As the countdown begins to
our local gubernatorial election at Osun State, Church Arise! wishes to
underscore just why we consider ourselves duty-bound to mobilize the Church
against the incumbent. The one and
only one reason is that Mr Aregbesola, who perceives himself as Oranmiyan
re-incarnate, passionately considers himself as being on a mission to return
the land to the dead gods of Yorubaland.
In a nutshell, Mr Aregbesola UNILATERALLY
decides one night that our name is now Osun’s State and no more Osun State; and
that our identity flag will be seven cowries arranged around the Ori Olokun and
other cultic symbolisms. In exchange for
these fundamental kingdom issues, Mr Aregbesola offers a network of roads and
promise of flamboyant school buildings as our mess of pottage.
Of course, there are serious
issues with roads built at unreasonably inflated costs and sourced from high
taxation - of which not less than 10% is
repatriated to Lagos as fees for the so-called Tax Consultants (even the road diggers are from Lagos!). There are also serious issues with
demolishing schools built by Christian missions and rebuilding them with money
sourced from the Islamic bond, Sukkuk,
which demands that assets procured must be Shariah-compliant. Indeed there are issues with virtually every
legacy projects being claimed by Mr Aregbesola – school uniforms, opon imo, O-Yes, etc, because as we
pointed out earlier, a tree rooted in evil can simply not bring out any real
good for the people. But frankly
speaking, we could leave all these to the politicians to trash out.
What the Church cannot afford
leave to politics is the evident missionary zeal and commitment of Mr
Aregbesola to use state machinery,
authority, and funds to coerce the land and people back into idolatory. The combined assault of revived idolatory and
Islamic militancy (evident by Aregbesola’s concessions on Hijrah day, Hijab,
etc) can be likened to the sharp crooked stick that needs to be avoided from
long range to avoid being blinded (Prov. 22:3).
The stories of Christians being crucified and massacred in hundreds
emerging from the Middle East in the last few hours, not to talk of ongoing
atrocities by Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria and the FCT are enough wake-up
call for the complacent Church in SW Nigeria to arise and take necessary action
while there is still time.
While the Church remains on
this planet, we are called to oppose and resist the full blown manifestation of
evil and iniquities (2 Thess. 2:6-7).
The antichrist will still have his opportunity some day, but not while
we are yet around!
Mr Aregbesola needs to be
told that the Church is aware of his moves, and that we are serious about doing
something about it. The only legitimate
action at this auspicious time, apart from prayers of course, is to mobilize
ourselves and protect our vital interests with our votes.
Kindly forward this to every
ELIGIBLE VOTER you know in Osun State, and post on other media as you consider
appropriate.
Please check our blogsite http://churcharise.blogspot.com for previous postings giving relevant details
1 comment:
I think as Christians to be involve in political campaign is misplacement priority. if Aregbe is bringing back the dead gods as you claimed in your article, then it is not our duties as Christians to be criticizing him on political bases. we can resist him in spiritual realm through our prayers. but is a pity that we Christians are now political hallelujah congregation rather than focus on heavenly goals.
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