As you should not allow colonization enter your Christianity so you should not allow church traditions and your village traditions.
Our problem is that we fail to realize that all this traditions,from the church one to our village ones or Islamic are made by men and can always go bad, except your culture (your way of life). That is why I believe the Bible says"Don't be hearers only,but also doers of your culture"
Our problem starts when we go to church for the fun of it or because of someone or something thereabout. That is why we always make sure to find faults in everyone and everything, always go out of context,some even end up leaving the church, and cling to some ancient traditions our fathers,but they end up the same way,with the same mindset and sometimes end up worse. But the good news is that God can still show you mercy if you go back to Him,but our father's gods don't do that.
Listen, whether you gree or not you must know that all the deeds and gods our fathers worshipped ends on this earth in this fleshy life,but have you asked yourself what kind of life you will be living after you die, because you will surely die someday.
You must know that you have a Spirit;the real you,that one that keep living after you die.
I meet folks who talk about incarnation,they believe that if you die your spirit comes back to flesh,and it goes on like that. Well, I too know about incarnation,and I believe it is real,but you must know that there's a Natural incarnation and Spiritual incarnation.
Now the one that we come back to is the natural one(that still dies), but the Spiritual one like Jesus Christ;the God incarnate who died and rouse again and lives forever,now that is where Christianity comes (real Christianity). Christianity teaches you about Life Eternal:that incarnation that gives your living a meaning.
This is the reason why I believe we should all become Christians,real Christians, because only Christianity I believe can save you a peaceful incarnation after death.
My grandma was a native woman, a traditional woman,a good one who tried to do no evil,who believed in incarnation. She even believed that I am her father on the incarnation thing and it's hard to argue because people who knew the man said I have much of his natural qualities,but still you must know that it only end in the natural. There is a spiritual one that is more superior to the natural,and Truth enough she was teaching me all that(Incarnation) before she passed on.
She had taught me that any way I find to follow God I should follow Him with all my heart. She never for one's taught me her native things because she knew that there's no gain in the end,it just ends here in the natural,yes she even told me that all you need is the Word of God, believe it or not.
Before becoming a Christian I had thought about all that she had said,you know from back in the day when I was still a kid I had despised some so called Christians because of the character they play, they made conversion impossible.
My grandma must know a lot that is why she didn't allow me into the Islamic village or her native things,she just wants me to stick to God.
I then became a Christian not even because some pastor or evangelist preached to me, even though they had tried from before,I believe it's because of intercessions from my grandmother,my Mom,and my Boss from back in the day(may his soul rest in peace) 🕊️
"Christianity is personal"says E.A. ADEBOYE.
Know this now that Christianity is not some Jesus of Lübeck or the colonial masters religion,but a way of life;our culture.
...as you open your heart and head to the epignosis of this words I pray God opens your eyes to see.
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