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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

There is no such thing as luck” or “accident”… We must resist limiting God’s sovereignty in the face of suffering. The comfort of God…is not His empathy with us as someone who feels the tragedy of evil but is helpless in it. Nor does the comfort of God reside in His actions as a “fourth-quarter quarterback,” who is brought in after things have fallen apart to save the day just before the whistle blows. There is no comfort in suffering if God is not sovereign over it. To pare down God’s sovereignty is to render suffering a triumph of evil and sin against the limited will and power of God.
Scott Hafemann

When the faithful minister is properly exegeting the Word of God, it is God Himself who is speaking to His people! Failure to hear the faithful minister is a failure to hear God Himself! Isn’t that exactly what Jesus told His disciples? “If they won’t listen to you, they won’t listen to Me!” That is why we are not to let anyone disregard us (Titus 2:15), because that would mean that we are letting them disregard Christ!
Don Kistler

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 创世记 23

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亚伯拉罕买坟地埋葬撒拉
撒拉享寿一百二十七岁,这是撒拉一生的岁数。
撒拉死在迦南地的基列·亚巴,就是希伯 亚伯拉罕为她哀恸哭号。
后来亚伯拉罕从死人面前起来,对人说:
「我在你们中间是外人,是寄居的。求你们在这里给我一块地,我好埋葬我的死人,使她不在我眼前。」
人回答亚伯拉罕说:
「我主请听。你在我们中间是一位尊大的王子,只管在我们最好的坟地里埋葬你的死人;我们没有一人不容你在他的坟地里埋葬你的死人。」
亚伯拉罕就起来,向那地的人下拜,
对他们说:「你们若有意叫我埋葬我的死人,使她不在我眼前,就请听我的话,为我求琐辖的儿子以弗
把田头上那麦比拉洞给我;他可以按着足价卖给我,作我在你们中间的坟地。」
10 当时以弗 正坐在人中间。于是,以弗 在城门出入的人面前对亚伯拉罕说:
11 「不然,我主请听。我送给你这块田,连田间的洞也送给你,在我同族的人面前都给你,可以埋葬你的死人。」
12  亚伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜,
13 在他们面前对以弗 说:「你若应允,请听我的话。我要把田价给你,求你收下,我就在那里埋葬我的死人。」
14  以弗 回答亚伯拉罕说:
15 「我主请听。值四百舍客勒银子的一块田,在你我中间还算什么呢?只管埋葬你的死人吧!」
16  亚伯拉罕听从了以弗 ,照着他在人面前所说的话,把买卖通用的银子平了四百舍客勒给以弗
17 于是,麦比拉幔利前、以弗 的那块田和其中的洞,并田间四围的树木,
18 都定准归与亚伯拉罕,乃是他在人面前并城门出入的人面前买妥的。
19 此后,亚伯拉罕把他妻子撒拉埋葬在迦南幔利前的麦比拉田间的洞里。(幔利就是希伯 )。
20 从此,那块田和田间的洞就借着人定准归与亚伯拉罕作坟地。