Bezeugen BLOG

In Mark 1:15, Jesus says, ““The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” In John 3:3, Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born againhe cannot see the kingdom of God.”


This new blog is dedicated to sharing the testimonies, stories, of those who have converted to Christianity. Every Christian has a testimony. Sharing it has several benefits:


For the believer in Jesus

• encouragement to hear how others have come to believe
• rejoice in the salvation of others

• Understanding of how and why others got saved

According to the Bible there are only believers in Christ and those that do not believe. John 3:36 says, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” It is our hope and prayer that through this new BLOG, through these stories, that others will be saved.

Just for background, let me share a Gospel message showing the need to be saved.

In Monopoly, there is a card like this that allows you to get out of jail. In Monopoly, going to jail happens when you land on the wrong square.  In real life, jail is the consequence when you break the law. You can’t get out of that jail free; you must pay the consequences. At the end of your life, you will stand before a judge, and be granted everlasting life in heaven, or everlasting punishment in hell, based on what you have done here on earth. Like jail, you go to hell if you break God’s laws (sin).  Have you broken God’s laws, the Ten Commandments ? Ever lied? Stolen? Hated, which Jesus calls murder? Lusted, which Jesus called adultery? Would you be innocent or guilty? Would God send you to heaven or hell? Would it be nice if avoiding hell were as simple as having a card like this?

The truth is, there is no “get out of hell free” card. God is perfectly good and just. He must punish all sin. If He did not, then He would be unjust. But because God is good, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man. Jesus never broke God’s law. He claimed to be equal with God, and to have power to forgive sin.  He claimed to know all things, and said of Himself, “I have power to lay down My life (crucified), and power to take it up again (resurrected).”

Can you get out of hell free?  No, no one can.  You can escape hell, but only at a great cost: the cost that God paid by sending His Son Jesus to die in the place of sinners, and to be raised to life on the third day. In doing so, He paid the wages that sinners rightfully earned: “For the wages of sin is death.”  It was not the price that was paid that satisfies God, but the worth of the One who paid the price: Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”  God commands you to repent, and to place your faith in the indescribable gift of His Son.  Then you can escape hell, not for free, but at the infinite value of the blood of the Son of God. www.AfterLifeCatalog.com

Tonight I went door to door. It was the first time I had been on a weeknight in a long time. Prior to the spring time change it has been dark before people would be home from work. But, now the sun is up until 8PM. So I wanted to get out and share the Gospel and also see if there was any difference in the number of people that are home.

At the second house that I went too, I was speaking to a man who claimed he could get to heaven by being a good person. I asked how he knew that and he said “by looking in here” while pointing to his heart. I explained that the Bible says that the heart of man is wicked above all things. He then claimed that the Bible was unreliable because it was written by man. I explained that man was simply God’s instrument to write it down. I asked which standard he used to measure goodness; his or God’s. He said, “mine, but it is the same as God’s.” So I explained that God’s standard is the Ten Commandments. He said OK. So I asked if he had lied and he agreed that he had. He then objected saying that he knew a lot of good Muslims and good Jews and that he believed that they would be in heaven. I said that they could go to heaven if they will repent and trust Jesus Christ to save them. We talked a short time longer. Then he accused me of speaking hatred and began to close the door. As he did, I simply said, “I’m sorry you say that, I am not spreading hate but love.” At that, the door flew back open and he said sternly, “GET OFF OF MY PROPERTY.” So I left.

It was a bit frightening. I have not been physically harmed or threatened while out going door to door. I continued to the next house, and that man would not even take a tract. Feeling discouraged, I pressed on because I know that I must not quit as people are perishing and facing God’s wrath.

Finally, I reached a house where I spoke to a believer in Christ for about half an hour. It was very encouraging. So often when witnessing, I’ll talk to someone who professes to be a “Christian” but then it turns out they are a Christian in name only. No so with this man. I asked how long he had been a Christian and he gave me his testimony and we talked for half an hour.

Saying good bye to him there were two houses left on the block. At the first of these two the house was completely dark. So I simply put a tract on the door and moved on.

At the last house, I was tempted to simply put a tract on the door and go home. It seemed to be dark as well. But as I went up the walk to the door, I could see the TV was on. So I rang the door bell. I was blessed to have another great conversation with a fellow believer. I was able to offer him some encouragement and prayer with him.

After a rough start to the evening, I am extremely thankful for the encouraging ending by speaking to these two believers.

You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8 (ESV)

This verse is Jesus’ last command before ascending to heaven. It is obviously an important message to all of His disciples. What He is saying is to take His message to our home town (Jerusalem), region (Judea) and even to our enemies (Samaria). Further than that He is saying to have a global impact – to take the Gospel “to the end of the earth!”

Bezeugen Ministries is involved in all of these areas. Through local teaching, preaching and Evangelism we are reaching local communities with the Gospel. We are seeing people repent of their sin and put their trust in Jesus.  We are working with new believers to disciple them. I’d like to invite you to attend a training seminar to learn how to share your faith in Jesus. I’d also like to invite you to share your faith daily “as you go”.  We will even provide you with free Gospel tracts to hand out through the Bezeugen Tract Club. 


Even with all of these things in place, Bezeugen is also reaching out “to the end of the earth.” For more than twelve months we have been sending Gospel tracts around the world. Our tracts have been sent to places including:

• Uganda
• Mexico
• Cameroon
• South Africa
• Canada
• Venezuela 
• Agentina
• France
• Scotland
• England
• Various places in Asia

In the past, we have sent English tracts into these regions being assured that there were people in those areas that can speak and read enough English that the tracts would be effective. Our international ministry began in Uganda with the development of the Good News / Bad News Gospel tract. We have sent more than 5000 of these tracts overseas. Praise God, they have been distributed.


Recently a couple of our friends were going to take a mission trip to Mexico. I offered to buy tracts and send them with them. As I prayed, God showed me the need to have our own Spanish Gospel tract. So I met with the couple going on the mission trip. In one afternoon we wrote two new Gospel tracts. By God’s grace and providence, I met a woman on a plane while flying to Miami in February who is married to a native Spanish speaker and offered to review the translation for us. A few weeks later, she provided me a translation of the first of these tracts. We have since printed these tracts in English and Spanish. Over 3500 of these Spanish tracts were distributed in Mexico on the first couples trip to Mexico in March. We are also using these Spanish tracts all around the United States as we meet Spanish speakers. This tract is geared towards those with a background in Catholicism. 


The other tract that God gave us is more generic and eliminates cultural boundaries. As I spoke with contacts on Facebook and in email, I learned of needs to not only have this tract in English and Spanish, but also in French. Through a good friend (from France) that I met online, we were able to get the tract translated into French. The same woman from the plane has provided us with a Spanish translation.


With the help of my son, we are laying out the tract in these languages. We plan to go to print with these three languages.


It seems that God has a much bigger plan! At a recent Evangelism Seminar, we were training some folks who attend a Brazilian church. They asked if we had any resources in Portuguese. I told them about this tract idea. So one of them translated the tract into Portuguese for us. Then in speaking with a missionary I know in Uganda, he said, “Carl, the tracts in English are great, but we are starting to get into the remote areas of Uganda where no one speaks or reads English. Can you provide us some tracts in Swahili and Luganda?” I began to pray and within a couple of days, God provided us a translator to translate the tracts into Swahili. We continue to pray for a translator to translate the tract into Luganda.


So we had six languages planned. But, God was not done yet. I was introduced to some brothers in Christ that live in Pakistan. They said that they desperately need resources in Urdu. Again, I prayed for God to provide a translator and within a day, I had a volunteer to translate the tract into Urdu. 


So as things stand now:

• English version is done
• Spanish translation is done
• French translation is done
• Purtuguese translation is done
• Swahili translation is in progress
• Urdu translation is in progress
• Luganda translation still needs a translation resource. We continue to pray for this.

When these tracts are complete they will go to at least the following countries: United States, Canada, France, Cameroon, Uganda, Brazil and Pakistan. 


So how can you help to take the Gospel “to the end of the earth”? We need financial support to complete this project. We will print a minimum of 5,000 of each of these tracts. Each 5,000 tracts printed costs us less than $100. Would you pray about making a $100 donation to Bezeugen to pay for the printing of one of these languages? If you are unable to donate $100 would you consider a smaller gift to help us with the printing of one of these languages? Could you donate $50 or $25 towards the cost of the printing?


We ship the tracts 500 at a time using flat rate shipping in “small flat rate” boxes from the United States Post Office. We have found that these boxes get delivered internationally in a timely manner. When we have used larger boxes which saves some shipping cost, the delivery time has taken up to six months!


We can ship these boxes with 500 tracts internationally to any place in the world for $13.95. Would you be willing to make a donation of $13.95 or more to help pay for the shipping of tracts to one of these countries?


We have connections with missionaries around the world that are waiting to receive these tracts to share the Gospel message with the lost in these countries. I am sure that each tract will be read by more than one person and possibly up to ten or more people. Therefore for each $13.95 sent to mail tracts, could reach 5000 people with the Gospel. 


Would you please pray about supporting this endeavor?


Even if you are not able to contribute financially, please continue to pray for this outreach. God has shown Himself to be active as translators have been provided and new needs have become apparent. Your prayers are appreciated to see that this project is completed and the Gospel reaches the “end of the earth.”


Bezeugen Ministries is a project of Mountain Movers International. All gifts are tax deductible. To make a gift by check or with PayPal, please see the donation page of our web site.  If you have a specific area you would like your donation to go to please let me know. 

Crossed a milestone today. I knocked on the door of my 800th house! Looking at the map, it looks like I can finish off this section of town in about 4 more hours. With the 34 houses I went to today, I have now been to 832 houses total. I have had 210 one on one conversations, gathered 133 prayer requests and gathered 678 food items.

Today I ended up at a couple houses of people that I’ve known for many years, but had not seen in a long time. We had good conversations and I was able to share the Gospel with them. Just goes to show that it is tougher to witness to people that you know. But, I was able to do it. Praise God!

The map below shows my current progress in my neighborhood. The highlighted areas are the portions I have already been too! Since First Baptist Hebron is covering the entire 75010 zip code, once I finish these houses, I’ll move on to another zip code within Carrollton.

I was talking with a Muslim man named Ronnie at the Grapevine Mills mall last week. Ronnie claimed Islam as his faith, but he also claimed that he believed in reincarnation. I’ve never heard of a Muslim that believes in reincarnation before. But that is ok. Ronnie said that his family has had these beliefs for many generations. His mother and father, their parents and so on. Then Ronnie said something that really struck me. He said, “God is like this shopping mall. There are many doors. You can come into whichever one you like and still get into the mall.”

Now, to be sure, the one true God, the God of the scriptures, the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob is not like a shopping mall. Listen to the words of Jesus in John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

What Jesus is describing is an exclusivity that belongs all to him. In Ronnie’s example, all of the doors to the mall are locked except one. Now, I don’t want to sound like I am picking on Ronnie. I’ve talked to many people who have this belief that “all roads lead to heaven” or “whatever I believe will happen when I die.” The reality is it does not matter one bit what a person believes. It only matters what is true. So is Ronnie the only one who thinks this way? No. Of course not. Check out these videos of some popular modern leaders


In this video, Joel Osteen can not make up his mind. He claims to believe in Jesus, who claims to be the only way. Why then would it be difficult to say that the other ways are the wrong way?

In this next video, Osteen says that Hindu’s that are sincere in their faith can still go to heaven. 

What? Faith is only as valuable as the object of the faith. Faith must be placed in Jesus Christ alone or else it is worthless.


Let me leave you with this video where John MacArthur points out that Jesus is the only way means that all other ways are false. He states, “Theology of Islam is wrong. It’s the wrong God. It’s the wrong view of Christ…” 

On Saturday, April 3rd, Bezeugen Ministries and First Baptist Hebron partnered together to host an outreach in the park. We met at Harvest Run Park in Carrollton, TX. Many thanks to Hebron Community Church who loaned us a bounce house. The kids enjoyed the bounce house. We also had free snow cones, cookies and bottles of water for people to enjoy. We shared bottles of water with the kids that were playing football and basketball at the park and then used that as a springboard to the Gospel. Roy, Mande, Deb and Byron read Matthew 26-28, the designated Project Ezra reading for the week.

Many of us engaged in one on one conversations as well as small group discussions with the people at the park. I did some dollar trivia with a group of teens and then took two of them through the good person test. They were brothers who are also Hindu. I think they were really touched when I gave them the five dollars as a gift of grace even when they both failed the good person test.

We handed out about 100 tracts, gave out some new testaments and a couple of copies of Mark Cahill’s One Heartbeat Away.

Deb and Roy brought an easel and set it up to do some preaching using painting. Three boys watched intently and heard the Gospel!

Todd and Wayne spoke with a woman named Christina. She repented of her sin and trusted in Jesus! WOW! It is awesome to see the fruit of the labors. God is so good to let us see it.

The outreach was a big success. We plan to do this monthly throughout the summer.