Any similarity is unintentionalWill it confuse them? Will they believe that God’s Word confirms it? Will they believe that what they have been doing is right?
In Exodus 12, the Lord, in a historical event, teaches us in a very objective way the power of the blood of Christ for all who are sheltered under it.
The Israelites were about to be freed from slavery in Egypt, nine plagues had affected the Egyptians, and the tenth would be the death of the firstborn. The Israelites received instructions from the Lord so that their firstborn would not be affected: they were to sacrifice a lamb, put some of the blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes where they resided, and eat the lamb.
The Lord promised that when He went through the land to strike down the Egyptians, He would see the blood on the doors and would “passover”.
ANY SIMILARITY . . .
A few months ago, while Hans was talking with Fredy and Yisela, two Ko’revajʉ friends who help us a lot in the indigenous village, he took the opportunity to record some words from the language such as sand (meja), beach (mejavʉ), and stone (catapʉ). Suddenly Fredy said something about what they usually do when a person dies.
Fredy said that, according to the Ko’revajʉ belief, the soul of the dead does not immediately go to the place of the dead without first visiting it’s favorite places and works on the things they liked to do in life. To prevent the soul from entering their homes and disturbing them, people look for a type of plant whose leaves, when crushed, release a red liquid, which they spread on the doors of their houses.“That way, when the soul of the deceased sees the red on the door, it mistakes it for blood and moves away.”
. . . IS UNINTENTIONAL
As Fredy talked about this cultural belief, Hans tried to hide from his face his astonishment at realize how Satan is capable of confusing a biblical truth with a lie.
This experience shows us how appropriate it is to take the long route of learning the culture and language before teaching the history of Salvation, where without a doubt the teaching of the Passover story will be central for the ko’revajʉ to understand the fundamentals of the Gospel.
It remains to evaluate how much this enemy-planted lie could distort a clear understanding of the Gospel.
Will it confuse them? Will they believe that God’s Word confirms it? Will they believe that what they have been doing is right?
Thank God we have learned this during the first stage of the work among the ko’revajʉ, so that when we come to teach the Passover story we will be able to make it clear that what they do is not the same as what God did.
For now, Fredy, who studies the Word of God and always brings us good questions, understood it well when he said, “that cultural belief is related to death, Passover is related to life.”
WE ENJOY BEING WITH THEM
Last month we were able to attend a birthday party in a Ko’revajʉ village about an hour away from ours. Liliana, along with our ministry partner’s children, amused herself by picking wild berries, which may have made the trip take a little longer.
The woman who turned 70 is in the middle. On the right is our ministry partner, and Liliana is on the left.
The celebration gave Liliana the idea of celebrating her birthday at the end of May with the people of the community. Since the birthdays of two girls fall almost on the same day, she’s planning a piñata with the little ones and a game of “white elephant” with the women. She’s already wrapped some gifts like soap, kitchen towels, rice, and other useful items.
On the left are Fredy and Yisela, who are serving us a delicious lunch.
In the background are our partners, the Bulla family.
As we have explained on previous occasions, there is a church among the Ko’revajʉ with many limitations in their understanding of the Gospel that we believe the Lord has called us to fill. They often invite us to share the Word, and we take advantage of these opportunities to teach in a way that motivates them to want to learn more when we are ready to teach in the language.
In the photo, Hans takes the Bible translated into Ko’revajʉ off the shelves, and has the young people read Psalm 8 so they can find a simple description of God’s sovereignty over His creation. At the same time, Hans can put into practice the words he has already learned, such as birds, sky, and fish.
Our prayer is that the Lord will begin to motivate in them an interest in reading His Word!
Our PRAYER
requests
– Thank God in our last month conditions have improved from our previous report.
– For our health. Liliana has been low on defenses and has been getting the flu frequently.
– We thank God because we found a medicine that helped Liliana with the bites of the bugs in the area.
-We remain grateful to the Lord for his care for us and our children.
– For our progress in the study of culture and language.
-Through the Lord’s provision in all areas of our lives, may we be faithful and grateful for what He gives us.
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