Posted by Ambassador T. Brikins
Insecurity. Unemployment. Poverty. Greed. Dissatisfaction.
Disappointment. Rape. Deceit. Kidnappings and killings. Adolescent and Adult delinquencies.
Disease, sickness and
Death,
etc.
These numberless and nameless other
challenges respect no geographic boundaries, economic or political blocs. They
are as historic as ancient as they are modern and contemporary.
They merely become news when they take on
new personalities or methods or visit our climes.
Behind them are unseen forces killing,
destroying and stealing. But there is a greater force that has come to give abundant life to all dead issues.
The antidote to lifelessness in the secular and
spiritual spiritual spheres is knowledge. The scripture says my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. You
shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
Woe to scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the greater
matters of the law, judgment, mercy and faith: these ought ye to have done and
not to leave the other undone”.
This is Jesus still speaking to leadership
at all levels today. Judgment, mercy and faith are current issues today as they were when Jesus
spoke them more two thousand years ago.
So, weightier
matter focuses on and encourage matters that matter. Matters that weigh
directly or indirectly on the welfare of humanity.
Hannah’s prophetic prayer instructs us that,
“…the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed”.
So our actions or or injections to what is happening matter.
The Christian Worldview which we represent matters in destroying the evils we see.
Dr. Wilbur O’Donovan, a missionary of over
30 years defines worldview as, “the view which a person has of this world. It
is the way he understands and interprets the things which happen to him and
other people. It is a person’s way of understanding life and the world in which
he lives. It is a person’s belief of about what is real and what is not real”.
To the Christian for instance, the current calamities
in the world are biblical fulfillment of the end times and God has promised
to protect him/her from them all. So the Christian is not depressed by depressing news.
This blog Weightiermatters.org sees the news and interpret it from a Christian perspective or Christian
worldview because;
- The solution to human problems is not in the power of politicians or the government. They are as much as
the part of the problem and the problem.
- Past and present reformers know that man can’t erase the evils
of society, but renewed hearts can and will.
- Political, spiritual
social and other human reforms follow reforms inspired by the
knowledge and revelation of God. Isaiah’s work bothered on the reform of social and
political evils. Some others who trailed the continuous reform movement are
Jeremiah, Nahum, Zephaniah,Marthin Luther, etc.
- The strength of democracy prospers on man’s mass opinion which
often echoes surface pains and not the root cause of pains.
- The All knowing and Almighty GOD possesses ways and thoughts
that are opposed to the world’s. The rulers of this present darkness
exhibit wickedness in specific ways, while Christians-the light and salt of the world
exhibit the workings of God in
themselves.
The New York
Times captured this in its editorial in 2004 “…Christians [especially Evangelicals]
in America were shaping U.S. foreign
policy toward righteousness, whether in government or business, etc.
Whether
political, economic or social policy, Christians and Christianity have an
internally driven perspective inspired and instructed from the Bible which must
inform decisions in private and public domains. For instance, budgets should be
moral documents.
Perspectives are further
doctored by such barriers to communications like different perception,
stereotyping, lack of knowledge, interest etc.
A Christian perspective will build relationships for godly change
in all areas of life a concerned virtual community for
change.
Our tool for this task is from Isaiah 11: 9
“…for
the earth shall be full of the knowledge of God, as the waters cover the sea”.
E.W. Kenyon, who left this physical world in 1948,
still speaks. “All the knowledge that is taught in our schools, colleges and
universities has been gained through the five senses…Man cannot know God [even
himself] through the senses of his body…Natural man cannot understand spiritual
things…Sense knowledge is in what man is and can do, and has done. Revelation
faith is in the word of God,” that liveth and abideth”.
So, we shall be expecting to be blessed by
your revelations from God’s word through your feedbacks, comments, story ideas
etc. Remember the foundation of our Abrahamic covenant is to be blessed and be a blessing, [Genesis 12: 2; Galatians 3:13, 14].
God’s revelation to you can also bless other people. Some people whose
revelation has blessed the world are.
Marthin
Luther…the just shall live by faith
Seyme Williams…Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Kenneth
E. Hagin…Faith
Smith
Wigglewort…power of the Spirit
WHY CHRISTAINS CANNOT RELY OR LIVE ON THE NEWS AND INTERPRETATION
FROM THE WORLD’S PESPECTIVE.
- The wisdom that rules this world is often comes to naught. “…yet not the
wisdom of this world, or of the princes of this world that come to
naught”. [1 Corinthians 2:13].
- The real battle that challenges man is of the mind and Satan
has blinded the minds of unbelievers
in order to dominate them as the god of this world.[11 Corinthians
4:4]. Christians have been redeemed and have the mind of Christ.
- The battle is a spiritual one and events in the natural world
are directed from the supernatural world. [Ephesians 6:12].
- But, Christians have been delivered from the manipulative power
of darkness [Colossians 1:13] and must enforce this deliverance through
the renewing of their minds [Romans 12:2]-beliefs and actions.
- This will be principally achieved by the knowledge of God
because among other things man shall not live by bread alone but by every
word that comes from God’s mouth. He also upholds everything by His word
and has placed His word above His name and though the world shall pass
away His word shall remain to fulfil its purpose.
FOR WHOM.
·
For the redeemed and
potentially redeemed.
OUR INTERPRETATIVE METHOD
The 5 fold
ministry is given to the church to build it. This diversity of spiritual gifts
shall play out on this reformative and recreative blog.
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The leading of the Holy Spirit,
the true Teacher.
·
Reference or use of books and
information material from of anointed women and men of God.
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The application of the
principles of contextualization
following the major guidelines below.
1.
What the Bible says on the
issue.
2.
How extra-biblical knowledge [e.g.
culture, indigenous knowledge, politics, economics, science, philosophy, etc
relate to the issue.
3.
How the truth of the Bible
relate to the issue in practical, and doable terms.
4.
How it applies today.
5.
Testimonies, evidence, models
of the applied truth.
Watch out for postings on this blog that are meant to solve practical problems and build the kingdom of God here on earth. This one way not to neglect the weightiermatters of the law. It is our responsibility as Christians.
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