Gospel-Power crashing against The Gates of Hell

Friday, 16th April 2010

When I was a young missionary in Africa I had aN office to look after The monthly rent was only $ 50, but one day I could not pay, and I prayed and groaned all day, “Dear Lord, send me somehow $ 50 to pay the rent.” The hours passed, evening came, but I still had no money. Slowly, I walked down the road to the house where we stayed as a family.
Suddenly, in the middle of that road, the power of the Lord came upon me. I heard His voice clearly inside my heart, “Do you want Me to give you one million dollars?” One million dollars! My heart raced. What I could do with that amount of money! Why, with a million dollars I could bombard the whole world with the gospel, I thought.
But then, a different thought struck me. I am not at all a weepy person, but tears began running down my face, and I cried, “No, Lord, don’t give me one million dollars. I want more than that. I am asking for one million souls! One million souls less in hell and one million more in heaven – that shall be the purpose of my life and ministry.”
Then the Holy Spirit quietly whispered into my very spirit words I had never heard or read before, “You will plunder hell and populate heaven for Calvary’s sake.” That day, a determination gripped me. I knew that God had greater plans for my life, and I set out to fulfill them in progressive stages. God has granted me ever increasing blessing and grace.
How often since then have I seen the devastating power of the gospel crash against the gates of hell, storming the dark domains of Satan! I have often seen, within one week, over a million precious people respond to the call of salvation in our gospel Campaigns. I joked with my co-workers that, “If Jesus keeps on saving souls at this rate, one day the devil is going to sit alone in hell.” I am glad to make Satan sorry.
Knowing the power of the gospel, we do not need to be anxious. Jesus is more than sufficient for every need. The world is sick, and Jesus has the only remedy – the gospel. Our part is simply that we must carry this medicine to the patients. Jesus commanded it – “Go!” That is not a suggestion, or a recommendation, but an order. We had better obey, or else miss the greatest joy known to man. With my recommendations, REINHARD BONNKE

 

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