Many many years ago, there lived a priest who preached good
sermons in a village chapel. Many gathered every Sunday to hear him. On one of
such days, He saw a lady in a white transparent dress seated therein. She sat
in the middle and held a big book akin to a compilation of all holy books in
the chapel. The priest became scared as she appeared invisible to all congregants.
However, this freed him from the anxious feeling that he had not prepared any sermon for
use today.
“Praise him,” the
Priest manage to say when he rose to preach. The congregants seemed relaxed and joyous
and he felt isolated with fear.
When the congregation responded, “Halleluyah,” the lady in
white stood up with her big book clad to her chest. She kept her penetrative gazed
on the priest, and opened her book so the Priest could read.
“The saved,” the priest
read loud. The congregants took this to be the title of his sermon. The Chapters
of her book were names. Some of which the priest Read loud: “Hezekiah, Isaiah
and Clairissa.” The Priest did not notice that the first elder, their Prayer
leader, and Clairissa responded to their name call. They moved close to the
pulpit. Clairissa was a young woman who still could not speak in tongues and
often was prayed for week-on-week to receive the Holy Spirit.
“Turn the Chapter to Isaiah,” the priest asked, making eye
contact with the lady in White for the first time. And at this the flock picked
their bibles whilst the Lady in White flipped to Isaiah’s Chapter.”
“Isaiah organized
prayer and fasting sessions at least twice in the week,” the Priest read, and
at this the prayer leader took two steps to receive what he interpreted as
their priest’s recognition of his efforts.
The priest continued reading, “But he could not make the
saved list, his prayer efforts were self-directed- he encouraged church members
to curse their enemies instead of plain instructions to love them, he
encouraged members to hope for miracles where they needed hard work. These dim
the overall light of their society- created hatred and encouraged laziness.”
“Unbelievable,” the Priest exclaimed, and which surprisingly
the congregation responded with a resounding Amen.
“Unbelievable,” the Priest
repeated. “No one can make it then,” the priest thought after the lady in white
flipped many chapters.
“Turn the Chapter to Clairissa,” the priest asked, out of
curiosity as her chapter looked different. The flock now realized that
something was wrong - Clarisssa was not a chapter in the Bible. They were
awakened.
“Clairissa made the saved list. She is stoned daily in the
village because she is on the side of truth- she protect the village rivers, reports
illegal tree cutting, reports wrong application of pesticides on crops by
village folks. The only Holy Spirit she need is the one she has. ”
“What Sermon is this?” Hezekiah and Isaiah who felt embarrassed
asked.
“Sorry Church, the
sermon is that, no one goes to the Father except those that have through their righteousness
moved their society forward. Only they can make the save list,” the fearful Priest
told the awakened congregation. The lady in White closed the book and disappeared
with Clairissa.
