[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: [CWWC] PROJECT PEARL PERFUME BIBLES

[Michael Moore]

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PROJECT PEARL PERFUME BIBLES


They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than
honey, than honey from the honeycomb.
<https://link.biblegateway.com/click/24209214.2251/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlibGVnY
XRld2F5LmNvbS9wYXNzYWdlLz9zZWFyY2g9UHMuMTkuMTA/5ef562bd10222374f46b6174Ba83e
1111> Psalm 19:10

In 1977, Peter Xu became the leader of the Born-Again Movement-a large house
church network today in China. Ten years ago he was visiting in the United
States and shared a devotional at the Open Doors-USA office. When he saw a
sample of a Project Pearl Bible on the shelf, he became very animated. Then
a long story developed:

After Project Pearl Bibles were stored in depositories in southern China in
the early 1980s, Peter Xu sent three men every month by train to the
depository contacts to bring back about 1,000 Bibles per trip for his
growing house church movement. One month the three men were discovered with
their Bible load by the local police of the depository city. The police
threw the 1,000 Project Pearl Bibles into the cesspool of the public latrine
and the three men were interrogated and jailed for the weekend.

Monday they were released and commanded to return straight home and never
return. Instead they waited inside the latrine until darkness fell. Then
they climbed down into the filthy cesspool of human waste carefully
retrieving each of the foul smelling books. They washed them off under the
local water tap and carried them home. There they dried them out, sprayed
them with perfume and circulated them through their network. Such was the
hunger and importance of every copy of God's Word.

Project Pearl certainly had an impact on the future printing of Bibles
inside China which continues today. Shortly after the project was completed,
China's Three Self Patriotic Movement announced the first official printing
of Bibles inside the country. Noted author and China watcher, David Aikman,
wrote in his book, Jesus in Beijing, "[Project] Pearl had a major long-term
impact on the overall availability of Bibles in China."[1]

But more important are the personal evaluations from Chinese believers:
"These gifts are more precious than gold!"

RESPONSE: Today I will treasure God's Word as more valuable than any
precious metal or gem.

PRAYER: Thank You, Lord that Your precious Word is being made available in
countries where it is not valued by those in authority.

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