50 Years Serving: “It Belongs to God”

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🗓️ 27 July 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Merv Knight has served persecuted Christians for more than 50 years, including co-founding The Voice of the Martyrs Australia and serving for decades as a member of the board of directors for VOM-USA. He worked side-by-side with Pastor Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, VOM’s founders and former prisoners for Christ in Romania.

Recently Merv spoke to the staff at VOM headquarters on the occasion of his retirement from active service on the ministry’s board. Listen as he shares insights about the Wurmbrand family, the early days of the ministry and some of the persecuted Christians who inspired Merv over his many years of serving through VOM.

He’ll tell about:

Hiding money on a Russian train so that it wouldn’t be confiscated before it could be delivered to the families of Christian prisoners in Siberia.
Meeting a pastor’s daughter in the former Soviet Union, and blessing her with Christian literature.
Meeting with Chinese house-church Christians, and seeing how careful they were to hide and protect the only Bible they had: small gospel tracts.

Finally, Merv will challenge each of us to be faithful in the things that God has called us to do to serve Him and build His Kingdom, wherever we are.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you ever in situations where it seems too inconvenient to read the Bible?
0:05.5	When you're tempted to think that way, I hope you'll remember this story from Merv Knight.
0:10.5	He was visiting a family in Southeast Asia who showed him the steps they had to take in order to read the Bible because of the persecution in their area.
0:21.0	You know, they went over and they checked the door, made sure it was locked, then they'd
0:26.8	check the windows to make sure the shades were down and then satisfied that we were secure this doctor went over near the fireplace
0:39.4	and he wriggled around there with one of the bricks in the wall and it became a little bit
0:45.2	loose and he slid the brick out and then in behind the brick was a cavity and he reached his
0:50.1	hand into the cavity he pulled out a tattered Bible and a handful of, well I guess
0:58.1	we would call them tracts.
1:01.2	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
1:04.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
1:08.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
1:10.0	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles, and they're still coming true today
1:15.3	in the lives of his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear
1:19.8	their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs
1:24.3	radio network. Every week you hear the Voice of the Martyrs radio right here
1:29.6	thanks to the efforts of many people who support the Ministry of the Voice of the Martyrs in all kinds of ways.
1:36.5	Some work behind the scenes and others have a more visible role,
1:41.0	but they all play an important part in fulfilling the mission that God has
1:45.6	given to the voice of the martyrs. One of those who has served in a leadership position for a long time
1:52.1	is Merv Knight. Merv is the co-founder of our sister
1:56.3	Mission in Australia which helps to explain his accent and he recently retired
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