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The Hiding Place

Posted by: Lasserre on July 19, 2011


Below is an excerpt from the DVD we are giving away this month, with your donation of any amount.

It is the story of Corrie ten Boom, the famous Dutch Christian who helped to hide Jews in her home during the Holocaust. After watching this gripping and true story, you will be able to appreciate even more the message of Corrie ten Boom after the war.

For instance, she spoke of how difficult it was for her to forgive the man who betrayed her family to the Nazis. His lies and betrayal resulted in the death of her father and sister, and subjected her and her brother to terrible suffering in the concentration camps. At the time, she swore she’d never forgive him.

However, when she learned after the war that he had been sentenced to death for causing the death of many Dutch people, she wrote him a letter in which she related how his betrayal had hurt her family and then told him that she forgave him for Christ’s sake. She included with the letter a copy of the New Testament.

A week before his execution the man wrote back to her the following words:

“That you could forgive me is such a great miracle that I have said, ‘Jesus, when You give such a love in the heart of Your followers, there is hope for me.’ And I have read in the Bible that you sent me… and I have brought my terrible sins to Jesus and I know that they are forgiven. Your forgiveness has shown me what it means that there is forgiveness through Jesus Christ.”

Even more remarkable than Corrie ten Boom’s story of faithfulness under the Nazi regime is the gospel of Jesus Christ she shared with the world afterward.





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