I HEARD A POP, AND I
HEARD A CRACK OF THE ICE
BREAK.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN IT
HAPPENED.
IMMEDIATELY, I WAS
SUBMERGED.
THE LAST THING I REALLY
REMEMBER IS MY BROTHER RAN
OVER TO ME, GROOB GRABBED
ME, AND THREW ME UP ON THE
ICE.
Reporter: TIM THOMPSON
WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN
HE FELL THROUGH THE ICE.
HIS BROTHER, PAUL, PULLED
HIM TO SAFETY, BUT THEN HE
FELL IN AND DROWNED IN THE
FRIGID WATER.
PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK TO
TWO WEEKS AFTER MY BROTHER'S
FUNERAL, I LAID DOWN ON THE
FLOOR IN MY CLOSET AND I PUT
A BLANKET UP TO MY CHEST AND
I WAS PRETENDING TO LAY IN A
COFFIN TALKING TO MY
BROTHER.
Reporter: TIM HID IN
HIS MAKESHIFT COFFIN DAY
AFTER DAY.
AS DAYS TURNED INTO MONTHS,
DEMONS STARTED VISITING
HIM.
I DIDN'T CALL THEM
DEMONS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT THOSE WORDS WERE,
BECAUSE THEY WERE MY
FRIENDS.
TIM'S FRIENDS MADE HIM AN
OFFER.
MY FRIENDS SAID, WILL YOU
LET US COME INSIDE YOU, AND
WE WILL SHOW YOU GREATER
THINGS.
AND SO WHEN I SAID YES, THAT
MOMENT I COULD TELL I WAS
NOT THE SAME PERSON.
I COULD SPEAK SOMETHING OUT
OF MY MOUTH, LIKE, SAY, FOR
INSTANCE, IF A SIBLING WAS
MEAN TO ME, OR IF SOMEBODY
DID SOMETHING TO ME, I COULD
LITERALLY ASK ONE OF MY
FRIENDS TO TRIP THEM.
TO HAVE THEM BE CUT, OR TO
GET HURT.
WELL, LITTLE BY LITTLE, COME
TO FIND OUT THIS POWER THAT
I WAS SPEAKING OVER PEOPLE'S
LIVES WAS GROWING.
Reporter: WHEN TIM WAS
10 YEARS OLD, HE HAD DEMONIC
VISIONS.
MY FATHER WAS YELLING AT
ME, AND WE GOT INTO AN
ARGUMENT, AND I SAW MYSELF
PICK UP AN AXE AND DRIVE IT
INTO HIS SKULL.
AND I SAW HIS HEAD BE SPLIT
OPEN.
AND I SAW THE BLOOD AND I
SAW EVERYTHING ELSE.
I LITERALLY SAW THIS.
AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO
REALIZE, I'M NOT LIKE OTHER
PEOPLE.
Reporter: AS A
TEENAGER, TIM DEALT DEEPER
INTO THE OCCULT.
HE USED TAROT CARDS AND
OUIJA BOARDS TO COMMUNICATE
WITH DEMONS.
MANY OF HIS DEMON FRIENDS
HAD NAMES, SUCH AS ROCH.
WHEN ROCH SPOKE, ALL OF
THE DEMONS SHOOK BECAUSE
THEY ALL KNEW HE HAD
ENORMOUS POWER.
I KNEW HE HAD ENORMOUS
POWER.
Reporter: TIM ALSO
BEGAN TO ABUSE ALL KINDS OF
DRUGS.
I LITERALLY DOVE RIGHT
INTO METH, AND FROM METH, I
GOT INTO COCAINE.
Reporter: NEITHER DRUGS
NOR THE OCCULT COULD FILL
THE VOID IN TIM'S LIFE.
HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF BY
CUTTING HIS WRISTS.
SUDDENLY BLOOD WENT
WHOOSH.
I LITERALLY FELT THAT I'M
PAYING GOD BACK.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED, BUT I ENDED UP IN
AN EMERGENCY ROOM, AND A
DOCTOR SAID YOU WERE ONE
MINUTE AWAY FROM BLEEDING TO
DEATH.
Reporter: TIM HAD
DECIDED IF THERE WAS NOTHING
BETTER IN LIFE, HE WOULD
RATHER DIE.
THAT'S WHEN HE CALLED OUT TO
GOD.
CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT ON
DECEMBER 13th, I GOT DOWN
ON MY HANDS AND KNEES, AND I
SAID, GOD, IF YOU'RE REAL,
THEN YOU SHOW ME SOME SORT
OF HAPPINESS OR KILL ME.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ONE
MORE DAY LIKE THIS.
THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED.
JESUS CAME THROUGH MY
CEILING.
HE CAME THROUGH MY CEILING.
THE WHOLE ROOM LIT UP AND
EMBRACED ME.
WHEN HE EMBRACED ME, HE LET
ME KNOW HE FOUND VALUE IN ME
AND HE LOVED ME.
Reporter: TIM ASKED
JESUS TO COME INTO HIS
HEART.
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME,
ANGRY, FEAR, DEPRESSION,
SUICIDAL, HOMICIDAL, HATING
EVERYTHING AND HATING LIFE
WAS GONE.
I DIDN'T HAVE A TASTE OF
HOPE.
I HAD A TIDALWAVE OF HOPE.
I HAD A TIDALWAVE OF
FORGIVENESS.
HE REALLY ACCEPTED ME.
HE REALLY CARED ABOUT THE
REAL ME.
Reporter: TIM DOESN'T
ENTERTAIN DEMONS ANYMORE OR
READ TAROT CARDS.
INSTEAD, HE TURNS TO GOD'S
WORD.
JESUS CHRIST IS THE
ANSWER.
HE IS NOT A SYMBOL.
HE IS A REAL HUMAN BEING
THAT HAS HIS ARMS WIDE
OPEN.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY,
JESUS, JESUS, FORGIVE ME FOR
MY SIN.
