A Piercing Voice Said!
Pastor Benny Hinn
Soon after I
became a believer, I was praying in my bedroom, totally surrounded by the
Lord’s glorious Presence, and suddenly had a vision. I felt as if I were being
drawn up in the Spirit and carried away. As I looked down, I saw what appeared
to be an endless line of people, slowly walking forward. Their faces seemed
empty and somewhat confused. I didn’t understand what I saw, so I asked, “What
does this mean?”
That’s when
the Voice told me to come closer, and I quickly moved near the front of the
line. There were people as
far as the eye could see. They were all moving toward a large, deep valley. In
that valley was an inferno. Thousands were falling into the fire. Those on the
front lines were trying to keep from being pushed by the crowd, but the crush
of humanity kept pushing more and more people into the flames.
Then the
Lord spoke to me:
“If you
do not preach, I will hold you responsible.”
The words
cut through me like a jagged sword. I knew, from that moment, I had to preach
the Gospel. And from
that moment forward, almost every time I knelt before the Lord, one prayer has
continually flooded through me:
“Souls,
Lord, souls! Open the doors for me to preach the Word so people everywhere will
come to know You as their Savior and Lord.”
Shortly
after that vision, doors began opening for me to preach. Since then, the
intensity of my prayer has not wavered. It’s been more than four decades, and the
reality of that vision is still as real to me as the day it happened, for
Scripture is clear that God
saved us so we could lead others to salvation. We are called to be “watchmen,”
and He tells us that unless we warn the lost their “blood will I require at
thine hand”
(Ezekiel 3:18).