Love Hunger by David Kyle Foster

Author:David Kyle Foster [Foster, David Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL012040, BIO026000, REL012110
ISBN: 9781441263957
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2014-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Coming Out

The things going on in the unseen world of prayerful intercession for my deliverance were beginning to take effect. Gradually, my confidence in Maharaj Ji was eroding. One issue that grated on me was his repeated reference to John the Baptist as “the man who wrote the gospel of John.” Normally, a nominal Christian like me would never have noticed this error; it was only by God’s grace that I did. The guru said it only three or four times, but every once in a while, in the middle of giving satsang (sharing his thoughts at a satsang meeting), he would refer to John the Baptist in this erroneous way.

It was so obviously wrong that at first I assumed he was joking with us. In fact, whenever Maharaj Ji said or did something that seemed inconsistent with the cult’s teachings, the leaders would always dismiss it as “Maharaj Ji playing with our minds.” If something seemed questionable and someone brought it up, the leaders would accuse the person of “being in your mind.” We were supposed to operate in the continual supernatural consciousness of Maharaj Ji, which was just the opposite of trying to think things through rationally. It was a clever ruse that cut off contradictions, complaints and the questioning of leadership.

As little as I knew about the Bible, I did know that John the Baptist could not have written the gospel of John because Herod had beheaded him long before many of the events described in it took place. If Guru Maharaj Ji is God, I asked myself, then how could he be so wrong about this? In fact, how could he be wrong about anything?

I began to consider something new and shocking: Was the real God causing Maharaj Ji to make these statements so I could see that he was actually a fraud?

I did not know that in addition to the regular prayer meeting my parents were organizing for me, Jeff from the office had persuaded his Bible study buddies to pray for my deliverance. Jeff regularly attended a Bible study led by a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary—a biblically rigorous and faithful school. The people attending the Bible study were all part of John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church in Panorama City, California—also a bastion of biblical fidelity. Around thirty of them met at the leader’s house, and after the study, they shared prayer requests, with at least one person praying for each request. When it came to Jeff’s turn, he would report incidents that had happened at work and ask for prayer for me. He also sought the necessary wisdom and guidance to refute my claims.

Jeff and I shared a two-room office space, with a copier in a third room. He was a total nerd—thick glasses, the whole bit. I have always liked nerds, so I liked Jeff from the start. We worked together as office assistants, making copies of contracts, along with opening, sorting and delivering mail. At some point in the day, when there was a lull, Jeff would come into my room with his Bible.

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