When we have a great reverence for God we will have a great reverence for His words. When we have a great love for God we will have a great love for His Scriptures. If eternity and the truth and person of Jesus Christ means more than temporal life then we should be men and women who esteem the Scriptures beyond our daily life essentials or even food.
Here is an excerpt from the Gospel Fellowships Principles Book that will be freely released soon:
"We take for granted the often dozen Bibles or more each Christian family owns in the North America or other countries. We read Bible translations until we get bored with one and move onto another. We buy Bibles even for the style and look and other vain reasons. Yet the majority of our Bibles are not worn, marked, and memorized as the valuable possessions they actually are.
Bibles in the underground Church in China are scarce at times, and it is common that fellowships have handwritten copies of verses and epistles similar to the early Church days. The Chinese love their Bibles greatly and treat them as the most cherished item in the world that they own or have. Some of the current servant leaders in the Church would travel a day to just to be able to borrow and read a Bible and then travel back to their home. Most preaching especially in the earlier days of the movement was from memory, verses they memorized. How much do we love God's Word? Do you spend hours with your Bible reading over and over its truths? May God wake us from our spiritual slumber to see the true eternal value of the Word of God.
The underground Church in China has such a reverence for the Lord and His Words and they see themselves in the proper light of God’s holiness. Here is a short Chinese hymn419 reflecting their humble hearts realizing they are sinners in need of a Savior: “Lord, how great you are! You didn't abandon us. We are dust. We are no better than worms and moth, but you took pity on us. You cared for us, and chose us.” Such words show how we should come to God’s Word daily to receive life, instruction and truth."
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Footnotes:
419 Canaan Hymn Book
As we agree and are humbled as dust before our Lord and loving Father we will grow in a love for His word. We must now begin to learn to esteem the Scriptures as an even illegal book in our possession and treat it as such.
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“Christianity was birthed in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and will only continue as we have this empowering from above. God is always looking for the willing vessels that will trust Him afresh for the impossible.” from: Principles for the gathering of Believers under the Headship of Jesus Christ.Since 2012, a growing group of believers in North America started to warn of coming persecution to western countries. This message was shared in a variety of ways. One of the responses to this was to compile a book taking principles from underground Churches around the world of how they thrived under pressure and persecution. The volume, Principles for the Gathering of Believers, had in a short time over 50,000 downloads in ebook format and much interest was shown. Some new house churches started through this and other existing groups were encouraged.