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Unseen Hands
court for offering this abominable sacrifice on my premises without my permission. For the Lord's sake I must forgive you, but you can say good-bye to your thir ty birr."
Fitale's family, with elders of the town, took Teferi to the village court; the judge said Teferi must refund the money. He appealed to the provincial court, and that judge reversed the decision, fined all concerned, and gave the brother a short jail sentence for trespassing. The family and the village elders who backed them came to Teferi with humble apologies and said, "Truly your Jesus is a wonderful savior. Our idols are sheer vanity. Please forgive us our evil deeds."
Teferi's ordeal opened the door for the church. After fourteen years, Worku returned to Hamusi and pro claimed the gospel in that area with great freedom and good results.
The clever enemy of the church has many weapons to hinder and destroy revival. One of his most frequent ly used (and often successful) strategies is using the lukewarm to play onebeliever or leader against another. This snare brought a crisis in the Addis church; however, God's mercy quickly bridged the gap.
Tekle and Erkenesh felt led to return to Negele Borana especially to share the message of Jesus Name baptism and the Oneness of God with those who had received the Holy Ghost on their first visit. On arrival they rented a house for services and a residence for them and their four-month-old daughter, Mehret.
Results came quickly; Five leaders of the Lutheran Church were baptized in the name of Jesus. Then the bat tle began. Enemies of the truth gave a renegade two hun-
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