Watch out for end time Pastors; these things are really bothering me. If I have not seen the hand of God in my life or if I have not prayed and my prayers were answered or if I have not dreamed and it came to passed. I would have be a free-thinker. I believe in God and I believe in Jesus Christ. Christianity is not a religion; it is our faith in Christ.
What is gospel? The gospel is the act of doing good. But today people use the gospel to enrich themselves and their family; especially in Africa... ( case study Nigeria). I am not against it, if people bless the pastors with their substances and i am not saying pastors should not have good way of living, but I think too much of everything is bad, as it could be refer to as greed or covetousness.
I have come to realized that some of these people have turned the church to business center. They brain wash the people, they pick the portion of the bible that suit their message and they used it. I am tired of pastors saying be part of my ministry, i am tired of pastors saying send your tithe to my church, i am tired of pastors saying pay some amount of money before i pray for you, i am tired of pastors who want you to lie in the name of favour, i am tired of pastors who are after what they can get from the members as offering or tithes, i am tired of pastors using offering and seeds money buying expensive shoes, suit, luxrious cars, flying with first class ticket or private Jet.
They know all the bible passages to use, to justify their extravagant or flamboyant way of living. For instance, if you ask a pastor why he own a private Jet, he will answered by saying Jesus rode on a brand new donkey. If you ask a pastor why he is taking money from the poor, he will answered by saying the widow of Zarephath gave Elijah her last meal. If you ask a pastor why he is wearing expensive perfume, he will say the woman poured expensive oil on Jesus feet, if you ask a pastor why is he wearing expensive suit, he will say after Jesus death the people were fighting for His rope: if you ask a pastor why is he living in a mansion, he will answered by saying in my father' house there are many mansion.
The one that surprise me most is happening here in Europe; case study ( africa pastors), when a pastor come to Europe for visiting: with a visiting visa, he wont go back. Instead he seek Asylum, if you ask why do pastors seek Asylum Europe, he will answered by saying Jesus was 'an undocumented immigrant in Egypt.
Above all, pastors children and family are having the best of life. Lot of them are schooling in Europe with church money. Most of the people who gave this money to the church are people who could not eat good meal or send their ward to good schools. Most of the churches universities today: the people you will find there are parish pastors' children and the rich people children.
I never thought much about Mr Bill Gates before now, because I heard he is a free thinker: until recently that he got an Award in Germany for his good heart towards the poor and I fell in love with his personality. If all the pastors in the world will do like mr Gates. I think it will be nice.
A Bishop was sued in Germany for flying with first class ticket to India to see the poor and for using Billion of Euro to renovate his house...
I am not here to judge or criticize our religion leaders but i am appealing for a change. Let our Pastors or the church remember to bless the poor. Christ did a lot for the poor, He told a rich man to go and sell all he has and give the money to poor people. Let this be our motto:
" i have food, clothes, home, car e.t.c i am comfortable now i must bless the poor". Go look for a life you can transform. Let's live for one another.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,"- Luke 4:18
Written by Queendaline O. Schneider
