As rightly called, Christians are not the only worshipper of God; the
Jews are as well. And going by the channel of the revelation of God to
humanity there are many things, sacred things Christians abuse in the
name of faith. And though these things are not repercussive, yet, they
spell our ignorance about the element of our religion, if one would be
hypocritic about it, faith.
THE NAME OF Jesus: I was
invited to a night vigil sometimes two years ago. Vividly I can remember
the pastor honourably prophet asking us to shout the name of Jesus six
hundred times. Well people shouted, I shouted then.
While this
may not be the same for all churches, but I have come to notice
something close in every churches: the repetition of Christ names
before, during, and after prayer. This is not supposed to be so. The
name Christ is meant to be reverenced. Ask in my name doesn't mean abuse
my name. So far so good, miracles done in the name of Christ in the
Apostles were done not shouting in Jesus name. In and fact, the first
act of prayer done by the Apostle had no "in Jesus name' in it. They
simply prayed, and the Spirit tendered the prayer in the name of Christ.
Every
believer has what God called a seal on him, in that, when you
communicate with God the seal do so in the reverenced name of Christ.
Joining people to shout in Jesus name therefore may be extraneous or
quite unnecessary.
THE BLOOD OF Jesus: Maybe it's
ignorance I can't say or lack of foundational knowledge about what the
great sacrifice is all about. The blood of Christ sanctifies. And if we
are willing to go deep into deep things, it protects but not the
protection we Christians assumed for it.
The blood as a means of
protection, is a shield not only for humans but as well for angels to
prevent them and us falling into apostasy now, and in the world to come.
It is by credibility of the blood Michael will be able to defeat
Lucifer in the second heavens, because by virtue of the blood, all God
angels including Michael are immune to Lucifer seduction. Defeating them
by the blood doesn't mean they will be shouting "I cover you in the
blood of Jesus."
TITHING: It may not be that obvious,
but tithing is sure a sacred thing as far as God is concerned. But well
so well not what Christians understand it to be.
Tithes are meant
to be paid by farmers and farmers alone in the then land of Israel.
This is because the Levite had no land to cultivate, no portion was
giving to them. So speaking, to do what God as always wanted for
humanity, he commanded a tenth of 'farmers' produce to be given to the
Levite so as to prevent lack in the land. The Levite had no land to
cultivate, but our pastors to be do. They have places to work.
Payment
of tithes in churches should serve a means of providing for everyone's
need in the church. This, the apostles understood by distributing every
thing the church had to every members. To live and survived, the
apostles like every one else, worked with their very hands.
Of
course there are more, but these ones concern us the most. We have the
prophets, Psalms and the law, let's read them and learn the truth for
ourselves instead of disgracing ourselves and God. And if we fall into
the 'grace only' category, then let us study the acts of the early
church and save ourselves from this modern hypocrisy.
CC: OAM4J
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