Not Ashamed of the Gospel - Part 4 — Brother Yun

The Word of God and the Holy Spirit

And I told him that the Bible is the Word of God, and it's inspired by the Holy Spirit. And I told him that you have to have the key in your hands, you have to have the key of the Holy Spirit to open the words for you, because this is a very, very precious book.

Healing Through Faith and Prayer

And I said this word does not only give people eternal life, it also will heal all the sick. And I started to share my family testimony how my father was dying in terminal cancer, and just because we called upon the name of God of this Bible, my father was completely healed and restored from cancer.

Praying for the Prison Commander's Healing

And he said, is that really truth? And I said, it's as truth as you understand. Why should I otherwise be suffering for the sake of this gospel and my testimony in this person? And then I saw that this is my opportunity, so I closed the door of the office of the prison commander, and I said to this man, right now is your opportunity, let's kneel down and I'll pray for you in the name of Jesus, and that sickness you have in your lungs will be healed in the name of Jesus.

And I said, commander, in the name of Jesus, you kneel down, and I was drawing him down. And I said, in the name of Jesus, I bring healing upon you, and your lungs will be restored. And not only that you will heal him, but you also bring him to understand that you are his Lord and Savior and will forgive him from all his sins.

I said to this man, now you pray after me, you say, Jesus, I need your healing power. And I believe that your precious blood will cleanse me from all my sins. Amen. And in a simple way we prayed and we stood up.

The Gospel's Power to Transform Prisoners

And I said, you try, do you still have that problem in your throat? Praise God, this commander became a believer of Jesus. And that's why it's so important that we should never be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

And we have to believe that the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ is mightier than any other power in this universe. And after the heart of the commander was changed, more and more inmates became believers of Jesus Christ.

Billy Graham and the Persecuted House Churches

Not long after this, an invitation from China went out to Billy Graham to come and visit China. And this brother, Billy Graham, he also loved a lot of the unofficial churches and their brothers and leaders of that church.

And he had heard, he knew that for the sake of the gospel, there were numerous numbers of house church leaders who were in prison for the sake of the gospel. And so Billy Graham, he wrote a letter to China and that letter was transferred to some of my friends and my partners.

A Letter from Prison and Its Consequences

And they sent a letter to me asking that, how is your situation? Billy Graham is coming to China. And he wants to know, what is your personal situation in the prison? And this brother who wrote the letter to me, to the prison, he was asking, can you write down about your circumstances and the suffering and the difficulties that you are facing in the prison right now and send them to me and I will deliver that to Billy Graham.

And I was, I didn't understand, why would somebody want to know about this? Because for me it was natural to be suffering for the sake of the Jesus. So I just write down a song about my situation saying that, that all what I'm going through is just bringing glory to the name of Jesus.

And I said, my heart is filled with praise and low praising to God and I'm singing to the Lord every day in the prison. And in the name of Jesus, I'm going to be able to overcome all these difficulties.

But when I was, I write that letter and as I send it with somebody out from prison, it was discovered. And another problem I ask. And as a result of this discovery, a big disaster hit my relatives and my church and many, many people were arrested.

And not only that they found that one letter, but they discovered in my home that I had even before sent many letters out from the prison to encourage the believers to continue to fight the good fight for the gospel.