While visiting a very poor...
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While visiting a very poor area of a Latin-American country, I was invited to speak to a large group of peasants in a field where a makeshift altar had been erected. Unable to speak fluent Spanish, my message was very short and filled with scriptural passages. At the end of the service I was amazed at the response of so many people who came to kneel at the altar. Knowing full well that this acceptance was not because of a fluent sermon, I assumed it related to the emotions of the moment. I later spoke to a local minister who had counseled with the converts. "Of course much of it was emotion," he said, "but the emotion of being convicted by the Scriptures they heard. You must understand that many of these people do not even own a Bible, and some could not read if they had one. The words of our Lord are very powerful and carry conviction regardless of the instrument or language by which it is given."
- Byrd
- Byrd
