Nigerian’s Heaven

“All those who are from Nigeria, join that queue, the rest of you, remain on this queue. Since you are Nigerian, giving or accepting bribe is ok; you can enter heaven. Or because you are Nigerian, it is not a sin to disobey government laws, or pay your correct taxes, levies and dues…” Many people expect God to say this to them when they get to the Judgement Seat.

The time of Noah is significant with what will happen when Christ comes. God will not spare the world, but the people’s righteousness will be used as a yardstick for punishing the ungodly. God is saying if my servant who was also in the world under the same sinful conditions as you were, was able to live right, why wouldn’t you? Chew on that! God will not spare the people of the old world as seen in Revelation. He intends to build a new pure Jerusalem.

After man sinned in the Garden of Eden, God was still merciful and compassionate that He still wanted to dwell with men despite their disobedience. Until He then saw that man had taken in the sinful nature of the devil and it was impossible to dwell in man. In fact God “strived” with men but because of man’s will (choice), God could not prevail. That is why it is impossible to mix both the flesh and the spirit. The flesh brings about – death/destruction while the spirit life – they are going to two different areas. So God said….. “for he is in flesh”. Men acted/thought flesh.

However, when we look at the love of Christ, we make a wonderful discovery. Love is more a decision than an emotion! Christ-like love applauds good behaviour. At the same time Christ-like love refuses to endorse misbehaviour. Jesus loved his apostles, but he wasn’t silent when they were faithless. Jesus loved the people in the temple, but he didn’t sit still when they were hypocritical.

God will use righteous people as a yardstick in judging others. The story of Noah explains that God will never lack a righteous person to use. As people will think that there are no more righteous people on earth, God is laughing saying that there is somebody who He can use. God CANNOT lack a vessel even in the midst of immorality in this pervert generation. Noah did not doubt or grudge when he heard God’s voice. He obeyed and it was counted to him as righteousness.

The question we should be asking ourselves is “Can God boldly say to me, that I am righteous before him in my generation?