Government 2

Last time we looked at secular government, specifically elected government.

I was hard on those representatives because they say words when they are campaigning. And there are words they say when being sworn in office, none of which is about their interests and pursuits. And no wonder they are paid so well and given so many other privileges to enable them keep their vows with distinction.

It is therefore sad that they use their positions for personal gain.

Is there a spiritual corollary? I am sure some are wondering, especially because I am a spiritual leader and minister.

Incidentally, there is not much different. It is only that in the spiritual many have been able to hide under spiritual sounding smog to do what many in the secular are doing without caring as they do not know any better.

It means that in the spiritual judgment is way higher than the one in the secular.

Let me get us a verse we all love quoting.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4: 18, 19)

Do you realize that it is not much different from that of secular rulers?

The only difference is that in the spiritual we are supposed to be actively involved in the rescue of the vulnerable as opposed to the secular leaders who are supposed to watch out so that they do not take advantage of the vulnerabilities for gain.

This of course means that we as God’s people will always be standing up against leaders when they are not serving the vulnerable aright since we can’t be rescuing people even as we see others being sunk where we are rescuing others from. And that is why for most the church appears to be preaching a social Gospel without knowing that any gospel that has no social bearing is not Christ’s.

Some will argue that I am quoting from Christ’s discourse. But doesn’t the Bible clearly say that we have the spirit of Christ? Did He not say that we are supposed to continue His work where He left when He ascended?

This means that a ministry that has no place for the weak, marginalized, rejected, etc may actually be anything but Christ’s ministry.

It is alright to have the golf buddies ministry, the executives ministry, the high table ministry, the billionaires ministry, etc.

But if those ministries have no impact on those groups our anointing should focus on, I might say something I said concerning some pastors who were defending their anointing; they probably are anointed with paraffin.

I am not saying that those high end groups don’t need ministry or the Gospel. I am simply saying what the Bible says; very few of them feel any need for the Gospel. It therefore means that the bulk of our ministry to them is wasted effort. But if God calls you there, just go ahead. Because then He will give you the openings, the strategy, the breakthroughs and endurance that ministry will certainly require.

Again I do not mean the rich cannot submit to Christ’s call since I have several very rich dear brethren. It just means it is hard, though not impossible as Jesus Himself said.

Let me close with Jesus’ own words on judgment day.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?  When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?  Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matthew 25: 31 – 46)

Read Job 31 to acknowledge that the rich can also do it.