Years ago Mr. C.T. Studd and his wife went to China as missionaries. One day Mr. Studd was preaching on the verse, “He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him.” (Heb. 7:2525Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:25).)
Afterward a wretched-looking Chinaman went to Mr. Studd, and shaking his finger at him said, “Look here, you are talking nonsense. Here I am an opium addict. I am also a murderer and adulterer. Your God cannot save me.”
But God did save that Chinaman, and he returned to his village to tell the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ to all he came in contact with. Large crowds gathered to hear him.
But Satan raised up enemies, even the magistrates who seized him and beat his back with bamboo switches until it bled. Then they let him go. But what did he do? He returned to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to his friends and neighbors.
Mr. Studd said of this faithful Chinaman, “No matter what he suffers, he keeps on telling the gospel to others. Such men are worth saving.”
ML-11/26/1978