BigJohn's testimony

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>Pastor: Here's is a copy of the testimony written by the man who received
the Holy Ghost over the IRC channel. I think it may be a good idea to read
to the church.
Colleen
>
>	My name is John..
>	I live in a little town called Bedford in Indiana..
>	I have three brothers and one sister..
>	I am the middle child in the family..
>	My parents have been married for thirty three years..
>	Both of my parents work and have always worked..
>	My father is a professional holding several degrees..
>	My mother was just named the to the best position in her
>	field in this state..
>	So, you see, i do have a good heritage..
>
>	When I was five years old, my parents began attending the
>	local United Pentecostal Church in Martinsville where we lived
>	at the time..
>	There I was baptized in Jesus name, fully submerged into
>	death, and arose to a new Life in Christ..
>	I studied the teachings of Jesus Christ very hard..
>	When I was only eight years old I felt the call of God on
>	my life...
>	I received the Holy Ghost when I was nine..
>	My oldest two brothers and I formed a trio to sing at
>	churches and at conventions all around the State..
>	My father is a very gifted harmonica player.. and he would
>	accompany us..
>	We sang on the radio.. and in homes.. and at revivals.
>
>	Not to jump too far ahead, as there isn't that much to
>	tell, I will continue at the time I turned twelve..
>	When I was twelve, my mother and father let the church, for
>	reasons known only to them..
>	We moved to Indianapolis Indiana, and not too long after
>	that I had a man ask me to prove the existence of God, without
>	using the word faith..
>	I set out to do just that..
>	In the mean time, while I was gathering all of the
>	information, which took me all of the next six years, I had
>	attended schools in Indianapolis..
>	Now, understand, I was very small.. I was four foot one
>	inches and maybe one hundred pounds when I was a freshman in
>	High School..
>	I was the smallest male caucasion in the whole school which
>	was predominately (98%) afro-american..
>	I was picked on everyday.. yet I never missed a day of
>	school...
>
>	Learning meant so much to me..
>	I was a freshman in High School when I was thirteen..
>	I was given an aptitude test to judge my maturity and intelligence..
>	I rated very high..
>	I was given a scholarship to attend a college course in
>	computer technologies at the Naval Avionics in Indianapolis..
>	It was more than I ever dreamed possible..
>	But all of the time I was being picked on by the bigger boys in
>	school..
>	I wanted to get even..
>	I wanted revenge..
>	I wanted power..
>	I wanted respect..
>
>	And then one day, I happened to read a text that told me of
>	an incantation to do to gain something of what I had wanted..
>	It seemed simple and harmless..
>	Why not give it a shot?  So I did..
>	And the results were amazing..
>	I became somewhat of a celebrity in my school then..
>	The bigger kids learned not to mess with John because bad
>	things happen to those who do..
>	I finally had the power I so desperately wanted all along..
>	In the mean time, I was doing spells and incantations for other
>	people..
>	I was growing stronger in mind, in body (as I had hit my
>	growing spurt), and in Knowledge..
>	In less than a year I had grown to be a feared man..
>	More and more people, of different backgrounds and
>	characters were seeking me out privately..
>	I was receiving the respect that I wanted..
>
>	Then, one day, a man aproached me..
>	He asked me all kinds of questions..
>	I gave him all the right answers..
>	He told me I had been a "chosen one"..
>	And that I should attend a meeting with him..
>	He came that night and picked me up at my house..
>	We went to a store uptown, and went into the basement..
>	He told me I had nothing to fear..
>	I believed him..
>	In the basement I saw many people..
>	Many were very well dressed..
>	And there were other kids there like me..
>	We sat around for nearly two hours answering questions..
>	This very large man came into the room..
>	We all stood up and the older people in the room stood up..
>	bowed to this man..
>	The guy who had brought me there reached over and gently pulled
>	me down to the same position all others were in..
>	He told me that no one in the room could make eye contact with
>	this man until the man said it was allright..
>	The large man walked past me.. to the front of the room..
>	He was saying something in nearly a whisper..
>	I couldn't tell what was being said..
>	Then he said it was okay to stand up..
>	We all stood up and greeted him..
>	He shook my hand and welcomed me into the club..
>	CLUB!!!???
>	I didn't understand..
>	The guy who brought me said he would explain it to me later..
>	We sat around and enjoyed each others company for a while..
>	Then I was taken home..
>
>	The next day, a gentleman aproached me at school and asked
>	if I minded if he gave me a ride home..
>	I went with him as he told me I had nothing to fear..
>	I remembered him from the night before..
>	On the way home, we talked about things that I knew and had
>	studied.
>	He told me that he would become my mentor.. if I would accept
>	him..
>	We became fast friends..
>	Over the course of the next few years, and even though my
>	family had moved, I kept in close contact with the guy..
>	We attended rituals together..
>	We accomplished many ceremonies together...
>	He taught me many new ways of accomplishing the goals I had set
>	for myself..
>	He taught me how to kill animals without remorse, which was
>	something I never could do before...
>	Our rituals took on a more deadly flavor..
>	But these things had to be done in order to maintain the powers
>	I had been given by the large man..
>
>	I continued in these ceremonies and rituals for the next
>	several years..
>	I had been totally brainwashed by these individuals..
>	I found a woman that I wanted to marry and performed the ritual
>	to have her..
>	I got married.. and my new wife joined me in my rituals..
>	I told her it was my religion.. and that she should follow
>	along..
>	I made excuses for the blood sacrifices that I did in her
>	presence..
>	I told her that it was unavoidable..
>	She followed along without question..
>	This all continued for about two years..
>
>	Then came the day that I met Greg..
>	Greg was a man of God..
>	He was related to one of the members of my group that I had
>	formed..
>	He was very inquisitive about the things we were doing..
>	He wanted to know everything..
>	I merely assumed that he wanted to join the group..
>	He watched as we performed ceremonies and rituals...
>	But he never joined in..
>	He asked a lot of questions..
>	But he never joined in..
>
>	Then came the day, just shortly after my twenty fifth
>	birthday..
>	I had just had a new baby daughter..
>	She was a very sweet child..
>	I loved her with all of my heart..
>	The large man told me that I was on the threshold of gaining
>	more power than I could ever imagine..
>	I would be considered his equal in power and knowledge..
>	But I had to make one last sacrifice..
>	MY NEW DAUGHTER!!
>	I had to perform a ritual and offer the childs blood in
>	exchange for
>	the new power..
>	It would be the last sacrifice that I would ever have to
>	make..
>
>	So, on the night of the full moon in April 1990, I was to make
>	this sacrifice..
>	I had the pentagram drawn on the floor with new chalk..
>	I had all new black candles made just for this event..
>	I had made an athame' (which is a sacrificial knife) just for
>	this occasion..
>	I ordered the baby to be washed in an herbal bath and brought
>	to me..
>	My wife was not allowed to be in the room..
>	But for some reason I allowed Greg to be there..
>	Greg stood at the eastern most point of the pentagram holding
>	the baby..
>	I did my incantations to prepare for the sacrifice..
>	I donned my cloak, cleaned the athame', lit the candles, and
>	knelt in the center of the pentagram..
>	Greg asked me if this is what I really wanted to do..
>	It was..
>	Greg stood there,, it seemed he was chanting.. I couldn't
>	understand what he was saying..
>	I continued with the ritual..
>	Greg said "John, before you do this, know that God loves you"
>	I didn't even acknowledge his statement..
>	I held the child in my left hand..
>	I held the athame' in my right hand..
>	I lifted the athame' to do the deed..
>	I brought it down swiftly..
>	And sunk it deep into the wooden floor...
>
>	I uttered the words "God forgive me... I have been a fool for
>	so long"
>	Now, understand, we were in a sealed room..
>	The windows were covered with black sheets..
>	The was no external light from outside..
>	But after I had uttered those words, I handed Greg the baby..
>	"Bless this child for me Greg"
>	I sat in the middle of the pentagram crying..
>	I had been a fool for so long..
>	I asked God to save me..
>	And though it may sound extraordinary..
>	There was a huge wind that came up and blew the windows out of
>	the west side of the house..
>	The candles all went out..
>	For a minute I thought I was going to die..
>	But I kept praying.. "God save me!!"
>	The window to the east of the room seemed to explode..
>	And the sheet fell to the floor..
>	There was the perfect outline blown out of the pane of glass..
>	It was a Christmas angel blowing a trumpet..
>	I knew right then that God had saved me..
>	I had been such a fool..
>	I had been such a fool..
>	I knew now that God did indeed love me as Greg had said..
>	It is amazing how once you know something.. it can be
>	forgotten.
>	I am so happy that God didn't forget me..
>	He was there all along..
>	Waiting for me..
>	Watching me..
>	Letting me learn..
>	And teaching me..
>	Without me even knowing He was really there..
>	I will now jump to the happiest moment in my life..
>	Or at least so far..
>
>	It was the day that I was playing around on my computer..
>	For some reason, I was granted credit through a local
>	institution..
>	I took the money and bought the best computer that I could..
>	I got my internet connection established.  And a private phone
>	line connected for the computer..
>	I was just playing around..
>	I didn't know what was about to happen..
>	I connected with a channel on the internet relay chat...
>	That is where you can talk to other people all over the globe
>	by text typing..
>	It is when I came across a channel called "Apostolic"...
>	There was a fellow on there who refreshed my memory about
>	receiving what God had promised to all believers..
>	The Holy Ghost..
>	I remembered just then..
>	I looked toward heaven and raised my hands as the fellow on the
>	other end was praying for me..
>	I asked God to fill me with His Spirit..
>	I asked God to fill me with his love..
>	I asked God for the Holy Ghost..
>	And as I was praising His name..
>	The most wonderful feeling came over me..
>	I jumped up from my chair..
>	And I praised him louder than I ever have before..
>	I was speaking in tongues..
>	I was crying in the Spirit..
>	I was laughing in the Spirit..
>	I was rejoicing for the first time in twenty years..
>	It felt great..
>	I was no longer a fool..
>	I was now a child of the KING!!
>	I have a new Father..
>	He is called Jesus..
>	May I introduce you to him??
>	\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/
>
>	text written by John on October 12, 1995
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