Soul-Empress Dowager Cixi's Pillow One year, a guest went to Shamian, Guangdong, and bought an old silk pillow at a second-hand goods stall. The pillow is embroidered with the word "Fu". When I got home and opened it, there was another word "Lu" inside. Then I took it, and it was a "person". Then I took it and it was a word "Tang". When I brought it in, I found 49 pearls as big as peas. He took them to a jewelry store and sold them at a price of 2000 yuan each. He became rich. It turned out that during the Gengzi period, the allied forces entered Beijing and looted the palace. The owner of the flea market is an officer. He grabbed the pillow of Empress Dowager Cixi. Although the pillow was robbed, the dream of wealth did not come true! Now he is poor enough to sell, knowing that there is inexhaustible wealth in the pillow he got more than 30 years ago, but others have it because he "doesn't know". People's outer body is like this pillow, it will be destroyed, but please don't ignore that there are precious pearls inside-the soul inside people. A man in America bought an old house with a rusty old iron box, which was very inconvenient. The man wanted to open it because it had been rusty for many years and was strong, so he couldn't do it. At this time, a man who bought a scrap iron box passed by his door. He called him in and said, "I have an old iron box and sold it to you cheaply." They agreed on the price and paid two silver dollars. The man bought the box. When I got home, I used many methods to force open the box. Unexpectedly, there are many precious things in it, such as banknotes, stamps and precious stones. , worth over $250,000. The ignorant master actually sold two silver dollars. Do you know that there is a soul in your body that is more precious than gold and silver in the world? How do you treat your soul? Many people easily sell their souls to the devil without getting two silver dollars. Sometimes the devil just gives you some happiness, or some gold and silver, knowledge, and crimes you like to commit as the price of buying your soul. The Lord Jesus once said, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?" (Mt. 16: 26. ) And he said, "What else can people give for life?" (26 times. ) The Lord Jesus is willing to lay down his life to give you life. If I get $250,000, do you think I will leave it at home? No, I will deposit it in a strong and safe bank I trust and ask it to keep it for me. My friend, please entrust your soul to the mighty and reliable savior Jesus Christ. In ancient times, the three bookworm kings, the monarch and the minister, and the wealthy family all liked to have fun with idiots. Anyone who is reasonable dares not talk nonsense for fear of angering adults. Only a nerd can say stupid things and persuade his master to turn over a new leaf. A prince chose a bookworm, because his stupid remarks were particularly funny, so he took a piece of incense as a blessing and said to him, "I think you are the most stupid bookworm in the world." Now I give you this blessing to make you the king of nerds. If you meet a nerd who is more stupid than you, you should give it to him, and he can sit on the throne of nerd instead of you. " The fool got what he wanted and left. A few years later, the master was seriously ill and an idiot came to see him. The master wanted to say goodbye to him, saying that he was going to die, but he was afraid that the idiot would not understand, so he said that he would go far away. Idiot immediately asked, "Where are you going?" The host replied, "it's hard to answer this question. I really don't even know myself." The idiot was surprised and said, "Can you come back in a month?" The host said, "I won't come back within a month." Idiot asked again: "Will you come back this year?" The host replied, "I'm not coming back either." The bookworm said, "Are you never coming back?" The host said, "Never come back." Idiot was silent for a while, glance left and right, looking at the room, unlike the owner to go out of town. Ask again: "Is the luggage not ready?" The host said, "No luggage when I go out this time." The idiot said to himself, and then left with a smile. After a pause, he came with a stick of incense sent by his master, handed it to his master and said, "I will give it to you if I want!" " You said you would go far away and never come back. You didn't know where to go, and you didn't prepare any luggage. I think you are more stupid than me, so this wishful thinking should be returned to you and you should be named the king of fools! "My friend, please think about it. We all have to go the way the bookworm owner wants to go, but how many people know where to go? How many people are ready? The word of the Lord Jesus is a signpost from death to life. Those who never know the way are real fools! Siheshi Tears In ancient times, there was a Heshibi in Chu State, and a rough jade was obtained in the mountains. Take it to Li Wang, and Li Wang called the person who pondered Baoyu to see it. The man who pondered Baoyu said, "This is a stone! ""Li Guowang thought that Choi lied to the king and cut off his left foot. After Li died, he inherited the throne and gave this jade to him. King Wu also asked people who thought about Baoyu to see it. He also said it was a stone, not Baoyu. King Wu cheated him again and cut off his right foot. King Wu died and King Wen succeeded to the throne. He cried at the foot of the mountain with the rough jade in his arms. He cried for three days and nights, and his tears dried up and he cried blood. When King Wen learned this, he sent someone to ask him, saying, "There are many people in the world who suffer this punishment. Why are you so sad alone? " He Shibi said, "It's not that I cut off my feet that makes me sad. It's that I treat Baoyu as a stone. Obviously it is the truth, but people say it is a lie. " King Wen then asked the person who pondered the jade to ponder this rough jade and got a treasure jade, which he called "He Shibi". Later, Qin wanted Baoyu and was willing to exchange fifteen cities, which showed the preciousness of Baoyu. But what did the Lord Jesus say? He said, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?" What else can people exchange for life? "(Mt. 16: 26. ) The Lord Jesus attaches so much importance to the human soul, but it's a pity that people are deaf and blind and regard priceless treasures as stones. No wonder the Lord Jesus cried for you. Who do you want to sell your soul to? Rowland Hill, a famous priest, once preached a sermon. The audience was too large for the church, so he had to set up a platform in the wild. Once he preached on the mountain, Queen Victoria of England rode a splendid carriage, helped the front and the back, and stopped by to listen to the lecture. Pastor Luo shouted, "I'm going to auction a person's soul now, and I'll sell it to whoever pays the highest price." "He went on to say," I heard the devil offer a price, saying, "I want to buy my soul with wealth and glory. I will give him money to eat for a lifetime, give him the highest position in the world and make him the biggest king in the world. But when he dies, his soul will belong to me. Pastor Luo went on to say, "I heard that the Lord Jesus offered to buy souls." He said, "I will buy his soul for me with my own blood. I am willing to bear his sin and die on the cross for him. He may be humiliated and abused in the world, but he may not be able to live a rich life, but I must take him to see my heavenly father and live in his home. The priest turned to Queen Victoria and said, "Who are you willing to sell your soul to? Victoria immediately replied, "I am willing to sell my soul to the Lord Jesus who bled for me!" " "From then on, the queen believed in the Lord Jesus, and later became a famous queen, and Britain was blessed from generation to generation. Everyone is afraid of death, but what people should be afraid of is not the death of the body, but the death of the soul. People who can't be saved will die again after their bodies die; When the body of the saved person dies, the soul has to be with the Lord, which is really "extremely good". So Balaam once said, "I want to die like an upright man, and I want to die like an upright man." (MinErSan 10。 But later he became a "man who fell with his eyes open". (twice, four times, four times. Psalm 34: 2 1 says, "Evil will kill the wicked." The death mentioned here is not the death of the righteous (the rescued), but the death of the person killed by sin. This kind of death is not only the death of the body, but also the death of the soul, which is the purpose of the devil to make people commit crimes. Once upon a time, there was an Italian religious man. One day he climbed a mountain, met his enemy and tried to kill him. He knelt down and begged for mercy. The enemy said, "I can't spare you for nothing." I'm a Catholic and you're a Jesuit. Now as long as you are willing to admit that you don't want Jesus to be the savior, I will spare you. " Because of fear, the man admitted it. As soon as the knowledge was finished, the enemy immediately stabbed him in the stomach and said, "I will kill not only your body, but also your soul." The devil's old trick of killing people is to kill the soul first and then the body. The weapon used is evil. Jesus especially warned the world that it doesn't matter if the body is dead, but the soul is dead. The first word and the last word in Revelation 20: 14 are death. The first word is physical death, which comes from sin. The last sentence is the death of the soul, which is the second death, or being thrown into the lake of fire, which is what people often say. Why didn't the seven gods make a man who wouldn't commit a crime? 1943, the United States held a World Expo, and a robot in a suit and tie was lifelike. At first glance, it looks like a real person. When the machine is turned on, this person can hand out leaflets, drive a car, plow the field to cut wheat and deliver tea. Can be said to be all-rounder, serving all day, absolutely obedient, no need to eat. Friend, since you promised, then tell me, if I give it to you as my son, do you want it? Absolutely not, because although he is good, he has no soul. Friend, since you don't want a soulless robot to be your son, will your father create a soulless man to be your son that day? If 1000 robots come to listen to the gospel, and you ask who is willing to accept the Lord Jesus as the savior, please raise your hand, and then press the robot button, and all the robots in the hall will raise their hands. Do you think it's beautiful? No, no, because they are ignorant and passive! Therefore, God does not want to create a man without will and soul! How dare you say that people have no soul? As a famous doctor and anatomist, he never believed in God, nor did he believe that man had a soul. He thought he was dead, and it was over. Once, he said in a public speech somewhere that people have no soul because he dissected more than 30 bodies, including heart, lungs, stomach, bones, brain, nerves, blood and so on. And have never seen a soul, so people have no soul. After the speech, Christians were invited to argue with him. At that time, everyone was afraid of his eloquence and knowledge and didn't want to argue with him. The doctor is very proud. He is about to announce the meeting. Suddenly, a countryman came to the stage and asked the doctor, "Excuse me, doctor, do you have a wife?" The doctor didn't expect the countryman to ask such a ridiculous question, thinking that he had mental disorder, but he was embarrassed to answer, so he replied contemptuously, "Yes." The countryman asked again, "So do you love your wife?" When the doctor asked him, he was angry and funny. He managed to control himself and replied, "I love my wife very much." The countryman nodded and asked him again, "Doctor, where is this thing of love?" The doctor replied without thinking, "Love is in my heart." At this time, the countryman immediately cheered and raised his voice. He solemnly questioned the doctor and said, "Doctor, since you have dissected more than 30 bodies, you must have seen many in people's hearts. Have you ever seen love? What color and shape is it? " The doctor was stopped by him, and he was speechless and didn't know how to answer. The countryman continued: "doctor, although you have never seen love, you admit that love exists." Similarly, although you have never seen a soul, how dare you say that people have no soul? " Nine Treasures was sold at a low price, and the standard-bearers in Beiping were mostly the royal family of Manchu Empire. After the founding fathers, they received flag food on a monthly basis, sat and ate all day, and often took pleasure in raising dogs and birds, holding a birdcage in one hand and a pair of copper balls in the other, wandering around the suburbs and enjoying themselves. A palace is getting worse. Find a pair of black balls from the bottom of the box and play with them for the children. This ball is a family heirloom. Because it is painted with black paint, it looks like an ordinary handball, so children play with it. The children sold it to second-hand buyers, and they got a small ocean. People who buy secondhand goods scrape with a knife, remove the black paint and take it to the antique shop. They sell for ten thousand yuan. Antique dealers install treasure boxes. Friend! Do you think it's a pity that the original owner only sells for fifty cents? We don't know that the soul is precious, but it is sold cheaply, just like this child. We often sell our souls, for study, for economic benefits, and also for our wives, mahjong, old wine and opium. What a pity! Ten burned two female students. 19 15 years1/month 1 1 day, there are two students in a girls' school in Beiping, one surnamed Yang and the other surnamed Liao. At school, they cook by themselves. In order to be cheap, they bought a big box of wine to avoid buying it in bits and pieces. That day, they accidentally lit the stove, which led to a fire. The fire was so strong that the house was burned down. They ran out at once, but because the wallet was still in the house, they ran in to get it, and all of them were caught on fire and died of serious injuries. All the students in the school saw their plight and wept for them. Why did they both die? Just because of the money in the wallet. Money! Money! How many souls you have! Friend! Now the fire of hell is burning. You have a chance to be saved today. Please don't lose your soul because of a little money. Many people always take risks, thinking that I can still get ill-gotten gains or not lose my life (that is, my soul). Let me tell you: if you know it's dangerous, why take the risk? Where is the soul? A man went to visit a coal mine, and a worker accompanied him down. They got on the elevator, went down to the mine and went to a deep place. Before the end, the guest asked, "Do you think the hell is so deep?" The staff said, "Sir, I don't know how deep the hell is, but I know that if the rope of this elevator breaks, you will go to hell immediately." The guest listened and replied, "If the rope is broken, our flesh and blood will be broken." The worker replied, "Where is the soul?" The guests were speechless. Luma, but diamonds are broken glass. Once upon a time, there was a rich man named Pingchuan in Taipei. He liked fishing. One day, I went to Danshui River, rented Lumadan's boat and rowed into the river for fishing. I am very happy when I am near the cup. After the rich man left, the owner cleaned the cabin and found a diamond as big as a bean, thinking it was broken glass. Instead, he blamed the children playing by the boat and said, "Why did you throw the broken glass with the cut skin into the boat!" " Afterwards, he threw the diamond into the river. A day later, the rich man came back to look for diamonds and asked the shopkeeper if he had seen them. The owner said, "When I was cleaning the cabin yesterday, I found a bright piece of broken glass and threw it into the river." The rich man is very sorry after hearing this. He sighed and said, "It's ignorance to regard precious diamonds as worthless broken glass!" The world often looks at its soul like broken glass. Thirteen people know that the Nuggets planted a big ship and sailed for Nanyang. On the way, they were hit by a typhoon, and the ship was damaged and drifted downstream to an island. Everyone went ashore and saw a lot of gold sands, desperately digging for gold. Some people suggested planting for future food, but everyone focused on gold digging, hoping for a boat to save it, and ignored it. After a long time, there was no rescue boat. At this point, all the food has been used up, and it is too late to start planting. As a result, they all starved to death on the island. A few years later, the expedition came to the island and found many white bones and a lot of money. I didn't know what was going on at first, but later I learned in my diary that they starved to death because they only knew about nuggets and didn't know how to plant them. Many people in the world only pursue immediate happiness, but they don't know the destination of the future soul, and will eventually sink. Fourteen rich people died of rabies. A rich man was suddenly bitten by a mad dog, which delayed his medical treatment. The doctor said to inject rabies medicine. The rich man refused, thinking that the injury was minor, so he only needed to apply the medicine, without an injection or spending more. The doctor's persuasion failed, so he had to give him medicine at will. Come back in a few days to get the medicine and see if the wound is healed. The doctor added, "Although the appearance is good, it is more dangerous to poison into the body." Rich people don't believe it, but they laugh at doctors for their greed for money. Soon, rabies broke out, barking and biting things. The family went to the doctor again, but the doctor dared not go, and strictly ordered the family not to contact, so as not to be bitten to death. The rich only know how to cherish a little money, but they don't know the seriousness of their illness and die tragically. The world only knows the blessings of loving the world, cherishing money, and not knowing the precious soul, so this is the case. One day after moving, Lu Aigong asked Confucius, "It is said that someone forgot to bring his wife when moving. Is there such a stupid person in the world? " Confucius said, "That man is not stupid. There are many stupid people, and they get carried away." Q: "How can they forget themselves?" A: "The ancient tyrants were unruly, extravagant and indulgent, and finally sought national subjugation. Didn't they forget themselves? " Many people in the world only know the luxurious feast, but forget their own souls, which is even more stupid! 16 Socrates believes that Socrates, a great philosopher with a soul, asked his colleagues and students on his deathbed, "If a person dies, what will it be?" Or is there something else? "Colleagues and students thought for a long time and answered him," People die like a broken piano. The piano is useless when it is broken. "They think that if people die, everything will end. Socrates shook his head and said, "No, no, the piano can be broken and useless, but the player is still there!" " "He means that the body can rot, but the master of the body-the soul, that is, the" pianist "still exists, and the pianist will not rot with the piano. The piano can make sound because of the player, and the body can move because of the soul. When the soul leaves the body, people die. The weight of the soul Dr. McDougall of Duncan University in the United States once obtained a successful experiment, that is, at the moment of death, at least the weight of the soul can be weighed, usually more than two ounces. His experiment is like this: six dying patients were invited to do the experiment voluntarily in advance, and a special precision weighing bed was made, whose sensitivity can show a difference of one tenth of an ounce. He is very careful about the choice of patients, and he must die quietly to reach the standard. If you die of pain, it often fluctuates and is not enough. Of these 6 people, 5 have lung diseases, 1 have diabetes. When he died, he was exhausted and couldn't move at all. The first subject was a male patient. After waiting for eight hours and fifty minutes, he seemed to stop breathing, but his eyelids and lips trembled slightly and stopped for fifteen minutes. I didn't lose weight at this time. But all of a sudden, his facial muscles trembled a few times and then stopped. At this time, the scale immediately showed an ounce and a half lighter, which proved that his soul left the body in the blink of an eye. In later experiments, both men and women lost an ounce and a half, 1.3 ounces, or even two ounces or more. Dr McDougall said, "The soul is not empty, it has some' essence'." Eighteen spirits don't come Wang Wenjiang, a student of Shanghai Zhijiang University, lives in Hangzhou. During the Anti-Japanese War, the news of Shanghai and Hangzhou was blocked, and parents were anxious, so they asked the ghost-paying man to tell them in eight characters and ask him to summon the soul so as to know what happened to his son. If you can't recruit for a long time, recruit again and find that he can't recruit because he believes in the Lord. The whole world is in the hands of evil people, and only those who believe in the Lord can get rid of the power of darkness and move to the country where they love their sons. (Yi Xi 13. ) 19. Can you sell your soul for two dollars? There was a priest in England who once went for a walk in the field. When I met a farmer, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk to him, so I said to him, "How wonderful it is to see that the Lord has prepared sunshine for you and your crops. Have you ever thanked him for this? " The farmer replied, "I never thanked him or asked him. The sun is still shining." In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether you pray or not. "The priest asked him again," do you promise not to pray to him when you are old? "I dare, but you must give me two dollars as collateral." "Knowing this method, the priest will make him regret it, so he took out two dollars from his waist pocket and gave it to him. That day, the farmer came home and tossed about in bed all night, unable to sleep. It's terrible to think about judgment day. If you want to escape the trial, you must pray to God. But yesterday I regretted asking someone else for two dollars, and I was very unhappy. When I got up in the morning, my wife saw his sad face and asked why. He told all the stories. The wife said, "Great, great, how can you sell your soul to the devil for two dollars?" "The farmer became more and more depressed and wanted to talk to God many times, but he remembered the two dollars and was afraid to pray. The next Sunday, he asked the priest where to preach, went in and sat down to listen. At this time, the priest talked about the soul again. The farmer couldn't sit still, so he ran to the platform and said to the priest, "Please take back your money, and I will pray in the future. "Because if you don't pray, your soul will go to hell." Hearing this, the priest was very happy to know that he really repented, so he asked everyone to kneel down and pray with him. Twenty Houses Without Windows There was a widow in a certain city. She was very talented. After her husband died, she lived with her children. First I did needlework, and then I opened a small shop, taking care of the shop and raising children. As a result of fatigue, she suffered from lung disease. At first, I thought it didn't matter. Later, I coughed all day and couldn't support it. I'll see a doctor for treatment. When the doctor saw it, he knew the cause and asked her if she had closed the window and slept at night. And said: "If you want to think well, you must open the window at night to let fresh air in." The widow said, "My house doesn't even have a window. How can I sleep with it on? " The doctor said, "Is there a room with a window?" The widow said, "I'm not afraid of my husband's jokes. I only have one house. " The first half is the commercial facade, and the second half is the bedroom and kitchen. It's getting dark Once the iron fence is erected and the door of the shop is closed, there will be no windows in the room. "The doctor said," You should find another leisure place and change the air, otherwise, your cough can't be cured. "The widow said," I can't move. Because business is good here, if he moves, I'm afraid he will lose his employer. How does he live? I'm here to ask my husband to treat me. If not, I can find someone else. Please don't bother about my housework. "The doctor told her a lot of health, also said that you don't change a place, died, what's the use of buying and selling? But widows don't listen to these words at all. After returning home, she went to see a passing doctor. He just gave some cough medicine and left. Before the end of the year, the widow died, leaving the shop and children. If a person only loves money and loses his soul, he is more ignorant and miserable than this widow. A Sunday school teacher told a class of Sunday school students about the soul. After death, the body decays, but the soul is still alive. They don't understand, so they ask, how can the soul survive alone after the death of the body? The teacher took out a watch box containing watches and said to them, "How do you know there are watches in it? A student replied, "because I heard the ticking." "The teacher took the watch out of the watch box, put it in his right hand and put the box in his left hand. Ask them, "Where is the watch now? "The students all said," The watch is in the right hand. "The teacher said," The body is like a box, and the soul is like a table. The watch is still ticking as usual, and so is the soul. " The students suddenly realized. In ancient times, there was a rich man outside the Great Wall in the north. His daughter married a customs man and rode a camel across the vast desert. Once, her daughter's mother emptied the water bag carried by the camel and then hid the gold and silver gems in it. In the desert without water, I found that I didn't bring water. Camels have no water to drink, so they can't walk. As a result, people and livestock there died. Many people only care about money, and it is the same to ignore the soul. I dare not take a look. Once upon a time, Jin Ping built a car, and officials of all sizes came to visit. Only Tian walked past the car three times without looking. Gong Ping changed his face and scolded Tian Cha bitterly, saying, "Tian Cha! I spent 1000 yuan to build this car, and all the officials, big and small, came to visit and pay their respects, but you walked by the car three times without looking at it, which shows that you don't like me to build this car. "Tian Cha said:" I heard that the son of heaven is happy in the world, so he cares about the world. The vassal rejoices in the country, so he only cares about the country; Doctors are happy with official positions, so they only care about official positions; Petty officers take pleasure in doing things, so they specialize in doing things; Farmers are satisfied with food, so they only care about food; Women are satisfied with textiles, so they only care about textiles. Once upon a time, Zhou Wang enjoyed luxury and prostitution, so it only cared about luxury and prostitution, which led to the failure of the country and the death of the family. For this reason, I dare not look at it happily. Gong Ping had nothing to say, so he sent for a rickshaw to collect it. Many people are happy with fame and wealth, many people are happy with their status, many people are happy with cinemas, many people are happy with dance halls, and many people are happy with casinos. They all care about what they like, but they don't care about their own souls, so they lose their souls. Isn't it painful? 24. A building burning with written evidence is on fire, and the fire is very strong. Two young men rushed into the safe room and took out the important documents they had hidden. When they entered the safe room, fire smoke came out. They had to temporarily close the iron gate to stop the fireworks. When they got all the important documents in their hands and tried to open the door and escape, they found that the iron gate had been blown by the hot air and could not move. Although they shouted for help inside, people outside only listened to the cry for help, but they could not be rescued. As a result, they were burned together with the written evidence. The scripture says, "Ignorant, you need your soul tonight;" "Who do you prepare?" (Lk. 12: 20. ) Many people want this and that, regardless of their souls. Is your soul insured? Did a child climb on his father's knee and ask his father nervously and seriously, "Dad, is your soul insured?" His father, a rich farmer, was very surprised at his son's words and said, "My son, why do you ask this question?" What caused your problem? "The child replied," Dad, I heard from Uncle George that your field has been insured, and so has your life. But I don't know if you ever think about your soul. I'm afraid you will lose your soul. Would you please insure it at once? "Father bowed their heads and thought, was speechless. He has a lot of land and abundant production, and his barn is full of goods; Everything about him is insured, and a huge life insurance was added two days ago. He had a careful plan for everything, but he never thought about his eternal soul. Many people on the ground have never thought about insuring their souls, and no insurance company on the ground can insure people's souls. Only the savior Jesus Christ, who is the shepherd and supervisor of our souls, can protect our souls. As long as people believe in him, the soul can be saved forever, and no one can take us away from him. Wesley Charlie, the only refuge of the soul, believed in the Lord in 1738. One summer soon after he became a believer, a bird was chased by an eagle and there was no way to escape. It broke into Charlie's study and hid in his arms. The eagle flew away, afraid to approach. Charlie's chest used to be the bird's refuge. Charlie felt something in his heart and wrote a famous poem, one of which said, "There is no place else. Meaning: Christ is the only refuge of the soul. Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, modern rationalist Descartes, idealist leader Bekele, and famous philosopher Kant all believe that people have souls, although they have many different views. Confucianism in China often mentions "the good and evil of nature" and "the cultivation of mind", which is equivalent to acknowledging the existence of the soul. But what is the soul? According to the Bible, what lives in the human body is the immortal true self. It has personality, understanding and will. It is a life created by God, which can exist without human body and bear all moral responsibilities.