According to Google, Christianity is the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
In addition to that, Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah sent
by God. They believe that Jesus by dying and rising from the dead made up for
the sin of Adam and thus redeemed the world, allowing all who believe in him to
enter heaven. Now my question is, do we really follow the teachings of Christ
as expected of us as his followers or we are actually the ones as Christians
intimidating and tearing each other apart?
Well, I can't speak for you
but I sure can for myself and it baffles me when we talk about racism in the
world when the real racist are within the four walls of the church. I mean, I'm
totally amazed at why churches would speak against each other, pointing fingers
at things done or shouldn't be done the way they are, all in the name of trying
to justify themselves as the real followers of Christ and I just wonder why we
can't leave that to him to be the judge of that.
Crazy right? Well, maybe not
but this and a few other concerns gave birth to some changes in me and now am
often asked why am not a regular at Sunday services and would rather just go
for the Tuesday Anointing service with Pastor J.T Kalejaiye and the answer is
pretty simple and that's because am at peace each time I set foot into the
auditorium because invitations are not just extended to the members of the
Redeemed christian church of God but the doors are opened to all, be it Christians, pagans, touts, even Muslims who wants to hear the world of God are
not excluded.
Undoubtedly, that gives me so
much joy unlike other gatherings where a guy with studs can't worship
comfortably without been condemned at first sight and I just wonder how he's
meant to be saved and consumed of the holy spirit when he's been pushed away at
the closest he came to being liberated from his old ways and the lies the world
has sold to him. So I ask again, why do Christians side line each other and would
rather divide the body of Christ than protect it?
The truth is, until we know
that we serve one God whose only begotten son died for us and are able to
confirm with the fact that regardless the church or our religious background
that we are one, I rather choose to know God on my own because we are only but
hypocrites and it's just so sad. I mean, it breaks my heart when utterances are
made against churches from one church to the other and yet we claim to be
following the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ when we exhibit a total
different trait and a highly questionable one at that.
Apparently, the same way a
celestial church would preach against the protestant church is the same way a
protestant church will preach against the Catholics and I just wonder if a
different "Jesus" actually died for them. It's just so sad and until
we can all find a common ground and learn from the Muslims, we would all be
hypocrites hiding behind the name "Jesus" and that doesn't make us
any different from those who prosecuted him on the cross, only that this time
we are ignorant of it.
A word I say is enough for
the wise. Christ is one and so is his church, so lets stop dividing it and all
call on him as one. Whether you're catholic, a protestant, a celestial or even
a pagan, you belong to the body of Christ for there's still a chance for you to
repent before the trumpet sounds. Quit condemning the beliefs and ways of other
churches, remember, who are we to judge. Let's leave that to the Almighty and
do that which is expected of us; the great commission which he has kept in our
hands to do. And that is preaching his words and reaching out to the lost
souls, that's what you've been commissioned to do. God bless!
Kay Magnate
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