Your marriage is intact but how about your financial integrity?
Thou shall not commit adultery ....
...means don't divorce. Divorce in our churches is the sign of decreasing spirituality. That u are a pastor does not exempt you of spiritual responsibility to grow , deny yourself, and gain victory over the flesh.
Christianity calls for sacrificial love but we have extreme love of self and love of pleasure instead . Instead of forgiveness we are totally intolerant and holier than Thou. We are impatient with our children spouses and domestic helps. We are carnal and mundane and temporal in our world view. If am not enjoying it then it is not of God. This spiritual failure is the reason for divorce. It is a phenomenon that manifests in other areas of life but it is not noticed in those areas. Our failures in financial integrity is not published because our society tolerates certain levels of corruption . In fact if you do not cut corners in certain financial dealings you are accused of being over spiritual and not wise. But the occurrence of that moral insufficiency in our marriages attract odium because the general society still expects marriages to stay and Christians are saddled with the responsibility of bring models in this area .
The point of this write up is that Christians should have a big picture and not just emphasise the failure of marriages but to recognise that it is a sign of a deeper problem. We are dying spiritually . We are not growing. We have become very carnal. Spirituality immature and lacking in spiritual strength. We are losing the victory over the flesh. This is a wake up call not just for pastors but for you the christian . Including you the critic. Christians have their marriages intact but that is because their extra marital affairs are still secret. Your marriage is intact but how about your financial integrity. Sin is sin. I write to myself also. Let's fight the good fight of faith and possess our souls. Let's reduce the quest for prosperity and start having faith to conquer our carnality. Let's fight hatred , malice , envy and love of self and pleasure . Then all other things will be added unto us.
...means don't divorce. Divorce in our churches is the sign of decreasing spirituality. That u are a pastor does not exempt you of spiritual responsibility to grow , deny yourself, and gain victory over the flesh.
Christianity calls for sacrificial love but we have extreme love of self and love of pleasure instead . Instead of forgiveness we are totally intolerant and holier than Thou. We are impatient with our children spouses and domestic helps. We are carnal and mundane and temporal in our world view. If am not enjoying it then it is not of God. This spiritual failure is the reason for divorce. It is a phenomenon that manifests in other areas of life but it is not noticed in those areas. Our failures in financial integrity is not published because our society tolerates certain levels of corruption . In fact if you do not cut corners in certain financial dealings you are accused of being over spiritual and not wise. But the occurrence of that moral insufficiency in our marriages attract odium because the general society still expects marriages to stay and Christians are saddled with the responsibility of bring models in this area .
The point of this write up is that Christians should have a big picture and not just emphasise the failure of marriages but to recognise that it is a sign of a deeper problem. We are dying spiritually . We are not growing. We have become very carnal. Spirituality immature and lacking in spiritual strength. We are losing the victory over the flesh. This is a wake up call not just for pastors but for you the christian . Including you the critic. Christians have their marriages intact but that is because their extra marital affairs are still secret. Your marriage is intact but how about your financial integrity. Sin is sin. I write to myself also. Let's fight the good fight of faith and possess our souls. Let's reduce the quest for prosperity and start having faith to conquer our carnality. Let's fight hatred , malice , envy and love of self and pleasure . Then all other things will be added unto us.
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