Thanksgiving had
become a common phenomenon; it is expressed in various life celebrations. Most
of the time, the church is the venue for all kinds of thanksgiving services.
It is amazing that
people can use any celebrative event in the house of God with the pretext of
giving honor to Him. Because the celebrants and the officiating ministers have
some egocentric intentions, the evil involved is ignored.
Come to think of it,
should there be anything called ‘the memorial thanksgiving service’ of the dead
in the church? What about things like ‘marriage, birthday, coronation or chieftaincy,
retirement, etc thanksgiving or anniversary services?
Ordinarily, nothing
evil should be seen to associate with all these; but when one considers the
church people’s societal lifestyles, the conclusion is not farfetched; obviously,
the world order had whispered and introduced these methods of thanksgiving
festivities into the church to promote Satan’s destructive activities.
To prove the
worldliness in the matter, you will see people of all beliefs and backgrounds
in high attendance. These people will never be a party to any spiritual walk in
whatever way in the church. And in addition, there is never any of such
merriment recommended in the Bible. Where is this coming from? Find out
yourself!
True thanksgiving is
offered to God Almighty only with the aim of worship and service in Spirit and
Truth. People hardly celebrate their salvation from sin, Satan and death. They
hardly party because a lost soul; a drug/alcohol addict, prostitute and many
who were bound by all manner of sinful habits are reconciled to God.
I believe there are
many meaningful reasons to thank God for in the church, rather than all these
perishing fetish earthly achievements.
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