Post by bethel on Oct 17, 2006 5:56:39 GMT -5
I am often amazed at hypocricy I see in the world over!At all levels of society from political to religious, social to economical angles. Dont get me wrong iam not left out on this cancer and if you are honest to yourself you will find out that you are part of it! Why are you and me part of this cancer? The answer is simple we are part of this world and when it is being eaten with cancer of hypocricy we also get affected! But the good news we don't have to be part of this cancer most of us are by choice!Great news is that we could be part of solution i beg your pardon we can be the surgeons that get rid of the cancer please stop staring with amazement yes i said you and me we can team up to kick this cancer from the world!Believe me you dont have to a doctrate to achieve this feat all you need is faith in the God we serve and a praying culture!
I know now you are wondering what hypocricy i am talking about. First i will tell you a story about Kenya and you have guessed it right that is my country-an East African state. In summary our country has been independent for over 40 years now we have had the honour of being served by 3 presidents:1st president served 15 years 2nd President 24 years and now our 3rd president is in his first term having now served 4 years. God has been good to us that we have been an isle of peace in an military and rebel polluted region!That is as much i can say about my country that despite this God given gift of peace our country was the only African state that refused to severe ties with apartheid government of South Africa, corruption is rife, our politician have polorized tribalism and ever since our last elections 4 years ago our politician have ensured to keep Kenya in an electioneering mood to the detriment of Kenya(pray for us to be always an isle of peace). Before I digress this is my story:
Before 2002 election there has been political struggle for openning up the political space and respect of human rights. Most of the leaders in the government were in the forefront in agitation for this change but when they came in to power these same leaders are at the forefront in abusing what they have sweated for years to achieve!What hypocricy!Our clergy who were also in the forefront have been compromised by crumbs and they are satisified and most have buried their heads in the sand as wolves devour their flocks!
I have come to realize that most of the marxist(early and contemporary) none is genuine to their cause actually most of them do not believe in this idealogy!Good question how do i know by just looking at their lifestyles and more recently by observing their leadership most of African leaders at the moment were(are) marxist and what a opulent life they lead. I have come to a conclusion that most marxist are marxists out of envy(material or political) and not ideology.
Also I look at our African scholars engaging in negritude(goodness of Africa) in vain.Most dress in Africa regalias,write their books in mothertongues and refused to come back home to plough back what they received in terms of education and spent most of their lives lecturing abroad.When they come home(those who are home) their mannerism is western! I have nothing against the West but preach what you practice scholars!
Lastly but not least is the hypocricy of the so called atheist!I think most of these so called atheist they are what they are because they either like being controversial and out of place so as to attract attention to themselves or they deliberately try to be infuriating!In times of problems most of these so called atheist call on the name of the Lord(Jesus) for help!Others ask for men and women of God to pray for them!And some of them engage in the black magic!Most of these so called atheist are people who have recoganized that they are different,unique and special and they do not know how to apply this special attribute that is in them and i believe it is our responsibilty as christian to draw out these specialness out of them for the common use of humanity. What a tragedy! The Bible rightly label people who have no fear of God or no knowledge of their Maker as fools.
I believe it is more foolish to know the Truth and not practice it for our freedom is woven in this simple word TRUTH. What is truth and how is it related to hypocricy?Let me define hypocricy as anything that pretend to be what is not that is the core of hypocricy is LIES and MORE LIES!
Truth therefore is opposite of hypocricy even better Truth is the antidote of hypocricy!
Having established this fact now I can answer you question how can we be surgeons in this our fast dying earth ailing from cancer of hypocricy? The answer is so simple speak,tell and narrate the truth nothing but the truth.Jesus said He was the Truth,the Way and the Life.That is to say it is the Truth that puts us on the Way and it is the Way that leads us to the Life. So to "cheat" this death bed of cancer the world needs to hear the Truth and thus Proclaim the same Truth. Are you doing something to ensure that the world hears the Truth do you even give a cup of water to the little ones that have been called(chosen) to take the gospel around the world.Jesus said he(she) who gives to the little ones will never miss the prophets reward i choose not to miss on this reward and that is saving the world from this cancer of hypocricy!
Jesus admonishing hypocrites in Matthew He said we should do what they say and not practice what they do that in essence implies that hypocricy is more of an action than words so our main concern should not be on what we say but on doing what we say!
I have seen many people condemning corruption but given a chance they are the first one to take or give bribes and proudly say "without money nothing works around here!" "you know i take it from the world and put it in the Kingdom!" What a disgrace when God is on our side what are men that i should be afraid of them is a common scripture that we often quote but rarely practice in times of troubles as reflected in the above corruption cliches.
Hypocricy in involves quoting vain scriptures to satisfy our ego and defiled hearts.I was once told of a preacher that grabbed land from a widow and during court battles he quoted to his congregation that the Kingdom of God faces violence and it is the violent that take it by force!Excuse me!Others hire armed thugs to protect them using the same scriptures! Paraphrasing Jesus when He told the scibes " You search in the scriptures thinking you will get eternal life but the same sciptures testify about me but you do not believe in me!" Most of these vain quoters of scrriputure miss Jesus (Truth) but they still hope to find eternity in their religious search of scriptures.
So join me in kicking this cancer out of the world by being part of men and women who have chosen to speak the truth proclaim the Truth and support the Truth to reach every corner of the world.Here at home we believe change no matter how little it is begins somewhere and always reach it's destination having eroded the old and implanted the new!Quoting our Lord that the Kingdom is like the mustard seed and when planted it grows into a tree and provide shade to many and houses many bird nests.Ok let this change towards the Truth that you have embraced be like a mustard seed.Please invite a friend to join us in this grand walk of surgeons and kick out hypocricy out of the world. God richly bless you iin the living name of our Lord .Jesus Christ
I know now you are wondering what hypocricy i am talking about. First i will tell you a story about Kenya and you have guessed it right that is my country-an East African state. In summary our country has been independent for over 40 years now we have had the honour of being served by 3 presidents:1st president served 15 years 2nd President 24 years and now our 3rd president is in his first term having now served 4 years. God has been good to us that we have been an isle of peace in an military and rebel polluted region!That is as much i can say about my country that despite this God given gift of peace our country was the only African state that refused to severe ties with apartheid government of South Africa, corruption is rife, our politician have polorized tribalism and ever since our last elections 4 years ago our politician have ensured to keep Kenya in an electioneering mood to the detriment of Kenya(pray for us to be always an isle of peace). Before I digress this is my story:
Before 2002 election there has been political struggle for openning up the political space and respect of human rights. Most of the leaders in the government were in the forefront in agitation for this change but when they came in to power these same leaders are at the forefront in abusing what they have sweated for years to achieve!What hypocricy!Our clergy who were also in the forefront have been compromised by crumbs and they are satisified and most have buried their heads in the sand as wolves devour their flocks!
I have come to realize that most of the marxist(early and contemporary) none is genuine to their cause actually most of them do not believe in this idealogy!Good question how do i know by just looking at their lifestyles and more recently by observing their leadership most of African leaders at the moment were(are) marxist and what a opulent life they lead. I have come to a conclusion that most marxist are marxists out of envy(material or political) and not ideology.
Also I look at our African scholars engaging in negritude(goodness of Africa) in vain.Most dress in Africa regalias,write their books in mothertongues and refused to come back home to plough back what they received in terms of education and spent most of their lives lecturing abroad.When they come home(those who are home) their mannerism is western! I have nothing against the West but preach what you practice scholars!
Lastly but not least is the hypocricy of the so called atheist!I think most of these so called atheist they are what they are because they either like being controversial and out of place so as to attract attention to themselves or they deliberately try to be infuriating!In times of problems most of these so called atheist call on the name of the Lord(Jesus) for help!Others ask for men and women of God to pray for them!And some of them engage in the black magic!Most of these so called atheist are people who have recoganized that they are different,unique and special and they do not know how to apply this special attribute that is in them and i believe it is our responsibilty as christian to draw out these specialness out of them for the common use of humanity. What a tragedy! The Bible rightly label people who have no fear of God or no knowledge of their Maker as fools.
I believe it is more foolish to know the Truth and not practice it for our freedom is woven in this simple word TRUTH. What is truth and how is it related to hypocricy?Let me define hypocricy as anything that pretend to be what is not that is the core of hypocricy is LIES and MORE LIES!
Truth therefore is opposite of hypocricy even better Truth is the antidote of hypocricy!
Having established this fact now I can answer you question how can we be surgeons in this our fast dying earth ailing from cancer of hypocricy? The answer is so simple speak,tell and narrate the truth nothing but the truth.Jesus said He was the Truth,the Way and the Life.That is to say it is the Truth that puts us on the Way and it is the Way that leads us to the Life. So to "cheat" this death bed of cancer the world needs to hear the Truth and thus Proclaim the same Truth. Are you doing something to ensure that the world hears the Truth do you even give a cup of water to the little ones that have been called(chosen) to take the gospel around the world.Jesus said he(she) who gives to the little ones will never miss the prophets reward i choose not to miss on this reward and that is saving the world from this cancer of hypocricy!
Jesus admonishing hypocrites in Matthew He said we should do what they say and not practice what they do that in essence implies that hypocricy is more of an action than words so our main concern should not be on what we say but on doing what we say!
I have seen many people condemning corruption but given a chance they are the first one to take or give bribes and proudly say "without money nothing works around here!" "you know i take it from the world and put it in the Kingdom!" What a disgrace when God is on our side what are men that i should be afraid of them is a common scripture that we often quote but rarely practice in times of troubles as reflected in the above corruption cliches.
Hypocricy in involves quoting vain scriptures to satisfy our ego and defiled hearts.I was once told of a preacher that grabbed land from a widow and during court battles he quoted to his congregation that the Kingdom of God faces violence and it is the violent that take it by force!Excuse me!Others hire armed thugs to protect them using the same scriptures! Paraphrasing Jesus when He told the scibes " You search in the scriptures thinking you will get eternal life but the same sciptures testify about me but you do not believe in me!" Most of these vain quoters of scrriputure miss Jesus (Truth) but they still hope to find eternity in their religious search of scriptures.
So join me in kicking this cancer out of the world by being part of men and women who have chosen to speak the truth proclaim the Truth and support the Truth to reach every corner of the world.Here at home we believe change no matter how little it is begins somewhere and always reach it's destination having eroded the old and implanted the new!Quoting our Lord that the Kingdom is like the mustard seed and when planted it grows into a tree and provide shade to many and houses many bird nests.Ok let this change towards the Truth that you have embraced be like a mustard seed.Please invite a friend to join us in this grand walk of surgeons and kick out hypocricy out of the world. God richly bless you iin the living name of our Lord .Jesus Christ
