Thursday, February 11, 2021
Righteousness Can’t Be Borrowed
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. Proverbs 22:7
Everyone admired his vast library. He had nearly 10,000 volumes. The man lived on a tiny pension. Then an enterprising librarian tried to trace down a book that had not been returned. In the house there were “books everywhere,” she said. She found the missing library book and also found an unbelievable number of other books which had been borrowed without permission from various public and private libraries and book stores. The librarian got her book all right, and five trucks and three police vans carted the rest away to return to their rightful owners. That is what you could call a rather extreme case of borrowing. But borrowing has become a real problem the world over.
All libraries have difficulty in collecting books. Valuable books are not lent to the public. Library restrictions are becoming harsher and harsher. But “borrowing” causes other problems in our economy. So many shopping carts and so many food items are “borrowed” from your neighborhood grocery shelves that there is a significant increase in your food prices to pay for the loss. Many neighbors and friends have difficulties over borrowing and their friendships are ruined. When you were younger, remember how irritated it made you when a younger member of your family borrowed a treasured possession of yours?
Borrowing is usually a bad practice, one to be generally avoided. The Psalmist says, “The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously” (Psalm 37:21). In Exodus when God is giving various laws and ordinances to His people He instructs them, “If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution” (Exodus 22:14).
In Deuteronomy God told His people, “For the LORD your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you” (Deuteronomy 15:6). It’s interesting to note that God’s chosen people Israel are in the lending and not the borrowing business.
Today, though, we strive to borrow far more than books and money. Some borrow righteousness, and there are several sources from which we borrow this. Some borrow it from their families. They cling to the spirituality of mothers or fathers, not understanding that God has no grandchildren. How often do we hear, “My mother was a godly woman,” or “My father was a godly man.” And somehow we think because of this heritage that we too are godly. Your father’s faith or your mother’s faith will not help you when you stand before God, unless you personally have embraced it and made it your faith.
Others attempt to make points with God through the right connections. They are the ones who attend church, or belong to the right civic group, who give to community causes. They are the ones who take a look at others in the neighborhood and say, “Man, I’m better than most people.” Though they never really say it, they think, “Hey, God write down all these good things I’m doing in your black book.” This type of “righteousness” just doesn’t work with God.
The Bible tells us that at the judgment men and women will stand before Christ expecting to be recognized, and He will say, “Depart from Me, I never knew you.” What a pathetic situation. How sad to end life with only tattered fragments of righteousness all borrowed, none of which are really your own. Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). It’s still true today.
Resource reading: Matthew 7:7-13.
https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/righteousness-cant-be-borrowed/
Look: China Central Television closing song "Feeling Quiet" (1998-1999 version)
The China Central Television closing song "Feeling Quiet" (1998-1999 version) would be now used for the Philippines' private commercial TV network ABS-CBN's flagship station DWWX-TV Channel 2's signing off sequences.
This may not be the earliest ending song
Rest assured, nothing is impossible. News 30 on May 31, 1998 and TV Patrol on June 29, 2022 already gave the audience a sneak peek. Although only a few seconds.
Where is the video? Same request
Then help me describe the final background of the Great Wall, and thank you for watching goodbye.
The beacon tower is very close to the bottom of the screen, and above it is a dark night sky. "Thank you for watching, goodbye" is in bold, and each word is surrounded by a regular square. The interval between two adjacent characters is shorter than that of the 2001 Spring Festival.
Is there a juvenile version of "Thank you for watching goodbye"?
Not at that time, it was completely square in black.
Have you watched the closing song of CCTV around 2002 (referring to the second edition)
No, I only watched CCTV-7 at that time. Although I took the college entrance examination that year, I didn't make it to the end of CCTV-7.
Since it is the CCTV-7 version, is there a butterfly mark at the end? Did you watch it before the trial broadcast of CCTV-13?
There was no butterfly mark at the end of CCTV-7. At that time, especially before May 2002, there was not even CCTV-12, let alone CCTV-13.
Before the CCTV-13 trial broadcast, there is no butterfly mark for the ending song?
CCTV-7 is indeed gone, but one morning in 2007, I had insomnia. I turned on the TV just to catch up with the closing of CCTV-10. I didn't expect that CCTV-10 had a butterfly logo.
When CCTV-10 first started broadcasting in 2001, did it use the closing song for the first edition of 1998, and then it was changed to the closing song for the 99 edition?
No, it came up with the 1999 version, and CCTV-7 is the same.
Are there any morning songs and closing songs before CCTV-9 broadcasts 24 hours a day? (Refers to CCTV-9 in the previous English channel period)
I don't know, CCTV-9 on my side had not landed yet.
Do you think CCTV-9 (English channel) may have used the morning song and the closing song before it airs 24 hours a day?
It’s unlikely. Don’t forget the picture on February 17, 1998. It was almost 9 o’clock in the morning and it hadn’t started yet.
In addition, in the spring of 1998, CCTV-4 played the national anthem every day (except Monday) at 15:00, followed by an English promo and program preview, but it changed back to a Chinese program at 16:00. So I think there must be "ghosts" behind this.
Will CCTV-13 be broadcast 24 hours a day before it officially starts on July 1, 2003, or will it close every day?
Do you think the closing date on May 31, 1998 (that day is the last night of the Butterfly logo) will inform about the revision of the next day? (That was the last time c1c2 used the host to close the channel)
I think it is unlikely.
CCTV ending song broadcast time
- Integrated Channel (June 1, 1998 to October 1, 2004)
- Finance Channel (June 1, 1998 to August 24, 2009)
- National Defense Military Channel (July 9, 2001 to August 1, 2019)
- Science and Education Channel (July 9, 2001 to January 1, 2014)
Remarks: On October 1, 2004, with the revision of CCTV-1, the channel realized 24-hour broadcast and was disabled. On August 24, 2009, with the revision of CCTV-2, the main station’s CCTV closing song was suspended. Later, on November 24, 2009, CCTV-2 was completely broadcasted 24 hours a day and was suspended. From January 1, 2014, with the revision of the CCTV Science and Education Channel, the channel realized high and standard definition simultaneous broadcasting and was disabled, Starting from August 1, 2019, with the revision of CCTV 7 sets, the CCTV ending song of the main station has been suspended.
The first generation of opening song and closing song is mainly art
The closing song was broadcast for the first time around 1:00 on June 2, 1998 (on CCTV-1) and 2:23 on July 1, 2022 (on ABS-CBN).
Is the ending time of the broadcast of CCTV-1 from June 2, 1998 to September 30, 2004 and ABS-CBN and Studio 23 from June 30, 2022 to present, and CCTV-2 from June 2, 1998 to November 23, 2009? CCTV-7 from July 9, 2001 to August 1, 2019. Is the closing song of CCTV-10 provided by the editor-in-chief or edited by yourself?
That is to say, when 1 and 2 are changed to the third faction, by the way, the screen of the ending song is changed.
On July 3, 2000, The Economic Integrated Channel were changed to economic life service channel. At that time, the viewing guide for the closing song seemed to have changed. The editor-in-chief’s room provided a set of two sets of different promotional videos for each set guide.
Another question is that the Science and Education Channel started broadcasting on July 9, 2001. That is CCTV-7 was officially placed under the direct jurisdiction of the editor-in-chief's office. The beginning and ending of the song. Was the program guide at that time also broadcasted in the same batch of 7 arrangements?
CCTV-10 has used the same good morning and good night songs as CCTV-1, CCTV-2 and CCTV-7 since its launch. But in 2009 there was no simultaneous replacement with the seven sets.
Since it was not the editor-in-chief's office before, it's still the same as 3568, it's a goodbye
Type 1: August 9, 1999 to 2001
Program list style blue opaque background a half, and pressing rolling program guide screen. The ending station logo style butterfly logo + double-line square corner "CCTV", "Thank you for watching goodbye" is bold and thin.
Type 2: 2001 to April 30, 2002 (CCTV 1, 2)
On the basis of the above version, the font of "Thank you for watching goodbye" is changed to Variety Bold.
Type 3: From May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003
The program list style is a transparent page-turning program list, the ending station logo style butterfly logo + double-line square corner "CCTV", "Thank you for watching goodbye" is the variety show bold.
Type 4: From July 31, 2001 to February 28, 2009 (CCTV-7), from May 1, 2003 to September 1, 2004 (CCTV-1), from May 1, 2003 to August 23, 2009 (CCTV-2)
The program list style is a transparent page-turning program list, the ending station logo style is double-line rounded corners "CCTV", and "Thank you for watching goodbye" is the variety show bold
Type 6: July 9 to 30, 2001 (CCTV-7's earliest closing song) and July 1, 2022
The formula is half a blue opaque scene, and a scrolling program list that squeezes the screen. The end of the black body is directly fine, "Thank you for watching Goodbye" (a similar version in early 1998 ended the end of the song, without any logo)
Normally, the clock only appears for 60 seconds, from 30 seconds before the station ID and a scheduled programming and lasts until 30 seconds past :00. But, in this closedown, the clock lasts until 02:01:00 Manila Time! That's why it's strange!
The sign-off of ABS-CBN is very long, shows the praying of the Holy Rosary, tomorrow's programming with a piano song followed by the playing of the country's national anthem, list of engineers and stations and test card.
The scenes: Musical instrument, White skirt dance, Fireworks, Violin appears
- The first edition of the 1999 version from August 9, 1999 to July 2, 2000 is enabled (white scrolling, no background, unknown ending)
- The second edition of 1999 version from July 3, 2000 to September 30, 2004 is enabled (the situation is the same as the video)