SBC highlights power of the Gospel in one man’s testimony of forgiveness after being left for dead By Brandon Showalter, Christian Post Reporter
GNN Note – This was one of the most powerful testimonies I have ever heard. When Chris Carrier began sharing his story it sounded like a sexual abuse story where a small child trusted an adult when he shouldn’t have. Turns out, he shouldn’t have trusted the adult but the direction of the story would take an amazingly dark turn that only Jesus Christ could shine Light on the twist and turns that would bring this story to expose the beauty of God. I would encourage to read the whole story and watch the video. Transformative. /END
At age 10, Chris Carrier was kidnapped, stabbed with an ice pick, shot in the head and left for dead in the Florida Everglades. Over two decades later, when his attacker finally confessed, instead of seeking retribution, Carrier shared the Gospel.
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Carrier shared how and why he forgave that man, whom he eventually led to Christ, at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday.
In a video testimony shown as part of the North American Mission Board’s “Who’s Your One?” initiative — which calls on Southern Baptists to commit to pray for and share the Gospel with just one person who needs the salvation message of Jesus Christ — Carrier detailed the trauma he endured and the healing he received.
One Friday afternoon, as a 10-year-old Carrier got off the bus in Coral Gables, Florida, a stranger approached and told him that he was planning a party for his dad and he needed his help with the decorations. Carrier hopped into David McAllister’s RV and sat in the passenger seat as the man drove out of town.
McAllister then abruptly stopped the vehicle, pulled Carrier into the center of the RV, forced him onto his back and began stabbing him in the chest.
“He literally stood back up and said, ‘Son, I’m going to take you somewhere and I’m going to drop you off,’” Carrier recalled.
They wound up on a country road in the Everglades that was locally known as “Alligator Alley.”
The man forced Carrier to stand near a tree a short distance away. While Carrier was looking down at the ground, McAllister pulled out a gun and aimed it at Carrier’s left temple.
