Prophet James Omitade of the of the Holy Trinity Authority Prophetic Church, Ikere Road, Ado Ekiti has affirmed that sleeping in churches and even fasting does not qualify one as child of God.
According to him, the definition of Christ is beyond the thinking of people.
He write:”Christ means an annointed one in the Greek language. It means a supernatural being doing what ordinary human cannot do. Jesus Christ is the super ordinary man doing extraordinary things in unimaginable ways and proportion.
“How many of us have ever contemplated Jesus Christ in this manner?All of us who go to church call ourselves christians as if we have attained the status and lustre of Christ Jesus. We bear bible names as exemplified in the scripture, sing song with sonorous voices as if the heavens should fling open, we observe fasting and praying, night vigils, mountain top prayers and observe all other Christians traditions and practices yet, we know not the Christ who is ever amazing in all his ways!.
" In the book of Prophet Isaiah 9:6, the bible says "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called wonderful, counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting father, the prince of peace". In verse 7, the bible says " Of the increase of his government and peace,there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it". The implication of all these is that the wisdom and power God placed on Christ Jesus, He wants it disseminated by the power of the holy spirit, and replicated in the lives of all that will ever believe as we call ourselves christians.” This will be employed to conquer the world, which Adam found very difficult to achieve because of the great fall.
He said Fasting and prayer time on ends, sleeping in the church or even championing and leading the cause of activity groups with zeal in the church with loud prominence do not make you like Christ. They merely make us hypocrites and impersonators of who we are not.
“How many of us has ever believed in God as Abraham did. Where in all our ways of lives do we ever believe in Christ Jesus as to emulate him? The bible in the Epistle of James 2:23 says “And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God”.
“This is why God wants us to use the knowledge inherited in Christ Jesus as exemplified by the epistles of James 3:13 to become the true Ambassador of Christ:” ” Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom”.
” What does all these boil down to? Celebrating Christ without inculcating his characters and virtues lead your life to the crises you least expect. Don’t you know that Christianity is never a religion but a way of life?.
“The noble way for each and all is revealed in Paul’s epistle to the Philippians 3:10 ” That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made comformable unto his death”. Apostle Paul despite his evangelistic voyages in fetters, guarded by sentries, pelted with persecution and hunted by priests, slaves, freeborn, kings, princes and ordinary folks with death, In the same epistles of the Philippians 3:14 says “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”.
“He is the ultimate in any attainments!. Just take a deep breath and pause for a while, what is the percentage of your take in the characters of the extra ordinary and enigmatic Christ Jesus?.
I thank God for the opportunity we have in witnessing yet another Christmas. Do you realize that several people who were better than you never had the opportunity this time around? Most of them were better than you in all forms of human behavior yet succumbed to death. now that you are still around is your Christmas merely for winning and dinning?. Are you sure the Christian name you bear still reflect the personality that bore the name in the bible? Are you in or out in Christ?. Christmas period is an opportunity to be reminded of the answers to all riddles of life that our ordinariness can never crack!
" Go to the feet of the cross now, and ask for the cleansing blood to wash you and fill you with virtues of Christ's fortunes. Merry Christmas.God bless. Shalom