RADICAL GOSPEL CIVILIZATION: THE ROOT CAUSE OF PERSECUTION (1) BY PROPHET GOODNEWS ADOLPHUS

In the 70s and 80s communist countries persecuted lot of Christians and many of them were killed and imprisoned. In some countries churches were restricted  even in modern times such  as Malaysia, North Korea and others. (See google for ban on churches).  In some countries, the bible become the most prohibited item that could lead you to dead if you are caught with it. But that is not the case with Muslims, Buddhism and other world religious bodies. Yet Christianity becomes the fastest growing and biggest religious organization in the world. 

This article serves as monograph  regarding the root cause of the persecutions of Christians  quite unlike other world religious bodies and provide solution to that effect.

The cause of persecution based on radical Gospel are as follows:

1.     Jesus is the only way the truth and the life; no  man comes to the father unless by  him. His name is above all other names. Without passing through  him, you are a thief  and robber because you do not pass through the door way  (John chapter 10).  Meaning unless you are a Christian, you cannot gain salvation which come only through Jesus Christ as the doorway to the father. 

So Christian use any of the above radical gospel to attack or condemn other religious organizations that are not related to Christianity. That they will all go to hell if they do not come out of those religions.  

2.     It encourages criminal activities and also oppose the government social moral stand required in the society unlike other religious bodies through radical gospel which are quoted from the passage of the bible making Christianity become a radical religion.

Its world-wide spread outnumbering other religious bodies is based on the fact that it has become the fastest money making venture back-up by miracles, signs and wonders that attract members of other religious bodies. They have the best of religious music  - an entertainment forum for worshipers  unlike other religious bodies. 

They encourage criminal activities based on the fact that they no longer preach against sin unlike other religious bodies. The government effort is to combat  crimes in the society through punishment of law breakers  while other religious bodies supplement government effort by  preaching  against crimes through warring them of punishment after dead  and judgment day. While the radical gospel preachers   preach on GRACE because Jesus had paid the price of sin on the cross. So there is no need to feel guilty before God when they are in the church as they are  automatically righteous before God through the dead of Jesus Christ by his grace and you are free from the law of sin and dead and Jesus is their righteousness. Therefore,  some churches no longer preach about sin. So the more the churches are increasing in their numbers, the more criminal activities increased in the society.

Based on this development,  the government in those countries after analyzing all these factors restrict the  spreading of churches seeing Christianity as a radical religion capable of turning the society upside down in terms of social moral conduct quite unlike other religious bodies.

 In the above information, item 1 and 2 gives us some clues on why those countries restrict Christianity but accept other religious bodies. Now let me comment on item 1 and 2 above:-

Christians should bear in mind that Christianity was born during the reign of the Roman Emperors that were ruling the whole world and each Roman Emperor demanded to be worshiped as God the creator of the entire universe based on their believes. This is the reason why the Apostles and the rest of the Christians were preaching against and  projecting  the name of Jesus above all other names and not the name of the Emperor and Jesus is the door way to the father and not the Roman Emperors or their gods as a radical gospel which lead to their persecution and dead

Such radical gospel or teaching is not applicable to  our modern times  based on the fact that there is no King or President imposing himself on the whole world  to worship him as god rather they are free to worship in any religion of their choice provided it does not go against the laws of their countries in terms of social moral conduct and other illegal activities which are stated in their constitution. 

Ignorantly, Christians are still using the same radical gospel used by the Apostles to attack other religious bodies of the same or similar faith causing religious violence in several parts of the world and no longer preaching against crimes alongside with the government quite unlike the other religious bodies.  

Evidently, Ninety percent of all cases of religious violence are caused by Christians using the above radical messages and even insulting religious founders such as Prophet Muhammed and other Funders of religious bodies with the believe that they are fighting for Jesus. 

Now based on my own assessment and research, the Moslems are the closest religious body to me in Nigeria unlike the Buddhists’ and other religious bodies  located in other countries.  Like in the Middle East countries that are predominantly Moslems, Christians in those countries do not exhibit such radical attitude and preaching in the midst of the Moslems as they blend with them in terms of teaching and social moral behavior. 

In Nigeria, Christians in the North are far better than those in the South  based on the  influence of the Moslems who monitor  their activities as Islamic states. So there is competition among them in terms of social moral behavior quite unlike those in the South that are predominantly Christians where you see all manners of radical behavior and criminal activities based on radical gospel  which they hear in churches, satellite cable TV stations and in the internet. 

Also, let take India as an Example: India is predominantly Buddhist and Hindu nation  guided by their  traditional religious  believe in terms of social moral conduct.

Evidently, in the Indian film produced in the 70s and 80s you cannot see an Indian Actor and Actress kissing on the mouth as the whole world know it but today the story has changed. Indian Actors of the good old days are quite different from those we see today including in the musical industry. 

Consequently, we have stories of rape cases even in commercial buses based on the fact that as churches spread deep into India introducing radical gospel  messages, they came out in their thousands and be converted to Christianity first and gain freedom to  listening to radical gospel in those churches which has transformed the lifestyle of most of their youths who cannot go back to their former religious believe they now regard as satanic and demonic and regard Jesus as the only way to salvation;  You can now see a radical civilization as it happening in the Southern parts of Nigeria and in other parts of the world. 

These radical gospel are also  preached in the Satellite gospel television and watching the radical lifestyle  of those from other nations which they copy and practice in their individual countries specially in social media as predicted by Prophet Ezekiel of whom he wrote  “those who live carelessly in the Isles” (Ezek. 39:6). Some countries place a ban on social media and radical film shows and videos which would have negative impact on the citizenry and restrict access to bible and other Christian literature like China, Russia, North Korea and other parts of the world.  

THE ROLE OF ORTHODOX AND EVANGELISTICAL CHURCHES 

 

The orthodox churches were born out of the Pagan Roman Empire through the Roman Catholic Church which gave birth to the Protestant churches known as the Anglican, Methodist and others. The mother church being the Roman Catholic and the Protestant churches could blend with the societal religious believes, social and moral conduct like in the former pagan Roman Empire.  Since most part of the world were colonized by the West  who  introduced Christianity, they also introduced freedom of worship in different colonies including local language spelling and writing known as “vernacular” without any form of radical gospel to oppose other religion but preaching the real message of salvation as shown in the Hymn books which include evangelical messages through inspired songs. The most popular of all is the Sacred Songs and Solo (SS&S) written by Sankey.

 However, they preached against human rituals used in other religions regarded as illegal even by their Colonial Masters who are also Christians and also condemned the   killing of twins like Mary Sellessor of Calabar in  Nigeria  Some missionaries were killed in the processing of stopping   the barbaric act. They built missionary schools, hospitals, judiciary courts and brought new life to the rural communities. So they blend with the society in terms of  establishing good moral standard.   

Evidently, India had produced a great Saint from the Roman Catholic Church by name  Saint Theresa of Calcucuta   after several years of hard work in the Lord’s Vineyard even during the Colonial era when India was keeping up  their traditional religious believes known as Hinduism  and Buddhism abiding by their  social and moral conduct alongside with Christianity.   

But in the 70s and 80s as  envagelistical  churches spread into the fabric of the Indian society, with their radical gospel, making Indian to abandon their religious traditional believes to embrace Christianity since Jesus is the only way to the father, back up by miracles, signs and wonders, the story changed as they see Christianity as a religion of new civilization and those still in the old religion as uncivilized. 

In another development, in one of the television programme I watched named “Agatha” and elderly man invited as a Guess to discuss how the society of Nigeria could be changed in terms of social moral behavior,  he mentioned that in the late 70s one can open his  door  and sleep with his  two eyes closed till day break because there was no thief in the city of Lagos and the youths were surprised considering the radical nature of Lagos today full of churches.

This was made possible based on the fact that like Lagos and other parts of the world, the traditional religious group and the orthodox churches were playing  key role to combat crimes;  specially the traditional religious group were good at detecting and arresting criminals and placed punishment without physically arrested  by the traditional gods of the land and also preserved the virginity of young ladies before marriage. So there was sanity in the land apart from human rituals and witchcraft which was the only challenge as at that time and even now.  

 

Like in other parts of the world, Lagos was guided by three major security apparatus: The traditional religious group,  the Orthodox churches and the Government. But in the early 70s and 80s as the Pentecostal churches known as the evangelistical  churches troop into Nigeria through the Southern part of Nigeria with all manners of radical gospel back up by miracles, signs and wonders with easy style of worship  and musical entertainment, they began to wage war against the traditional religious worship regarded as demonic and satanic  and began to cast and bind them and as they are binding and casting  the more criminal activities increased as the criminals were free to operates as the gods of the land are no longer active to arrest criminals.

 So the whole security work load is only on  the side of the  government  and  is finding  it very difficult to combat crimes because the other security Agents such as the traditional religious leaders and churches are out of the system to combat crime and as many of those traditional religious leaders become Christians implied as given their lives to Christ as born again. The gods of the land now in protest  aid the criminals and as some church leaders  go to  the gods to acquire power to opening their churches.  So the entire security network has  collapsed as some of the church leaders are now Juju priest customers and can no longer preach against sin back-up by radical gospel of grace and righteousness of God through Jesus Christ. So no body is guilty before God as both the criminals in the churches and the Church leaders  are all righteous before God.

     

In another development, some members and Pastors in the Orthodox churches are being corrupt by radical teachings through satellite TV programmes, the internet and by attending interdenominational programme organized by radical preachers showing them the latest side of the gospel as preaching on sin is no longer relevant because we are now in the era of GRACE . So you cannot distinguish between Pentecostal and Orthodox churches based on the fact the Orthodox churches are losing members to the Pentecostal churches; So Some  also introduce their radical pattern of preaching, praise and worship as entertainment in order to retain their members. 

Consequently, some countries may allow Orthodox churches and restrict the Pentecostal churches in terms of teaching so that they do not corrupt their indigence with their radical teachings.    To be contd.

       

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