A Changed Drug Dealer




Reaching Your World with Luis Palau show

Summary: We were having one of our festivals in Tulsa, Oklahoma and we had live television at night, besides the rallies in a coliseum earlier in the evening.  One night I get a phone call while we're live on television and he says, "My name is Nick. I'm from California. I'm hiding from the gang who is trying to kill me."  He told me three of his friends had died in his arms when they were shot by opposing gangs.  And then he said to me, after a long conversation which I can't repeat, he said, "Do you think God would receive a sinner like me and take me back?"And I said, "Oh Nick, absolutely!  That's why we're in Tulsa, to let everybody know, even visitors from California, even those who have been drug dealers and have shot and been shot at.  You can find peace with God and forgiveness."  He said, "How?"  And so I told him, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.  Saved from your guilt, saved from your problems, saved from your emptiness, saved to start a new life."  That night, live on television in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I led Nick in a prayer and he gave his life to Jesus Christ.  Today, one of his sons is in the ministry, proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ and his life has been totally turned around because of one night when he gave his heart to Jesus Christ.