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The testimony of John
Cranwell 
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.... The conviction of sin in my life was
unbearable as the Holy Spirit got on my
case.
Because I had been a VERY naughty boy, I had like everybody else ...broken all of
Gods laws, the 10 commandments. Suddenly God was too real for me to handle and I
backed off.
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But a month later I did myself an injury whilst showing off when pumping iron
with a mate. I passed out the next afternoon (4 about 3 hours) with a severe pain in my head. I got
invited the next day (Sat 28th July) to a Christian meeting that night.
I went under sufferance. When things got to radical for me I got out of my chair & walked
towards the door to get away from this radical God stuff, leave Gizzy & go somewhere else to
surf & do my own thing.
As I started to go, the leader laid his hand gently on my head and "wham" I hit the
floor.
The very thing I scoffed at & mocked happened to me. I could NOT move. God literally pinned me
down for quite a while.
Eventually I sat up and started to cry & call out towards the ceiling to God "I'm sorry, I'm
sorry" My crying was my prayer of repentance.
My head was instantly healed. Love came into my heart for my dad for the first
time in my life.
As I had warned his friends & bragged to my own mates that one day I would get revenge for how
he treated me. Yes instant forgiveness was flowing through my heart as I had killed my dad over
& over & over in my mind & heart. (I know now that that is committing murder in my
heart...to God).
Someone came passed & said to me "You can’t turn back now!" I thought to myself to what? But
hey wait a minute I'm "one of them" I thought to myself. How can I be one as I realized that their
faith in God was very strong, & I thought I could never be like that? (But with God’s help
that's not a problem)
A Christian friend had sent me a book (6 months earlier) on the baptism of the
Holy Spirit; I read it also under sufferance. But when I finished it I never understood one word.
But at that moment a small passage came to me from the book which was saying that speaking in
tongues are strength for the new Christian.
So I got up & said to the leader “I want what you got" As I did not know
what it was called. He laid hands gently on me again & my jaw went up & down and this
beautiful heavenly language gushed fluently from my mouth and down I went again slowly as the Holy
Spirit came upon me again.
I went home to Makarori afterwards with my new relationship with God speaking
in tongues all the way back from the backblocks of Darwin Road where the meeting was held that
night. I couldn’t wait to go to Church the next morning to worship the Lord with the rest of the
Christians I had met before.
All these RADICAL experiences are bible based. That's how I knew they were
REAL.
I knew Jesus went to the cross & died in my place for all of my sins (This is a real bonus, by
the way) Forgiveness is a major plus for anyone, I tell you!
I love Him with all my heart as I'm soooooo grateful to Him for caring sooo much for me. So ever
since then I've read my bible daily, talked to God also on a regular basis & gone to church on
Sundays and shared my faith in Him to anyone who will listen, & as many opportunities that
arise each day. I am definitely NOT ashamed to be a Christian, a follower of
Christ.
When you experiences Gods love it's the greatest love you will ever experience.
Also you have a peace and deep knowing that when you do take your last breath, that you will go to
heaven & spend eternity in God’s presence, soaking in His glory for ever & ever. I hope you
have a similar experience one day soon yourself if you don't have the assurance of salvation for
when you die.
Please make 100% sure put your trust in God as He will never
let you down.
One conclusion I have come to is... Without Christ in your life, you DON'T have
a life at all! Get a REAL life! All you need to do is to humble yourself before God & say that
you are wrong & He is right. Stop doing your own thing & start doing His
thing..............
God bless you real good. Thanks for reading this.
I hope u get something from my testimony of what Jesus Christ means to me &
what He's done for me and everyone who receives Him as Savior & Lord. Everyone who takes His
word seriously when He said "Do NOT be surprised that I say to you, you MUST be born again" which
is found in Gods letter of love (the Bible) in the new testament in the gospel of John
3:3
Blessings from John
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