It is not for the Whites Alone
I was born in Africa, as an African and brought up in Africa. I am a black, I love being a black and I am proud of it, the political leadership system notwithstanding. I read, watched, and also wrote about the humiliation done against blacks by whites, both the Western and Arabian worlds. Africans in particular and blacks as a whole have gone through hell in the hands of their white lords. Slavery, molestation, rape, murder sending to exile, etc., have been done on and against the blacks. A situation where men were forcefully separated from the wives, children, and homes, and banished into slavery for perpetual suffering. Women were forced out of their marriage, husbands' houses, and separated from their suckling children, turned into prostitute and sex machines. Young girls were raped terribly against their will. And children were made homeless, fatherless and motherless, as they starved in the perpetual agony of hunger, sickness, and diseases until they die recklessly.
When any African reads and watches this inhuman treatment against the black, he burns in pain, agony, anger, and resentment against the whites, even the innocent ones among them who have nothing to do with it. The annoying part of it is that after human rights have been declared and equality of all humans is announced, most blacks are still being molested and killed. Serial slavery against the blacks is still going on, and the lives of the blacks are yet to be equal with that of the whites, and their human rights are yet to be recognized, valued, and respect by the whites; it is still a theory, and most times a political statement. This has given African loving citizens the need to agitate, move for, and are as well taking the steps to realize African United, in order to realize true and/or total freedom from the whites. Even though most power-drunk African leaders are stumbling blocks to this by continually making themselves perpetual puppets in the hands of those enslaving Africans, in order to retain their power and political seats. Thereby giving room for these foreign lords to continue to instigate rancor, disunity, and war among the blacks and African countries. And by so doing, these power-drunk African leaders continue to betray their own and continually sell Africans into slavery.
All these have aggravated most blacks that they don't want to have anything to do with the whites and the Western world. This, however, has led so many Africans into wrong beliefs, ideology, and propagation. One of these errors is the belief and propagation that Christianity (Christ-like lifestyle) is the religion of the whites and Bible their book. Therefore, any Africa who still believes in Christ and reads the Bible, the Word of God is still a slave to the whites. They believe that the Bible and Christianity is a white man's means of brainwashing the blacks, making them remain subject, submissive, and slaves to them. Others believe that Christianity is the culture and tradition of the Jewish people, the offshoot, or the continuation of Judaism. It is very important that I make it clear to Africa, blacks, and the world at large that Christianity is not the culture or tradition of the Jews and not for the whites alone. Christianity is not the offshoot or the continuation of Judaism, it is rather the heavenly culture and tradition, ordained by God through Christ Jesus for all human race, black, white or red right from the fall of man.
Let me make this clearer, Judaism as a religion was God's divine plan to realize the salvation of man, through the coming of Christ. Judaism was not an end in itself, but a means to an end. In order words, Judaism was not the ultimate plan of God to realize the salvation of man, rather it is a means to the realization of the ultimate plan of God which is the salvation of man in and through Christ Jesus. On the cross, therefore, Jesus ended Judaism, what you may call the Jewish (whites) culture or tradition. And still, on that cross, the culture (lifestyle) and tradition of heaven (God) were born on earth. This culture, which is the heavenly way of life which was brought, taught and introduced by God through Christ Jesus took the name Christians and/or Christianity in about 38-40 AD in Antioch, of Syria. This name was not taken by early Christians by themselves, those who knew the holy and righteous lifestyle of Christ saw a group of people behaving like Christ when He had ascended back to heaven and they said among themselves, "These people are like Christ". This statement gave birth to the name that the Christian faith bears today, which means "These people are like Christ".
Christianity in a real sense is not a religion, but a culture, a way of life. This culture or a way of life is neither for the whites, blacks nor reds, but it is the culture or a way of life of heaven, that is of God, introduced to man through Christ Jesus. Religion is man's effort to find, appease, and/or worship a god or a supernatural being. But in Christianity, God came looking for man, and as many, as He found, He revealed Himself to them and showed them the way or means of coming to and worshipping Him, and that means, is Christ Jesus alone. Why Judaism? It was to be a means through which God will send the Savior of all mankind to the world. Therefore, being a Christian has absolutely nothing to do with color or race, but has everything to do with accepting Christ Jesus as personal Lord and Savior. As many who accept Him (Christ Jesus), He (God) gives the power to become sons or children of God (John 1:12).
Christianity is not a religion involving rituals of molding images, bowing to it, praying to it, or before it. It is not a religion of carrying crosses around, moving in a particular procession. It is not a religion that demands wearing chaplets or necklaces with a cross or crucifix image around it in the name of Christ Jesus or as a symbol to represent Him. It is not a religion involving the rituals of spreading or a sprinkling of water, oil while praying, or the use of a handkerchief, chaplet, or the so-called anointing materials while praying or worshiping. It is not a religion that requires one to dress, stand, or walk in a particular way or direction. It only demands that believers dress and appear decently, covering their nakedness and/or alluring parts properly to avoid being a temptation to others. It is not a ritualistic or ceremonial "religion" at all. All these done by most bodies that claim Christianity is the error of human minds in trying to present this heavenly culture in/with human mentality and way of life. In times past, men have tried to present Christianity in the light or view of their culture and tradition, contrary to God's view and standard of introducing the Christ-like way of life (Christianity). This error has been made both by the whites and the blacks. And that has been the origin of the denominational errors in doctrine, dogma, and practices of members of these denominations who professed Christianity as their faith. It is the attempt to influence Christianity with western culture that brought about the Roman Catholic church, the attempt to influence Christianity with African culture that brought about Independent African churches or whites garment churches, and most so-called Pentecostal churches. Christian faith demands nothing but to believe in and accept Christ Jesus as one's only Lord and personal Savior and live according to His lifestyle and teachings. There is no other name given to men or among men through which they will be saved, except that name Christ Jesus. In Christian faith, true worshipers worship God in spirit and in truth through Christ Jesus and Him alone.
Christ came to reveal God to the world, so that they may come out of their ignorance of seeking, making for themselves and worshiping false gods or idols. He came so that the world through Him might come to the knowledge of the truth, and be saved from sin, Satan, and eternal damnation. This is for the world, to as many who believe and/or accept. Not only for the whites, blacks, reds, or for a particular culture. Christian faith is a universal and heavenly will or culture of God on/to man, the lifestyle He wants for man in realizing his betterment on earth, and eternal redemption. Hence, Africans and/or blacks, change your mentality, we need Christ to realize our true unity and total freedom. Christian faith is for the blacks, as many who believe in Christ Jesus, and not just for the whites alone.
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Nwoko Solomon Ikechukwu
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