Actor Morgan Freeman is mourning the death of his step-granddaughter who was found stabbed to death on a Manhattan street in New York, in an apparent exorcism.
Police responding to a 911 call at about 3am on Sunday (local time) found 33-year-old E’Dena Hines lying on the street with multiple stab wounds to the chest. She was pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital.
A lot could be said about the tragic passing of this young and vibrant life but I’m sure for the best of us, the most staggering part of this sad news is what many believe to be an exorcism, which was performed as E’dena’s life was being taken away.
More than one witness reported hearing a man screaming in bewilderment shortly before the police arrived at the crime scene:
Witness Brydon Tarafa, 28, told Dailymail.com that he was in his apartment when he heard “Jesus Christ is born”.
“I heard the man yelling ‘Jesus Christ is born’, like yelling, screaming maniacally,’ Tarafa said.”And I heard a woman scream shortly before that.”
Another witness, George Hudackoa said he heard the boyfriend scream “Get out, devils! I cast you out, devils! In the name of Jesus Christ, I cast you out.”
According to reports, police found her boyfriend standing over her body screaming and the knife was recovered at the scene.
Now I wonder, what does Jesus being born have to do with putting another human soul through so much suffering like the sort which 16 stab wounds can inflict on a person?
How can someone be casting out devils from a person, then finishes off by killing the very person they tried to cast devils out of? This senseless and brutal killing of Hines simply drags the name of Jesus in the mud, makes a mockery of the Christian faith and leaves people wondering what Christianity and Jesus are really about? If it was something good, how can this kind of horror be happening?
Some people believe that Hines’ boyfriend was under the influence of cocaine, which led him to do what he did. This may be true, but as far we at 1 Africa are concerned, the person of Jesus Christ and His message through the Christian faith have got nothing to do with devaluing, brutalizing and taking another life. On the contrary, one of His greatest recommendations to us is that we should love our neighbor as ourselves.
I do not know of a single person who would wish to see themselves being stabbed, and so if we truly applied the teachings of Jesus, no one would be stabbing another person. Clearly, Mr Lamar Davenport, Hines’ boyfriend and killer does not know the Jesus He was shouting about.
This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. John 15: 12 – 13
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Portion of content sourced from : stuff.co.nz