Thursday 11 June 2020
EXORCISM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Wednesday 10 June 2020
We kill 87 unborn children per minute. Stop this mass murder. It's a satanic act
We kill nearly 4 to 5 crore (40-50 million) unborn children, or human beings, through abortions every year. It’s planned murder inside the mother’s womb. Remember, Coronavirus has killed only 414,000 lakh people this year so far. But we’re scared of this virus.
According to the
World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 125,000 abortions are done per day. This means 5,200 abortions happen
every hour. That’s 87 abortions per minute.
There’s no compunction or remorse about the killing of human beings in the
mothers’ womb. They are gifts from God. Yes, God’s creation. We the people need
to repent for this massacre. We need to stop this murder of unborn human
beings. There’s no justification for mass abortions across the world. We will
have to give an account for the abortions before Him.
Strangely,
only human beings kill their unborn children. Animals don’t do it.
In the USA, where nearly half of pregnancies
are unintended and four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion, there are
over 3,000 abortions per day. Twenty-two per cent of all pregnancies in the USA
(excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.
According to
WHO’s Worldometer, 18.8 million (1.8 crore) abortions have already happened
across the globe in 2020. It’s a big sin before the Lord. If we stop abortions,
God will abundantly shower His blessings and grace on the people. We’re surrendering
to Satan through the murder of unborn children in mothers’ womb.
Many
countries have legalized abortions (the termination of a pregnancy by the
removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or
caused by its death). An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications
during pregnancy (miscarriages) or can be induced. It’s satanic act.
DEATHS IN 2020
57,46,265: Communicable disease deaths this year
215,643: Seasonal flu deaths this year
33,64,553: Deaths of children under 5 this year
18,822,954: Abortions this year
136,816: Deaths of mothers during birth this year
41,855,902: HIV/AIDS infected people
744,110: Deaths caused by HIV/AIDS this year
36,35,392: Deaths caused by cancer this year
414,000: Death caused by Coronavirus this year
Wednesday 3 June 2020
China under Xi Jinping: Party decides what you preach, Christians persecuted
In China, without the permission of the party apparatchiks, you can’t organize a Bible study. And if you do get permission, you’d better hold it in a Party-approved religious venue, at a Party-approved time, with a Party-approved leader and using the new Party-approved Bible, which contains quotations from Confucius and, of course, Chinese supremo Xi Jinping.
Yes, the only religion allowed is faith in the Chinese Communist Party.
On February
1, 2020, new restrictions on all forms of religious activity came into force. The
41 new rules called “Control measures for religious group” introduced by China,
deal with everything from the holding of rites and rituals, to the selection of
leaders and annual meetings to the hiring of staff and the handling of funds.
All of these must be reported — in advance, no less — to the comrades at the
“Religious Affairs” office for their approval.
Article 17 says, "religious
organizations must spread the principles and policies of the Chinese Communist
Party, as well as national laws, regulations, rules to religious personnel and
religious citizens, educating religious personnel and religious citizens to
support the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, supporting the
socialist system, adhering to and following the path of socialism with Chinese
characteristics ... "
The
Chinese Communist Party is persecuting Christians in China. Activities, rallies, programs of religious communities must have the
approval of the Religious Affairs Office. Religious organizations must
"spread the principles and policies of the Chinese Communist Party"
by educating "religious staff and religious citizens to support the
leadership of the Chinese Communist Party".
“Religious
groups must also report to the appropriate government authorities any and all
other matters that should be reported,” say the new rules. The “Control
Measures” are part of Xi Jinping’s New Cultural Revolution, one goal of which
is to stamp out all religious groups that the Communist Party cannot co-opt and
control. “A religious group cannot carry out any activities without
registration with the Civil Affairs office and the approval of the Religious
Affairs office of the people’s government.”
Catholic
churches were demolished, crosses and statues were denuded. Images of the
Madonna and Child replaced with President and undisputed leader Xi Jinping. Banners
of the Ten Commandments were painted over with quotes from Xi.
The text of the "Administrative measures for religious groups" consists
of six chapters and 41 articles dealing with the organization, functions,
offices, supervision, projects and economic administration
of communities and groups at both a national and local level.
Every aspect of the life of religious communities - from formation, gatherings
to annual and daily projects - is subject to approval by the government's
religious affairs department.
In addition to widespread
control of all community activities, the new measures require religious
personnel to support, promote and implement total submission to the Chinese
Communist Party among all members of their communities.
Saturday 30 May 2020
May 31: Pentecost Day
On this day, nearly 2,000 years ago, Holy Spirit, our helper, guide, comforter and healer filled the Church with power
This year, Pentecost will be on May 31, 2020, observed on the seventh Sunday after Easter (April 12).
Modern Christians observe Pentecost as a holiday, not to celebrate a wheat harvest, but to remember when the Holy Spirit invaded the Church in Acts 2 of Bible.
The Holy Spirit filled the Church with power and added 3,000 new believers. The account in Act 2 reports that, after Jesus ascended into heaven, Jesus’ followers were gathered together for the Feast of Harvest (aka Pentecost), and the Holy Spirit “filled the whole house where they were sitting” (Acts 2:2). “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them” (Acts 2:4).
This strange occurrence drew a large crowd, and Peter stood up to speak to them about repentance and the gospel of Christ (Acts 2:14). By the end of the day that the Holy Spirit came, the Church grew by 3,000 people (Acts 2:41). This is why Christians still celebrate Pentecost.
John Gill expresses the significance in his commentary: “Through this baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire, the apostles became more knowing, and had a greater understanding of the mysteries of the Gospel, and were more qualified to preach it to people of all nations and languages.”
The Holy Spirit was prophesied in the Old Testament and promised by Jesus. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit in John 14:26, who would be the Helper for his people.
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.”
This New Testament event is also significant because it fulfills an Old Testament prophecy in Joel 2:28-29. “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.”
Historical Insights into Pentecost
There are three things you need to know about Pentecost that will help you understand Acts 2.
1. Pentecost was a pilgrim festival. That meant that according to Jewish Law, all the adult Jewish men would come from wherever they were living to Jerusalem and personally be in attendance during this celebration.
2. Pentecost was a holiday. No servile work was to be done. School was out. The shops were closed. It was party time.
3. There were certain celebrations and sacrifices and offerings which were prescribed in the Law for the day of Pentecost. On Pentecost, the High Priest was to take two loaves of freshly baked wheat bread and offer them before the Lord. The wheat bread was made from the newly harvested wheat.
In short, Pentecost in the time of the Apostles was a great and grand harvest celebration. The streets of Jerusalem were clogged with thousands of pilgrims who had come from every point of the compass to celebrate the goodness of God and the bringing in of the wheat harvest.
Source: www.christianity.com
Friday 29 May 2020
Church not doing enough exorcism; Vatican, bishops & priests must step up fight against devil
Catholic Church doesn’t seem to be doing enough exorcism to stop the devil or demons from taking people away from God. Many from the laity and even clergy still doubt whether exorcism is given its due importance in the Catholic Church.
However,
that’s not the case in many denominations. “In some denominations of the
Protestant church, exorcisms are still practiced frequently and fruitfully,” wrote
late Fr Gabriele Amorth, the official exorcist of Rome, in one of his books.
Satan or
devil or demon is not a concept. It’s an active force, a living, spiritual
being that is perverted and that perverts others. It is a terrible reality,
mysterious and frightening. We must destroy them to save souls for God.
While the people
– including Christians -- across the world are swimming in a sea of sins, there’s
hardly any exorcism done in parishes or dioceses. Priests general avoid talking
about the manipulations done by Satan in their sermons. There’s a general reluctance
to accept the fact that devil is active in the world, the latest example being
the coronavirus pandemic raging across the world. “I must point out that too
many churchmen are totally disinterested in these problems (created by Satan), and
so they leave the faithful defenseless,” Fr Amorth wrote.
Whatever exorcism
is done happens in Catholic retreat centres where charismatic preachers cast
out devil from people. Catholic Church can do much more, especially at a time
when more and more people are rampantly indulging in a sinful life.
However, there
are priests who refuse to believe that devil or Satan is a spiritual being with
a personality. Their argument is that devil is just an evil power. All this
shows that Catholic seminaries should ramp up their curriculum and empower
priests in a better way to loosen the grip of Satan/
Devil does
exist and he’s moving around like a roaring lion. If you give him millimeter of
space to him, he will barge in and destroy you and take you away from God. In
Bible, we can find several instances when Jesus Christ cast out demons from
people. Jesus has given that right to His Apostles, and through them to the
priests over centuries.
Vatican
should spread the message about the need to eliminate the growing influence of
devil on people. Bishops across many countries haven’t done anything to
strengthen the ministry of exorcism. “Bishops must realize that this ministry
is entirely entrusted to their care; it’s only they who can practice or
delegate and exorcism. Sadly since most bishops have never performed an
exorcism, they are seldom aware of the extent of the need,” said Amorth who
performed thousands of exorcism over several decades.
The first
Pope to write about the danger posed by Devil in recent times is Pope Paul VI. “We
know that this dark disturbing being exists and that he is still at work with
his treacherous cunning; he is the hidden enemy who sows errors and misfortunes
in human history… This matter of the Devil and of the influence he can exert on
individuals as well as on communities, entire societies or events, is a very
important chapter of Catholic doctrine which should be studied again, although
it is given little attention today,” Pope Paul VI wrote in 1972.
“The
Christian must be a militant; he must be vigilant and strong; and he must at
times make use of special ascetical practices to escape from certain diabolical
attacks,” he says.
It’s very
important to get an awareness of evil if we are to have a correct Christian
concept of the world, life and salvation. We see this first in the unfolding of
the Gospel story at the beginning of Jesus Christ’s public life. Who can forget
the highly significant description of the triple temptation of Christ?
Vatican should
lead from the front. Let’s hope and pray that Pope Francis will enlighten and
empower people in the fight against devil and demons. Bishops and priests
across the world should become warriors of the Lord and increase the awareness
among people about the traps being laid by the evil ones. Let’s hope that they
will step up their fight against the evil ones and lead people to salvation.
Thursday 28 May 2020
Coronavirus: Time to stop death dance of Satan
Is the world largely out of the protective cover of God? There’s reason to believe it, especially looking at the way Coronavirus pandemic is raging across the world. Who brings death? Satan.
Who gives life? God.
When Jesus Christ, the Son of God, showers
blessings and grave on people, there can’t be death in such a scale as is
happening now. How does a person or place or country go out of the protective
cover of God? It happens when sins increase. Naturally. When God’s blessings disappear,
Satan takes over. Satan is a killer, liar and manipulator. No wonder, devil is
having his macabre dance now in the form of coronavirus.
Has sin increased in the world? Yes, without
doubt. People across the world are swimming in a sea of sins, knowingly or unknowingly
that they are being trapped by Satan through different ways.
Sin happens through different forms. Go
through the Ten Commandments. All are being violated rampantly and without any
fear of God. From atheism, idolatry (in the form of money, property and people),
abortion, sacrilege of the marriage, adultery, homosexuality/ same sex marriage,
alcoholism, drug use, amassing of wealth, slander to murders/ killings, sins
have multiplied across the world.
When people sin, God can’t act or shower His
blessings unless they seek forgiveness, reconciliation and repentance. Satan
knows it very well. The world belongs to Satan as Bible also tells us. Unless
we repent and reconcile with God, the death dance of Satan will continue.
Satan goes berserk when sins increase and more
and more people are getting into that trap. Sorry to say sins have multiplied
in the so-called Western countries and the US where Coronavirus is taking a
huge toll on human lives. God’s grace and blessings are urgently needed in
these regions and for that, people will have to repent and turn away from sins.
Sin means death. A sinless life with Jesus Christ means eternal life in glory.
In Old Testament, we come across many
instances when God destroyed cities and regions through flood, fire and
pandemics. How can we come out of the crisis? New Testament gives the answer.
Follow His words. There’s no other way.
All these thoughts leave a big question: Has
the church lived up to expectations? Doubtful. Church has largely failed in evangelizing
the world. Church hasn’t done much to stop the macabre dance of Satan. Church
leaders spent more time in institutionalizing the church. Clericalism is at its
peak. It has adopted a corporate culture.
Church is gripped by a web of obsessions and
procedures. “If something should rightly disturb us and trouble our
consciences, it is the fact that so many of our brothers and sisters are living
without the strength, light and consolation born of friendship with Jesus
Christ, without a community of faith to support them, without meaning and a
goal in life,” says Evangelii Gaudium.
It’s time to
seek God. It’s time for repentance. We must keep Satan and his minions out of
our lives. Don’t give them control over lives. Satan has tightened his grip now:
coronavirus is one example. We don’t know whether anything more is in store. But
we can stop Satan’s death dance. As St John the Baptist said, turn away from
sins and repent. It’s time now. There’s no other option.
While each
person individually will have to take efforts to come back to Jesus Christ like
the prodigal son, church should lead from the front. Go all out against the
evil one. Pope, bishops, preachers and priests have a big role to play in this
battle. Let’s win this battle. That’s what God wants.
-- George Mathew
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Lessons From Fr Gabriele Amorth’s First Exorcism
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Confronting The Devil’s Power
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Let us stand before the crucifix in our homes: Pope Francis on Palm Sunday
Wednesday 17 July 2019
REAL ESTATE BROKERS, MIDDLEMEN CALL THE SHOTS IN CHURCH
Clergy should stop acting like kings, come down from their ivory towers and walk with the poor and downtrodden
Catholic Church in Kerala (India) has fallen into the money trap. Church and clergy are running after money, power and position. Dioceses and parishes are rolling in money. They are buying land, renovating buildings and constructing multi-crore churches. Middlemen and brokers are calling the shots in bishop’s houses. The craze for mammon has brought church to a perilous state. Believers are perplexed and stumped, watching the spectacle with consternation and trepidation. Real estate brokers and middlemen are calling the shots in the church.
Bishops and priests – including independent congregations -- want to control the accumulating money, land and institutions. They are not ready to give up their claims. On the contrary, they want more power and live a life king size. Each diocese is a kingdom where the bishop acts like a king. Bishop and the curia (administration) do whatever they want with the money collected from the believers who always remain in the dark. Money is diverted. Taxes are not paid properly. Duty evasion is rampant, especially in land transfer.
This was going on in a brazen manner in several dioceses but never came out in the open. That’s until it happened in Ernakulam-Angamally diocese in Kerala where land was sold at the whims and fancies of some curia members. Money is lost. Church didn’t get the full money. Middleman and broker took everyone for a royal ride. Church is now sharply divided in Kochi – church headed by Cardinal Alencherry and his backers on one side and priests who oppose him on the other side. Catholic church is going the European way. Satan has tightened the grip.
Syro Malabar Catholic church needs to undergo glasnost and perestroika – that too asap. Otherwise, we will witness an outflow of believers from the church.
1.Church should cut down the financial powers of bishops and priests. Let a body of clergy and laity take decisions on financial matters.
2.A committee comprising experts, including clergy, should take decisions on financial matters. There should be complete transparency in decision making. Laity should be informed of the decisions.
3. Dioceses and parishes should put a ban on building multi-crore opulent church edifices, five-star hospitals, engineering colleges and medical colleges. Use this money to build houses for the poor and help children from poor families or fund their healthcare needs.
4. Bishops and priests should only concentrate on spiritual matters… not on buying land, accumulating bank balances and building palatial churches and institutions. They should come down from their ivory towers and walk with the poor and downtrodden. In short, clericalism must end.
Currently, actions by bishops and dioceses are opaque and authoritarian. This must end lest the land mess in Kochi will repeat elsewhere. The High Court recently came down heavily on Cardinal Alencherry, head of the church, and asked whether the "Cardinal is the King.” Yes, there are several kings in the church today.
Church in Europe was once vibrant and contributed maximum to its growth nearly 100 years ago. They later digressed, constructed huge church edifices in every nook and corner across the continent and started “celebrations” instead of evangelization and mission work. The fall was faster and steeper. European churches started declining in the middle of last century and they are in a pathetic stage now with huge edifices abandoned and believers deserting them.
Clergy must stop running after land, buildings, expensive cars, luxurious life, buildings and bickering over liturgy. It should not remain a toll-house. Church should not end up as a museum.
They must also stop extravagant feast celebrations which have turned out to be a money spinning exercise for the church. Church needs good governance and transparency. This is sorely lacking now.
Saturday 6 July 2019
PREACHERS TARGETED
Cyber warriors have started targeting Christian preachers in Kerala. The persecution of preachers by these spiritual mountebanks, also comprising atheists, agnostics and non-believers, is by spreading canards and lies about them with the only intention of stopping evangelization.
It’s the work of devil. These persecutors have now started campaigning against preachers to prevent them from conducting prayer meetings and sermons in different parts of the world. They have launched nasty and obnoxious campaigns against preachers like Rev Fr Dominic Valamanal, Rev Fr Xavier Khan Vattayil and Rev Fr Daniel Poovannathil, making abominable and cheap comments through Facebook and Twitter.
The main argument of these cyber warriors: these preachers said diseases like autism, cancer and mental disorders are caused by the sins of their parents and forefathers. Now they are trying to stop preachers from getting visa to visit some countries.
Why these warriors are running a campaign against preachers. These men of God spoke the truth. Nobody wants to hear the truth. Devil is guiding these warriors to stop the work of God. “The sins of you and your parents and forefathers will influence you. If you sin, you will get punishment… not only that the sins of your forefathers will affect you. You will also face failures in life as a consequence of your sins,” says Rev Fr James Manjackal.
Sirach (Ecclesiastics) 38:15 says, “he who sins before his Maker, may he fall into the care of a physician.” Bible is very clear about the consequences of sins. Quoting several examples of people who came to him for counselling, Rev Fr Manjackal says many of them led a sinful life – from prostitution, pornography, homosexual life and violation of first commandment.
The response of people in Kerala to the Word of God is not proper even though there are a number of retreat centres and preachers. Many people visit the retreat centre for physical healing and not for spiritual healing or to become a born-again Christian. Rev Fr Manjackal says he was persecuted by some people in Kerala for preaching the Word of God, forcing him to relocate to Europe.
John the Baptist was beheaded for speaking the truth. Jesus Christ was crucified for speaking the truth. Similarly, some of the Malayalis in Kerala and abroad don’t want preachers who speak the truth – the true Word of God. They campaign against such preachers in Facebook and Twitter. They try to get the visa and tour programs of these preachers cancelled. They don’t want the truth to be told.
Who is working behind such godawful characters? 1 John 3:8 says, “The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning.” Whether you’re a Christian or non-Christian, you will have to face the consequences of sin, Rev Fr Manjackal says.
These days, devil worship is common is major cities in Kerala. The number of people who practice non-Christian activities like yoga and reiki is increasing. Even some priests and nuns practice yoga and reiki which are incompatible with Christianity.
Romans 2:9 says, “there will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil.” Rev Fr Manjackal says there’s a connection between sin and disease.
Read Mark 2:3-12. “Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. However, some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” The paralysed man was healed when Jesus forgave his sins, but teachers of the law who were present there, protested. Some of the Malayalis are now behaving like these teachers of law.