Shames on Pastors, General Overseers Who are Encouraging Protests

Nehemiah’s Prayer:

‘’And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven’’. Nehemiah 1:4

Nehemiah is the type of person our God is looking for in every society today. God is looking for praying people. God doesn’t want people to form a Pressure Group in His name to criticise the government of any nation. The ‘’Christian Association of Nigeria’’ (CAN) is an antichrist Movement.

When a clergy man uses his exalted position to criticise government activities, he is working against the commandments of God. The problems of Nigeria are seventy per cent caused by religious leaders, especially Christian leaders who gather people in the name of church, and exploit them through tithes and offerings.

Nehemiah said ‘’When I heard these words…’’ that he was sorely grieved for his country and his people. Nehemiah heard what happened to the Jews who were in captivity and the wanton destruction of Jerusalem, and the news grieved him. The news of the sufferings of the Jews troubled one man.

‘’And they said unto me, the remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire’’. Nehemiah 1:3

That news in verse 3 broke Nehemiah’s heart, and in verse 4, he sat down on the ground and wept bitterly and mourned for many days, fasting and praying for God’s mercy and intervention.

Nehemiah prayed to God of heaven to forgive his people and ‘’have mercy for them’’. He prayed day and night to God:

‘’Let thine ear now be attentive and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned’’. Neh.1:6

Nehemiah confessed that the people including himself had sinned against God. He said there was no one of them who was not corrupt. He said their problems were caused by all of them and not only the sins and misconduct of the king and people in authority. He recognised that they were all individually responsible for the problems bedevilling the nation, because of their disobedience and failure to keep the commandments and statues which God ‘’commandment thy servant Moses’’.

What is our own reaction to the problems of our nation in our time? Pastors and General-Overseers endorse protest against the government. They encourage looting. They call for break-up of the country. They join others to call for restructuring of the country. Shame on you Pastors and General Overseers!

Someone told me that Prophets in the Old Testament used to criticise the government and kings, and I asked him to name one who did that on his own without an order or instruction from God. In the Old Testament, the Kings were chosen and anointed by God through the Prophets. Now people elected their leaders. Then God who chose and anointed kings used to control them directly.

In the Old Testament, whenever a king derailed by leading people to worship other gods or where there was a failure to obey the word of God, God used the Prophets to warn the king. If the king repented, he was forgiven; if the king hearkened not the warning, God in some cases caused him to be put to death and anointed another in his stead.

In the New Testament, when John the Baptist took it upon himself to criticise King Herod, God turned His eyes away from him, and John was beheaded. Yes, John was beheaded because it was not part of his mission or assignment to criticise or condemn rulers, kings and government of this world. Remember, John even sent for Jesus to come to his rescue, but Jesus ignored or declined his request and took no action.

‘’Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?’’ Matthew 11:2-3.

 The answer Jesus gave John’s disciples was simply that they should go and tell John that he was obediently committed to doing the Father’s works of preaching the gospel, healing the sick, making the lame to walk, cleansing the lepers, raising the dead. Jesus even says anyone who does not criticise or find any fault in Him will be blessed.

 Jesus’s answer to John’s question or enquiry is:

Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see:

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Matthew 11:4-6

The word again was underlined by me and was used by Jesus because John who introduced Jesus to the people, had Him baptised, saw and heard about the miracles performed by Him, in his agony appeared to doubt whether Jesus was the expected Messiah.

This is the final Warning again to Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) Leaders and Pastors, who form the habit of criticising the government activities instead of preaching the gospel, heal the sick and perform other miracles they are called to do to be focused to their duty. According to some Nigerian  National Dailies, ''Pastor Adeboye Endorses EndSars Protest''; ''CAN Supports EndSars Protest'' and you think nothing is spiritually wrong with that?

Ijuo Okpe is sent to warn again and he has done his assignment.

 

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