As usual, the Arena of Liberty was saturated with the Spirit of God on Sunday morning as congregants joined the SCOAN Choir in worshiping the Most High who reigns and makes the earth tremble. This first service of the year was indeed well attended by people from different nations who saw diverse manifestations of God’s power in the preceding year and are hopeful of being further touched this year. With songs that acknowledged God for all He had done, the choir and congregation sang of their gratitude for God’s past, present and future blessings in their lives.
The message of the day had a short and simple title: IDENTITY CRISIS. Chris began by quoting Prophet T.B. Joshua’s observation that “few things are more dangerous than a person with an unexamined life”. The kernel of the message was that people need to be true Christians by having a meaningful relationship with Christ, not based on deception and outward appearances of religiosity. Taking his reading from 1 Thessalonians 2:3-6, Chris read: “For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness. We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority.”
Chris addressed the tendency for Christians to behave like chameleons when they adjust their behaviour to suit the expectations of whomever they are with, so that they can earn the applause of men. He also advised congregants against allowing money to defile them in their bid to make it define them. Asking Christians to discard the world’s standards, he stated that the authentic Christian identity manifests as total dependence on God’s leading in everything. He therefore urged the church: “Let the Word of God become the database for your personal opinion. Whatever comes your way, go back to God because God and His Word can never fail.” Chris observed that many Christians still try to please the world when they should be focused on living a godly life at all times. He therefore reminded Christians that you plus God are majority saying: “If God be for us, who can be against us? If God be for you, who can be against you? If God be for a nation, who can be against her?”
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