TO ALL CHRISTIANPLEASE YOU MUST READ AND SHAREIS NIGERIA GOING THE WAY OF TURKEY?•Turkey is in the present day Europe andpartly in Asia minor.•Apostle Paul was a citizen of Tukeybecause Tarsus exists in Turkey.•Christianity existed in Turkey for about1,023 years while Christianity has onlyexisted in Nigeria for 172yrs startingfrom when Rev. Birch Freeman came toBadagry in 1842.•The seven churches Jesus spoke to inRevelations 2&3(Ephesus,Smyrna,Laodicea,Ph iladelphia,etc)existed inthe old Turkey.•The disciples were first called Christiansin Turkey (Antioch)•Turkey once had the largest Christianauditorium in Europe called HagiaSophia in Constantinople.•Mary the mother of Jesus was taken toTurkey by Apostle John and till date, herroom has become a tourist centre.TURKEY TODAY•Present day Turkey now has 96% muslims&0.02% Christians(less than130,000).•The Hagia Sophia(once largest churchin Europe) was taken over by muslimsand converted to a mosque for over400yrs and later used as an IslamicMuseumWHYCHRISTIANITY COLLAPSED INTURKEY•Emphasis on doctrinal differencesweakened the Turkish church.•Rivalri es amongst denominations•Petty politics in church coupled withethnic biase•The Turks were building big cathedralsinstead of building men.HOW IT HAPPENED•Osman Ghazi discovered the disunityamongst Christians and used it to fight aJihad that led to a mass genocide of theArmenians, the Hellen and Turks of thatday. Infact, the weapon of war used wasdesigned by a Turkish Christian.•Many Christian women converted toIslam to save their lives and some wereraped.•Osman Ghazi started the Ottomanempire which gave muslims politicalpost and made it a religion of the state.IS NIGERIA HEADING THE WAY OFTURKEY•Virtually all the mistakes the church inTurkey made, the Nigerian church hasmade it.•We are building Cathedrals at theexpense of discipling men.•Disunity amongst churches•Ethnicity in the church•Denominational rivalry, etc.•Sharp division along doctrinal linesMORE FACTS•The spiritual foundation of Turkey isstronger than that of Nigeria andChristianity existed for over 1000yrs inTurkey unlike ours which is just 172yrsbut Islam Radicalism uprooted it. If itcan happen in Turkey, it can alsohappen IF we are not careful.•The menace of Boko Haram hasdestroyed a lot of churches in the northand it may take another 200yrs toevangelise Borno state alone.•There is a secret agenda to IslamizeNigeria&other African nations ascontained in Abuja declaration of 1989.DONT SAY IT CANT HAPPEN HERE, IFWE DONT RIGHT OUR WRONGS AS ACHURCH.SOLUTION•HEART-FELT Intercession•Aggressive evangelism- the terroristreached out to the youths in the northsfirst and gave them AK-47 and bombs, ifwe had reached out to them on time,theyll be carrying BIBLES today.•Mission support:-God is holding thechurch responsible for Boko Haram, yetwe are blaming the governement.If wehad supported missions andmissionaries, we would have thoseinsurgents to Christ long ago.•Unity of the church is key in winningthis battle. The last but not the leastchristians should be actively involved inpolitics. Enough of these muslimspolitical office holder with islamicagendaARISE CHURCH & LETS DO THE NEEDFUL
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:42:00 +0000
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