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  MISSIONS TO THE LOST WORLD
  by K.P. Yohannan
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Summary: This sermon shares a powerful story of a missionary in Haridwar
by the river Ganges, where millions of Hindus seek forgiveness through
ritual cleansing. The missionary encounters a woman who, in desperation,
sacrificed her own child seeking forgiveness. Through the message of
Jesus, she finds true forgiveness and freedom from guilt, realizing that
God's love and grace were available to her all along.

Topics: "True Forgiveness", "The Power of God's Grace"
Scripture References: John 3:16, Matthew 11:28, Romans 8:1, Psalm 103:12, 2 Corinthians 5:17

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This sermon shares a powerful story of a missionary in Haridwar by the
river Ganges, where millions of Hindus seek forgiveness through ritual
cleansing. The missionary encounters a woman who, in desperation,
sacrificed her own child seeking forgiveness. Through the message of
Jesus, she finds true forgiveness and freedom from guilt, realizing that
God's love and grace were available to her all along.

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CONTENT
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A letter came to me some years ago from the mission field and my wife
brought it to me and said would you please read this and I was sitting
in my office in Dallas in a comfortable chair. I finished reading the
letter, I was weeping on my knees. Letter came from a dear brother, a
native missionary that worked in Haridwar by river Ganges during that
couple of weeks time 35 million Hindus walked and traveled by train and
bullock carts and buses from all over the country to go in this dirty
polluted waters of river Ganges washing themselves for the forgiveness
of sins.

This one missionary working among these people telling about Jesus. One
evening he was coming home and now in the letter he writes the
experience what happened that evening. He said I saw this young woman
sitting by the bank of the river weeping uncontrollably and pounding
upon her chest.

Knowing something so terrible happened I went to her and asked why are
you weeping? What happened? She replied my husband is sick, he cannot
work anymore. My sins are so many that nobody knows about. To find
forgiveness for my sins and solution to the problems of my home I have
given the best offering I can give to God of Ganges.

My only son, my six-month-old baby boy I just threw him into the river.
Next paragraph I sat beside her explained her the gospel. Her sins are
forgiven 2,000 years ago I explained to her that God is not angry with
her.

God didn't make me a poor. All of a sudden she wiped her tears and
looked straight into my eyes and said these words. Didn't you come to me
half hour sooner? I didn't have to kill my child.

I never heard this before but why didn't you come to me half hour
sooner?

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/GIuQ7kOLCB0.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/kp-yohannan/missions-to-the-lost-world/
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