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Saved From the Fire
“The Word of God, which liveth” (1 Peter 1:23).
A farmer in South Korea bought copies of the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and read them with some interest. When he was working in the fields away from his home one day, his house caught fire and burned to the ground. On returning he realized that all contents of the home had been destroyed except the two gospels. Someone had saved them from the flames not really knowing what they were.
That made a deep impression on the farmer. He read the gospels again, now with increased interest. Then he told people in the village about them. At first he was made fun of and avoided by his neighbors. But because he was always so friendly and helpful after a while they began to listen, resulting in eighty villagers being saved.
This shows once again that the Word of God possesses its own living power. Whoever reads it attentively and is prepared to listen carefully to what God has to say will understand its message and receive the blessing it contains. The Lord said, “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:36).
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