The Redemption of Vasilescu

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

This is a true story of Richard Wurmbrand, a Jewish believer who was imprisoned for his faith in communist prisons in Romania. There was a young man named Vasilescu, a criminal in Romania, who was put in charge by the communists to torture the ministers whom they had imprisoned for their faith. Then the communists turned against Vasilescu. They put him in prison and tormented him until he was dying. As he was dying, at the same time, the one who he had tortured the most, a minister named Iscu was also dying. But now Vasilescu was filled with remorse. He asks Isku to pray for him and wanted God's forgiveness. The minister called two prisoners to bring him to Vasilescu's bed. There, the one who was tortured ministered to the one who had tortured him. He said, "If Messiah could forgive me, then I must forgive you. If I can forgive you, then Messiah who is greater than me also forgives you." If this one who was tortured could forgive his torturer, so can you forgive that one who has sinned against you. That's the love of God.

From Message #887 - Prisoner Number one & The Mystery of Love