THE JOURNEY SO FAR; COMING ATTRACTIONS: DAY 4; LIE NO.3 PART 1 REPEATED. The situation of Nigeria is a disgrace to the gospel. A nation with such a mushrooming of churches and Christians should not be experiencing the kind of corruption, moral decadence, poverty and suffering prevalent in Nigeria. By God’s Help, we have identified several lies accepted by the church in Nigeria. If the church forsakes these lies and accepts the truth, not only will the church be restored, Nigeria will experience transformation and speedily achieve its destiny as the point of reference for the African race, demonstrating that the Negro is not inferior to any other. Prov 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. NIV. (TheseLiesMustStop Translation: Nigeria is in a disgraceful situation of distressing unemployment and pervasive poverty because the people have accepted bribery and corruption, immorality and other evils as a way of life. More sadly, rather than be God’s change agents as salt and light, the church is completely conformed to the Nigerian way of life”). We have treated the first set of lies, 6 lies under the theme “Responsibility for the State of Nigeria.”, and have posted 20 write-ups addressing these 6 lies. The next set of 5 lies relate to “Faith, Money and Prosperity.” For 20 consecutive days starting 6th November, we will repeat each of the last 20 posts, one per day to provide the platform for the next set of lies. Today, we repeat Lie No 3. Part I LIE NO 3: (PART 1): There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian revival where millions have accepted Christ yet the country remains morally bankrupt and most Nigerians remain poor. THE TRUTH: There is everything wrong with this current Nigerian Christian culture where we have minimal positive impact on the social, economic and political climate of the country. As a consequence, both Christians and non- Christians are suffering. Christians are the salt of the earth. So Nigerian Christians are the salt of Nigeria. Salt has three uses: seasoning; preservation and healing. A predominant Christian order should result in high per capita income, very low poverty rates, high life expectancy, a large and growing middle class, a good social security system; in sum, a good quality of life. A growing Christian population should check moral decadence, strengthen family values, reduce corruption, produce accountable leaders and responsible citizens. Any nation that experiences revival should experience emergence of nationhood built on an enduring platform stronger than religious, tribal, colonial or historical and geographical definitions. This is the normal desirable type of revival, the type of salt that our Lord Jesus requires us to be. But there is another type of revival typified by another type of salt. Jesus described it salt that has lost its savour, salt which neither seasons, preserves nor heals. Jesus described such salt as GOOD FOR NOTHING. Any Christian revival without a positive impact on the prevailing culture, on the economy and on nationhood is very suspect. It is GOOD FOR NOTHING. In the last 30 or 40 years, Christianity in Nigeria has witnessed an explosion in the numbers of those professing to uphold the gospel. The country hosts the largest church auditorium in the world, and also hosts the largest regular monthly gathering of Christians anywhere on the globe. Perhaps the 2 or 3 truly global organisations of Nigerian origin are churches. It is thus a paradox that more than 50% of Nigerians live on less than N6,000 monthly, thus making poverty more intense in Nigeria than almost 70% of Sub-Saharan Africa! Nigeria’s life expectancy of 52 years places it 33rd in Sub-Saharan Africa! Lagos is the 3rd most difficult city to live in the world, better than only Dhaka, Bangladesh (the worst) and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The country remains ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world with a score of 27% by Transparency International in 2012 placing 139 out of 176 evaluated countries. It was a shock to find that by World Bank records, the average Nigerian is living under worse conditions than most of Sub-Saharan Africa! Sadly, the Nigerian Christian revival thus seems to be the GOOD FOR NOTHING variety. Neither the country, nor her people, nor the Christians therein, have experienced the liberty and freedom that should accompany the gospel. NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS, ISN’T IT TIME TO AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS SO THAT GOD IS GLORIFIED, THE RISK OF MISSING THE RAPTURE IS MINIMISED, QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVES, POVERTY IS REDUCED AND WE AND THE NATION FULFIL OUR DESTINY? SCRIPTURE: Matt 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. KJV
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