A ‘Friend-of-God,’ Sir Edet Amana @85: A Brand Plucked from Soldiers’ Fire of Bullets and Grenades.

As the visible tool for the Methodist revival, John Wesley confirmed in his testimony that he had been rescued from the rectory fire. This is because he had been chosen for a particular mission of God. By divine providence, Wesley was rescued through a window by a man standing on the shoulders of another. Church history reminds us that Wesley grew to understand this event as God preserving him for a purpose and referred to himself as “a brand plucked out of the fire.” Prophet Zechariah echoes Wesley’s experience about the Lord’s demand about Joshua: “Is this not a...

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