From the depth of my heart, I
want to wish everyone of you who find the time to visit this Blog: A Merry
Christmas and a prosperous 2016 in advance.
On our part and as a people,
let's strive to be Christ-like in all that we do. As an individual or as a
group, whenever you are confronted with difficulties in your decision making
process, or you are in a situation where the probability of you compromising in
your judgement is certain and imminent, always remember to ask yourself the simple question:
what would our Lord Jesus Christ have done? And that is the beginning of wisdom and statesmanship.
We should not refrain from His
teaching, if we truly believe on why he came and died for us. Our
Lord's Prayer is fundamental in knowing about Christ, his teaching and his expectations of us. It is more
than a prayer.
What happened to the teaching of
tolerance, peace and harmony? Of love thy neighbor and to do to others as you would
expect them to do unto you? What happened to thou shalt not steal, nor convert
their neighbor’s goods? What happened to give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to
God what is God? It is about obedience and observance of the law.
Indeed, we are created in the image and
likeness of God - imbued with holiness, of sanctity and reverence. But do we cherish that image, live it and project it in what we do?
Time was when it was all about
the gospel, the teaching, and of faith, atonement and repentance of sin. Yes,
it was about the healing and forgiveness of sin - your faith has saved you; go in peace.
Today, at Churches, at home,
offices and political gathering, we devote so much quality time and energy
invoking Holy Ghost fire, and wishing die, die, die and destructions upon our
imaginary enemies and political opponents. At the end, so little quality time
is spent on perfecting the gospel and the teaching of acceptance, tolerance,
peaceful co-existence, and empowerment.
Yes, it is no longer about
knowing Christ or his teaching, but how loud and effective the new Men of God
are in imploring thunder and fire to vanquishing known and unknown worldly adversaries and imaginary spiritual tormentors.
Yet, Jesus Christ ate with the
one who was to betray him. He acknowledged the windows mites and appreciated
Mary, who selflessly, and with rare grace, washed and anointed the Lord's feet
with an expensive perfume. Yes, it's about piety, exemplified here by both the
recipient (Christ the Lord) and the giver (Mary). Where is your humility, and
the humanity in you?
As per population, we worship God
or Allah more than any country on earth, but we know who we are as a people, as
a society and as a nation-state. There is no denying the facts that there is a
total disconnect between the Holy Books and the Nigerian realities, our
existence and life style as believers and propagandists of the faiths.
Call this soul searching; I
really don't know the answer, but what I do know is that Jesus Christ would
definitely have indicted us of apostasy and perversion of the gospel long ago. There is no doubt, there is
more to living the message than in teaching it.
Search your soul, brother; search
your soul, sister; search your conscience, friends. Are you behaving
Christ-like? Are you really living true to the teaching and the gospel? This is not
about being born again. It doesn’t require any spiritual component or spiritual
reawakening for it to manifest. It’s about you and your conscience, expressed
in your actions and pronouncements.
If you are in doubt or at a loss
about his teaching and his expectations of you and I; read the Sermon on the Mount and the
Transfiguration. Do a reflection. And you will be, in the image of the man who built his house upon a rock, be solidly grounded in the teaching and the life of Christ.
On my part, I have resolved long
ago to be Christ-like in all I do, in all I say and in all I Blog and write
about. How about you, friends? That’s a first step towards redeeming the image
of God in us; and towards remaking our home and our world. Yes, it's more than
being born again. It is about remembering to be Godly, living the life of Christ and
what he represents.
Once again, Merry Christmas.
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