The following email came from a Reader of the book "Exposing Chinese Ancestor Worship"
Dear Ps. Steven,
Good day. I recently bought a book written by you – “Exposing Chinese Ancestor Worship”. I was a Buddhist for the past 25 years, my family practices ancestor worshipping since I was a kid. But in the recent years, I got to know about Christianity and the whole process had drawn me closer to Jesus Christ Our Lord. I got baptized 2 weeks ago at St. Mary Cathedral KL, and I really thank God for His wonderful blessing for now I am officially “reborn” again as His child. The journey of knowing about Lord God has been really astonishing, it happened when I joined “Alpha Course” at St Paul church at PJ.
Thank you for such a wonderful book you have written, “Exposing Chinese Ancestor Worship” - that made clear a lot of statements which had been bothering me, it really helps… especially for those who used to be a Buddhist transforming to be a Christian. There are like ten thousand questions in your mind, now that you are Christian, so what are the changes you need to amend which is against Words of God? As for me, I had been practicing as a Buddhist for so many years, not to mention that I used to be really committed as well. Working as a volunteer, staying at the temple, went for “temporarily nun camp”, baptized as pure Buddhist. My parents are Buddhist / Taoist. So I am somehow a mixture of both, but I am closer to Buddhism.
What you have written in your book, all the chapters, it touched my heart, I totally agreed, well, said but true. I tried to share your book with my mum who is a Buddhist, (though I am the only converted Christian in the family so far, but I am glad because my family are pretty open-minded and quite supportive) until she threw me a question which I don’t know how to answer.
Question: If Christians do not require to carry a “protection-charm” what will happen when the evil haunts/possesses them? Besides praying, what can a Christian do to prevent the attack of the evil spirit? How to be cured when possession happened?
Because for Chinese Buddhist/Taoist, the only way to get rid of evil spirit is to look for a temple medium or a “witch-doctor”… since I am a 100% Christian now, to me all these methods seems to be a bit too evil and definitely against the words of God… therefore in that situation, what should we do? Besides going to church, continue praying to Lord, but if the evil spirit still does not leaving…..??
I don’t know if I sounded stupid, but I need to convince myself and especially my mum. Please advice.
Thank you very much. May God and His Peace be with you.
From: "Name withheld"
My answer: Please see my comments. Tq
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