Dispelling
a myth …..that JESUS stayed and learnt in India…?!
Discussing yoga, HIS death, HIS teachings.....
If JESUS had visited/
lived in India, definitely HIS teachings should reflect some or many of the
beliefs that are in India. But that’s not the case. The
differences are sensational.
Let’s review
the distinct differences….. (I leave it to the reader to compare with the rest
of beliefs he/ she is following)
(I) Did JESUS CHRIST teach
about rebirth or life in another cycle?
(1) JESUS said in John 3:3
“Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of GOD.”
It is not rebirth or
birth in another cycle. It is not
even getting born again by entering the womb of the mother. It is not getting
enlightened and moving to a higher dimension in another cycle of life or birth till
perfection is achieved.
It is being born again in the same life once and for all.
What a significant (major) difference!
Everyman who is born in this world is a sinner and there is
no exception to it. People may wonder that they cannot be labeled as sinners
because they have never committed big sins like murder, adultery, blasphemy or
corruption. But lies, abuse, accusation, jealousy, envy, anger, grudge,
unforgiving, pride, superiority complex, inferiority complex, fear (of
anything), forgetting GOD, unfair, depending on resources, possessions and
persons other than GOD, vain worships, bad thoughts, wrong judgment, unnatural
cravings, unnatural habits, thieving, ill-treatment, unfair diplomacy, improper
execution of work entrusted, using the name of God in vain etc. also are sins.
The Bible says
in Romans 3:23
“For
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” and that "There is none righteous, not even one." Romans 3:10
(2) A person may attempt to live holy, but what about the DNA of the person which carries sinful
hereditary characteristics? How can that be altered? What about the
conscience which needs to be changed to acquire the DNA of GOD..? Without change in the
inside of a person, it is not possible to enter heaven or kingdom of GOD.
(3) We see people dipping in the water in
belief that they will get salvation, we
also see people offering animal sacrifices….but will this cleanse the
conscience or can this change the DNA of a person? NO. It requires something
greater at a higher level. Only the blood of someone
which does not carry the hereditary DNA in the blood and whose blood is sinless
and blameless, by the free-will (offering) sacrifice of such a person can
transform the original nature of any person or sinful person. Only JESUS
fulfilled this - being born of a virgin and found to be sinless and who offered
HIMSELF freely.
(The
Roman Governor Pontius Pilate who conducted trial of JESUS, tries to free JESUS
as he found nothing guilty in HIM, was reluctant to execute JESUS).
In
John 8: 46,
JESUS says
“Can any of you prove me
guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?”
(4) That is why JESUS says….You have to be
born again, reconstructed again to have the DNA of GOD.
How is it possible…?
(5) JESUS says in Mark 9: 23
“If you can believe, all things are possible to him that
believes".
Who
will do the restructuring and how..?
CHRIST
HIMSELF will do the restructuring when a person acknowledges JESUS to be the
SON of GOD given for this world, acknowledges that CHRIST is his/ her Savior,
acknowledges that CHRIST gave HIS life on the cross for his/ her sake, HE rose
again to come back for judging this world.
(II) What will be the
relation between a believer and GOD after the transformation, after being born
again?
(6) Romans 8:15
states
The
good news is there is no more Master – Slave relationship to fear. No child fears to approach his/ her father or mother
because they are his/ her parents. The child trusts his/ her parents, confides
in them and takes refuge in them.
The believer gets the highest
privilege to call GOD as “FATHER”.
(7) Believer can approach FATHER without
fear because he/ she is the legal heir to the FATHER’S kingdom – only made
possible through the sacrifice of JESUS.
JESUS
not only made the sacrifice but at the end of HIS mission made it clear that
GOD is not only HIS FATHER but FATHER of all, not only HIS GOD but GOD of all.
In
John 20:17,
JESUS said
(III) What does Bible say
- Is GOD dwelling in every living thing and in every nook and corner of the
earth?
(8) GOD owns this creation – HE is the
owner. The whole creation reminds us of the Creator, HIS skillfulness, HIS
creativity, HIS wisdom, HIS magnanimity and HIS greatness. The beauty of this
world is half gone because of man’s selfishness and cruelty.
Contrary
to the belief that GOD exists everywhere and in everything and in every person,
Bible says ….GOD
cannot dwell in a sinful person. GOD exists everywhere but that
doesn’t make everything that GOD created to carry GOD in it. Creation dwells in
GOD but Creator need not dwell in the ‘created’, unless the ‘created’ is
sanctified to carry GOD. And it is impossible for the ‘created’ to contain GOD.
So
for example, lion is created by GOD, fish is created by GOD, tree is created by
GOD, sun is created by GOD, star is created by GOD – these all dwell in GOD but
GOD cannot dwell in any of these, but all these obey GOD’S voice and follow principles
laid by HIM.
According to Bible, only
man is created in the image of GOD – man is
GOD’S special creation and was given dominion over everything else on earth.
Bible
says, man was separated from GOD because of sin. Sin separated man from GOD.
JESUS came to reconcile man to GOD again by paying the penalty of sin. Now, the
good news is GOD started living in man again as the blood of JESUS covers every
believer. The righteousness of JESUS CHRIST is imputed (ascribed) to every
believer who believes JESUS. For a common person, it is impossible to
understand the true nature, true character and the true love of GOD which is
inexpressible, baffling, mysterious, and incomprehensible, beyond imagination
and also to some foolish.
(IV) Is Bible too
complicated to understand? Can anyone understand what JESUS said?
(9) The good news is Bible is not
complicated to understand.
The message is simple and
clear and goes straight to the heart. Bible is available in all languages
across the world.
The Sermon on the Mount by JESUS is so
heart touching and transforming.
Mahatma Gandhi was so
much influenced by the teachings of JESUS, the principle of love – he used the
same statement of JESUS saying if someone strikes you on one cheek, show him
the other. The ahimsa principle is
also derived from the principle of love.
He hoped to see Christians live up to those standards but failed to see most of
them like that, especially when he faced racial discrimination from the whites.
(V) Do all people enjoy
the same love from GOD – rich, poor, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, white,
black, upper caste, lower caste, man, woman, young, old..?
(10)
There
is no difference with GOD. GOD is GOD. GOD loved, loves all people wherever
they are. Good news is - man and woman - both are equal
in the sight of GOD.
Only people divided themselves on
various reasons and various beliefs. Even women, children should be treated
alike. In fact every believer is supposed to enjoy the greatest liberty in
CHRIST as they will not be bound by anything anymore. There are no more good
days or bad days, full moon or no moon days, good luck or bad luck but only
GOD. Every day and every hour is made good for man by GOD and man is supposed
to conquer every harrowing or problematic situation that comes along in life,
with the power of GOD.
There are no binding factors
on man or woman – since they have been freed from every curse by the blood of
JESUS, man is to treat woman equally
with love and woman is to treat her husband with respect. But we still do not see this due to various reasons, one of them being traditions.
GOD gave liberty to man (and woman)
through JESUS intending to free man from degrading beliefs, suppression and
depression. But if man ignorantly uses liberty keeping GOD aside, will bring
disaster upon him and others.
In fact this liberty if not understood
properly and applied properly, if this liberty is used keeping GOD aside, can
prove to be very dangerous. It can drag a person into too much liberality in everything
– by which a person gets inclined (propensity) to cross over all the limits of
sex, righteousness, ethics, morals, and start feeling that he/ she is correct.
Finally the person can cross over the ultimate essence of his/ her life that is
“GOD HIMSELF”, thinking that everything that the person ‘is’, is because of
his/ her own effort and finally comes to conclusion that there is no GOD.
This is what we see today with America.
GOD blessed this nation so abundantly, that the nation started forgetting GOD.
Galatians 3: 28
says
“There is
neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Every person becomes brother and sister
in the kingdom of GOD once they accept CHRIST as their personal savior.
Through JESUS GOD intends to tell
mankind to leave every foolish, sinful and selfish traditions and beliefs,
which puts one above another and brings strife, quarrels and war. JESUS brought/ gave
back every mortal man his value and every mortal woman her value which was
deprived from them. What a difference and what comfort to every person in the
world!!
Colossians 2:8 says
“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and
empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary
principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.”
(VI)
Is there mention of JESUS
CHRIST in other Holy Books?
There
is mention of JESUS in almost every Holy Book. People who have studied properly
acknowledge what it is written about JESUS in their books.
In
Quran, surprisingly there is mention of JESUS
CHRIST by name 25 times. There is no mention of any other woman in Quran except
mother of JESUS – Mary, that she a virgin who gave birth to JESUS. There is a whole chapter on Mary. Quran
acknowledges that JESUS is born, JESUS did miracles and that JESUS will come
back again.
Buddha spoke (prophesied)
of a future Maitreya who would come after him, who is the enlightened one.
‘Maitreya’ meaning “loving kindness” – “universal love”, Bible says JESUS is love
and we all know how HE showed HIS love to mankind by suffering on the cross.
Hindu scholars
acknowledge - mention of offering worship to a person born of virgin and who
dies on a tree - in Vedas. There is mention of Prajapathi in Rig Veda – silent
sufferer – who is sinless – had a thorny creeper on his head – is supposed to
take the sins of the world, die for it and resurrect.
(VII)
Did JESUS keep HIMSELF
alive by any yoga…? What did HE say about HIS death when HE is alive?
JESUS spoke about HIS earthly mission
many times when HE was preaching and with HIS disciples. HE clearly told that HE came
to die and then shall rise again.
When HIS disciple tried to disapprove that
by his earthly (natural) love towards JESUS, JESUS rebukes HIM to be mindful of
concerns of GOD and not mere men, knowing that satan is behind this to dissuade
JESUS from going to cross.
JESUS
Predicts His Death in Mathew 16: 21 - 23
From that time on Jesus
began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many
things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the
law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Peter took him aside and
began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”
Jesus turned and said to
Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have
in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
Again in Mathew 26: 53 JESUS says
"Do you not think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at
once put at my disposal more that twelve legions of angels? But how then would
the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?"
JESUS also mentions that
HE is laying down HIS life by HIS own free will and has power to lay down HIS life and also to take HIS life
back.
JESUS says in John 10: 17, 18
The reason my Father loves me
is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes
it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down
and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
The Roman Empire during the time of
JESUS was as powerful as America today and recorded every event in detail after
careful examination.
John 19: 33 – 35 says
But when they came to Jesus
and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead,
one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of
blood and water. The man who saw it testified and his
testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that
you also may believe.
The
fact is, JESUS could have kept HIMSELF alive if HE wanted, not by yoga but by
HIS own power; HE clearly mentioned why HE has to die and for what purpose
HE came.
Today
we see miracles happening in HIS name defying all medical and scientific
explanations, even dead people being raised up.
These miracles
can happen only if HIS (JESUS) name is alive, if there is power and authority
in HIS name and if HE is alive.
Cancer, HIV, PCOD, Paralysis, lame, deaf, blind, etc – all kinds of
sicknesses getting healed is proof that JESUS
is alive and JESUS visits and lives with people who ask and seek the truth.
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