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Christmas, New Year celebrations in mission fields Despite the threat of Coronavirus still looming large, there was great joy in the mission fields planted and supported by Messenger Missions. Our churches and prayer cells in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh witnessed several people gathering to hear the Gospel during Christmas and New Year celebrations. Kindly pray for our mission field workers and their families.

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5 key commands for Last Days Sure enough, good works or a holy life cannot atone for sin. Even the purest of saints are ‘unprofitable servants’ whose righteousness is like ‘filthy rags’ before God. However, our one desire should be to please God by becoming conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ. How do we do that? By consistently denying our flesh a role in shaping our destiny. Every believer has indwelling sin (1 John 3:9 and 1 John 1:9-10) but we ought to battle it every day.

‘This is the will of God, even your sanctification … for God has not called us to uncleanness but to holiness’ (1 Thessalonians 4:3, 7). Jesus Christ said the same thing: ‘Be ye therefore perfect, even as you Father which is in heaven is perfect’ (Matthew 5:48).

The most sobering thing about holiness is found in Hebrews 12:14. ‘Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.’

BY ROBIN SAM ATELY, I have been thinking if we have well and truly entered the last days as mentioned in the Bible. The Coronavirus, the deaths, the innumerable lockdowns we went through in 2020, the loss of jobs, companies going bust, the general apathy around and other wretched things happening all around us can make even the diehard optimist think the game, as we know it, is over!

If we are really in the last days, what message do we have for each other? What message do we give our young ones? What is the one message that we need to proclaim from our rooftops, pulpits and street corners?

The Bible has several commands for the flock that is in the last days. Let’s look at five of them.

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1. Be holy Bible-believing Christians are expected to be holy. Christians are called ‘saints’ in the Bible because they are seen as ‘sanctified people’ (men and women set apart for God). What holiness essentially means is this: putting sin to death in one’s life and becoming more like Jesus Christ who was ‘holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners’ (Hebrews 7:26).

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2. Above all put on love Churches may be preaching about it but it is left to each one of us to show it in action. Apostle Paul wrote thus in Colossians 3:14, ‘And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.’

Above what does Paul want us to put on love?

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THE MESSAGE experience of the gathering of saints.

Gather together as a family and as a small cell group for worship and studying the Word of God. Social distancing should not result in alienation of saints. Check on the well-being of your spiritual sisters and brothers. Encourage those who are slack to read the Bible regularly. Visit the ailing in your church. Talk to the mother who is worried about the marriage of her daughter. Pay a visit to the recently bereaved family. Find out how that single mother is coping with bringing up her children.

By all means, reach out to those who are alone and hurting.

‘And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching’ (Hebrews 10:24-25).

The early church did that. ‘They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer’ (Acts 2:42)

Listen to this: ‘Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive’ (verses 12 and 13).

Compassion is defined as ‘a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.’ What it essentially means is Christians are expected to show their love in and through their actions.

1 John 4:8 says: ‘Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.’ Love covers a multitude of sins, says 1 Peter 4:8. In John 13:35 Jesus said: ‘By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’

We cannot create this love in us by ourselves. 1 John 4:19 says, ‘we love because He first loved us.’

Love is greater than faith and hope, says the Bible.

‘So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love’ (1 Corinthians 13:13).

5. Be on guard against false teachings

3. Stand firm in the faith

Finally, the Bible warns us that in the last days three things will happen. a. ‘Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires’ (2 Peter 3:3). b. ‘But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty’ (2 Timothy 3:1). c. The last days are also known for an increase in the number of false teachers and false prophets.

Apostle Paul warned in 1 Timothy 4:1, ‘Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.’

Jesus has already said this will happen in the last days. ‘For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect’ (Matthew 24:24).

We can identify the fake only if we have experienced the real. You could be listening to scores of messages every day, but that is no substitute for your sincere and systematic personal study of the Word of God. ‘Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth’ (2 Timothy 2:15).

4. Don’t forsake the gathering of ‘Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive saints the crown of life that God has promised to those who Online church services and 3-minute messages love Him’ (James 1:12). sent through Whatsapp and IGTV may be May God help us persevere, stand the test and necessitated thanks to restrictions on mass gathering receive the crown of life! Amen. in churches, but they are no substitute for the real As part of his final exhortations to the church in Corinth, Apostle Paul had this to say: ‘Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong’ (1 Corinthians 16:13).

Even when you see mockers around you gaining strength, even when you see the falling away of the faith, even when you see no immediate rewards for your sincere devotion to God, the Bible wants us to ‘stand fast in the faith.’

Standing firm in the faith can be done only when we decide to stand up against the devil. Twice, the apostles equated standing firm in the faith to standing up to Satan.

Apostle Paul underlined the need to tackle the devil in Ephesians 6:11. ‘Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.’

Apostle Peter also said this in different words, however. ‘But resist him (the devil), firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world’ (1 Peter 5:9).

Not just resisting the devil, but we are also called to abound in the work of the Lord to be steadfast and immovable in faith (1 Corinthians 15:58).

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WORLD NEWS

Ugandan killed a week after conversion to Christianity

British Indian postal worker wins harassment case A British Indian postal worker has been awarded nearly 230,000 pounds as compensation and loss of earnings after an employment tribunal in the UK accepted his claim of harassment and discrimination on the grounds of race and religion.

Mathan Shunmugaraja had taken his former employer, Royal Mail, to the tribunal over unfair dismissal and allegations that despite being a Hindu he was mistaken for a Muslim and was called a “sly dog” by a former colleague.

“The Tribunal find it was reasonable for the claimant (Shunmugaraja) to be so offended, given that the term is regarded as being highly offensive in many cultures,” the Employment Tribunal at Cardiff in Wales concluded recently.

The employee who was accused of calling him a “sly dog” said he had sought to apologize, which Shunmugaraja refused to accept. The tribunal accepted it was “unwanted conduct” and an insult in many cultures and could have “connotations of race”.

Shunmugaraja began working for Royal Mail in Cardiff in August 2007 and by 2017 was earning 2,000 pounds a year. Royal Mail was ordered to pay 229,161.86 pounds.

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A mob of radical Muslims killed a man in Uganda one week after he converted to Christianity.

International Christian Concern reported that 41year-old Yusuf Kintu, a former imam, was badly beaten and left unconscious on Dec. 7. Pastor Andrew Nyanma of the Full Gospel church in Dolwe, Uganda said he talked to Kintu on Nov. 30 about having faith in our Lord and Savior which led to his conversion.

“We had been talking on several occasions but he was so argumentative when we touched on matters related to faith,” the pastor explained. “He was a brilliant Muslim imam but also respected other people’s faith. On this day, he was calm and receptive. He gave me time to explain to him why Christ is the only way to the Father. He repented of his sins and committed to following Christ.”Kintu and his family lived in a house close to the mosque.

Three days after he became a Christian, his wife divorced him and left with two of their young children. She went to her father’s home in the Bugiri District and left behind their two older children, Abudkriim 19, and Sauda 16. Kintu’s community was angry that he had converted to Christianity.

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INDIA REPORTS

Persecution of Christians in India will increase in 2021: Report ACCORDING to a report by Release International, Christian persecution in India is set to increase in 2021. Release International reports the growing influence of radical Hindu nationalism in India is the main driver of increased persecution.

Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014, Hindu nationalism has become a normalized political platform. This normalization has had dire consequences for the country’s religious minorities.

According to the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI), violent attacks on Indian Christians have more than doubled the recent years. In 2014, the year the BJP rose to political power, EFI recorded 147 violent attacks on Indian Christians. In 2019, after five years of BJP rule, EFI recorded 366 violent attacks.

EFI’s data was corroborated by a report released by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) India. ADF reported at least 328 incidents of targeted violence against Christians in 2019. Similar to EFI, ADF’s 2019 data represented an increase in violence when compared with previous years.

VHP demands closure of all churches in MP’s tribal areas A right-wing Hindu group has demanded an immediate shutdown of all churches built in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh and action against Christian priests and pastors involved in alleged religious conversion.

However, church leaders denied the conversion allegations and termed the demands an attempt to terrorize and defame them by taking advantage of the newly enacted anti-conversion law in the state.

Azad Prem Singh, a local leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), said that in the past 70 years Christian missionaries had converted “gullible indigenous people into Christianity and built churches specifically on protected tribal land.”

“All the illegally built churches should be shut down immediately, and action should be taken against all priests and pastors involved in the process,” said Singh, who is based in Jhabua.

Responding to the charges, Father Rockey Shah, PRO of Jhabua Catholic Diocese, said Christians are “the victims of persecution for helping poor tribal people.”

Farm laws benefit only corporate firms: Jesuit social scientist THE hurriedly enacted farm laws aim to introduce corporate farming in India, says Jesuit social scientist Father Prakash Louis.

The enactment of the three farms laws at a time when the country was grappling with problems related to Covid-19 was “anti-people and antifarmers,” Father Louis asserted while addressing a webtalk on “Farm Bills and Farmers’ Movement: A Critical Appraisal.”

There were no pre-legislative consultations with farmers on the contentious agriculture laws, he added.

The January 14 webtalk was organized by the All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF) unit of St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology in Patna, Bihar. The aim of the new laws was part of a wider plan to introduce corporate farming, Father Louis said. Under the new laws, the rates of the agriculture produce would be fixed by the corporate houses and the growers would have no say in the matter, he said.

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PRAYER POINTS detrimental to the economy of the country.

5. Pray for Central and State governments to come up with rapid action poverty alleviating schemes.

Covid-19 and lockdowns have caused major economic upheavals in India. According to an IMF report, 40 million people in India would slip into extreme poverty as a result of the lockdowns and lack of employment.

6. Pray for India’s workforce. As much as 94% of the workforce in India is informal with little legal protection and no social security cover. According to a new book written by former Niti Aayog vicechairman Arvind Panagariya 94.2% of India’s workforce is employed in small firms (1-50 workers), 2.3% in medium (51-200 workers) and 5.3% in large firms (more than 200 workers).

7. Pray for the government to deal sternly with crimes against women and children. Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Rajasthan emerged as the top 3 states in India where most number of crimes against women were committed in 2020. According to a NCRB report released in September 2020, crimes against women in India rose up by 7% in 2019. While UP reported the highest number of crimes against women in India, Rajasthan reported the highest number of rapes. UP also reported the highest number of crimes against girl children under the POCSO Act. 8. According to IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, a London-based research firm, India is the world’s ninth-largest consumer of all alcohol by volume.

India consumes more whiskey than any other country in the world – about three times more than the US, which is the next biggest consumer. Five southern states – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala – account for more than 45% of all liquor sold in India.

9. Pray for the mission fields of Messenger Missions in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha. The mission fields need Bibles in Odiya, Hindi and Punjabi. Pray also for the Bible translation projects MM is supporting.

Pray for the peaceful conduct of VBS ministries, God-willing, in May and June this year.

10. Pray for the underground churches in North Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq.

Ministers of God and congregants are watched, arrested and harassed in these countries for their faith. Pray for an ease in the situation and favor for believers from government and police authorities.

1. On Dec 27, the farmers’ protest against the recently enacted farm laws entered the second month. Pray for a peaceful resolution of the issue.

Till Jan 4, at least 58 farmers who had participated in the protests had died.

2. Pray for the protection of Christians in India.

According to Persecution Relief, an ecumenical body, hate crimes against Christians in India have risen by an alarming 40.87 percent despite a nationwide lockdown in place since March 25 in the country. Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh were found to be the most dangerous states for Christians in 2020.

3. Pray for Kerala. It is the only state where the Covid-19 positivity rate is still rising. The positivity rate touched 10% in the 14-day period between Dec 13-26, 2020. If the positivity rate is above 5% in a state it is considered to be in the red zone. The allIndia positivity rate has come down from 3% to 2.2% in the same period.

4. Pray for the cessation of border disputes between India and China. In late August, the Indian troops claimed they had seized the heights on the south bank of Pangong lake. Any further escalation of friction between the troops of the two countries would lead to a mini war which would be

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NEWS

Senior TDP leaders quit party over anti-Christian stand

Christian persecution at record high: Open Doors THE watchdog organization Open Doors USA says levels of Christian persecution are at a record high around the world. Open Doors reports that levels of Christian persecution are at a record high, revealing that the number of Christians murdered for their faith rose 60 percent in 2020.

The group announced the 2021 World Watch List this week, ranking the top 50 countries where it is the most dangerous to be a follower of Jesus Christ.

Their latest data indicates one-in-eight Christians now suffer for their religious beliefs worldwide. In a broadcast carried on CBN News YouTube, Open Doors USA’s CEO David Curry said, “A shocking number this year is that 340 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination.” The top 10 countries include North Korea, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Eritrea, Yemen, Iran, Nigeria, and India. Reasons for persecution range from communist oppression to Islamic oppression and Hindu nationalism. And the pandemic has even been used as an excuse to increase that persecution.

“In India, where local governments are using pressure on Christians to withhold food and medical care – over 115,000 incidents are documented,” explained Curry.

SEVERAL senior leaders of Telugu Desam Party’s (TDP) Christian cell have quit the party.

They questioned TDP president Chandrababu Naidu’s stance on the party’s promises to Christians made in the manifesto.

TDP Christian Cell former state convenor and Chittoor district president Yalamanchili Praveen said they had requested the leadership to clarify Naidu’s statement on Christians.

He said they had sought a separate conference with Naidu to clear their apprehensions. “However, the party leadership failed to address the issue,” said Praveen. He said they quit the party as Naidu did not offer any explanation for his comments against the community. He recalled that TDP had promised honorarium to pastors in the manifesto but it was now finding fault with the YSRC now.

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: Messenger Missions : 913020055473409 : Current : Axis Bank : Mogappair, Chennai. : 345 : UTIB0000345 : AXISINBB016 FEBRUARY 2021 w THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER

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Posted: 2nd to 8th of every month | Date of Publication: 25

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New clothes for street dwellers As part of our outreach among street dwellers, as many as 100 street dwellers in Chennai were given new clothes (sarees and lungis) during Christmastime. Matthew 25:40 says: And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ Messenger Missions thanks all its supporters and prayer partners who pitched in to help the poor.

Support our VBS ministry

WE are introducing Lord Jesus Christ and His love to over 1,000 children this year through the Vacation Bible School ministries in May and June.

As usual, VBS will be held in June in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. In MP, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, VBS will be conducted by end of April or in May. I urge you to prayerfully support the VBS ministries.

Pray that God will remove every obstacle that prevents children from getting close to Him. Pray also that the teachers’ VBS training will go on as scheduled and every child who comes to the A/C Name : Messenger Missions VBS gatherings will accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour.

A/C No : 913020055473409 Each child’s expense per day will be Rs.50/- Going by that estimate, Account Type: Current the VBS ministries across all our fields in India will require a Bank Name : Axis Bank considerable amount for the three-day meetings. It’s my hope and Branch : Mogappair, Chennai. desire that this expense will be met by your prayers and generous Branch : 345 contributions. May God bless those who support this ministry a IFS code : UTIB0000345 hundredfold! Your brother in Christ, Robin Sam You can send your donations by NEFT / IMPS / RTGS or MO.

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: AXISINBB016

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