{"id":605,"date":"2014-05-04T21:42:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T11:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/?p=605"},"modified":"2014-05-04T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T12:50:51","slug":"babies-in-icu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/2014\/05\/04\/babies-in-icu\/","title":{"rendered":"Babies in ICU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aaron listening to Testimonies!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I sat between two men on a bench made from pieces of bamboo.\u00a0 Stanley began to explain what was on his heart.\u00a0 \u201cI knew that Jesus had died on the cross.\u00a0 I had read this part before [pointing to Luke 24:6-7 \u2018He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: \u201cThe Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.\u201d], but I just never knew the reason. I had been told a long time ago that Jesus was the road, and I told others that.\u00a0 But that road of Jesus\u2019 work so I could go to God wasn\u2019t clear to me.\u00a0 Now that I clearly understand, I can no longer believe in fireflies, ginger, and rituals [the traditional beliefs]. It is not my works, but only the death of Jesus, the work of his death and resurrection in our place for our sins. I believe in God\u2019s road only.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He was one of the men that I talked to since our meeting two weeks ago, on Easter Sunday, when the Gospel message was presented in detail as the culmination to a group who had been studying God\u2019s Word for months from Genesis through the Gospels.\u00a0 Others too are giving testimony of their faith in Christ\u2019s work on their behalf.\u00a0 We are so excited for those God has drawn to Himself and have become His children.\u00a0 What an honor to be a part of a growing family of Patpatar believers.<\/p>\n

Yet a few from the group are still making their choice.\u00a0 Do they continue on in believing what they have believed all of their life trusting in rituals and religious works, or do they place their trust in what Christ did for them?\u00a0 To make matters more complicated, some of the \u2018older believers\u2019 have told me that this group is currently being targeted in an effort to pull them away from the Gospel to \u201canother gospel\u201d of works and rituals (sounds a bit like Acts 15 and Galatians 1 all over again).\u00a0 It isn\u2019t just this group that is being targeted however, it is also the new group who has just started through the evangelistic Bible teaching.<\/p>\n

We know that there will be opposition to the truth and trials for believers, but for these infant believers and those so close to a \u2018second birth,\u2019 I was reminded of Briella\u2019s time in the NICU after she was born.\u00a0 She wasn\u2019t strong enough to be on her own and outside influences were dangerous for her.\u00a0 She needed love, care, and help to begin the new life that she had.\u00a0 So here too, with a goal not only being to see people saved, but to present them mature in Christ (Colossians 1:28-29), there seems to be a need for some Intensive Care.<\/p>\n