Source: Asia Harvest, June 15, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the hills of northeast India live the Garo tribe, numbering more than one million people. For centuries they were feared as a primitive head-hunting tribe, but in the most recent Indian census, over 95 percent of the Garo declared themselves to be Christians. Here is one reason why…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the late 1800s, many missionaries came to the state of Assam in northeast India to spread the gospel. They succeeded in converting a man named Nokseng, his wife, and his two children. Nokseng\u2019s faith proved contagious and many villagers began to accept Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The village chief, angry at the prospect of losing control, summoned all the villagers. He demanded Nokseng\u2019s family to publicly renounce their faith or face execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moved by the Holy Spirit, Nokseng said: \u201cI have decided to follow Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enraged at his refusal to deny Christ, the chief ordered his archers to shoot the two children. As both boys lay twitching on the ground, the chief asked, \u201cWill you deny your faith? You have lost both your children. You will lose your wife also.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Nokseng replied: \u201cThough no one joins me, still I will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chief was beside himself with fury and ordered Nokseng\u2019s wife to be shot with arrows. In a moment she joined her children in death. Now the chief said for the last time: \u201cI will give you one more opportunity to deny your faith and live.\u201d In the face of death, Nokseng did not waver, and made his final memorable statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe cross before me, the world behind me. No turning back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was killed like the rest of his family, but a miracle took place. The chief was moved by Nokseng\u2019s faith and he wondered, \u201cWhy would Nokseng and his family die for a man who lived in a far-away land some 2,000 years ago? This God must have remarkable power, and I too want to taste that faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a spontaneous confession, the chief declared, \u201cI too belong to Jesus Christ!\u201d When the crowd heard this from the mouth of their chief, the whole village accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior. Later, Nokseng\u2019s words became a beloved song of the Garo Christians, and was later translated into English and sung around the world. Source: Asia Harvest, June 15, 2021 In the hills of northeast India live the Garo tribe, numbering more than one million people. For centuries they were feared as a primitive head-hunting tribe, but in the most recent Indian census, over 95 percent of the Garo declared themselves to be Christians. Here is one reason why… … Continue reading INDIA: Do You Know the Roots of This Famous Song?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10191,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10188\/revisions\/10191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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