‘Read the Bible’ now available in Mandarin Chinese

An article I wrote, titled Read the Bible has been translated into Mandarin Chinese. In Mandarin it begins with:

当身体饥饿和受撒旦的试探，耶稣引用申命记的书，

“人活着，不是单靠食物，乃是靠神口里所出的一切话。”（马太福音4:4）。

他回答撒旦的其他问题也引用圣经上的话（马太福音4:7,10），而不是根据人的推理（或是相矛盾的人间遗传）。

为什么要给我们圣经？

“圣经都是神所默示的（或作：凡神所默示的圣经），於教训、督责、使人归正、教导人学义都是有益的，叫属神的人得以完全，预备行各样的善事。”（提摩太后书3:16-17 ）。

因此，圣经本身就是这些道理的来源使得神的信奉者完善自身并且做神想要他们做的事情。

读圣经是必要的，因为：

“因为时候要到，人必厌烦纯正的道理，耳朵发痒，就随从自己的情欲，增添好些师傅，并且掩耳不听真道，偏向荒渺的言语。”（提摩太后书4:3-4）。

It is fantastic that those associated with the Continuing Church of God are making more and more COG literature available in more languages.

In English, the article begins with:

When physically hungry and tempted by Satan, Jesus quoted the book of Deuteronomy,

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).

His other responses to Satan also relied on an application and quoting of scripture (Matthew 4:7,10) instead of human reasoning (or conflicting traditions of men).

Why were the Holy Scriptures given to us?

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (II Timothy 3:16-17).

Thus the Bible itself states that it is the source of doctrine so that God’s followers can be complete and do what God wants.

It is necessary to read the Bible, because,

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires they have itching ears, they will heap up to themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth and, and be turned aside to fables” (II Timothy 4:3-4).

All should read and study the Bible.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

Read the Bible Christians should read and study the Bible. This article gives some rationale for regular bible reading. Here is a link in Mandarin Chinese: 读圣经

China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Genesis and Chinese Characters Where did the Chinese people come from? This article provides information showing that the Chinese peoples must have known about various accounts in the Book of Genesis up until their dispersion after the Tower of Babel.

China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: The Sabbath and Some of God’s Witness in China When did Christianity first come to China? And is there early evidence that they observed the seventh day sabbath?

Asia in Prophecy What is Ahead for Asia? Who are the “Kings of the East”? What will happen to nearly all the Chinese, Russians, Indians, and others of Asia? China in prophecy, where? Who has the 200,000,000 man army related to Armageddon? A YouTube video of interest may be Is China THE Threat to the United States of America?

The Dramatic Story of Chinese Sabbathkeepers This reformatted Good News article from 1955 discusses Sabbath-keeping in China in the 1800s.