Faced with a dilemma
Blood spattered everywhere as missionary Elias Struik stabbed the lamb.
Well, not real blood and not a real lamb. In a remote village in Papua New Guinea Elias was teaching the lesson concerning God slaying animals to provide a covering for Adam and Eve. As an illustration he stabbed a sheep that he had cut out and attached a plastic bag filled with red-stained juice.
The effect was riveting. Every Uriay understands the connection between major blood loss and death. They quickly understood that the sheep had to die to provide a covering for Adam and Eve.
"The picture was clear," wrote missionary Lisa Kappeler. "Adam and Eve had rebelled against God and a couple of leaves just weren’t sufficient. God was providing a covering, and that included the shedding of blood."
The Uriay people had heard about Adam and Eve before but the account had been passed down from person to person and became twisted and mixed with their ancestral teaching. When the missionaries began teaching the account from God’s Word, the people were faced with the dilemma of believing God’s Word or their ancestors.
As Elias taught the truth from God’s Word, the Uriays began to realize that God’s creation was perfect and what He desired was to have a close relationship with the people He created. But Adam and Eve chose to follow Satan and thus all mankind was separated from God.
Please pray with us that the Uriays will continue to submit to the absolute authority of God’s Word as they are faced with cultural conflicts.
Well, not real blood and not a real lamb. In a remote village in Papua New Guinea Elias was teaching the lesson concerning God slaying animals to provide a covering for Adam and Eve. As an illustration he stabbed a sheep that he had cut out and attached a plastic bag filled with red-stained juice.
The effect was riveting. Every Uriay understands the connection between major blood loss and death. They quickly understood that the sheep had to die to provide a covering for Adam and Eve.
"The picture was clear," wrote missionary Lisa Kappeler. "Adam and Eve had rebelled against God and a couple of leaves just weren’t sufficient. God was providing a covering, and that included the shedding of blood."
The Uriay people had heard about Adam and Eve before but the account had been passed down from person to person and became twisted and mixed with their ancestral teaching. When the missionaries began teaching the account from God’s Word, the people were faced with the dilemma of believing God’s Word or their ancestors.
As Elias taught the truth from God’s Word, the Uriays began to realize that God’s creation was perfect and what He desired was to have a close relationship with the people He created. But Adam and Eve chose to follow Satan and thus all mankind was separated from God.
Please pray with us that the Uriays will continue to submit to the absolute authority of God’s Word as they are faced with cultural conflicts.