The Bible--an Open Book
I heard some Bible stories when I was very young. When I was nine, my neighbor spoke the gospel to me and I happily accepted the Lord. My parents enrolled me in a Christian school from the fourth grade to the eighth grade. At this school I learned many Bible stories and I enjoyed them very much.
Throughout my high school and college days I studied the Bible and tried to walk according to my conscience the best I knew how. The Lord seemed close to me but there still seemed to be something lacking. I found the stories in the Bible distant from my experience. I was also lacking the overall view of the Bible. One day while I was riding the bus to college, I told the Lord that I didn't have any friends at school. That day on the way back from school, a person with a Bible in his hand sat next to me. He invited me to a Bible study. In this Bible study he showed me that God has a plan to gain man to express His image and represent His dominion on the earth (Genesis 1:26) and that this is being done by dispensing Himself as life into man, to be man's life and content.
After this Bible study I asked this person if I could read what he was reading and meet where he was meeting. He introduced to me the writings of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. He also brought me to meet with other Christians in the local church in Spokane. This was in the spring of 1991. Since that time I have been meeting with these Christians and reading the publications of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. I have found that by meeting with them and reading their publications the Bible has become an open book to me. I also have learned through this ministry what it is to be a Christian in line with the will of God.
Spencer Clawson | Back to List
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