STORIES and ILLUSTRATIONS

FAR MORE THAN AN ATOM BOMB
Son Yang Won pastored the ae Yang Wong Leper church in Yosu.  Because the town was distant, his two sons lived with a family to attend high school.
There was a sudden communist takeover in the town where his sons were due to the seesaw conflict of North and South Korea.  Many deaths followed as those who were perceived to be obstacles to the communist program were executed.
His two sons were urged to flee but they answered, “in war between belief and unbelief, there was nowhere to flee except to the Lord”.
They instead prayed and prepared for death.
One mid-morning, they were dragged and beaten to cure them of their religious foolishness.
Ahn Chae Son, the group’s leader, warned that they would be killed unless they change their mind.  The two showed a glowing testimony of their faith in Jesus.  Tong-in, the older, requested for the release of his brother to take care of their parents but Ahn shot him.  Rushing to his brother’s body, Tong-sin, the younger, urged them “to reprent of what they had done, accept jesus and be saved”.  He too was killed.

Upon hearing the news, Mr. Son went into prayer … “he thanked God for the honor of being the father of two young martyrs and prayed for the student who shot them.  Then, he prayed for the grace to forgive the boy also.”
The takeover proved to be short lived.  The town was retaken and the killer Ahn was captured.  But the pastor made a personal plea of mercy for him to the authorities.
My sons were ready to die, for they were Christians.  This boy is not ready.  He does not know the Lord Jesus.  Please turn him over to me.  I want to tell him of the love of the Lord Jesus for him … I shall send a request of pardon to President Rhee, whom I know personally.
He took Ahn to his parents and talked to them about the love of Jesus on Calvary.  They knelt together as they accepted Jesus in their hearts as lord and savior.  The young boy became a devout Christian and went to the Higher Bible Institute for studies.  He became the adopted son of Son Yang Won.
The Ahn family also adopted one of the pastor’s daughters who in turn continued to teach them the Christian life.
The story became probably the best known and most publicized testimony to the faith. It went from mouth to mouth from all over the country …

== this is far more than an atom bomb == from the BOOK ... FAR MORE THAN AN ATOM BOMB

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