Why do you think
people go to church today? Well, with what I’ve observed, people go to church
to get their problems solved, these problems include: finance, health, barrenness,
and many others. The point here is that these problems are being solved through
other methods apart from coming to the church, so why should we go to church
when these problems are solved through other means? What makes so special that
I can’t get anyone like Him anywhere in the entire universe till eternity
comes? Let’s find out.
When man fell in
Genesis man as I said before sort for how they could get back to God so they
devised several means. Part of the result of the fall was several problems as
seen above. Man in his quest to find a lasting solution found... the solution
(so he thought), either through encountering some spiritual forces or maybe
through some hard work; this went on and on till today. So, man’s seemed to
find a solution to his problem but what man failed to understand is that as a
problem was solved another problem emerged but was later solved. But still
another problem emerged and later it was solved. Man was and is still satisfied
with his problems being solved even though another emerges he feels he could
just get it solved as the others were. Man isn’t still thinking far today as to
why do problems keep coming up?
First of all, if
your main purpose of going to church is getting your problems solved, then you
don’t know why you became a Believer (speaking to Believers). This is because
any spiritual power can do it; today even science has proven that having your
mind focused on what you want gets you... what you want! The question we need
to ask ourselves is “where do all these problems come from?” If you need the
answer then let’s go back to Genesis.
At the
beginning, God wanted a family which He could have a relationship with; as we
know He made us free moral agents by making the choices by ourselves. But as we
know instead of choosing God, we chose ourselves. All the problems we claim to
have today are as a result of our selfish act we made at the beginning which is
popularly known as sin. All these problems keep coming and coming; and the only
way to solve them is by completely separating us from sin permanently. This
would imply that the only problem we have is SIN, and nothing else. The total
package of our problems is sin; and no other person or spirit could solve this
problem, but Jesus!
Sin is an
iniquity before God and those who carry it must be punished. But instead of us
being punished, Jesus decided to take our place. This can never be done by any
other spirit we claim solves our problems. The bible says in 2nd
Corinthians 5:21. “For He made Him who
knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in
Him.” (NKJV). Also, Romans 5:8 says, “But
God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.” (NKJV). You will never find any spirit showing love;
Christ didn’t demand for any sacrifice before He solved our problems, instead
He Himself became our sacrifice. And because the life of God was in Him He rose
on the third day in victory. Not only did He rise, God gave Him all authority
over heaven, earth and under the earth; and at the name of Jesus, every knee
will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord [ref.
Philippians 2:9-11].
Jesus didn’t
only just save us from our greatest problem; He took us away from the kingdom
of darkness into His kingdom of His kingdom and also made us joint heirs with
Himself [ref. Colossians 1:13 and Romans 8:17 respectively]. You can’t get such
privilege anywhere else in the universe, so why bother yourself with a weak
link when you have the universe at your disposal. But all these cannot just
come over you like; this is because we are free moral agents, we have to make
the choice ourselves by accepting Jesus, just as He Himself said, “...whosoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16b NKJV, also, “If you confess with your mouth the Lord
Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will
be saved.” Romans 10:9 NKJV.
Remember, the
only problem we had was the problem was the problem of sin which Jesus has taken
away. But, when you accept Him as Lord you find out all you problems have been
taken away, just Jesus Himself said, “Therefore
I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will
drink; nor about your body, what you will put on... for after all these things
the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these
things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these
things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:25, 32 and 33 NKJV. All these is
because of His love for us and this is the gospel truth.
Why not accept
Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus,
I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God
raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank
You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand
new!
Log
on next time.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
Unless
otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version
(KJV)
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