Source: Christian Aid Mission, May 18, 2017<\/p>\n
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].<\/p>\n
\u201cI 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,\u201d the ministry director said. \u201cHe claimed that if it was not offered, the \u2018big fish\u2019 will be disturbed by a god and get sick.\u201d<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to explain it by using a passage from the Hindu scripture, Bhagavad Gita, verse 24.23.3, which says, \u2018Only the life of God can be the sacrifice that can make people clean from sin,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThese words from the manuscript shocked him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The village head has since come to him many times to ask questions, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe 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,\u201d the director said. \u201cPlease pray with me for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a> and pray for this Hindu leader.<\/p>\n \u00bb For another example of inter-religious discussion, see a recent article from Fouad Masri of Crescent Project and how he responded to a Muslim\u2019s question about fasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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]. \u201cI asked what the duck would be used for, and he explained that it was for the Hindu ceremony … Continue reading INDONESIA: Gospel Makes Inroads with a Hindu Leader<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"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-7184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184","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=7184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7185,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions\/7185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}