Dearly Beloved,
WE ARE AT FAULT!
“...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven
and will forgive their sin and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV).
Every one of us at the recent graduation ceremony of my seminary was stunned
when the guest speaker indicted the Christians especially in Nigeria for the
moral decadence of the society. The argument of the speaker who is a renowned
university professor and a deacon in one of our churches was that Christians are
praying and claiming to be serving God, but there is no sense of genuine
repentance in most of them. He cited the increasing number of churches everyday
with the growth of immorality even in the churches as an evidence of his
indictment. His suggested solution to the problems of the society is genuine
repentance of the so-called Christians.
The lecturer was right. After prayer of dedication to consecrate the new temple
built by Solomon, and the manifestation of God to confirm that God had indeed
sanctified the temple, God appeared to Solomon and reaffirmed His commitment to
make the temple His sanctuary. God, however, gave Solomon three conditions
before He could be answering their prayers and heal the nation. These conditions
were humility, prayer and repentance. People today are humbling themselves and
praying earnestly to seek the face of God. There are many churches, prayer
“mountains” and camps today, and they are almost filled to the brim every
Sunday and during other prayer times. Prayer night and day vigils occur almost
every day in most churches. However, there is no genuine repentance in the lives
of most of these worshippers. Instead of these worshippers to turn from their
wicked ways, they are wallowing in them even in the church! Unfortunately, most
of the religious and
spiritual leaders today are carried away by the crowd and what they can get
from them financially and materially. No wonder, the society is getting worse
each day.
We are at fault! Do not be surprised at this. Have you ever thought of it? Are
you not also contributing to the moral decadence of your society? As you are
serving God, do you really have genuine repentance? Can you exonerate yourself
from this fault? Only genuine repentance and true worship of God can heal this
society.
In His service,
Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor).
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I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will

have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted

in my body, whether by life or by death. FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST

AND TO DIE IS GAIN (Philippians 1:20-21, NIV).




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