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Organising The Church For Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Organising The Church For Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Organising The Church For Sustainable Development in Nigeria
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Preambles
Christianity is a way of life and occupies the pivotal point in the social mobilization, social
engineering and world order. The scripture in Matthew 5:13 say "You are the salt of the earth.
But what good is salt if it has lost its flavour? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown
out and trampled underfoot as worthless (NLT). Matthew 5:14 says "You are the light of the
world--like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden (NLT) from these two scriptural
passages Christians must provide flavour for this tasteless world and add value to this chaotic
and catastrophic world. To show the light in any society we find ourselves should be our
mission.
that "man cannot serve both God and Mammon (wealth)". He asserts that it is obvious that
"Western society is organized in the service of wealth" and thus wealth has triumphed over
God in the West.
Jack Mahoney, the Scottish theologian has characterized the saying of Jesus in Mark 10:23
27 as having "imprinted them so deeply on the Christian community through the centuries
that those who are well off, or even comfortably off, often feel uneasy and troubled in
conscience".
Thomas Aquinas wrote "Greed is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man
condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." According to David Miller, Martin
Luther viewed Mammon (or the desire for wealth) as "the most common idol on earth".
Miller cites Jesus' encounter with the rich ruler Mark 10:1731 as an example of wealth being
an obstacle to faith.
Nigeria and Africa must make a paradigm shift from worshiping Wealth and idolising
celebrities to worshiping true God whose name is Jehovah Creating wealth using Gods
principles. Let me pulse for a moment and ask where are our modern days David, Daniel,
Joseph, Samuel, Solomon and Job? The Church must unfold the present day wise men that
will be stupendous rich and at the same time love God with great passion.
Perrotta points out that poverty is not admired nor is it considered a positive value by the
writers of the Old Testament. The poor are protected because the weak should be protected
from exploitation.
There are a lot of areas in Nigeria that the Church as body and individual members in it need
to be actively engaged in for sustainable development. Nigeria is a blessed nation in the
planet earth. Blessed with natural and human resources that needed to be adequately unitised.
Let us briefly look at Nigeria and her human development indices:
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Nigeria as a nation
Nigeria is the largest black race in the world on the Gulf of Guinea, has many natural
landmarks and wildlife reserves, dense rainforest, savannah and rare primate habitats. The
Nigeria population has an annual growth rate of 2.63 %. Nigeria demographic statistic is as
follows:
The population density in Nigeria is 205 per Km2 (532 people per mi2).
53/56
not available
Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population, 2013)
357/325
217
3.7
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Wealth
creation
innovation
enterpreneurship
Good
governan
ce
transparent
incorruptible
promoting peace
value orientation
Welfare
program
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Cost effective
programmes
Provide
affordable
Education and
health
programmes
NGOs,CB
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Peace
Every innovation approach introduced to Nigeria can be replicated for African since Nigeria
shared similar things in common with other African countries. Our culture is similar and
other African countries cultural diversities may not too far from that of Nigeria. The countries
of the world adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure
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prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. The Church must queue
into this new agenda for sustainable development.
Conclusion
The harbingers of antichrist have started to appear in form church of satan. One wonders
what does satan and the Church share in common. Church, certainly, is mutually exclusive
with satan, yet such satanic shrine, with no apology, is register in USA to be sending people
to hell. Very soon people would be forced to put up the mark of beast in their foreheads in
form of tattoo.
We are indeed in the end time, many countries have legalised same sex marriages in the name
of human rights. Churches are forced to join gays together in satanic wedlock. The world is
now talking about human rights, and what about Gods own right one may ask? It is an
undisputable fact that God invented all things in the universe; doesnt He have rights over His
creation? The Church must champion the campaign for God rights and His will to come to
pass in the life of people in all nations in the world for peaceful and sustainable development.
The Church all over the world must go back the first principle; teach people about Christ, His
love for mankind. The will of God over people, His plans for man and His statues for peace
and global sustainable development must be taught to people. In Genesis 1:28 God blessed
them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in
the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground." God gave us
supernatural power for creativity, dominion and power to make wealth. Why should man
stood low to surrender his power by worshipping the beast satan, and put satanic mark on
the body.
It is unspeakable to say we leave in a world where acclaimed Celebrities are not ashamed to
ware transparent cloths without brazier to public places to receive academic awards. Some
can even ware bikinis to social gathering! God created purse for all male animals where they
hid their male organs and the animals never expose their organ except doing coition. It is
interesting to note that female animals in the wild do cover their private parts with tails what
more of human beings created in Gods image.
In conclusion, I will like to note that: Our soul is expensive more than all the wealth in
the whole universe put together and we must not forfeit it to satan carelessly.
God bless you all in Jesus name.
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