芙蓉基督教卫理公会, 雷周隆捷牧师: Testimony of Rev Chu Leng Chek:

(↑from the left Bro See, Bro Brian, Bro Chan, Rev Chu Leng Chek, Bro Pang & Bro Stanley Law)

感谢神,我们再一次聚集一起敬拜神.今天也谢谢那个国际基甸会四位弟兄四位同工来我们当中做介绍.以神的话

来分享来做鼓励.周牧师跟那个国际基甸会有一段情.曾有一段情.所以当今年这个彭弟兄来找我的时候说是国际

基甸会的,我就马上跟他谈说安排这个日子就是今天来做这样的一个分享.那怎么说呢? 1969 年, 年纪大的人一讲

就是几十年的事情.不象年轻人讲的是三个月三个礼拜的. 1969 年, 哗,那时候周牧师才 13 岁,那是 49 年前的事情.

有一天, 我的主日学老师陈弟兄, 我还记得他的名字陈培秋弟兄, 他给了我一本圣经.那个时候的小孩子不是有

几个人读圣经,也不容易买圣经.也没有钱买圣经.他给我一本圣经, 我一看,原来是国际基甸会派发的.哗, 那是我

生命中第一本圣经.我好象至宝样子.拿到那本圣经那天,我回去.我一个下午没有多久我就看完了.因为是新约版

的.不过我看的时候好象看古龙小说一样地看.我看它也没什么, 我不觉得它有什么特别.因为我是看小说嘛.但是,

我发现到那个圣经它有一个很特别的地方, 就是它有一面是特别篇的,比如说在何处找到帮助,每当你害怕, 焦虑,

后退,丧亲,苦涩或批判性,被打败, 天灾威胁, 气馁, 疑惑, 面临危机, 失去信心, 失去朋友, 离家外游, 孤单, 需

要主保护.它这个题目下面就有圣经节告诉你读哪一篇, 那个吸引了我.所以那时候我就看着那些标题按着所指

定的圣经节,我就来找找看看.那个时候我知道我发觉原来上帝的话是活的.我们在不同的环境的时候,不同的处境

的时候,神的话,神就对我们说话.透过圣经对我们说话.那是 1969 年的事情,所以我说一段情,未了情.今天我们谢谢

这个基甸会,国际基甸会弟兄,一个是本地人,芙蓉人, 三个是新山人.他们都是义工,他们有自己的工作,但是为了

这个国际基甸会百年前成立,他们只有一个工作,到今天还是,就是派发圣经.如果一天你在酒店看到有一本圣经放

在那边,不是人家忘记拿,那是国际基甸会放在那边的,你们要记得.好多地方,我们都会看到国际基甸会派发的圣

经.而他们有一个信念,刚才我们的彭弟兄已经解释了, 那是以赛亚先知讲了一句话:上帝的话出去绝不徒然返回.

圣经的一句话成为创办国际基甸会,不知道那是谁,你们有没有创办人这些? 成为他们百年来唯一的工作,派发圣

经.我们感谢神.所以我们今天我们手上的这一本圣经不象 49 年前周牧师那么辛苦,我们要珍惜.我们背金句我们

就是要把神的话藏在我们心里面,做我脚前的灯,路上的光.如果心中空洞,没有话,那怎么成为我脚前的灯,路上的

光呢?今天下午他们来说,明年 4 月,会有几个美国人来,会在芙蓉还是波德申一带要派送 4 万本的圣经.所以到时候,

我们当中也许我们一些人会成为义工, 我们把神的话送给他们.这也是牧师下来鼓励,我们今天买礼物送给人,不

知道买什么,买圣经就好用.买圣经送给人, 又不是很贵,送给人,他可能不需要,放一边,时候到了,那么他就翻开,神

对他说话.我认识好几个人, 他们都是因为朋友送他圣经,到最后成为基督徒.所以弟兄姐妹们,那么国际基甸会做

这样的工作.圣经公会印刷圣经那是给我们基督徒买来阅读的.国际基甸会印刷圣经,那是我们基督徒拿去送给非

基督徒.这是很大的分别啊.   感谢上帝,让我们都知道说这个世界有一个超过百年的福音机构, 他们百年来做的

唯一工作就是送圣经.我们也看到各地都有一些基督徒,他们愿意委身,做义工做这样的工作.所以在上帝的国度里

面我们各按其职,我们各尽其职.我们来建立教会,扩展上帝的国度.我们都没有白占地土.感谢主.

(19/11/2017)

Chinese Methodist Church Seremban, Rev Chu Leng Chek:

Thanks be to the Lord, we gather again to worship God. Today we thank The Gideons International’s 4 brothers-

4 workers are with us to introduce themselves, to share and encourage us with the word of God. Pastor Zhou and The Gideons International used to be in love, it used to be a fond relationship. Therefore, when this year, brother Pang came to meet me and introduced himself as a Gideons’ member, I instantly arranged a day, that’s today to give a sharing like this. How’s it about? Year 1969, Pastor Zhou was just 13 by then, that’s 49 years ago. One day, my Sunday School teacher - brother Chan, I can still remember his name, brother Tan Pei Chew, he gave me a Bible. That were not much kids read Bible on those day, not easy to buy a Bible and didn’t have money to buy it too. He gave me a Bible, I look at it, it’s a Bible distributed by The Gideons. Wow, it’s the first Bible in my life. I treasured it so much. After I took the Bible, I went home. Very soon in that afternoon, I had finished reading the Bible, because it’s a New Testament version. However, when I read it, I read as if it’s a novel. I didn’t take it seriously, I didn’t see anything special in it, because I was just merely reading a novel. But, I found an interesting part in this Bible, there was a special chapter, where it was particularly printed for where to find help when afraid, anxious, backsliding, bereaved, bitter or critical, conscious of sin, defeated, depressed, disaster threatens, discouraged, doubting, facing a crisis, faith fails, friends fail, leaving home, lonely, needing God’s protection. Under these topics, there were references guiding you which Bible verses to read about; these attracted me. So, I looked at these topics and found the Bible verses accordingly. By then, I know I realized the words of God are living words. When we are in certain environment , in certain circumstances, words of God, God speaks to us, speaks to us through Bible. That happened in year 1969, that’s why I said in love , a never ending love. Today, we thank The Gideons , brother of The Gideons, one is local, from Seremban, three from Johor Bahru. They are volunteers, they have their own jobs, but because of this Gideons, founded 100 years ago, they have only one job, it remains till today, that’s distributing Bible. Perhaps one day, you see a Bible left in a hotel, it’s not because somebody forget to take it, it’s actually the Gideons who placed it there, you need to remember this. In many places, we can find Bibles distributed by the Gideons. They hold on to a belief, just now our brother Pang has already explained, that the prophet Isaiah said: The word of God that goes out from His mouth will not return to Him empty. The word in the Bible became the reason the Gideons International founded, who was that, do you have any information of the founder? It became their work through last 100 years, distributing the Bible. So, today, the Bible in our hand is not as difficult as Pastor’s 49 years ago, we should treasure it. We memorize God’s word because we want to hide it in our heart, be a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. If a heart is empty, no words, how could it be a lamp to my feet and a light for my path? This afternoon, they told me , in next year’s April, there will be a few Americans coming, in the proximity of Seremban or Port Dickson, distributing forty thousand Bibles. Therefore, on that time, some of us might become volunteers, we will give them the word of God. This is also what Pastor would like to encourage you, we buy present for somebody, we don’t know what to buy, Bible will be the good choice. Buying Bible for somebody, it’s not expensive. You give it to someone, he or she might not need it, putting it aside. When time comes, he/she opens it, God speaks to him/her. I know a few people, they become Christian because their friends gave them Bible. Hence, brothers and sisters, The Gideons do this kind of work. Malaysian Bible Society prints Bible for Christians to buy and read, The Gideons prints Bible for Christians to give it to non-Christians , this is the great difference. Thanks be to the God, we know that there is a 100-year old Christian organization, their ministry over these 100 years is giving out Bible. There are Christians all over the world, they committed themselves, become volunteers, doing this kind of work. Therefore, in the kingdom of God, according to the effective working by which each part of the body does its work, we build churches, extending God’s kingdom and do not use up the ground. Thanks be to the Lord.

(19/11/2017)