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I received this email from a senior colleague.I have elected to share it publicly.I believe that the churches in Nigeria are not maximixing Gods power.God has declaredIf MY people, who are CALLED by MY name,would HUMBLE ,,,and TURN from their WICKED ways,I WILL hear and SAVE them :Provs14v34Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people We cannot continue confessing the promises of God over Nigeria our nation without first addressing the issue of sin. In addressing the issue of sin we members of the church of God in Nigeria must first and foremost address the issue of sin in our individual lives. The word of God declares in the book of 2Cor13v5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves...... Set an examination for yourself based on Gods word and your responsibility to it and score yourself and then you will know whether or not you are actually following the master. After we have addressed sin in our own individual lives then we now turn to addressing it in the body of Christ in general. After this we now qualify to address sin in the Nation and God will help us because we have first ordered our ways before Him. 2Chron27v6 So Jothams strength was rooted in his steady and determined life of obedience to God. (Msg Bible translation). Our strength to address the unsavoury state of affairs in our Nation lies in our steady and determined life of obedience to the God we say we are serving. Every promise in the Bible is conditional. The condition must first be met before the promise can be invoked. We the body of Christ in Nigeria must become possessors of the nature of Christ in spirit, soul and body. Rms6v1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that Grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?. 1Jn5v18 We know that whosoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself(from sin) and the wicked one does not touch him. Material, financial prosperity is not a sign of a sin free life because even those in the world who do not know or serve God have it. It is also certainly not a sign of Gods approval of a child of Gods life or works. The Church of Laodicea in the book of Rev3v14-22 were certainly not lacking in material and financial prosperity but Christ did not approve of them. I believe in material and financial prosperity, I also believe it is the will of God to prosper His children beyond that which they can think or imagine but there is a good success Joshua1V8 and a bad success. The word of God qualifies the kind of prosperity that is acceptable to God, this is the whole essence of the parable of the rich fool in the book of Lk12v13v21. He was successful in the eyes of the world but in the eyes of God his success was a bad one, ditto the Laodicean church. I do not claim to have all the answers but this one thing I know God is Holy and for those of us who claim to belong to Him, we must be holy and make holiness a way of life. We as Christians cannot continue compromising our faith and living below the standard of God. Gal6v7-8 Do not be deceived God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man sows, that will he also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. The Church of God in Nigeria should be the solution not constitute part of the problem. Let the Church return back to her first love. Let the church return to God in true repentance and let every child of God in his or her sphere of influence live by the word. The disciples of Christ were called christians in Antioch because their lives modeled that of Christ. Let our individual lives model that of Christ then lets see if our Country will not change and become a prosperous and healthy Nation. This prescription might appear too simple but the gospel of Christ has always been a simple one it is men who have complicated it. 2Corin11v3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ May The Almighty God grant us perfect understanding in Jesus Name Amen.(Busola Olotu) Sent fromBusola Olotus BlackBerry.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:09:55 +0000

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