Pastor Carrol took the service on Tuesday, June 04, 2002, and will be leaving again on Thursday, June 06. He preached from Luke 15:8-10, and then gave his testimony of how the Lord turned him from unbelief and atheism to serve Him alone. He heard of the Lord's working at KwaSizabantu through a New Zealand Bible study friend, and came to see for himself. He was greatly encouraged by what he heard and saw, especially in the similar ways the Holy Spirit works all over the world, although he didn’t know about KwaSizabantu at the time. After he turned to the Lord, he was led to deal with his sins one by one, confessing, forsaking and making restitution. Also in his growth as a Christian, a clean life, with no known thing between you and the Lord, was the key to victory and growth. Today he is the assistant pastor of a large church in Australia.

Luke 15:8 - 10:

In Luke 15 we see how Jesus compares a silver coin (about a day’s wage) to a human soul. Just as that woman lights a lamp, and searches till she finds the lost coin, so too the Son of man lights His lamp, which is His Word, to seek and to save lost souls. Jesus makes it clear that one human soul is worth more than the entire world’s riches, for He says in Mt 16:26,

"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

In God’s balances one human soul weighs more than the entire world with its riches, and yet, a single day’s wage paid that price. Two thousand years ago on Calvary, the Lamb of God paid the price for your and my soul.

Just as this woman sweeps the house to find the one lost coin, so too God sweeps through this world to move lost souls out of their hiding places. God might do it through circumstances and trials that come across our path.