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Persecution in India

 

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It has been no secret that its dangerous to be a Christian in India.  The Indian Government like China’s has become antagonistic towards Christians. This wave of persecution has escalated as a 20 foot tall statue of Jesus in a Christian village of Southwestern India is to be demolished. The Statue stood at Gokunte village's St Francis Xavier's Church in the Karnataka state. It was erected in 2004, and now because of so called offense to Hindus, it is being bulldozed down. What is puzzling is how something on Church property is being demolished and why the pariah hasn’t endeavored to relocate it inside. That being said this is simply another incident in a long chain of anti-Christian actions by India’s pro-Hindu govt. 


Our Lord Jesus Christ foretold that days would come when we Christians would be persecuted because of our association with Him, “You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved,” (Matthew 10:22), and “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.” (Matthew 24:9). I hope that our Indian brothers and sisters in Christ cling to these words. We need to stand with them in solidarity, for persecution has come to the West,  and all around the world  the Church is being persecuted in one form or another. Indeed, the Constantinian protections that seemed to mark a long period of tolerance for the Church are at an end. 


I urge that we remember our Indian brothers and sisters who are facing persecution for their faith. I have friends who are Indian and Christian who have returned to their home in India recently, and so this is fresh on my mind. I would ask you pray for their safety as well, that they be “wise as serpents and gentle as doves.” (Matthew 10:16). Amen. 


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