The Church’s Mandate

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 14:34 (KJV): Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

Righteousness exalts a nation.

God did not say a good political system, good social system or good economic system exalts a nation.

It is righteousness that exalts a nation.

It is high time we stopped blaming our governments for the state of the nation.
The problem is the church.

The Bible says that the foundations are out of course because we do not know who we are in God(Psalms 82).

I have come to understand that the world is out of balance because of the indifference of the Church of Christ.

In this, I have learnt to take responsibility and never judge my leaders.

As a Church, we ought to ask the hard questions: what message are we preaching?

Can I teach a man like Christ did and provoke in him the repentance of Zaccheaus to return money unjustly gained?

Have we fathered saints in the gospel or simply manipulated and abused them that they never want to pray?

Have we preached to them the righteousness that is of God that points them to their identity in God?

We can’t claim to be a Christian nation and still see certain things.

If we cannot see the results of what it means to be a Christian nation, it is high time we redefine what we call Christianity.

The church must take responsibility for the state of its nation because the mandate of discipling nations was handed to us.

FURTHER STUDY: Habakkuk 2:14, Psalms 22:27

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The church must take responsibility for the state of its nation because the mandate of discipling nations was handed to us.

PRAYER: My God, thank you for your Word for today. You know why you placed me in my nation, why I drunk its waters, ate its food and drove on its roads. It is all tied in to your purpose and will. With all the knowledge you have trusted me with, I cannot be in a nation and be comfortable with the things that do not show your glory. Because I am here, principalities bow. Because I am here, my nation grows in the knowledge of you. Because I am here, the gospel has free course. Because I am here peace reigns. To the glory of your name. Amen.