Monday, February 8, 2010

singing the hymn on his love for Jesus. One man pulled him down and
knocked him to the ground. He silently got up and prayed for the hostile
person. He told him, how Jesus loved the sinners. Jesus died as a
sacrifice to redeem the sinners. He told, Lord says, “Love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you”. (Matthew 5:44) The said
person with his companion repented and turned to Christ.
Once while he was in Tibet, four robbers trapped him in the middle
of jungle. One of them brandished a sword. He meekly bowed his
head thinking that it was end of his life. This attitude was a big surprise
for them. Since he was penniless, they took his blanket and let him go.
Surprisingly one of the robbers called him back and curiously asked
his name. Sunder introduced himself, opened his Bible and started
telling him the story of the rich man and Lazarus the poor. One of the
robber said that the end of the rich man’s life was unpleasant so what
would happen in their case. Sunder preached to him the Gospel and
God’s forgiveness. The robber took Sunder to his home and repented.
In 1912, he initiated seclusion and fasting for 40 days. He failed to
complete his long fast because of his ill health. However the experience
strengthened his spirit.
He often suffered persecution but was always miraculously delivered
by the Lord. In 1914, Sunder preached in Tibet, a country with very
strong root of Buddhism. In the town of Rasa, a local Lama, sentenced
him to death for spreading a foreign religion in Tibet. He was thrown
into a drenched well covered with a lid on the top and locked inside.
The punishment was beyond his tolerance as there were corpses of
executed murderers, snakes, rats and other rattling animals beside
him in the well. He was without food, drink and clothes for 2 days. Third
day he saw a rope thrown from the top and he was asked to catch the
rope. He caught the rope and some one pulled him out. He wanted to

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