The Sealed

Saturday Evening, July 26, 2008

Dear Brethren in Christ,

The open-air evangelistic outreach for the Kazakh Ms this afternoon was very glorious. Praise the Lord for His wonderful grace.
A nice little crowd gathered on a playing field inside the church complex. I preached from John 14 where Jesus claimed to be the only way to the Father—meaning, there is no other way to escape hell and

enter the kingdom of God—and where he even claimed that he was God in human flesh. How could we possibly know that he was telling the truth and not just another raving lunatic?

John 14:11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.

I told them that we would ask Jesus to do these very miracles according to:

John 14:12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

I had the trained believers come forward to minister to the infirm who had come to be healed. We ministered first with healing-at-a-distance and then through the individual laying on of hands. The Lord moved dramatically to heal and deliver. Several people came forward to testify that the Lord had healed them. Among them, two ladies testified that tumors in their bodies had disappeared. There were other impressive miracles as well. All the testimonies, I reminded the people, were not simply miraculous healings but God’s demonstration to them that Jesus was the only way to Him.

I challenged the people to believe on Isa Almasih as their Savior. I mentioned nothing about religion, about renouncing their religion and converting to Christianity. The Kazakhs in a negative way identify Christianity with the very worldly Russian Orthodox religion prevalent in the former Soviet Union from which they became independent in 1991. They are Ms only because it is part of their Kazakh culture and they are very nominal in their religion. I did not ask them to renounce their culture and their religion—something that Jesus never told people to do—but simply to believe on and follow Isa as He was described in John 14. I believe Jesus will accept people who call themselves Ms but who otherwise obey him. (It is well known that there are many people who profess themselves to be Christians, but are not saved.)

Precious Kazakh souls streamed forward with little hesitation to be reconciled with the Father when I challenged them. Those who remained in their seats were either all or mostly believers. It was a satisfying harvest for the kingdom of God. Never have I seen such an eager response from those who call themselves sons of Ishmael. Kazakhstan is ripe for the harvest if one knows how to preach the gospel here. We must do this before it becomes radicalized with the help of the money coming into Kazakhstan from the oil rich fundamentalists.

“Silver and gold have I not, but what I have I give you. In the name of Isa Almash….”
Thank you for your effective partnership with us in prayer, dear intercessors!
We invited the people to return tomorrow morning (Sunday) to attend the service at Spring of Life to learn more about Jesus. I will preach the gospel and have the trained believers heal the infirm again.

Sincerely in Christ,
William