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the poor, and women in Japan’s ‘prostitution army’ praying to their particular versions of God.
during World War II” (Religious News Service, March ‘As a Sri Lankan Christian who has read the Hindu
5, 1991). writings and the scriptures of the Hindu saints I simply
Eighteen times Chung summoned the spirits of the cannot believe that there have not been other people
dead and claimed that “without hearing the cries of [than Christians] who are familiar with God,’ he said.
these spirits, we cannot hear the voice of the Holy ‘It is beyond belief that other people have no access to
Spirit.” Chung said, “I hope the presence of all our God or that God has no access to other people.’
ancestors’ spirits here with us shall not make you ‘Who are listening to the prayers of the Hindu? Are
uncomfortable.” She also summoned “the spirit of Earth, there many Gods? If we are thinking about a God who
Air, and Water.” Chung said, “I also know that I no is the creator and sustainer of the whole universe, as in
longer believe in an omnipotent, Macho, warrior God Psalm 24, then there are not two Gods. Therefore it is
who rescues all good guys and punishes all bad guys.” inconceivable to me that a Hindu or a Buddhist, or
anybody, is outside God. My understanding of God’s
Chung concluded her message by likening the “spirit” to love is too broad for me to believe that only this
the idolatrous image of Kwan, “a goddess of compassion narrow segment called the Christian church will be
and wisdom [worshipped in] East Asian women’s saved. If you are a Christian you must be open and
popular religiosity.” Chung went even further in her broad, not narrow and exclusive.’
blasphemy when she said, “Perhaps this might also be a Dr. Ariarajah said being a good Christian did not
feminine image of the Christ who is the first born include going around telling people of other faiths they
among us, one who goes before and brings others with had got it all wrong (The Australian, Feb. 11, 1991).
her.” Ariarajah is dead wrong about the condition of those
The RNS report stated that though some WCC outside of Christ. Consider the following truths from the
delegates were offended by this blasphemy, most Word of God, truths which are utterly ignored by
warmly received it. In fact, the audience gave Chung’s Ariarajah and his WCC friends:
blasphemous presentation a standing ovation! The Condition of the Heathen. The following verses
All Scripture Not Life-giving. In a follow-up report by from Ephesians show us plainly the condition of the
the Religious News Service in February of 1992, further unsaved heathen.
evidence of Chung’s apostasy was given. In an interview “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in
with Carl McIntire, Chung said she was not certain that trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked
Jesus spoke the words of John 14:6—”I am the way, the according to the course of this world, according to the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
by me.” worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom
Chung also said that many women do not find all of also we all had our conversation in times past in the
Scripture “life-giving” and pointed especially to Paul’s lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and
admonition that women be quiet in the church and be of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath,
even as others. ... That at that time ye were without
subject to their husbands at home. Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel,
She said she agreed with a Catholic priest who and strangers from the covenants of promise, having
recently told her the greatest harm to the promotion of no hope, and without God in the world: But now in
unity is claiming the truth. The struggle between who’s Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made
right and who’s wrong divides people, she said. nigh by the blood of Christ” (Ep. 2:1-3,12-13).
All Faiths Are One with God. The Director of the Before the Ephesians came to Christ, they were
WCC’s Inter-Faith dialogue is a Sri Lankan, Wesley religious idolaters. What was their spiritual condition at
Ariarajah. His apostate ideas about salvation were that time? The Bible says they were dead in trespasses
voiced at the Canberra meeting and were reported in and sins. They were under the power of the devil. They
local newspapers. Consider this report from the The were by nature the children of wrath. They had no hope
Australian: and were without God in the world. That is the
The World Council of Churches took ecumenism to “spirituality” of every person outside of Jesus Christ.
its farthest limits at the weekend, suggesting Muslims, The Bible says it was the blood of Christ that changed
Hindus and others achieve salvation in the same way as the spiritual condition of the Christians at Ephesus.
Christians and warning the latter against “narrow Salvation Only through Jesus Christ. The following
thinking.” plain Bible statements make it clear that there is no
The council’s Director of Inter-Faith dialogue Dr. salvation outside of Jesus Christ. All men are sinners
Wesley Ariarajah, said it was inconceivable to him that and are condemned under the righteous judgment of
God listened to Christian prayers but ignored those God. The only way of escape from sin’s condemnation is

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