Obedience and church work!

You have to decide for yourself wether you are doing what you do for God or for the pastor.
If what he asks you is for another group in the church to take care of then politely turn it down.
God wont reward you for either grudgingly doing a task or going against his will.
I guess the best things  is to study the word of God on that perspective.
And about him having Jesus in him, well Jesus didnt give himself only to the pastor but to everyone who believes in him and that includes you.
Take care and may God keep you under his wings and Love.

My advice to you is to leave redeemed and join a nice place like the church of england if you're an anglican or a catholic church or methodist or wuteva else. I have friends who were in your situation and it cost them to fail a year of uni because of being too involved in the church.

I would normally say you should do things only when you can, but as someone who attended a service similar to redeemed as well as redeemed itself here in the UK I know how judgmental some of those folks can be so just kuku leave the church and go to a civil church where the hours are reasonable and you are not forced to volunteer or give offering (these guys sometimes ask for your account details if you dont have cash on you).

@ Poster,

From what I read in your post, you are not happy with RCCG. otherwise, why will you be stressing on the church to the extend of saying "that the person that said that RCCG is taught to obey their leaders" is the only person that understands you?
Nobody is forcing you to do all these. I suppose you are an adult and should take responsibility of your actions. I suppose you did your Membership class and you understood the way things work. I suppose you have Elders in the church that you can approach other than paint RCCG black, what impression are you creating? Do you think that God will be happy with you? You said you are a born-again, but how come do you seek counsel from unbelievers?
Pls go and meet your Elders, Deacons or Good Women or even Excellent men and confide in just one person. RCCG is not a personal church that belongs to your pastor and as such, he is still subject to correction when he errs.
But pls be aware of what you are doing and the impact you are creating.
May God help you as you sort these thngs out so that you won't end up provoking God.

@ Chummy-bro. I never mentioned that all R.C.C.G were like that and I believe it is unacceptable of you to write that I'm taking advise from unbelievers. As a matter of fact, during one of our workers rally/training, we were told not to question authority at all and we must obey authority. So, Kunleoshob was right. If u read my posts very well.

hi funk, the Bible say we should always respect our parents.so, any so called man of God dat mnakes u go against God's law should be ignored . obey your parents bros

guy abeg i no send my pastor at all at all

@funkilicious,

A lot of brilliant answers have been given from Image123, A_K_O, Akolawole, Boondoggle to mention a few and lessons can be learnt from experiences such as those of Sholeyb and mafolayomi amongst others, but my curiousity still borders on what you mean by the term "boyfriend"  If it means what we generally know as the "sin partner" then I will say that your priority is to first get your relationship right with God before you begin to think of serving God or pastor. 

The Bible says "obedience is better than sacrifice" it also says in the book of proverbs that "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord; but the prayer of the upright is His delight" again it says "The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?  We can see from the above verses of the Bible that God needs us to give our hearts and minds first to Him as a sacrifice before we give our service or substance.  Most pastors will rather take the services and substances without making sure that their congregation are born again and in a loving, living relationship with the Lord.  Such pastors are what Jesus called "hirelings"

If you know that you are connected to the vine and pleasing the Lord then I will advise you to improve your time management and be assertive in keeping to it.  Organise your time by having a time table and stick to it.  Let the pastor know your schedule and if he is truly a shepherd at heart he will not abuse the privilege.

This is yet another example of the distortions in the christian doctrine as practiced in our churches. This belief that your pastor is the voice of God who must not be questioned is bollocks, the pastor is a human being just like yourself who might not always be speaking the voice of God. It is a stupid but well hammered belief that has caused all sorts of absurdities ranging from pastors impregnating and aborting babies for female members of the congregation to ordering church members to beat and kill other people a la Dr. King.

Having said this, you and your boyfriend need to look inwards as my belief is that no one is responsible for your woes but yourself either by your actions or inaction. Your boyfriend should not blame the pastor for his academic issues because he chose to hand over the direction of his life and actions to the pastor by himself which was a conscious decision on his part.

It is also my belief that if a person has planned how he wants to live his/her life with God then no one can intrude to cause distruptions in such a life so your Guy has to sit down and determine in what direction he wants his life to proceed. I'm sure there are a lot of so called "Sunday, Sunday" christians in your church and no matter what your pastor or anyone says to deride them, I can assure you that some of them are truer examples of christianity and will enter the kingdom of God before the pastor himself because God examines the heart and not all this charismatic razz-matazz we've all grown accustomed to seeing.

It is not good to disregard anybody be it yourself, parent or pastor but bear in mind that there is nothing like God's work. Most of the things done in church is for the benefits of people not God. You need to learn time managment and avoid people that steal on your time. Even if you study the bible it talks more about time and season, so time and plan everything. You can leave your school work and go to church, God will not send legions of angels to do it but if you learn to manage your time well God can bless little of your commitment either to your chuch or personal life. Look before you leap is the one for religion, it is a great mobilization stream. Best of luck but be wise.

 
The problem with people like you is that you let small minded people brainwash and further intimidate you. Then you end up a failure and forget your plans and goals for life. Do you think that God doesnt know what is good for his subjects. Any monkey now- a- days calls his or herself a pastor.
Follow them,give them all your money and your time, they go home to live a life of luxury and Mugu, like you will keep on saying God dey!!!!!!!!!.yes! God dey at what cost?
It says in the bible that God is everywhere, why can't you pray for yourself and go to church to give thanks quietly.Are you worshipping the so called greedy thieving pastor or God? You Need to ask yourself what exactly is it you want to achieve from this venture? The problem with the likes of you is that you are all looking for praise and for people to say how dedicated you are. Carry on but always remember "Time waits for no one" and for your information that includes U GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!
Sorry if i come across as abusive that is not the intention but you come across as ignorant and your pastor is more ignorant but brillant as a fraud with enough deciples that have fallen off the wagon of wisdom and progress.