJewishrulingcouncil."Hewasprobablyawealthyandinfluentialreligiousteacher.TheGospelstressesthefactthat,"hecametoJesusatnight".Hecameprivatelyandsecretly,perhapsunwillingtocompromisehispositionintheJewishnationalrulingcouncil.Ormaybealong,undisturbedsessionwithJesushadbeenhisdes...[
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Author:KarenNarrator:Liying
IfinishedstudyingtheletterstothesevenchurchesinRevelationtoday.Theletterstothelasttwochurches,PhiladelphiaandLaodicea,offerstarkcontrast.ThechurchinPhiladelphiareceivedthecommendationforitssteadfastfaithinthemidstofacommunitythatdespisedthem.ThechurchinLaodiceaearnedtheLORD'srebukeforbeinglukewarm,acomplacentandapatheticcommunity.
TheLORDsetbeforethe...[
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常常聽人問起,既然萬物都是神所造,那魔鬼不也是祂造的?如果魔鬼是神造的,那罪不就是神故意擺放在人間的?如果罪的來源和人無關,那神真不應該為罪的事和人過不去。神真是應該自己清理門戶,除掉魔鬼,把罪打掃幹淨,還人類一個清白。
其實這墮落前的魔鬼並非魔,而是天使,他確實是神造的。這位天使被神造得全然美麗,智慧充足,在天上大有地位。[
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John2giveswitnesstoJesus'powertotransformandauthoritytocleansebyrecordingtwoincidents.Thefirstoneisturningwaterintowine;thesecondisclearingtheTemple.
OnthethirddayafterJesustalkedwithNathanael,HeandHisdiscipleswereattendingaweddingfeastatCana,inGalilee."Jesus'motherwasthere."ItisverylikelyJesus'familywasveryclosetotheweddingcouple'ssotheywereallinvitedtothebanquet,...[
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Author:KarenNarrator:Liying
NameontheBookofLife
Ineverycounty,aregisteriskeptofthenamesofthoseborninthatcounty.However,whentheydied,theirnameshadtobeerasedfromthelist.
InRevelation,welearnthatGodalsokeepsrecords,butHis"bookoflife"containsthenamesofsuchpeopleasthesefewSardians,whichwillneverbeerased.
TheLORDsaysthesefewSardiansdidnotsoiltheirclothes,theywalkedwithHim...[
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紅樓夢裏的寶玉說男人是泥做的,女兒是水做的,不知道他怎麽琢磨出來的,就衝他的這一點見識,我當了他多年的粉絲。他說對了至少一半呢!
正版是這樣的,神讓泥做的亞當沉睡,從他貼心的部位取了一塊肋骨,用它做了一個女人。神把她領到剛睡醒的亞當麵前,他立刻就認出了這是他生命的一部分,有了她生命才完整,他脫口作了一首充滿愛意的情詩給她,&ldqu[
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InviewofJohntheBaptist'stremendousinfluence,theJewishleadershipcouncilcouldnolongerignorethespiritualrevivalunderJohn'sministry.They"sentpriestsandLevites"toquestionJohn.ThoseJewishleadersaskedfivequestionsbasedonOldTestamentpropheciesandrelatedtraditions.JohntheBaptist"confessedfreely",toldtruthplainlyinansweringtheirquestions.
First,Johnclaimedclearlyhimselfnot...[
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Author:KarenNarrator:Liying
IvisitedTurkeywithsomebrothersandsistersinlastMay.WewenttothegeographicsiteswheresevenchurchesmentionedinRevelationwerelocated.WhentheLORDinstructedJohntowriteletterstothosesevenchurches,theywereprobablygatheringplacesorhousechurchesforbelievers.Thechurchbuildingsorruinswesawtodayareverylikelybuiltlater.
Eventhoughthereisnowheretotracethesevenchurches...[
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父母們都不會忘了懷著滿心的喜悅為頭生的孩子準備嬰兒房的經曆,肯定都想盡善盡美。我們的神在造世上的第一個人亞當前,也為他精心打造了一個美好的樂園,伊甸園。神為人類準備的園子生長著各種樹木果蔬,賞心悅目,果子也甜美可吃,四條靜謐緩緩的河水使霧氣上騰,在每天清晨降下薄霧滋潤大地,使萬物生長,這園子的美妙一定登峰造極。
神用地上的泥[
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Johndoesn'tstartwiththebirthofJesusasahumanbaby.Johnextendstothefarreachesofeternitypast,totheeternalintimacysharedbytheFatherandHisgloriousSon,throughwhomtheFathercreatedallthings,andforwhomtheFathercreatedallthings.HeistheCreatorofallpeople,towhomallpeopleareaccountable,yetHeishumanandgraciouslyneartoussowecanknowHimifwedesire.
"InthebeginningwastheWord."Thepasttense"wa...[
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