The day after the verdict, everybody was talking about it. "Erap guilty of plunder" was the headline of one newspaper.
"Father, a-karma si Erap, awa?"
"This goes to show that whatever you sow, you will reap." Added another "philosopher" parishioner .
"What ever evil you do will haunt you, if not in this life, then in the next!" Declared another "theologian" parishioner .
"Talagan a-karma si Erap, Father." It was said with finality.
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Karma is a concept in Hinduism which explains causality through a system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a person's reincarnated lives.--------------------
Of course, we Christians do not believe in the Law of Karma. Although we believe that we are responsible for our actions, and the consequences brought about by those actions.
But we believe in God, not in Karma. When we fail and when we sin, our God listens to our cries of repentance.
"Lord, have mercy". We cry to God.
In His mercy and love, God forgives us.
Karma as a Law is never personal. It can not and will never forgive.
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John 3,16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
