Not Ashamed of the Gospel - Part 3 — Brother Yun

Secretly Reading the Bible in Prison

And the testimony of this man who was saved in the toilet became so powerful because everybody was asking, what a transformation in his life. And he made it possible for me during the midday siesta, the resting time, that I could go under the gilt in my bed, and there I was secretly reading the Bible.

A New Believer Defends the Bible

And one day, it so happened that there was a special security check during the rest hour, and they located this brother who was reading my Bible under his... And this newborn believer, he became so upset that he wanted to protect the Bible, so when the policeman came and took hold of the Bible, he bit almost one finger off the policeman.

The Threat of Solitary Confinement

It was a prison for about 800 inmates. And I wasn't there when this happened, I was in another location, so one of the brothers ran to me and he said, very bad news, very bad news, our new believing brother almost bit off the finger of the policeman because they discovered that he had read your Bible.

And they confiscated your Bible, and now it's in the prison office. And they said, maybe they're going to bring food chains and handcuffs, and they will throw you into the dark cell in the cellar of the prison.

God Provides Favor Through a Prison Officer

But praise God, our God knows everything, and he has all authority. And as the brother was coming with this bad news, I saw that there was this towards myself a favorable policeman was walking into the prison.

And I said, Director, I have something to report to you, I need your help. And I told him what has happened previously, and I said, I need your help, otherwise they will throw me into that solitary confinement.

And there were different divisions at the prison, and of course the division leader, that warden or policeman, his duty was to take care of his own people, so this man was in charge of my group. And this man, he went and approached the other guy, the warden, who had confiscated the Bible and said, this belongs to the people under my supervision, I will take care of this matter myself.

Praying for the Warden to Read the Bible

And praise God, this other warden, he submitted the Bible back to the hands of my warden. And I started to pray, Lord, this is the first time ever that a policeman has a Bible on his desk. Lord, you have to just make him to open the Bible, and as he starts to read it, we will pray that your word will go into his heart, and start to change him.

And one week passed by, and they still haven't thrown me into the solitary confinement. But then suddenly one day he walked towards me, and then he said, Yun, come to my office, I want to ask you some matters.

Explaining the Bible as God's Word

And the first question was, how in the world have you been able to smuggle this Bible into my prison? And I confessed to him, because you know, I'm a believer of Jesus, and I'm a preacher. And my family members, they so much know that I love the Bible, so they actually hide this Bible inside the loaf of bread they deliver to the prison.

And he said, what in the world is this Bible about? I tried to read it, but I don't understand what's the meaning of this book. And it's filled with so many treasures, promises. And I told him, 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. And I said, this word does not only give people eternal life, it also will heal all the sick.