Testimony
Repentance, Reform, Rebirth in Christ, Righteousness and the Kingdom of God.
A Christian by Birth
Born of Christian parents, I did not know what is repentance and conversion, but I still went to church. The Pastor of the fellowship I last attended, would always chide the church members during the weekly gatherings; the church members would keep a watch on time, waiting for the sermon to end.
The Pastor was also a serpent in church. John addresses the Pharisees and Sadducees as Brood of vipers! (ref. Matthew 3:7) Jesus also refers to the Scribes and Pharisees as serpents and brood of vipers. In the former days they were called Scribes, Pharisees and Sadducees, in the present days they are Pastors.
I attended church because I wanted the blessing of an offspring, but whenever I read the Bible, I came across verses like “Woe to the Shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the Shepherds feed the flocks? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock”. (ref. Ezekiel 34:3). I felt these words were not meant for me, I wanted only blessings and promises from the bible. So, I continued to search the Bible and again I came across the another verse “……Feed the flock for slaughter, whose owners slaughter them and feel not guilt; ….” (ref. Zechariah 11:3-5). Pastors ask believers for offerings to support the ministry.
Christian Congregations
Every Christian cult follows its own custom; the TELC (Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church) and RC (Roman Catholic) clergy wear long robes, the CPM (Ceylon Pentecostal Mission) pastors are clothed only in white,affiliates also follow the same attire, pastors shave off their moustache, the Seventh Day Adventist Church teach their affiliates that they must labor for 6 days and 7th day is a day of rest, Jehovah witness cult teach their members there is only one God, God the Father – Jehovah.
In the present times, all congregations give a lot of importance to music. Lucifer, the devil a talented musician, was banished from Heaven because he tried to exalt himself above God. The purchase of a musical instrument is the utmost priority of every church today.
The Bible teaches us about the circumcision of the heart (ref. Romans 2:29). God does not dwell in the temple constructed by man. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (ref. 1 Corinthians 3:16). Jesus also said “destroy this temple and I will build it in three days”, he referred to his resurrection (ref. Matthew 12:39).
Forsaking selfishness and seeking the good of others is conversion. We believers in Christ have to die to selfishness and live for others.“Love your neighbor as yourself”. These are difficult commandments to obey. Our millennium churches do not emphasize on obeying these commandments. All the sermons are only based on fulfilling worldly desires, the lust of the flesh, they teach us to believe and have faith to receive our worldly wishes. We Christians must be born again and if I am wishing for a child how could I prepare for my heavenly aboard. I also doubted that my charities will give me a blessing.
As I continued to read the Bible I felt guilty and abstained from taking part in communion, I felt unworthy to participate at the Lord’s table. I had a lot of questions within me. If I gave room for selfish thoughts, I am crowning the Lord with thorns. It is said in Malachi to give up the holy feasts (ref. Malachi 2:3).
I read the Gospel written by Apostle Paul who was appointed an Apostle to preach the Gospel to the gentiles. “If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat”. (ref. 2 Thessalonians 3: 10). He also teaches about tithes and offerings to be distributed amongst the stranger, the orphan, the widow and physically challenged. I realized that this is not being practiced in our churches today. (ref. Deuteronomy 26:12, Luke 11:12). I stopped attending the fellowship and slowly started my own ministry on the foundation of verses like:“Therefore, every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old”. (ref. Luke 11:12 and Matthew 13:52). The Pastor of the fellowship that I had attended before starting my own ministry hailed from a Hindu background, he revealed the truths of the scripture related to idol worship; the secret behind the statue of Mary possessed with the spirit of anger and annoyance.
Blessing
One day, my spouse and myself visited the Pastor to pray for us for the blessing of an offspring. He prayed for us and told us that we will have a son and when he grows up he will marry 9 wives and will never be satisfied, hence all his marriages will end in a separation. My spouse was very unhappy and could not believe that our son would be a bad character, she could not accept that God could give us a bad character child. I realized the truth that we were not perfect in conduct. As we have some of the characteristics of the fallen angel, like anger, jealousy, pride, covetousness etc., I told the Pastor that I do not want such an offspring.
Many pastors visited my home to pray for my wife for the blessing of an offspring, I have declined their vain prayers and averted them from trapping me into selfish commitment of family and children. The word of God says “seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you” (ref. Matthew 6:33). We must teach repentance and righteousness, in our congregations.
It is said in the scripture that there will come a time when people would say “blessed is the womb that is barren” (ref. Luke 23:29). Apostle Paul teaches us in the scripture that a person who is married seeks to please his/her spouse, but a person who is unmarried seeks to please God (ref. 1 Corinthians 7: 32, 34). The same night I had a dream, that God has given me a child and I was happy; but, the following night I had another dream that revealed the baby lying in the cradle, the shadow of the cradle fell on my Bible and I was unable to read. I realized that having a child would decrease the power of my ministry.
We see many believers burdened with the responsibilities of children. Since I do not have a child I need not worry about family commitments. My earnings are spent for the ministry and the poor brethren. I am able to fulfill the commandment “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”(ref. Matthew 22:39).
Gifts of the Holy Spirit
One day, a lady visited our fellowship; she was possessed by a demon, but my Pastor, a full-time minister, could not identify that she was possessed by a demon; as she continued to converse with me I was able to identify that she was possessed by a demon and taught her about the Gods of this world (ref. Galatians 4:8). It was a demon that spoke an unknown language, that cried out and left her.
I started my ministry among the poor children and elderly. I labored during the day and spent the rest of my time in ministering the scripture. Slowly, I was blessed with the gift of healing.
Dream
I had another dream about being on the stage with several famous Pastors; when the microphone was handed over to me, God instructed me to turn around and utter the verse mentioned in the book of Ezekiel “Woe to the Shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the Shepherds feed the flocks? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock”. (ref. Ezekiel 34:3).God instructed me to rebuke the Pastors and believers who follow them. Everyone present in the dream left the place, but Pastor Sadhu Selvaraj agreed with me, but refused to forsake his false ministry.
Vision
I had another vision: a multitude shouting dirty! dirty! …, as I pushed through the crowd and reached to the front I saw our Lord Jesus standing there, rejected by everyone. We are sinful, commit sin through idol worship, by not believing in him, not obeying his commandments, that is the reason our Lord looked ‘dirty’ in the vision. Jesus revealed that those who do not know him are dirtying him, but those who know him are crucifying him. Jesus has ascended into heaven.
Worship
Crucifying the old self and being born-again in Christ is Worship.
Pastors ask their followers to clap their hands and worship; they are blind fools, feeding themselves and not their flock. Woe to Pastors/clergy who feed themselves! And not their flock.
Christians enquire if we have a worship session in our fellowship, such Christians play the pungi for the serpent. Brood of vipers sitting in their churches!
Have you seen God?
I have heard many people say that they have seen God in a vision or dream. I also wanted to see God, but, I could see only the Gods of this world in my dream. So, when I asked God about this, he revealed to me that these are the Gods of the characteristics in me, the Gods of pride, anger, jealousy, covetousness, lust of the flesh, and realized that I utter ‘Christ’ by my lips but have not given room for ‘Christ’ in my heart. I resolved to change my character and conduct and follow the two commandments:“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind”and “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”(ref. Matthew 22:37-39). The Law of Righteousness (ref. Matthew 7:12)
Many folks ask me why I chide Christians as adulterers. Jesus also used these words to reprimand believers who look for a sign. (ref. Matthew 12:39, Matthew 16:4). “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah”. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be healed.
Christian ministers should teach folks about the Gods that we serve based on our character, we need to teach repentance and conversion (not religion).
In the Gospel of Matthew, we read about the Canaanite woman who cried out to Lord Jesus to save her demon-possessed daughter. Jesus said “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs”. (ref. Matthew 15:22) The woman humbled herself, “Yes Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master’s table”. Jesus found that the woman had such great faith and healed her daughter. Likewise, the gospel has been given to us gentiles because Israel has rejected the Lord Jesus. Christians have eaten the bread from the Master’s table, but rejected him.
A person who is sick must follow the instructions of the doctor; when we tell believers to pursue righteousness they find it difficult to obey. They must believe that the key to Kingdom of Heaven in only through righteousness. A person who wishes to be healed must first repent and healing will follow.
His name is ‘Righteousness’ and we ought to live a life of righteousness. “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses” (ref. Matthew 8:17). The Holy spirit is our Comforter as it is written (ref. John 14:26).
Jesus Christ healed the sick, he did not oppress the poor, widows and down trodden. What are Pastors and Christians doing today?
Psalm 19: 17 “He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord”, And he will pay back what he has given”.
Obedience to the commandments is the heart of my ministry.
Jesus said “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God”. Foolish Pastors explain this simile in a worldly context, but not in spiritual context. Folks say that foul language should not be spoken, but, jealousy, gossip, love for money, wealth, pride, selfishness are all foul language.
In the book of John, we read that Jesus himself made a whip of cords and drove out those who sold oxen, sheep and doves and money changers doing business in the temple. (ref. John 2:16).
None of the churches today impart the knowledge of the Holy Spirit, consequences of continuing in sin, disobedience to the commandments, finally judgement.
In today’s churches/fellowships, there is no repentance, punishment or leading of the Holy Spirit. A Pastor must be able to identify the spirit within a person (holy spirit/evil spirit). Christians are being deceived by Pastors with sermons on blessings and they go on to render large sums of offerings to these fake preachers. But, Christians find it difficult to accept the truth of true Christian life.
If anyone loves their father or mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters; they are our idols of worship, the Love of God is not in them. (ref. Luke 14: 26).
Good Shepherd
Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep” (ref. John 10:11). Jesus Christ was sent to give good tidings to the poor (ref. Luke 2:10,11).
God has chosen me to preach the truth of the gospel. 2000 years have passed by and Christ is unable to come again because we are not prepared to receive our bridegroom.
In the book of Corinthians we read about Apostle Paul’s concern for the Corinthians. “After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children”. (ref. 2 Corinthians 12: 14)
I follow the teachings of Apostle Paul, to Shepherd the flock and help the poor brethren with my own income. My ministry was gaining momentum, at the same time my family did not render their support towards the ministry, but when my Father fell ill God healed him, he used me his servant, to save him and restored his health.
In our fellowship, we started sharing our offerings with the poor on Christmas. It is not written anywhere in the scripture that Christmas, the birth of Christ is to be celebrated.
Good Samaritan Apostle Paul Fire of God church will build a church, which will be home to the orphans, widows, physically challenged brethren.Jesus said, whatever you do unto the least of these my brethren, you do it to me (ref. Matthew 25:40). 92% of the members in our fellowship are poor, we take care of them and render help in time of need.
A Pastor who does not heal the broken-hearted, and restore the sheep who have gone astray is not a true Pastor. A Pastor who does not take care of the least of the brethren is a thief and murderer.
The brethren in the early church in Macedonia and Achaia helped the saints in Jerusalem, we do not help each other in our churches today.
“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets”. (ref. Matthew 7:12).
Brother J. Karunakaran