The killing of a pastor of the Assemblies of God church in Tema Community 4 has sparked an intense online debate over religion and the promises it makes to its followers which never seem to get fulfiled.
The pastor was stabbed to death in church, the house of God, whilst preparing to come out and deliver his usual Sunday sermon to his congregation. A man of God being killed in God’s own house is surely a cause for alarm about what benefits one accrues from being a Christian that is unavailable to the believer.
Founding Editor of ghanacelebrities.com, Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri, has queried his followers about the use of a God who promises one protection but can’t protect his own messengers in his own house?
Writing on Facebook, Chris said, in that case, God is as useless as lipstick on a pig because he really gives his followers no special protection than others.
Check out his post below…
Anytime God, I mean the Abrahamic God is given the opportunity to show his might, he woefully disappoints. Yet he makes so many promises and claims which mounting evidence contradict. This same God says at 2 Thessalonians 3:3 through his chosen man that “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.”
Yet when evil looms against his people, he fails to show up.
Today, at church, a place where he is said to dwell, one of his men, was stabbed to death—and he did nothing about it. The pastor faced uncommon evil, and he didn’t honour his promise.
Why be friends, let alone worship a God who does not keep to his promise to you? Why keep yours to him then?
A God, a delusion of credulity!
The evidence all point to the fact that, the conception of a God is our infantile attempt to understand our universe and it is entirely wrong.
We are animals, belonging to the genus homos, one of many species that once existed and now the others are extinct. We are nothing special—and have no relationship with any God.
—Chris-Vincent Agyapong
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God doesn't permit evil, He is a good God, He has done all that should be done, there is nothing new He is going to do, if you read the new testament every promise is in the past tense, is up to us to have knowledge of Him and be conscious of who we are. Most of us don't know God we go to church out of fear.
I can see some people still do not understand who God is. Did u forget he loves Jesus pbuh more than Dis said pastor, but God couldn't save him when he 'Jesus' needed God d most. But dat is d way God works. He does whatever He wills. He has power over all things. He is the might the most wise. Allaahu Akbar.
hmm this tragedy is well known to God , everything that happens God knew is going to happen , but it doesn't call for insult beware and be careful about the creator of everything including you #chris but God have mercy on you already.
Let's take it easy with the gentleman. The God that the gentleman repudiates; the very God who PERMITTED such grave "evil" to behalf His own servant; that same God has such boundless mercy and wisdom and power and righteousness as to still be able to save and even bless an ***barred word*** and vile sinner such as this young man and me. Even Job, the attested divine of old, did falter in the face of God's apparent helplessness about "unjustified" visitation affliction upon his innocent self. God, if He exists (which I believe He does), must be too great to be understood by a tiny, ignoble piece of dust called man, beyond what He chooses to make understandable.
it is fact that ALMIGHTY GOD PROTECT HIS PEOPLE, SO WASHIPERS SHOULD FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE WASHIPPING, IF IT IS NOT ALMIGHTY GOD BUT ANY OTHER god then you have no protection, simple no emotions attach to this, find out.
What despicable utterance from this young guy. May he encounter God and repent soon and very soon!!
***barred word***....SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS NO RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. UNLIKE YOU, SOME OF US DO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND HE IS FAITHFUL. WE MAY NOT ALWAYS BE PROTECTED FROM EVIL, BUT THEN WE KNOW GOD IS IN IT AND HAS ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. THAT IS OUR BELIEVE AND WE STAND BY IT. THERE IS A GOD AND WE DON'T NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW HE WORKS. THE MOMENT THAT HAPPENS, HE CEASES TO BE GOD. YOU, CHRIS ON THE OTHER HAND ARE THE MOST MISERABLE BEING ON THIS EARTH. YOU ARE LOST AND YOUR SOUL IS LOST. MAY GOD FORGIVE YOUR UTTERANCES. GOD DIDN'T SAY THAT WE WON'T DIE NOR FACE EVIL THINGS, HE SAID HE IS WITH US AND EVEN IN DEATH OR IN THE FACE OF EVIL, HE IS WITH US. WE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER DEATH.
THIS BOY WILL BURN IN HELL FIRE IF HE DOESN'T CHANGE HIS MINDSET. HE IS SO ST====UP====---ID AND ARROGANT FOR ALWAYS BLASPHEMING GOD. WHO AND WHAT DOES HE THINK HE IS? THAT BREATH OF LIVE YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS GIVEN TO YOU BY GOD, THE ONE WHOM YOU DEFILE AND CALL US++++ELE=====SS. HE CAN TAKE IT FROM YOU AND THEN WHAT? I PERSONALLY FEEL SORRY FOR HIS WIFE BECAUSE IF SHE IS NOT STRONG IN HER FAITH, THIS US...E...LE....SS BOY WILL MAKE HIM LEAVE HER FAITH AND JOIN HIM. MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU. I WILL CONTINUE PRAYING FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU NEED PRAYERS. GOD BEING SILENT DOESN'T MEAN HE IS DEAD. HE WAS SILENT AND ALLOWED CHRIST TO BE SACRIFICED, BUT THE SAME GOD SHOWED HIS POWER BY RESURRECTING HIM.
THIS BOY WILL BURN IN HELL IF HE DOESN'T CHANGE HIS MINDSET. HE IS SO ***barred word*** AND ARROGANT FOR ALWAYS BLASPHEMING GOD. WHO AND WHAT DOES HE THINK HE IS? THAT BREATH OF LIVE YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS GIVEN TO YOU BY GOD, THE ONE WHOM YOU DEFILE AND CALL ***barred word***. HE CAN TAKE IT FROM YOU AND THEN WHAT? I PERSONALLY FEEL SORRY FOR HIS WIFE BECAUSE IF SHE IS NOT STRONG IN HER FAITH, THIS US...E...LE....SS BOY WILL MAKE HIM LEAVE HER FAITH AND JOIN HIM. MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU. I WILL CONTINUE PRAYING FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU NEED PRAYERS. GOD BEING SILENT DOESN'T MEAN HE IS DEAD. HE WAS SILENT AND ALLOWED CHRIST TO BE SACRIFICED, BUT THE SAME GOD SHOWED HIS POWER BY RESURRECTING HIM.
Mark 3:28-30: "Truly I tell you, all sins and blasphemes will be forgiven for the sons of men. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin. He said this because they [the Pharisees] were saying, 'He has an evil spirit'."