I first was shown this (in part) many years ago ... when I first shared it with a school group ... they took paper from me & went out & showed others in the school plus reported back they had showed their parents & family & friends.
I also did it on a busy side-walk in a country town. Within minutes I had people on their knees beside me ... "Let me do it!' they said.
The power of multiplication is awesome -- if 5 tell 5 each & then the 30 tell 5 each within a few "cycles" it means that millions have heard the story AND people are watching the paper NOT you ... then they want to tell others ... many others.
Keep copies with you at all times PLUS plenty of paper (or use a news paper/magazine)
Print the following & make a few copies.
If you need a miracle, ask for one …. and believe!
Every behaviour is motivated by a belief and
every action is prompted by an attitude
How one tear of a piece of paper saved a man’s life and can save yours as well!
Today, throughout the world, people are hurting and even killing others who do not believe as they do. In some countries it is prohibited to talk about other than what its leaders believe in.
A man living in such a country was about to be executed for telling others what he believed in and for refusing to stop giving his message.
He told them the simple Gospel, the Good News and that killing and hurting people was not from a loving God. He told them that Jesus, as the Son Of God came to earth to show man the way to Life with God, and that through His love for mankind and His death on the Cross and His resurrection, He paid for all of mankind’s wrongdoing and overcame death for man.
On the evening before the man’s scheduled execution, a senior arresting soldier who had heard what the man had been telling the people, said to him,
“You say that your Jesus loves you and will save you and that He will never leave you or forsake you.” “You say He died on the Cross for you.”
As he handed the man a sheet of paper, he challenged him, “We will give your Jesus a chance to save you. If you can make a cross from that piece of paper by tearing it only once, we will release you!”
The next morning the officer came with his armed guards ready to execute the man.
Seeing the piece of paper on the floor of the cell, he laughed and said, “I see your Jesus has let you down!”
“No He hasn’t”, replied the man. “He has told me what to do.”
Using his right hand, he took the bottom corner of the sheet and carefully folded the bottom edge of the sheet to line up with the long edge. Then with his left hand, he took the point and folded it to line up with the previous crease. Keeping the point on the paper pointing towards him, he turned the folded paper over. With his right hand, creasing from the point to the top of the page, he folded the right hand edge to line up with the other edge. He then folded the right hand edge to line up with the left hand edge. He firmly creased the paper after each fold. He then carefully tore down the length of the folded paper, starting at the centre of the short edge.
He selected the largest piece of torn paper and unfolded it to reveal a cross (a rugged cross).
The officer and his guards watched in amazement. True to his word, the officer confirmed that because Jesus had enabled a cross to be made, he would free the man.
As the man unfolded all the other pieces, he said, “You have heard the message of Salvation for all who believe in Jesus. He has now given me a message telling all who refuse to believe in Him where they will spend eternity.” He arranged the other pieces of paper to form the word “HELL”. As he then re-arranged the scraps of paper again, he said ”but Jesus has given us life and He wants you to have it”. He then made the word “LIFE” (the two slips of paper from H are placed on top of each other –two become one ) – Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE.
As the officers and the guards read the word LIFE, they eagerly sought to know how they too could be saved.
John 3:16-18 For God so greatly loved {and} dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation {and} be made safe {and} sound through Him.
He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in {and} trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.]
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Make copies of these pages and keep them with some blank pages ready to share with others. This is an easy way you can go into the world and preach the (simple) Gospel.
One way to introduce this to people is simply to say, “Would you like to hear a story?” or “Who wants to see a miracle?”
After you have shared the story, the person(s) you have shared with usually will wish to fold and tear a piece of paper for themselves, so have some ready.
Give them a copy of these pages.
Children and teens are especially keen to share this with their family and friends (the term most frequently used when they see it is “awesome”.)
Prov 3:5-6 Lean on, trust in, {and} be confident in the Lord with all your heart {and} mind and do not rely on your own insight {or} understanding.
In all your ways know, recognize, {and} acknowledge Him and He will direct {and} make straight {and} plain your paths.
Heb 13:5 …. for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you {nor} give you up {nor} leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless {nor} forsake {nor} let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
The man in our story knew that Jesus would not let Him down. As he waited in his jail cell he did not worry or frantically seek a way of avoiding execution. He simply trusted in the God Who loved him and promised to take care of him … and Jesus did not let him down. Jesus also used the circumstance to teach the guards that message.
1. Father “organised” for the Christian (& armour clad) man to go to that country & location.
2. He “organised” for the man to witness to the people (Rom 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.)
3. He “organised” for the police to be nearby & hear what was being said.
4 He “organised” for one of the police to challenge the man, ““You say that your Jesus loves you and will save you and that He will never leave you or forsake you.” “You say He died on the Cross for
- you.” As he handed the man a sheet of paper, he challenged him, “We will give your Jesus a chance to save you. If you can make a cross from that piece of paper by tearing it only once, we will
release you!”
5. He “organised’ that the man understood what was required with the paper (the folding, tearing & arranging).
6. He “organised” that the guards would see that Jesus was the only way to be kept out of Hell.
7. He was true to His Word (Luke 4:18:19 .. He came to free the captives”)... the man sentenced to death.
8. He ”organised” that the “Paper Cross & the story“ was easily shared with others ... even by young people.