The Words of the Huish Family
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The Words of the Huish Family |
On Saturday, I joined a few brothers and sisters witnessing in Croydon. I really enjoy sharing my faith with people, especially as openly as I do when I approach people on a high street:
"Hello, my name's Matthew. I'm a member of the Unification Church. Can I ask: Why do you think God created us?"
This question separates the atheists from the theists. But for some reason, the atheists always seem like the nicest people, with whom I would pursue the deepest conversation. I guess they've already done a lot of thinking, which at this stage has resulted in them losing faith in God, but perhaps they've at least grappled with the important questions of life.
Croydon high street is incredible on Saturdays. It's like a religion market, where you can take your pick from the Hare Krishna, several denominations of Christianity, the Communist Party and, of course, the Unificationists, all of whom are vying for your attention. I loved it! We're all passionate about God (well, all of us except the communists, who didn't stay for very long!) and we want to testify to God, as witnesses of His/Her love. I happily received a flyer from one church group, promoting a free concert. Some MCs were rapping with a PA system (I'm assuming they were from the same church) and I actually enjoyed their marriage of message and music:
"Are you born again?"
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-- what?"
"Are you born again?"
" --
what?"
"Are you born again?!"
" -- yeh!"
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON, more popularly known as the Hare Krishna) were singing and dancing. There were many young people witnessing for all these religious groups, and some of the ISKCON members were especially young, which gave me confidence that the HARP witnessing day we're organizing for Saturday 27th February will go swimmingly. Do any of you remember the good old days, when Aunty Mary Franklin organized HARP witnessing days at the end of every month? Well, very much inspired by her example, we're going to resurrect that activity, so if you'd like to come along to 43 Lancaster Gate at 10am this Saturday, you're very welcome to join in!
On the topic of sharing my faith, I read something today which annoyed me. The CanadaEast.com's news article about True Father's 90th birthday, cited recently on the family fireplace, reported that True Father "has proclaimed himself a messiah sent to complete Jesus Christ's work on Earth." Why am I upset? I'm not upset with the news agency, as they're being entirely accurate. No, my beef is with the fact that True Father is forced to declare himself as the Messiah. Why should he have to do it? It's because not enough prominent people are doing it on his behalf. All the news agencies should be reporting that WE are declaring True Father to be the Messiah. And not just "a messiah" among many, but THE Messiah, the one chosen by Heavenly Father and Jesus himself to complete the Messianic mission. We should become prominent in society and be so reputable that Father doesn't need to declare himself Messiah, since we'll already do it for him:
"In 2010, Matthew Huish declared Sun Myung Moon to be the Messiah, sent to complete Jesus Christ's work on Earth"
If you like the look of that sentence, copy and paste it into a response replacing my name with your name there instead!