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Spiritual Burnout: 10 ways to Overcome the feeling to quit!

Posted by Feb 13, 2020 Holy Word, Church, Word of Faith 2 Comments
Spiritual Burnout: 10 ways to Overcome the feeling to quit!

Spiritual burnout occurs when the fierce fire to please God goes off due to the Christian’s exposure to the wind of overzealous spiritual stress. It is a terrible situation that must be handled carefully when the signal starts to manifest.

Today’s message about spiritual burnout is for the servants of God and the disciples of Jesus who give their strength and resources for the spread of the Gospel.

Barna Research Group made press release in 2017 and reports that one in three American Pastors is on the verge of burnout. This troubling number revealed that nearly half of the Pastors face relational risks in their marriages, families and friendships.

Pentecostal Theology Group posted a survey on Pastors that:

33% felt burned out within their first five years of ministry.

40% of pastors and 47% of spouses are suffering from burnout, frantic schedules, and/or unrealistic expectations.

45% of pastors say that they’ve experienced depression or burnout to the extent that they needed to take a leave of absence from ministry.

1,500 pastors leave their ministries each month due to burnout, conflict, or moral failure.

These statistics scare me so much that I think it is important we encourage ourselves in Christ. The level of faith in our generation must not be a disappointment to the Lord. Jesus’ question in Luke 18:8 is a serious concern: “…Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”

 

Seven Spiritual Burnout Signals to Avoid?

1. Spiritual strain; you feel incapable to play your spiritual roles

2. Feeling depressed; tired of everything about Jesus

3. You don’t feel like participating in public evangelism anymore

4. Spiritual disappointment; you doubt God just because something unwanted happened to you.

5. Feeling hopeless; when your faith level is diminishing.

6. Spiritual disconnection; when your time for personal fellowship with God is scheduled for something else.

7. Inability to concentrate; takes you too long to connect your mind to God and your spiritual roles.

 

What are the Causes of Spiritual Burnout?

Spiritual burnout is the result of overwhelming duties you admit to place on yourself which you cannot bear the weight anymore. Some causes include:

1. A long period of effort at a particular task; when you do the same thing at the same time at same place using the same church doctrine…

2. Carrying too many burdens; Only you want to help everyone that comes your way with your strength just like the blunder of Moses.

3. Vigorous sourcing for a million dollars to feed a million people.

4. Not asking for God’s wisdom and direction to handle the cases of people around you – the blunder of self-reliance!

5. Pleasing everyone by sacrificing your sleep, poor nourishment of your body, extending your schedules, and loving your neighbours more than yourself could put you into terrible burnout.

10 Effects of Spiritual Meltdown

1. Spiritual coldness

2. Separation from the LORD

3. Backsliding

4. High risk of becoming an Atheist

5. Spiritual status of lukewarmness

6. Resolves to misconception of the scriptures

7. A mere church goer

8. Finding it easy to commit sin without restrain

9. Running away from church or renouncing evangelism

10. The Gospel of Jesus looks strange and unwanted!

How to Overcome Spiritual Burnout

A Christian must not get overworked to the point of burnout, but if you noticed this stage in your life then the following points would restore you:

1. Don’t love your neighbour more than yourself. Jesus says: “…You shall love your neighbour as yourself…” (Matthew 22:39)

 

2. Don’t act like Mr. Know all; Always ask for directions from the Lord. The Holy Spirit is there for you. Not all things are profitable! You would hit the wall of frustration without the leading of the Holy Spirit.

 

“However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” (John 16:13)

 

3. Always observe sabbath; Find time to sleep well and burnout would not trouble you. You are a human and not GOD (who don’t rest). The deep sleep of Jesus in the storm was a clear indication that our body needs rest after ministration. (Matthew 8:24)

 

Though, I was a culprit to murdering my rest, but when I noticed it drains me and gets me weaker than my age. I knew if I continue the habit of missing my sleep, I may die young. I tried to increase my sleep from 3 to 5 hours daily. I made up my mind to still improve better…

 

4. Monotonous way of doing things brings boredom, so practice holy dynamism. For instance, Jesus did not restrict His ministration to the temple only, He ministered in the market, at the sea chore, on the mountain and so on. Thus, follow the example of Jesus and you won’t burnout.

 

5. Don’t put the burden of people on yourself but on God.

 

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)

 

6. Ministration can take your whole day but it’s not good for you. Create time for prayers and Bible Study like Jesus did when on earth.

 

My experience about this point is not funny; most times when I am through with the offline and online ministration, I became worn-out to the point of negative impact on my brain… But I have learnt my lesson to always take the ministration easy and find time for refill of anointing…

 

7. Stop counting your efforts or money you put for the progress of the Gospel. (Luke 18:11-14)

 

8. Delegate some tasks to trusted Christians who share the same vision with you.

 

9. Any spiritual stress in me melts away when I listen to inspirational or worship songs. So, it would work for you as well because music is life in Heaven. Don’t joke with your MP3 Player!

 

10. Don’t prove to be over-confidence when temptation knocks on the door of your heart, always respond with the word of God and flee!

 

Spiritual burnout is a terrible condition that pulls people away from God. It is destructive and without respect for any Christian. You won’t experience such if you always seek God’s direction in all your actions. Put all burdens on God and enjoy your sabbath.  

End Times: Are we Living in the Last Days?

Posted by Jan 18, 2020 Church, Holy Word Leave a Comment
End Times: Are we Living in the Last Days?

End times is the period that precede the rapture of God’s children on earth. This world would come to an end very soon!

The LORD revealed a vision to me describing our present world to be like a spoilt orange. The orange was once round and attractive, but now 98% of the orange had gone grey and shapeless.

Today’s message would reveal the facts that we are living in the end times!

No one knows if we are ten years or one day to the rapture. Jesus never knew the Day because it is God’s plan to ensure that no one cheats on this race to heaven. (Mark 13:32) The sign of the last days is becoming more revealing than the past.

Scientific Proof of the End Times

The fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy around us is enough to believe that the last days is here. But, let’s have a look to the warnings of the scientists who do not use the Bible for mapping.

Some scientist doesn’t believe in rapture, but the outcomes of their experiments made them to believe that there is end times.

For instance, I read this information below from NASA website: “The planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.9 degrees Celsius) since the late 19th century, a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other human-made emissions into the atmosphere. Most of the warming occurred in the past 35 years, with the five warmest years on record taking place since 2010. Not only was 2016 the warmest year on record, but eight of the 12 months that make up the year — from January through September, with the exception of June — were the warmest on record for those respective months.” 

This shows that the earth is dying and that is the cause of famine, drought, terrible diseases, heavy flood, wild forest fire and terrible earthquakes across the continents. Scientist believe an end would come to the world soonest.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists also stated in their 2019 Doomsday Clock Statement that it is 2 minutes to the midnight.  

15 Signs of the End Times and Coming of Jesus

1. False Messiah, Pastors and Prophets would deceive people in the church with great signs and wonders

2. Wars and rumours of wars

3. Different forms of famines

4. Pestilences

5. Earthquakes

6. Sorrows

7. Tribulations among the servants of God spreading the Gospel

8. Death of many active Christians evangelising the Good News

9. Terrible hatred from unbelievers to Christians for Christ’s sake

10. Many offences will spring up among church members (the cause of having too many denominations today)

11. Betrayals among Christians

12. Hatred in the Christendom

13. Lawlessness will abound both in the church and the society

14. The love of many would grow cold; no zeal to do things of the LORD with righteousness

15. The end will come after the Global Evangelism is accomplished!

The spread of the gospel is so aggressive now through the use of technology. For instance, this gospel blog site has audience from all the continents in the world.

The prophecies above are not mine but the Lord Jesus – Matthew chapter 24.

 19 Common Character attributed to the last days

Paul shared the inspiration given to him as regards the signs of end times, Second Timothy 3: 1-5

1. Lovers of self

2. Lovers of money

3. Pride

4. Arrogant

5. Abusive

6. Disobedient to their parents

7. Ungrateful

8. Unholy

9. Heartless

10. Unappeasable

11. Slanderous

12. Without self-control

13. Brutal

14. Not loving good

15. Treacherous

16. Reckless

17. Swollen with conceit

18. Lovers of pleasure than lovers of God

19. Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.

 

Unfortunately, this list characterised our present society. So, we have to be watchful and alert.

 

How to Get Prepared!

How do you get prepared for the day of rapture in the midst of this end times? Keep your heart inclined toward the way of the LORD. Obedience to the instructions of the Lord is vital!

The cogent step that would uphold your status as a child of God in this end times is to be watchful and vigilant.

No one knows the day or hour the LORD will bring the world to an end. Thus, don’t imitate the popular ungodly practices, but follow the unpopular righteous path of the Lord as instructed in the Bible. Then you would be fit to survive this end times.

Jesus says:” … But the one who endures to the end will be saved…” Are you ready to endure? 

Walk in the Spirit: 5 Practical Ways to Walk in Perfection!

Posted by Dec 11, 2019 Holy Word, Church, Word of Faith 1 Comment
Walk in the Spirit: 5 Practical Ways to Walk in Perfection!

Walk in the Spirit means obeying the ‘spiritual compass’ of the Lord during your journey in this world. There are many questions such as:

Who can be a perfect man? Can anyone on earth be holy as the Lord? Is it possible to live without sin in this sinful world…?

Despite the LORD’s instructions to us to be perfect, holy and sinless, many people still find it impossible to do. Why? The reason is simply because many don’t walk in the Spirit.

Today’s message will elaborate the significance of Holy Spirit and how to walk in the presence of the LORD blamelessly.

Who is the Holy Spirit?

Holy Spirit is the Spirit of GOD. Jesus says: “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24)

The plan of God for our permanent salvation is to send a sinless being (Jesus Christ) as the last sacrifice for cleansing our sins and after the Blood and Resurrection, His Holy Spirit will always be available to guide us in all our steps on earth.

Holy Spirit is the only Helper that can make you have a successful walk. Jesus says: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”

7 Ways to Receive the Holy Spirit

You can only walk in the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God in you.

To receive the Holy Spirit has nothing to do with learning the language of speaking in tongues, anointed handkerchief, drinking holy coconut water and anointing oil or moving from one Pastor to another.

Note: No one is a distributor of the Holy Spirit, it belongs to GOD and it only comes from the LORD.

I received the Holy Spirit directly from GOD, so if you want a genuine Spirit then do the following:

1. Make a choice to leave worldliness and love godliness

2. Confess your sins from the depth of your heart

3. Repent from your careless life and decide to follow Jesus Christ

4. Pray to the LORD for Forgiveness

5. Read and Obey the commandments of Jesus Christ

6. Give your whole heart to the LORD

7. Pray to God to bless you with His Holy Spirit

If you follow the seven steps above, the Holy Spirit will be activated in you. Not necessarily through speaking in tongues because there are many other gifts of the Spirit. Please read First Corinthians chapter 12 for more understanding.

The main signal to know that the Holy Spirit is in you is; He will always instruct you to do the right things and give you wise advice and brilliant opinions that won’t make you stumble as you walk in the spirit.

He is also responsible for the success of your daily endeavours and you won’t be a failure anymore. I always enjoy the counsel of the Holy Spirit every minute of my life!

What is the Way of the Holy Spirit?

To walk in the Spirit requires knowing the way of the Holy Spirit.

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)

Thus, the way of the Holy Spirit is Jesus. So, how can you understand the way? You can do this by:

1. Studying the life of Jesus as written in the Bible

2. Drafting all His commandments and

3. Understanding the broad picture of His salvation for your life

The way of the Holy Spirit is summarised as the route of Righteousness. So, when you walk in Spirit you are invariably working in God’s Righteousness.

5 Practical Ways to Walk in the Spirit

1. Love Jesus with all your Mind

Not the love on the lips, but the true love that can be seen in your lifestyle.

“Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” (John 14:23)

Hallelujah! I love this passage so much because it works so much for me!

2. Make your Body a Living Sacrifice

Be cautious of the things you do with your body. Don’t involve yourself in the works of the flesh such as: image transformation (tattoos, make-ups…), adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like… (Galatians 5:19-21)

3. Produce Fruits of the Spirit

To walk in the Spirit is a righteous lifestyle and not a doctrine. Thus, your life must have the following qualities; love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

4. Daily Devotion of your Life

My practical experience shows that I can’t live today through the glory of yesterday. If you want to walk in Spirit always, then always refresh your mind in the presence of the LORD every morning.

Pronounce your dedication to serve Him with all your heart and ask Him for divine strength on daily basis. Did you know the cause for daily Prayers? The reason is each day has its own peculiarity.

Jesus says: “…Sufficient for the day is its own trouble…” (Matthew 6:34)

5. Eat the Bible like Food

Download the soft copy of the Bible into your mobile phones, tablet, laptop and USB devices for the audio versions. I recommend the NKJV and NLT versions because I noticed many new versions watered down the original meaning of the scriptures.

To walk in the Spirit involves knowing the word (instructions) of God. Despite my busy schedules, I put on my ear-piece to listen to the audio Bible for perfect remembrance of the route and direction to follow.

 

The benefits of walking in the Spirit are the unlimited Joy on earth and the inheritance of Heaven. If you want to consistently walk in the Spirit then forsake the things of this world and obey the commandments of Jesus Christ and don’t disobey the voice of the Holy Spirit.

Vanity of Life: 8 ways to know the Meaningless of Life

Posted by Nov 6, 2019 Holy Word, Church, Gospel Evangelism 13 Comments
Vanity of Life: 8 ways to know the Meaningless of Life

Vanity of life is the product of all forms of ungodly practices. Life is made up of actions and it is not an object. Life process your data and gives you your information. If you collate ungodly data then life would process it to vanity. While godly data is always processed to Beauty of Life.

Today’s message would give a sincere meaning related to vanity of life and the perspective of King Solomon to this topic.

Why is vanity a keyword in the book of Ecclesiastes?

It is unfortunate that many depressed people quote this book to justify their suicidal action and all other forms of evil acts. You can’t hate life because king Solomon said he does!

I read Ecclesiastes many times before putting up this message and through the help of the Holy Spirit I would tell you the truth about king Solomon and his book of lamentation (Ecclesiastes).

The book of Ecclesiastes comprises of king Solomon’s personal experience, personal view and personal deduction about life under the sun. God’s input, inspiration or instruction was not in the book, so be careful with the way you handle his expression.

King Solomon described his life to be vanity when he discovered the extent at which he missed God’s presence in his life. The whole book is all about bitter lamentation of an individual!

The book of Ecclesiastes does not have God’s authority to tell you that this life is bound to be meaningless for you. Ecclesiastes was written by a depressed writer!

What Caused King’s Solomon meaningless life?

If you study the context of king Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes, you would discover that he was full of regrets. He was bitter. He hates everything about himself. The life of the old man was miserable.

He was a happy king in his early days as recorded in the books of the Kings. His expressions in the book of Proverbs was well composed. But why did his life become vanity in his old age?

I searched through the Bible and discovered that towards the end of his life he disobeyed the commandments of the LORD. He lived his life without God’s input and this led to the emptiness of his life. So, he picked up his pen and wrote everything about his empty life (vanity).

“For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as did his father David.

Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon.

And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

So, the LORD became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the LORD had commanded.

Therefore, the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

Now the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was a descendant of the king in Edom.” (1King 11: 1-14)

My heart is always filled with tears whenever I read the above passage about king Solomon.

8 Ways to Know the Vanity of Life!

The life of a Christian is not vanity because Jesus had come to give us life in abundance and not meaningless as described by king Solomon.

Jesus Christ says: “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)

Vanity of life are all forms of pride celebrated without God’s consent. The following lifestyles are some of the indication of a meaningless life:

1. Life full of Parties

A meaningful life does not spend days or every weekend throwing parties. When you are too frequent at parties, you are likely to lose your godly mind.

2. Award Celebration

Life will go into vanity for any child of God that receives awards from men. Awards makes you feel big (pride) and celebration of pride leads to meaningless of life.

Jesus avoid award celebration when he says: “…Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments…” (Matthew 19:17)

3. More than One Wife

God gave a template of one man one wife in the Genesis. So, any man with wives or vice versa would run into vanity of life.

“But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites-from the nations of whom the LORD had said to the children of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.” (1Kings 11:1-2)

4. Concubines, Co-habit and Extramarital affairs

All these practices are no more abomination in our society. Anyone involved in these would suffer vanity of life.

“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor reviles, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.” (1Corinthians 6:9-10)

5. Careless Love for Diversity and Varieties

This kind of love lured king Solomon into idolatry. So, if you are not restricted to the confinement of God’s commandment in the Bible. Your love for knowledge about Catholism, Mormorism, Muslim, or the Dark World, can make you fall into idolatry which is vanity.

6. Disobedience to God’s commandments is vanity

Solomon disobeyed the commandment given to him and he disliked himself when the consequences came on him. So, he suffered vanity of life when everything around him went empty and meaningless.

7. ‘To Fight God’

To seek the transfer of godly Pastor from your church…, to chase away Evangelists from your area…, refusal to help the poor…, removal of Bible from homes or public places and the likes are vanity of life.

“…Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.” (1Kings 11: 31-40)

8. Accumulation of Excessive Wealth

This is vexation of the spirit and vanity of life because the wealth is inherited by people who may not appreciate the labour of the rich man.

Your name on the list of the richest people is vanity. So, it is meaningless to have your name attached to hundreds of Estates, fleets of expensive cars or aeroplanes.

But life is not vanity if you share your wealth with the poor.

Listen to Jesus: “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven…” (Matthew 19: 21- 24) 

Vanity of life is for the backsliders. Life is not generally meaningless as mentioned by the bitter king Solomon. Neither the Prophets of the LORD nor Jesus Christ told us that life in its originality is vanity.

Life is meaningful if you obey all the instructions of Jesus in the Bible. Life is meaningless when you disobey the rules of the LORD. Life is sweet and interesting! Please don’t give-in to depression or suicidal thoughts. God Bless you!!

Christian Film: Good for God or Bad for Man?

Posted by Jun 30, 2019 Holy Word, Church, Gospel Evangelism Leave a Comment
Christian Film: Good for God or Bad for Man?

Christian film is the popular act similar to Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood. Can I call it ‘Chrisllywood’? Christian drama or play is very famous in the church, crusade and every other Christian gathering.

Faith-based movie is a modern act of ‘entertainment’ and ‘ministration’ using advanced cameras and other modern electronic gadgets.

Today’s message is to check and balance the act of Christian film. Is it godly? How good is faith-based movie? Is it a popular bad action? Let’s have a look at Christian film with the spiritual eyes.

The History of Christian Film

In 1680, Athanasius Kircher, a catholic priest popularized the magic lantern, a simple slide projector. Magic lanterns used a candle or lamp as a light source and the images were projected on the wall.

In the 1800s missionaries such as David Livingston used the lanterns to present the Gospel in Africa. The emergence of movie theatres in the 19th century lost the popularity of magic lanterns.

Through the years, however, many Christians began to utilize motion picture for their own purposes. Herbert Booth, as part of the Salvation Army, claimed to be the first user of film for the cause of Christianity, in 1899.

Throughout the late 19th and into the 20th century, there was much dispute among Christians about “Christian film”. Many thought motion pictures were creating graven images, and shunned having anything to do with the film industry.

By the 1940s a renaissance of Christian film-making occurred and surprisingly, the Protestant Church encouraged film from the early 20th century.

This history has no link to God, Jesus, Holy Spirit or the early disciples. So, the popular act of watching and acting Christian film should be a serious concern to a true child of God.

The Act of Christian Film

The features of playact include some of the points below:

1. Pretends to be a different person (impersonation).

2. All actions in the film are not true intention

3. Names of the casts are not original

4. Presence of many tricky displays to viewers

5. The story is untrue or exaggerated

6. The act of Christian film does not respect the conscience of actors and viewers.

Does faith-based movie Portray Righteousness?

Jesus says: “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.” (John 4:23)

Let’s look at this topic critically. If Christian drama is part of our worship outline to the Lord in the church, then was it an instruction from the Holy Spirit? Is Christian film done in Truth? Unfortunately, there is no word of God in the Bible that instructs us to engage in drama as a way of ministering the message of God.

Also, it is evident that Christian film is not done in truth, because all the characters in the film do not act their true identity. This message may not go down well in your heart if you are among majority of the Christians who do not watch Hollywood but Christian films.

Seriously, this is not my word and this is not my opinion but the counsel of the Holy Spirit.

My Experience Related to Christian Film

I started participation in Christian drama from the age of 13 and it was continuous for about two decades. I was a drama coordinator in the church after the Lord anointed me to be His messenger.

After ten years of my new life, I did not give-up Christian film as a tool for evangelism. My experience as a play writer and an artist is that I always suffer uneasiness in the deepest part of my heart, but I always console myself that God cannot throw me into hell since the lies are meant to capture souls for His kingdom.

I knew the story I wrote was not true. I knew the role I played in the drama was false. When the voice of the Lord spoke to my heart about the ‘Ministry of Lies’ which I called the ‘Drama Ministry’, I shunned the voice and said: “We are doing this drama ministry to win souls for Christ.”

But, one evening I was watching a Christian movie and the Spirit of the Lord interpreted each scene and act of the film to me… the woman called the man: “My husband …” The Spirit of the Lord asked me if the man was truly her husband, and I said ‘No’. The Holy Spirit said: “it is written in her ‘book’ that she called the man her husband and the statement is tagged ‘lie’ in her ‘book’.

In another scene, there was a mad boy, the Holy Spirit asked: “Was he mad?” I responded ‘No’. But the Spirit of the Lord said: “Yes, he is mad, because that was the present action… God does not joke!!”

I was not myself after watching the faith-based movie.

The Teachings of the Holy Spirit as regards Christian Films/drama

1. Everything you do or say is written and you shall be accountable to every idle word you speak.

Jesus says: “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of Judgment.”

2. God does not play jokes and does not act films; you are responsible for every action you take in the drama.

Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1 to 7: “…neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting…Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.”

3. Films or drama is an act of pretense which hits the film makers and film viewers with the spirit of deceit.

4. You cannot achieve a divine evangelical result like Jesus and His disciples if you use the medium of deceit to minister a righteous message. This is one of the reasons for many hypocrites in the church today.

5. The psyche of the viewers is always cheated through the lies that seem to be a true incidence.

It is a pity that many faith-based movies give birth to faithless and “half-baked” Christians. Uh! The church is under siege of worldly custom.

The Instrument of Christian Films

Don’t be deceived by anyone, Christian film has no root in the LORD. The LORD did not use drama to minister His messages to the Israelite.

Neither Jesus nor Holy Spirit uses the instrument of Christian films to win souls from the world. I have studied the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and I cannot find a single verse to support this popular practice.

Yes! It is famous but dangerous!!

Paul stressed the point of ministering the word of God with righteous tools. “Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.”(2 Corinthians 4:1-2)

Morality and godly living are rarely a consideration in acting film and drama. The Casts are asked to use foul language and to portray murderers, thieves, liars, and the like. They might also be instructed to play out adulterous or licentious situations. How can the cast reconcile this falsehood act with living a godly life?

The Influence of Christian Film in the Church

Christian film is a spiritual trap in the church covered with words such as; holy entertainment, drama ministry, visual ministration, gospel comedy etc. Some pastors told us that acting film or drama is a talent from the Lord. Such teaching is not true because there is no record in the Bible that substantiates the use of drama.

The religious movie is full of hypocrisy. It is not real, not true and is acted on pretense. How can this be a right way to preach the gospel or edify the saints?

It is too dangerous for a child of God to engage in any famous activity of the world which is not supported by the word of God.

Some of my colleagues who find it difficult to swallow these bitter pills argued that David and the prophets in the Bible acted drama, but their points were out of context.

For instance, David decided in his heart to act like a mad man to save his life from the king whom he deceived (1 Samuel 21:10-15).

If it was a film;

1. The story won’t mention his real name in the narration.

2. Everyone and the king would know that he was not truly mad.

God never asked David to act the deceitful display.

However, it is blaspheme to refer to all the strange experience of the prophets as drama. There was no prophet that performed drama. All they did was true in accordance to the instructions of the LORD.

If the prophets acted drama in the Bible then prophet Jeremiah would not love to be cursed. “Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.” (Jeremiah 4:10)

Christian film is not an instrument of evangelism. Jesus who spoke more than forty parables would have been a good actor if drama or film is a godly instrument.

To Act Drama or Film is an Unhealthy Risk to Take

I remembered praying for all my casts that would act the negative or evil roles in the play. But the shocking revelation is that some of the evil roles played by some casts come to pass in their lives. Thus, God respects words and choice of action so much.

If Christian film is a powerful instrument for evangelism, Jesus would have told the disciple during His ascension to heaven. The Gospel is from the Lord, so you should deliver the Message as instructed by the LORD and not by the lying acts you humanly thought could help God. 

If God is present in the messages delivered through films, then all the film tricks and emotions in the famous film such as; ‘The Passion of the Christ’ should have won billions of hot Christians for the Lord. A lot of people watch the Christian films, and after wiping away their tears, the movie does not have the capability to change their hearts to repentance.

It is wise for all Christians to stick to the instructions of the LORD in everything we do. Don’t embrace civilization, modernization or any form of science and technology that could contradict the word of GOD.

Despite the popular acceptance of Christian film, it clearly contradicts the commandment of God that asked us not to pretend and not to lie. “…and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8)

It is wise to watch real life documentaries than to watch or take part in the popular falsehood of Christian films or drama.

Please, ruminate on this message and re-read this message for more understanding. Then pray to the Lord to open your heart to comprehend His decision on film makers and film viewers.

I pray the LORD deliver us from the end-time deceits in this generation.