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

All the virtues which appeared in Christ shone brightest in the close of His life, under the trials He then met. Eminent virtue always shows brightest in the fire. Pure gold shows its purity chiefly in the furnace. It was chiefly under those trials which Christ endured in the close of His life that His love to God, His honor of God's majesty, His regard to the honor of His law, His spirit of obedience, His humility, contempt of the world, His patience, meekness, and spirit of forgiveness towards men, appeared. Indeed, everything that Christ did to work out redemption for us appears mainly in the close of His life. Here mainly is His satisfaction for sin, and here chiefly is His merit of eternal life for sinners, and here chiefly appears the brightness of His example which He has set us for imitation.
Jonathan Edwards

Nothing, in fact, has done more harm to Christianity than the practice of filling the ranks of Christ's army with every volunteer who is willing to make a little profession, and talk fluently of his experience. It has been painfully forgotten that numbers alone do not make strength, and that there may be a great quantity of mere outward religion, while there is very little real grace. Let us all remember this. Let us keep back nothing from young professors and inquirers after Christ. Let us not enlist them on false pretenses. Let us tell them plainly that there is a crown of glory at the end. But let us tell them no less plainly, that there is a daily cross in the way.
J.C. Ryle

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 申命记 19

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设立庇护城
(民35·9—28;书20·1—9)
「耶和华—你 神将列国之民剪除的时候,耶和华—你 神也将他们的地赐给你,你接着住他们的城邑并他们的房屋,
就要在耶和华—你 神所赐你为业的地上分定三座城。
要将耶和华—你 神使你承受为业的地分为三段;又要预备道路,使误杀人的,都可以逃到那里去。
「误杀人的逃到那里可以存活,定例乃是这样:凡素无仇恨,无心杀了人的,
就如人与邻舍同入树林砍伐树木,手拿斧子一砍,本想砍下树木,不料,斧头脱了把,飞落在邻舍身上,以致于死,这人逃到那些城的一座城,就可以存活,
免得报血仇的,心中火热追赶他,因路远就追上,将他杀死;其实他不该死,因为他与被杀的素无仇恨。
所以我吩咐你说,要分定三座城。
耶和华—你 神若照他向你列祖所起的誓扩张你的境界,将所应许赐你列祖的地全然给你,
你若谨守遵行我今日所吩咐的这一切诫命,爱耶和华—你的 神,常常遵行他的道,就要在这三座城之外,再添三座城,
10 免得无辜之人的血流在耶和华—你 神所赐你为业的地上,流血的罪就归于你。
11 「若有人恨他的邻舍,埋伏着起来击杀他,以致于死,便逃到这些城的一座城,
12 本城的长老就要打发人去,从那里带出他来,交在报血仇的手中,将他治死。
13 你眼不可顾惜他,却要从以色列中除掉流无辜血的罪,使你可以得福。」
旧地界
14 「在耶和华—你 神所赐你承受为业之地,不可挪移你邻舍的地界,那是先人所定的。」
有关证人的条例
15 「人无论犯什么罪,作什么恶,不可凭一个人的口作见证,总要凭两三个人的口作见证才可定案。
16 若有凶恶的见证人起来,见证某人作恶,
17 这两个争讼的人就要站在耶和华面前,和当时的祭司,并审判官面前,
18 审判官要细细地查究,若见证人果然是作假见证的,以假见证陷害弟兄,
19 你们就要待他如同他想要待的弟兄。这样,就把那恶从你们中间除掉。
20 别人听见都要害怕,就不敢在你们中间再行这样的恶了。
21 你眼不可顾惜,要以命偿命,以眼还眼,以牙还牙,以手还手,以脚还脚。」