• This I Know

  Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 21, 2008 (message contributor)

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THIS I KNOW

After the Communist Government of China kicked out all foreign Missionaries, most contact with China was cut off. A lot of people wondered if Chrisitianity would die out completely. In 1972, a group of American Christians were thrilled to receive an unusual message from contacts in China. The message simply said,

"Be assured that that "this I know" people are doing well!"

The message was not censored by the Chinese authorities because it made no sense to them. But the American Christians understood that "This I know" came from the song missionaries had taught children in China at least twenty years before. All of you probably know the song by heart...sing with me:

Jesus loves me! This I know

For the Bible tells me so.

Little ones to Him belong;

They are weak, but He is strong. (vs. 1)