COMPLETE TESTIMONY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

HOW GREAT THINGS THE LORD JESUS HAS DONE FOR ME

Testimony of Bart De Wolf, Graduate in Information Technology

INTRODUCTION

The New Testament tells us a very special event that happened in Jesus Christ's life:

One day Jesus arrived at the region of the Gerasenes and drove a legion of demons out of a man. When Jesus was leaving the man wanted to go with him, but Jesus did not let him, and said "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you". So the man went away, and began to tell how much Jesus had done for him; and all the people were amazed. (Mark 5:1-20)

On Friday October 23, 1998 I was in a hotel in San Salvador. My body rolled over the floor and shrieks came out of my mouth: an evil spirit came out of me . Don’t I have to tell everything now just like that Gerasene man did?

TESTIMONY

1966

I was baptized in Catholic Church.

1972

I started to go to elementary school. I always was the first or among the first of my grade without putting any effort. We had Christian religion classes.

I did my First Communion. Sometimes we went to church with our parents.

1978

I started to go to secondary school, option Latin Mathematics. Again we had Christian religion classes. But there was an aversion against religion in our grade. At home we stopped going to church when I was about 13 years old. I did not use to study. Three years later I was one of the last of my grade. When I got my first bad note and had to have it signed by my father I almost committed suicide. I withdrew within myself. During the recesses many times I was standing alone, with one foot on top of the other, with my head bowed and talking to myself.

Fellow students recorded me cassettes with music of ELO, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, and so on.

At family parties very innocently I got used to drink a small quantity of alcohol.

I had free access to erotic and pornographic books and magazines and I read it all.

I used to read my horoscope in newspapers and magazines.

I DOUBTED ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD AND JESUS The Christian teaching from my 6 years to my 18 years roused many questions in me. I used to meditate about God. I asked myself questions like: Does God really exist? Did Jesus really walk on earth 2000 years ago? Did all those things they told us really happen? I doubted. Later I stopped thinking about all this.

1984

I looked for strange music like Nina Hagen’s, a German group, with titles like “Unbehagen” (Discomfort) and “Nun-sex-monk-rock”.

I avoided talking with my parents. My graduation neared and I determined to leave home and live alone after graduating and having my first job.

1988

OCTOBER. I started to work. I rented a room. Soon I enrolled in a relationship with a female student.

1990

AUGUST. After almost six years I broke up with my partner, driven by anger, hate and lack of pardon.

I went to prostitutes, massage parlors and EROTIC CLUBS. I bought pornographic and violence magazines and books. I saw movies of the same kind. Alone at my apartment I committed perversions after drinking liquor with codeine pills. I did many other things that are shameful to mention.

1995

THURSDAY JULY 11. Three flights brought us to El Salvador. In my agenda for that day I had put “I WANT THE CHANGE”. I did not know what change was awaiting me!

I arrived without speaking Spanish. I had a book to learn it. We had money to live a few months.

We married at the San Salvador government center. Soon after that I started to get sick in the stomach.

AUGUST. We married in Catholic Church. I was ill and feeling very bad.

SEPTEMBER. I had a conflict with my wife and we did not know how to reconcile.

I stayed sick and in half a year I lost 20 pounds. The money was getting exhausted.

DECEMBER. Our first daughter was born. I called her by the name of a German mythology goddess.

1997

MARCH. I started to work. A friend invited me at a “business men’s” breakfast in a hotel. I was attracted by the “business men” stuff because I wanted to earn more and I thought that maybe I would establish some contacts there. A little fearful I went. It was a Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International meeting . They welcomed me with smiles and hugs. A man testified about his life and God and Jesus Christ and in the end did a calling. I stepped forward and repeated a prayer.

For five months every Saturday morning I went to the event. Then a few times I had something else to do and I forgot about the events! But the same problems continued: money, poor health and conflicts at home.

1998

MARCH. I went to testify a few times. Later I stuck a paper on the wall that said in large writing “TESTIMONIES”. But I did not testify any more. One day I heard an invitation on the radio to go to the Biblical Baptist Tabernacle “Friends of Israel” of Dr. Edgar López Bertrand. I started going to that church.

The pastor repeated “read your Bible and if you don’t have a Bible buy one”. I had to buy one in Spanish because when I came from Belgium I had brought with me my books of astrology, Chinese astrology, I Tjing, Feng Shui, Yoga, and so on, but I had left behind the New Testament that I had in my own language.

Almost daily I read in the Bible. My faith in God and Jesus Christ was increasing. I kneeled to pray.

THE LORD JESUS CALLED ME AUGUST. One night I woke up. I saw a white, brilliant light. In the middle of it I saw an arm extended towards me. The hand was moving, calling me. At the same time I heard a voice that said me: “Come” (I heard this in Spanish: “Ven”). The next day I realized that I have a reminder in my right eye: a blind spot “burned” in my eye just below the center, so that this very incredulous person would not doubt that this really had happened. For some time I thought it had been a vision but I read something that indicates it was the Lord Jesus himself: Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. (John 14:21)

SEPTEMBER. My daughter got ill. After 15 days I promised God “if you heal that girl I will go testify in all chapters of the Fellowship in El Salvador”. When he saw my compromise God healed the girl.

OCTOBER. It was up to me to fulfill my promise. I started testifying in the chapters.

GOD CONFIRMED THAT I HAD TO GET BAPTIZED In the church they said that baptism is a “command of obedience”. But I was baptized as an infant. I wondered if I had to get baptized again. One day I prayed: Father, do you really want that I get baptized? SATURDAY OCTOBER 17. I testified at San Miguel. Later I slipped in a large pool in the bathrooms of the bus station. All my clothing was soaked with dirty water. I received this as a strong signal that God really wanted that I would get baptized. God used such dirty water in my case because my perversions in Belgium had also had that same ingredient. (If you doubt that God uses this kind if things read Ezekiel 4:12.) SUNDAY OCTOBER 18. I went to church. I was baptized together with some 100 Salvadorians.

AN EVIL SPIRIT CAME OUT OF ME FRIDAY OCTOBER 23. I was at the National Convention of Business Men’s Fellowship. At night a man prayed for me. Suddenly my body rolled over the carpet. Shrieks came out of my mouth. After that I remembered my tattoo. I felt that I had to show it. I took off my jacket, tie and shirt. I showed the tattoo. The man prayed once more. Again my body rolled over the carpet. Shrieks came out of my mouth. I felt a strange power moving throughout my entire body. When my body had stopped rolling and there were no more shrieks, I felt that strange power present only in my hands. I kneeled. I begged forgiveness to the Father, the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit. That very moment this strange power also left my hands. I stood up and dressed. I was very impressed. I did not know what had happened to me until I read the following in the Bible: "Be quiet!" said Jesus sternly. "Come out of him!" The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek . (Mark 1:25-26)

I TESTIFIED LIVE ON TV THE DAY HURRICANE MITCH INVADED EL SALVADOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 31. In the afternoon I testified live on Channel 17 in a program of the Fellowship. That same afternoon hurricane Mitch broke loose over El Salvador. That coincidence called my attention.

DECEMBER. I finished testifying in the chapters. I fulfilled the promise I had made to God. But day 31 I lost my job because I had went out several times without asking permission. With great faith I asked God’s help. He was very faithful: only three hours later a friend offered me a job as chief of information systems.

1999

A VIDEO TAPE OF MY TESTIMONY WAS BROADCAST BY ENLACE-TBN COSTA-RICA THE DAY BEFORE THE BIG JANUARY 13, 2001 EARTHQUAKE IN EL SALVADOR FRIDAY JANUARY 12. At 8 in the morning Enlace-TBN transmitted the video of the interview in its program “Glory to God” from Costa Rica to various Latin countries. SATURDAY JANUARY 13. At 11:34 in the morning there was a strong earthquake in El Salvador. Just one day after the video was transmitted. Was that just a coincidence?

FIRE CUT OFF ELECTRICITY TO THE COMPANY'S DATABASE SERVERS AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT CHAOS I HANDED OUT COPIES OF MY TESTIMONY THURSDAY JUNE 28. I took 80 copies of a written version of my testimony. Lying facedown I asked God to do “something special” so that I might hand out the copies at the office without being reprimanded. FRIDAY JUNE 29. There was a fire at the electricity meter of the information systems servers. The fire was extinguished swiftly but there was no more electric current. All the servers of the information systems were shut down. The colleagues could not work any more. They got up to talk. In the middle of this chaos I stood up and handed out the testimonies. Yes, God sure did “something special”. (Compare 1 Kings 18:38).

MY 1ST SON WAS BORN THE DAY THE WTC TOWERS CAME DOWN TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11. Destruction of the WTC twin towers and the Pentagon in United States. In the afternoon at 4:50 our third child and first son was born.

CONCLUSION

---

SUBSCRIBE TO THE "FIRE OF THE LORD" MAILING LIST Benefits of your membership: • Stay informed about what goes on with Bart and his ministry. • Receive the fresh blowing of the Spirit of our Lord. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER OR LOGIN

---

I have trusted in the Lord WITHOUT WAVERING . (Psalm 26:1)

---

bart-de-wolf.com is online since october 2001

---