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Personal Testimony
| Bro Fanuel Mazodzcka (Guruve, Zimbabwe)
G
od calls His servants for a purpose. To
mention a few of those heroes of Faith
listed in Hebrews chapter 11: Abraham,
Moses, Noah. When they were called, they
did not know what was in store for them,
they only knew that He had a purpose with
them. Today there are still only a few who
are called for God?s purpose who, God
willing, will be among those heroes in the
kingdom of God.
Born into a family of 12 children, I was the
last born in my mother?s house. My father was
a polygamist. He had two wives neither of
whom were Christians and believed in the
traditional cultural traditions.
I started to love Christianity when I was sent
to a mission school, as school children we
were forced to attend Sunday services. From
there I started to correspond with many Bible
schools and missions. I enjoyed receiving
certificates, but none of them stole my
heart. Some of them showed that I had
reached the point of having learned enough,
they said, to be eligible for baptism, but I
just made excuses.
One day I met someone on a bus, who I can?t
remember to this day, but I am convinced
that he was a Christadelphian. We discussed
the topic of hell. At that time I believed in
hell fire, and heaven-going after death and so
on, since these are what I had learned. On
reaching my destination the man gave me the
overseas CBM address. As it was my hobby I
applied and started the 40-lesson course with
my first tutor, Brother Dereck Borrowclough.
That is when the basic Bible truth started to
touch my heart. What I learned was very
different from what I had learned from the
other Bible schools. Deep in my heart, I said
this is the truth which I was seeking for. It
penetrated my heart and immediately
changed my way of life. I gave myself to
Jesus, and on completion of the course I
surrendered myself into God?s hands.
It was a great day in heaven as the angels
rejoiced with us in Harare (Luke 15:7) on the
8th day of the 8th month in 2004 when I was
born again in water. The baptism was
witnessed by the overseas missionaries who
had visited us during the course of the year.
I now believe that it was God?s purpose, that
he guided me to preach the gospel truth and
to search for His called ones for His name.
Today there are twelve active baptised
brothers and eleven active baptised sisters
plus a Sunday School of fourteen children in
Guruve ecclesia.
May the Lord guide us all in the journey to
the Kingdom, so that not one of us is lost.
Forgiveness and Salvation
| Bro Austen Mwaka
(Kapirir-Mposhi, Zambia)
L
uke 1:77 tells us that if we really
feel God?s forgiveness, then we
know salvation, but such a wonderful
experience comes from appreciating
the seriousness of sins.
The proud and self-righteous have no
feeling for the wonder of God?s forgive-
ness.
This comparison of Jesus Christ,
humanity and his exaltation is found in
the Bible as it teaches us about his
death. It speaks of the subordination of
Jesus Christ to God.
He was lifted up in crucifixion and
shame. Yet in God?s eyes Jesus was
lifted up in glory.
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