Thread by @GbengaWemimo

David Yongi-Cho was dying of tuberculosis at a very young age when a young lady started coming to his house with a New testament Bible
According to him, the young lady came to his house persistently until he took the Bible from her, read it and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord

and saviour
Smith Wigglesworth was a sinner who had no time for the message of grace until a lady (He later married her) took it upon herself to witness the gospel to him
After his conversion, Smith Wigglesworth raised his wife from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit
Romans

10 vs13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? 15 And how can they

preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news"
I was very well on course to be a fraudster or an armed robber in my twenties
I had a penchant for dreaming up get rich schemes that would empty the pocket of the gullible and

leave them clutching at straws
My first scheme worked like a charm when i was 12
I came up with the idea of writing a letter to all the parents of my roommates in the boarding school informing them that the school would be organizing an excursion and each student must resume with

extra 500 naira for this purpose
I signed the letters in the Principal's hand
My roommates took the letter home and they all returned with 500 naira each at the beginning of the next term
I got 50% of all the proceeds
I wasn't taught by anyone
Such stuff would just come to me and

they worked
Even when i was in primary School, I wrote a letter in my elder sister's hand and sent it to my class teacher claiming i was a sickle cell patient
It struck fear in the heart of all the teachers and none of them dared to flog me for any offense
I did this when I was 8

years old (In Primary 3)
My friends in Secondary school had me pegged as "Ade Bendel 2.0
Long after I became a believer, many of them were convinced I was just pulling a long con or trying to scam my way through life
I imagine today how my life would have turned out if the gospel

was not preached to me by Sister Titi Laniyan at Olivet Baptist High School when I was in SS2.
I listened to Titi because I wanted her to be my girlfriend.
She invited me to the Baptist Student Fellowship meeting on a Friday afternoon at the chapel and they sang that song "Ijoba

Orun lere Onigbagbo o"
That was my first brush with the gospel
I was 15
I didn't embrace the gospel immediately I was preached to but the seed had been planted
Growing up in a Christian home where Christianity was a religion didn't let me appreciate the power of the gospel but

that encounter with Sister Titi Laniyan did.
I was very receptive to her
I remember @LekeAlder writing on Twitter about His conversion story that came about through a "sister" when he was an undergraduate
I read that story several times
Many of us are more receptive to our peers

than authority figures
It took me another 12 years to become a born again
The seed planted at 15 continued to grow as I stumbled my way through life until it exploded in my heart on September 17, 2007
I wonder today how my life would have turned out if the gospel was not preached

to me
Perhaps I'd be in prison, dead, living out my life as a notorious criminal and leaving behind me a trail of sorrow, tears and blood
One thing was very certain, the path i was on when I met the Lord at 27 was anti-social, ungodly and injurious to society
The gospel saved me

The gospel saved my potential victims from my evil ways
The gospel changed the course of my life
If I have been a blessing to anyone since 2007, in any capacity, the person should thank Sister Titi Laniyan
Recently, i was introduced to my Secondary School Alumni association and

Titi Laniyan was crying on the phone when she saw how my life has turned out
We both live in Lagos, we have not had time to see but the fragrance of the gospel in me had reached her in many ways
She is a blessed mother of three now and i am eternally indebted to her for preaching

the gospel to me
I can count at least 500 people on Twitter who came to know the gospel of the Lord Jesus and it's transforming power through me
(I boast not)
I wrote that to say that those 500 blessings were on a path of destruction and would have been a curse but for the gospel

When I see believers who don't preach the gospel complaining about the society being corrupt and sin running riot
When i see nudity and pornographic content and lurid contents being retweeted or liked by believers who do not believe in preaching the gospel
I shake my head! There

is no other philosophy or way of life that has the record of the gospel when it comes to transforming destinies.
When you preach the gospel, you are doing yourself a favour!
A potential criminal who embraces Jesus is one less menace you will have to contend with in our society

The gospel cannot be preached by angels, it was not given to them
In Acts 10, the angel appeared to Cornelius and told him to send for Peter so that Peter can preach the good news to him!
It is our duty to preach the gospel
We cannot dodge it
If we intend to transform this world

the gospel is the only way
It is true that organized religion has its issues but when you encounter the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, the transformation is undeniable
Please preach the gospel
It remains the power of God unto salvation

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