Muddenahalli group supporters and promoters should NOT invoke the name of Lord Jesus Christ in a flippant way, related to dancing and laughter, in context of cheap imitator Madhusudan Rao Naidu

Last updated on 25th July 2018

Given below is a comment (slightly edited) I put up on https://www.facebook.com/vr.ganti.1/posts/10212812975383862

I just saw this very inspiring interview of Rev. (Pastor) Martin Luther King Jr. by BBC in 1961. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df4fycfda10. I am sure that it was faith in Jesus that formed the core of the inspirational leadership that he provided to suppressed and discriminated African-Americans of the USA then. Note that Pastor King's father was also a pastor.

Now in the comment urging us to "lighten up", the word Jesus is also used. "Lighten up. Jesus. Really you're no fun at all."

Update on 25th Jul 2018: The full comment was, "I spend my whole day dancing, all day long - you guys are such sour pusses. Lighten up. Jesus. Really you're no fun at all." end-Update.

Initially I did not want to respond to the invocation of Lord Jesus Christ in that comment. After seeing this inspiring video interview of Rev. (Pastor) Martin Luther King Jr. where I felt that his life and work were inspired by his faith in Jesus and in the divine, I feel an urge to respond to the invocation of Jesus in the comment.

I am a Hindu who loves, adores and worships Lord Jesus Christ, who BTW was an Asian (and not a European).

Would Jesus approve of lightening up when it came to the serious matter of a cheap imitator imitating him and claiming to speak his words and interact with some invisible to others so called subtle body of his? I very much doubt Jesus would approve of it and laugh it away. Why do I say that?

Well, Jesus could have laughed and danced instead of confronting the Jewish establishment in Jerusalem and trying to get them to change their ways - note that Jesus himself was born and raised in the Jewish faith. Pontius Pilate asked Jesus - are you the "King of the Jews" - which was the sedition charge brought against him by the Jerusalem Jewish establishment spiritual leaders, the Sanhedrin. Jesus could have laughed and danced and joked that no, he was not and that he will co-operate with the Sanhedrin and obey them. That would have been a great relief to Pilate who could then have set Jesus free!!!

But did Jesus do that? Of course not. Jesus DID NOT dance and joke about such serious matters. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate

Pilate's main question to Jesus was whether he considered himself to be the King of the Jews in an attempt to assess him as a potential political threat. Mark in the NIV translation states: "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "It is as you say", Jesus replied. However, quite a number of other translations render Jesus' reply as variations of the phrase: "Thou sayest it." (King James Version, Mark 15:2); "So you say". (Good News Bible, Mark 15:2). Whatever degree of confirmation modern interpreters would derive from this answer of Jesus, according to the New Testament, it was not enough for Pilate to view Jesus as a real political threat. The chief priests began hurling accusations toward Jesus, yet he remained silent. Pilate asked him why he did not respond to the many charges, and Jesus remained silent, so Pilate was "astonished".

Pilate appears to have been reluctant to allow the crucifixion of Jesus, finding no fault with him. According to Matthew 27:19, even Pilate's wife spoke to him on Jesus' behalf. According to the gospels, it was the custom of the Roman governor to release one prisoner at Passover, and Pilate brought out Barabbas, identified by Matthew as a "notorious prisoner" and by Mark as a murderer, and told the crowd to choose between releasing Barabbas or Jesus as per the custom, in the hopes of getting them to request the release of Jesus. However, the crowd demanded the release of Barabbas and said of Jesus, "Crucify him!" In Matthew, Pilate responds, "Why? What evil has he done?" The crowd continued shouting, "Crucify him!"

Pilate ordered a sign posted above Jesus on the cross stating "Jesus of Nazareth, The King of the Jews" to give public notice of the legal charge against him for his crucifixion. The chief priests protested that the public charge on the sign should read that Jesus claimed to be King of the Jews. Pilate refused to change the posted charge, saying "What I have written, I have written." ("Quod scripsi, scripsi").[26 - Hon. Harry Fogle: The Trial of Jesus Jurisdictionary Foundation.] This may have been to emphasize Rome's supremacy in crucifying a Jewish king; it is likely, though, that Pilate was offended by the Jewish leaders using him as a catspaw and thus compelling him to sentence Jesus to death contrary to his own will.

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Ravi: Muddenahalli group supporters and promoters, especially those who claim to be spiritually enlightened, should NOT invoke the name of Lord Jesus Christ in such a flippant way, related to dancing and laughter. If they do, they only show their ignorance of the awesome divinity of Lord Jesus Christ and expose their lack of spiritual maturity, even if they claim to be spiritually enlightened. I am sorry if my words hurt some readers. But the name of Lord Jesus Christ should not be flippantly used along with the words of dancing and laughter when dealing with serious spiritual matters about distortion and dilution of legacy and memories of a great spiritual master (Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba) by a cheap imitator (Madhusudan Rao Naidu) who is misguiding thousands of Sathya Sai devotees across the world.

[I thank wikipedia and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extract from their website on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]