Yesupadas

“I was a communist gang leader who cut people with a blade — then Jesus appeared in the sky and called me 'son.'”

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What they struggled with

Gang involvement Alcohol addiction Bereavement / grief Persecution for faith Shame Anger

False refuges

Rage / violence Alcohol Power / status / wealth

What this story reveals about God

Relentless pursuit Father's heart Unconditional love Restorer Shepherd's heart Provider

Religious background

Hinduism Protestant Christian

Main testimony theme

Secondary theme

Deepening Faith

How they came to faith

Supernatural encounter Relational influence

God accusation

Content advisory

Before you watch

This testimony moves from extreme poverty, caste dehumanisation, gang violence, and communist militancy to a vision of the crucified Christ that broke a hardened man in seconds. It contains references to violence, suicide attempts, and a wife's death from cancer — but the dominant tone is joy, wonder, and 47 years of unbroken love for Jesus that only deepens.

What this story teaches

People who have been told their whole lives they are worthless do not need a better argument for God — they need an encounter that calls them by name. Ideology and religion both failed this man; a personal voice saying 'son' did what nothing else could.

How God moved

The lie Yesupadas carried

I was worthless — treated worse than an animal, untouchable, unwanted, unlovable. I just wanted to be treated as a human being.

What Jesus showed him

He had been treated as subhuman — Untouchable, less than an animal — his whole life. When Jesus appeared and spoke, he did not call him alcoholic, gang leader, or murderer. He called him 'son.' That single word broke the core lie that he was worthless and unwanted.

Go Deeper

Jesus my friends is real, he's true, it's not a story, it's real. If you need a best friend in this dying world, that's Jesus and Jesus alone. The respect of what your mind says, what your reasoning says, I encourage you my friend — because I understand, that was me. I went through the best. Jesus, beyond any shadow of doubt, Jesus is real, Jesus is true, Jesus is alive. He still reveals himself, he still changes people like me, he transforms life and he loves you forever and ever and ever. Jesus is the only way, the truth, and the life. All men change, but Jesus never changes. Trust in that Jesus, the unchanging Jesus. Lay down your life totally, unconditionally, lay down at the altar. What Jesus likes is the most important part. Laying down my life — whatever it takes, whatever it costs, irrespective of the consequences — he is well able to take us through and to use us for his glory and his purposes.

People who have been told their whole lives they are worthless do not need a better argument for God — they need an encounter that calls them by name. Ideology and religion both failed this man; a personal voice saying 'son' did what nothing else could.

What you can take from this

This week, if you have been carrying a label someone put on you — worthless, unwanted, untouchable — write it down and then write next to it: 'Jesus called me son.' Sit with that for five minutes and ask him if it is true.

Core lie

Treated worse than an animal from birth — the caste system declared him Untouchable, not to be touched, less than human. He grew up with hurt, pain, suffering, never feeling loved or accepted. 'I just wanted to be treated as a human being.'

Counterfeit spirituality

A communist recruiter offered him dignity, equality, and hope for his community through ideology — he made a blood covenant at age 11 to be a lifetime communist. He read the Bible specifically to prove it wrong and convert Christian youth to communism.

Family weaponisation

His father was the only Christian in the Untouchable community and was excommunicated and beaten for his faith — the family paid a severe social cost for Christianity before the speaker was born, creating a context where faith meant rejection and suffering.

Fear-based control

After conversion, received a letter and phone call threatening to kill him, his wife, and his two young children by bomb, fire, or staged accident — three specific methods named. This was designed to stop his ministry through terror.

1

The words came out of my mouth — I did not plan it, it was spontaneous: 'God you are real, God you exist. Jesus, you showed yourself to me, you showed me the nail, you showed me the blood drops coming down, and you are real. Lord, I don't know how long I live in this world, but till the last breath of my life I will believe in you and I will tell my people that you are God.'

2

I went to the street corner clapping and calling people — immediately, not after ten days or one week. I realized that with anger and bitterness you cannot achieve anything, but this man Jesus with love won the whole world.

3

God gave me an amazing fellowship with the Christians called Upper Room Prayer and Evangelistic Fellowship, and they took me under their wings. They trained me, they helped me in every way that they could.

4

The Bible became a part of my life. I used to sleep with the Bible on my chest — just reading and sleeping. I could not live without that little book. The Lord started speaking to me and helping me how to grow.

Luke 10:30–37

He read the Good Samaritan story and saw the missionary McNally's act reflected in it — the model for his own ministry of deed and word.

Luke 19:10

Jesus came to seek and save the lost — became the foundation of his desire to show Christ not only in word but in deed.

Acts 4:12

No other name under heaven by which people shall be saved — the exclusive gospel he preached even when it provoked angry mobs.

Psalms 23:4

Even through the valley of shadow of death I fear no evil — he quoted this as describing his own experience walking with Jesus through persecution.

John 15:13

No greater love than to lay down one's life for a friend — he cited this as defining who Jesus is to him personally.

John 11:1

Bethany — village of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha — the name God spoke audibly to him, meaning 'house of poverty,' calling him to care for children.

John 14:6

Jesus is the only way, truth, and life — his closing declaration to viewers about the unchanging Jesus.

Active opponent of the gospel, encountered the risen Christ in a sudden vision with an audible voice, immediately became a bold street preacher the same day.

Father's persistent words and prayers, son's return from a far country of violence and rebellion, welcomed as 'son' by the Father's own voice.

Missionary McNally stopped for the dying Untouchable boy on the road — the speaker explicitly identified this as the Good Samaritan story made real.

Stoned while preaching, showed his blood with joy, loved his attackers — his persecutors later came to faith, paralleling Stephen's prayer for those who stoned him.

Untouchable community treated as less than human — God breathed life and dignity into the rejected, raising up a preacher from among the despised.

The accusation

God was absent

What they said

“If he really loves me, why no food, why no clothing, why no house.”

How God answered

The missionary McNally stopping to carry an Untouchable boy to hospital — a voice inside told him 'that is God's love.' His father's words 'Jesus loves you' became the answer. Then Jesus appeared and called him 'son,' showing the nail and the blood — proof that love was real and personal.

Resolution

Fully resolved in testimony

Yesupadas's Christian Walk

Immediately stopped gang involvement and violence the same day of conversion. Became number two in India in laboratory technician studies. Married a godly Canadian woman who stood with him through persecution and cancer. Raised children and grandchildren in faith. Built a hospital, children's home, and over 10,000 churches. The men who stoned him became elders of a church he built in their village.

That changed my life forever. It is 47 long years of walking with Jesus — it made sense of my life.

Prayer

The power of Prayer — praying father stood in the gap for Yesupadas.

His father, the only Christian in the Untouchable community, told him repeatedly from childhood: 'Son, Jesus loves you. He died for you. You must serve him.' He was beaten and scarred for his faith but never gave up on Jesus. A Canadian Baptist missionary named McNally also served as a second bridge — stopping his Jeep when he found the boy unconscious on the road, carrying him to hospital, and later paying for his laboratory technician training. The speaker heard his father's words again at the moment of conversion and recognized McNally's act as God's love made visible.

Is today your day?

Yes — I'm Ready

Absolutely, He will.

You don't have to figure everything out right now.

You don't need to have all the answers.

If something stirred in your heart while you were watching or reading — that's not nothing.

That is the Holy Spirit gently knocking on the door of your heart.

Stay right here. There's no rush. The Spirit doesn't pressure or hurry.

Watch another video. Read a little more. Take your time.

When you're ready — even if “ready” just means a little curious — Jesus is ready to meet you.

You don't have to clean up your life first.

You don't have to pass any test.

You only need to say a simple “yes” to Him.

He will take care of the rest.

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”

Luke 11:9

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