He was the Truth

This reliable real-life story broke my heart. 

[SEEKER STORY]

There was a man living in Tehran who had always wanted to find the truth. He never had any contact with committed Christians. He never heard the Gospel.

At death's door

Old age approached and he had a very serious stroke. He was rushed to the hospital and was semi-conscious for three days. His family was by his bedside most of the time and his son was there day and night. The son longed for his father to say a few words.

The father never spoke, and after three days he died. From the human point of view he had known nothing about Christ. He was seemingly a 'lost' soul facing a Christless eternity.

The Jesus dream

A few days later the son had a vivid dream. His father came to him and spoke about those last days in the hospital. 'When I was in the hospital I saw Jesus. He told me He was the one I'd always been looking for. He told me He was the truth, and the only way to meet God was to believe in Him.'

So there, semi-conscious, this old man became a believer. Jesus didn't let him enter eternity alone.

The father went on in the dream to say sorry for not talking to the son - 'But for those three days, I was all the time with Jesus - that's why I couldn't talk to you.' The father's final words were - 'Go and tell the family about Jesus.'

The next morning the son was very excited but very nervous. What would the rest of the family say if he asked them to believe in Christ? With apprehension he sat down at the breakfast table. He noticed his younger sister wasn't there. When he asked where she was, they said she was upset.

So he went to get her. She was sitting on her bed, knees up, head down. As he knocked, she looked up, her eyes glistening with tears. He sat down and gently took her hand - 'What's the matter?'

'I've had a dream - but you'll be upset...' She looked at her brother, a little frightened...

'Don't worry - I won't get angry.' So she told him her story. They had both had the same dream!

All the members of this immediate family are now believers.

(taken from Briefings - The Silk Road by Glenn Meyers, pg 57)

Did you know that there are thousands of stories like this, maybe more? It's true, there can't be smoke without fire. And where many in the Middle East face darkness and total loss of hope and livelihood, they find Jesus.

"Now as we look to the future, it looks even brighter. We expect tens of thousands of Iranians and thousands of Afghans to be added to Christ's church annually. We now pray for 500,000 Iranian MBB.s and 25,000 Afghan MBB.s by 2015. This prayer is not just based on our imagination, but on how God has demonstrated that with Him all things are possible..." ~ Abe Ghaffari (excerpt from website Iranian Christians International)

Do you have Christ in your life? 

You need to know the Truth.