Eluru Meetings (Series - 1, Page

ACTS 10 : 34, 35 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said of a truth I perceive that God is no respector of persons:

     But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

     God is not a respector of persons and he of a truth in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him. That is the word in the Bible. But people don't believe that. Every religion think that they are the good people and that others all are going to Hell. I also talked like that and believed like that before. But when I travelled around the world, meeting many saints of God in all religions, I found out this great truth that. God is not a respector of persons and he accepts everybody in any nation if he fears him. That breaks every religions barrier. He is not accepting you because you are a rich a man, because you are a big minister but He accepts you because you fear God, whatever nation you are.

     But what happened in India, these religions came. And every religion thought that they are the only people chosen of God. So Muslim religion came, India was under them for some time and many people accepted. Muslim culture. But some people refused to do that. Then the British Government came. British Isle is a small island, but how did they conquer the whole world ? We must think all these. Why India became divided and divided and became nothing? If you know the reason, India will rise like a giant and India can teach the whole world. But why this happens in India ? Not because we are become democracy, not because we became one state. Unless man changes and fears God these will happen to us. Man tells, "Where is God? show me God." I am not preaching a religious God. You can have any gods you like. But if you do wrong and do wickedly, you are not a godly man.

     Today, a man can be a very bad fellow. If they go to some temple or some church they think they are godly people. That is wrong God is not respecting anybody as persons. Today, if you go throughout the world, there is a preaching that religion is opium of the people because, some people are bent only on collecting money. If you go, every place, they think that God is like a beggar. As if, if you don't beg God cannot do his work. 40 years I have been preaching all over the world without collecting any money. I went from here to London with 5.5 annas in my hand. So, when I went to London, I didn't have any money in my hand. I was in a hotel. I had food only for that night. Then I said, Lord, you are here in England also, I have no food for tomorrow and I slept 12 'O' clock a man came and knocked at my hotel door. He said, "Is this the room of Lawrie?. I said "I am sleeping, why do you want to trouble me." He said, God appeared to me and gave your name and address and asked me to give you so much of pounds. "I want to give you lot of money, but, God told me not to give lot of money. So, I took the money, attended the conference. then I returned to London. No money. I was very hungry . Nobody to give me any food and I didn't want to ask anybody.    At 12 'O' clock, one lady next to me, "Are you an Indian ? "Yes. Why don't you eat some food." So she gave me food. And the train came to the London station from Glasgow. I didn't know where to go. I don't know anybody there. I had no money for a hotel. At that time, when the train came to the station, suddenly, one man was waving the hand. Then I knew he was one of my old friend. He said, "yesterday night when I was sleeping, I had a dream that you are coming in this train, Then the Lord told me to take you to my house. So I am here. He never let me down. Like that for 40 years he led us. That is why I say "God is a good God." He is not a beggar. He doesn't want anybody to beg for money. If you are chosen of God, if you love God, money will come to your home. You need not run after money. Today, religion is only for money "On the grave of some people," that is religion today, I am not preaching that religion. I am not preaching a British Christianity.

     So, my friends, as a Indian, I don't know which religion you belong so. If there are anybody to sing, even in my meetings I allow any religious people to come and sing your own song. You may say, "why do you put here Jesus" ? This is not British Jesus. Asia Jothi Jesus I am putting He belongs to Asia. Like Buddha, like prophet Mohammed, Jesus belongs to Asia. I am proud about my country. Are you not proud about your country? Today, if you want rain it is only our misdoing. You pray to God and confess all your sins and turn to God. YOu will have rain tomorrow here. I am living in a place Ashram. It was a dry land, no rain for 6 years. So When I went there, I couldn't get a tumbler of water. I had to go two miles to get water. Then we studied the Bible and did according to the Bible. Then the rain came, every well is filled. Now for nearly 10 years that Ashram has become very cooled now. Trees are there and there is no dryness there. God can change any dry country to a good country. It is only for the sins of the people, the land becomes dry. Because everybody think they can kill anybody. But God's curse is in every country because innocent people are killed. So, we as a nation should raise up.

     Of course we must have patriotism for our state. I am glad that Andhra is very strong as a state. But I want to think India as a whole because India is our country. When I was in Ceylon, I felt like a stranger. But today, I am in my own country, so why should we be afraid in our own country. Today, religion is a different thing. But if you have God in your life, then religion starts there and then you love everybody. Today religion doesn't promote love. It promotes hatredness. One religion against another religion and they want to shoot and they want to become big. I warn every religion man today. The end has come for your violence. God will not allow that violence any more because, God coming down means he has come with His battallion. You know, he doesn't come simply to be killed by other people. He comes with His full army. I see God's army everywhere posted. When an ordinary Minister goes what protection is given ! So you mean to say when God comes down there will be no protection for him and his people. God protects His people. God comes down in India. Our books say that. Today Christians say that God will come in the air. God said, "I will go and prepare a place for you and will come and take you unto myself." There are three comings in Christian religion. First he came to buy his wife. Secondly he came to take his wife thirdly he comes with his wife. So today, Christians are so afraid of my ministry, they have swallowed the second coming which they were preaching for 15 years. You go and read the Bible. Job was telling, "My redeemer liveth, he will stand on this earth."

     So today, people are afraid of other religions. When they say, "Ramraj" Oh ! that is Hinduism. But Rama, we must trace where Rama comes in the Bible. Rama was the great grandfather of David. It is in the Bible. Everything in India is in the Bible and in other books also. But people don't study that. Today, when we were taught Christianity we were taught like this, "All Hindus are idol worshippers, they will be put in to the fire and burnt." Can you believe that ? My forefathers were Hindus you are Hindus, you mean to say you will be put into the fire and we will be saved. That is what the British taught. But I have found out today, that more than the Hindus, the Ciristians will be put into the fire. Why is that ? You know Hindus worshipping of idols, it is only thathuvam. That is if I want to draw a Sun, I wil put a circle and put rays there. That is to show what a Sun is like. But this Sun won't have heat. So like that, the Hindu idols is only "Thathuvam." But God says that you should not worship any creature. But any idol of Hindus, they have four heads, means, that God can see on the four sides. That means he is not having four heads, he is able to see all over. So God tells, this is ungodliness. But what do the Christians do today ? They worship Peter, Paul and James and everybody. They are worshipping the Creatures. You will be put into fire. So don't anymore talk like that. Mainly, we can't create anything, so, if you worship that, you are in sin.

     What is God ? Object of worship. So, if it is an object of worship, it must have a form. But the "Paramathma" is everywhere. It is a spirit. So that spirit, nobody can understand. It is an intelligent spirit. It has got many good natures. It has got judgement power and we have to know what kind of power that is. And God cannot reveal himself as a spirit to anybody. So God was thinking of revealing Himself. So He was trying to find out whom he can choose. Angels were powerful but he didn't choose Angels. He didn't choose any animal but he chose men. When he chose a man, who is to come at the end time, at the end of Kali-Yuga, he took that form in the beginning when he created.

     Everybody has got a soul. But we fell by nature in sin by disobedience. So God to choose a man, he took that form. Because God is eternal, he gave him eternal life and the glory. He cannot have sin. So the power of God possessed that man so that, he could appear to people as a man. And that is called first born. But, people say it is Allah, Jehovah, Narayana, like that they say. But God is above that. But God is possessing that person but he is everywhere. that you can't see with your eye. So this man is called First Born. But that was one of the persons who is to come later on. That is the trouble, jealousy came in the Angels. So they wanted to destroy that. But what God has thought he will fulfil. So when that Holy God took that person, the ghost in him is called the holy ghost. When a man dies, his ghost goes away. So, that is why in the Bible says, a lamb slain before the foundation of the world. So when the unseen God selected this man, he pushed that ghost outside. So he was totally God. His self was out. So this self is called holy ghost. So long before he stayed that First born's body and he gave him power that he can give his life and take it back. But God is a Consuming fire, we cannot meet him. That is why he says, there is one God, one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. So you can't approach God directly, there is a mediator. That is the first created. So He not only created HImself, He created everybody in Him before the foundation of the world.

     That is why some people in this world are godly, some people are not godly. So when you know that you are godly you have been before the foundation of the world. So that before the earth was created you were there. So you have come here to the earth to be tested by God. Whether you will touch things of this earth. That is why some people don't touch the earth, others are touching the earth. But things what you see is not eternal, things you don't see is eternal. But man is clinging to these ordinary things of this world, that is called Maaya. A man comes, then he gives birth to children, then the children grow, then the man dies. After that what is going to happen ? Is that end of life of man ? If man dies like a beast and there is no life after death then you can eat, drink and merry, for tomorrow you die, after that there is nothing. Why do you want to lead a good life if there is no life after death ? Come on, enjoy the life and die and go. But there is life after death.

     If you take a chicken in an egg, it has got legs, it has got eyes, it has got beak, in a shell. It cant be used in the egg. It is prepared for another world. So like that, we have desires in this world which the world cannot satisfy. When I was a young man I wanted to enjoy life. I thought we must enjoy, but I was very happy. My dear brothers and sisters, my Indian brothers and sisters, have you got peace in your heart ? I am asking you as your own brother. You may have been enjoying life, you may think this world is everything. But when you come home, something is empty there. Ayyoh, I am not happy. Are you not happy ? If you don't have that peace, you won't be happy.

     Then the karma comes behind and this karma, you may be good, but your forefathers karma will come and affect your family. You may tell "I didn't do anything bad my child is lame now." It is true that you didn't do anything, but that Karma is following you. I know a family, that man killed some people, he was a rich man, one day in his house four children died, his son's children. So his son was crying and saying, "Why this happened in me" ? I told, "Your father did that, now your children are dying". But one lady married a godly man and she got the peace. That Karma never affected that family. But today, that karma is affecting all the other family members. So you can get away karma in this world. Otherwise, it will go on like a river. So, many people say, "I am a good man from today". I know many people think that "If I lead a good life from today I am a good man" What about the karma you did before ? That is in the account of God. You can't start a new account. You have to pay your debts. I can't write, from today onwards a new account, then the debtors will come and say, "Give us our money".

     But you must understand there is God. "Oh, where is God ? Show me ". Have you ever seen stomach ? But you know that you have a stomach. You look at the nature, everythingwill show the glory of God. You know sun is burning like this for so many years, thousands of years. It came like that. Where did the chicken come from ? You will say "from the egg". "Where did that egg come from"? "Oh ! that came from the chicken". Where did that chicken come from ? "Oh it is from the egg". "Which came first"? Egg. Where did that hegg come from? Chicken. Then, that chicken came from an egg. So in the beginning there must have been one chicken or an egg. The one who created that is God. Nothing came in this world by simply. "Oh ! man came from monkey. I am living for 67 years, there are many monkeys in Courtrallam, not one monkey has become a man. 67 years could not make a monkey a man and no man has become a monkey. I have seen my friends, 67 years they are still man not monkeys. So man says "Man came from monkey." You can write anything man, but the truth is important. You have got a soul. If you have no peace, that place can be filled only by God. You can't fill it by adultery, you can't fill it by drinking, you can't fill it by dancing with a girl. You can't go to cinema and fill it. You can't fill by eating and eating. Oh ! I eat Biriyani, I eat Chicken Biriyani, Oh ! Meat Biriyani, Pig Biriyani. But see, the pig is eating the dirt. But, if that is eating the dirt, how can the flesh be good. So, all these Briyanis are good for taste. In China, they eat the snakes also, frogs also. In Europe some people eat horse also, some people eat dogs also. In India some people eat cats and bandicoats also. Some people eat so many dirty things. You can eat everything, then Cancer comes. You don't realize by your eating you produce so many sickness. Now, I am a Vegetarian, I am very happy, I became a Vegetarian.

     So, Hindus won't believe because christians eat chicken and say God, God, God. That is because you have no Jeeva-karunyam. Because that is not taught to us. You go to other countries. "My, My" ! So many things in meat. But thank God, God opened my eyes for this. I wish the whole Indian people become Vegetarians, because I want them to live longer. When I tell something, it is for your blessing. As a country, we have so many religions. So many religions were brought into India.

     Hindus say "India for Hindus". I say "India for Indians". India is not for Hindus only. Because, I take the best from everything. You do something wrong and say "India for "Hindus" I was a Hindu, but now I know the truth and I want to make the best out of all these things. So "India for Indians". "Andhra for Andraas", No. Andhra for Indians. Tamil Nadu for Indians, Kerala for Indians. The whole India for Indians.

     But man doesn't know why these troubles come to India. Because of separation, The Christians want to have a Christian state. Hindus want to have a Hindu state. In Ceylon, thyey want Sinhalese to live only. One day, in one of the troubles I was there. The present day prime minister (premadhasa) I know. I was All ceylon foot ball player. I was the only Indian to play. Ceylon people loved me very much. At that time, my wife and children, we were going on the road. Big riot came, they wanted to kill every Tamilian, Indian. So one of my girl friend came, her sister's married to a Sinhalese. "Brother run, they will kill you." So I ran to the Sinhalese house and put my children and everybody under the bed. I came out. 2000 people coming with gun and knife and everything, shouting "Sinhala, Sinhaladesha". I knew my time has come, that they will kill me. So the leaders came, came straight with a knife, You Tamil fellow. They did like this. Suddenly he looked at me, he fell down, cried. I said, "Why? come on kill me". No, no. Are you the son of Mr. Rasaiah ? Yes My ! Your father helped our families. He was a charitable man, so many people he gave money. We Sinhalese people are blessed by him. We came to kill his son, Where is your wife and children ? They are under the bed. Sinhalese people came, "Tell them to come, My ! We can't kill you. Even though Indian, he helped the Sinhalese". So my children were carried, my wife and I walking in the procession. 2000 Sinhalese came to the station, put me in the train with my family, sent some bodyguards upto Thalai-mannar. They were telling. "Ceylon will always welcome you our brother." So we came, when I came to India, Why was I saved ? It was Dharmam. Charity saved me. If my father was collecting money for himself, today I won't be living. So when I came to India, I told my children, I won't collect any money for you. I won't save any property for you, everything for the other people". So from that day, we have not kept anything for the family. We want everybody to be blessed, because we know by practical thing that charity saves you.

     Today, where is charity ? They build a big pandal, Oh ! this is that rich man's pandal, That is not charity. Many people think that, that is charity. Helping the poor is charity. Helping the orphans is charity, destitute is charity, not giving to rich people. Today many orphanages from America, If you go and find there, they will have father and mother, but they will call it an orphanage. And the money is not given to the people. That people eat it and give the people ordinary Khanji. But that is not God. Because, it comes from the heart, it doesn't say only Christian should enjoy. Everybody should enjoy. One day a Muslim woman came, "Brother, my husband died, I can't even bury him". Yes, take this money One christian said, "why are you helping a Muslim lady ?" I said, "She is also an Indian lady, why can't I help her ?" Oh ! you are doing wrong thing, help only the Christian widows. A widow is a widow. Let us help every religions people.

     So today, in India, we are divided and nobody is seemed to get God. Now today, the Hindus are expecting Krishna, the Muslims are expecting Mahadi, Christians are expecting Jesus. Do you think three, four Gods are coming. Narayana is one. Christ is one. He comes down. So the HIndus should recognize him by the spirit. That is why, if you meditate, you can find out. That is what the big leaders have written in their books, where he will come, how we will come. Tagore writes in Geetanjali, "He will be going on the road. You will never find him, he will be eating in the hotel, you can never find him." That king is not coming like a King. He is coming like an ordinary man. You will never find him unless you secure your life to God. Because, you have come to the last part of this age. Don't think this world will go on for a long time, because, they have got weapons to destroy the whole world. Man cannot save the countries. One war starts, everybody will be in flames. That is why God comes down to save His people. Krishna came, not to save Duryodhana's people, he came to save the Panja Pandavas. Rama did not came to save the wicked people, he came to save God's chosen people. So, even today, God comes to save His chosen people. If you are not afraid of God, if you are not turning towards God, how can you be his chosen people ? What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his soul. What shall he give in exchange for his soul ?

     So, when I was going to America, I thought, I had an idea that all the Hindus, everybody should become Christians. So, when I had a meeting in Madras, I was preaching to one million people, one day, Kamaraj Nadar was there so very big crowd, the whole Madras came. At that time, I was standing in the platform. Ministers come, I had prayed for Dr. Cherians family, Nedunchezian's family. Jothi Vengadachalam Governor we have prayed. Every minister used to come. Kamarajar attended our meetings. Inspector Arul was there.

     I was a big man. I couldn't cut my hair for the hair will be stolen for healing. I couldn't put my shirt for washing, they will steal the shirt and go away. I couldn't go on the road. I was pleasing everybody. But I didn't know the truth. So about three thousand Hindus wrote a petition. "Mr. Lawrie we believe that you are the avatar for this age. We want a dharsan." I was such a fanatic that, I said. "I don't want to look at you," because I was taught as a Christian. This happened 25 years ago in 1962. The hindus were very unhappy. But in that meeting I preached the truth. Then the Christians started hating me because I preached the truth. They started throwing stones, they threw slippers. I had to run for my life, simply because I said that God loves everybody. They wanted to say that God loves only Christians. Then I became very unpopular. Then every christian talked bad about me. MY children were very unhappy. As they went they would say, this is Anti-christ's children, this is the devil children. So my wife, children will hang the face and go. They will say my wife is the devil's wife. So we had no friends. At that time, when I went on the road, they wanted even to beat me. Any Police Inspector, he was a christian, I will be in danger. Then Muslims came to help me. I said "Muslims ? Why do you want to help me ? Because something is funny, you are a loving man. Then I mixed with all the people. I studied their books. Then I found that God moved in every religion. I challenge you people that God moves in every religion. But God is not in the religion. God is going on the roads today. You can find him on the road, not in the temples and churches. They have made it tight so that even God comes he can't enter into the churches. Even God comes today, he can't get into any christian churches. Then are your hopes lost ? No. You can meet him on the roads. He wants bad people only. He invited good people, they refused to come. Now God is calling the good and the bad people. Brother, sister if you are a drunkard, if you are an adulterer, if you are a murderer, if you are a very bad man, God calls you today. He loves you today. God is not with the good people today. He wants bad people. Will you accept him today ? He wants to forgive your sins. That is why God gave this ministry.

     One day I was in America, about 40 people came. They were very big people, One day was 450 pounds, so lig. She would carry me like this. They were 40 people like that. They always had gun. If they get angry they will beat you. So they came there, heard that an Indian has come. When I saw their body, one lady told me, "Be careful about these people, they will do something to you". So I was there. "Bro. Lawrie, you preach about God ?". Yes. But we are wicked people, we kill people, we eat pig meat, we always drink, we are smokers, we have two or three wives, have we and hope ? Yes. So, I prayed for them. These 40 people fell down like a mountain. The 450 pounds lady fell down 'aah' like that. Within about half an hour I can see 40 people like dead corpse. If any American saw me, they will think that I have done some dangerous thing to this people. I waited, slowly, this fat lady got up, I am happy. Then everybody got up, they started jumping. Oh ! Bro. Lawrie we are happy. With one battle brandy in the hand, cigarette in the mouth, "Oh ! we are having a festival in honour of Bro. Lawrie," we have pig meat, drinks, everything on the table. They are jumping and dancing. My wife was there. I said, we are getting caught with this dangerous people, I don't know what they would do to us ? "They say," come on, come on, this is pig meat, eat. You don't eat pig meat ? No sir. Then drink whisky. Please get me some soda. You don't want to enjoy your life. But we are happy. We were never happy like this. So we finished their festival.

     I went home. Next day they telephone, "When are you coming ? I am coming soon. The next time I went there, I don't know where the whisky bottle went, where smoking went. They were all happy. Brother tell us more about God. And some American came to fight with me. This 40 people said, Bro. Lawrie made us good people, if you fight with him, we will take our gun and shoot you. Then they went away. Then I was very happy, And today, all this 40 people, when I touched, their karma went away. So christians came, "How can karma go without becoming a christian ? No, their karma is gone. They said "Yes". Why don't you become a christian ? No, we will never become a christian. Brother and sister we are not come to convert you to christian religion. Don't change any religion, don't make me also change any religion. I had the foundation christianity. I have preached to thousands and thousands in every country. So I am standing for that.

     But peace comes to you today. God has crossed the barrier of the christians and coming to you my friends. This world, all troubles will stand only till 1,44,000 come to God. I have come here to gather 1,44,000 people, whether men or women. When the 1,44,000 of the Judah tribe comes. You know, why these Hindus are waiting ? They are waiting for their Krishna and that Krishna is coming like Krishna. Don't think he will come with a big hair like this. But when he came, he came to save the people at that time. So Avatar means, the first Christ Jesus, Narayana puts his spirit in that man. That is an Avatar. That will have to die. When the duty is finished it will die and go.

     Now Narayana has come to his own body which he had to take in this earth. That is the Son of David's body and son of David belongs to Ramraj, his great and grand father Rama, Then comes Davide and in that line it comes. And this Judah tribe means, they are waiting for the King and they will hear his voice and come to him. My dear friends, I don't appear like a saint. I am appearing like an old man. But, my voice is different, it is not my voice. Because, we surrender our lives to God so that God could live in us fully. But, you will hear the voice. And I can see the 1,44,000 coming in India. Till then there will be safety in India. But when that is gathered, woe unto the world. There will be a terrible persecution the religion will persecute the people, Every religious people will get together under the anti-christ and he will bring persecution.

     And God came to gather the seed. So when Krishna comes, he will gather his own people. But among Muslims and Christians and Hindus, God is gathering a people. There are good people in Muslim religion, there are good people in Christians, there are good people in the Hindus.; But you will find they won't belong to any religion. They will go above religion. For those, I am speaking today. You have hope in God. Today if you want to find it, you meditate and ask, "Lord, you are my God, show me where you are living, so that we can concentrate on you." If a man is really concentrating on God, he can easily find out whether God has come down. You don't have to go on telling it. We have to come here to tell that there is a way of getting peace without going to a religion. Because, man has closed the door. Religion has closed the door foor good people and calling others as bad people. Now God comes to the bad people. I am a bad man. Every bad man, come on. As I give a prayer, open your heart, "God, I am a bad man, I can't lead a good life, I am a terrible fellow, but I want you to come." He won't come into you without invitation. When you open your hearts, call him into your heart, right that minute he comes. You open the door, light comes in. If you open the door, the peace comes in. If you believe God is living in me, you don't have to go become a christian. I am not going to make you a christian, but I want you to get peace. That peace comes into you and healing takes place. When the peace comes in healing takes place. When the light comes in sickness goes away. Only thing is you open your heart. And mind it, don't come to Christianity but improve your religion.

     Show the people there is a God. If God comes in, he has to give you peace. You may be any religious man but without peace you are not having God. Peace doesn't come without forgiveness of sin. Peace doesn't come without your Karma going. So when I was pushed out from Christianity for this truth I knew God has crossed the barrier of Christians and coming to the others. So accept God. You will find that a great peace comes into you. You will be the happiest person in this world. And future is ours. This ministry will break smash everything and will become a big mountain spreading all over the world.

     The future is ours. Future is not for any religion. Future is for people who fear God. God coming down is not an ordinary thing. Now God can do anything for you. Now that boy came in the morning, half the eye was flesh, flesh on the eyes. So when I touched that, red flesh gone. Why ? Because God can do that. But you must raise up to that faith. Don't loose your courage and say Oh ! Doctor said, I will die, you won't die. Oh ! this is Cancer. I know a lady in Trivandrum. She had Cancer. She was to die in a week. So, her husband brought her. She was very angry with the mother in law. This hatred produced Cancer. If you are hatred against anybody, Cancer will come to you. Take away the hatred out of your lives Brother, that produces diseases. If you are hating anybody, that is a cradle for your disease. Take that hatred away, you see your healing comes to you. If you have any sickness today, God hears our prayers. So when I give that prayer you must believe that moment.