Amrik’s Testimony
I grew up in England and my parents emigrated from the Punjab in India during the 1950s. I grew up following the Sikh traditions of my family, which I was expected to pass on to my children. I had no joy and found no comfort in this religion, and yet I had nothing else as I wondered desperately through life wandering what was the point of it all.
I had a void and nothing could fill it and I desperately searched for the meaning to life. I turned to yoga and meditation and had mystical experiences but they didn't change me for the better, they did not give me the peace that I was looking for. I started visiting my local library looking for knowledge; I read philosophy, history, autobiographies and yet I was none the wiser.
One day I was in my local library looking at books on alternative medicines and as I turned from this section I found myself facing the Holy Bible. I reached out to take hold of it and thoughts came rushing to my mind; this is not for me, I have my religion, this is for the West! Then I thought, I’ve already tried everything else so I’m going to see what the Bible is all about.
I started to read the Gospel of John and it made no sense to me. Over the next few weeks I continued going to the library to search the Scriptures and slowly I felt my life changing. One day as i finished reading in the library I put the Bible down and had a strong conviction that the Bible is the word of God. I now knew the Bible contained all the answers to life I was looking for and I had to have a Bible of my own.
The following weekend I went to a bookshop and purchased my first Holy Bible, I was so spiritually hungry that within 6 months I had read from Genesis to the Book of Revelation. What a blessed day it was when I read Luke 18 verses 10-14 and got on my knees and confessed that I was a sinner and asked Jesus to save me.
“Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”
Amrik
Brian is a well known Bible teacher with a particular emphasis on Biblical end time events. Believing that these events are already underway, he believes that the Rapture of the Church to glory is imminent. Brian and Gilly (pic here with Bethan)travel throughout the UK and he also teaches in Europe and the USA. Although they are regularly in fellowships and churches who know them well, they are most happy to visit new venues to bring the message of the Gospel and the nearness of Christs return.
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