"CHRISTIANITY IS IN THE HEART, HOW I LOOK DOES NOT MATTER" - REALLY

When they start dressing half naked and still bear the title "Christian", they will start inventing "Revelations" to defend their spiritual decay...

Every kingdom has a culture, and the culture of every kingdom reflects in the language, appearance and conducts of it's citizens...

If you truly belong to the kingdom of God, your appearance ought to reflect the culture of the kingdom you belong to...

There is a great gap between the world and the kingdom of God - stop looking like the world and trying to convince us that you belong to the kingdom...

It has become so bad that pastors, female ministers and gospel artistes are now ministering on the altar half naked...

We now have pastors who dress like Yahoo boys on the altar and they will say it is 21st century version of the gospel...

"We are trying to rebrand the gospel so that the world can accept our message", they say...

But they fail to realize that it is possible for the world to accept our message and not get convicted of sin, repent and get converted...

Thank God for methods and strategies but the work of conversion is strictly in the hands and workings of the Holy Spirit...

No matter our methods, if the Holy Ghost Himself does not do the work of conviction within the hearts of men, our efforts will end in futility...

Sir, in an attempt to rescue someone inside a pit, you have to first be out of the pit; you don't jump in and join the person because you want to rescue him/her...

It is only the man outside the pit that can rescue the one inside...

We must not look like the world in an attempt to reach them with the message of salvation...

How can we set godly standards for them if we can't be differentiated from them by our looks...?

Yes, salvation is of the heart... I totally agree sir! But don't forget that genuine conversion does not end in the heart, it produces notable transformation which is evident in lifestyle, character and appearance...

How can we know that your nature has changed if it doesn't alter or reflect in your appearance?

Dressing half naked or almost naked is a clear sign of demonic influence ma...

After the deliverance of the demon possessed man in Mark 5, the Bible recorded that he sat down "clothed" and was "in his right mind"...
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"And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and CLOTHED, and in his right mind: and they were afraid." (Mark 5:15)

This means, before his deliverance he was naked and not in his right mind...

Sir, your appearance determines the type of spirit under whose influence you are...

You can't carry the Spirit of God and look like the world...
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"And be not conformed to this world..".(Romans 12:2a)

"...for the fashion of this world passeth away." (1 Corinthians 7:31b)

"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:" (Ephesians 2:2)

Remember the story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38, it was the appearance of Tamar that made Judah mistake her for an harlot (vs 14,15)...

It is time for Godly values to reflect in our character and appearance...

We belong to a kingdom, let us allow the culture of the kingdom we belong to find expression in our lives...

I can't imagine the angels in Heaven appearing half naked...

I can't imagine the 24 elders in Heaven dressed like rascals...

I can't imagine the saints in Heaven wearing rags exposing their form...

The Kingdom where we belong to is a kingdom of order and serenity...

We can't truly claim we represent this kingdom when we dress like the world.

May God help us! AMEN.
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