1992 Missions Conference Talk - Part 6 — Richard Wurmbrand

Evangelism Amid Opposition to Abortion

And you, who fight so valiantly against abortion. One of the main ideas in your church should be, how can I win the death of the most and the mother? When we wish to circumcise abortion, how can I win them for Christ?

Don't you forget to do that. That is what we want to do. They are sinners, we have done this thing for them, we also want them to be sinners. They chose this thing, they chose this thing, or other things.

It should be one thought, how to win the torture of our Christ. Now, we always had an occasion to speak with the torturers, because they got tired of torturing. Torturing is a very difficult task, a very everyday one.

Speaking With the Torturer About Pain

Once, I spoke with a torturer, and he asked me, why do you shout when I torture you? I said, when I shout, because I feel pain. He said, what do you know about pain? You know nothing. How much do I torture you?

Up and out. I can't torture you more, because I have to torture so many. Your tongue can move up and out, and then you rest, you enjoy yourself in yourself. But I have to torture eight hours a day, six hours a week, since ten years I do this.

From morning until the evening, I hear only one sound. Park! Park! Park! Park! Park! The Christ observes whom I meet. In the evening, I am like mad, tired, and I enter in a pub, get drunk, and then I go home, and live my life and my children too.

That is my life. But my pains are bigger than yours. And in a certain sense, it was sad. And therefore, there were always two coffee breaks. After two hours, three hours, he would give me a coffee, he would smoke a cigarette, if you were very smoky, he would give me a cigarette too.

And then I could talk to them. They just wished to enjoy themselves. And we always used this pause to speak to them. And this girl talked to me for torture. Sir, in vain you beat me. You will never beat out from me my heart towards God, just as with you.

Responding to Violence With Love

But also my heart towards you. And when you hurt me, where were you, stupid girl? You are not here in the non-business. You should better tell us the secrets of the underground shop. And she said, I will tell you some things which no girl usually says to a man.

But you will be under special conditions, and I will tell you. When you beat me, I look to your hands. I don't have anybody for you. You have such nice hands. And I can not enjoy your nice hands when you caress her first.

She needs to caress, to receive a caressing. So why don't you use your hands for caressing? It can caress forever, and you use it for beating. It's caressing, sir, not better than beating. You enjoy it, and she enjoys it.

Then why don't you caress? I will tell you something else which no girl has ever said to a man. You have very attractive lips. I imagine that you enjoy your nice hands when you give her the first kiss.

Kissing is something so beautiful. Your heart jumps for joy. She rejoices. You rejoice. It's kissing not better than swinging it. Then yelling. Then shouting. Then why don't you kiss instead of shouting at her?

It was very nice. Hey, stop! No, let me stop, sir. But I will tell you only one thing more, and then I finish. Have you a boyfriend? Now, every girl craves her boyfriend. But mine is something entirely else.

Not that he loves me. He is love. He is incarnate love. And since I know him, I also can only love. If somebody caresses me, I love him. If somebody beats me, I love him. I can only love. You give her a box.

She sets it on the concrete. She hits herself against the concrete. And she puffs a big sneeze. And after a few minutes, she came back to herself. She is so instinctive. Quietly in her chair and saying, You stupid girl.

What is the name of your boyfriend of yours? About whom you talked. He smiled. I said to him, Think. Come here. Think. Think. That's a nice idea she has. Caressing. Caressing. Is much more pleasant than beating.

She is understood. I never thought about it. He is right. And kissing is better than Shouting at somebody else. And he is stupid. He is beating. And he is shouting. Instead of caressing, In that case, What is the name of your boyfriend of yours?

Repentance and the New Birth

She told you this. She told you the name of her boyfriend. I will not tell you the name. You must guess it yourself. But she told you the name of the boyfriend. Then, He said, How can I make him to be my friend too?

Then she said, You must repent of your sins. You must be born again. If he does, What we can see in such conditions, Then you must be baptized. What is the meaning to be baptized? You have to enter in water with somebody else.

Baptism and Conversion Into Christ

He will dip you under the water. And he will say the name of the father, The servant, And of the Holy Ghost. Then baptize me. She said, I can't baptize. It was not true. In such conditions, Everybody can baptize, Even a child.

But she said, I can't baptize. Then, The most amazing thing happened. He took out his revolver, Pointed the revolver at her, And said, You better baptize me, Or I will shoot you. He conceived exactly what Jesus had said.

And as you think, Jesus had said, That something, The kingdom of God, They heard it. He wished to enter in the kingdom of God, But he did not shoot a couple of people. For this, He wished to enter, And he dragged her to a pool, Which was there somewhere, And threw her into the water.

He also entered, And she baptized him. And, It was a real conversion. He risked his liberty and his life, In order to enter into Christ.