LET US STUDY:: Turkey is in the present day Europe and partly in Asia.
■Apostle Paul was a citizen of Turkey because Tarsus exists in Turkey.
■Christianity existed in Turkey for about 1,023 years while Christianity
has only existed in Nigeria and Ghana for 172yrs starting from when
Rev. Birch Freeman came to Badagry in 1842.
■The seven churches Jesus spoke to in Revelations 2 & 3(Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea) existed
in the old Turkey.
■Turkey once had the largest Christian auditorium in Europe called Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
■Mary the mother of Jesus was taken to Turkey by Apostle John and till date, her room has become a tourist centre.
*TURKEY TODAY*
■Present day Turkey now has 96% muslims & 0.02% Christians(less than 130,000).
■The Hagia Sophia(once largest church in Europe) was taken over by
muslims and converted to a mosque for over 400yrs and later used as an
Islamic Museum.
*WHY CHRISTIANITY COLLAPSED IN TURKEY*
■Emphasis on doctrinal differences weakened the Turkish church.
■Rivalries amongst denominations.
■Petty politics in church coupled with ethnic biases.
■The Turks were building big cathedrals instead of building men.
*HOW IT HAPPENED*
■Osman Ghazi discovered the disunity amongst Christians and used it to
fight a Jihad that led to a mass genocide of the Armenians, the Hellen
and Turks of that day. In fact, the weapon of war used was designed by a
Turkish Christian.
■Many Christian women converted to Islam to save their lives and some were raped and killed.
■Osman Ghazi started the Ottoman empire which gave muslims political post and made it a religion of the state.
*IS NIGERIA/GHANA HEADING THE WAY OF TURKEY*
■Virtually all the mistakes the church in Turkey made, the Nigerian/Ghanaian church have made it.
■We are building Cathedrals at the expense of discipling men.
■Disunity amongst churches.
■Ethnicity in the church.
■Denominational rivalry, etc.
■Sharp division along doctrinal lines.
*MORE FACTS*
■The spiritual foundation of Turkey is stronger than that of Nigeria/
Ghana and Christianity existed for over 1000yrs in Turkey unlike ours
which is just 172yrs but Islam Radicalism uprooted it. If it can happen
in Turkey, it can also happen If we are not careful.
■The menace of Boko Haram has destroyed a lot of churches in the
Northern Nigeria and it may take another 200yrs to evangelize Borno
State alone.
■There is a secret agenda to Islamize Nigeria and other African nations as contained in Abuja declaration of 1989.
*DON'T SAY IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, IF WE DON'T RIGHT OUR WRONGS AS A CHURCH.*
*SOLUTION*
■HEART-FELT Intercession.
■Aggressive evangelism- the terrorist reached out to the youths in the
norths first and gave them AK-47 and bombs, if we had reached out to
them on time,
they'll be carrying BIBLES today.
■Mission support:-God is holding the church responsible for Boko Haram,
yet we are blaming the government. If we had supported missions and
missionaries, we would have those insurgents to Christ long ago.
■Unity of the church is key in winning this battle. The last but not the
least christians should be actively involve in politics. Enough of
these muslims political office holder with islamic agenda.
ARISE CHURCH & LETS DO THE NEEDFULL
May God bless you as you spread the Word.
You are the Church.
Tuesday 10 October 2017
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