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The Epistle Of Covid-19 by Revere27: 10:29am On May 17, 2020 |
WHEN SALT BECOMES AN INSULT…. COVID-19 SHED LIGHT Thank God today is Sunday (TGIS) When our soil housed the biggest church auditorium in the world, we clapped and thought it was a sign that our religion is growing in impact and influence over the land, not knowing we were wrong! Before election when we saw the politicians flaunting around Christian gatherings, we thought it was because the God of the Bible has been accepted to determine who shall lead the nation in righteousness instead of relying upon inconclusive election, in fact; some of our ministers were even employed as an ADHOC prayer staff for political aspirants, may be purposely to convince God with vigils, encounters, fasting and quoting of countless scriptures that He (God) may forcefully anoint Eliab instead of David over our nations….. who knows? Our pastors began to grow in material possessions, send their families Abroad for Education and medicals same way our politicians will do; we thought nothing was really wrong since it was explained to us as a demonstration of living in God’s prosperity and provision, until the day CORONA VIRUS broke out in the land. Corona Virus came and a need to patronise ESSENTIAL SERVICES and CLOSE DOOR AGAINST UN ESSENTIAL SERVICES came. Then we now know the relevance of our today Christianity is to our nation! Market, Petrol stations, Banking sector, Hospitals, Security services, Broadcasting Operations were considered ESSENTIAL SERVICES but CHURCH was classified alongside with Club house, Restaurant, schools…e.t.c as NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICES: If I may ask: have you even consulted a dictionary to know the meaning of NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICE? This classification only reveals that our society have come to realise that without our weekly activities, and noise generating from our horn speakers society will survive....... What a shame! Medical failed the government, Technology reveals his incompetence before COVID-19 yet our government believed we and our Jesus is non essential in this matter, we were even on our thirtieth day of our Annual forty days Fasting and prayers (Lenting season) yet we were commanded to shut the door of our gathering because we're non essential! They even reminded us how Covid-19 have not spared nor respected the anointing over the life of many of our pastors living in Rome is this not enough reason for us to cover our heads in shame and go back to the Lord in sober reflection? Where have we missed it and what have we done wrong? I've heard of government coming to church to seek for help in the days when hard matters arises, I have heard of how organizations write letters to Church to please send them their members to come fill vital positions without going through any interview, those days Christians sisters don't attract marriage proposals with fasting and prayers, men have to force themselves into Church law, order and Doctrines to marry one, to tell you how much they're valued then..... Until something went wrong in our days! Matthew 5:13 (MSG) "Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage. That's the Bible beloveth If we won’t talk away the truth, the reason for which government see the need to close down church but open wide market place where their is more congestion than church worship is enough to tell you that something is wrong with the church we are running in our generation, may be we should go back to the Bible to see how far we are away from the Apostolic objectives. If government in a period like this will boldly classify our religious activity as a non-essential service and we soberly accepted such; spiritualizing our defeat with Roman Chapter thirteen without considering Act of Apostle Chapter two to chapter four, without remembering Daniel and the three Hebrew boys in Babylon is the reason we are supposed to cover our face in shame. We kept shouting Jesus heals, Jesus heals yet in the day when circumstance out weighs medical abilities the society still see no need for us, perhaps they are yet to be convinced about who we profess to be....... And even the government we fasted to bring into power are the first to lockdown our buildings! Mind you never think I'm writing this to claim the ground of the only existing "saint" NO! We're all involved in this Shame and Insult! Perhaps you don’t understand what it means for Church to be classified as non-essential---- you may try to check a dictionary as I've just did! Even our congregation which we spent years in teaching ACT OF FAITH forgot all we taught them and became afraid before CORONA! Brethren if truly action speaks louder than voice, I belief we can boldly conclude that Covid-19 just reveal to us how our leaders believe gathering in the market squad is safer than gathering in our beautiful cathedrals, They just prove to us that gathering to bury an appointee is better than gathering to worship the God who created the appointee. it means opening our unequipped hospitals and health centers are much safer than opening our so-called worship centers that is second to non in the world, the government have just reasoned that if social gathering must be ban then churches should be included in such classification…. Could that have been because the light, song, dress code and activities going on in our cathedral seems not to be different from how it's done in a social gathering? Where and how do we miss it? Even in the days when church wasn’t littered around communities like it is among us today you dare not ridicule them like this, Not to talk of shutting the church even during the lenten season. Have they forgotten how we televised and printed supernatural healing that happened among us whenever we gather? Brethren of a Truth, something must be wrong with the gospel we preach in our generation, something is not right about the HOLINESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS we seems to be propagating CHURCH NOW CLASSIFIED AS NON ESSENTIAL SERVICE? something is wrong..... May be we should revisit our curriculum And Should in case you have a different stand with this writing, please don't be too quick to backlash me, instead take a dictionary to know what Non-Essential service could mean, then ask yourself why Church should be categorized under such, before you finally see the need to pray for the Church with Psalm 80. I even heard of some jesters asking our pastors to come into isolation centers to come prove the ability of our God to heal, yet this same set of guys have refused to ask themselves why same CORONA VIRUS that was killing in hundreds daily in other nations enter Nigeria and it is yet to kill in hundreds monthly in a Nigeria where we have no medical and technological tool to combat COVID-19..... Our God is faithful! Thank you Jesus, Thank you Father, We proclaim You're King! Our government downtone your deliverance in a day like this because of how we have lust after materialism and societal recognition yet we know you've not forsaken your Church and our Nation..... Thank you Jesus, Thank you Father! ........ Finally Brethren; let's pray Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; remember [earnestly] how the foolish and impious man scoffs and reproaches You day after day and all day long. Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, the tumult of those who rise up against You, which ascends continually. Psalm 74:22-23 In Jesus Name we pray... Amen. .............Shalom............. ©Olusegun Ladegbuwa 2020.......... #Copied. 1 Share
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