Heavenly Man Paperback – July 28, 2020

This is a great book for all to read. Helps to understand what many go through in this world .

Great story.

This book was recommended to me by a Christian friend who was reminded of it after we started discussing the connection that suffering has with true spirituality. Not being, at all, familiar with such deep persecution for Christ's sake that Brother Yun experienced, my mind was telling me that what I was reading was fabrication, not an account of God's many promises that tell us that one man can put ten thousand to fight, that He is a very present help in time of trouble, and that no evil will come nigh thee.In fact, this biography states just the opposite. I am obliged to admit that the gospel we live in the US is a far cry from the reality of what it means to serve the Lord with all our hearts. If they hated Him, they will hate us, we are told, but such evil torture has not touched any of our lives as it did Brother Yun and those who served with him in China and throughout that region.It was a real eye opener that which caused great division among Chinese Christians: additional materials from the United Pentecostal and Word of Faith/prosperity groups. Their interpretation of Scripture discovered in those materials did nothing for the church but to set one brother against the other. Finding unity in all that mess was a true challenge, and one that the body of Christ here in America should undertake prayerfully. Keeping the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace is imperative if we are to maintain a witness to this world.If we do not decide, in our country, to press into the kingdom of God with all our might, we might as well consider ourselves nothing more than a club. Our message should be to the furtherance of the gospel, a witness to the only true God and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, and nothing less. But instead, we are establishing huge churches where there are countless personality idols who rob the members of funds so they can build gold plated faucets in their bathrooms.Exactly as I have been saying for years, the church should refuse building large facilities and seek converts by borrowing attractants from the secular world. Instead, our meetings should be home based and our study of Scripture so deep that we are able to quote entire books of the Bible. The pressures to achieve; and for others, the need to keep their families fed, clothed, and educated, are what most of us live for, not the cultivation of a profoundly inspiring and edifying walk with the Living God that is willing to go into all the world to preach the gospel in the most evil areas. In comparison, what we seek here are comforts, not discomfort, and so, we make ourselves willing to sacrifice the quality of our walks with the Lord.My heart is heavy with the conviction Brother Yun has brought to me. Where do I go from here? How do I live that life that is more than mere Christianity? Help me, Lord, to learn and apply, and truly give my whole body, as a living sacrifice, in service to You.

This is probably the most profound bio of "suffering for the gospel" that I have every read - and I've read a few. This book will awaken anew in your heart - go and make disciples - in every circumstance. It will encourage you to be bold to reach out to everyone you meet - to introduce them to Jesus and His saving grace - putting aside all fear and reaching out with love for the lost.Most of us live in a "comfy" Christianity that I don't think the Lord intended. This book will give you a humbling perspective of what it means to give all for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Of all the bios I have read of Christians who have truly suffered for the gospel - this man has gone the absolute limit in using every harrowing circumstance to reach out in Christ's love to everyone he came in touch with - fellow prisoners - jailers - those who tortured him - his whole life is consumed with reaching the lost. This man will walk you thru New Testament living - like Paul and Peter - who suffered much for the Gospel.But it is not all about suffering - but also about miracles. How God gave revelation to Yun and to his wife repeatedly. How, after being beaten so severely that both his legs were shattered and fellow prisoners had to carry him to his many beatings - yet was able to walk out of prison in front of all the guards thru gates that opened for him to walk out of that prison - and many other miracles and God's grace and protection were manifested over and over again.It is also about a man who walked humbly before the Lord and with every heartbeat, in every trial, looking to be obedient to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.As always where Christians are persecuted - how precious even one page of the Bible can be - how out of such love for the Word of God, many books and passages were memorized so that even in the darkest prison, Brother Yun carried much of the Bible with him to share with others.I labeled this "Required reading for every Christian" and so should it be. Even though we may not be called to suffer as Brother Yun - it encourages us to look at our lives and to assess our part in "go and make disciples" in our part of this world wherever we live - to "suffer" to move from the pew, from the couch - into living the passion and focus (and probably with miracles) of the New Testament.Give yourself a blessing – read it.And this from my husband – a total NON-reader: Once you pick it up you will not be able to put it down. I was encouraged by my wife to “just read one chapter” and I have to say I have never been so absorbed in a book and at every chance continued reading for the next 3 days until I finished. An amazing testimony of God's amazing workings in one humble man given to do all for Christ.

LOVE THIS TESTIMONY! You will not be disappointed but encouraged, strengthened and a great heart posture change ❤️ Praise God for this testimony 🙌🏼

This is an amazing book! It's like reading the Book of Acts in our own day & our own context. God is just as active in our life as he was in the days of the Apostles. And this is proof!

This book gives details of what was going on when the West was not getting any reports. Read and seewhat was really going on and why there was unbelievable growth.