Man is a religious
being.. Even the atheist is religious
and atheism is his religion. The
religion a man professes has immense
influence on him. Now let us take the
oft-quoted statement of Sri Narayana
Guru which means as follows; 'Religion
does not matter, but man should improve'.
Can man improve under a religion that
exhorts its followers to kill the
unbelievers? Man cannot improve under a
religion that teaches hatred. Can anyone
make good fish curry with bad masala?
Obviously Not! Neither can we make
better people under bad religion.
Mahatma Gandhi said
that he counted Jesus Christ as one of
the greatest Gurus of all times. Gandhi
did not call himself a Christian as far
as his religion goes but he
admitted that the principle of
non-violence (ahimsa) that guided all
his worldly and physical interactions,
was developed from the model given by
the crucified Christ. Page 5 &
12 of “What Jesus means to me”.
The word Hindu means
‘one who believes in ’ahimsa’. The
Sanskrit word, ‘ahimsa’ means, ’giving
no pain by thought, word or action’.
If that is true how many of the nine
incarnations were Hindus? How about
Krishna who encouraged Arjuna to kill
his relatives, using the following
statement, 'Nayom hanti nahaytheh'
(You are killing only their flesh, not
their souls)? Don’t you think Jesus
Christ who asked Peter, His disciple, to
put away his sword at the face of an
army that came to capture Him, can help
you become a Hindu better than Krishna
can? Yes!
Swami Vivekananda
would attest me for this truth. He
wrote, Do not limit God to anything.
Whatever adoration you want to give
God, give it to Christ. That is all the
worship that you can do . . . . .
.Human spirits change when Christ
touches them; every man touched by Him
will be transformed just like Him and
His life be made spiritual; from every
pore of the body of such a man will pour
out spiritual power . . . . . . I am
an Easterner but if I respect Christ I
will respect Him as God; nothing less
than that. Forbid us pretend to
respect Him by bringing Him down to the
level of a great man! (Vivkananda
Sahitya Somgrahom P.411)
Let us listen to
Rajaram Mohanroy who was the founder of
Brahma Samaj. He said that his research
of religions brought him to this
conclusion; the teachings of Jesus
Christ have been more beneficial to
mankind for their improvement than those
of any other single teacher of the
world.
This is because Jesus
was the embodiment of love. He was God
incarnate. Those who have not
understood Christ, have not understood
the love of God. Bible calls
God’s love “agape” which means
“love that loves enemies also”.
Bible says that Jesus Christ came not to
be served but to serve and to give His
life as a ransom for many. Mk. 10:45.
His love was not erotic love. Jesus
loved everyone equally. He loved John
the apostle, He loved the young rich
lawyer, He loved Simon the leper and the
woman caught in the act of adultery.
Dear friend, God
loves you and He has finished doing
everything that is needed to give you
and me eternal life (life of God) in
Jesus Christ. “God so loved the people
that He gave His only begotten Christ,
that whosoever believes in Christ shall
not perish but have eternal life”.
Jn.3:16.
Jesus became a
sinless sacrifice in eternal Spirit to
pay for the sins of all mankind.
Heb.9:14. He bore 39 stripes on His back
to remove all your sickness. 1 Pet.2:24.
He hung on a tree to become a curse so
that our curses are cancelled out”.
Gal.3:13.
Why are you
deliberating any longer? Receive Jesus
Christ into your heart today as Savior
and Lord and receive God’s life and His
peace into your life!
