I went to have a bible study today with Alvaro in San Francisco, Cartago. The study was on marriage however in the middle of giving the lesson, Alvaro stopped me and told me to follow him. This wasn't normal behavior of him so as I followed him I remember taking out a canister of pepper spray just in case. He led me to another room near where we originally were. The room was his bed room where he showed me a homemade shrine made out of plexi glass which had pictures taped on its inner walls. The pictures were of John Paul II, the saints, Mary, and a former priest named Pio. He told me that he regularly lights a candal and places it in the shrine. He then asked me what I thought of the shrine. We then went back into the living room and sat down where we began to discuss what exactly an idol was according to the scriptures. After having read various parts of the bible including Jerimiah 7, Psalms 115, and Exodus 20, his eyes were opened. He then realized that when he prayed to anyone other than Jesus, that he was really praying to and asking help from demons that hide behind the pictures and statues. Alvaro then told me that in the past, after I would leave his house from doing a bible study, that he would go into his room and do drugs. He realized that that wasn't right either and said that he wasn't going to do that anymore.
I then asked him the question of what we were now going to do with all those photos of the saints? Alvaro decided to burn the photos as you can see in the photo above. He prayed that God would forgive him and help him to follow in Jesus' footsteps. He also committed to pray only to Jesus as his intercessor. To God Be The Glory!!!
I then asked him the question of what we were now going to do with all those photos of the saints? Alvaro decided to burn the photos as you can see in the photo above. He prayed that God would forgive him and help him to follow in Jesus' footsteps. He also committed to pray only to Jesus as his intercessor. To God Be The Glory!!!