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Letter To Editor
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A Christian PPP worker donated blood on BB anniversary but? |
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Johnson Joseph |
Mr. Nazir
It was June 21, 2009. It is the date of birth of late Benazir Bhutto. Her birth was celebrated in different ways. I was in Sheikhupura on that day . Blood donation camps held . Many young men & boys donated blood on the birth day of Benazir .One young man name Emmanuel Khurram belong to Gloria colony Sheikhpura is suffering with heart problem . He is well know political activist of Pakistan People Party also gave blood . As soon as doctor took his blood . Doctor offered him Juice. and asked him to take rest . as he sat on the Chair there was dark in his eyes . His pulse was lost . He was near to die . God gave him new life . But no one leader of Pakistan People Party visited him . These people told him that we do not know about this accident . In fact all these people were present on the spot. No one visited him in the hospital and in his home . I ask the people of Pakistan to avoid such political parties . Such parties can not represent of poor people stay away from such parties. Thank you very much and looking far ward.
Johnson Joseph |
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We are delighted with PCP on awareness |
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Khokhar |
Dear Bhatti,
Greetings in the precious name of out lord and savior, Jesus Christ,
It is very delighting for all of our nation that there are many who care our people and giving them the awareness of there rights in Pakistan.
We are the youth group of Sahiwal and also want to do work for our churches and people. Please furnish us more about your work.
God bless you.
In Christ
Ashiknaz Khokhar |
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People are not safe in their own country Pakistan. |
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Johnson Joseph |
Good Morning Nazir ,
How people will become country lover, If they have to pay Jizia in their own country . This is very shameful decision to dishearten the minorities of Pakistan . I request the President of Pakistan and the Prime minister of Pakistan to investigate such cases. I also request the activist of human rights to put pressure on the militants. It is clear showing that law and order situation of Pakistan is poor . People of its own state are not safe in their own country Pakistan.
Johnson Joseph
Pakistan |
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Waqi Elijah Mohammed Shafi sends message to Christians in Pakistan from USA. |
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alijah |
Special and very important instructions for the Christian Community (exclusively) living in our dear
country Pakistan.
Live gracefully and yet profess your faith as Christian or minority community in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan faithfully and honestly.
Ever since the inception of Pakistan on the globe of the world, the Christian Community has played
very honest and fruitful role as its citizens on the whole and as minority in particular. Our men and
women have served in the government as agriculturist, teachers, doctors, nurses, soldiers, businesses and
above all have always prayed to our almighty God, for the country’s survival and integrity
Our faith in God and His Spiritual Messenger Jesus Christ is Alpha and Omega, whether we study
the Biblical era of the Old Testament or the New Testament, we have always confronted the hard critical
and challenging life as believers. Believers life can never be the bed of roses. As a matter of fact “to
have access to a beautiful flower rose, one has to go through the paths of thorns.
In the Old Testament God visited man for two basic reasons: blessing or judgment. The blessing
was often some form of national deliverance from oppression. I want to quote four references from the
Bible (Old Testament) where God’s visitation has either blessed His people or passed judgment.
a) Isaiah 10:3 — The Lord said to the nation Israel, “What will you do in the day of visitation, and
in the dissolution which shall come from far”? The Lord was going to visit Israel with Judgment because
of it’s sin.
b) Genesis 50:24 — “Joseph said to his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you
out of this land”. Joseph was certain that God would deliver His people from Egyptian bondage.
c) Jeremiah 27:22 — The Lord said, “They shall be carried to Babylon, and they shall be there until
the day I visit them… Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.” The Lord was promising
to deliver His people from the Babylonian captivity.
d) I Samuel 2:21 — “The Lord visited Hannah: and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and
two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the Lord”. God visited Hannah and blessed them with
a child.
God’s Visitation in the New Testament
a) Luke 1:68 — Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people.”
b) Luke 7:16 — “God has visited His people!” That was the people’s response after Christ raised a
widow’s son from the dead.
c) Luke 19:44 — In weeping over Jerusalem, Christ said, “You did not recognize the time of your
visitation:” He mourned that Israel as a whole failed to realize the Salvation He would provide.
Certainly ”the day of visitation” in Peter2:12 refers to Salvation: when the Lord visits the unbeliever
and so-called believer and opens his heart, that person will remember observing the godly behavior of
faithful Christians and respond in Saving faith. That kind of response glorifies God.
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The Need for Godliness and Godly behavior
Of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ, Peter, writes in his first letter, 2nd chapter verses 11-20:
“Dear Believers, I urge you to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul. Keep your
behavior excellent among your fellow citizens, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evil doers,
they may account of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to one in authority, who is responsible for punishing those
who do evil and praise those who do right. For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence
the ignorance of foolish men. Act as free men, but use it as bond slaves of God, and do not use
your freedom as a covering for evil. Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the one in
authority.”
The foundation of our faith is not so much what we say, but what we do. As is often said, “Action
speaks louder than words.” In Mathew 5:16, Christ put it this way: “Let your light shine before men in
such a way that they may hear your good words and see your good works, and glorify your Creator who
is in Heaven.”
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ addressing us as family God: “Grace to you and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age,
according to the will of God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” Apostle Paul
very clearly differentiates between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit in his letter to the
congregation of Galatia and now to us through the word of God, the Bible.
Works of the flesh are obvious: Fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities,
strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing and things like
these. He further warned us, that those who do such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. And there is no law against such things. Apostle Paul also warned and says,
“Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh,
you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the
Spirit.
The real survival of our faith is how we conduct our family life i.e. our relationship, as parents, as
husband and wife after marriage and our relationship and upbringing of our children and our children’s
treatment to their parents when they grow old. In respecting and following the Word of God as stated in
1st. Peter 3:1-7. “In the same way you wives, be submitted to your own husband so that even if any of
them are disobedient to the Word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as
they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. And let not your adornment be merely external—
braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; but let it be hidden person of the
heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being
submissive to their own husbands. Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become
her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.”
“You husbands likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel,
since she is a woman; and grant her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers may
not be hindered.” He is to care for his wife’s needs, be considerate, be chivalrous in protecting and providing
for her. He is to cultivate companionship, love and fellowship with his wife, which “grace of
life” refers to as marriage.
In concluding this letter, I want to bring the most important points that you need to remember as believers.
Bible, the most Holy Book of Almighty God, has given us the Ten Commandments in the book
Exodus 20, through Moses.
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You are to have no other gods before me.
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You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in
heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline. You are not to bow down to
them or serve them; for I, THE LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins
of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but displaying grace to the
thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my commandments.
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You are not to use lightly the name of THE LORD your God, because HE will not leave
unpunished someone who uses his name lightly.
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Remember the day, Sabbath, to set it apart for God. You have six days to labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath for THE LORD your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work --
not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the
foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property. For in six days, THE LORD made heaven
and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why THE LORD
blessed the day, Sabbath, and separated it for himself.
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Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land
which THE LORD your God is giving you.
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Do not murder.
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Do not commit adultery
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Do not steal
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Do not give false evidence against your neighbor.
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Do not covet your neighbor’s house; do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave,
his ox, his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Further Jesus added in the book of Mathew 22:36-40. “You shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment.
And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all
the law and prophets.”
Just remember, that as Pakistani citizens, you even as a minority are Pakistani first and then whatever
you want to call yourselves. Read your Bible and pray everyday to your Creator, the Almighty and
Everlasting God for yourselves and for your country. After this manner pray:
Our Father in heaven! May Your Name be kept holy.
May Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as in heaven.
Give us the food we need today.
Forgive us what we have done wrong,
as we too have forgiven those who have wronged us.
And do not lead us into hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.
For kingship, power and glory are yours forever. Amen.
Mathew 6:9-13
May God bless us all,
Waqi Elijah Mohammed Shafi
Colorado, USA |
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Leaders are abusing common Christian in Pakistan: Johnson Joseph |
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Johnson Joseph |
Dear Bhatti ,
I am very happy and thank full to Mr. Aftab Rana the organizer of the Toronto Conference , which was held on 9th May 2009 . I am also thank full to the participants of the Conference . I am so sad that , I could not take part in that Conference through Tele communicate as UK & Pakistani and others parts of the World took part in that Conference . Actually, I had another business activity in Pind Dadan Khan in Distt Jhelum Pakistan. I went to promote Rehman Developer.
I am very happy that Mr Aftab Rana arranged such Conference relating to Minorities of Pakistan . I request Mr , Aftab Rana to arrange such Conference in Pakistan. Because such Conference is very necessary in Pakistan . As Mr. J . Salik arranged Pakistan table Conference in Islamabad. The leaders are abusing common Christian for their Championship in Pakistan.
Thank you
very much and looking far ward.
Johnson Joseph Pakistan |
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