Deacon Stole
Has Religion Really Helped Nigeria or Compounded her ProblemsFirst and foremost I will have to apologize to my brothers and sisters who are too religious and do not seem to see anything defective in any action religious leaders take, no matter how dastardly and eccentric the act may be. The response is "touch not my anointing and do my prophet no harm" . In any way I may have offended you after reading this article, please find a place in your heart and pardon me. Taking a proper morphology and clinical x-ray of the way the persons who assert to be the custodian of God's Law do things in Nigeria, one wonders if they are out to stand out as Jesus did or they are out to serve as accomplice in collaboration with Nigerian politicians to intensify the suffering of the poor masses in the name of religion. The day it came to my detect that few Nigerian pastors have expended 24 billion naira to buy private Jet, was the day their action became so questionable to me. Pastors using private Jet, is good for humane comfort, but a shepherd is to die for the sheep and not the sheep permitting the shepherd to suffer in the hands of Wolves, when in deed he may help. One wonders why a man of God will use such amount of cash to buy private Jet, just a material thing, but when you look around the church, you see not one thing but hunger, helplessness, hopelessness, starvation and poverty among 80% of persons who constitute the more prominent number of the congregation in the church. Then the question is, have these valued men of God whom we believe have indepth psychological result of perception learning and reasoning of the Holy Book and beyond not come accross 1 John 2:15 do not love the world or anything that belong to the world. If you love the world you do not love the father. May be proberbly they have not come accros this verse in the Holy Book or the verse is not in conformity with their believe or they have misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the above verse. Has any fellow member of these churches, specially the intellectuals, whom I recognise are abound in these churches ever gave a thought of what 24 billion naira may do to the whole Nigerian economy let alone amid the humans who worship in these churches. This amount of cash no doubt may empower almost everyone who worships in these churches who has no occupation and are frustrated out there. Some churches own Universities and Polytechnics in Nigeria, these churches that operate and own these Universities and Polytehnics am sure in one way or the other had applied cash gotten from the truehearted members of the churches in running these schools. But the question that left unanswered is, why is it that after the establishment of these schools, the shool fees will be so astronomical that the poor persons who contributed in one way or the other can not access these schools. If these schools were built to support the members of these churches, why are they making the cost of education in these schools to be ot of the rich of the poor? or are the cabals who assert these schools blong to them attempting to put it to us that everyone in these churches are of the upper class cadre, and that they are no poor people found in these churches. If these churches are actually for God and for the God's people,why are they gathering cash or making the poor to bestow in the buiding of these schools and denying them the access to be educated in these schools by making the cost of education in these schools lowcost only by the exceedingly rich Nigerians and beyond. Is there any justice before God and humanity, that the people who compensate tithes, offerings, sow seeds, that were employed in one way or the other in building these schools may only look at the pretty gates of these schools and swallow their saliva and commence to wish to school in these schools, since they know they do not have the financial muscle to go near the gates. One would have expected that ordinarilly, these schools will give probability to both rich and poor to access tertiary education, but what we have is opposite where the poor will only bestow in building schools, but do not dare to go to the school because they do not have the means to be there. "this is rubbing peter to pay paul". Nigerian state has failed in it is responsibilities in giving quality education to it is citizens, but these churches are percentage and parcel of Nigerian society. What is wrong when these churches help the government in repositioning public Schools morally and financially. Instead, these churches went and build their own private schools and rather of permitting the humans who worship in these churches to gain from these schools, they rather prefer to have the children of the rich who do not even worship in these churches to dominate these schools. The priority of these churches are not ethics and morality but net profit making maximization and appropriation at the expense of the members of these churches, this is the most eminent level of injustice and is unjust before God and humanity, this is unhead of and will have to be condemned in all ramification. Churches are places of worship, there is no where it is written that church is an organisation that is out to do business and suitable gains to itself. Jesus frowned at this when he turned table upside down in the church when he saw that people were using church that is to be a place of worship to do business rather of a place of worship. This is the only place in the Holy Bible where it is recorded that Jesus ever got annoyed. Thus, humans who look at church as an organisation where they may apply man power to do business, make net profit and suitable profits by exploiting humans through the instrumentality of religion will have to have a rethink and go back to this verse in the Bible and warrant their action. 1Timothy 3:2 a church leader ought to be without fault. 1Timothy 3:3-4 church leader will have to not love money. Here there is no option, it is an sheer command, "a church leader must not love money". The word will have to is a mandatory word, thence the reason why most men of God as we have them in Nigeria are in love with cash and are so desperate to make cash does not get it is source from the Holy Bible. Virtually, all the chuches have gone astray, they have failed in their responsibilities in Nigerian state. Church is the best thing given to man by God, but the way humans who assert to be leaders of these churches run the actions without regard to ethics and morality and only concentrate on how to acquire wealth is very wrong. Thus because of this alone, they are committing sin before God. The scripture cannot be changed, 1 John 5:17 all wrong doing is a sin. Corruption, the excess love for cash are what the contemporary churches are full of. Churches that are suppose to be an eye opener and lead the humans on the right path, have contributed enormously in misleading the persons and making the circumstance more worst for the people. In asmuch as we have talked with regards to Nigerian politicians as political crooks and bandits we must also brand numerous religious leaders in Nigeria the same name. The politicians have failed no doubt, they have looted the money, lied to the people and misled the people, the religious leaders have also lied to the people, stolen peoples cash and have likewise misled the people. The same failure Nigerian politicians have encountered in repositioning and fixing the Nigerian state, the religious leaders have too. Most of them have lied so much and have purposely misinterpreted the word of God to suit their selfish interests. But whatsoever happens the scripture can not be changed as I have always maintained. 2Timothy 1:9 any one who does not stay with the teachings of Christ, but goes beyond it does not have God. Whoever does stay with the instructing has both the father and the son. 2 John 1:10 so then, if a good deal of one comes to you who does not fetch this teaching, do not welcome him or her in your homes, do not even say peace be with you. 2John 1:11 for any one who wishes them peace becomes their collaborator in evil things they do. However, we all ought to stand up versus the misleading coming from most of the churches in Nigeria. This has contributed a good deal of difficulties why Nigeria is still where she is today, stagnates and is not ready to take any developmental steps. My fellow Nigerians, time has come for all of us to stand up versus anybody or bodies that have misled us over time. These religious leaders ought to come out to tell Nigerians the truth and lead them on the way on how the country will develope, the the teachings of ethics, moralities, good humane conduct, corrupt free society ought to dominate their teachings and not on how to remunerate tithes and give out cash for offering. We ought to as a matter of fact, read the Bible,to recognise what is expected of us as belivers. 1Peter 4:11 whoever preaches ought to preach good messages, whoever serves ought to serve with the strenght God gives, so that in all things praise may be giving to God through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and power for ever and ever. It is very adverse that in Nigeria, everyone looks at each chance as an prospect to make cash the religious leaders inclusive. The same way Nigerian political leaders do not have any good reason of going into politics, but for primitive capitalist accumulation and material acquisition, and in turn loot the state resources, paralyse the nation and defy all the development plans and policies. Most religious leaders in Nigeria go into Ministry just to make money, and they have refused to preach morality and ethics which if preached will go a long way in repositioning Nigerian state and fetch development. This is because the humans will have alter of heart through their teachings. But rather, their crave for exess material acquisition will not grant them instruct the unfeigned word of God. 2 Peter 2:2-3 even so, a great deal of will follow their imoral ways, and because of what they do, others will speak evil of the way of the truth. In their greed, these teachers will make net profit out of telling you made up stories. As believers which all of us are claiming, any individual who breaks one Law breaks all the other Laws because there is not one thing like preaching what will favour you and leaving what will not favour you. James 2:10 whoever breaks one commandment is guilty of breaking them all. The politicians recognise what to do for the Nigerian state to be good for all of us, the religious leaders know what to instruct for the people to have alter of heart and occupy their minds with ethics and morality which are big driving strength that will propel development. But these category of humans have refused to do what they recognise is the right thing to do. Whether they like it or not, they are committing sin. James 14:17 so then, those who do not do the good they know they they must do are guilty of sin. Unfortunately,all the people who have looted the nation's trasury and have paralysed the nation, worship in one church or the other and mosque. Infact galore of them are elders, deacons, knights in churches. Then the issue is, if all of us are holy outside the church as we use to be on Sundays, who then stole the MONEY? Or are christians meant to steal cash and go to church and be declared innocent by the "MEN OF GOD" on Sundays.These humans who have stolen the cash had applied these monies to pay tithe,sponsor one programme or the other in the church,had also contributed enormously in the building of churches , and ironically they are the most favoured in the eyes of the priest, they take conclusions for the church and are the most holy, consecrated and consecrated in the eyes of the priest because they have the cash to throw around in the church. Then the quetion is, is salvation for sale? and if yes how much does it cost? Stolen monies donated for church programmes and building of church attract God's wrath not God's benediction because God is God of justice not God of injustice. The religious leaders that give hope or courage to this, must listen this, James 5:5 your life here on world has been full of lavishness and pleasure. You have made yourself fat for the day of slaughter. These persons have followed the same way Nigerian politicians followed and have failed with them, I do not perceive why they parade themselves as religious leaders. Do they actually perceive what it means to be man of God I doubt if they do.
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Am I a bad person? I don't believe in god at all. But am I a terrible person just becasue I don't believe in this omniscent being? I in truth don't care either way. Just wondering. Wellllll... the simple answer is, misconception is a powerful thing. Let's take a look. I love helping out the less fortunate and feel compasion for those suffering. I don't steal. And I don't judge anyone. But I don't lie. Truth: 'Every way of a man is right in his own eyes.' The real question is, is it suitable for you to be the judge of God, or for God to be the judge of you? As to the second portion of your question, you're right on in your observation when it comes to people who "believe in God." The bible says even the demons believe in God. Take a closer look-- what Jesus asks for is repentance, not merely verbal "belief"- and he went through hell to give you that probability which the demons will never have. We aren't entitled to be God over ourselves (despite satan's standard freedom theology these days)- repentance starts with taking youself off God's throne, and restoring him to the lawful place over your life. |
