By Timothy TOW
This booklet, John Sung my instructor, is a biography of 1 of the best evangelists in of the twentieth centaury, and doubtless the main influential soul-winner of China and South-East Asia. This biography is written by way of Rev. Timothy Tow, one of many hundreds of thousands who have been stored less than the spirit-filled preaching of Dr. John Sung in the course of his revival campaigns in Singapore in 1936. hence the biographer is ready to provide a private eyewitness account and testimony of the lifestyles and paintings of John Sung, being one that used to be stored and in addition referred to as to the full-time ministry lower than his preaching.
This biography offers a chronological account of the lifetime of Dr. John Sung, concentrating on his special soul-winning ministry. detailed realization was once given to his tools of preaching, and a few `secrets' in the back of his good fortune. with reference to homiletics, this biography supplies a really whole photo of what a winning (in the sight of the Lord) preacher and minister of the gospel should still include. In either his existence and his works, Dr. John Sung is a version which all aspiring ministers of the gospel can glance in the direction of - in his zeal, his religion, his prayer existence, in addition to his single-mindedness in his ministry.
Perhaps the most awesome features of the ministry of Dr. John Sung was once his incessant preaching opposed to sin. After his first preaching adventure at Bethel highschool, he discovered midway via that one point used to be lacking from his sermon - that was once the preaching opposed to sin. for this reason after that incident, he therefore fore resolved to `hew a fresh line... to deal really with the wishes of sinners, with the blood of Christ as their in simple terms cure.' as a result all his evangelistic efforts consistently had a powerful emphasis on renouncing sin. His effects therefore communicate for themselves, for at each assembly hundreds of thousands may come forth with tears of real repentance, looking in basic terms after the blood of Christ that can cleanse them for his or her sins.
Whilst fervently successful souls throughout the preaching at the pulpits, the key in the back of Dr. Sung's luck was once neither his eloquence nor strong preaching, yet really, it used to be his closet prayer and learning of God's be aware. From the time of his conversion all of the approach until eventually his dying, Dr. Sung used to be a guy of a lot fervent prayer, the place he interceded for the hundreds of thousands of souls who wrote to him. It additionally continuously devoted each one of his revival campaigns to the Lord, trusting that the Holy Spirit will be the person who might carry repentance upon the souls he preached to. He used to be additionally a guy of 1 publication - the Bible. with no fail he might learn eleven chapters an afternoon and thirteen at the Lord's Day for daily until his dying. It used to be therefore this shut dating that he had with God that confirmed via in his preaching and fervour for all of the misplaced souls.
These are only of the numerous classes i've got gleaned almost about homiletics from the analyzing of this booklet. Many different facets of the existence and ministry of John Sung have additionally encouraged and spurned me directly to a extra fervent and zealous Christ-loving stroll with God.
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And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God" (Rom I2:2). The Lake Geneva trip that led him to this encounter with God was not taken in vain after all! Brimming with joy and with a new determination to walk in His ways he returned to his daily grind, For, there were near four months that intervened between end of May and mid-September in what was called the summer vacation. This gave the self-earning student a wonderful opportunity to work his way through College.
O the shame of loss of facc so poignant to such a princely nl¿ìn ¿ìs Shang Chich! But ¿r Christian will ncvcr say "clie," for he has "the Gocì of all comfort who comforteth us in all our tribulation" (II Cor l:9). For Sung's future success, the Father abovc must put hirn through the mill of failurc. To a Christian cach failurc is a stepping-stone to success. Of the hunclrecls that took the Naval College Bxamination only two were chosen. The irony of it all was that in aftcr years when duty called thcm to battlc they wcrc lost in action.
As it is written, "He shall baptise you with the I-loly Ghost and with fire" (Luke 3:16). Thc evangelist usecl the blackboarcl most as a form of visual aid. How he caric¿rtured our c:rmality zrnd spiritual impotence by chalking a big head which was our pride, a big belly our laziness, little twigs of hands and leet our inability to do anything goocì. John Sung was no gracluate ol an zrpproved theological school, but he spokc with refreshing originality ancl with powcr. Some foot-bouncl old ladies were overheard assessing their preacher, "Dr Sung can make us laugh and also make us cry".