The simple truth is that Jesus Christ does not fit in a box. God does not
hide out in pretty buildings topped with steeples. God is God, and the
Lord
Jesus reaches into every human heart that will make room for Him.
The Body of Christ -- the Church -- is not complete when we've assembled
all
the people of our particular group, in our region, or in our side of the
world. And only as we recognize and accept all the brothers and sisters
in
Christ do we gain what Jesus is willing to give us through that part of
the
body.
We're all members, one of another. What follows is the story of a man who
met the Lord.
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Sadhu Sundar Singh's True Witness of Jesus Christ
Sundar Singh was raised a devout Sikh, and consecrated from his youth to
become a Hindu sadhu. However, his spiritual longings were not fulfilled
until emotional and spiritual turmoil drove him to urgently ask the true
living God to reveal Himself fully, lest he take his own life in the hope
of
finding peace in the next. The outcome was strikingly similar to that
described in Acts 9:3-5 of the Bible's New Testament. Thereafter, the born
again Sadhu became a living witness of the eternal security, peace and
comfort he had freely received.
"Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you
rest" (Matt. 11:28)
The Sadhu spoke of his own experience -- the Rest and Peace which he
enjoys
(Bisram, Santi, Aram). Previously he had no lack of everything which the
world could give -- wealth, family etc., but he did not enjoy Peace
through
them. But in Christ he had found peace (Santi) when he realized his
relation****p with Him. A doctor friend of the Sadhu's related that a man
whose arm was broken through an accident came to him and said, "Doctor, my
arm is very painful. Take the pain away for me." The doctor told him that
first of all the two broken bones must be set and be knit together; then
the
swelling and the pain would go away of themselves. In the same way people
want peace and they want blessings but they don't want to come into right
relation****p with God, the Giver of blessing. When we come into this right
relation****p with Him, our restlessness will go and in its stead we shall
have wonderful peace.
"When a man is in a state of sin, he has no sense of sin. A man dives into
the water. On his head are lakhs of maunds of water but he does not feel
their weight at all. But on coming out of the water if he lifts a
vesselful
of water he thoroughly understands how heavy the water is. In the same
way,
when a man is sunk in sin he has no sense of sin, but once he is delivered
he is conscious of the least sin."
"For the Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost." (Luke
19:10)
"He was searching for me before I sought Him. Christ whom I had never
expected came to me. I was praying, 'If there be a God, reveal
Thyself'...I
was praying to Hindu gods and incarnations. But when He came there was no
anger in His face, even though I had burnt the Bible three days before.
None
of you have ever destroyed Scripture like me. He is such a wonderful,
loving, living Saviour..."
"Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me...I am
the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but
through Me." (John 14:1-6)
"I am wholly and completely satisfied. Those who will follow Him will know
Him, but we can't know Him unless we live with Him. For years I tried but
I
couldn't find. When I used to know about Him I used to hate Him, but He
revealed Himself to me..."
"Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed" (John 20:29)
"But," said the Sadhu, "the Lord had no other means but to appear to me
personally, for there was just half-an-hour left before I should have
committed suicide." I am not ashamed to suffer for Him, I know Him whom I
have believed -- not I have known about Him or have heard preaching about
Him, but I know Him. [Apostle] Paul could say this because he lived with
Him
and for Him..."
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To learn more about the interesting life of Sundar Singh, visit:
http://www.consumingfire.com/sadhu.htm
http://www.sadhusundarsingh.homestead.com/files/story.htm
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