Friday, June 7, 2013

Miracles Witnessed Part 4: Deliverance from coma and prophesy

The fervency of Faith assisted by the boldness of the Gospel cannot help but produce fruit in keeping with repentance. The Scripture says that "Gods Word will not return back void", meaning that His Word cannot fail. Take an honest look at the magnanimity of that statement in the light of all the churches today who "lay aside" teaching on the power of God, even argue against any Divine intervention by Our Father in Heaven, and yet the ministry bears fruit. Good fruit. God's Word, like God, cannot fail but will accomplish that which it is sent to do even if sent through the mouth of an angel, sent to Mary, Joseph, Paul, ect., or an ass as with Balaam Son of Bosor. If the Word of God is spoken it will not come back void, and is seed "planted" that over time will work it's work whether the results are seen by the sower or not. Sometimes the Heart/Field has to be sown many times before germination takes place, as was mine. Many a planting in my field died of scathing heat or shallowness because my attention had not been focused on repentance. But over time and multiple plantings, God having prepared the soil of my heart through the process called life, a Divine help took place and the seed was wonderfully germinated and has born a fruit called "life in Christ".
Most of us have some religious training in our youth. Church, VBS, Bible study,or some sort of introduction to "religious ways". This is the story of one raised in the church till he reached his decision making years and decided to leave the "safe harbor of Christ" and go out into the world to embrace it's sin and rebellion.
I met this man as a friend of my Dad when I was quite young as they were both in the same trade. In fact he and his other brothers were also bricklayers and working in the "better paying" industrial end of the trade did quite well except for that side of the trade that represented debauchery. Many took this easy route of excessive drinking, carousing, foul language and just general illicitness. 
That's the part that came easy for this man and soon he forgot, even despised his Christian background. I must add here that it is common for someone who "leaves the faith" not only to leave but to throw abuses at it and try to destroy that which was hope to them in the past. Needless to say that after a life of sin his habits put him in the hospital in a coma with no hope of recovery, only the slow response less waiting for death. 
I hadn't known of his condition up till the time that his son, who was working with me, came up to me and mentioned that his Dad was in the hospital in a coma. I have always honored my Dads friends and even though I haven't seen this one for some time (over 15 years) the family's were still communicating  on an irregular basis. I thought the news was odd at best because his son was not a big fan of me and my faith and I wondered where the conversation would lead. After a brief "catch up" he said that his Mom would like some minister to see her husband to give her some closure as to his state. I was surprised that he asked me to come and "talk" with his Dad and there by comfort his Mother's concerns. They were Baptist by denomination and the only Scriptural hope they held to was salvation, which being enough for heaven doesn't give much hope to render these situations void. 
I told him that I couldn't go that night to the hospital, (dirty from work and no way to let my wife know where I was, being that it would set me back a couple of hours in getting home after work), so I told him I would wear coveralls and better clothes for the visit on the next day. I had no word from God, inclination or compassion about going just a "wonderment" of why the strange request from someone who normally ignores me and a sense of excitement about what all this would spell out in the end. When it comes to God I love the "unknown and unexpected" even the impossible because that's usually the flag that says He is ready to do something.
After work on the next day I followed the son out to the car and to the hospital. When we came into the ER there lay my old acquaintance having been (as I recall) three weeks in a coma with time against his continuance.
When I entered the room his wife thanked me for coming and said she was hoping for someone to talk with her husband about God. Having greeted her son, daughter, and her husbands brother (whom I knew) I approached the gurney. Laying there was a splinter of a man I once knew "waiting on death". I announced to all there that I was going to talk to him and then pray for him in the name of Jesus and if any wanted to leave that now is the time to do it. The only ones who satyed were his wife, son and the ER nurse, his brother went down to his car where he had been nursing a bottle to help with his grief.
Having prayed for wisdom I felt led of the Holy Spirit to start with this: " the name that you have used in vain and polluted all these years, the name of Jesus, it is He that I will speak of knowing that your condition will not allow you to argue or stop what I have to say". I explained how that he was already familiar by reason of exposure from his youth and how he strayed from the "Way, Truth and the Life". Now God has called him to get his house in order and repent of his sin calling on the name of Jesus for His blood to cleanse and assure him of heaven. Then a strange Word came to me that I should kiss this man. I said to him that if he was responsive he would probably resist what I was going to do next, then I leaned over and kissed him on the forehead. Nothing happened and I felt rather odd about this myself but then the Holy Spirit said: "kiss him again". So I did and when I came up he came up with me and sat up completely conscious and able to recognize every one in the room (he could not recognize them for weeks before he went into the coma). The nurse went out of the room screaming having seen the kisses and hearing me say "in Jesus name, in Jesus name" just before he came to. The rest of the family was openly weeping with joy. He looked at them and said "what's wrong?" His son said do you know who this is pointing to me? He said ya that's Jerry Cavasin why wouldn't I recognize him? Then the Word of the Lord came to me in a prophesy for him saying: "tell him that he only has a short period of time to get his house in order before God calls him to account". So I told him that his healing was permanent but only on the other side. He should repair relationships and make himself right with Christ because he would be leaving this life soon. 
I left knowing that he was in God's hands and that my Father would have none to perish but all to have eternal life. Maybe he did as requested and I will see him over yonder shore.
Be bold for the Lord your God goes before you...........
Love in Christ
J&E    

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