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Not Ashamed of the Gospel - Part 3
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Brother Yun (1958–present). Born Liu Zhenying on January 1, 1958, in Nanyang, Henan, China, Brother Yun is a Chinese house church leader, evangelist, and author, renowned for his role in the Back to Jerusalem movement. Raised in poverty, he converted to Christianity at 16 in 1974 after his mother’s renewed faith led to his father’s miraculous healing from lung cancer, sparking a family revival. Lacking a Bible, Yun fasted and prayed for one, receiving it after a divine vision guided evangelists to deliver it. He memorized Scripture, including the Gospel of Matthew, and began preaching at 16, reciting entire chapters to villagers, leading to widespread conversions despite China’s clampdown on Christianity in the 1980s and 1990s. As a house church leader, he faced severe persecution, arrested multiple times, tortured, and imprisoned for over seven years, including a 74-day fast he claims sustained him miraculously. In 1997, he escaped Zhengzhou Maximum Security Prison, attributing it to divine intervention, and fled to Germany, where he gained asylum. Yun authored The Heavenly Man (2002) with Paul Hattaway, detailing his persecution and miracles, and Living Water (2008), sharing his teachings; the former won the UK Christian Book of the Year in 2003. Married to Deling, with two children, he now ministers globally, advocating missions to unevangelized nations. He said, “We shouldn’t pray for a lighter load to carry, but a stronger back to endure!”
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This sermon shares a powerful testimony of a man who was saved in prison after being caught reading the Bible secretly. Despite facing potential punishment, God intervened through a series of events, leading to the transformation of a prison guard's heart through the Word of God.
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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. 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 tried to hold on the Bible, he bit almost one finger off the policeman. It was a prison for about 800 inmates. And I wasn't there when this happened, I was in other locations. 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 my 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. 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, 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. 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 policeman has a Bible on his desk, Lord, you have to just make him to open the Bible. And as he started 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 he said, Yun, come to my office, I want to ask you some matters. 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 precious promises. And I told him that 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 word. And I said, this word does not only give people eternal life, it also will heal all the sick.
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Brother Yun (1958–present). Born Liu Zhenying on January 1, 1958, in Nanyang, Henan, China, Brother Yun is a Chinese house church leader, evangelist, and author, renowned for his role in the Back to Jerusalem movement. Raised in poverty, he converted to Christianity at 16 in 1974 after his mother’s renewed faith led to his father’s miraculous healing from lung cancer, sparking a family revival. Lacking a Bible, Yun fasted and prayed for one, receiving it after a divine vision guided evangelists to deliver it. He memorized Scripture, including the Gospel of Matthew, and began preaching at 16, reciting entire chapters to villagers, leading to widespread conversions despite China’s clampdown on Christianity in the 1980s and 1990s. As a house church leader, he faced severe persecution, arrested multiple times, tortured, and imprisoned for over seven years, including a 74-day fast he claims sustained him miraculously. In 1997, he escaped Zhengzhou Maximum Security Prison, attributing it to divine intervention, and fled to Germany, where he gained asylum. Yun authored The Heavenly Man (2002) with Paul Hattaway, detailing his persecution and miracles, and Living Water (2008), sharing his teachings; the former won the UK Christian Book of the Year in 2003. Married to Deling, with two children, he now ministers globally, advocating missions to unevangelized nations. He said, “We shouldn’t pray for a lighter load to carry, but a stronger back to endure!”