Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
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Bible Verse–Psalms 86:15
27 8 月, 2024 by
But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Bible Verses–John 15:12-13
24 8 月, 2024 by
This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.13Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
She No Longer Detested Her Bald-headed Dad!
20 8 月, 2024 by
By Xiatian
In a cool afternoon, by the windows of the classroom crowded students, and they were actively discussing the parents coming to attend the parent-teacher meeting. Pushing his glasses, a student exclaimed as if he had found a new continent, “Wow! Look at Wang’s dad. He is so handsome. He really has a good taste for clothes. He must be a boss!” Other students all looked in the direction he pointed. Another student pointed to another direction and said, “Li’s mom is so fashionable. She looks so rich. Alas, why does Zhao’s mom look so dowdy? Sun’s dad is rather old …” The students were having a lively discussion about their parents as if the campus was a stage. Those whose parents were praised were proud with their heads held high, while the ones whose parents were given a negative comment lowered their heads in embarrassment. The scene like this had been repeated many times on the campus.
Xiatian of Class Two Grade One stared out of the window. How she wished that it would be her mom who came to attend the meeting, but not her dad. Her mom is the prettiest in the village, graceful, fair-skinned, dignified, and generous, having a good taste for clothes. She is always the center of attention wherever she is. Xiatian likes walking together with her mom very much, for her mom is so beautiful that she can make her proud enough before her classmates. But her dad is seven years older than her mom. He never pays attention to dressing. And the most serious thing is that he is bald-headed in his forties, and looks as if he is fifty years old. It had been puzzling Xiatian that why her mom married her dad since she is so beautiful?
While thinking, Xiatian suddenly saw her dad walking slowly through the gate of the school. Immediately, she felt nervous and uneasy, and thought, “How will my classmates view him? If they give him a negative comment, how can I face them? Should I introduce him to them that he is my dad? …” Xiatian was struggling in her heart. This was the first time that her dad had attended the meeting. She didn’t want to make him feel that she was detesting him. But…?
At this time, she suddenly thought of the words of God: “Born into such a filthy land, man has been severely blighted by society, he has been influenced by feudal ethics, and he has been taught at ‘institutes of higher learning.’ The backward thinking, corrupt morality, mean view on life, despicable philosophy, utterly worthless existence, and depraved lifestyle and customs—all of these things have severely intruded upon man’s heart, and severely undermined and attacked his conscience. As a result, man is ever more distant from God, and ever more opposed to Him” (“To Have an Unchanged Disposition Is to Be in Enmity to God”).
Xiatian came to a sudden realization: I’m a believer in God, how could I have the same view on things as my classmates who don’t believe in God? How could I detest my parent? She calmed down and began to ponder God’s words: Since this mankind was corrupted by Satan, people have lost conscience and sense, and man’s thoughts have become distorted. Especially in the society nowadays, as long as you have money or power, people will think highly of you. They don’t care how your character and morality is at all. Even the campus, the so-called pure land, has been polluted. We students always compare with each other, and are graded according to whether our parents have money, power, or beautiful and fashionable appearance. The students who get a higher grade will be crowded by others while the ones who get a lower grade will be ignored. So we are becoming especially snobbish. When many parents whose family conditions are not good come to attend the parent-teacher meeting, their children keep far from them, feeling embarrassed when walking together with their parents. Even some students are cold to their parents with unkind words, which makes their parents sad and disappointed. Although good concepts like “Respect the old and cherish the young,” “Honor our parents,” “Children show no aversion to their own poor families,” and “A mother never looks ugly to his son” are always advocated in the society and at school, they don’t work. On the contrary, this phenomenon was becoming more common.
After comparing to God’s words, Xiatian thought: I was also detesting my dad just now, afraid that he will make me feel embarrassed because he is bald-headed. Actually I have also been poisoned by the view “judging by appearances.” At this thought, she felt very remorseful: My parents have put in a lot of effort into raising me. How can I have no conscience and sense? At that time, she thought of these words of God: “Were it not for the Creator’s predestination and His guidance, a life newly born into this world would not know where to go or where to stay, would have no relations, belong nowhere, have no real home. But because of the Creator’s meticulous arrangements, it begins the journey of its life with a place to stay, parents, a place it belongs to, and relatives. Throughout this process, the advent of this new life is determined by the Creator’s plans, and everything it will come to possess will be bestowed upon it by the Creator” (“God Himself, the Unique III”). Xiatian realized, “Actually God has meticulously arranged that what kind of family I am born into, who my parents are, and what family members I have. Because God has arranged my family and parents, I can grow up healthily and happily under the care of my parents. Everything that God arranges is the best and the most appropriate. Although my dad is not good-looking, he has given me all his love. From my childhood, my parents have been especially loving me and taking care of me, so that I can live a happy life. In addition, if my dad did not bring me before God, I, like many of my classmates, would surely trap into the evil social trends, indulge in the online games, idolize the celebrities, fall in love too early, compare with others, and have no interest in studying. Now, I read God’s words and sing hymns to praise God with my parents every day. Under the guidance of God’s words, I have understood some truths, knowing how to discern between the positive and negative things, and setting up the correct view on life and value. Under God’s care, I have been distant from various satanic temptations and can pursue the truth to walk the true path of human life. Aren’t such family and parents God’s best arrangement for me?” The more Xiatian thought about this, the more she felt content. She was truly grateful to God for loving her too much.
Xiatian’s thought was interrupted by the noise of her classmates. She saw that her dad had already come to the door of the classroom. Her classmates began to discuss her dad. However, she no longer cared about this at that moment. Instead, she was happy with her growth in such a family, and proud of her parents. So she immediately ran to her dad and took his hand. All her classmates asked, “Is he your dad? Why is your dad so old while your mom is so young?” Nodding smilingly, Xiatian held her dad’s hand and walked pass her classmates with her head held high …
Bible Verses–1 John 3:16-18
20 8 月, 2024 by
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17But whoever has this world’s good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him? 18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Bible Verse–1 John 4:21
17 8 月, 2024 by
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.
Bible Verse–1 Peter 4:8
13 8 月, 2024 by
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Bible Verses–Ephesians 4:2-3
10 8 月, 2024 by
With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; 3Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Fellowship at a Gathering Helped Me Understand What True Prayer Is
10 8 月, 2024 by
By Yi Fan
Shortly after the meeting, several sisters happily fellowshiped with each other about their gains from the meeting; only Zimo sat there silently, seemingly having something on her mind. The church leader Sister Jing asked with concern: “Zimo, do you have any difficulties? Tell us and then we can fellowship about them together.”
Zimo nodded and said: “Sister Jing, there is a problem that has confused me for a long time. Every time when I pray, I stress too much, not knowing what to say to God. Especially in meetings, when hearing the brothers and sisters pray for a long time and have a lot to say to God, I will admire them very much, wanting to copy them. However, when I want to pray like that, I have no words in my heart but only repeat a few dull and bland words many times. So I don’t want to pray. But then I think that if I believe in God but don’t pray, will I be counted as a believer? So I can only force myself to utter a few prayers in a perfunctory way, having no heart in the words. I always feel it’s not right, but I really don’t know how to practice. Sister Jing, please fellowship with me. What actually is true prayer? How should I pray to have true communion with God?”
Hearing what Zimo and Sister Jing talked about, the other sisters also hastened to sit around them. One sister said: “Yes. Sister Jing, I also have this difficulty. I don’t even know what to pray ordinarily. Being afraid that I have nothing to pray in meetings, I will prepare a draft in advance and recite it. But the prayer like this is dry and dull, without any enjoyment. I too don’t actually know what true prayer is and how to pray to be touched by the Holy Spirit. I’m so anxious.”
Hearing the questions raised by the sisters, Sister Jing said mildly: “These questions are very good. For us believers, truly praying to God is very important, because it concerns whether we can receive the work of the Holy Spirit, whether we have a normal relationship with God, and whether we can walk the right track of belief in God. Let’s fellowship about what true prayer is and how we should pray to truly commune with God. May God lead our fellowship.”
At this time, Sister Jing found and read a passage of God’s words: “Prayer is not a case of just going through the motions, following procedure, or reciting the words of God. That is to say, praying is not parroting certain words and it is not imitating others. In prayer, one must reach the state where one’s heart can be given to God, laying open one’s heart so that it may be moved by God.” Then she found a passage in Sermons and Fellowship on Entry Into Life and handed it to Zimo to read.
Zimo took it and read: “Someone always feels difficult to pray, saying, ‘I don’t know how to pray or what to say.’ Are you clear what the problem is? That is because you have difficulties in your heart, which you make for yourself. You always look at this thing according to your imagination. As a result, you are bound by yourself. Who will you blame? With God there is no difficulty. God has no higher demands on you, nor has He ever said that you have to pray to a point or say many words when praying. Sometimes even if you open your mouth and say just one word, it is a nice prayer. When you know He is true God and really thirst for God in your heart, even if you just say ‘Oh, God!’ that’s OK. God says this is supplication. You see, the two words are not simple. Man knows to call out to God. This is the voice from the depths of the heart. You were unable to speak it out for many years, but this time you can speak it out. After that, someone cries. Isn’t this prayer? If you have transgressions, you say, ‘I have transgressions; how should I pray?’ There are no rules. You can just say, ‘Oh, God! I was wrong.’ That’s it. And you don’t need to say other words about the remorse and pain in the depths of your heart. This is prayer. … So, the prayer has nothing to do with how many words you say. Now are you clear? There are no rules but only principles to prayer. What’s the principle? You need to try to touch God’s heart. After you know God’s will, you can pray according to His will and requirement. Seek the truth within God’s words and pay more attention to entering into the truth and God’s words. Praying to God in these aspects is the best. This is a principle of prayer. Don’t formulate rules for yourself. Now do you know what prayer is? You have known the principle of prayer; will you still follow any rules? Remember: There is no rule. Don’t always think how to speak the words in a pleasant-sounding way when you pray or how to make an eloquent prayer. It’s that you bind yourself. Are there any rules when you speak to your close friends or family? Do you need to make an article? What is called the article? The word in your heart is the word of the best article. The true word is the most beautiful word. This is the principle. The false words, regardless of how beautiful, are useless, unimportant, and unworthy. You have to be clear about this thing. Praying to God is saying the words in your heart, what you want to seek for, and what you want to commune with God. As long as your prayer is beneficial to your pursuit for the truth, to your salvation, and to your knowledge of God, then your communication, your prayer is valuable and is completely after God’s will.”
After Zimo finished reading, Sister Jing said: “Now we have heard these words of God and this passage of the fellowship. We can fellowship about them if we have any light.”
A sister sitting beside her said: “I want to talk about some of my understandings. From these words, I understand that there is no rule in true prayer. There is no need to say nice or a lot of words when we pray. It’s just that we can speak words in our hearts to God; even if there are only a few words, as long as they come from our hearts and are true knowledge of God, the prayer is after God’s will. This is true prayer.”
Another sister interrupted: “Yes. Hearing your fellowship like this, I also understand somewhat. True prayer is speaking words in our hearts to God. When we don’t know how to pray, we can pray to God and say: ‘God, I don’t know how to pray. I don’t know what to say. May You enlighten and lead me.’ This is true prayer to God. Is my fellowship right?”
Sister Jing nodded and said: “Thank God! What you fellowshiped is practical. Now we are clear how we should pray to be speaking the words in our hearts to God. But we still need to have discernment about the type of prayer which is not approved of by God. The Lord Jesus once said: ‘And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father which is in secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly’ (Matthew 6:5–6). From this we can see that the Lord Jesus detested the prayers of the hypocritical Pharisees. Although they made long, wordy, and pleasant-sounding prayers and also always stood in the corners of the streets, looking devout on the outside, they just wanted to obtain others’ praise and present their ‘devoutness’ before others. They were purely hypocritical. They didn’t pray for seeking to understand God’s will. If they had really prayed for understanding God’s will, they would not have resisted and condemned the Lord according to their conceptions and imaginations when the Lord Jesus did His work. So the Lord rebuked them for their hypocritical prayers. The prayer like this not only couldn’t gain the Lord’s approval, but instead earned the disgust of the Lord.”
Hearing this, they all nodded.
Sister Jing continued: “From the Pharisees’ prayers which were not approved of by the Lord, we can reflect on ourselves and then we can find that there are many prayers like those in ourselves, such as keeping routine morning prayer and evening prayer, parroting others’ words to pray, and so on. These prayers are all not from our hearts, but just adhere to rules and go through formalities, because when we pray, we just want to show off ourselves before others to have them praise us for our good prayers and piety, or we just say repeated words without stop to present that we have a long prayer; in fact, these prayers are not really what we want to say in our hearts. Aren’t these prayers of following procedure and keeping rules the same as the Pharisees’? We can’t pray like the Pharisees. We can’t only keep the external forms of prayer like Pharisees. Most importantly, praying is speaking sincerely and honestly to God and focusing on seeking to understand God’s will in prayer.”
Having heard the fellowship, Zimo said happily: “I understand. The reason why I had nothing to pray was that when I prayed to God, I always thought of how to copy others’ good prayers, wanting to use them so others could think highly of me. Thus I couldn’t speak heartfelt words to God. Now I recall that when I prayed, I only paid attention to brothers’ and sisters’ prayers, but I didn’t focus on how I myself should open up and speak heartfelt words to God, and how to seek for God’s will to resolve my difficulties and problems. I only paid attention to external formalities and actions, but did not pursue to practice and enter into the truth of prayer. I really was too ignorant! Sister Jing, now I have understood how to pray to God. But I still don’t know how to pray to achieve truly communing with God. I’m still not clear about this aspect. Please fellowship some more with me.”
Sister Jing opened up God’s words and said: “God’s words can solve all the difficulties we have. Let’s read another passage of God’s words. God says: ‘Spiritual communion does not really hold to a certain format. Maybe there is an issue, maybe there isn’t; sometimes there will be something to say, and sometimes there won’t. This is spiritual communion. When there is a specific issue to talk with God about, then you can pray. When there is no issue, you just think about God, “How does God love man? How does God care for man? How does God reproach man?” “Oh God, I feel I have done this thing wrong. If I really have done it wrong, then reproach me and make me aware of it.” This is spiritual communion, and it can be done at any time and in any place. Sometimes you’re on the road and you think of something that makes your heart feel really sad. You don’t need to kneel or close your eyes, but instead you just immediately say to God in your heart: “Oh God, I pray that You guide me with this issue. I am weak and I can’t overcome it.” Your heart is stirred, and with these few simple words God knows all about it. …Sometimes, when you are chatting or fellowshiping with others, your heart may suddenly have a slight sinking feeling or feel uncomfortable, so you make haste to pray to God, and you can do this at any time and in any place. There may be nothing you want to implore for, or nothing you want God to do for you or enlighten you with, you just speak with God and chat with Him at any time and in any place. … Sometimes, you sit and think about how you’ve come through these last few years, month by month, and you feel in your heart that your stature has matured and that it is God who guides you, and that it is God’s love that is always protecting you. When you think this, you pray in your heart: “I thank You, God!” And you offer up your thanks, and say: “I am so weak, so cowardly, and so deeply corrupted. If You didn’t guide me like this, I myself would not have made it to today. Thank God!” Is this not spiritual communion? If you were like this, then wouldn’t you have a lot to say to God? You wouldn’t go for days and days with nothing to say to God. If you have nothing to say to God, then it means that God is not in your heart. If you do have God in your heart, then you can say to God the things you can say to your intimates—God is your closest confidant. When you allow God to become your closest confidant, your closest friend, the family who you can most depend on, most lean on, and who is most trustworthy, most intimate and close, then it will be impossible not to have things to say to Him.’ God’s words clearly tell us how to pray to commune with God, right? In fact, there is no rule to commune with God and it doesn’t hold to a certain format. As long as we have some words in our heart to speak to God, we can commune with God at any time and in any place. When we have issues, we can commune with God about our difficulties and thoughts; when we have no issues, we can think about God’s love. These are all communing with God. For example, when we become negative because we can’t resolve the difficulties we encounter in our duty, we need to make haste to quiet our hearts before God and pray to God, asking God to enlighten and guide us so that we can come out from difficulties and negativity. God sees that we have a seeking attitude and then He will listen to our prayers and enlighten us to understand His will. Our negative state will be resolved naturally. This is communing with God. If we can often come before God like this and pray to God to commune with Him, we will grow up in spiritual life day by day, and gradually our love for God will deepen and a true love for God will grow in our hearts. In this way, our relationship with God will become more and more normal and we can live completely free and unrestrained in God’s presence. Will we still worry about having nothing to say to God? Will we still worry about not knowing how to commune with God? Isn’t that right?”
Zimo’s eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: “Through such a fellowship, I am clearer. There is no rule to truly commune with God. Living freely and unrestrainedly in God’s presence, opening up to God in spirit, and regarding God as my closest confidant to talk with Him about my difficulties and words in my heart—these are all communing with God. These are all spiritual matters in life. From now on, I know how to practice. Thank God!”
Other sisters also nodded and expressed their own viewpoints. The fellowship continued …
All the glory be to God!
Bible Verse–1 Corinthians 13:13
6 8 月, 2024 by
And now stays faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Bible Verse–Mark 12:29-31
3 8 月, 2024 by
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment. 31And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Why Did God Command Abraham to Offer His Son Isaac?
2 8 月, 2024 by Leave a Comment
It is recorded in the Bible, “And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him” (Gen 22:2-3). “And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar on the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son” (Gen 22:9-10). Whenever reading this part of the scriptures, I really admire Abraham within my heart for what he did: When God commanded him to offer his son, who was born when he was 100 years old, as a burnt offering to Him, Abraham did not argue with or complain about God, but did willingly without condition. From it we can see that Abraham listened and submitted to God, in whom he had sincere faith, and his unconditional obedience is worthwhile to emulate. However, the matter that God commanded Abraham to offer Isaac was incomprehensible to me all the while. When Abraham was at the age of 100, he was given a son by God unconditionally, but why did God ask him to offer Isaac after the boy grew up? How inconceivable! When God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son to Him, what on earth was His will? I didn’t understand it until I read one passage of His words.
God’s words say, “To man, God does much that is incomprehensible and even incredible. When God wishes to orchestrate someone, this orchestration is often at odds with man’s conceptions, and incomprehensible to him, yet it is precisely this dissonance and incomprehensibility that are God’s trial and test of man. Abraham, meanwhile, was able to demonstrate the obedience to God within himself, which was the most fundamental condition of his being able to satisfy God’s requirement. Only then, when Abraham was able to obey God’s requirement, when he offered Isaac, did God truly feel reassurance and approval toward mankind—toward Abraham, whom He had chosen. Only then was God sure that this person whom He had chosen was an indispensable leader who could undertake His promise and His subsequent management plan. Though it was but a trial and a test, God felt gratified, He felt man’s love for Him, and He felt comforted by man as never before. At the moment that Abraham lifted up his knife to slay Isaac, did God stop him? God did not let Abraham offer Isaac, for God simply had no intention of taking Isaac’s life. Thus, God stopped Abraham just in time. For God, Abraham’s obedience had already passed the test, what he did was sufficient, and God had already seen the outcome of what He intended to do. Was this outcome satisfactory to God? It can be said that this outcome was satisfactory to God, that it was what God wanted, and was what God had longed to see. Is this true? Although, in different contexts, God uses different ways of testing each person, in Abraham God saw what He wanted, He saw that Abraham’s heart was true, and that his obedience was unconditional, and it was precisely this ‘unconditional’ that God desired.” From God’s words, I learned that God commissioned Abraham, so He had demanded that Abraham should offer up his most beloved son to Him; God subjected him to this trial so as to see whether he was a man truly obedient to Him. Abraham took his son to the place of sacrifice, heaped the wood in order, and then bound his son. The instant he, bearing pain to give up what he loved, lifted up the knife, God stopped him from taking Isaac’s life in time. God’s heart was comforted by his action, from which God saw his true heart and sincerity at that moment, and which was the most satisfactory result God expected to see. At the time when God commanded Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, Abraham didn’t know why God gave this command, but he neither argued with nor complained about Him, simply truly submitting to Him. God saw that Abraham could offer his only son to Him, and then what else couldn’t he sacrifice? God was satisfied when gaining Abraham’s true heart. On account of his true heart and obedience, he received God’s commendation and blessings. Jehovah God said, “for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice” (Gen 22:16-18).
Reading these verses, I sincerely feel that God is practical in His deeds and He will never grant blessings to man out of thin air, since His actions are always principled. Even if He wanted to bless Abraham, he should withstand His test first, because He only blesses man when He sees his true heart. I also perceive that God will not bestow His blessings upon man easily. It seemed that God stripped man and brought suffering upon him, but in fact there were His real love and His expectation toward mankind hidden behind it. Thinking about us in real lives, we can find that God has been arranging various people, matters, and things around us to perfect and change us. Though what we experience are not as astounding as what Abraham went through, there is God’s expectation for us hidden in each and every trifle as well. Yet when speaking of God’s blessings, we frequently reckon that “God should vouchsafe unto me whatever I pray for,” or “I have spent a lot and paid much price and done much work for God, and hence He should give me blessings that I want.” However, these are all our imaginations and conceptions; God is principled in what He does. What He wants is our heart—we can truly give our heart to Him in all manner of circumstances and submit unconditionally to every environment He arranges. Only if we practice and sacrifice in this way can we be blessed and commended by God.
Therefore, when God arranges environments to test us, we should take an obedient attitude to them first, and then seek God’s will. Whether or not the environment we encounter is in accord with our notions and imaginations, we can cast them aside and act in compliance with God’s words; only thus can we obtain God’s blessing. Just like God’s word says, “Those who truly follow God are able to withstand the test of their work, whereas those who do not truly follow God are incapable of withstanding any of God’s trials. Sooner or later they will be expelled, while the overcomers will remain in the kingdom. Whether or not man truly seeks God is determined by the test of his work, that is, by God’s trials, and has nothing to do with the decision by man himself. God does not reject any person at whim; all that He does is so that man may be utterly convinced. He does not do anything that is invisible to man, or any work that cannot convince man. Whether man’s belief is true or not is proved by the facts, and cannot be decided by man. That ‘wheat cannot be made into tares, and tares cannot be made into wheat’ is without doubt. All those who truly love God will ultimately remain in the kingdom, and God will not mistreat anyone who truly loves Him.”
In God’s test, Abraham could sacrifice his only son to God, and thus he got God’s blessings: God will multiply his seed as the stars of the heaven, and God’s management work and God’s commissions will be accomplished in his descendants. In God’s test, Job did not reject God’s name but still praised Him, becoming a perfect man in the eyes of God. Thus, he gained God’s commendation and blessings, and at last died full of days. In the time of Noah, God made Noah build the ark and preach that the earth would be destroyed by flood for over one hundred years. Even though undergoing sundry sneers, persecutions, and slanders of the world, Noah still adhered to the instructions of God, and eventually received God’s salvation that he survived the disaster. … From it we can see God is so lovable and that there is God’s blessing of man in His test. Only if we dare to face God’s tests and seek His will in the environments God arranges, we can surely obtain God’s blessing and grace.
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