Church: 'Rise up for your Nation'
'I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. 7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.
8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.'
(1 Timothy 2:1-8)
Paul gives to Timothy the instruction to pray for Kings and for all those who are in authority for the following reasons:
That we may live peaceful lives,
That we may live quiet lives,
And that we may live in all godliness and holiness.
When there is peace and quietness in a nation, the likelihood of achieving national prosperity is also high. When there is godliness and holiness in a nation, people easily grow a conscience and mostly focus on doing honest work, they respect lives and private properties and they mostly tend to behave in a way that falls in line with the ten commandments given to Moses. When there is peace, there is also order, in other words, the constitution (the righteous law) and the rules are respected and laws are designed to build rather than destroy.
The instruction from Paul was addressed to the Church. When a society or a country is in shambles through wars, corruption, injustice and all forms of unrighteousness, it means that the Church is not doing her job.
A corrupt government, an economically poor nation, an anarchical nation and a nation where good people get eliminated for doing the right thing are all indicators revealing that the Church is both lazy, self-centered and corrupt.
Many Christians tend to blame the government for everything. Of course the people in government have a great role to play. However, the primary responsibility to ensure peace,quietness, godliness and holiness in a nation relies in the hands of the Church.
In Matthew 16:19, Jesus said: ‘I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
When Jesus spoke those words, He was not talking to a government or the United Nations. He was talking to the Church.
The Church has keys. And when a government is corrupt and a nation is in shambles, it means that the Church is not using those keys properly.
Keys are meant to open and to lock doors. It seems that the Church has gotten into the habit of solely opening doors for good things. But we must also lock the doors against certain things such as the mafia, state capture, infiltration of the judicial system, corruption, unjust murders, etc…
In South Africa, I have visited many Churches and I can’t recall when was the last time that we prayed for the government and the nation.
On the contrary, we now have pastors preaching about money for 1st January till 31st December. We have a lot of pastors and churches solely focused on money, the next big car, personal glory, shallow teachings and sexual immorality. Such ministers and churches cannot have an impact of Light over the nation. In such conditions, we can’t. We can’t.
As a Church, we need to rise up and have a schedule where we pray for our leaders, the government in order to bring peace, justice and prosperity upon the Nation.
This is what we need to do:
* We need to pray for all our leaders.
*We need to confess our authority upon our environment (e.g: hijacked buildings, streets, parks, schools,etc…) and policies by using the Scriptures. In other words, I recommend that we frame our environment within the Scriptures by confessing the new reality we want to see.
*We need to increase evangelisation efforts: ‘this is an important point. The more we evangelise, the more we reduce darkness in our society.’ Many human agents of darkness (e.g: potential mafia kingpins, criminals,etc..) can be converted and change their ways through evangelisation. Evangelisation can help prevent the creation of ‘super villains’.
* This is a very important one: ‘we need to curse the weapons of the enemy. The Church is so used to bless (which is a good thing). However, we must curse the weapons that the enemy uses. We don’t curse people. We must curse the tools (witchcraft, guns, monies,ect…) they use to destroy society. In Isaiah 54:17, God says that we, as His servants, can condemn the weapons of the enemy. It means we have more power than them.
And as we pray, we must not fall for the trap of the enemy who wants us to be filled with all forms of hatred as it has happened in many countries. Paul wrote:
‘ Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.’ (1 Timothy 2:8)
By falling into the ‘professional hate trap’ that generalises everything and everyone, many ended up mistreating innocent people in the process.
As we do those things, this is what will happen:
*God will remove stiff necked leaders in collusion with darkness.
*God will enlighten many leaders to do right by their people.
*God will also raise individuals who will make a constructive and righteous difference.
*The weapons of the enemy will be weakened and even irrelevant. You will see guns jamming, money frozen, kingpins and masterminds going to jail.
As much as our Light is stronger, we should not underestimate the power of darkness. In the Western world, there are many churches led by AI or by people who promote anti-Scriptural principles. If we don’t spread light correctly, the darkness will not only dominate society, but it will enter the church.
And finally, can you please do me a favour by sharing this message with your pastor and church leaders ?
Thank you greatly.
8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.'
(1 Timothy 2:1-8)
Paul gives to Timothy the instruction to pray for Kings and for all those who are in authority for the following reasons:
That we may live peaceful lives,
That we may live quiet lives,
And that we may live in all godliness and holiness.
When there is peace and quietness in a nation, the likelihood of achieving national prosperity is also high. When there is godliness and holiness in a nation, people easily grow a conscience and mostly focus on doing honest work, they respect lives and private properties and they mostly tend to behave in a way that falls in line with the ten commandments given to Moses. When there is peace, there is also order, in other words, the constitution (the righteous law) and the rules are respected and laws are designed to build rather than destroy.
The instruction from Paul was addressed to the Church. When a society or a country is in shambles through wars, corruption, injustice and all forms of unrighteousness, it means that the Church is not doing her job.
A corrupt government, an economically poor nation, an anarchical nation and a nation where good people get eliminated for doing the right thing are all indicators revealing that the Church is both lazy, self-centered and corrupt.
Many Christians tend to blame the government for everything. Of course the people in government have a great role to play. However, the primary responsibility to ensure peace,quietness, godliness and holiness in a nation relies in the hands of the Church.
In Matthew 16:19, Jesus said: ‘I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
When Jesus spoke those words, He was not talking to a government or the United Nations. He was talking to the Church.
The Church has keys. And when a government is corrupt and a nation is in shambles, it means that the Church is not using those keys properly.
Keys are meant to open and to lock doors. It seems that the Church has gotten into the habit of solely opening doors for good things. But we must also lock the doors against certain things such as the mafia, state capture, infiltration of the judicial system, corruption, unjust murders, etc…
In South Africa, I have visited many Churches and I can’t recall when was the last time that we prayed for the government and the nation.
On the contrary, we now have pastors preaching about money for 1st January till 31st December. We have a lot of pastors and churches solely focused on money, the next big car, personal glory, shallow teachings and sexual immorality. Such ministers and churches cannot have an impact of Light over the nation. In such conditions, we can’t. We can’t.
As a Church, we need to rise up and have a schedule where we pray for our leaders, the government in order to bring peace, justice and prosperity upon the Nation.
This is what we need to do:
* We need to pray for all our leaders.
*We need to confess our authority upon our environment (e.g: hijacked buildings, streets, parks, schools,etc…) and policies by using the Scriptures. In other words, I recommend that we frame our environment within the Scriptures by confessing the new reality we want to see.
*We need to increase evangelisation efforts: ‘this is an important point. The more we evangelise, the more we reduce darkness in our society.’ Many human agents of darkness (e.g: potential mafia kingpins, criminals,etc..) can be converted and change their ways through evangelisation. Evangelisation can help prevent the creation of ‘super villains’.
* This is a very important one: ‘we need to curse the weapons of the enemy. The Church is so used to bless (which is a good thing). However, we must curse the weapons that the enemy uses. We don’t curse people. We must curse the tools (witchcraft, guns, monies,ect…) they use to destroy society. In Isaiah 54:17, God says that we, as His servants, can condemn the weapons of the enemy. It means we have more power than them.
And as we pray, we must not fall for the trap of the enemy who wants us to be filled with all forms of hatred as it has happened in many countries. Paul wrote:
‘ Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.’ (1 Timothy 2:8)
By falling into the ‘professional hate trap’ that generalises everything and everyone, many ended up mistreating innocent people in the process.
As we do those things, this is what will happen:
*God will remove stiff necked leaders in collusion with darkness.
*God will enlighten many leaders to do right by their people.
*God will also raise individuals who will make a constructive and righteous difference.
*The weapons of the enemy will be weakened and even irrelevant. You will see guns jamming, money frozen, kingpins and masterminds going to jail.
As much as our Light is stronger, we should not underestimate the power of darkness. In the Western world, there are many churches led by AI or by people who promote anti-Scriptural principles. If we don’t spread light correctly, the darkness will not only dominate society, but it will enter the church.
And finally, can you please do me a favour by sharing this message with your pastor and church leaders ?
Thank you greatly.