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If you and I walked into a courtroom today, what would we see?Probably the most noticeable thing we would see is the big, important seat of the judge. A judge is a person who knows the laws and decides what is right according to that law. All kinds of people with all kinds of problems come before the judge to tell their story. The judge listens, tries to get all the facts, and then makes a decision based on the laws. 小朋友们, 假如今天我们走进一个法庭, 我们会看见什么呢?最显眼的可能就是法官所坐的大靠背椅。一个法官通晓法律, 他有权按照法律来决定对与错。人们带著个种各样的问题来到他的面前, 法官听见人们的陈述, 拿到所需的证据, 就按照法律作出决定。 Did you know there is a book of the Bible named Judges?Thats because at one time the country of Israel was ruled by judges. Some of those judges were very godly people who helped Israel stay close to God by keeping His laws. But then when the judges died, the people of Israel would forget God and begin to worship idols. It seemed they never learned that when they forgot God, God always allowed their enemies to come in and kill and destroy their country. 在圣经里有一本书叫士师记。因为有一段时间, 以色列人是由士师来管治。士师就是法官, 审判官的意思。大部份的士师都是很敬虔的, 对神有信心的人。他们领导以色列人遵行神的律法。但是, 当一位士师死后, 以色列人就背弃神, 去拜偶像。他们多次犯罪, 背叛神。神就惩罚他们, 让敌人欺压他们, 毁灭他们的城池。但他们好像永远也不能从这些事中吸取教训。 | 
