(OPINION) CP – Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington sat down for an Instagram Live with his pastor friend, A.R. Bernard, on Thursday and recounted the moment he was filled with the Holy Spirit and how it impacted his life and even his children’s lives. During the 30-minute discussion, Washington told the senior pastor of Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., that he gave his life to Jesus three times, and on one of those occasions he had a supernatural encounter with God.
“I was filled with the Holy Ghost and it scared me. I said, ‘Wait a minute, I didn’t want to go this deep, I want to party,’” Washington admitted. The moment happened at Bishop Charles E. Blake’s West Angeles Church of God in Christ in the ‘80s.
“I went to church with Robert Townsend and when it came time to come down to the altar I said, ‘You know this time, I’m just going to go down there and give it up and see what happens.’ I went in the prayer room and gave it up and let go and experienced something I’ve never experienced in my life,” the “Fences” actor explained.
“I remember calling my mother afterward and asking her, I said, ‘Well, you know it felt like I was going up in the air, and my cheeks were filled’ and she said, ‘Oh no, that’s the devil you’re purging.’” “It was a supernatural, once in this lifetime experience that I couldn’t completely understand at the time.” It would take years before the entertainer fully dedicated his life to God. In a 2017 interview with The Christian Post, Washington shared his testimony. READ MORE
Why are most Christians so judgmental and hypocrites? Many of your comments are disgusting. You know, the act of being afraid can come from being surprised. He didn’t believe in the Holy Spirit but it seemed to have been for him, his revelation that He is real.
Christianity is far from perfect, I’m sorry but many who prosecute another person before God will be prosecuted. Pray for Him. His career is not bad as a sex career is. Also, God CAN USE HIM. a why, because of where he is. He uses those who might see impossible to save. He has worldly influence. If he chose to follow, others would go with.