Rev. Fr. David Okolie
Dearest friends, we all know that whenever God is INVOLVED in our lives and activities, that victory is assured. This explains the reason for the saying thus: โOne with God is MAJORITY’. Indeed , โIf God is for us, who can be against us?’ย (cf. Rom 8:31). However, the question is: What effort do we make to also be FOR God in reciprocity?
It is unfortunate that today, we have some Christians who want to simply be Christians in the FLESH and not in SPIRIT and in TRUTH. While the former involves being a Christian and upholding lifestyles that are CONTRARY to the Commandments of God, which offend God, the latter involves being a Christian and making sincere efforts towards obeying the Commandments of God. Unfortunately, the Prosperity Preachers of today do not highlight the importance of obeying the commandments of God but they highlight that the favours of God will always LOCATE YOU.
Well, the truth remains that we cannot say that we are Christians without showing it in our daily lifestyles. Thus the Catechism affirms:
The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also PROFESS it, confidently bear WITNESS to it, and SPREAD it: “All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which the Church never lacks. SERVICE of and WITNESS to the faith are necessary for salvation (cf. CCC, n. 1816).
Also, let us not forget these powerful words of Jesus Christ, thus: โWhoever ACKNOWLEDGES me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever DISOWNS me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven”ย (cf. Mt 10:32-33).
We pray the Blessed Virgin Mary to always support us with her powerful intercession. Amen๐๐ผ
Remain blessed๐๐ผ
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