The Light

“In 1866, Robert J. Thomas left from China on a mission to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Korea.  Filled with a love for the Korean people and a desire for the light of God’s love to shine among them, he boarded an American ship bound for he city of Pyongyang with a large supply of Chinese Bibles.  As the ship drew near to that city, however, a fight broke out between the American ship and the Korean coast guard.  The ship was burned and all the passengers were killed, except for Thomas.  As the ship sank, he struggled to reach the shore.  He staggered to the beach, his arms filled with as many Bibles as he could carry without drowning. When Korean soldiers came to Thomas, he thrust the Bibles into their hands, after which they clubbed him to death” (Richard D. Phillips).

What would drive a man to give his life for a people he had never met?  In this case, the gospel message.  More specifically, Jesus Christ and the desire to make Him known to the Korean people.  The book of John reveals the Word (Jesus Christ) as the true light which has the power to change people.  And His willingness to die so that we may become children of God.

Join us this week at ElmCreek Community Church as we look into God’s Word in the gospel of John.  May we be prayerfully prepared to hear what He has to tell us.

Striving to know Christ and make Him known.