There are more churches in a country like Nigeria today than ever before. The number of mega-churches springing up all over our nation is unbelievable. When you go out there to the systems whether in the public or private sector, you’ll see a lot of born again Christians in significant positions of authority, as well as among lower cadre workers. However, we do not see the impact of the church in our society. We still see corruption- lawlessness and indiscipline eating up the fabric of our society. It is a statement of fact that whenever darkness is prevalent in any society we should hold the light responsible.
Furthermore, our Christianity is not in the same manner and approach as that of the early church. The contemporary church is very comfortable with sinners and unrepentant men and women tagging along without a sense of remorse. The early church encountered constant revival, while, the present church practices religion. Being born again is now what is in vogue, and Christianity is fashionable because there is lack of the power of transformation.
Unfortunately, “motivational gospel” is what is being generally proclaimed: there is more of the display of the wisdom of this age, instead of the undiluted truths of the kingdom. This present church cannot accommodate the glory of God. This is therefore, an urgent need for a divine intervention. The God of all flesh must come and visit the Church as a purifying and consuming fire. There is a loud cry in the heavenly for restoration. The passion of the Lord must be restored; the Spirit of holiness must be restored; the unconditional love of God must be restored; community spirit and shared life must be restored; God’s transformation power must be restored; the prophetic must be restored; mighty signs and wonders must be restored; and a lot more. It is high time for the wild fire of revival to break out of the church.
The true church that will lead and disciple the nations by example is being effectively prepared, and it’s about time for her to emerge. It is no longer a mark of success to gather crowds and multitudes in the name of the Lord. Now, it is extremely important how we groom and raise God’s children up spiritually. In our nations today, the vision of most of our churches is to get as many people as possible saved, even if it means lowering the standards. I personally believe that much of the present “motivational gospel, and leadership and success teachings” in the church are self-indulgent and man-centered; and therefore, satanic bait to attract the multitudes to the church, and turn away their focus from Christ, so that they can only respond to the hand of God, and not seek His face.
The primary purpose for the sacrifice of Christ is not to make men and women successful in this present world; nevertheless, if we obey and carefully follow biblical principles we will be blessed, prosperous and successful. However, the purpose God intends to fulfill in us, which is the reason Christ died and resurrected for us is to change and conform us into His Image. The expectation of God for the church is that its leadership constantly teaches, trains and equips God’s people to be spiritually transformed into His likeness. Ironically, “the present leadership” of the church is rather, working hard to build sophisticated auditoriums and lead the church astray by presenting to her the false hope of acquisition of material possessions.
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