INDONESIA: Gospel Makes Inroads with a Hindu Leader

Source: Christian Aid Mission, May 18, 2017

The head of a large Hindu temple in southern Indonesia needed a duck to sacrifice for a Hindu ceremony [and asked a Christian leader to help him get one].

“I asked what the duck would be used for, and he explained that it was for the Hindu ceremony because his god wanted it to be offered in order to be appeased,” the ministry director said. “He claimed that if it was not offered, the ‘big fish’ will be disturbed by a god and get sick.”

The [Christian] explained the role of animal sacrifices in ancient Israel and how they were no longer necessary as the blood of Jesus Christ is the perfect, final, and sufficient offering for the forgiveness of sin.

“I tried to explain it by using a passage from the Hindu scripture, Bhagavad Gita, verse 24.23.3, which says, ‘Only the life of God can be the sacrifice that can make people clean from sin,’” he said. “These words from the manuscript shocked him.”

The village head has since come to him many times to ask questions, he said.

“He says he now believes in Jesus Christ but does not want to be baptized, because he is still a leader of the village and also a leader of the main Hindu temple in the village,” the director said. “Please pray with me for him.”

» Read full story and pray for this Hindu leader.

» For another example of inter-religious discussion, see a recent article from Fouad Masri of Crescent Project and how he responded to a Muslim’s question about fasting.

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