One day a resident of Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala said, “You should have been there to watch it.”
“What?” I asked.
“Yesterday there was a stunning program on television.”
“What program?”
“A magic program! Ministers, police officials and a Collector witnessed the program live in Thiruvanthapuram.”
“What made the program so stunning?”
“A man entered into an iron case and sat inside. Others closed the box, chained and locked it. With the help of a crane they lifted it and put it in the sea. The iron box was completely submerged in water. Everybody was waiting on the shore with anxiety. Within minutes, miraculously the man in the box was swimming to shore.
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The eyes of the witnesses were wide open. The entire act of closing and locking the iron box had happened right in front of their eyes. Not only that, people had even taken photographs of it. Even the eyes of their cameras could not find the truth behind it. How did this happen?”
In my school days every year the school would conduct a “magic show”. Even the students who skipped classes for weeks and months would attend class on that day. When they saw the miracle of magic, all the students would make noise, laugh, and shout.
Not only children, but adults, educated people and people from different statuses are attracted toward such things. Everybody is anxious to see a miracle.
What is the reason behind people’s interest in these things?
The answer is simple. Humans are a spiritual creation different from all other creations. Our body is like a home. Just as you are not the home, but you live inside the home; we live inside our body. For humans, an interest in non-earthly things is natural.
But sin deformed the spiritual consciousness of man and he has gone far away from God.
Despite this, irrespective of caste and creed there is a thirst for spirituality in every human heart. There is a hunger and need for spirituality deeply rooted inside. When we hear or see supernatural things, our eyes, ears and heart yearn for more.
In the New Testament we see this. Jesus did many miracles. Many thousands gathered around him. Wherever he went, people followed him. A huge crowd followed him to see his miracles.
But the miracles we read in the Bible are not like magic. They are miraculous deliverances by God in the most important moments of life.
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K.P. Yohannan ( - Present)
Dr. K.P. Yohannan, the Metropolitan Bishop of Believers Church, was born and brought up in Niranam, Kerala. Niranam has immense historical significance in the tradition of Saint Thomas, a disciple of Jesus Christ who planted the first church there in AD 52. K.P. Yohannan dedicated his life to God at a young age to serve the needy and downtrodden. He prayed, “Oh my Lord, let my heart break with the things that break Your heart” and his life was never the same. It’s his belief that one can only demonstrate God’s love by loving people. After over four decades of selfless service, he says, I have no regrets in praying that prayer for I know God has touched millions through what He did in and through me. It is all God’s grace.He spent the early years of his service in North India and traveled to the remote villages sharing the love of Christ and doing charitable works. Through numerous encounters during those years, he was instilled with an increasing passion to bring hope, peace, and comfort to the needy and deprived. His sacrificial commitment, farsightedness and aptitude to perceive helped him to lead a life of unhindered devotion to serve Christ and His church. K.P. Yohannan is also the voice of Athmeeya Yathra, touching millions through his daily radio and TV broadcasts. His 250 books offer practical and spiritual guidance on hundreds of subjects.
Recommends these books by K.P. Yohannan:
Living in the Light of Eternity: Discovering God's Design For Your Life by K.P. Yohannan
The Beauty of Christ through Brokenness by K.P. Yohannan
Crisis in Leadership by K.P. Yohannan
K.P. Yohannan is the founder and president of Gospel for Asia, a mission organization involved in evangelism and church planting in the unreached regions of Asia. Currently Gospel for Asia supports thousands of church planters in the heart of the 10/40 window.
Born in a remote village of South India, K.P. Yohannan's personal journey toward spiritual reality began at the age of eight when he gave his heart to Christ. While he was still a young boy, his mother began fasting each week, praying God would call one of her six sons into full-time gospel ministry. Her prayers were answered in 1966 when 16 year-old K.P., her youngest, volunteered to serve in North India with Operation Mobilization.
From 1974 to 1979 K.P. attended Criswell Bible College in Dallas, Texas, where he earned his B.A. in Biblical Studies. He was also awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Hindustan Bible College in Madras, India. During the time he attended Criswell, he pastored a local church in Dallas. However, he was unable to forget the millions still lost without Christ in his homeland of India, and knew God was calling him to reach his own people. In 1978 K.P. resigned his pastorate and he and his wife, Gisela, organized what is now Gospel for Asia.