Chapter 21 Success is a miracle and failure is a miracle
"Sir! You have a lot, please let me go. If I had known your true identity earlier, I would not have dared to embarrass you. What's more, I don't actually have much ill intentions. I just I just want to drive you out of the village, so let me go and give you a way to survive.”
Old Thomas hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged. Although Europeans did not have the habit of kowtow, but in terms of humbleness, Old Thomas had done his best.
"You don't just want to drive us out..."
Nowadays, Garris has a very clear perception of the malice between people. He knows that the old Thomas's statement that there is no malice is pure fart.
Twenty or thirty people have been mobilized, and half of the young people in this village have been brought here just to drive them away?
Previously, the villagers did not view the clothes worn by everyone in Garis without any malicious intent. Garis could be sure that any group of ordinary outsiders would suffer misfortune not long after they were driven out of the village, and then be robbed. He took away everything he had and left only a body in the wilderness.
And if we were in a famine year, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be a corpse left...
This has nothing to do with moral standards, but if you want to survive in the tragic environment of the Middle Ages, you must do this...
If the warehouse is solid, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.
For farmers who don’t even have enough to eat, talking about human rights, law, and morality with them is all false and empty.
The economic base determines the superstructure, which is why Thomas and the village chief can easily incite so many people to block the door.
And when Old Thomas told all this in front of everyone, many people were surprised. They never thought that the great herbalist they once respected was a liar, and the village chief was actually knowingly knowing that Old Thomas Even though he was a liar, he kept standing up for Thomas Sr.
All this broke their previous understanding and made them feel confused and at a loss.
Garris preached to the people around him: "Because no good tree bears bad fruit, and no bad tree bears good fruit. Every tree can recognize it by looking at its fruit."
"And now we are going to uproot the trees that bear bad fruit and cut off the evil. If you want to come, you can come with me. If you don't want to come, you can go back. I will not hold you accountable. I will tell my relatives and friends To tell you what I saw and heard today, I stand here with integrity and will never break my promise.”
To be honest, the peasants in the Middle Ages basically had no idea what was written in the Bible. After all, before the printing innovation, the Bible was so popular that not even the clergy could have a copy.
Many of what Garris said are actually quoting words from the Bible. For example, what he just said, "No good tree bears bad fruit," comes from the Gospel of Luke in the Bible. It is almost based on what one person said. It means to judge whether a person is good or bad by what he does.
These words sounded very stylish and convincing. They may have heard similar words, but they were never as concise as what Garris said.
This paradoxical sense of familiarity once again enhanced Garris's credibility, and also made many of the surrounding farmers choose to follow Garris after looking at each other.
"Many of you are burdened and distressed in your hearts. Today I will give you the wealth of sinners for your comfort. All the wealth accumulated in sin, all the gains gained unjustly, is now in your hands. To show justice.”
"Those who are poor can now find food and water; whoever is in rags can now find clothing and rest. Today, this ill-gotten wealth will become your blessing, so that you will no longer be hungry or cold. ”
"Remember, wealth is not a sin, but greed and unrighteousness are the sources of human corruption. What you have gained today must be cherished, shared with each other, and supported together. With a righteous heart, do good in the world, Let sin have no place to stand." As he spoke, Garris pointed his right hand at Old Thomas and pointed in the direction of the village chief's house. Everyone present understood what Garris meant
They looked at Garris with doubtful eyes at first, and then began to become fanatical. They didn't care who they wanted to defeat, what they cared about was the promise Garris had given.
Whoever wins will help!
Those who originally wanted to leave also stopped for a moment. The village chief could use greed and force to drive the villagers, and Garris could do the same.
After today, these villagers will tell their relatives and friends what they saw and heard today, which will lay a solid foundation for the birth of a new sect.
The birth of any religion is inseparable from myths, and there will always be some false things in it, but Garris is different. He is a real resurrected existence, a saint with truly extraordinary power, and the miracles he has performed are all visible to everyone. This makes it extra real and convincing!
When Garris led everyone to the village chief's house, there was actually nothing left to say.
Those villagers who chose to believe in Garris directly tore down the doors of the village chief's house. Under the leadership of Simon, the villagers captured all the village chief's family, young and old, and no one escaped.
When it was all over, Garris pinched his eyebrows and felt a little dizzy.
The fact that things had developed to this point was something that Garris had never thought about at first. He just wanted to conduct a rural survey, but it turned out to be the first step in his missionary work.
The cornerstone of Christian faith lies in miracles. It is because of miracles that the piety of Christian believers is established. It is because believers firmly believe in the existence of miracles that they have devout faith. And now, because of the miracles performed by Garris, he has easily brought the original Christian believers under his wing.
It can be said that success is a miracle and failure is a miracle.
When someone can actually perform miracles again, it is natural for the believers to pass away.
However, regardless of the current situation, Gehrys still had to conduct rural surveys, but the previous record-keeping mode of unannounced visits was no longer suitable, and Gehrys could only change to a more direct method.
Garris asked Cardoso to help select some people. They were required to be older, stable enough, and their family economic situations should be different.
Then they started a tea party with them.
In Cardoso's house, Garris first hugged them one by one to get closer to each other, so as to try to calm down their agitated and overwhelmed emotions.
But even so, after Garris stated his intention straight to the point, the farmers didn't know how to speak for a while. The miraculous scene before had a great impact after all, making it seem that there was a gap between Garris and the farmers.
But after Garis tried his best to chat with the villagers about their daily life like a spring breeze, the atmosphere was gradually lifted. Then through various trivial gossips, he began to truly understand the Jerusalem countryside of this era in all aspects.
(End of chapter)