Kathmandu, Nepal – October 2012.
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The crusade in
Kathmandu, Nepal, was a breakthrough, despite the fact that we have
never been more threatened. On the same day that we arrived, four Hindu
fanatics in a truck carrying bombs were arrested on their way to
Kathmandu where we were holding our crusade. Also, the government kept
questioning how Christians could arrange such a huge crusade and they
wanted to know where the money came from, and they threatened to send
their security police. Hindu priests were warning people not to visit
the meetings. On the first day, one of these Hindu priests came to the
meeting, cursed the ground we were standing on, and called down the
Hindu gods. The pastors were scared and the small churches were shaken,
but after the first meeting on Wednesday, when a large number of Hindus
were saved, the deaf received their hearing back, the blind could see,
the demons were shrieking “I don’t want to come out!”, and people were
set free, then the breakthrough came and the c
rusade was an enormous victory for Jesus. On the final day 10,000 people prayed the salvation prayer.
The fantastic power in the name of Jesus has caused the Hindus to defy their own leaders. Jesus has such an enormous power of attraction. Why? Because witch doctors and idol priests can’t cast out demons! Jesus confirmed this when he said that if you drive out demons in the name of Satan then Satan’s kingdom cannot stand. That is one of the reasons that a crusade attracts so many people – the power in the name of Jesus! When demons are cast out, they all realize that the God here is more powerful than the gods they worship.
Many people who had been powerfully demonized testified openly on stage that they had been set free. One man had been crippled with so much pain that he hadn’t slept for the past two years and the evil powers were controlling everything he did, but he was set free and his pain disappeared the moment the demons left him. He was full of joy as he testified, thanking Jesus.
During prayer for the sick on Friday, there was a teenage girl suffering from a muscular disease that had left her handicapped. During prayer, she tried to get up in faith, but couldn’t move an inch. She cried in disappointment.
That night after the crusade, Pastor Tommy was frustrated and asked God why she hadn’t been healed. After a long time in prayer, the Holy Spirit told Pastor Tommy to preach about the blood of Jesus on Saturday, and to release the sick and the sinners in Jesus’ blood. The entire meeting the following day centered around the power in the blood of Jesus. The effect was overwhelming and it was as if a spiritual lid was removed from the meeting. Many demons manifested right away, some of them shrieking from the possessed, “I don’t want to leave.” Many people were delivered. But the most extraordinary thing was that the girl who had been crying the night before because she hadn’t been able to get up, was healed, stood up and started to walk! First she needed help but after about 10 minutes she was walking on her own! See the photo.
Preaching about the blood of Jesus for Hindus who don’t even know what a Bible is might seem both illogical and fanatical. But we can’t forget that the struggle that Paul teaches us about is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil. They know and understand the power in the blood of Jesus! That is why there are occasions when we have to preach what is foolishness for this world, but the power of God unto salvation.
