“You are the SALT of
the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavour? Can you make it
useful again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as
worthless. You are the LIGHT of the world—like a CITY on a mountain,
glowing in the night for all to see. Don’t hide your light under a basket!
Instead, put it on a stand and let it shine for all. In the same way, let your
good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly
Father.”
I have a question, but my question is not for everyone but
for the Christian Disciple of Jesus Christ. If you do not consider yourself
as one please do not attempt to give an answer to my question. Even then please do not be in a hurry to
answer my question. In the light of the scripture above – very statements made
by Jesus Christ himself and here is my question: Are Men or Women of God – Clergies who say they are Servants or
Representatives of God supposed to be or claim to be politically neutral or
neutral on any matter as it regards the well being of at least their
constituency?
Yusuf Rufa’i
answer to his question is an emphatic capital NO! You see the failure of the
Clergy to understand many things including that neutrality is not a position is
causing them problems. They
want to eat their cake and have it. It is impossible. In the spirit realm
neutrality is not a position. You can only pretend about it and this may be to
your own danger. Even God said you are either hot or cold but lukewarm is not
allowed and if you continue to tow that line you will be spewed out (Rev. 3: 15
– 16). In the world of human beings since the fall of man orchestrated by the
Dark kingdom there is a great divide which are parallel lines that cannot meet.
There is Good or Bad, Right or Left, Light or Darkness, Truth or Deception, Win
or Lose, Life or Death, Life & Good, Death & Evil, Blessings or
Cursing, Heaven/Paradise or Hell/Outer Darkness, God or Satan, Children of God
or Children of Satan etc. Because so called men or clergies of God have failed
to understand these things or compromised their fidelity to God by not taking a
stand on the words of God as is copiously written in the Bible or because of their
hobnobbing and doing the the bidding of the powers that straddle the land they
fail God and thus create confusion and credibility crisis for the Church.
Any so called Man of God that cannot show the light and
point his constituency to the Light or tell them the words of God on any matter
publicly and courageously has failed to be a light, a salt and a city on a
hill. That Man of God has failed God grandiosely. There are only two ways to
judge a matter or know the will of God concerning anything.
One,
either you receive a Rhema word from God concerning it:
“Destruction is certain for my rebellious children,” says the Lord. “YOU
MAKE PLANS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO MY WILL. YOU WEAVE A WEB OF PLANS THAT ARE NOT
FROM MY SPIRIT, thus piling up your sins. FOR WITHOUT CONSULTING ME, you have
gone down to Egypt to find help. You have put your trust in Pharaoh for his
protection” Isaiah 30: 1 – 2 (NLT).
“Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and
trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are
very strong; BUT THEY LOOK NOT UNTO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, NEITHER SEEK THE
LORD!” Isaiah 31: 1 (KJV)
Or two, you scrutinize it by the word of God:
“Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples... To the law
and to the testimony: IF THEY SPEAK NOT
ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM” Isaiah 8: 16, 20 (KJV).
“BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS WHO COME DISGUISED AS HARMLESS SHEEP, BUT ARE
REALLY WOLVES THAT WILL TEAR YOU APART. YOU CAN DETECT THEM BY THE WAY THEY
ACT, JUST AS YOU CAN IDENTIFY A TREE BY ITS FRUIT. You don’t pick grapes from
thorn bushes, or figs from thistles. A healthy tree produces good fruit, and an
unhealthy tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a
bad tree can’t produce good fruit. So every tree that does not produce good
fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. YES, THE WAY TO IDENTIFY A TREE
OR A PERSON IS BY THE KIND OF FRUIT THAT IS PRODUCED” Mathew 7: 15 – 20
(NLT).
“ANYONE WHO ISN’T HELPING ME OPPOSES ME, AND ANYONE WHO ISN’T WORKING
WITH ME IS ACTUALLY WORKING AGAINST ME... A TREE IS IDENTIFIED BY ITS FRUIT.
Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good. Make a tree bad, and its fruit
will be bad. You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is
good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. A GOOD
PERSON PRODUCES GOOD WORDS FROM A GOOD HEART, AND AN EVIL PERSON PRODUCES EVIL
WORDS FROM AN EVIL HEART” Mathew 12: 30, 30 – 33 (NLT).
“So Jesus told them, “I’m not teaching my own ideas, but those of God
who sent me. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO THE WILL OF GOD WILL KNOW WHETHER MY
TEACHING IS FROM GOD OR IS MERELY MY OWN. Those who present their own ideas are
looking for praise for themselves, BUT THOSE WHO SEEK TO HONOUR THE ONE WHO
SENT THEM ARE GOOD AND GENUINE. NONE OF YOU OBEYS THE LAW OF MOSES! In fact, you
are trying to kill me” John 7: 16 – 19 (NLT).
It is the duty of Christians who are Disciples of Jesus
Christ to judge or test such men or women of God by the methodology of the
scriptures given above. The truth is that anything under the sun can be proved
or put through these test to know the light and direction or will of God. It is
tested and proved and scriptures cannot be broken. God is eternally reliable
and faithful.
Any Man of God or Christian clergy that is unable to point
the right direction to his constituency by hiding under the guise of: “As a
man of God I am supposed to be neutral or I am a father of all” is a deceiver, a failure to
himself, to his calling and to his God. My advice to such persons is: “Turn to Him from whom you have deeply revolted,
O people of God, Isaiah 31: 6.”
You see it is very dangerous to be a Man of God because you
run the risk of falling out of favour with God when you actually think you are
standing firmly (1 Corinthians 10: 11 – 12). For you to avoid these risks consider
the following:
1.
Never you be on the side of darkness, half
truth, Satan etc no matter how beautifully packaged it is.
2.
Never you look at faces or positions such that
you are unable to stand on truth, justice or righteousness.
3.
Never hobnob or romance with those who clearly
do not please God by their lifestyles, actions or inactions.
4.
Never you deny God or lightly esteem God or His
words for social, economic or political correctness or for whatever reasons.
5.
Never betray the trust, calling and confidence
of God on you by trying to please the world and thus displeasing God.
If you are found wanting in any of these things mentioned
above you are setting yourself against God and when the chips are down and you
find yourself roped in, any attempt to extricate yourself only besmears you the
more. Many so called esteemed, distinguished and eminent Men and Women of God
have behaved in very insalubrious and disgraceful manner. We are abreast of
their behaviours. My word to them is: “But
God’s firm foundation stand, bearing, this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are
His’ and, ‘Let, everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity’” (2
Timothy 2: 19).
With all due respect, you so called leaders of the Church
stop causing confusion in the House
of God and credibility crisis for the Church and for the children of God by
your inability to provide righteous, fearless and God centred leadership and by
your failure to be true lights and cities set on a hill to the Church of God.
In any case God said they will bear their sins.
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