Kingdom or Tyranny?

Well, I’m gonna dive right into it. And I write this with a heavy heart.

I never understood why church, especially our “African” church has neglected the primary objective of reaching out, and opted for retaining whatever comes in. Clearly we suffer from the Noah’s Ark Syndrome. Instead of aiding in the healing process, nurturing, aiding in the growth and guidance then release, we have done these to have a return. Which poses a big question, why do we do it? Are we the hand and feet of Christ? How then are they fulfilling their duties while restrained inside “our” church. Haibo, these hands and feet are for going to, and moving the people, not to build mega-structures and set-up chairs for the next service.

Instead of facilitating a personal relationship between people and Christ, we indoctrinate people on how things are done in “our” church. We are a training academy, aimed at growing “our” church. Have we lost the plot? Have we no idea that we are part of a Kingdom, and that we exist for the advancement of the Kingdom, and not that of a town that “our” church is? Did Christ retain those He trained? If He had, would we even have the gospel preached to us? Don’t tell me everyone on Earth has heard the gospel, they haven’t experienced it. It pains me when the very life-giving Kingdom has been turned into a life-sucking Tyranny.


We are the change, only if we are seen changing, out there where the change is most needed.

Impact!

Jesus prayed this:

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. ¹⁷ Sanctify them by^[d] the truth; your word is truth. ¹⁸ As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

If Jesus prayed that we not be removed from the world, but be protected from the evil one, why then have we removed ourselves by closing ourselves off from the world? How, you may ask. Well, its quite easy. How is your local church giving back to the community? I'm not talking about a soup kitchen or a blanket run. I'm talking something that the world does not offer them.

We see child prostitutes on the street and immediately get a sermon for Sunday service on how broken the world is. On that we build up prayer lists where we ask God, in tears, to do something to heal our communities.....uhm, HELLO! God sent US. We are to DO something, not SAY something.

Can we than do anything when we are cooped up in our own little world within the church building? To whom are we the light? One another in church? No wonder we end up comparing the brightness of the lights and end up tearing ourselves apart. 

Church needs to get out the church building and dive into those slums and dark places and be the light there, cause that's where the light is not. With Jesus in us, the world and it's darkness poses no threat to us and our salvation.

If, for some reason, you cannot go into those dark corners and slums, then send a missionary. Support them in prayer and financially. Is that the right thing to do? Well, that question should be posed by you to God. 

How or who to send.....follow this link Missionary Heart

Is church God in your life?

 Is different bad?

I know you are asking yourself: What the heck is he on about.... Well let me help you get on track with my grief.

Of the things I could anticipate, persecution from the body of Christ is the last thing.

How does the church persecute you ask?

In this way.

When one denomination has a picture of what a believer should look like, behave like, and talk like, chances are, whoever professes Christ but does not fit their mould, would be classified as dodgy and less of a believer. How do I know this, well, I am in it now.

Being assessed and classified by other believers as a questionable character aint fun at all. Self-exclusion from gathering becomes a way out cause you always feel like you are swimming in a pool of peanut butter. And the most pressing concern is, what of non-believers that are visiting the church. How are they feeling?

Is the body of Christ a body, or a cooperation of people who behave and believe the same way?

Is Jesus a group God or a personal God?

Is ones relationship with the church magna-carta more important than the relationship with Christ?

What then, when Christ calls you to do something that is not in the cooperate plan of the church?

Are we, as a church, holding people back from personally experiencing Christ, and obeying His call in their lives, just because it goes against the church's mandate and plan?

You ponder on that, and seek Gods opinion on it.