Pastor Paulus dan Thankappan
Tragedi (atau anugerah ilahi?) Terjadi cepat, dan begitu pula keajaiban yang datang sesudahnya.
Thankappan, seorang fanatik Hindu yang bekerja sebagai sopir taksi, mengemudi taksi di suatu tempat di Asia Selatan beberapa tahun yang lalu ketika ia kebetulan lewat dekat pertemuan Injil di sudut jalan yang dilakukan oleh Pastor Paulus dari Alkitab untuk Timur Tengah. Dia marah ketika ia melihat dua orang yang dia tahu, mantan Muslim dan mantan Hindu, bersaksi bagi Kristus dalam pertemuan itu. Untuk menunjukkan ketidaksenangannya, ia meludahi orang yang menghadiri pertemuan melalui jendela mobilnya saat ia melewatinya. Terganggu oleh kemarahannya, ia tidak melihat sebuah truk besar yang tiba-tiba muncul dari pandangannya. Sudah terlambat ketika ia akhirnya melihat itu, taksinya menabrak truk, menjatuhkannya dan juga pecah perutnya, menyebabkan ususnya tumpah keluar.
Tim penyelamat bergegas membawanya ke rumah sakit di mana ia mengalami koma. Luka-lukanya demikian parah sehingga dokter tidak bisa menemukan cara untuk menempatkan ususnya kembali ke rongga perutnya. Untuk tetap hidup, mereka dipaksa untuk membuat kantong di luar tubuhnya, terletak di bawah pinggang, di mana mereka menempatkan ususnya sebelum menjahit kembali perutnya.
Thankappan ingat bahwa ketika ia masih dalam keadaan koma, ia melihat Yesus Kristus menyentuh dia dan berkata, "Aku memberimu hidup lagi. Akuilah dosamu dan menjadi saksi-Ku." Setelah Yesus mengucapkan kata-kata, Thankappan membuka matanya dan melihat Pastor Paulus berdoa di atasnya. Istri dan orang lain yang ia kenal berdiri di samping tempat tidurnya dengan air mata di mata mereka. Dia kemudian mengetahui bahwa mereka hanya menunggu dia untuk menghembuskan nafas terakhir sebab dokter telah angkat tangan pada dirinya.
Anehnya, ia mampu membuka mulutnya, berkata kepada Pastor Paul, "Pendeta, saya meludahi anda. Aku meludahi Yesus Kristus. Saya menganiaya Tuhan Yesus dan para hamba-Nya. Maafkan aku. Maafkan aku. Mohon Tuhanku untuk memaafkan saya. " Dia kemudian mulai menangis.
Dokter datang dan kagum melihat bahwa Thankappan bangun dari koma, berbicara dan menangis. "Ini adalah sebuah keajaiban besar!" seru dokter. Thankappan kemudian keluar dari rumah sakit. Kemudian, ia sepenuhnya sembuh dari luka-lukanya, meskipun kantong berisi ususnya tetap tergantung di luar tubuhnya.
Dia kemudian setuju untuk dibaptis Kristen. Dia bahkan menjadi penginjil, mendistribusikan bahan bacaan Kristen dan menyaksikan tentang Yesus di kota tempat dia tinggal. Istrinya juga menjadi percaya dan membantunya sebagai seorang penginjil. Thankappan sekarang memberitakan Injil pada sudut-sudut jalan, menunjukkan kantong aneh di luar tubuhnya sebagai bagian dari kesaksiannya. "Saya adalah musuh orang Kristen, tetapi Yesus Kristus mengasihi saya, membuat saya hidup dan menyelamatkan saya dari dosa dan kematian. Sekarang saya hamba-Nya," ia bersaksi.
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Jesus Heals Hindu Fanatic Who Spat at Christians Before Figuring in Horrific Road Accident
The tragedy (or was it divine retribution?) came quick—and so did the miracle that came afterward.
Thankappan, a Hindu fanatic who works as a cab driver, was driving his taxi somewhere in South Asia a few years ago when he happened to pass by a gospel meeting in a street corner being conducted by Pastor Paul of the Bibles for Mideast.
He got angry when he saw two men he knew—a former Muslim and a former Hindu—witnessing for Christ in that meeting. To show his displeasure, he spat at the people attending the meeting through his car window as he drove by.
Distracted by his anger, he didn't see a large lorry that suddenly emerged from his view. It was too late when he finally saw it. His cab smashed into the vehicle, knocking him out and rupturing his belly, causing his intestines to spill out.
Rescuers rushed him to a hospital where he fell into a coma. His injuries were such that doctors could not find a way to put his intestines back into his stomach cavity. To keep him alive, they were forced to create a pouch outside his body, located below his waist, where they placed his intestines before stitching back his stomach.
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Thankappan recalled that while he was still in the coma, he had a vision of Jesus Christ touching him and saying, "I am giving you life again. Confess your sins and become my witness."
After Jesus uttered those words, Thankappan opened his eyes and saw Pastor Paul praying over him. His wife and other people he knew stood on his bedside with tears in their eyes.
He later learned that they were just waiting for him to breathe his last as the doctors had given up on him.
Surprisingly, he was able to open his mouth, telling Pastor Paul, "Pastor, I spat at you. I spat at Jesus Christ. I persecuted the Lord Jesus and His servants. Forgive me. Forgive me. Ask my Lord to forgive me." He then began to weep.
The doctor arrived and was amazed to see that Thankappan had emerged from his coma, speaking and crying.
"This is a great miracle!" the doctor exclaimed.
Thankappan was subsequently discharged from the hospital. Later, he was fully healed of his injuries, although the pouch containing his intestines remained hanging outside his body.
He then agreed to be baptised a Christian. He even became an evangelist, distributing Christian reading materials and witnessing about Jesus in the city where he lives. His wife also became a believer and became his helper as an evangelist.
Thankappan now preaches on street corners, showing the unusual pouch outside his body as part of his testimony. "I was an enemy of Christians, but Jesus Christ loved me, made me alive and saved me from sin and death. Now I am His servant," he declares.
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