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

We know it isn’t ungodly to teach about money because the Bible is full of instructions on the subject. You’ve read the statistics: 1. The Bible has five hundred verses on prayer, fewer than five hundred verses on faith, but over two thousand verses dealing with money and possessions. 2. The book of Proverbs alone is filled with instructions about money. 3. It has been said that Jesus talked more about money than about any other subject. Of Jesus’ thirty-eight parables, sixteen deal with money management. 4. One out of every ten verses in the gospels has to do with money or possessions – a total of 288 verses. 5. There is more said in the New Testament about money, than about heaven and hell combined. If God thought it was important to talk to His people about money management and giving, you and I have no right to neglect these parts of His word.
Rod Rogers

We are not going to simply wake up one morning and discover that we suddenly hate what we used to love. The things of this world will never appear as “dung” when viewed in and of themselves. They will smell good and taste good and feel good and bring satisfaction and we will treasure and value them and fight for them and work for them and find every excuse imaginable to get them at any and all cost; they will retain their magnetic appeal and allure and power until they are set against the surpassing value and beauty of Christ Jesus.
Sam Storms

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 启示录 5

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书卷和羔羊
我看见坐宝座的右手中有书卷,里外都写着字,用七印封严了。
我又看见一位大力的天使大声宣传说:「有谁配展开那书卷,揭开那七印呢?」
在天上、地上、地底下,没有能展开、能观看那书卷的。
因为没有配展开、配观看那书卷的,我就大哭。
长老中有一位对我说:「不要哭!看哪,犹大支派中的狮子,大卫的根,他已得胜,能以展开那书卷,揭开那七印。」
我又看见宝座与四活物,并长老之中有羔羊站立,像是被杀过的,有七角七眼,就是 神的七灵,奉差遣往普天下去的。
这羔羊前来,从坐宝座的右手里拿了书卷。
他既拿了书卷,四活物和二十四位长老就俯伏在羔羊面前,各拿着琴和盛满了香的金炉;这香就是众圣徒的祈祷。
他们唱新歌,说:
你配拿书卷,
配揭开七印;
因为你曾被杀,
用自己的血
从各族、各方、各民、各国中买了人来,
叫他们归于 神,
10 又叫他们成为国民,
作祭司归于 神,
在地上执掌王权。
11 我又看见且听见,宝座与活物并长老的周围有许多天使的声音;他们的数目有千千万万,
12 大声说:
曾被杀的羔羊是配得
权柄、丰富、智慧、能力、
尊贵、荣耀、颂赞的。
13 我又听见在天上、地上、地底下、沧海里,和天地间一切所有被造之物,都说:
但愿颂赞、尊贵、荣耀、权势
都归给坐宝座的和羔羊,
直到永永远远!
14 四活物就说:「阿们!」众长老也俯伏敬拜。