By Cecelia Campbell Livingston
Years ago, when she was embroiled in sin, a Christian lady named Marlene McKenzie gave Marion Hall (Lady Saw) a Bible at Reggae Sumfest with the words that God had laid it on her heart to give it to her along with a few gospel CDs.
With tears in her eyes, Minister Marion Hall said that was the beginning of her road to salvation, which culminated in her water baptism on July 14, 2015, by Bishop Everton Thomas of the Emmanuel Apostolic Church.
In a riveting testimony, Hall opened up about the experience that completely revolutionised her life.
“I’m giving you these Bibles, and I want you to read them, study these words, and feast on them,” she declared as her team handed out over 1,000 Bibles.
“She came in this place; she gave me a Bible, and if that woman of God didn’t come in here, just like I am in here today, I don’t think I would ever be saved. Before that, whenever people would talk to me and tell me about God, I would chase them away, and I would tell them why God would leave me here and come to New York and send you back to me,” she stated.
Revisiting the encounter, Hall said there was something about the woman who gave her the Bible as she watched her. She seemed so calm.
Showing a Bible that has seen better days, Hall explained why it looked so raggedy.
“My first encounter with a demon, they say it is not just one, they said it was 50 of them in the person. I was using the Bible to place under someone who was under attack, and the demons were tearing up the Bible, so while I was at the house the other day, God led me to it,” she shared.
Seeing the Bible, and the words written in it from the lady, and thinking of the impact it had on her life, Hall said it powered her decision to distribute the Bible at the event.
“This woman came to me, the woman at the well. I was lost in sin; you remember, not even soap coulda wash my mouth, but because she was obedient, and the Bible says obedience is better than sacrifice, she came to this place,” she related.
Hall also explained her controversial ‘Kiss out mi Bible comment, as she said it meant you should consume the word. Calling her pastor, Bishop Thomas on stage, she directed him to Ezekiel 3:1–2, where the prophet was commanded to eat the scroll.