Before you read on, let me state that I
am a Christian and I believe in Jesus
and the gospel.I humbly respects all
men of God but I'don't idolize any.
Nigerians are religious people- that
may be a good thing,
but perhaps we may just have taken
religion to an extreme. Why else would
we worship a pastor? We kiss the floor
they step on and bow to
their whims and/or caprices. we so
much believe in pastors that we don't
access their words any longer,sadly this
is disheartening, too many ‘heralded’
men of God are not as
humble as should be rather they carry
themselves with airs of supremacy and
by extension make
the congregation treat them in the
same regard.
In reality, they are simply vessels of
the gospel just like anyone of us can
be. The anointing the pastor speaks
of; the one with which he performs
miracles did he get it from his
mother’s soup? No, he got it from God
and so when the pastor yells
anointing, don’t marvel at the work of
his hands rather marvel at the God
who makes it possible.
A majority believe that their prayers
will not be answered unless a pastor
lays hands on them, that they will
not have kids till that special pastor
intercedes on their behalf, that they
will not walk down the aisle till the
man of God professes love into their
lives. In so many ways, people allow
their faith to be held to ransom.
Yet in a despised way, maybe some
pastors have knowingly let the trend
continue. Maybe they enjoy the
veneration but it must be said that the
church, regardless of what name is on
the signpost or front entrance,is an
extension of God’s ministry and not
any man’s tool or machinery for
fame and/or fortune.
In the words of 2face Idibia, ‘No be
me Holy pass’, I simply understand
and believe that there should be a
difference between the man of God and
the God himself. We are all
wonderfully and fearfully made, so do
not ascribe divinity to whom you
shouldn’t. The chant goes ‘Jesus is
Lord’ and not ‘pastor is Lord’.
Cynically, some questions can be
asked: Why take offering(s) from the
congregation to build universities that
the same congregation cannot afford to
put their kids through?
When high-ranking government
officials show up in church, why not tell
them the truth where it hurts?
Why not preach about the perils of
theft and bad governance instead of
ramble on about the merits of
cheerful giving? Why not say ‘Your
Excellency, things have to get better’
instead of saying ‘We’re honoured to
have you in our midst!’ Why not?
Doesn’t the bible says speak the truth
at all times?
And what if we took our country as
seriously as we take some of our
pastors? The way you admonish that
‘brother or sister’ that missed a day of
church, admonish corruption.Shout
‘enough is enough’ with the same
ferocity with which you would
shout ‘amen’ to a prayer. Hound bad
government officials as though they
have demons that need binding
(frankly, some of them really do).
Hopefully these will work some
wonders for Nigeria and maybe the
country may get her much- needed
miracle through our collective efforts
then we can all shout a mighty
Halleluyah.

well said. The bible also made us to know that we are all priests, so we can dialogue with God ourselves. D issue of worshipping pastors is common among those who av not had a genuine encounter with God. Because the bible made us to know that d hand of d Lord is not too small nor His ear too short to hear us, but one thing that makes it difficult for us to communicate with him is our sin, bcuz that's what he hates most.

@Titilayodeji13: I really agree with your writeup.
This behavior is mostly rampant among African Pastor's. They want there members to worship them like a god.

This plot begin when they begin to impose there "Spiritual Fatherism/Motherism" amongst there church members,
And begin to command there members concerning different issues (forceful donations, etc...)

In my church it got the level that i was labeled just because the Pastor's wife accused me for refusing to join the Pastor (her husband) in a running race which i knew nothing about.

When we goto church to worship, we should differentiate btwn worshiping God and respecting men of God.