Light in the Darkness (24 of 61)
In the Beginning
Pastor Jeff Schreve
Primary Scripture: Genesis 15:1-21
Well, if you have your Bible, please turn to Genesis chapter 15. We're going through Genesis verse by verse and chapter by chapter. And today, we're on a very famous passage of Scripture. Genesis 15 is the covenant that God makes with Abram, or as we know him better, Abraham. I've entitled this message, "Light in the Darkness."
Now, many people know the name J. Hudson Taylor. There are books written about him. One of the books that I have about J. Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China, is called, "God's Man in China." He spent 51 years in China from 1854 to 1905, and by the Lord's grace and the Lord's power, he did such a great work for the kingdom. But he was there, toward the end of his life, during the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion was from 1899 to 1901. When they started, it was against the Christians and against the missionaries, and the nationals started to kill Christians and destroy mission work and so it was very, very difficult. Some have said up to 100,000 people died in the Boxer Rebellion, and many of those were missionaries and native Christians. So, Hudson Taylor was talking about that to a friend, and he said, "I cannot read, I cannot think, I cannot even pray, but I can trust." He was going through what theologians call a "dark night of the soul," when life is just so dark and it's so heavy and so bleak and so depressing. I mean, for a guy like J. Hudson Taylor to say, "I can't read, I can't think, I can't even pray," he was a great prayer warrior, and he said, "I can trust."
You know, David had that same experience. One of the reasons I love the psalms is because it's so true to life. And David said in Psalm 13 - I love this in the Living Bible translation, "Answer me, O LORD my God; give me light in my darkness, lest I die."
But before Hudson Taylor and before David, Abram had a "dark nig ...
In the Beginning
Pastor Jeff Schreve
Primary Scripture: Genesis 15:1-21
Well, if you have your Bible, please turn to Genesis chapter 15. We're going through Genesis verse by verse and chapter by chapter. And today, we're on a very famous passage of Scripture. Genesis 15 is the covenant that God makes with Abram, or as we know him better, Abraham. I've entitled this message, "Light in the Darkness."
Now, many people know the name J. Hudson Taylor. There are books written about him. One of the books that I have about J. Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China, is called, "God's Man in China." He spent 51 years in China from 1854 to 1905, and by the Lord's grace and the Lord's power, he did such a great work for the kingdom. But he was there, toward the end of his life, during the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion was from 1899 to 1901. When they started, it was against the Christians and against the missionaries, and the nationals started to kill Christians and destroy mission work and so it was very, very difficult. Some have said up to 100,000 people died in the Boxer Rebellion, and many of those were missionaries and native Christians. So, Hudson Taylor was talking about that to a friend, and he said, "I cannot read, I cannot think, I cannot even pray, but I can trust." He was going through what theologians call a "dark night of the soul," when life is just so dark and it's so heavy and so bleak and so depressing. I mean, for a guy like J. Hudson Taylor to say, "I can't read, I can't think, I can't even pray," he was a great prayer warrior, and he said, "I can trust."
You know, David had that same experience. One of the reasons I love the psalms is because it's so true to life. And David said in Psalm 13 - I love this in the Living Bible translation, "Answer me, O LORD my God; give me light in my darkness, lest I die."
But before Hudson Taylor and before David, Abram had a "dark nig ...
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