Former Khmer Rouge Soldier Finds God
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CBNNews.com - At the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, one can almost hear images crying out for justice.
No words can describe how terrified the prisoners must have been as they waited to be brought to the killing fields.
In the detention center alone, nearly 17,000 people were brutally tortured before they were slaughtered by Khmer Rouge soldiers.
Now such an inhumane act is unthinkable but a former Khmer Rouge soldier says he felt no guilt back then, even while killing the innocent people.
"I did not feel any guilt because it was my duty to kill. I needed to follow instructions from my superior" said former Khmer Rouge soldier But Gnorn. "I cannot remember how many people I killed. When I capture the enemy, I tie his hands on his back and then shoot him."
A survivor of two landmine explosions, Gnorn lost sight in his left eye and almost lost a leg. But he was more fortunate than the nearly two million Cambodians who died during the Khmer Rouge reign in the 70's.
In its attempt to turn Cambodia into a classless society, the Communist regime overworked, starved, and executed groups of people, most of them academics and professionals.
When the regime was driven from power in 1979, many Khmer Rouge soldiers fled to Thailand where they heard the gospel message from Christian missionaries and relief workers in the refugee camps.
It was there that Gnorn's wife, who was also a Khmer Rouge soldier, gave her life to Christ in 1987.
Her husband did not accept her choice at first.
"I persecuted my wife and said bad words to her. I said Jesus is not my God because he is a foreigner," Gnorn remembered. "One day, after my wife came home from worship, I kicked (her) and she almost died."
The incident, however, did not stop Gnorn's wife from worshipping God. Eventually, her unwavering faith drove Gnorn to begin reading the Bible, starting in the book of Genesis. It took him 8 years to reach the gospel of John.
After reading John 3:16, Gnorn realized he'd sinned. "When I was a Khmer Rouge soldier, I killed but I did not know I was committing sin. But after I believed in Jesus I know God will forgive all the sins I commit," Gnorn explained.
Today, Gnorn pastors Khmer Full Gospel Christian Church and meets with former Khmer Rouge soldiers in the hopes of convincing them to repent of their sins and accept Christ.
Before, I was a soldier of the Khmer Rouge. I always killed, "said Gnorn. "But now I am a soldier of God. I will go and share Jesus Christ and make the people live like us."
No words can describe how terrified the prisoners must have been as they waited to be brought to the killing fields.
In the detention center alone, nearly 17,000 people were brutally tortured before they were slaughtered by Khmer Rouge soldiers.
Now such an inhumane act is unthinkable but a former Khmer Rouge soldier says he felt no guilt back then, even while killing the innocent people.
"I did not feel any guilt because it was my duty to kill. I needed to follow instructions from my superior" said former Khmer Rouge soldier But Gnorn. "I cannot remember how many people I killed. When I capture the enemy, I tie his hands on his back and then shoot him."
A survivor of two landmine explosions, Gnorn lost sight in his left eye and almost lost a leg. But he was more fortunate than the nearly two million Cambodians who died during the Khmer Rouge reign in the 70's.
In its attempt to turn Cambodia into a classless society, the Communist regime overworked, starved, and executed groups of people, most of them academics and professionals.
When the regime was driven from power in 1979, many Khmer Rouge soldiers fled to Thailand where they heard the gospel message from Christian missionaries and relief workers in the refugee camps.
It was there that Gnorn's wife, who was also a Khmer Rouge soldier, gave her life to Christ in 1987.
Her husband did not accept her choice at first.
"I persecuted my wife and said bad words to her. I said Jesus is not my God because he is a foreigner," Gnorn remembered. "One day, after my wife came home from worship, I kicked (her) and she almost died."
The incident, however, did not stop Gnorn's wife from worshipping God. Eventually, her unwavering faith drove Gnorn to begin reading the Bible, starting in the book of Genesis. It took him 8 years to reach the gospel of John.
After reading John 3:16, Gnorn realized he'd sinned. "When I was a Khmer Rouge soldier, I killed but I did not know I was committing sin. But after I believed in Jesus I know God will forgive all the sins I commit," Gnorn explained.
Today, Gnorn pastors Khmer Full Gospel Christian Church and meets with former Khmer Rouge soldiers in the hopes of convincing them to repent of their sins and accept Christ.
Before, I was a soldier of the Khmer Rouge. I always killed, "said Gnorn. "But now I am a soldier of God. I will go and share Jesus Christ and make the people live like us."
4 comments:
where in hell is this animal live? he probably the one who kill my brother.
Hey, you guys (backstabers) wanted
change in the 70's, and you got
the change, so stop whining and
weeping. Just shut the fuck up,
alright?
Are you looking for trouble pretty boy 12:56pm?
"Pretty boy?", I am flattered. So,
what do you have in mind, bro?
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