Christian pastor Dr Sebastian Martin, who is popularly known as the Healer Baba, passed away on Wednesday. Dr Sebastian Martin, who would claim to cure all illnesses especially kidney and brain tumor using objects infused with divine powers, died because of kidney failure. The pastor was found dead in his residence in Vasai. What a contradiction? Who claimed to cure kidneys of many could not treat himself. Off course we are not against any faith or religion but we are against the illogical conversation process. Today's conversion is like alluring ignorant and foolish child with sweet meat. Each religion teaches to increase its follower but not by changing their faith with miraculous allurements but by transformation of their heart.
There is no need to go in the details of what miracles faith healers perform but if healing fails they held people's lack of faith responsible for that, and there are countless cases where simple but ignorant people lost their life. Also one thing to notice that scriptures including Bible doesn't frequently talks about miracles(Even a powerful prophet like John the Baptist didn’t perform any miracles -Jn. 10:41). God wants that we should undergo realities of life and learn a life lesson that this world is not for sane, just see the example of Pandavas, although God was present with them, He didn't performed miracles now and then, they fought, struggled in all situations of life and Lord Krishna supported them. Showing frequent miracles distracts one from message of God and one starts considering God as order supplier and servant. Many times it happens that these healers hire the actors who acts as a diseased, the whole story including dialogues and actions are narrated to them and organizers try to keep real diseased people away from the stage.
But the real question remains, What they are going to do with number of followers? Is there any transformation of heart after changing religion? If the person is engaged in similar activities like meat eating and illicit sex, that he was doing before conversion then what's the use of conversion? If the quality is not there then what's the value to quantity? That's why Prabhupad always stressed the point 'Boiling the milk' means training the people to become hardcore devotees of God rather than just increasing numbers.
In conclusion, God still works miraculously today, and as believers, we should welcome the miraculous acts of God. But modern faith healers have exploited the Bible’s teaching and made it as Menu card. So let's not focus on conversion but focus on transformation of heart by following the verdict of scriptures and not the so called faith healers.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
There is no need to go in the details of what miracles faith healers perform but if healing fails they held people's lack of faith responsible for that, and there are countless cases where simple but ignorant people lost their life. Also one thing to notice that scriptures including Bible doesn't frequently talks about miracles(Even a powerful prophet like John the Baptist didn’t perform any miracles -Jn. 10:41). God wants that we should undergo realities of life and learn a life lesson that this world is not for sane, just see the example of Pandavas, although God was present with them, He didn't performed miracles now and then, they fought, struggled in all situations of life and Lord Krishna supported them. Showing frequent miracles distracts one from message of God and one starts considering God as order supplier and servant. Many times it happens that these healers hire the actors who acts as a diseased, the whole story including dialogues and actions are narrated to them and organizers try to keep real diseased people away from the stage.
But the real question remains, What they are going to do with number of followers? Is there any transformation of heart after changing religion? If the person is engaged in similar activities like meat eating and illicit sex, that he was doing before conversion then what's the use of conversion? If the quality is not there then what's the value to quantity? That's why Prabhupad always stressed the point 'Boiling the milk' means training the people to become hardcore devotees of God rather than just increasing numbers.
In conclusion, God still works miraculously today, and as believers, we should welcome the miraculous acts of God. But modern faith healers have exploited the Bible’s teaching and made it as Menu card. So let's not focus on conversion but focus on transformation of heart by following the verdict of scriptures and not the so called faith healers.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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