There is nothing like teaching the very first Bible study to someone who has never heard of, read about, or knows anything about Jesus Christ. To see their inquisitiveness and their realization there is the remote possibility there is something out there bigger than ourselves. The Holy Spirit starts to work on their minds and hearts and you can see that their interest is genuine. Since most Chinese coming from the mainland profess no faith, are usually atheists and are only taught evolution, the task seems pretty daunting. The first obstacle is to invite them to a Bible study. I mean, after all, they are in intensive courses pursuing their degrees and have very little free time. The second hurdle is to help them see the potentiality that God exists. This is not hard to do as one might think once we begin talking with them about design in the world, in the variety of things that have been created, how there is design to the complexity of plants and animals and our very selves. Since there is design to everything, there must in fact be a designer. And their eyes start to open.
Such was the case during our first Friday night English Bible study with Hai Bing and his wife. Their first questions: “What was the difference between the Old and New Testament? How do you know that God exists today? Is Jesus a god?”.
δΎ† is the Chinese character for ‘come’. We read John 12:32 which in the Chinese Bible it says “when Christ is lifted up, all men will ‘come’ to him”. Hai Bing put the two together by himself noticing that the character shows one man on a cross with two men on either side of him. His wife responded that it was deeply interesting that even their language points to God and Jesus.
Thank you for supporting our work. Without you we would not be having these great opportunities to bring Christ to the lost. Please pray for Hai Bing and his family as they begin their long journey in their spiritual life.
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