Kurt and Mary Simms, who own Simms Electric Services,
attended the Advanced Elijah Challenge Training in Houston in
February 2008. They attend a Baptist Church.
Other
reports from Kurt
Simms
Electrical Services
Miracles
confirm the gospel in Texas prison
December
22, 2010
"I
joined Brother Raymond Smith on Monday 13, 2010 for an evening
of ministry at Kegans State Jail. After a short introduction I
shared
with these men my testimony of when the Lord saved me in 2001. In
that testimony I had shown them that prior to my conversion I had
spent years in a false religion calling Jesus my Lord but never knew
Him. After my conversion the lord restored my marriage, saved my
family and is continuing the work He started in me to this present
day. I told them that 9 out of 10 Americans profess to be saved and
on their way to Heaven as they blaspheme God daily with their thoughts,
words, and deeds. I pointed them to Mat 7:21 "Not
everyone who calls out to Me, 'Lord! Lord!' will enter the Kingdom
of Heaven. Only
those who actually do the will of My Father in heaven will enter, where
Jesus clearly defines that one professing to know the Lord doesn’t
make you a disciple, but one that actually does the will of the Father.
Jas 2:19 You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one
God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble
in terror. Jas 2:20 How foolish! Can't you see that faith without
good deeds is useless?
I told
them that many pastors have preached a modern gospel that has no
power to save from the fires of Hell, and that many in this
room could possibly have been deceived into believing that if they
prayed a prayer and asked Jesus into their heart that they were
saved.
I asked
them if they thought they thought they were good people and many
agreed that they were good, so I quoted Romans
3:10 As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous—not
even one, and I told them
that that either God is a liar or they are, and it is impossible
for God to lie according to Hebrews 6:18. I took them through the
Law (the 10 Commandments ) and drew confessions from them that
they
were
liars,
thieves,
adulterers, blasphemers, and even murderers at heart and they pleaded
guilty before God. I asked them if they were to die in their sins
would they go to Heaven or Hell ? They replied they would end up
in Hell. I told them the demands of the Law according to...
1
Corinthians 6:9 Don't you realize that those who do wrong will
not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't
fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship
idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice
homosexuality, 10
or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive,
or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom
of God.
I told
them of the Cross how Jesus came into the world and was without
sin and he laid his life down freely as the sacrifice for the sins
of many, the wrath of God that man deserved was placed upon Jesus
Christ to satisfy the justice of God the Father. Therefore Jesus
paid the fine that man couldn’t pay so now God can set them
free based on what Jesus did on the cross. I told them of true
repentance and true faith in believing and trusting in Jesus Christ
alone for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life with God.
I called
upon the Lord that He would confirm to these men by using Raymond
and I to heal the sick and cast out demons as commanded
in Luke 10 to prove to the lost that Jesus is the only way to the
Father. Following that we commanded all demons to flee and infirmities
to be healed and a man in the back testified that he had been listening
closely to what I had taught and that his hearing had been healed.
After
that I asked if there were any others who needed healing and several
came forward and one at a time Raymond and I laid hands
on them and all were healed. To name a few that were healed:
hearing, rotator cup, shoulders, knees, chest pain with shortness
of breath.
I pleaded with them all to turn from their sins and turn to God
and to put their faith in Jesus Christ alone."