Playing Church: Is That What Christianity Is About?

I know someone will be like, “she has come again.”, but don’t get it twisted, you’ll understand me at the end of it all. So what is this about really? Am I against people that go to church? No. I just want to point out some things that are happening, not to criticize or judge, but to point out the repercussion for hypocrisy especially in church.

   

    

   Recently, I saw a post on www.nairaland.com/ about some kidnappers. It is remarkable because there were three of them, but they mentioned “Christ Embassy Music Director….bla bla bla” I felt bad about the news and sad for the men involved. Especially for the one from CE. My question is. Why must you mention his church? To get more views? It is obviously working for you, but to what end? Nevertheless, let me move on.

    I’ll start by reminding us about what the bible says about the last days in 2 Timothy 3:1-8,

“1. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2. For men shall become lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3. Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4. traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God 5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away 6. For of this such are they which creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divert lusts, 7. ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth 8. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.”

Now that we’ve seen the scripture, we know that it is inevitable that there will always be thieves, murderers, whore-mongers, liars, cheats, etc in the church. They have been there since the inception of the church and will be till the end, especially now…the last days. Mathew 24:12 says,

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”

In spite of this fact, like my sister will always tell me, you don’t have to let that scripture be fulfilled in your life. That same bible says, “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Why don’t you be among the few? Why don’t you be the one that makes a difference?

\    Nowadays, you hear Christians say things like, “let’s live God aside on this matter.” Really? At what point do you bring Him in? Don’t you get it? HE IS GOD! He is not someone or thing you toss around whenever you feel like it. When you are sick, or you want to fly, or go on a trip or traveling to the village or pursuing a huge contract you call on him, but once you get what you want, you ‘keep him aside’. You call on God, but you womanize (in church), consciously put in effort to sleep with other people’s spouses, steal, dupe people of their hard earned money, etc. it’s one thing to fall into sin, and ask God for forgiveness, with a decision not to go back, but when it becomes your lifestyle, your custom…its natural/normal for you to do unholy things because, as some will put it, “I can’t help it.”, then there is no difference between you and one who has rejected the gospel entirely.

It is terrible and sad when one commits a crime and his crime is tied to the church, but one must not be moved, for these things have been foretold in the scriptures concerning the end time.

Playing church is:

1. When you go to church every week, but with no intention of practicing what you hear.
2. When the pastor is preaching and all you do is to find a fault in his teaching. Hence, you came with the mind of opposition.
3. When the only reason you are in church is to be calculating who takes the offering and tithe home and how much tax the church should be paying to the government.
4. When the reason why you even go to church is for fear of going to hell.
5. When all your mind is set on showcasing all the latest trends in fashion; makeup, hair, clothing, etc. it’s not a crime to look good, but it should be your sole purpose for “worshipping” God.
6. When you join a church because you are looking for a life partner and you heard this is where you find the hottest and richest sisters and brothers in the Lord.
7. When you go to church because the “man/woman of your dreams” attends that church and you are on a mission to catch them in your web.
8. When you go to church, but your lifestyle is nothing to write home about. A pastor once said, “if you call yourself a child of God, but your friends never call you to pray for them, unbelievers around you never make a jest of you or call you things like, ‘pastor’, ‘sister’, ‘brother’: they never ask you to pray for them when they are sick or going through challenges, then you are not a child of God.”
    Lesson: As a Christian, your life should show the fruits of righteousness. Christianity is a lifestyle, you live it. People should look at you and identify with divinity in you. The imprint of God should be made manifest in your thoughts, words and actions.

9. When you are in church with a motive to sleep with all available single ladies (and even available married ones) because you hear they are very cheap. Hahaha… Really? You are just making yourself an available vessel for the devil to use to wreck the House of God. Choose to be a vessel for praise and worship. Funny enough, you think you are a player, but trust me, the devil is the highest player of all times. He uses and dumps you in a very miserable way. You may get away with your immorality for a long time, but the “day of the Lord cometh like a thief in the night...” you won’t know what hit you.

Serving God is all encompassing. It is going to church, helping the needy, kindness, love, evangelism, soul-winning, singing praises to God, praying, etc. hence, the main purpose for going to church is to show reverence to go and more so, because He says we should, “do not forsake the gathering together of saints”. We are also reminded in Ephesians 2:19, “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.” He church is your family, you may not be a member of ‘A’ denomination, but each time you speak or propagate evil about it, you are doing it to denominations ‘B’, ‘C’ and the rest of them.

N:B No matter how much we go to church and pray, God sees your heart and your motive. If you want, kidnap people to sow the highest seed, whore around to afford the latest fashion, lie your way to the top, manipulate other people to do your mischievous buddings, etc whether in the church or not, He sees your heart. And you’re gonna answer for it in due time.

How to Know He Is Not Ready For Commitment

Hello. I know many people have dealt with this subject a number of times, but unfortunately women still make mistakes with men. Like a friend of mine pointed out, many times people cause their own battles and then begin to pray to God to come and fight for them. Another friend of mine once told me that 90% of every failed relationship is the woman’s fault. So I want to open it up to my readers, what do you think about that? Do you believe that is true?

Well let’s look at some things that men do to show that he is not willing to commit. This symptoms can mostly be indiscernible in extreme cases when the man in question completely has you schooled, so you've got to be prayerful. For instance if he goes to the point of introducing you to fake, in some cases real parents and relatives, in which case, he definitely has a hidden agenda beyond trying to get you to bed.

1.        If he tells you he loves you but he has someone else. He is clearly letting you know you can’t hold him responsible for your future heartbreak if you go ahead with him.

2.       If he answers a woman’s call and lies about his whereabouts when he is with you. This shows he is protecting that other woman. He doesn’t want her to feel hurt and suspicious, especially if his alibi is a very safe place like, hanging with the boys, having a meeting, etc

3.       If he says or acts like he is doing you a favor by being with you. Don’t be so naïve to fall for this trick. They use it against women who they know want to belong or are desperately in need of attachment…so they go, “do you know how many women that want to be with me?”

4.      If he never calls, especially after you’ve complained. Mega HANDWRITING that says, “you are hardly/never on my mind.” No matter how busy a person is, he will find time to call or see you.

5.       If he only calls you when he is in town. Hello can I hear someone say, “Booty call.”? He only wants you for the night or the period he is in town, after that, he returns to his destination and you never hear from him again till he is in town again. Please, you are too beautiful to be remembered once in a blue moon.

6.      When you met, he used to spend loads of cash on you, after you had sex, he now goes, “I’m low on cash.” It’s obvious he has gotten what he was really gunning for. So by the time he frustrates you with lack of affection, he expects you to quit by yourself. Nevertheless, if you are that needy to want to stick with him, maybe, by the time he is done with you, your name will change from ‘Mary’ to ‘Ry’, because you’re going to be a far cry from whom you used to be, emotionally, financially, psychologically and other wise.

7.       If he relates with you on a short term bases. Someone can pretend, but not forever. One day, he is going to give himself away with his words. Pay attention to details. If he never mentions you in his future plans, watch it girl. He clearly and consciously doesn’t want to raise your hopes. Nevertheless, this sometimes works differently, so you really need to discern what exactly is going on in that ‘handsome’ head. In a genuine case, it could be he doesn’t want to scare you away with talks of the future or he is truly not ready to settle down, so there is no need making promises he is not ready to fulfill.

8.      If he is directly or indirectly in a hurry to go to bed with you. Nonetheless, do not be deceived, some players have become very smart. If you are not careful, you will mistake their persistence for patience. Watch it girl.

9.      If he has lied to you about his name, age, workplace, home address, etc. if you just find out the record of lies he has told you are more than the truths about him, it means he doesn’t want you to know who he really is. He could also have some secret, if you’re willing to stay, just hope that whatever secret he has works out for your good at the end of the day.

10.    If he gives you a time table of when and when not to call him. This is tricky. I’m not talking about the normal, don’t call when he is at work (which is usually not necessary except in exceptional cases). I mean like he clearly, maps out a plan of when is convenient for you to call, like, from 7:00pm – 6:00am is not a good time to call me, watch it girl. He could have a live-in lover or a wife at home. Don’t be deceived by his sparky, clean responsible appearance.

11.     If you give him the “so” question, and he is like, “baby, I love you, but if you see someone that wants to marry you, just go ahead.” That is it. No hidden handwriting! He has said it as it is. Take the cue and take a walk.