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The
Ngwelezane Gospel Crusade near Empangeni was without a doubt, one of the
highlights of Ngidi’s entire ministry. |
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When all arrangements
had been made for the gospel crusade to start, Pastor Ngidi discovered that
permission had not been granted for him to hold services there. The ministers
of religion in the place completely refused to grant permission for the
gospel crusade to continue. Even after lengthy discussions and consultations
it was abundantly clear that tent meetings would not be allowed there. |
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Ngidi put
the whole matter before the Lord in prayer. He wanted to be obedient to the
Holy Spirit. The frustration arose from the fact that |
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But
Richard Ngidi was also quite aware of the opposing forces of the devil. As he
was praying about the matter he sensed that his struggle was “not against
flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places” (Eph. |
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Then a
divine intervention occurred. While the arguments concerning tent meetings
were raging, God touched an unbelieving induna
(headman) from nearby Matshane village. He asked pastor Richard Ngidi to come
to his village and hold tent meetings there. This resolved the whole
conflict. The people from Ngwelezane needed just to cross the |
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The
meetings started. As usual for his tent meetings the attendance was low at
first but when people saw what was happening there, they would flock to his
meetings. |
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In his
heart Ngidi was incensed by the fight put up by the devil and he said that he
wanted to believe God for a great miracle. He told the people that if
somebody died in that vicinity they should bring him or her to the tent. |
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After the
people had seen blind eyes open, deaf ears unstopped, cripples walking,
cancer drying up, hunch backs flattened and people with diverse diseases
healed, the thought of seeing God raising a dead person created great
anticipation among the people. |
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Not many
days after Ngidi had issued the statement, a boy of 12 years died. He was brought
to the tent by his parents. While Ngidi was busy preaching the corpse of the
young boy was placed next to the tent. |
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One of
Ngidi’s co-workers came and told him about the matter. Ngidi was not
terrified by what was said to him. After praying for people who wanted to be
saved, Ngidi began to pray for sick people. |
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He then
asked all the people in the tent to form a queue so that each and everyone of
them would pass by the corpse and prove for themselves that the young boy was
definitely dead. |
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After the
people had done this, Ngidi asked them to move back. In front of everyone he
went to where the corpse was and he prayed saying: ‘Lord, your word says that
your disciples will raise people from the dead. Now I pray that you raise
this boy from the dead’. |
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He asked
for the name of the boy and when he was told, he shouted: ‘Mthandeni, rise up
in the name of Jesus!’ Immediately the boy coughed a few times and the people
became wild with excitement. Some people were already standing on the chairs to
witness the miracle. When the boy stood up, the people shouted for joy,
jumping up and down praising the name of the Lord. Many chairs got broken in
the process. The Lord had caused His people to rejoice. |
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From the
seventh chapter of the book titled What
a giant of faith, written by Agrippa Khathide, Gospel Publishers, |