It is easier at times to share the gospel without prior knowledge of the person’s background

I read about 2 amazing testimonies of people sentenced to death but was miraculously being released from prison in John Bevere’s Honor’s Reward as well as Reinhard Bonke’s Even Greater.

In John Bevere’s book, he gave a prophetic word to one of the prisoners, who was sentenced to 3 life sentences, in the middle of his prison service. He was not even aware of this until 16 years later, he bumped into the prisoner who became a worship leader in a big church.

In Reinhard Bonke’s book, he was instructed by God to give a prophetic word to one of the prisoners telling him he will be released in due time. In this case, Reinhard Bonke struggled to speak these words to the prisoner for he thought it was cruel. These prisoners were on the death row and there is no way he can leave the place. Nonetheless Reinhard Bonke yielded to God’s leading and spoke forth the prophetic word. However he felt that he was giving the prisoner a false hope and did not feel good about it. Little did he know that many years later, Reinhard Bonke met that person on the streets. The prisoner was miraculously released from the prison. Praise God!

From these 2 accounts, we can see why Paul wrote in Corinthians:

1 Corinthians 2:1-3, “And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.”

If Reinhard Bonke did not know what his prisoner friend was going to be put in death, if would have been easier for him to speak the prophetic word to him. It would have been easier for John Bevere in this case.

Moreover, I recalled in one of the soul I managed won to God’s kingdom. Little did I know that the person declare that he detest Christianity prior to our conversation. I reckon that if I knew his background and perception, I might not have been as free and as bold to share the Word of God to him then and there. It could have hindered the flow of God as a result of my thinking.

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