One Woman And a Miracle From God
By de Andréa
‘THE
BOTTOM LINE’
Posted August 20, 2017
Posted August 20, 2017
On a rainy Wednesday night in Pakistan recently,
thousands of people were mesmerized by one small harmless stupid old woman as she refers to herself, her name is
Marilyn Hickey.
The crowd sways, prays and cheers as she exclaims "Jesus loves you, repent of your sins and God will bless you, Pakistan!"
Marilyn Hickey is an 86-year-old evangelical Christian
with a worldwide television ministry based in Denver. Over the last 40 years,
she has traveled to 136 countries to spread the gospel. Her special mission has
been to build
bridges in Muslim countries like
Pakistan, Egypt and Sudan.
"These people are very open and very hungry. And I
think I laid a basis for this years ago and I began to say, 'I love Muslims and
Muslims love me'," Hickey says.
This time she invited CBS News which aired this story
Monday night, to join her on her eighth visit to Pakistan. Correspondent James
Brown traveled with Hickey on a trip that began in New York, stopped briefly in
Dubai and landed in Lahore Pakistan at 3:30 in the morning local time, 20 hours
later.
Brown asked Hickey why she's been so accepted in Muslim
countries. Hickey responded, "I think it's a God thing. Years ago, I
started praying over every country in the world, every day. And when I would
hit the Muslim countries — I had such a warm feeling for them."
When she arrived in Lahore, she was greeted like a
matriarch by members of a local Christian church. The parishioners gave her
flowers, hugged her and called her "mom."
Despite the greeting, Hickey says she likes to keep
things a little bit low key. "I don't want to draw attention. I want
to look very simple, very harmless. Like here's some lady, you know, she's
stupid, she's a woman, she's old, what can she do? And you get to do
everything. I don't want to look big, but I do advertise big. When I get in the
country, I do big time advertisement."
Pastor Anwar Fazal, a previous Hickey convert, hosted
Hickey's visit. He's like the Billy Graham of Pakistan, and leads its largest
evangelical church of 30,000 members. Fazal says he owes his success to Marilyn
Hickey because she impacted him so deeply during her first visit in 1995. Fazal, previously an agnostic Indian with a
Hindu background, became a Christian and followed in Marilyn Hickey's footsteps
in 2006 when he started an international TV ministry which today reaches over
200 countries.
“As we travel
around with Hickey in Lahore, we are protected by an armed, ten-person security
team provided by the local government military police.” Said James
Brown
James Brown asked the Grand Imam about Hickey's impact. "She
brings love for the people of Pakistan. So I understand and I'm convinced as a
religious leader that her love and her visit is more effective than other
people.” the Grand Imam says.
Hickey is very clear that she does not try to convert
Muslims. "I think convert is a dangerous word. I don't come in to convert.
I come in and believe for transformation. Because when they receive Jesus,
they're transformed on the inside. That's His business. My business is to give
the truth."
Another truth is that Christians face threats in the
country, which is 98 percent Muslim. Last year, on Easter Sunday, 70 Christians
were killed in a suicide
bombing in Lahore. A faction of the Taliban mujahedeen claimed
responsibility.
Despite incidents like this, Pakistan's constitution
protects the rights of all religious minorities — including an estimated two
million Christians. That freedom of religion, has allowed Marilyn Hickey to
spread her message of healing. Muslims believe Jesus was a major prophet with healing power
and Hickey draws tens of thousands because many are looking to be healed.
Brown asked Hickey why people should believe that healing
is truly taking place. Hickey is unwavering in her belief. "I know a lot of people were
healed. A lot of people received Jesus as their personal savior. There were
people that we didn't see anything happen, but that doesn't always mean they
are not healed. I have found, if you go back and check, there are a lot more
healings and miracles that occur and are kind of process healings."
The crowning event of Hickey's visit was an inter-faith
peace conference sponsored by the Grand Imam. As special guest, Hickey was
given a peace award. She addressed 400 imams and reminded them of her special
connection with the Muslim world.
"Pakistan is in my heart and every day, I will pray
for your peace," she said. The audience
applauded.
Earlier in the day, Hickey summed up the special favor
she believes she has: "I love Muslims, Muslims love me. And I
think that's a God thing."
Hickey has become an unofficial ambassador to Muslim
countries and says “I have found a kindred spirit in the Grand
Imam of Lahore” – one of the most
powerful Muslim leaders in Pakistan. He welcomed her for tea at his home and
then to his mosque – the world-famous 344-year-old Badshahi Mosque – a Persian
architectural wonder.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Who
am I to question God and His mysterious ways?
But I don’t know how a Christian can have a kindred spirit with a Muslim
Imam as she says. The spirit of Islam is hate and demonic, and the spirit of
Christianity is love and hope. Maybe as
a people it is that love that attracts them, since the word love and
benevolence is not found in the Quran and doesn’t exist in Islam. And then
there is the promise of physical healing. Those people need healing, not just
physically but spiritually.
In spite of being the sceptic that I am regarding
the spontaneous conversion of Muslims to Christianity, I have to admit that
this unpretentious little lady has an obvious positive effect on the Muslim people
of Pakistan. But what effect…remains to
be seen. The one documented conversion directly attributed to Ms. Hickey in
Pakistan was an agnostic Hindu named Anwar Fazal in 1995, not a Muslim. And there
are no statistics regarding how many, if any of Pastor Anwar Fazal’s 30,000 followers were
converted Muslims which in Pakistan would be Muslim apostates and marked for
assassination. Many so-called Muslims,
even and especially, in Muslim countries are ‘cultural Muslims,’ meaning that
they are Muslims in name only in order to stay alive in a predominately Muslim
country.
While I have no doubt at all, that God can miraculously
convert the heart of a Muslim by casting out the demonic spirits of Allah/Satan
and transform a Muslim as Hickey states, but no mention of any type of demonic
exorcism is declared during these visits.
And if you don’t believe that Muslims are demonically possessed, then
you should watch a beheading my friend or the chopping off of someone’s hands
and you will rapidly change your mind. You
will be convinced that no man could do that unless he were demonically
possessed or controlled by some demonic spirit. The
origins of the Muslim god Allah are found in history as the pagan god Baal/Satan.
And Yehovah the God of Creation will not occupy the
same space as Satan or his demonic spirits.
Moreover if Christians are filled with the Spirit of their God Yehovah,
then Muslims are filled with the spirit of their god Allah/Baal/Satan.
That being said, I pray for Marilyn Hickey’s ministry to
the Muslims. One should do what one is
called to do. I, on the other hand, am
called to warn the world about the truth of Islamic ideology, their agenda and
deception.
Pray for me!
Thanks for listening. Now go do the right thing and fight for truth and freedom.
-
de Andréa
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