Without a Saviour

The first time i heard the story of Iwa 
(Character) from my grandfather, 
I could barely sleep all night 
You see my grandfather was the greatest 
storyteller I know 
He would awaken the clouds, the stars 
and the rainbows with his silver tongue 
whenever we were with him during the
holidays
He told us stories at 9pm 
We do not observe the traditional night 
prayers under his roof Prayer was 
reserved for 6:30AM everyday 
But everynight, he would sit in the midst of 
his grandchildren and tell different stories 
every night 
He was the best of the best at this
My grandmother, on the other hand, was 
choleric 
She came from a very pagan background
and was only a believer by marriage 
When she prayed she would have said 
"Ogun o gbe yin o" (The god of Iron will 
favour you) five times before saying 
Jesu a wa pelu yin (Jesus will be with you)
Their marriage was a very troubled one 
My grandfather was a Christian whose 
mother was the first Women Missionary
Union (WMU) president of First Baptist 
church Awe
My grandmother was from a pagan family 
Ile-Alagbede (Iron smith compound) 
It was an arranged marriage and neither 
of them had a say in being together 
Somebody had a baby 
My grandmother took the person and her 
baby to a herbalist to check the future 
of the child and find out the child's name 
My grandfather heard it and went mad 
He had warned my grandmother several 
times never to bring her fetish practices 
to his compound
Being an elder in the church my grandfather 
couldn't raise his voice or cause a scene 
He rebuked the husband of the lady that 
had the baby for allowing his wife to 
take the baby to such a place and prayed 
for the baby and the baby's mother 
Knowing his wife would make a scene if
confronted directly, my grandfather told 
us the story of Iwa (Character) that night 
Because it was in the village and electricity 
was rare, most teenagers and children 
(even parents) from Sogbo compound
came to my grandfather's house to hear 
my grandfather's story 
My grandmother also listens for the 
entertainment value 
My grandfather said a woman once lived 
who had everything but character 
Then the woman died 
She called on her money to follow her 
to heaven so she can give an account 
of her works on earth her money 
declined 
She called on her houses too 
The Houses declined 
Everything she ever had turned her down 
Eventually, she called on her good character 
but her good character had grown so frail 
and thin because she had malnourished 
it over the years due to her meanness
Her evil character was a dashing and 
vibrant young man 
The two followed her to God 
When she got to God she fell on her knees 
but she was not allowed to speak, only her 
characters spoke 
The young and dashing evil character 
talked boldly of all the atrocities the 
woman committed while she was alive 
The old and frail good character was 
about to start speaking when it died 
of hunger and thirst
The woman was doomed 
Her evil works had thrived while 
her good works faded 
She was thrown into hell 
The story was exceptionally captivating 
and it came with a song 
I am singing the song as i write this 
Most of us cried that night, even my 
grandmother got the message loud 
and clear
This is the Christianity many of us have 
come to embrace 
A Christianity that presents God as 
the Judge and man as the accused 
whose good deeds will send to heaven 
or evil deed sent to hell But something 
is conspicuously missing here 
Something so big, it can fill the whole 
world...
There was no saviour in the story 
There was no space for one 
The woman was condemned based 
on her works 
This version of Christianity is not different 
from the conclusion of most of the other 
religions in the world 
Goodness leads to heaven 
Wickedness leads to hell... 
Is this what Christianity is? 
If it is, then the Jews and Judaism were 
right and we all need to keep the LAW 
of Moses to please God and gain 
His approval 
Without a saviour, there is no SALVATION 
Out of all the religions of the world, 
only Christianity offers the world a 
saviour 
The role of a saviour is to save 
In this case, for you and i to be saved 
the saviour had to be flogged, ridiculed 
and crucified 
Jesus did all that 
He paid the price all alone 
Then you became the prolongment 
of his days 
In Christianity, it is ALL about 
THE SAVIOUR 
You died when you gave your life to Him 
and took on the glorious life that was 
cut short according to Isaiah 53:10 
This means the life you now live is 
not your own, "For you to live is Christ" 
That is what Christ in YOU means 
If the one who is sinless lives in you 
and you are living His life, why are you
so sin conscious? 
You are supposed to be Christ conscious 
You are supposed to reflect what is 
inside of you 
Why is this difficult for many believers 
to grasp 
First they say "I am in Christ" and then 
they say "If i (sin), i am no longer in 
Christ" 
Do you know the problem here?
They have looked back like Lot's wife 
and forgotten their reality 
If indeed you are in Christ, you will do 
what he has commanded you to do 
which is "Go into the world and make 
disciples of all nations" 
Those who are doing this are not 
mindful of sin, they are pleasing 
the Lord with their obedience. 
There was nowhere in the gospels 
where Jesus said the duty of a believer 
is to be avoiding sin 
Jesus announced boldly that 
He has conquered sin and death 
Why would he ask you to avoid what 
He has killed? 
His commandment was that we love 
one another as He has loved us
and that we should preach the 
good news 
If you are doing this everyday, you 
will not be carrying slate and chalk 
counting sin up and down 
You will not be living a carnal life 
You will be living the supernatural life 
There is a difference between grace 
preached out of carnality and the grace 
that Jesus Christ has extended 
towards all men 
In Acts 15, The council in Jerusalem had 
a meeting on this topic 
Please read this chapter of the Bible in 
as many versions of the Bible as you 
can 
You will be shocked to see that your 
gospel might need serious adjustment 
Anyone who understood salvation and 
really accepted Christ will not be so 
keen on doing wrong and indulging 
the flesh 
The Spirit of Jesus is not a sinful spirit
Carnal Believers who are not baptized 
in the Holy Ghost needs to get Baptised 
Those who are baptized and yet continue 
to live the carnal life need to come to 
an understanding of who they are 
The question of sin and the struggle 
thereof has been dealt with by the 
Lord Jesus 
Believers who are ignorant of this 
will continue to struggle and those who 
know this will continue to rule and
reign in this life 
The arguments to and fro are theoretical 
Apostle Paul met the Lord only once 
and he was transformed from one 
reality to the other immediately 
The Holy Spirit makes this happen when 
we deliberately engage him in our life 
and Jesus did 
Remember He was led by the Holy Spirit 
all the days of His life he was not led by 
his senses or carnal nature Salvation is 
all about the SAVIOUR and no one else 
If you insert yourself into it, you are 
saying the work Jesus did is not perfect 
Read JOHN 14, 15, 16 and walk with the 
Holy Spirit deliberately

PS: I notice a lot of Christians argued
on twitter quoting verses out of context
and advancing wrong examples like Adam
and Judas when talking about characters
who lost their salvation
We need to read the Bible more
You cannot be a Christian and be
ignorant of the dispensations and
characters of the Bible
It shows many of us only have a
mental picture of the gospel, it is
not in our spirit and as such, it has
not taken over our reality
Please let us do better.

GSW's notes: I love the Brethren
I love His church
I love you
I love everyone He made in His image
Love is my nature
Even if you don't agree with
me, it doesn't matter
I dont love you for agreeing with me
I love you because love is your nature
as Love is mine

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