Mohammed's Testimony (Nigeria)

Talking about miracles nowadays is very different from before. When education and technology "advances", human beings' self esteem and even arrogance pop up with an even greater pace than our accumulation of knowledge. However, one thing remains unchanged: our academic and technological advances cannot quench our desire to search for God and the ultimate purposes of our existence. The following is a touching and genuine story of Mohammed who grew up in a Fulani tribe in Nigeria. He started rearing cattle when he was six years old. He did this for almost 10 years until his father decided to send him to an Arabic school to study the Qur’an (Koran).

Then, he had a nightmare one night. He saw people suffering in his dream and he was beaten by a group of vicious men. He was locked inside a very hot room by them. It was so hot that his flesh began to peel off his body. He woke up as he began screaming and trying to kick the door open. The next night, he had another dream. He came to the same location as in the first and was beaten and taken to the same room again. Suddenly, a man dressed in white appeared and the room became cold and the people who were beating him disappeared! The man stretched his hand out and held Mohammed’s hand, saying, “My son, what are you doing here? Do you want me to take you home?” Within a second Mohammed was back home, and the man dressed in white said to him, "I love you, my son.”

Two weeks later, Mohammed had a third dream. He was in the bush and was in danger. Also, a man dressed in black was urging him to jump over a bottomless pit while a lion was roaring at him. The man in white from his previous dream appeared suddenly, and the threatening man and lion disappeared! Mohammed was brought safely back home another time. For the next six nights, Mohammed had similar dreams.

On the seventh night however, Mohammed had a different dream so that he was sitting under a tree reading books that he couldn’t understand. The man in white came to him and asked Mohammed if he wanted help. This man is Jesus who took a book and said, “This book comes from the Lord and it has the message of God inside of it. In this book, I will show you verses which will help you.” Jesus read scriptures to Mohammed, including John 14:6, which says, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” He explained this to Mohammed and told him that He was the way and the Savior of the world. Jesus also told him that he would face many trials after becoming a Christian. Jesus subsequently asked him if he wanted to accept His Salvation. Mohammed said yes and Jesus disappeared.

The story continued and Mohammed was led to Christ ultimately. He then told his parents that he had become a Christian. Nevertheless, Mohammed’s father forced him to drink poison after the hope to keep him as a Muslim vanished. Mohammed prayed to Jesus for help and swallowed the poison. The next morning, to his father’s dismay, Mohammed was still alive. Later, his family tried to kill him by shooting him with a poisoned arrow. He was saved again by a passing-by hunter who took him to a hospital for treatment.

After all these events, his family tried to persuade him to leave Christianity by offering him one hundred cows and told him he could have three wives if he were to abandon the Christian faith. Eventually, Mohammed made his choice – but it was to leave his family since he was determined to follow Christ with His promise of eternal life which his father could never offer.

Praise the Lord, his father a few years later while on his deathbed, asked Mohammed for forgiveness and said he was ready to receive Jesus as his Savior, too. Mohammed led his father in the sinner’s prayer and three hours later, his father passed away.

If you wish to look at the personal testimony of Mohammed through a video clip, please go to More Than Dreams.

從死裡復活的和尚 (Paulu of Myanmar- Back from the dead)

在這裏所提到的緬懷和尚死而復活的故事，是翻譯自一個經歷生命完全改觀之人的錄音見證。這不是一個訪談記錄，也不是一份傳記，而是完全根據這個人自己的談話。不知你聽到個故事時，會有何反應？你可能會得著啟發、鼓舞；你或許會有點懷疑。

從現今人文學術的角度，這個故事的內容無可否認地是十分神奇！但這個故事是經由一些緬甸教會領袖的分享而得知的。你或許有興趣知道在2000年有一位台灣台中縣豐原市的傳道人許永生弟兄，他曾親自前往緬甸查訪這位復活的和尚，當地人也是告訴他確有其人和其事，只是這位「復活的保羅」已經下落不明。另外，位在美國，專門替網友調查異聞、奇事的「真相大白」網站（Truth or Fiction），在經過一番調查後，也在網頁上說到故事中的人物確實存在，只是不能證實他是否真曾從死裡復活過來﹝特別是當中的靈異經歷，本質上是無法用科學的方法驗證，只能憑個人的主觀，決定相信與否)。

故事主人翁名叫阿瑟．皮安．欣邵．保羅（Athet Pyan Shinthaw Paulu，下稱緬甸保羅）是個緬甸人。他1958年出生在緬甸南部的伊洛瓦底江(Irrawaddy)三角洲的伯格勒城(Bogale)。父母是虔誠的佛教徒，他們給他取名叫地平(Thitpin，樹也)。他十三歲時就離開了學校，成為漁夫，直到他十八歲時被送到一所佛教僧院出家當和尚。當他十九歲時（1977年）便成為一個正式的僧侶，法號名叫做烏．那塔．潘尼塔．阿欣特利亞(U Nata Pannita Ashinthuriya)。他的僧院名叫曼德勒．凱卡山．凱欣(Mandalay Kyaikasan Kyaing)，他的師傅名叫烏．撒帝拉．凱爾．尼．岡．沙亞道(U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw)，烏．撒帝拉是他的頭銜，他在緬甸很受尊崇。

緬甸保羅竭盡所能的試著努力成為高僧，同時遵守所有的佛教戒律。他後來患了非常嚴重的疾病，醫生說他同時患有黃熱病和瘧疾。他的情況越來越糟，連醫生也說已經沒有痊瘉的希望，他終於因病陷入昏迷，並且死了三天！雖然肉體死了，但他的心靈和精神卻是十分靈敏的，當時他感覺自己在一個非常強大的暴風雨中，一陣強風摧毀了整片土地，直到沒有任何樹木或其他東西存留著，只剩下一大片平坦的曠野。他沿著這個曠野非常快速地走了一段時間，後來我橫越過一條河，在河的對岸，看見了一個非常非常可怕的火湖。

起初他不知道那就是地獄，直到他看見了閻王(yama)──牠的臉和身體看起來像一隻獅子，但牠的腿長得很像大蛇，牠的頭上長了許多隻角，牠的面目非常兇惡。緬甸保羅極其害怕！「閻王」當時要他看那個火湖，他看見很多穿著橙黃色僧袍的緬甸和尚，當中竟然包括他的師傅沙亞道(Sayadaw)，另外，他又看見佛祖釋迦牟尼也在地獄裡，還有緬甸的革命領袖昻山將軍，這使他感到非常錯愕和混亂！他想知道究竟，就向閻王發問。閻王的回答都基本指出這是因為他們並沒有接受耶穌基督或信靠真神。

信不信由你，緬甸保羅還看見舊約中的歌利亞(Goliath）在地獄中受苦。那時，他對聖經是全不知情的！後來，他遇到另外一位地獄使者，牠的頭上有十隻角，手中拿著一把在尾端有七支利刃的矛。這使者告訴他必須從原來的路離開。他便離開，約有三個小時之久，終於來到了一條寬闊的道路，並來到一個岔路口：通向左邊的是一條寬廣的路，通向右邊的則是一條窄小的路。在岔路口上有一塊路標寫著，通往左邊的路是為不相信耶穌基督的人所預備的；而右邊則是為相信耶穌基督的人所預備的。

緬甸保羅很關切那條較寬大的路將通向何處，所以就開始朝那個方向走去，他發現有兩個人走在他的前面，只是他總是趕不上他們，於是他就掉頭回到岔路口上。他當時仍舊可以看到那兩個人越走越遠，當他們到達路的盡頭時，突然發出極痛苦的慘叫聲，他意識到那條較寬大的路是非常危險的。

於是，緬甸保羅開始走向那條為基督徒預備的路，走了大約一個小時之後，竟然變成了純金的路面，它是那麼地純淨，以致當我往下看的時候，可以完全清楚看到自己的倒影。然後他看見一個人，他穿著白色的長袍。他同時也聽到非常美好的歌聲！穿白長袍的原來是彼得(Peter)，彼得後來要他回到地球上為他所看見的事作見證，彼得還說：「你必須以新的名字去傳揚福音，從現在開始你的名字叫做阿瑟．皮安．欣邵．保羅（Athet Pyan Shinthaw Paulu，意思是從死裡復活的保羅）。結果緬甸保羅終於復活了，他也努力為主耶穌基督作見證和傳福音。

欲看原來的記載，請瀏覽從死裡復活的和尚
For English Testimony of Paulu, see BibleProbe.com

無手無腳的祝福

胡志士(Nick Vujicic)天生無手又無腳，但他卻不是一個廢人，相反地，他今天是沒有四肢的生命網站的負責人，他的熱誠、開朗和對生命的激情為主耶穌作了美好的見，也感動了許多傷健人士和信徒，以下是他的見證：Inspiring Quotes and Stories。

Bible verses for meditation:
"Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds."
(雅各書 1:2) 我的弟兄們，你們落在百般試煉中，都要以為大喜樂；
"And we know that in all things God works for the best for those who love Him."
(羅馬書 8:28)我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛　神的人得益處，就是按他旨意被召的人。

他還打算寫一本名為 "No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!" 的勵志書呢！(參Be Yourself and Spice up your life!!(中英對照)

願胡志士的故事也激勵你！

鴨都拉曼 (Abdulrahman) 的見證

Khaled Abdulrahman(鴨都拉曼)生長於伊克，本是一個虔誠的信尼派﹝Sunnis﹞回教徒，他甚至是回教第四代領袖阿里﹝Ali Ibn Abi Talib﹞的後人，年紀輕的鴨都拉曼已經在他所屬的回教寺中承擔很多教職，他也立志日後要成為一位回教教長(Imam)。他後來因接觸到回教一個分離教派﹝馬達西拉：Mutazilah﹞而開始思想回教與異教之別，後來還努力向他朋友中的基督徒傳揚回教，亦因此而認識了一位牧師，透過牧師的指導，他對基督教的認識可說是開了竅。不過，他仍未能接受耶穌作為至高神的兒子和救主的事實。

不久，他發了個異夢，他夢見有一位留著鬍鬚的男子來問他說：「你為何攻擊我的羊群呢？」鴨都拉曼卻回問：「先生，請問您是誰？」那人便對他說：「我是耶穌基督。」於是，鴨都拉曼便說：「先生，我不是要攻擊您的羊兒，我乃是要領他們回正路。」耶穌對他說：「你才是走迷了的人，我就是那正路。」鴨都拉曼從夢中醒來，他真的被這夢弄得糊裡糊塗，後來他更索性離開了回教和基督教，甚麼教也不相信。

正在這時，他的父親在一次交通「意外」中死了，他父親是個高官，留下一大筆遺產給他，讓鴨都拉曼可以過著奢華和荒唐的生活。過了一段時間後，鴨都拉曼再次在夢中聽到耶穌的聲音說：「你立即要離開你的國家！」他覺得那聲音十分真確，於是執拾了行李，並趕緊坐飛機到她母親的祖國去了﹝另外一個阿拉伯國家﹞，在抵步後，他便給家中的母親致電，那時他母親在電話中吩咐他千萬不要返回伊拉克，因為政府懷疑他的爸爸偷了軍事機密，早前他的爸爸其實不是死於意外，而是被謀殺了。

如今伊政府也懷疑鴨都拉曼是同謀，所以要捸捕他，這事發生於1990年伊拉克侵吞科威特之前。鴨都拉曼被所發生的事弄得更糊塗，那夜他基本上是昏了過去，很奇妙地，耶穌又在夢中向他說話：「我愛你，為何你不願愛我呢？來跟從我吧，因為我有一個計劃給你。」終於，鴨都拉曼決志相信了耶穌，欲知後事如何，請瀏覽聖經與可蘭經網站。。