Deeply committed to his religion, Jayesh went to local temple every
morning to worship his gods & godesses. One day, he met Gospel for
Asia Pastor, Nabhith, as they were walking past one another through the
village. It didn’t take long for Pastor Nabhith to share his love for
Jesus with Jayesh.
As he listened to Pastor Nabhith talk about
Christ, Jayesh assumed the man was forcing local people to convert to
Christianity. Jayesh became deeply angered. He told Pastor Nabhith to
move out of the village and stop converting people or he would present a
case against him to the local law enforcement.
Pastor Nabhith calmly told Jayesh he wasn’t
worried about a case being brought against him because he hadn’t done
any of the things Jayesh was accusing him of.
After hearing Nabhith’s response, Jayesh decided he would not just report the pastor to the police—he would kill him.
To
justify his murderous scheme, Jayesh was determined to catch Pastor
Nabhith doing “evil things,” so he began to watch Nabhith very closely.
Wherever the pastor went, Jayesh was close behind.
Instead of
finding evidence against Pastorr Nabhith, however, Jayesh found there
was nothing forceful in the way the pastor shared his message with men
and women. He saw Pastor Nabhith visiting the sick and desperate
villagers out of a genuine love and concern for them rather than with a
secret motive to gain power for himself or make the villagers convert to
his faith.
Jayesh had misjudged this servant of God:
When
Pastor Nabhith was at his church one Friday night to pray with other
believers, Jayesh sat outside the building listening to the way the
group spoke to one another and to the Lord. He heard prayers full of
compassion for sick people and genuine concern for the villagers’
various needs.
Jayesh wanted to join them inside the church, but
he was nervous. He realized how desperately he needed God’s forgiveness,
and he began to weep.
Pastor Nabhith heard the loud cries and
went outside to find Jayesh, the man who had recently been so angry and
bitter, crying out to God. The men went inside the church and prayed
together.
Before the congregation, Jayesh shared that his plan
all along had been to murder Pastor Nabhith. He repented and chose that
day to follow Jesus.
“Now I know that there is no blame on him,” Jayesh later said about Pastor Nabhith. “He worships the real God.”
Jayesh
and his entire family now joyfully worship God along with Pastor
Nabhith, whose life is truly a reflection of the loving God they serve
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