THE LIBERATION WE ARE CALLED TO TEACH

 

THE LIBERATION WE ARE CALLED TO TEACH

‎What if the greatest spiritual problem facing our generation is not that people have forgotten the power of darkness, but that we have sometimes forgotten the power of Christ?

‎This is the liberation we are called to teach.

‎In {Colossians 2:14–15}, Scripture declares that Christ cancelled the record that stood against us, removed it from our way, and, through the cross, disarmed principalities and powers, triumphing over them openly.

‎Think about the magnitude of that message...The cross was not a defeat disguised as victory. The cross was victory.

‎Jesus did not go to Calvary merely to make believers feel better about themselves. He confronted sin, cancelled condemnation, defeated the powers that held humanity captive, and opened the way into a new kingdom and a new identity.

‎{Colossians 1:13} puts it plainly: God “has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”

‎That changes the conversation.

‎THE PROBLEM: After all this is done, yet, across many societies, including Africa and other parts of the developing world, we continue to encounter a version of Christianity in which the defeated enemy receives more attention than the victorious Christ.

‎People are constantly being told what Satan is doing, what Satan is planning, who Satan is supposedly using, what Satan will do next, and how much they must pay, give, sacrifice or depend on another human being to stop him.

‎Here, Fear becomes the message. Anxiety becomes the atmosphere. Suspicion becomes the culture. And dependency becomes the business model.

‎This deserves serious theological, ethical and social reflection.

‎Because when people are continually taught to interpret every hardship, sickness, disagreement, economic difficulty, political failure, family conflict or personal setback primarily through the lens of an invisible enemy, they can become so preoccupied with spiritual warfare that they lose sight of their responsibility to confront the very human systems, behaviours and decisions producing real-world suffering.

‎This implies that it is not every injustice that requires a demon to explain it.

‎Sometimes corruption is corruption. Sometimes exploitation is exploitation.Sometimes abuse is abuse.

‎Sometimes poverty is worsened by bad governance, institutional failure, greed, poor policy, inequality and the deliberate decisions of human beings.

‎Sometimes the “enemy” we are looking for is a broken system that we have the responsibility to reform.

And sometimes evil is not hiding in the spiritual realm.

‎It is sitting in an office. It is signing a fraudulent contract. It is stealing public resources. It is manipulating vulnerable people. It is spreading misinformation. It is abusing religious authority. It is exploiting people's fears for financial gain.

‎Armed with this truth, we must be courageous enough to distinguish spiritual realities from human responsibility.

‎THE CLARITY OF THE CROSS: Let us be very clear here.

The victory of Christ does not mean evil no longer exists. It means evil no longer has the final word.

‎It does not mean believers will never experience suffering, temptation, injustice or opposition. It means none of these realities should become greater than Christ in our theology.

‎I means that: The Gospel should produce courage, not perpetual terror. Faith should produce responsibility, not helplessness. Prayer should strengthen action, not replace it. Spiritual authority should produce service, not manipulation. And Christian leadership should point people toward Christ, not make the leader indispensable.

‎When Jesus says, “It is finished.”

‎We should know that there is profound theological weight in those words.

‎The Christian message therefore cannot be reduced to an endless investigation of what the devil supposedly did yesterday, is doing today, or may do tomorrow.

‎The central message is Jesus Christ.

‎His life. His cross. His resurrection. His kingdom. His lordship. His finished work. His call to repentance, righteousness, love, justice, truth, service and transformation.

‎{Philippians 2:9–11} reminds us that God highly exalted Christ and gave Him the name above every name, so that every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

‎That is the Christ the world needs to see.

Not a Christ buried beneath sensationalism.

‎Not a Christ overshadowed by personality cults.

‎Not a Christ reduced to a fundraising mechanism.

‎Not a Christ whose people are kept permanently terrified of a defeated enemy.

‎CHRIST, THE LIBERATION WE MUST TEACH: If Christ has liberated us, then our theology must produce liberated people.

‎People who can think. People who can discern. People who can question manipulation. People who can resist corruption. People who can reject superstition without rejecting faith. People who can pray and still build. People who can believe God and still demand accountability from institutions. People who can understand spiritual warfare without becoming blind to social injustice. People who can confront poverty through entrepreneurship, education, innovation and responsible governance. People who can defend truth in an age of misinformation. People who can enter politics without worshipping political power. People who can participate in religion without surrendering their conscience. And People who can serve humanity without being enslaved by personalities.

‎That is what transformative Christianity should help produce. Because liberation is not merely being delivered from something. Liberation is also being empowered for something.

‎We are liberated from bondage so that we can walk in responsibility.

‎We are liberated from condemnation so that we can pursue righteousness.

‎We are liberated from fear so that we can become courageous.

‎We are liberated from darkness so that we can become light.

‎We are liberated from destructive patterns so that we can help rebuild families, institutions, communities and nations.

‎THE AFRICAN QUESTION: It is important to understand that Africa does not merely need more people shouting about spiritual enemies. Africa needs people who will confront the human causes of human suffering.

‎We need ethical leaders. We need competent institutions. We need accountable governments. We need productive economies. We need quality education. We need scientific thinking. We need responsible religious leadership. We need social cohesion. We need citizens who understand their rights and responsibilities. We need a generation that can pray fervently while also designing better systems. And We need believers who understand that faith is not an excuse for intellectual laziness, civic irresponsibility or moral compromise.

‎If we genuinely believe that Christ has overcome, then our communities should begin to reflect the freedom, dignity, truth, justice, compassion and responsibility that His kingdom represents.

‎That is the liberation we should be teaching. Not artificial fear. Not manufactured spiritual emergencies. Not perpetual dependency. Not exploitation disguised as revelation. Not human evil continuously outsourced to an invisible devil while the human perpetrators remain unchallenged.

‎Jesus has already been lifted high.

‎So let us lift Him high. Let people see Christ. Let people hear the Gospel. Let people encounter truth. Let people discover their dignity. Let people learn to think. Let people become responsible citizens. Let people understand that genuine faith does not make human beings weaker; it can make them courageous enough to confront both personal sin and societal injustice.

‎And if we are going to preach spiritual victory, let us have the courage to demonstrate its implications in the real world.

‎The Holy Catholic Church is committed to the mission of proclaiming the Gospel of Christ and advancing a vision of human dignity, spiritual freedom, social responsibility and transformative service.

‎The question before us is simple: Are we pointing people to Jesus, or are we making ourselves the centre of their fears? Are we producing disciples, or dependencies? Are we building liberated people, or frightened audiences? Are we preaching the finished work of Christ, or constantly creating new spiritual emergencies?

‎At this time and this this days: the world does not need more manufactured fear.

‎It needs truth. It needs wisdom. It needs courage. It needs responsible leadership. And above all, it needs to see Christ.

‎Jesus has taken care of the root.

‎Now let us stop manufacturing artificial bondage.

Let us teach liberation. Let us live liberation. And Let us build communities worthy of the freedom we proclaim

‎THE CALL: If this message challenges you, do not merely agree with it.

‎Study the Scriptures. Test every teaching. Ask difficult questions. Reject manipulation. Refuse to profit from people's fears. Hold leaders accountable. Build rather than destroy. Serve rather than exploit. And wherever you have influence, make Christ—not yourself—the centre.

‎Please, share this message with someone who needs to hear it.

‎The liberation we are called to teach begins when people encounter the truth of Christ and discover that faith was never meant to make them prisoners of fear.

‎Shalom!

‎[ACN_JN8:12]

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