{"id":8722,"date":"2015-10-16T01:30:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T06:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jesusandjews.com\/wordpress\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2021-12-20T22:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T03:42:01","slug":"a-hindus-vision-from-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jesusandjews.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/16\/a-hindus-vision-from-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hindus Vision from Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Normally I edit and summarize a persons testimony before posting it on my blog site however in this case they so beautifully articulated their point that I am leaving it in the form that it was sent. Anyway I received this email from an Indian lady who comes from a Hindu background and her message can stand by itself as it summarizes the importance of spoken Truth as found in the Biblical text. As you read her letter I hope you find it inspirational and I encourage you likewise to read the Bible beginning with the New Testament. Moreover I have written a couple of articles in dealing with the credibility\u00a0of the Scripture from the standpoints of literature and archaeology which I believe offers ample evidence to its historicity.<\/p>\n

Is the Bible Reliable?<\/a>
\nDoes Archaeology disprove the bible?<\/a><\/p>\n

Dear,<\/p>\n

Jesus paid me a visit when I was sixteen or seventeen. It was before
\nmy world started to fall apart. And I wasn’t dreaming. I wasn’t even
\nsleepy. It was mid day and holidays and I was studying. It was almost
\na decade ago so the details are fuzzy but I remember the odd light in
\nthe room. You see my room faces a high rise and as such I do not get
\nmuch light through the window. It is a custom in these parts to not
\nturn on the lights during day time. As a result we have to do with
\nwhat little light that remains.<\/p>\n

If I were sleepy or asleep I could have accredited the vision to the
\nBible that was gifted in our school about a year ago and about which I
\nhad completely forgot. But I wasn’t afforded the luxury. I didn’t see
\nJesus. I saw the light and I saw the shadow of the cross in the light
\nand I heard a clear voice telling me to open the Bible. It was spooky.
\nI spent the next six hours searching for the paperback New Testament.<\/p>\n

You may ask how could things plummet after that. I was a Hindu then,
\nheart and soul. Hindus have a strange way of assimilating all
\nreligious deities into their faith. At that point of time I took the
\nBible and the teaching in that light. It was just one other God. I
\nread the gospels then I went back to my old life. I had my Gods. They
\nwere the Gods I had grown up knowing and they were the Gods who were\u00a0easier to please, a gift, a flower offering and they would fulfill a
\nwish. They didn’t require me to submit my entire soul and it was
\neasier that way.<\/p>\n

I loved a boy then. Not really a boy, a man. I wanted to be his wife
\nand I prayed to my Gods. I bargained with everything I had till I had
\nnothing left. I lost my virginity to the man. I thought that was a big
\ndeal. Guess what. That was the beginning. When the man asked me to
\nhave group sex with his friends I knew that was wrong. I couldn’t
\nstoop that low. I started hating my Gods for not making me stop to get
\nso low. I couldn’t face my Gods anymore.<\/p>\n

Then I met a guy online who was a follower of ISKCON movement. You may\u00a0or may not have heard of it. It is an offshoot of Hinduism that
\nbelieves in cleansing of the self through constant penance. I
\nsubmerged myself in it trying to clean my heart, my body and my soul.
\nThey had a different interpretation of Bhagvad Gita. I read it. I read
\nit twice. In every line I read I found the Bible. The words I had read
\nso long ago came back to me again and again till I knew what path I
\nhad to take. I left my Gita and picked up a Bible. I am trying to find
\nmy way back to Jesus ever since.<\/p>\n

Perhaps He orchestrated the entire thing, cleansing me of the
\ndependence I had on my Gods and replacing them with my dependence on\u00a0Him. I know my story is crazy. I told this to one other person and he\u00a0stopped talking to me after that. You don’t have to believe me. Just\u00a0believe in Him. And yes He has a strange way to firm your faith.<\/p>\n

Yours truthfully,<\/p>\n

How to know God<\/a><\/span>
\n Hindu Resources<\/a><\/span>
\n English Articles on Hinduism<\/a><\/span>
\n Hare Krishna<\/a><\/span>
\n Hare Krishna Resources<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Photo provided by:
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