For Pretenders

True story

There was a lady from my village who was born with mental challenges. She is normal in all physical aspects but cannot speak or express herself coherently. I am not sure what this mental disorder is called. However she grew up into a normal looking young lady at home.

One day her mother who she lived with noticed that she was pregnant. With the innocence of the girl and her complete dependence, the family realized that she had been raped. How and when this happened and who did it was a mystery that remains till today. The rapist(s) as it were went away scot-free.

The girl’s pregnancy progressed and she gave birth to a healthy baby. This baby was raised from day one by its grandmother as the mother had no capacity to raise him. The girl after some time was raped again. Was it the same person/people? Only God knows. She became pregnant the second and third time. I suspect the girl’s mother had the doctors do something to prevent her from conceiving again after the third child was born because she did not have any other children.

The rapist or rapists went away free from any suspicion. They obviously walk among the other villagers pretending to be men of worth. They probably have families and are counted as respectable men. But God knows the truth. He saw it all and knows the specific people who perpetrated these crimes against this helpless woman.

In the church today, many people are like these rapists. They dress well, are respected and enjoy various positions in the church yet their hearts are far from the Lord. They live double lives engaging in all manner of evil and pretending to be holy in church. We do not know them but the Lord Jesus knows exactly who they are.

To you pretender, hear the word of the Lord, “REPENT!”