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Oh Christians! Where Is Thy Conscience? by Victorakats(m): 7:59am On Mar 20, 2016
Christianity has been reduced to ceremonies and clubs where our focus is on the number of individuals who attended a service instead of the number of lives that was transformed by the Holy spirit.
We spend thousands of dollars inviting guest artists, guest preachers, while many members are dying of hunger.
You go about advertising your church and using every means to bring the crowd to your church but many are starving of the truth and are yearning for a means of livelihood.
You are a prominent member in your church and God have blessed you with riches and a comfortable life. Your dressing alone can pay the school fees of fifty students but that's not your concern.
You have mansions everywhere and every month thousands of dollars enter your account but even the least before you cry and go home empty.
You are very close to the pastor and you seek for prayers every week but you don't have the heart to help those in need, those who can't dress well and those that you know that you can help.
You stay in your mansion and decry the poor state of the economy but ma, your bag's worth can bless the lives of hundred individuals and put food on their table and yet it doesn't concern you. Sir, you could employ some of them and equip them to become useful for themselves but nope it doesn't move you.
Your cousin and your relatives is living with you, she does everything in your house but you keep her at home while you send your children to the most expensive schools.
You live in a three bedroom duplex, your son is in Canada and your daughter is in America while your third child lives in Germany but you and your wife live in the mansion alone while the rooms are empty and you comfortably go to church in your utility vehicle to worship God but we have so many hopeless, and homeless people around you .
Heavenly pastor, you preach love everyday, you preach giving everyday, your eloquence is second to none and even the members are moved to scream, shout and sow seeds as you preach but you are too busy to reach out to your fold, you have so much to do that you don't even consider visiting those who you minister to to share in their journey and pray with them.
Oh Christians where is thy conscience?
This was not the gospel that was delivered to us and it can never be. You may have all the good intentions but without love and reaching out to help, to care, to support and to strengthen one another, our sermon will be in vain.
The greatest way to evangelise to unbelievers is not by quoting all the scriptures and organising expensive crusades and outreaches but is by reaching out to help them in their point of need.
If God has blessed you, please choose to be a blessing to others even if it be one person.
If God placed you in a position to help, there is no need to say God bless you, put it in practice and be a blessing to him.
If someone comes to apply for a job and your company doesn't have any openings, give the applicant a transport fare and wish her well.
Stop being a member and a worker in your church and choose to touch lives for good. Pay attention to your neighbours and surprise them with something that will help them.
Let our Christianity not be that of preaching the gospel but let us live the gospel. Help those in need even if they're not related to you or your church.
Things are hard and there's no need to pretend about that and God desires that we reach out to the broken, the challenged, the abused, the weak and those who are poor.
Every individual you meet have a need and no matter what your story might be, you can be a source of help, hope and strength to someone.
When we choose to emulate the early Christians who shared with love and genuine affection, when we choose to care as though we are crazy, when we choose to intercede and intervene for the sake of those who are struggling and suffering, we will bring God's glory in our land and win many souls to the glory of God.

Re: Oh Christians! Where Is Thy Conscience? by Victorakats(m): 8:01am On Mar 20, 2016
Re: Oh Christians! Where Is Thy Conscience? by thaoriginator: 8:02am On Mar 20, 2016
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