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CONSCIENCE OF A CHURCH IN DECLINE - NEED TO RETRACE ITS STEPS

The church of Christ in Nigeria just like America is deviating from faith. The consequence of this is growing atheism among our youth who are rebelling because of the hypocrisy they are witnessing every day in the church. Here is what I mean: 1. The church is committing idolatry with the way we idolize preachers as if they are God - many members believe their Pastor than they believe the Bible. They take the words of men more seriously than they take the words of God. Many (not all. When I was in Nigeria, I refused to accept all of the words I hear except I am convinced it is true as I read it from the Bible and I was tagged as a rebel and proud by some of my Pastors) Christians in Nigeria do not act as advised by Apostle Paul, when he said in Acts 17:11 "Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." The current generat