I recently met Ernesto, a Cuban who had fought in Angola's civil war during the late-'70s and early-'80s. He still carried a heavy burden of guilt because of his part in the bloody war, but at the same time he said he didn't see how the goal could have been achieved any other way.

"Jesus was a revolutionary," I told him, "and He has won hundreds of millions to His cause in nation after nation-all without lifting a sword or firing a shot. He 'conquers' their hearts with love." After we had talked a little more, I asked Ernesto if he would like to meet the Man of Love, and he prayed with me to accept Jesus as his Savior.

The next day, I went to see Ernesto where he works, and he was glowing! "Something is happening to me that I can't explain," he said.

Jesus was a revolutionary and He has won hundreds of millions to His cause in nation after nation all without lifting a sword or firing a shot.

"You don't have to understand everything all at once," I told him. "Just keep believing that Jesus can change your life, and He will." Poor Ernesto was still trying to sort out where the Communist ideals he had been taught all his life fit in with his newfound faith. On a less philosophical level, he just didn't know if he could make it as a Christian. Sooner or later he was bound to fail.

"It's a growing process," I reassured him. "You simply need to water your budding faith with God's Word (I had given him a Spanish New Testament, which he had already begun to read), and your life will change little by little."

I also gave Ernesto a videotape of the movie Jesus, which he later played for all of the children in the apartment building where he lives. He phoned the next day to tell me how excited they all were about the movie's message. What a change had come over Ernesto! He had found love, forgiveness, and a new and greater cause.