Personal Testimony From A Leper

18 years ago, I went to the doctor for an examination. I had a white spot on my right shoulder. When he saw it, he sent me to a leprosy specialist who, after taking many tests, told me that I had leprosy. Immediately, my family put me in a separate room. From then, I could only talk to them at a distance, and I had to eat, sleep and live alone.

During the next year, my hands became swollen. I could not shut them. Bumps began to appear all over my body, and then my face began to swell. My eyes were nearly swollen shut, and my ears were several times their normal size, and hung down at least an inch longer than usual. They were about as thick as your finger. They were terribly swollen and infected, but numb.

During the next few years my hands were so badly infected that I lost the first joints of my forefinger and little finger on my right hand. Then, five years ago, a big ugly sore started on my left shin near the ankle. It increased until it must have been more than 12 inches long and nearly encircled my leg. My leg was terribly swollen, and it drained continually. By that time I had bumps and sores all over my body, and the odor was stifling.

I was persuaded to attend the Osborn Crusade in Djakarta, where it was said that many people were being cured.

After attending for three nights and witnessing what was being done for others, I began to believe that I too could be helped. I decided to do as the evangelist said, and I accepted Jesus Christ and purposed to follow Him.

While I was following in the prayer led by Mr. Osborn, I suddenly felt something in my hands. I found that I could open and shut them - this I had not done for years!

Then I realized that I was being healed. In one week I was perfectly whole. My skin is clean! The ulcer is dried up. Life has returned to all of my body, and I am clean within and without!

Noe of us were Christians, and never planned to be Christians, but we had never seen His power to cleanse lepers before. Oh, it is wonderful! My wife and I are reunited now, and can eat at the same table, and live together as husband and wife should.

All of my family have accepted Christ, and we are all following Him, and shall serve Him all the days of our lives.

Excerpt from "The Gospel According to T.L. & Daisy"

Blind Beggar Healed

This man, a beggar in Guatemala, had diabetes, which resulted in total blindness. After the diabetes had destroyed his eyesight, it affected his mind, and he became insane. In addition to this, one side of his body was paralyzed and he hobbled along on the streets with an old cane, crazy, blind, and paralyzed, begging for a living.

One day a man told the old beggar about the Osborn Crusade, and urged him to attend. Jose Antonio Solorzano, the beggar, replied that he did not know the way to the crusade, and that it was impossible for him to go.

The friend offered to carry him to the meeting, so he came and carried Jose to the crusade on his back. He set him down on the ground where he could listen to the message, and that was the last time Jose ever heard of his friend.

The beggar listened to the message and when the prayer was offered for healing, God had evidently seen his desperate condition and instantly and completely healed his body from his head to his feet.

He was on of the most touching testimonies that I have ever heard of in all my life.

After he testified and explained to the people his deplorable condition, and expressed the shame that he felt for having been a beggar, we asked the people to raise their hand if they knew him, and knew his testimony to be true. Many hands raised signifying that they not only knew him, but had given bits of money to him on the street.

You should have seen the reaction of the audience when this man humbly thanked the audience for having helped him in that way. Jose Solorzano continued to attend the crusade and several times he gave his testimony to the people.

It was a thrill to hear him repeat the wonderful story of how Jesus Christ had come into his heart and life. Before his sickness, he had been employed by the government as an architect. In less than two weeks after his healing, he had his old job back again, and had completed three plans for government buildings in the city.

Certainly God has been glorified in this miracle, and thousands have been convinced of His power to heal TODAY!

-Dr. T.L. Osborn
from "The Gospel According To T.L. & Daisy"

The Message Confirmed

That is God's message of Good News. Jesus said,
"When you know that truth, it makes you free." John 8:32
In other words, when that Good news is announced or taught or preached or written or recorded, then heard, it (the Gospel)
is the power of God unto salvation. Romans 1:16

It (the Gospel) is the message that
Christ confirms. Mark 16:20
he will confirm this truth today, in your life, as you read with faith and reverence.

Jesus announced:
For the Lord has consecrated me and send me with Good News for people, to heal the brokenhearted, to tell the prisoners they are free, to tell captives they are released. Isa 61:1

Announcing these facts puts God's miraculous power to work among the listeners. This is what we have experienced worldwide. We proclaim these facts. People hear them and believe them, and God manifests them in their lives.