THIS GOD
By Eric Ng’eno via Facebook
Are modern Christians followers worshippers of God, or of the ‘prophets’? Which part of Scripture requires such devotion to man, however he is described?
These questions lead to more. Why are prophets and pastors requiring people to pay for blessings and miracles?
As I understand it, religion teaches us that God is the Alpha and Omega. The Be-all and End-all. Christianity teaches that God is the Creator of heaven and earth, of living creatures as well as non-living objects,of the wonders and mysteries of the universe and the bowels of the earth.
God encompasses the Singularity, the Big Bang, black holes, Higgs boson as well as the entirety, now and in future, of the ever-expanding, ever-mystifying and ever-majestic Universe. From the intricate design of a butterfly’s wings to the cataclysmic heavings of volcanoes and tectonic plates and everything in between. From the microscopic completeness of a chromosome to the communal dynamics of a school of whales, or a herd of elephants, or a throng of delirious followers doing Mr Owuor’s every bidding.
God is a big deal. God is wonder. God is Love. God is Grace. God is the great Unknowable manifesting is deeds of beauty and mercy. God is all-powerful and all-knowing. He does not require brokers to speak for him. He has not outsourced his powers to mortal men to negotiate for profit. No one ever planted a seed for God to instal the Everest or Kirinyaga, or to fill up the Pacific and Indian Oceans. No one made offerings for the Almighty to create us, or sustain life on this planet, or institute the balance of nature that mankind now infringes so thougtlessly.
God is not one of those stars gradually burning itself out of existence, waning gently away and requiring the assistance of Man. God is God, or. He is not.
This god, then, the one preying on the poor with extortion and threats of the direst perils. This God who would rather we worshipped two-bit charlatans rather than Himself. This God who subjects Himself to the fickle whim of little megalomaniacs and the caprice of greedy hustlers. This is so un-Godlike, he challenges the very notion of deity and the entire point of believing. He reduces God from the epitome of majesty and grace into a diminished thing.
It is preachers like these who detract from the God of All Creation into something truly pathetic, like an itinerant toilet broom salesman. And it is much worse, because everyone of these miracle doers is an egregious liar. If they could heal the sick and so forth, the task is simple indeed:proceed to the referral hospitals and empty the wards. Call CS Macharia and tell him to stand near a hospice and witness a procession of the healed singing ‘Hosannah’ as they clap and dance out of the sad gates. Walk to a funeral and let the deceased declare the mourning ended, and a feast of rejoicing commenced.
I think staging ‘miracles’ with wheelchairs, crutches, canes and other props is actually criminal.THIS GOD
Are modern Christians followers worshippers of God, or of the ‘prophets’? Which part of Scripture requires such devotion to man, however he is described?
These questions lead to more. Why are prophets and pastors requiring people to pay for blessings and miracles?
As I understand it, religion teaches us that God is the Alpha and Omega. The Be-all and End-all. Christianity teaches that God is the Creator of heaven and earth, of living creatures as well as non-living objects,of the wonders and mysteries of the universe and the bowels of the earth.
God encompasses the Singularity, the Big Bang, black holes, Higgs boson as well as the entirety, now and in future, of the ever-expanding, ever-mystifying and ever-majestic Universe. From the intricate design of a butterfly’s wings to the cataclysmic heavings of volcanoes and tectonic plates and everything in between. From the microscopic completeness of a chromosome to the communal dynamics of a school of whales, or a herd of elephants, or a throng of delirious followers doing Mr Owuor’s every bidding.
God is a big deal. God is wonder. God is Love. God is Grace. God is the great Unknowable manifesting is deeds of beauty and mercy. God is all-powerful and all-knowing. He does not require brokers to speak for him. He has not outsourced his powers to mortal men to negotiate for profit. No one ever planted a seed for God to instal the Everest or Kirinyaga, or to fill up the Pacific and Indian Oceans. No one made offerings for the Almighty to create us, or sustain life on this planet, or institute the balance of nature that mankind now infringes so thougtlessly.
God is not one of those stars gradually burning itself out of existence, waning gently away and requiring the assistance of Man. God is God, or. He is not.
This god, then, the one preying on the poor with extortion and threats of the direst perils. This God who would rather we worshipped two-bit charlatans rather than Himself. This God who subjects Himself to the fickle whim of little megalomaniacs and the caprice of greedy hustlers. This is so un-Godlike, he challenges the very notion of deity and the entire point of believing. He reduces God from the epitome of majesty and grace into a diminished thing.
It is preachers like these who detract from the God of All Creation into something truly pathetic, like an itinerant toilet broom salesman. And it is much worse, because everyone of these miracle doers is an egregious liar. If they could heal the sick and so forth, the task is simple indeed:proceed to the referral hospitals and empty the wards. Call CS Macharia and tell him to stand near a hospice and witness a procession of the healed singing ‘Hosannah’ as they clap and dance out of the sad gates. Walk to a funeral and let the deceased declare the mourning ended, and a feast of rejoicing commenced.
I think staging ‘miracles’ with wheelchairs, crutches, canes and other props is actually criminal.