LO QUE USTED DEBE SABER SOBRE LA PELICULA “HARE KRISNA”

LO QUE USTED DEBE SABER SOBRE LA PELICULA “HARE KRISNA” 

Un Domingo por la tarde del mes de Abril de 2018 nos adentramos a la sala de cines para disfrutar de una película en sana convivencia. Cuando estamos ingresando, en recepción habían unas personas vestidas un tanto extrañas cantando y casi bailando en un idioma desconocido, ¡Oh seguramente son evangélicos! pensé por un momento, pero lo que me llamó la atención es que nadie los estaba sacando de ese lugar por perturbar el orden. Luego de que ellos terminaron comenzaron a repartir un libro a todos los que estábamos alrededor  con una figura de Krisna en la portada con el Titulo  “George Harrison y el Mantra”. Luego al acercarme a comprar el boleto, en el menú principal estaba una opción de película titulada “Hare Krisna”. Amigo lector, no estoy escribiendo sobre algo que sucedió en la India, sino de donde escribe este autor; Costa Rica. Realmente necesitamos aprender a pensar e investigar sobre todo cosa que vemos u oímos, muchas personas ese día aplaudieron a este grupo de seguidores de Krisna después de su baile y sus canciones aceptando esto como algo “cultural y llamativo”. Aquí algunas cosas que usted debe saber sobre el movimiento de los “hare Krisna y su película”.

“Y en ningún otro hay salvación, porque no hay otro nombre bajo el cielo dado a los hombres, en el cual podamos ser salvos.”

“Y en ningún otro hay salvación, porque no hay otro nombre bajo el cielo dado a los hombres, en el cual podamos ser salvos.”

  • Ningún dios, muchos dioses, un dios: El hinduismo es una de las religiones más inclusivas.  Un ateo o un agnóstico puede al mismo tiempo ser un buen Hinduísta. Un hombre de familia hindú pude dividir su devoción entre los dioses de su propia familia y los de su esposa. La filosofía dentro del hinduismo Brahmán se le describe como panteísta. Un dios o un principio supremo que está en todos y en todo. En otras palabras amigo lector, esto es un “arroz con mango”. ¡Ningún dios, muchos dioses, un dios!, sino le atinamos a una le atinamos a la otra. En Exodo 3:14 Dios dijo a Moisés, “YO SOY EL QUE SOY”. El Dios verdadero es solamente uno que no necesita nombre porque simplemente El es el único ser eterno. En el hinduismo cuando  usted diga: ¡pero es que yo creo en un solo Dios verdadero!, probablemente será bienvenido de todas formas…y esta película muy cuidadosamente pero al mismo tiempo con el mensaje subliminal inserta este concepto, ¡Tenga cuidado!
  • Krisna: El es el dios más popular de la india, no es, simplemente un librito que se regala en un cine ni tampoco una inofensiva película, sino que es una deidad pagana creada por el hinduismo. En el Bhagavad Gita, el escrito sagrado de ellos hay historias sobre Krisna. Al Gita se le llama el Nuevo Testamento de la India y también el Evangelio de Krisna. Este Krisna es la encarnación de Vishnu, el “todopoderoso”de la india. Krisna es quien transforma las cosas terrenales a las celestiales y quien garantiza a sus seguidores un paraíso. El movimiento “Hare Krisna” ha sido traído al continente americano pero no ha tenido tanto alcance ni popularidad hasta ahora que se están disfrazando como un moviendo que busca “conectar la conciencia de las personas y practicar yoga” El Señor George Harrison en este libro del Mantra, refiriendo a Al Dios verdadero en contraste de Krisna dice lo siguiente: “Si hay un Dios, yo quiero verlo, no solo ver su energía o su luz sino verlo a él.” (George Harrison y el Mantra, Pg.48). En respuesta al señor Harrison el salmista escribe: “Dice el necio en su corazón no hay Dios…” (Sal.14:1) y más tarde el Señor Jesús explica:  “…el que me ha visto a mí, ha visto al Padre que me ha enviado…” (Juan 14:9). Nosotros conocemos al Dios único y verdadero a travez de la persona de Jesucristo quién, dicho sea de paso fue real y su historicidad puede ser comprobada con una evidencia firme; tenemos autoridades seculares, referencias Judías, fuentes cristianas y fuentes históricas adicionales. A manera de ejemplo observe usted: LUCIANO DE SAMOSATA, él era un sátiro griego de la segunda mitad del siglo II. El se burló de Cristo y del cristianismo  pero nunca asumió que no fueran reales.  Luciano dijo: “Los cristianos, sabes, adoran a un hombre hasta el día de hoy; él es el personaje distinguido que introdujo los nuevos ritos y que fue crucificado por ello…Les fue indicado a estas criaturas por su gobernador que ellos todos son hermanos desde el momento en que se convierten; niegan los dioses de Grecia, adoran al crucificado y viven de acuerdo a sus propias leyes..” (Luciano, la muerte del peregrino 11-13).  Amigo lector, es evidente que este hombre no-cristiano estaba seguro de la existencia de este Jesús, y si Jesús fue real(que lo fue) entonces la identidad del Padre fue revela en él. Con todo respeto señor Harrison,  usted no ha visto a Dios porque usted no quiere y la pregunta para usted y para el movimiento Hare Krisna es, ¿Cual es la historicidad de Krisna?, No existe una sola argumentación real y fiable de que Krisna existiera. Por lo tanto tenga usted mucho cuidado amado lector con lo que esta película le vende  y con lo que el señor Harrison intenta introducir.
  • La búsqueda de la Felicidad: La trama en la película entre otras muchas cosas es como la persona puede encontrar la felicidad. La manera de acuerdo a ellos es a travez del canto.  En el mismo libro pg. 62 en resumen afirma esto y la sección en la pg. 67 titulada “Solo cante y coma”.  Aunque esto de solo cante y coma suena sumamente atractivo para mucho de nosotros la Biblia enseña, el que no trabaje, que no coma (2 Ts 3:10) . Es probable que muchos jóvenes sin oficio sean tremendamente influenciados por esta corriente de pensamiento. La búsqueda de la felicidad de acuerdo a los Hare Krisna parte del canto. Para los cristianos el asunto es muy diferente, observe usted nada más lo que declara Sant 5:13 “¿Está alguno alegre? Cante alabanzas” Cuando los cristianos cantamos, no lo hacemos porque estamos buscando la felicidad en llevar a cabo esta acción, sino más la expresión de la felicidad que ya tenemos y que adquirimos al ser cristianos. Filipenses 4:4 dice: “Regocijaos en el Señor siempre. Otra vez digo: Regocijaos”. Los cristianos somos seres contentos, felices y permanecemos así todo el tiempo que estemos en Cristo porque él es el centro de nuestra felicidad; nos rescató del abismo, nos lavó con su sangre y nos hizo sentar en lugares celestiales (Ef.2:6). Pero la mayor felicidad que habita siempre en los cristianos es la esperanza de estar con Cristo en el cielo por toda la eternidad (Fil.3:20). Nosotros no estamos en una búsqueda constante de felicidad como los Hare Krisna, cuando entramos a Cristo, esa felicidad permanece constante en nosotros.

A manera de conclusión permítame aludir a usted como persona. Usted no creerá que los perros vuelan solamente porque yo lo digo, y lo creo sinceramente. Yo soy cristiano no solamente porque así lo he elegido, sino porque es lógico es correcto y hay amplia evidencia de que lo que yo creo no es un sueño de alguien a quien se le pasaron los tragos. Tengamos mucho cuidado con lo que vemos, con lo que oímos y sobre todo mucho cuidado con esta película “inofensiva” (Hare Krisna) que está en nuestros cines pero que es cien porciento el esfuerzo del Hinduismo para esparcir su falsa religión en Centroamérica. Cuando salí del cine esa noche, eché un vistazo a los basureros del área y habían unos cuantos de estos libros pero no tantos a como pensé iba a encontrar. Meditemos juntos en las grandes y verdaderas palabras de Pedro en Hechos 4:12 cuando dijo por inspiración divina: “Y en ningún otro hay salvación, porque no hay otro nombre bajo el cielo dado a los hombres, en el cual podamos ser salvos.” Ese nombre es Jesús, no Krisna y NO estimado señor Harrison, ¡NO SON LO MISMO!.  Dios les bendiga.

 

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Where is Our Fatherland?

Where is Our Fatherland?

“For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come” (Hebrews 13:14).  There is only one “kingdom” that God has promised will endure forever, and that is the “kingdom which shall never be destroyed” (Daniel 2:44).  Jesus promised to build this “kingdom of heaven” in Matthew 16:18-19.  Death cannot destroy this kingdom because its members are redeemed by the blood of Christ and live forever (Revelation 5:9-10).  It is a “kingdom which cannot be shaken” (Hebrews 12:28).

Longing for His coming, we look to the Fatherland.

Longing for His coming, we look to the Fatherland.

Yet there are kingdoms which are shaken.  In fact, all things will be shaken so that the things which cannot be shaken will remain (Hebrews 12:26).  This means that Christians must prepare themselves for changes in governmental institutions that are dear to them.  Some Christians have fought and bled for government.  Some have died.  This engenders deep emotions toward these institutions.  This elevates expectations and increases disappointment when circumstances fail to yield desires hoped for in government.  Is this nationalism a false idol?  It can be, if we do not remember what King is truly reigning.

Psalm 137 records the emotions of a people who have lost their fatherland.  They are sad, bitter, and vengeful.  Yet, God restored Jerusalem, and Judea continued as a province under the yoke of other masters. They eventually even won their independence only later to give it away to Rome who dealt the final blow in 70 AD.  Rome burned the temple to the ground, and the people were scattered. They renamed that city to Aelia Capitolina–dedicated to the god Jupiter.  The emperor Hadrian forbade Jews to enter it on penalty of death.

We often sing of heaven.  Do we invest our patriotism (love of our fatherland) in that eternal home where resides the Father of spirits (Hebrews 12:9)?  God bless you, and I love you.

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Getting Our Hands Dirty

What you can do to take church to the next level

Christians are commanded to love (John 13:34-35; John 15:12). But loving people means we get our hands dirty. It means we invest in people’s lives. It means we sacrifice our time even when we don’t feel like it. It means we stop looking at outward appearances and think “souls.” It means we stop judging at every little word or deed. It means we get to know one another more than just causally in a church foyer.

Work earnestly in the physical and spiritual.

Work earnestly in the physical and spiritual.

Real love means we learn about each other’s strengths and weaknesses. It means we occasionally set aside our own goals and ambitions to cry with someone or laugh with someone. It means we gently rebuke and speak the Truth in love because we want that person to go to heaven more than wanting to avoid conflict. It means we lay aside our pride and stop comparing ourselves or our families to others. It means we stop isolating ourselves, and instead, disciple a group of people. It means we discover other people have baggage–lots of baggage, but we love them anyway.

Jesus spent most of his ministry with twelve people–and some of that time He focused in on just three. He could have spent all his time preaching to multitudes. He could have preached every night in different locations in an effort to reach as many as He could. He could have organized all kinds of programs and events to try and emphasize His message. But instead He invested time, energy, teaching, and love into just twelve. Those twelve then took what He shared with them and multiplied that love out to others.

This type of love is not something that comes from a church program or an event with 200 people. It’s the type of love that is cultivated over meals in one another’s homes. It’s the type of love that grows from staying over too long at one another’s house sharing a deep conversation–even if you know you have to be at work early in the morning. It’s the kind of love that is shaped by running errands together. It is the kind of love shown by holding hands with someone in a waiting room and never saying a word. It is the kind of love that is grown through hours and hours of being together. You can’t force a congregation into this type of love. And you can’t fake it.

Does your congregation really show love? I’m not asking do they provide meals when you are sick? Or do they support your child’s school play? I’m asking: Are you intentionally engaged into other’s lives–in one another’s homes all the time? Do you have a group of people who encourage one another to study more deeply into His Word? Are you caring for the sick and shut-ins without being forced or without a formal plan? Are you laughing and crying together? The fact is, in America, most Christians do not allow people into their lives. Sure, we have Facebook and Instagram. But we don’t actually have intimate friends. Most men in their 30’s and 40’s are lucky if they have 2-3 intimate friends that they can truly open up to–who they can share their successes and failures with.

Here’s the dirty little secret we don’t talk about much: Real Christianity is messy–because it entails getting intimately involved in other people’s lives. And deep down most people are scared to allow other’s into their lives that deeply. But that’s what real discipleship looks like. Let me remind you again, that’s what we are called to do. We are commanded to love others–not just smile and say “hi” to them in the foyer. So what about you? Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and really get your hands dirty…for Him?

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Working with the Word!

Working with the Word!

When the Angel of God approached Gideon in Judges 6, Gideon had two questions:

  • “If the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us?”
  • “Where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of?”

God didn’t answer those questions.  God just told Gideon to go do the appointed work.

Don't paralyze yourself with questions, wonder, and worry.

Don’t paralyze yourself with questions, wonder, and worry.

Sometimes we spend a lot of time asking questions. We contemplate.  We debate.  We research.  God’s plan for Christians is simple:  teach, baptize, obey (Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-16, I Corinthians 1:21, Micah 6:8, Ephesians 2:10).  Yes, all aspects of our life are involved, but we shouldn’t paralyze ourselves into inaction by our desire to know everything.  Many a person has failed to commit to Christianity for fear of not knowing enough.  Many a Christian has proclaimed they cannot share the gospel due to a lack of knowledge.  Yet, God used those recently exposed to the gospel to spread the message throughout the world (Acts 8:4).  A word from a single person with little knowledge can motivate a large body of people (John 4:1-42).

Gideon after being told to “Go”, asked for evidence the path before Him was from God.  Miracles and signs no longer occur in our age.  They did so previously to confirm the prophetic message of God (Mark 16:20).  However, we now have the Word of God which makes us complete for His Work (2 Timothy 3:16, I Corinthians 13:8-12, Ephesians 4:8-16), provides what we need for life and Godliness (1 Peter 3:1-3), and was completely delivered for the salvation of our souls (Jude 3, James 1:21).

Once Gideon received evidence from God, he went on to the task commanded.  Yet, he would again ask for signs.  His faith had been strengthened, but further evidence from God strengthened it even more.  Romans 10:17 says that man’s faith comes from hearing the Word of God.  Why?  Hebrews 11:1 answers this: “Faith is the foundation of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Evidence is a building block of faith originating in the Word!  Today, our faith to do the work of God is strengthened by the evidence within the Word.  2 Timothy 2:15:  “Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman who needed not be ashamed”.  The Word ever goes with the work and is not to be separate from it (James 1:22ff).

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Hope for the Future

Hope for the Future

It is impossible for us to imagine the emotional rollercoaster endured by young Daniel and his three friends. They had lived all of their lives in one of the most spiritual times in the history of the Jews. In the six decades before they were born, king Manasseh and king Amon, had brought idols into Solomon’s glorious temple. Yet Daniel grew up knowing only of the temple worship which Josiah had restored. For the two decades before they were taken Babylon, the worship of God had been restored—they knew nothing of idolatrous worship. If you marvel at Daniel’s faith, remember that the world in which he lived was a world where the Jews faithfully served God.

God provides hope for the future when all around appears dim and bleak.

God provides hope for the future when all around appears dim and bleak.

Three years after Josiah’s death, Daniel was taken by Nebuchadnezzar to serve him in Babylon. That “rollercoaster of faith” descended into a pagan world saturated with immorality. After Daniel and his friends arrived in Babylon, idol worship began to flourish once again because of the new kings, sons of Josiah. Nebuchadnezzar would soon make two more assaults against Israel and finally destroy the holy city. Jeremiah was in Jerusalem and watched as Jerusalem was filled with false prophets. They prophesied that Nebuchadnezzar would return the holy temple vessels taken from the temple and be defeated by the Jews. These prophets were courageously confronted by Jeremiah for twenty-three years (Jer. 25:3). The world in which Daniel had been reared no longer existed. Sin had returned to Judah and God had sent the sword, famine and pestilence to try to get the Jews to see His judgment and return to Him.

Jeremiah sent a letter to those Jews who had already been taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. It specifically told them they would be in Babylon for seventy years, but then the prophet told them of God’s promise. “I know the thoughts I have toward you…to give you a future and a hope” (Jer. 29:11). Two chapters later, God said, “There is hope in your future…that your children shall come back to their own border” (31:17).

How could there possibly be hope? The temple was destroyed, the city was leveled and the only physical connection Daniel could have with Jerusalem was to go to his window and pray in the direction of the ruins of the temple. How could there be hope when Nebuchadnezzar demanded all those in Babylon worship his golden idol. (Remember the fiery furnace?)

There was no physical evidence there would ever be a return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. How could there be hope when they were in a hopeless situation? The answer is simple. God promised them a future and God cannot lie. Are you on a “rollercoaster of faith”? Has your world collapsed around you? Have hope, for God cannot lie about your future!

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