Of Their Accusations

Some accuse me of teaching the Brethren’s doctrine, others of being from Mr. Bakht Singh's assembly and thus reject me and what I say.

They do not want to hear me not because I speak lies but because they are unable to fathom the fact that a layman has stood up to confront them with the Biblical truths and expose their falsehood.

Their only argument is ‘Who are you that we should listen to you?’ and it is apt to remind them that this is what they asked Jesus. Is this not the carpenter’s son? Where then did this Man get all these things? By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority? He’s out of His mind. And with many other questions and blasphemies, they reviled Him.

Don’t reject God’s truth because it comes from the Brethren’s cowshed or Mr. Bakht Singh’s junkyard. I am neither of them. But, I am yet to see if any truth ever came out of the Pentecostal graveyard.

Sin and its Consequence

It was late in the evening when the corpse arrived. We were expecting it, for sooner or later, everybody ends up here. It’s just a matter of time. After all, this was Mortuary.

The corpse stank and the stench, unbearable and repulsive. It was an indication of the decay and highly decomposed state of the corpse. The corpse was laid on the examination table and as the body bag was zipped open, we were shocked to see of what lay before us. It was obvious at the outset that the victim had died a cruel death. The victim was tightly tied up with the ropes of Religion and the cellophane tape of Tradition was stuck over the rope to ensure death.

After hours of a painful slow process, the rope and tape were finally cut open and we were witness to a body ridden with maggots and fungi, the decomposition accelerated by the lack of oxygen caused by the ropes of Religion and tape of Tradition. The maggots of Sin and fungi of God-hater ate away the victim.

As we sliced open the cadaver, out spouted the worms and maggots of sexual immorality and adultery, idolatry, lie, murder, hatred, envy, drunkenness, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, heresies, sorcery, evil thoughts, thefts, blasphemies, hypocrisy, love for money, disobedient to parents, traitor, etc.

Having found the answers to how the victim died and what caused the death, the corpse was fit only to be thrown out in the furnace to be burned forever.

Sin corrodes, infects, erodes, destroys, corrupts, causes decay and decomposition. Sin impacts our countenance, health, well-being, relationships, everything that matters to life. It destroys God's relationship with us.

Jesus said, "Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man. Those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies."

Abusive Marriage: Bible's Perspective, Part 2

For part 1 in the series, please click, Abusive Marriage, Part 1

Now, it troubles me when I see and hear the prevailing approach among Christians to this issue. The approach closely resembles that followed by the unregenerate society.

In India, among unbelievers, society's respect, family honor and reputation are the primary concern. In the unregenerate society, the parents may sympathize with the suffering of their daughter but will refuse to bail her out. She is counseled by her parents, elders of the family, siblings and relatives to continue with the marriage at all costs and to bear the suffering, all for the sake of family honor and reputation in the society. The question they are concerned about is ‘what people will say?’

False Pride

Due to their false pride and ego, being a result of the depravity of their minds, the unregenerate society disregards the rights of and goodwill towards an individual. The society is willing to sacrifice the individual than take a hit on its false pride. Since it does not worship the True and Living God, it is not concerned about the impact such abusive marriage will have in her relationship with her God. An evil and corrupt society is engrossed in religion, its rituals, customs and tradition and has no concept of God.

We Christians, having been raised in such a society and surrounded by unbelievers, too are guilty of ignorantly believing and foolishly following these customs and belief system which are contrary and are abominable to God. God of the Bible abhors the customs which are in total defiance of statutes as laid down in the Bible. We are continuously being bombarded with their approach through news and entertainment media.

At the outset, it is good to know few Biblical truths about marriage. Listen folk, marriage is important, honorable and desirable as is also written in Heb 13:3, 'Marriage is honorable among all' as well as in Prov 18:22, 'He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the LORD.' Paul also reiterated the same thing in I Cor 7:2, 9, 28, 36 and 38.

For part 3 in the series, please click,