The Best of all is God with us

  The conquering of the city of Troy with a wooden horse is an ancient story that speaks volumes to the Church today. The Greek soldiers fought for ten years but could not capture the city of Troy. Ulysses, a brilliant strategist, decided to have a large wooden horse built and left it outside the city walls as a supposed gift to the unconquerable Trojans. The Greeks pretended to be sailing away having accepted defeat. The proud Trojans brought the wooden horse inside the city walls. The same night Greek soldiers who were hiding inside the wooden horse sneaked out and opened the city gates to let their fellow soldiers enter the city. They massacred the residents, looted the city, and then burned it to the ground. Ever since the Trojan horse has become a symbol of deception and infiltration. The same seems to be happening to the Christian Church in Sri Lanka. The Church has been tricked and infiltrated by several trojan horses which the Church had not perceived. The worst is the church h

                                                   Touch not the Lord's Anointed When pastors, clergy or church leaders have been badly caught for their erroneous teachings and actions they seem to be using the scripture to counteract those who criticize and speak against them. “Touch not the Lord’s anointed” is a famous phrase uttered by certain servants of God as well as those who hero-worship them. Human beings have an instinct to self-defend when exposed and uncovered. Some servants of God seem to be using scripture wrongfully to defend themselves and go to the extent of pronouncing a death sentence. Who are the anointed ones? The anointed persons as taught in the Bible cannot be narrowed to the preachers, teachers and prophets  only. An anointed person is someone who has been called by God and set apart for God to work through them. This happens when the Holy Spirit convicts of their sin and then they accept Christ into their hearts. Such individuals have a new viewpoint an