Majority of Nigerians Claiming To Be Christians Are Actually Practicing Witchcraft and Not Christianity

Majority of Nigerians Claiming To Be Christians Are Actually Practicing Witchcraft and Not Christianity

If there is any verse in the Holy Bible that best describes majority of those claiming to be ‘Christians” in Nigeria is Matthew 15:8-9

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.”

This is not the first time the hypocrisy of majority of Nigerian church goers have been addressed and will not be the last until Nigerians who count and see themselves worthy of claiming to be “Christians” show their Christianity in Truth and in Spirit and not in falsehood which is the order of the day.
We must stop deceiving and fooling ourselves, because we may fool the whole world, but we cannot fool God.

Our disobedience is the cause of the widespread violence destroying thousands of lives and properties in Nigeria and disobedience is rebellion and God says rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft (1 Samuel 15:23|).

Anyone who is a true Christian cannot do evil. Therefore, anyone who does evil is not a “Christian”.
Anyone who does anything to harm or hurt another person directly or indirectly is evil.
Anyone who makes life difficult or miserable for another person is evil.
Anyone who is an enemy of the progress and success of another person is evil. And evil is witchcraft.
Bitterness is witchcraft.
Envy is witchcraft.
Jealousy is witchcraft.
Greed is witchcraft.
Adultery is witchcraft.
Yes, ADULTERY IS WITCHCRAFT.
When you have vowed to be faithful to your spouse in marriage and then later cheat on your spouse, you are practicing witchcraft.
Make no excuses for adultery.
If you are no longer happy or secure in marriage, QUIT first and DON’T CHEAT.
If you quit first, no one can accuse you of cheating or adultery. But it is witchcraft to be sleeping in the same bed with your spouse and then go behind to sleep with another person and return with whatever warts and all you have contracted from the person to sleep with your spouse again. For when you lie to commit the evil of adultery, you are practicing witchcraft.
Do you know how many horrible and terrible lies and evils people have done in adultery?
Hurting, harming and even killing others?
Do you know how many innocent children suffer and even die, because of the adultery of their father or mother?

The seven deadly sins are wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony and each is a form of Idolatry-of-Self wherein the subjective reigns over the objective. And each of these sins is a rebellion against what our Lord and Messiah Jesus Christ said: “Love your neighbour as yourself.”

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.. There is no commandment greater than these.’
~ Mark 12:30-31New International Version (NIV).

For the totality of true Christianity has been defined by the life of Jesus Christ in pure and true love of which everyone knows is the truth. And God said that without love we are nothing. And if you truly love one another, you can never do anything bad or evil to each other.

As Jesus Christ said, love your neighbour as yourself and not compete with your neighbour. But majority of those confessing and professing to be “Christians” in Nigeria are competing with their neighbours and not loving their neigbhours. Because it is the competition with ourselves that causes the desperation to cheat, rob, steal and kill in bitterness, envy, jealousy and greed.

The evils of witchcraft are also common among those who claim to be pastors and even bishops. But Jesus Christ also exposed then when he said: “You Will Know Them by Their Fruits”

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
~ Matthew 7:15-20New King James Version (NKJV)

Anyone who is a true Christian and knows the Word of God cannot be deceived, fooled and misled by fake pastors and fake bishops in Nigeria, because by their behaviour and character you shall know them.
What is the difference between the ritual cultist who makes an evil sacrifice in calabashes or earthen bowls and keeps than at the T-Junction of the street and the one in white garment who breaks coconut at the T-Junction of the street at midnight? Nothing, because both of them are worshipers of demons even though the one in white garment rings the bell everyday and shouts verses from the Holy Bible. But by what he or she does is enough to show that he or she is not a Christian. I don’t know when Jesus Christ and his saints broke coconuts or prayed with candles of different colours! May God deliver us.

Anyone claiming to be a pastor or bishop and tells you to go and make rituals in any form at any spot, is fake.
The totality of true Christianity is defined by Jesus Christ and totally explained in the New Testament and anything contrary is falsehood.

Now you wonder why many of those claiming to be “Christians” have been caught napping in the middle belt and northern regions of Nigeria by demonic marauders in the camouflage of Islam? They have failed to follow the instructions of our Lord and Messiah Jesus Christ, because he warned us never to stay wherever the people reject us.

If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
~ Matthew 10:13-15King James Version (KJV).

We must follow the instructions of Jesus Christ and not disobey them. Only disobedient and ignorant people claiming to be “Christians” will go and stay where the people have rejected Christianity and provoke them to attack and even kill you and then accuse of them of attacking and killing “Christians”.
Are these victims really true Christians or mere church goers?
There is a difference between church goers and real and true “Christians”. By their characters you shall know them. Don’t mistake those practicing witchcraft for Christians.

Who says we need gigantic church buildings and mammoth crowds to prove that God is with us or that we are a Christian church?
What I call "My Church is Bigger Than Yours" Syndrome.
Did God and Jesus Christ command us to compete for the Guinness Book of Records?

My mother of blessed memory (Mrs. Gladys Eke) who read no other book to me, except the Holy Bible said the Holy Spirit does not live in a house built with hands. The Holy Spirit lives in the heart filled with love. And not the heart filled with bitterness, envy, jealousy, greed and hatred, because, without love, no one can please God.

16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
17 Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
18 When you saw a thief, you consented[a] with him,
And have been a partaker with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evil,
And your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”
~ Psalm 50 New King James Version (NKJV)

Lest we deceive ourselves by name dropping God and making excuses that we are saved by grace and not works, please, examine yourself again. What is grace?

Let me put this out as it is clearly written in Ephesians 2: 8-10, New International Version (NIV)

8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

It common practice for many of us to quote “saved by grace and not works” and use it out of context to make foolish excuses for our crimes and evils. The quote said we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus TO DO GOOD WORKS WHICH GOD PREPARED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO.

If we don’t do the good works which God prepared in advance for us to do, then we will not enjoy the grace of His infinite love. Those who do good works of God will not do evil.

May God help us all to do good works and honour God always as true Christians and not fooling ourselves in lip service and eye service of falsehood.


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, aka "Orikinla Osinachi", author of Children of Heaven, Scarlet Tears of London, The Language of True Love, Bye, Bye Zimbabwe, In the House of Dogs, The Prophet Lied, Diary of the Memory Keeper, Nollywood Mirror Series and other books in print and electronic versions distributed by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Lulu, Tower Books and other booksellers worldwide.

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Adultery is Not Enough Reason for Divorce

The truth is no true Christian spouse will divorce the other, because of adultery.

Adultery is not enough reason for divorce.

If God did not break up with us in spite of our sins, then who are we to break up with others, because of their sins?

Those who don't know how to forgive will never know how to love.

And God will have mercy only on the merciful

God answers and treats us as we answer and treat others.

Read Matthew 7 and learn from what our Lord and Messiah Jesus Christ said.

Jesus Christ never approved divorce, because of adultery.

No true Christian will divorce his or her wife, because of adultery.
It does not show maturity.


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, prize winning Nigerian writer and author of the Language of True Love and other books.


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Daily Encounter: Love Me, Love You

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Monday, August 18, 2014

Love

"There are three things that remain—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love."1

Many years ago, when I was a youth, I read the following poem that I have never forgotten. It was written by John Oxenham:

Love ever gives, forgives outlives,
And ever stands with open hands,
And while it lives, it gives.
For this is love's prerogative–
to give, and give, and give.

As the Apostle Paul wrote in perhaps the greatest literary masterpiece on love ever written: "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing."2

Love is much more than sentiment and even a feeling. It's a commitment of one imperfect person to another. It's a choice. It's a byproduct of growth and maturity. It is a gift from God. It also needs to be learned. We learn it from loving people who know us totally—warts and all—and still love us. And we learn it from others who model it, the supreme example being the Lord Jesus.

And remember, we always need to do the loving thing—even when we don't feel loving.

Suggested prayer:
"Dear God, in the words of John Powell, 'Please don't let me die without having fully lived and fully loved.' Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus's name, amen."

1. Paul the Apostle (1 Corinthians 13:13, TLB).
2. 1 Corinthians13:1-3 (NIV).

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Because He is the God of All Possibilities

 I thank God for 2014, because He has been making awesome things to happen for me.

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
~ Psalm 37:5King James Version (KJV).

These are my testimonies to the glory and glory of God alone, because He will never share His glory with anybody or anything. For all the glory in the heavens, on earth and the entire universe belong to Him and Him alone.

1. I was offered residency at the famous Tyrone Guthrie Centre for creative artists at Annaghmakerrig, Ireland to complete my drama "Chi Amanda".

2. In spite of challenges of debtors not paying me and others running away with my money, and a Nigerian graphic artist abandoning work after I paid him 50% in advance, God sent me an international graphic artist and art director Juvelin Aripal from the Philippines and enough money to pay her to design the second edition of my NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series.

3. This is the most awesome so far this year.

I am glad and grateful to God to share the following testimony with you, because the vision for iPost Nigeria was seen in one of the night vigils in our church, Trinity Tabernacle parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lagos in 1997, the same year Yahoo launched ahead of Google that launched the following year 1998. I did not know much about the internet and did not even have an email and no personal computer. But something in me told me that the vision seen by our pastor was meant for me. I was working in the office of the General Overseer Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye before I left with his blessings to work as an independent Production Manager for "Money Wise" on DBN TV. Dr.Mike Murdock is also my mentor while Bishop Mike Okonkwo of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) and Rev. Wilson Badejo, former GO of the Foursquare Gospel Church have sowed financially into my King of Kings Books International that gave birth to my International Digital Post Network Limited for which I started my first website Nigerian Times International and went on to start blogging in 2005 and today I am the most prolific African blogger with over 30 active blogs and with the most viewed Nigerian page on Google+ (over 11, 400, 000 views so far at the rate of over 450, 000 views monthly).

iPost Nigeria's video news and entertainment platform will be better and higher than YouTube according to the tech experts who have seen the video demo and projected to make US$1 Billion in 12 Months after launch.
While other similar mobile video entertainment platforms are looking for content and even spending millions of dollars on producing content, I already have direct access to regular content 24/7. Then Al Jazeera called me that they are coming to interview me on my Nollywood Digital projects and especially the coming First Nollywood Digital Cinema Fair of my International Digital Post Network Limited.

The iPost Nigeria’s mobile video app will make it one of the most advanced news innovation projects in the world and also one of the most advanced social media networks for millions of the users of mobile phones and tablets in the world. And it has been short listed for the 2014 Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) Awards, African Network Information Center (AFRINIC)'s flagship grants and awards programme, http://www.fireafrica.org/projects/projects/view/299.

For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced.
~ Matthew 12:37Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Seeing the Invisible

Seeing the Invisible

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard."1

In A Slice of Infinity Betsy Childs writes, "Are you sitting down? If so, you may be under the impression that you are also sitting still, but the fact is that you are in rapid motion. I'm referring to the earth's rotation; in the course of a day, our planet rotates at the brisk rate of 1000 miles per hour at the equator. Then there's the earth's orbital rate of rotation; we have to travel roughly 67,000 miles an hour to make it all the way around the sun in a year. Are you feeling any motion sickness yet?

"I could hardly be more stationary than I am right now as I sit here before my computer. But in spite of the fact that I don't feel like I'm moving, I know that I am. I see the effects every day in the sun's rising and setting."2

I've never seen electricity but I know it exists because of its numerous effects seen every day in lighting, heating, cooling, running all sorts of equipment—and in "ten thousand" other uses.

I don't know any educated person who doesn't believe in the rotation of the earth or in electricity even though we can't see either of these—or a thousand other things that affect our daily life that we can't see with the naked eye. But many say they don't believe in God because they haven't seen him or they cannot feel his presence.

However, if we want to believe in God, we will see evidence of his existence everywhere we look. As God's Word says, "The heavens declare the glory of God." And as Helen Keller said, "There are none so blind as those who refuse to see."

Basically, we all pretty much see what we want to see, hear what we want to hear, remember what we want to remember, and believe in what we want to believe in. To believe or not to believe in God is perhaps more often than not a moral choice. If we choose to believe in God, we know we are morally responsible. If we choose not to believe in God, we delude ourselves into thinking we can live as we please without any consequences.

However, our disbelief in God doesn't alter His reality any more than refusing to believe in electricity and grabbing hold of a high-voltage electric wire. The end result of both of these is death—one immediate physical death, the other spiritual death which, at the end of this life, is eternal separation from God, the author of all love and life. We are all given a choice about God either to believe or not to believe. And as Joshua said to the ancient Israelites long ago, "Choose you this day whom you will serve."3

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please open the eyes of my understanding so that I will see the reality of Your existence and genuinely choose to believe in and serve You. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus's name, amen."

1. Psalm 19:1-3 (NIV).
2. A Slice of Infinity, "The Invisible Pull" by Betsy Childs. © 2006 Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. All Rights Reserved. http://www.rzim.org/index.php
3. Joshua 24:15.

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Captives and Slaves of Religion Are Living in Bondage

I think it is pathetic to follow any religion without your personal conviction, but just following the direction and instruction of a tradition that you are not even sure of the foundation and origin. And this is the situation of millions of people in the world today who are captives living in the bondage of one religion or another and in fear of being attacked and murdered by those who bully and terrorize them by sword and word and with guns and canons of oppression. I call them captives and slaves of ignorance.

~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, author of "The Prophet Lied".

See Lying Prophets - Ezekiel 13, Holy Bible.

Lying Prophets

13 The Lord said:

² Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the prophets of Israel who say they speak in my name, but who preach messages that come from their own imagination. Tell them it’s time to hear my message.

³ I, the Lord God, say those lying prophets are doomed! They don’t see visions—they make up their own messages!  
⁴ Israel’s prophets are no better than jackals^[a] that hunt for food among the ruins of a city.  
⁵ They don’t warn the people about coming trouble or tell them how dangerous it is to sin against me.  
⁶ Those prophets lie by claiming they speak for me, but I have not even chosen them to be my prophets. And they still think their words will come true. 
  ⁷ They say they’re preaching my messages, but they are full of lies—I did not speak to them!
⁸ So I am going to punish those lying prophets for deceiving the people of Israel with false messages.  
⁹ I will turn against them and no longer let them belong to my people. They will not be allowed to call themselves Israelites or even to set foot in Israel. Then they will realize that I am the Lord God.
¹⁰ Those prophets refuse to be honest. They tell my people there will be peace, even though there’s no peace to be found. They are like workers who think they can fix a shaky wall by covering it with paint. 
¹¹ But when I send rainstorms, hailstones, and strong winds, the wall will surely collapse.  
¹² People will then ask the workers why the paint didn’t hold it up.
¹³ That wall is the city of Jerusalem. And I, the Lord God, am so angry that I will send strong winds, rainstorms, and hailstones to destroy it.  
¹⁴ The lying prophets have tried to cover up the evil in Jerusalem, but I will tear down the city, all the way to its foundations. And when it collapses, those prophets will be killed, and everyone will know that I have done these things.
¹⁵ The city of Jerusalem and its lying prophets will feel my fierce anger. Then I will announce that the city has fallen and that the lying prophets are dead, 
¹⁶ because they promised my people peace, when there was no peace. I, the Lord God, have spoken.

Women Who Wear Magic Charms

 

The Lord said:

¹⁷ Ezekiel, son of man, now condemn the women of Israel who preach messages that come from their own imagination.  
¹⁸ Tell them they’re doomed! They wear magic charms on their wrists and scarves on their heads, then trick others into believing they can predict the future.^[b] They won’t get away with telling those lies.  
¹⁹ They charge my people a few handfuls of barley and a couple pieces of bread, and then give messages that are insulting to me. They use lies to sentence the innocent to death and to help the guilty go free. And my people believe them!
²⁰ I hate the magic charms they use to trick people into believing their lies. I will rip those charms from their wrists and set free the people they have trapped like birds.^{[c]  
21} I will tear the scarves from their heads and rescue my people from their power once and for all. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
²² They do things I would never do. They lie to good people and encourage them to do wrong, and they convince the wicked to keep sinning and ruin their lives.  
²³ I will no longer let these women give false messages and use magic, and I will free my people from their control. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have done these things.

Footnotes:

1. 13.4 jackals: Desert animals related to wolves, but smaller.
2. 13.18 They wear. . . the future: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
3. 13.20 like birds: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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Come, Follow Me

How long have you been following Jesus Christ?
How many people have you found and led to him?
And lest we forget, He has not sent us to look for the perfect ones, but the sick.
So when you go fishing, expect to also catch both the good and bad fish and even the strangest creatures on earth.

You can never know the beauty of light until you have passed through the darkest path.
And you can never know the beauty of love until you have seen the monstrosity of hatred.
And how can you know the best when you have not seen the worst?

Do not be afraid of what you may see out there as you go fishing in the deep.
And do not surrender to your fears, lest your fears conquer you.
Look on unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
For your our faith is our strength.


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima.

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Happy Easter! He Is Risen!

He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.- Matthew 28: 6, Holy Bible (New King James Version).

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
~ John 8:32 (King James Version)

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Disobedience To God is the Cause of the Violence in Nigeria

  

Bomb experts search for evidences in front of buses at a bomb blast scene at Nyanyan in Abuja April 14, 2014. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters)

Nigerians today live in fear more than ever before, because of the violence plaguing the most populous country in Africa. But the widespread violence is caused by disobedience to God.

Disobedience begets violence or rebellion which the Holy Bible says is witchcraft and violence leads to destruction and destruction leads to death as we have seen in all the reported cases of violent crimes, evils and other atrocities in Nigeria. See weekly map on violence in Nigeria on http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2014/04/14/weekly-map-of-political-and-ethnic-violence-in-nigeria/.

Violence does not just start overnight. 

It starts from a rebellious heart.

Bad and evil thoughts germinate and grow into bad and evil acts form the closets to the streets and  to the corridors of power. 

And from the bedroom to the boardroom.

Boko Haram terrorists are attacking and killing innocent people and no one has asked who are the suppliers of their arms, SUVs and trucks.

The cultists caught in ritual murders of innocent people are reported in the news, but the police and press have not investigated and exposed their customers who as we speak are still living among us and many of them are in fact regular church goers and mosque goers pretending to be "Christians" and "Muslims". But they cannot fool God by their mere eye service and lip service, because Jesus Christ said:

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

~ Matthew 7:20, Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV)

These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules

~ Matthew 15:8-9, Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV)

What makes us true or false Christians shall be known by what we manifest in our lives and they can be known by the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues shown by our behaviors and lifestyles.

The 7 Deadly Sins

1. A proud look
2. A lying tongue
3. Hands that shed innocent blood
4. A heart that devises wicked plots
5. Feet that are swift to run into mischief
6. A deceitful witness that uttereth lies
7. Him that soweth discord among brethren

Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.

Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.

Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.

Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.

Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.

Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.

Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.

The 7 Heavenly Virtues

1.      Faith

2.       Hope

3.      Charity

4.      Fortitude

5.      Justice

6.      Temperance

7.      Prudence

Please, check yourself and if you are practicing the evils of the seven deadly sins, repent before it is too late for you and members of your family and relations.

Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

⁷ Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

⁸ For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

~ Galatians 6:6-8, Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV)

May God help us all to live in obedience of His Word and save us from the violence of rebellion and wickedness.

Then said I, Lo, I come:
in the volume of the book it is written of me,
⁸ I delight to do thy will, O my God:yea, thy law is within my heart.

~ Psalm 40:7-8, Holy Bible, Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

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Going To Redemption Camp for the Monthly Holy Ghost Service is Not By Force

Many people have been attacking the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) for causing the traffic congestion at KM 46, location of the sprawling Redemption Camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway every first Friday of every month for their popular Holy Ghost Night to fellowship and worship God with the General Overseer Pastor E.A. Adeboye and other anointed Ministers of God. But going to the Redemption Camp is not by force.

Our mandate is for the church to make heaven and not the Guinness World Records. 

God is not looking for record breaking crowds, but true believers who will fellowship and worship Him in spirit and in truth and not by lip service and eye service of hypocrisy.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
~ John 4:24, Holy Bible, (King James Version).

Many congregants of the RCCG and others can fully participate in the Holy Ghost service from their various parishes and other locations, but some overzealous pastors often make it compulsory for members of their parishes to go to Redemption Camp when the GO never insisted on it, because God is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent and it is written:

And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.
For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance,
As the Lord has said,
Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.
~ Joel 2:32, Holy Bible (New King James Version)

RCCG members and others who are located far away from the Redemption Camp can join the service through the live broadcast as the last one was shown live onhttp://www.mutiuokediran.com

God has commanded us to make disciples of all nations and thank God for the internet, because we can do so from anywhere we are on the world wide web with mobile phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, etc. And we don't even need a private jet to do so as Jesus Christ never needed a chariot to preach the Good News from place to place whilst He was here on earth.

Pastors must stop suffering people gladly by forcing them to travel miles from far away locations and many of them often arrive the Redemption Camp too tired to even keep awake during the Holy Ghost night vigil and fall asleep while the service is in progress. 
Many ignorant parents and guardians come with their innocent children hungry and too weak to even walk.
Many road tragedies have been reported and God is not to blame for them, because He did command them to suffer themselves like that.

I don't know how many pastors feed the hungry members of their parishes after coercing them to travel long distances to the Redemption Camp.
Many churches have not learned lessons from the ministry of Jesus Christ and the feeding of 5, 000 people as documented in Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17 and John 6:1-15. And when some churches try to emulate Him, they fail to do so with love, but just do so perfunctorily. And I have seen a church feeding the poor people on the streets of Lagos like they were dogs. 
Would they feed Jesus Christ like that?
They forgot the lessons in Matthew 25: 31-46.

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Unclad, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or Unclad, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: Unclad, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or Unclad, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

May God have mercy on us and help us to truly love our neighbors as we love ourselves and not competing with our neighbors.

~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima.

Visit my Word of God blog http://therhema.blogspot.com/

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'JESUS,' The Most Viewed Film of All Time Now on Blu-ray and DVD

27 Jan 2014 17:00 Africa/Lagos

'JESUS,' the Most Viewed Film of All Time, to Release in High-Definition for 35th Anniversary

Original movie digitally re-mastered frame-by-frame with new musical score; Blu-ray edition hits stores in April

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of its 35th anniversary, "JESUS" – the most watched film in history, having been viewed billions of times – has now been re-mastered in high-definition with a complete new musical score in Dolby 5.1 surround sound.

Amid a wave of biblical theatrical movies releasing this spring, this classic film, re-titled "The JESUS Film," will have select theatrical showings around the nation beginning in March. Additionally, partnering with Cinedigm and Mission Home Video, the high-definition film will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital format in retail and online stores nationwide April 1.

"The JESUS Film" is a faithful depiction of Christ's birth, ministry, death and resurrection as told in the biblical account from the Gospel of Luke. Virtually every word Jesus speaks in "The JESUS Film" is quoted from Scripture, with 450 leaders and scholars having reviewed the script for biblical accuracy. Further historical accuracy was ensured using clothing, pottery and other props made with first-century methods to portray a 2,000-year-old Palestinian culture.

"When the original 'JESUS' film was released 35 years ago, it was ahead of its time," said Dr. Erick Schenkel, Executive Director of The JESUS Film Project®, a ministry of Cru. "Yet, while the film has introduced billions of individuals around the world to the person of Jesus, few in the U.S. have ever seen it. We believe this new re-mastered version will give audiences an accurate picture of who Jesus is and why individuals around the world have chosen to follow Him, shown with production values they have come to expect."

"The JESUS Film" has been officially recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records as the "Most Translated Film" in history, and is now is available in 1,197 languages. In addition, more than 200 million individuals worldwide have indicated a decision to follow Jesus after viewing "The JESUS Film." This story of the film's impact over the past 35 years will be shown through an exclusive new short feature narrated by actor Ernie Hudson and available on the re-mastered Blu-ray and DVD. Each disc will include "The JESUS Film" in a total of eight languages – English, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Vietnamese, German, Korean and Arabic.

During the film's restoration, each of its 173,000 frames were individually and painstakingly re-touched and re-colored, and new sound effects were added. The quality of the re-mastered, high-definition version of "The JESUS Film" is equal, if not greater, to other re-released classic films from similar eras, including "The Ten Commandments."

"Unlike other religious films, which contain graphic violence or do not adhere to Scripture, 'The JESUS Film' script is taken directly from the Bible and shown in a cinematic style suitable for all ages," Schenkel said. "The new greatly enhanced video and sound quality elevates the emotional viewing experience of this 35-year-old film to a new level, making it fresh and appealing to a generation that may not be aware of who Jesus is."

In addition to being made available in retail and online stores, The JESUS Film Project has joined Cinedigm and Mission Home Video with Tugg, Inc., to offer a minimum of 35 weekly theatrical viewings in honor of 35 years beginning in March. For only the cost of a ticket, any individual can choose to host a one-time showing in his or her local theater.

For information about "The JESUS Film" high-definition release and theatrical showings in available localities, visit http://www.JESUSFilmHD.com.

The JESUS Film Project
The "JESUS" film was created by The JESUS Film Project, a ministry of Cru, following founder Bill Bright's vision to take the message of Jesus to the world through video.

Cinedigm
Cinedigm is the leading independent content distributor in the United States, with direct relationships with over 60,000 physical and digital retailers, including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, iTunes, Netflix and Amazon. The company's library of over 32,000 titles and episodes encompasses award-winning documentaries from Docurama Films®, next-gen Indies from Flatiron Film Company®, acclaimed independent films and festival picks through partnerships with the Sundance Institute and Tribeca Films and a wide range of content from brand name suppliers, including National Geographic, Discovery, Scholastic, WWE, NFL, Shout Factory, Hallmark, Jim Henson and more. Cinedigm proudly distributes numerous Oscar®-nominated films, including "The Invisible War," "Hell And Back Again," "Gasland," "Waste Land" and "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory;" current and upcoming theatrical releases include Destin Daniel Cretton's highly acclaimed "Short Term 12," Godfrey Reggio's "Visitors," Penny Lane's "Our Nixon" and Shaul Schwarz's "Narco Cultura."

Mission Home Video
Mission Home Video, a subsidiary of Mission Pictures International ("MPI"), is a home entertainment distribution and marketing company that specializes in high-quality family and faith-based entertainment for mainstream audiences worldwide. Founded in 2008 by Cindy Bond and Chevonne O'Shaughnessy, MPI's primary focus and commitment has been to firmly establish and maximize its trusted and vibrant brand of entertaining and life-affirming feature film and television programming throughout the global marketplace.

EDITOR'S NOTE:
For additional media information, visit http://alarryross.com/newsroom/thejesusfilm/ .

FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
A. Larry Ross Communications
Kristin Cole 972.267.1111
kristin@alarryross.com

SOURCE Cinedigm

Web Site: http://jesusfilmhd.com

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