Nishant* was born in a high-caste Hindu family in India. His family taught him to worship many gods, but there was no peace in his heart. He prayed for help, but no help came. He began to ask, “Who is the living God?” Nishant started attending a Jain temple and worshipped the leader of that temple. For five years, he followed this path, but he still found no peace.

In his last year of college, a classmate shared with him about Jesus, but when he understood that believing Jesus meant becoming a Christian, he was very angry and beat his classmate up. His friend continued to pray for him and gave him a New Testament. In his anger, Nishant threw the Bible across the room.

Many days passed, but one day when he was very discouraged, he picked up the New Testament. He opened to John 14:6 by accident. When he read that Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” he wondered why Jesus was saying this because his religion teaches good works. When he read Hebrews 13:8 and learned that God never changes, his heart was touched.

He went back to his friend and asked for an explanation. As his friend taught him about sin, he finally understood and accepted Christ as his personal Savior. From that moment, his heart was burdened for his village. The first person he witnessed to was his brother, who beat him because he was sharing Jesus. Today both Nishant and his brother are working in God’s harvest field, and their parents have also come to know Jesus.

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*Name changed for security purposes.

Nishant is a church planter and evangelist in northern India.