We had Apostle James Jacob tonight at Encounter Christ Church. His sermon was awesome, but what he had to say about India was heartbreaking to say the least. Being a Christian in India is like being an African American to the KKK's. It's upsetting and ridiculous, but most of all it makes my heart hurt for these people. I realize that there are people being killed all over the world for what they believe in. But there is no such thing as a Christian terrorist and its so sad to see millions and MILLIONS of Christians being killed just because they chose to worship Jesus Christ. How many of us would go to church if we knew that any minute there was a large chance of people coming in with guns to shoot whoever was in there? How many people would put a cross in their front yard if they knew in the middle of the night someone could set their house on fire because of it? Some of us can't even wear our Christian t-shirts to Walmart. We save those just for church. I mean, after all, if people see us wearing it in walmart they might laugh at us. Or talk about us behind our back. That'd be just horrible! In India and all over different parts of the world Christianity isn't just what people do for fun. It isn't to satisfy their loved ones or to scratch a religious itch. They are Christians because they believe in God. They believe in the Holy Spirit. They believe in their salvation. They know God did miracles back in the biblical days and they KNOW he performs NEW miracles every single day...today. Being a Christian is WHO they are. It's their life. You'd take it pretty seriously too if you had a high probability of being murdered every hour of the day.
I just wish that we could have that FERVENT love for Jesus like these people do. They love God and trust his word-no matter what. They have to fight for the freedom to serve the Lord every single day. The biggest thing most of us have to fight for is for a good parking space in a parking lot. We can't even fathom being actually harmed (and murdered) for believing in something, these people deal with this reality every single day of their lives.
It's really humbling to see and hear about. It also makes me want to do more. Not everyone has it like we do, and I think too often we forget that. You can take the whole world, but leave me JESUS!
If you want to see actual pictures on Apostle James Jacob's website go to the following URL. I need to warn you that some of these are pretty disturbing, but they are ACTUAL photos. Imagine having to face this everyday of your life...
http://www.jamesjacobmin.org/gallery.aspx?id=8
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