I met Brother Ma Zhengxiu during a visit to Shuguang Church in Baoji, China's northern Shaanxi Province in the evening before the traditional Spring Festival in 2020.
Sister Chen who was with him at the time said that Brother Ma is an artist with a high level of calligraphy and also a teacher in the church's calligraphy fellowship. In addition to reading the Bible constantly, he also fully plays his advantage, copying the words of the Bible on rice paper every day in lower case. As long as the brothers and sisters need, the generous man gives away the calligraphy works for free.
When we entered his house, we saw a copy of the "Apostles' Creed" on the front wall of the house, which was very eye-catching. Sister Chen also said that in the summer of 2018, Ma suddenly felt a terrible pain in his legs. He was diagnosed by a Xi'an hospital with osteoarthritis. Because he was unable to move freely, he left the church calligraphy group he loves and recuperated at home for a long time. Ma had us take seats and then he staggered out from the back room with one of his recent works of transcribing the Bible for us to enjoy.
He said that his disease has been diagnosed by many physicians as incurable. The only way for him to live happily is by reading and copying the Bible. At the end of the visit, Brother Ma gave us a new copy.
I also met Sister Shao Qingrong during the visit to Shuguang Church before the Spring Festival in 2020. In the evening, we came to a high-rise residential building on Daqing Road and met her in her house. She looked energetic although she was 86. There was only she and her daughter-in-law at home. They were as close as mother and daughter.
She read the scriptures in 1 Corinthians 5:8, 6:12, 7:24, recited 2:2, 3:16, 4:20, and even also the contents of the Old and New Testament. Sister Shao told us that she has never been to school and is illiterate. After believing in the Lord, by reading and memorizing the Bible, she is no longer illiterate, and she can read the Bible through once or twice a year.
She has been reading and reciting the Bible since she became a Christian. Her eldest daughter (a member of the visiting group) said that her mom was better than her, a high school student, in reading and reciting the Bible.
(The article is originally published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Yuehan Jiang
（一）
马正修弟兄，是笔者在2020年春节前的一个傍晚，参加曙光教会春节前大探望活动中认识的。据当时同行的陈姊妹介绍，马弟兄是一位书法造诣颇高的艺术家，在教会书法团契担任老师。老人家特别敬虔，除过他自己坚持读圣经外，还充分发挥自己的特长，每天用小楷在宣纸上抄写圣经上的话语。马弟兄也非常慷慨豪爽，只要弟兄姊妹开口，他会免费把自己抄写圣经的书法作品送给大家。
当我们进了他家门，见到屋内迎门墙壁上一幅中楷抄录的《使徒圣经》，非常惹人眼目。陈姊妹还介绍说，就在2018年夏天，马弟兄忽然感到双腿特别疼痛，到西安大医院检查，说是得了骨节老化脱落炎。因行走不便，离开了他喜爱的教会书法小组，在家里长期修养。马弟兄招呼我们坐下，然后蹒跚地从里屋拿出他近期抄录圣经的一件件新作品让大家欣赏。
马弟兄说，他这病已被多家医院诊断没有办法治疗，既然医生说没有办法看好，现在咱就唯一靠每天读圣经、抄录圣经喜乐的活着……在探访结束离开时，马弟兄送给大家一幅他抄录圣经的新作品。
（二）
86岁的邵庆荣姊妹，也是参加曙光教会2020年春节前的大探望活动中认识的。大探望的那个晚上，我们探望组来到大庆路一座高层居民楼，找到居住在家的邵姊妹，见到了已86岁的她，满面红光。家里就她和儿媳二人，亲热的样子让人误以为是母女。
老人现场给我们读了圣经哥林多前书5章8节、6章12节、7章24节经文，还背颂了哥林多前书2章2节、3章16节、4章20节的经文，最后还把圣经旧约、新约目录一字不漏的背了下来。当听到老人从没有上过一天学、大字不识一个，在信主后通过读圣经、背颂圣经还摘掉了文盲帽子，并且每年还能坚持把圣经通读一到二遍。
她自信主后30年来坚持读、背圣经。在一旁的大女儿（探望组成员），说起她妈妈读、背圣经的情况，她说她妈妈读、背圣经这一点，比她这个高中生都强。
两位基督徒与圣经的感人见证故事
I met Brother Ma Zhengxiu during a visit to Shuguang Church in Baoji, China's northern Shaanxi Province in the evening before the traditional Spring Festival in 2020.
Sister Chen who was with him at the time said that Brother Ma is an artist with a high level of calligraphy and also a teacher in the church's calligraphy fellowship. In addition to reading the Bible constantly, he also fully plays his advantage, copying the words of the Bible on rice paper every day in lower case. As long as the brothers and sisters need, the generous man gives away the calligraphy works for free.
When we entered his house, we saw a copy of the "Apostles' Creed" on the front wall of the house, which was very eye-catching. Sister Chen also said that in the summer of 2018, Ma suddenly felt a terrible pain in his legs. He was diagnosed by a Xi'an hospital with osteoarthritis. Because he was unable to move freely, he left the church calligraphy group he loves and recuperated at home for a long time. Ma had us take seats and then he staggered out from the back room with one of his recent works of transcribing the Bible for us to enjoy.
He said that his disease has been diagnosed by many physicians as incurable. The only way for him to live happily is by reading and copying the Bible. At the end of the visit, Brother Ma gave us a new copy.
I also met Sister Shao Qingrong during the visit to Shuguang Church before the Spring Festival in 2020. In the evening, we came to a high-rise residential building on Daqing Road and met her in her house. She looked energetic although she was 86. There was only she and her daughter-in-law at home. They were as close as mother and daughter.
She read the scriptures in 1 Corinthians 5:8, 6:12, 7:24, recited 2:2, 3:16, 4:20, and even also the contents of the Old and New Testament. Sister Shao told us that she has never been to school and is illiterate. After believing in the Lord, by reading and memorizing the Bible, she is no longer illiterate, and she can read the Bible through once or twice a year.
She has been reading and reciting the Bible since she became a Christian. Her eldest daughter (a member of the visiting group) said that her mom was better than her, a high school student, in reading and reciting the Bible.
(The article is originally published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Yuehan Jiang
Touching Testimonies of Two Christians and Bible
