Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer

For a limited time. Ebenezer. August 2011

By Dr. Sergio Antonio Corona Páez.

One of the most interesting aspects of the personality of Carlos Monsivais, was his Protestant faith. This faith is not acquired as a former Catholic, but that came from family, his mother Dona Esther Monsivais. Monsivais authored the book "Protestantism, diversity and tolerance" (National Commission on Human Rights, 2002) and of course, was also an intellectual who defended the rights of religious minorities, particularly Protestant followers and institutions.

The "encyclopedia" of Monsivais, ie its cultural heritage, including first and foremost, the Bible, in the Spanish version of Cassiodorus de Reina and Cipriano de Valera (1569-1602), widely known as King James Bible, the which is updated revisions of 1960 and 1990.

Hence Monsivais give great importance, in their imagination, these Spaniards "heterodox" and many other icons, facts and power movements in the history of Reformed Churches, as Jan Hus, Luther, Calvin, Theodore Beza, Zwingli, John Bunyan, John Milton, Puritans, Quakers, Sunday School, Huguenot, Admiral de Coligny, the St. Bartholomew's, D'Aubigné Aggripa, John Wesley, John Brown, Karl Barth, Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu.

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, not overwhelm you. When you walk through fire you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame scorch you. "

Isaiah 43.2

The beautiful writing in the book of Psalms says, c. 40 "... to do thy will, O God, I delight and thy law is within my heart, I announced your justice in the congregation, not refrained my lips, JHWH you know ...."

Because doing His will must be our delight, our joy, our life. And here we are with a sword in our hands, with no other recourse than the sword of justice to deal with the enemy.

When we are talking about the fire, we're talking about an element of nature that God has used to symbolize the very presence of the Holy Spirit, a symbol of purification of anointing, consecration, so much so that even the most precious metal on the face of land has been used as a symbol of the Christian life in their daily walk. The Bible tells us that if gold is tested by fire, the impurities remain in the essence of the item and the Christian faith if, even more precious that gold is tried by fire that can not be pleasing to which Jesus Christ came to earth, a holy being, a being consecrated, set apart for a living and coexist in the presence of God Almighty.

The fire, symbol of the Holy Spirit is dedicated to purify, to cleanse, to stop something undesirable, to remove the imperfections of an item. So if our faith is tried by fire (problems, tests, adversities) our heart, our mind, our spirit can not be instrument element to dwell in the heavenly places, may not be awarded, may not rewarded.

So today I will only limitedly two examples of this powerful teaching.

The first is found in Hebrews chapter 1, verses 6-7 says, "And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, worship him all the angels of God. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire. "

The rain passed and no more flood water
your song on the lips has restored my calm
denuevo clearing skies and the blue of your peace
has covered my soul

MEXICO DC, Voice of the Martyrs 19/04/2010 - Edition ProtestanteDigital.com

Five indigenous Zapotec evangelical Christians were arrested because they refused to cooperate in Catholic religious festivals Teotlasco community, municipality of Ixtlan de Juarez, Oaxaca. Four of them are deprived of their liberty. The authorities threatened to expel all of them, along with their families.

The authorities of Ixtlan de Juarez, Maximino Martinez Manzano head Evangelicals want to ban for refusing to sign a document that forces them to develop acts that go against their faith. This happens despite the fact that previously the State Human Rights Commission of Oaxaca determined that the document is a violation of individual guarantees, as issued Recommendation No. 15/2009.

On 18 March, officials from State and Municipal Government tried to resolve the situation, but some Christians refused to sign the final agreement was obtained at a meeting held on the same day, saying it violated their individual rights and freedom of worship.