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his parents, He felt ashamed 1 as
never before.
5 All his sins in childhood and
studying days were coming to his
mind clearly.
6 For the first time, he realized
that he was a great sinner and
that his heart was filled with
wickedness, iniquity and pride.
7 His friends told him that he
was a good man 2 . His parents
told that he was a wise son.
8 His school teachers 3 told him
that he was a clever student. The
religious leaders titled him as a
great devotee. The world called
him as a respectful man 4 .
9 Anyone not knows his true co-
ndition except himself and the
living God. There was a godly
sorrow in his heart -
10 Oh God, forgive me. I am
confessing for the first time that I
am a great terrible sinner.
11 Is there any forgiveness and
atonement for my sins? As he
was depressed in his heart, his
attention was drawn to twenty
and fifth verse.
12 God, the consuming fire, says
- I, even I, am He who blots
out your transgressions for
My own sake, according to
1
Rom 6:21;
6
1 Pet 1:23.
2
Mic 7:5;
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3
My will.
13 I will not remember your
sins. As he heard this, which is
beyond man’s understanding,
and worldly, works laden put
away, peace 5 came and filled his
heart.
14 He realized that fear, unrest,
discouragement left him. He
praised the Lord.
15 After fifteen days, I heard a
voice saying - you are mistaken
by reading the lifeless letters 6 .
16 Who can forgive your sins?
17 Again all his joy was left. He
came to the former condition.
Then again he said -
18 Oh invisible God, if you are
alive and true God, if you speak
through the Bible, show me your
grace upon me and forgive.
19 Grant me peace and joy. Sa-
ve this wretched man.
20 In the year of nineteen ninety
eight, January thirteenth morning
at six o’clock, he was reading
the gospel of Matthew on his
knees. He stopped at ninth
chapter second verse.
21 God, the consuming fire says
- “Son, Be of good cheer. Your
sins are forgiven”. He heard
this small still voice and under-
Jh 13:13;
4
Jh 7:7;
5
Jh 14:27;
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stood it.
22 The young man’s heart was
filled again with heavenly peace
and joy. He read and meditated
that chapter for many times.
23 When the Creator called him
as “son 1 ,”there was no limit to his
joy. God, the consuming fire,
spoke to him in sixth verse.
24 The Lord spoke to the young
man that Son of Man has the
authority on earth to forgive sins,
so that you may know it.
25 The young man kept one mo-
re doubt before God. Then the
Lord said “Those who are well
have no need of a physician,
26 those who are sick, for I did
not come to call the righteous, but
sinners, to repentance”.
27 Even though those words are
spoken by t he Lord two
thousand years ago, yet when He
spoke to him once, those words
echoed twice.
28 After three days, he confused
that same strange voice, which
spoke to him in the past, was
trying to put unbelief and disco-
uragement in his heart.
29 On eighteenth of same mon-
th, he read the Bible on knees.
He prayed ‘Gracious Father,ta-
1
Mt 9:2;
2
Lk 5:32.
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lk to your servant once again.”
God, the consuming fire said -
30 I came to call 2 the sinners
for repentance. God revealed
His will to the young man.
Until a man comes to Jesus,
the true friend; his worldly friends
say that he is a good man. After he
comes to Christ, his friends accuse
him as a bad man. When a young
man, who is under parent’s care,
comes to Christ and stops all the
activities of movies, wine, strife,
immorality, parents will accuse and
persecute him. They say that he is
not our son. They expel him from
the house. When their son was wat-
ching movies and drinking before
coming to Christ, they appreciated
him. But when he comes to the true
teacher, Jesus Christ, his school tea-
chers scold him by saying that he
got into a worse religion. If he does
whatever the Christian religious
teachers say, he will be called as a
devotee. But if he starts living acc-
ording to God’s word, they say that
he is rebellious. They expel him from
fellowship groups. If a person com-
promises with traditions and sinful
habits, people would appreciate him
by saying that he is a respectful
man. But if the same person leaves
the traditions and sinful habits, he
is accused by the world that he is
not a respectful man. Yet the man
who is Born Again (the one who is
considered as not impute sins by