"Cry aloud, for he is a god.." 1 Kings 18:27

[4Jesus]

I would be really interested to hear testimony from any Christian who has been in pagan lands in response to The Great Commission.

I have fairly recently returned from India and during my time there I stayed in a very remote village called Govindgarh of about 2000 inhabitants in the desert region of Rajasthan. Gorvindgarh is mainly Hindu with a sizeable minority of Sikhs and a few Muslims. No one had seen a white person ‘in the flesh’ before and Jesus had never been heard of. So as you can imagine it was almost impossible to ‘break the ice’ as it where.

After a few days of listening to me about Jesus, a few young men wanted me to go and see where ‘their god’ lived. I was informed he was ‘dangerous’ and we had to be very careful how we approached him. After about 20 minutes trek into the desert we came to a ruined pagan temple; little remained of it except the basement. It was covered with sand and in the sand was a small opening about 7x7 feet rather like the mouth of a cave leading to the basement of the ruins.

About 20 yards from the entrance, the young men stopped and warned that it was prohibited to go any nearer. I said I would like to go into the cave and see ‘their god’ but they assured me with fervent conviction that no one had ever entered the cave and come out alive - anyone who enters is never seen again! They told me of the terrifying fates of those in the past who had attempted to enter. I was faced with a dilemma; I had told them about ’my God’ - The Almighty and All Powerful God - was I now to heed these pagans and accept ’their god’ was more powerful than ’my God’? For me it had echoes of Elijah's challenge to the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. It was time for my faith to become works!

In the face of frantic opposition (they were convinced beyond any doubt of my certain death) I entered the cave. Because of contrast of the extremely intense bright light of the desert sun and the extreme blackness inside the cave I could see nothing, there was thick blackness. There was an indescribable dank stench and a sound of scuffling. I had a still 35mm camera with me which had an inbuilt flash so I pointed the camera aimlessly into the blackness. I was unable to get the photos developed until I returned to ’civilisation’ some months later so at the time I had no idea what the camera had captured .

When I emerged out of the cave the young men outside reacted as though they had seen a ghost - they actually had to touch me and feel me to be sure it was me and not my reincarnation. On return to the village the young men told the account to the villagers and the next day I had the attention of the entire village assembled together. God had opened a door for the Gospel to be preached to the pagans of Govindgarh and that door is still open. I hope to be returning one day.

Next time I will share what God did with a 12 year old epileptic pagan boy in the terrible slums of Old Delhi.

It is not by might nor by power but by My Spirit, says the Lord.

Your brother in Jesus
David

PS. If anyone would like to see the photos, including what the camera captured in the blackness of the cave, I will be happy to electronically transmit them to you.

 

[SpiritLedEd]

David: I would love to see the pictures. My e-mail address is in my profile.


SLE

 

[4Jesus]

Photos from Govindgarh, India.

David: I would love to see the pictures. My e-mail address is in my profile.
SLE

Many blessings to you my brother,


Thank you for your interest; within the next few minutes I will be electronically transmitting 8 photos titled A to H to your email address. I will explain the photos here because I am a blundering amateur when it comes to emailing attachments and text together. I have transmitted photos in alphabetic order e.g. A is transmitted first and H last.


A. Gives you an idea of the environment I was in in Govindgarh. Here I am sitting in the early morning ‘by the wayside’ ready to greet and witness to passing camel travellers and goat herdsman who were very always eager, even excited, to stop, talk and ask questions. The barrack room building on the left of the photo is the boys school and in the lunch time they literally flocked to me on that wall to have the bible read to them and hear about Jesus.


B. This is a photo of me visiting the local Govindgarh shopping centre where I was welcomed by the shop-keepers and locals alike; always ready to spend the day chatting and sharing about Jesus and England and the 106 caret Kohinoor Diamond the British stole.


C. The sand piles covering the ruined pagan temple where their ‘god’ lives. The entrance can be seen on the left of the sand pile and to the right of the tree.


D. The young men standing between the entrance (behind them) to the cave of their God. The Sikh lady (and her children) is my interpreter.


E. As I persist to enter the cave everyone gets behind me in fear except for the small boy who stands in from of me making one last appeal to me - you can clearly see the cave entrance behind the boy.


F. Even the farm dog (an irritable and unpleasant animal) postures as though to say “no further”.


G. The first flash light photo on entering the blackness of the cave.


H. The second flash light photo taken at a 45 degree right hand angle of the temple doorway pictured in G. You will see small statues of a number of pagan gods including the ferocious, murderous multi-armed goddess Kali. We can also see food, corn oil and ‘spell stones and jeweller’ which is evidence that someone has been visiting and ‘feeding’ the gods and coming out alive. It later transpired that the ‘village holy man’ was the culprit (by night) and using his ‘spiritual prowess’ to manipulate and control the local village people. However, his deception has now been uncovered and The Light is now beginning shine through darkness in Govindgarh.


With God nothing is impossible. Praise and magnify His Mighty Name.


In Jesus
David.

 

[4Jesus]

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Dear brother in Jesus,

I am attaching 8 photgraph A - H and you will find the full explaination of the on Talk Jesus Forum on 'Testomies' thread on this link - http://www.talkjesus.com/showthread.php?t=8061

Here goes... hope it works ... God bless you. David.

 

[anthony]

Dear David,

I have read all it which you have return it about the India visit. I am from India the my location is Mumbai it metro city.

I agree with you that in Rajashtan their is many Ideal Worship is going on . I and my church is praying for it. But know god is working all over in INDIA.

so please pray for India and to me also.

 

[anthony]

Dear David please send the phote to my person mail Id is winner_win@indiatimes.com or if get any problem my anth.. Id is jayakarmail@yahoo.co.in.

waiting for your photo

anthony

 

[4Jesus]

Dear David,
I have read all it which you have return it about the India visit. I am from India the my location is Mumbai it metro city.
I agree with you that in Rajashtan their is many Ideal Worship is going on . I and my church is praying for it. But know god is working all over in INDIA.
so please pray for India and to me also.

My precious brother in Jesus,

Thank you for your encouragement. I certainly will be praying for you and your work in Mumbai.

I have been on The Lords work in Mumbai too. I usually stay in the Santa Cruz district and witness in the area of the Mumbai University. Also, The Lord has opened the door for me to witness inside ‘Bollywood’ and Kamal Amrohi’s Film World. I have had the privilege of being His ambassador to the one time Miss India, Sushmita Sen and to the famous film idol Shar Rukh Kahn - I have some interesting photo of them with me. I have also been into many Indian prisons and on my last visit was able to witness to a 21 year old man in Alwar Prison awaiting execution for murder. We serve a Mighty God my brother.

I am anticipating returning to India, God Willing, and will contact you hopefully to visit you beforehand.

I don’t know if you if you have come across Amrik Singh Swali of Maranatha Fellowship. He has been a close Christian colleague of mine for 19 years. He and his wife Lorna are resident near me here in England and they actually have planted 120 + in UK, India and Africa. Maranatha Fellowship has a close relationship with ‘Answers in Genesis’. Apart from prayer we may be able to render you some practical and spiritual help. Amrik and his wife have one of the most powerful testimonies I have every heard or witnessed ; Amrik, a Jat Sikh, became a Christian under awesome circumstancing at age 19 in Belfast, Ireland; his father severely beat him, announcing to him, "you were born a Sikh and you will die a Sikh, even if I have to kill you as a Sikh. His farther died and his family disowned him - I would be happy to share it with you if you would like to hear it.

I will be sending my photos to you within the next hour or two.

Many Blessing to you
David

PS I am not sure, but I suspect that we have spoken together within the last couple of weeks - I know I have spoken to a few guys from India over the net very recently - so forgive me if I am repeating myself.

 

[4Jesus]

Whilst I am here, I noticed I said in an earlier post that I would give Testimony to Gods Power in the life of a 13 year old Sikh boy residing in the urban slums of Old Delhi.


In the very early days of my walk with The Saviour (I was not, at that time, even in any Church membership), He lead me into a situation of witness here in England with a Sikh family and demonstrated to me personally that He is faithful to His Word, specifically Mark 16:14-20, “they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover” (v18) and “ they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following” (v20) KJV. Maybe I will share that incident some other time.


However on my first visit to India in 1996, I was in the urban slums of Old Delhi. If any of you have been there you will have seen the abject misery of these dear ones; words cannot describe the conditions; hunger, disease, amputations for the purpose of begging etc. I was introduced into the home (if you can call a home a one room dirt floor with a bit of coconut matting on the floor, a few cooking pots and a plastic sheet roof housing over 12 persons). I sat on the floor with my hosts; a small boy who was obviously fascinated by ‘this white man’ unashamedly sat next to me and to ‘cuddled up' as though he sensed a love in me (I was reminded of Our Lord when He said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for such is the Kingdom of Heaven - Mark 10:14).

After a short time he went into a terrifying epileptic fit of the most severe kind. His family told me not to be alarmed; they said he had had these fits all his life and sometimes had as many as 5 or 6 each day. Then his father said some words which impacted me spiritually, “There is nothing anyone can do for him, he will die of them soon.”


In faith (“…the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen…..the evidence of things we cannot see…” Hebrews 11:1 NLT) I told them of Jesus the Saviour and The Healer.


Taking a huge leap of faith, I laid hands on the boy and, in the Name of Jesus commanded demonic spirits to leave him - their leaving was evidenced by all present. I then simply asked Jesus to completely heal this precious little boy. From that day to this that boy, now a 23 year old man with a wife and a child of his own remains completely healed. A door was opened in that neighbourhood through which The Light shone in the darkness.


We serve a Mighty God.

David

 

[4Jesus]

Message for Anthony, JesuslovesU2 and SpiritLedEd.

Anthony: photos appear to have been successfully sent to your IndiaTimes email address. Your Yahoo account would not accept them because 13.2 MB of space is required and your account does not have that space.

Also, Anthony, I have sent you a second email, again to your IndiaTimes and yahoo account with a photo of me with Sushmita Sen, ex-Miss India, ex-Miss Universe, Sen. I know how Indians get excited about their famous film stars. Pray for her - she has heard the Gospel!

JesuslovesU2: photos appear to have been delivered OK to your Yahoo account.

SpiritLedEd: Your email account would not accept photos because 13.2 MB of space is required and your account does not have that space available. Have you any suggestions brother?

David