By Samuel Ajayi
I was speaking to a female friend here one day and she said: “I am daughter of so and so.” I am holding back the name of the pentecostal pastor/bishop she mentioned.
And I said to her straightaway: “Nope! You are daughter of the Most High who attends the church of Pastor/Bishop so and so.”
So many things have been happening to and in the church of God lately, and even for long, and these things fester because we have a bunch of CRIMINALLY PERMISSIVE FOLLOWERS.
Let me make certain things very clear:
- I am not a member of any pentecostal church and I will NEVER be one.
- If you are not comfortable with that, stop reading and click the block button.
- When I see scandals (many of them proving to be true) linked to some of our so-called men of God, it is SHOCKING that people still attend their churches.
- The Body of Christ, as represented by His church on earth, is facing these challenges because members see SPIRITUAL LOYALTY, first to their pastors/bishops before our Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
- We have sold our EMOTIONS to our so-called spiritual leaders and no matter any infraction they commit, we are always ready to forgive.
- Reason that if you attack Christ today, you may not even see anyone defending Him. But criticise a pastor and see all hell let loose.
- In the name of aligning with the times, a lot of things have been introduced to Christendom that are not only shocking but alarming. You see someone’s dress in the church and you think you are in a night club!
- Orthodox churches have their own issues since their reverends are equally Nigerians. In fact, massive. But you are ‘safe’ as long as you are not caught. If you are, you are GONE!
- Most pastors in these pentecostal churches get away with murder because they are all in all. The church is their PERSONAL PROPERTY They set up the church, nurtured it and they are always the supreme commander on whose table every buck ends.
Let me end this by saying that apart from being a PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN, my other ‘religion’ is FATALISM. I am staunch believer in Fate. What will be will be. If God says I am dying tomorrow, no one can reverse it. And if he says I will live to be 100, no one can change it.
So being EMOTIONALLY ENSLAVED to any so-called man of God is an indication of your own SPIRITUAL LAZINESS. You have free access to God like your pastor.
And no wonder many remain in what I call RELIGIOUS SERVITUDE!.
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