| I was a corrupt official. A powerful leader in my | | | | one night? Yes, I replied, you can stay in my |
| community, I used my authority to threaten | | | | house tonight. |
| people. When there was a problem between the | | | | After all of us had conversation for about an |
| people of the village, it was my job to solve their | | | | hour, I wondered about the booklets they were |
| dispute. But instead of using justice, I took lots of | | | | carrying. Why is the title of this book Who is |
| bribes. The villagers criticized me because I did a | | | | God? I asked. I learned that it was a Bible study |
| lot of scandalous things. | | | | book. Then one of the men shared the Scriptures |
| As a result of my pride, I lost things like love, | | | | with my whole family and me until I really |
| compassion, and moral living. All the members of | | | | understood about the true God. He began to lead |
| my family, from my children to my wife, never | | | | us in Khmer traditional music and to pray and |
| got good care, or love or encouragement from | | | | worship the Lord Jesus. Some other villagers even |
| me. Instead, they only got beatings and teardrops. | | | | came and took part in that worship. |
| My wife always cried, especially when I was | | | | The next morning, my family and I, ten of us in |
| drunk. I was a drunkard. | | | | all, gave our lives to Christ as our personal Savior. |
| I did not believe in Jesus Christ. I believed in the | | | | Now my entire family has peace and light from |
| evil spirit, the Satan spirit, so I had a big altar to | | | | the Lord. My wife stopped crying. Instead she has |
| Satan in my house. I always spent time to | | | | a smiling face and rejoices in the Lord. God has |
| worship the Satan spirit, day or night. | | | | given my whole family new lives in Jesus Christ. |
| One day four people came to my house with my | | | | Through studying His Word, I have found that His |
| two brothers, who introduced me to them. One | | | | promises have given me confidence and a strong |
| by one they shared about their background and | | | | faith in Jesus because our God is the living God |
| past life. One of them used to be a robber, | | | | that is full of love and compassion. |
| another person used to be a doctor, another one | | | | My house now has more visitors than ever. We |
| was a businessman and the last man was a | | | | are gathering not for drinking wine, but for the |
| former drunkard. | | | | good things that God wants us to do. |
| In one hand they each held booklets and in the | | | | From now on I am going to have a part in His |
| other hand they held traditional musical | | | | ministry for reaching the lost souls for Christ. I will |
| instruments of the Khmer people, the minority | | | | especially try my best to bring the salvation of |
| culture of me and my village. I thought that they | | | | hope and love from the Lord Jesus to give to the |
| were going to play for somebodys wedding. So I | | | | people in my whole village, so that they too can |
| asked them, Which village are you going to play | | | | have new lives in Christ, and they too can be |
| this music? One of the men said, We are coming | | | | witnesses for Jesus in the world. |
| to play here in this village because we had the | | | | I thank God that He sent His witnesses into my |
| vision to bring the good news of salvation to the | | | | house that night. It was the night that my whole |
| people in this whole village. Then they asked, | | | | family left the darkness of the world to get a |
| Would you please allow all of us to stay here for | | | | new life in Christ. Thank the Lord. Amen. |