I am still in shock after hearing the \u201cman of God\u201d asking his congregation to come for his specially brewed \u201choly water\u201d. The rush to the well in the church auditorium made me sad and angry at the same time\u2026 I just sat fixated on my TV screen as women, men and children with gallons and bottles scrambled for the water which the preacher claimed could cure every ailment under the sun. I just could not\u2026 well, let me borrow Lil Win\u2019s words, \u201cI can\u2019t tink far.\u201d<\/p>\n
This and many other shenanigans are seen on TV these days and on radio and in the several ‘mushroom churches’ that have sprung up in many communities.<\/p>\n
I am a believer and not against the establishment of churches, but I am worried about the current situation that we find ourselves in, where so-called men of God conduct themselves in a way that brings God\u2019s name into disrepute.<\/p>\n
I am also worried about the \u201cstupefied gullibility\u201d of modern-day Christians who swallow everything that emanates from a pulpit or from anyone who claims he\u2019s been sent by God!<\/p>\n
I wonder if they know what the Bible says in 1John 4:1: \u201d Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
I mean how on earth can a whole human being chew a calendar with the face of a preacher hoping that the paper is potent enough to bring healing to his system?
\nI am still searching for the verse in my bible that says people must chew pastors\u2019 calendars and brochures to receive healing.<\/p>\n
That even brings to mind the South African Pastor, Penuel Mnguni of End Times Disciples Ministries in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria who asked his congregation to chew grass and snakes for healing.<\/p>\n
During my days at good old Choice FM, one preacher used to preach at dawn and when he opened the phone lines and no call came through, his boys would go to the back of the station, call into the program pretending to have been saved by his \u2018powers\u2019 all in a bid to get people throng his church the following day; and I must say that trick worked because the kinds of cars and buses he owns now is mind blowing! I am reminded of the scripture Matthew 24:11 that says \u201cAnd many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.\u201d I see this happening all around us.<\/p>\n
I am reminded of the scripture Matthew 24:11 that says \u201cAnd many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.\u201d I see this happening all around us.<\/p>\n
How on earth do you expect to be rich when you spend your time 24\/7 in church hoping that ‘manna will drop from heaven’\u2026? We are no longer in the days of Exodus 16:5 . What baffles me is the fact that women make up the majority of most of the mushroom churches that we find in the country. I have seen women who spend a significant number of their days in church praying and fasting for miracles at the expense of their marriages, jobs, and even children. Don\u2019t get me wrong. I am not against praying and fasting; it is a requirement in our walk with God.<\/p>\n
What baffles me is the fact that women make up the majority of most of the ‘mushroom churches’ that we find in the country. I have seen women who spend a significant number of their days in church praying and fasting for miracles at the expense of their marriages, jobs, and even children. Don\u2019t get me wrong. I am not against praying and fasting; it is a requirement in our walk with God.<\/p>\n
But you don\u2019t expect to get things dropped from heaven for you by just praying with your ‘hands in between your thighs!’
\nThese scriptures aptly speak on laziness.<\/p>\n
Proverbs 10:4 says, \u2018Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Proverbs 10:26
\nLike vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.<\/p>\n
Proverbs 22:13
\nThe sluggard says, \u201cThere is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!\u201d<\/p>\n
So take for instance a woman who is expecting the fruit of the womb who spends her whole day in church, serving the Man of God, cleaning among other duties yet this same person refuses to do what is expected of her as a wife at home. To top it all she denies her husband sex! So how on earth do you expect to get pregnant? Some things are simply common sense!<\/p>\n
I get pissed off by people who revere their pastors so much so that they can even fall on a grenade for them; \u2018for they loved praise from men more than praise from God\u2019 (John 12: 43).<\/p>\n
The recent incident that caused a massive social media outrage was the video of a pastor beating two teenagers on live TV for allegedly fornicating and attempting to abort a pregnancy in the process! Well, I can only but relay Jesus\u2019 words in Matthew 7: 1-5 \u201cDo not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.<\/p>\n
3 \u201cWhy do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother\u2019s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, \u2018Let me take the speck out of your eye,\u2019 when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n
There has been so much vilification of the church in recent times and it\u2019s because of some little foxes that are just running to and fro, messing around and knocking heads together. However, I still believe that we all have a role to play in making the church the institution it ought to be.<\/p>\n
Romans 12: 5-8 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one member one of another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.<\/p>\n
Let he who has ears, listen to what the spirit is saying to the church!<\/p>\n
Scriptures from King James Version<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By: Lorrencia Nkrumah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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