12 Things That feel Illegal to Know and Too Immoral to Embrace for Christians
If you don't like your traditions getting challenged, proceed no further, please.
12 Things That feel illegal to know and too immoral to embrace for Christians.
By Pastor Ninyo Omidiji
Caveat: If you don't like your traditions getting challenged, proceed no further, please.
You do not have to regularly mark a register in a church building to be a Christian or to be a child of God. No "ifs, ands, and buts". No amount of exegesis on Hebrews 10:25 can upturn the veracity of this truth.
Salvation is of the Lord from start to finish. You cannot work to earn it. It is a gift and it leaves no room for man to boast. This is the core tenet of the Christian faith. Christianity as a religion had to deviate from this truth in order to create a robust, elaborate religion system that can effectively run without Christ in it.
One of the biggest beneficiaries of Africa's socioeconomic misery is organised religion and it's leaders. The more miserable people's lives get, the more they patronise religion and the more they build bigger houses for God.
God is not religion and religion is not God. The fact that you are religious does not mean you are godly. Religion represents various ways invented by men to be in tune with God. True to men's character, they have invented all sorts of lies in the name of religion.
Religion is not so much about the truth of God and the welfare of people. It is about control. In fact, one of the most potent instruments of control known to mankind is religion. Forget it's pious appearances. In human history up until now, the kinds of evil that religion has provided protection, soft landing and cover for can only be imagined.
Your fellowship with God can be totally religion-free. This is what Christ Jesus came to introduce to mankind. But mankind hates the truth. They'd rather do religion in "the name of Jesus"
The biggest victims of religious and political lies and scams are also the greatest fans and defenders of their perpetrators.
Those who have disdain for religion charlatanism but use every opportunity to celebrate rogue politicians are suspects. They are not lovers of truth. They only have an axe πͺ to grind with pastors and church leaders. Nothing more. Truth or justice is not selective.
Of all kinds of church movements the world has witnessed, Pentecostal / Charismatic brand has the largest numbers of idol worshippers in the world. The way they defend their idols and threaten others will give them away. Their idols / demigods are the men behind the pulpits and music superstars. The phrase "touch not my anointed ones.." is one of the lines used by these worshippers to protect their gods. This brand has legitimised charismatic manipulation of monumental proportions.
In true assemblies of God's children, there are no "pews" and there are no "pulpits". There is neither clergy nor laity. Regardless of its longevity and wide acceptance, the pulpit-pew (clergy-laity) dichotomy is alien to the church of Christ. No true fellowship of the brethren can take place under such an arrangement. It was borrowed from Judaism. The church of Christ is not the same as the temple in Jerusalem, much like the priesthood of Christ and Aaronic priesthood are worlds apart. This does not preclude the fact that there are gifts and ministries and leaders.
A bible teacher is not necessarily the same as a teacher of the gospel. In fact, many bible teachers oppose the gospel of Jesus Christ using the bible. The most antagonism that Jesus faced was not from witches and wizards but with scripture-believing scholars of his days on earth. It takes divine revelation to extract the truth of the gospel out of scriptures.
Embracing the above stated points (and teaching them) makes you anti-establishment. Never expect a pat in the back. Expect a backlash. You become a misfit. Expect to be avoided by people You love. You will walk alone. And it's a lonely road.
But rejoice, you are in good company. Jesus said:
Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way that leads to life, and only a few finds it. Matthew. 7:14
Never forget....narrow is the way
It is a new day!
SOURCE: Β©NINYO
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Every bit of this article is so true. Thanks for sharing.