A DEMON REVEALED - THAT CAUSES MOST DISEASES AND ILLNESSES. (Article for Christians)

God has revealed the demon that causes most diseases and illnesses: Most Christians agree that diseases and sicknesses are works of the devil. How to fight this devil is where most Christians have not fully agreed on a strong consensus. Most protestants and evangelicals believe that this devil and its demons must be fought through hours of prayers in churches or in their houses or prayer centers, with prolonged fastings and by special services for breaking curses and 'removing demons and evil spirits' in services where people are pinned down, forced to make certain screams, slapped by the preacher and many other things are done to them as we often witness on our screens. The congregations that promise to win this DEMON that way are normally full to capacity. While prayers are good, and the spiritual devil and demons real, there is this other DEMON that God has revealed, and we must turn our focus to understanding its operations so that we can slay it.
Some major cause of diseases are:
-poverty - The foods that people eat or lack of it, the shelters they live in, sanitation - how people deal with their urine, feces, the water they use to wash utensils, clothes, their bodies, etc, whether they live in areas with open sewages like is the case in slums and poor estates, the water they drink, -social exclusion- that may cause mental illnesses,
- lack of education -on various matters and which makes people also lack employable or self job-creating skills to improve one's living standards - hence poverty and its consequences,
- unemployment - or and lack of skills to employ oneself, and lack of capital (finances) to make it happen. Which in return reduces opportunities for better health.
- The peoples' occupations. This also affects their health.
-The environments we live in
- Whether there is peace or conflicts in the country or community etc.
Christians of sound mind will agree that yes, the things mentioned above have an impact on health. And there are many more like them. The chief DEMON behind them (and this is the demon that was revealed) is POOR GOVERNANCE. Christians should start to be interested in how governance is done in all spheres that affect them - in church, local area, national government, etc. They should resist all forms of corruption, and be interested in policies, laws, and provisions of the constitution and how they are implemented. They should put the right leaders in positions of authority demand that they deliver services befitting to be rendered to the children of God.
Church in Kenya and everywhere else is a sleeping giant that must wake up! - Pastor Elijah.

IS BOWING TO RESPECTED LEADERS A SIN FOR CHRISTIANS?

 It depends on motive. If one is bowing to worship the person as God, and if the person can take instructions from such a leader to do anything, including what the Bible says is wrong and a sin, then such bowing is wrong. But if the person is showing respect to the person as God's servant - whether in church, government, organization, family, etc, that they served or are serving with diligence and commitment and did well to people - who are God's inheritance, then one can bow. It respects both God - that He gave the person as a gift to serve His people, the person, that as His servant, he obediently served or serves others humanly.

There are examples of godly people in the Bible bowing down to humans.

- While negotiating the purchase of a burial plot for his family, Abraham bowed to the local Hittite people on two occasions (Gen 23:7, 12).

- Joseph bowed down to his father, Jacob, just before Jacob blessed Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh (Gen 48:12). - When Moses met his father-in-law in the vicinity of Mount Sinai after the exodus, he bowed down and kissed him (Exod 18:7).

- Ruth, thankful at Boaz’s kindness, bowed down with her face towards the ground (Ruth 2:10).

- A similar action was exhibited by David when saying goodbye to Jonathan (1 Sam 20:41).

-David also bowed down to Saul when he greeted him after sparing his life (1 Sam 24:8).

- Abigail bowed down to the ground when greeting David (1 Sam 25:23).

- Queen Bathsheba bowed down to King David (1 Kgs 1:16). - The prophet Nathan also bowed down to King David (1 Kgs 1:23).

- God made David’s enemies bow at his feet (Ps 18:39 [MT Ps 18:40]).

- King Solomon also greeted his mother, Bathsheba, by bowing down to her (1 Kgs 2:19). In 2 Kgs 1:13,

- A pious military commander bowed down to the prophet Elijah.

Leaders should however not be drunk with power and a sense of self-importance to the point of forcing people to bow before them. Such a forced bowing would mean nothing. It reminds of a story where a teacher was forcing a pupil to stand to show respect to him. They were not in good terms then. The teacher used his authority and finally, the pupil stood up. The pupil then told the teacher, "physically I am standing but know that in my heart I am seated down"

People should willingly choose to show such respect to their leaders. It shows that the leader served or serves them well.

Leaders should also remember that they are stewards and there is a God in heaven whose servants we all are. They should ask themselves if they have served well to deserve such respect. They should also be careful rest such acts of respect make them think that they are the deity and can order people against God. It is on that caution that some people and even angels refused the respect shown to them by an act of bowing.

Remember Jesus is a man appointed by God to be our King and Lord and if we will truly honor him well eternally, we need to have developed a culture of honoring set leaders.

Rom.13:7

"Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those who are in authority." NLT.

Role Of Religion in Society

- Morals and character building
- Alleviating poverty through empowering and supporting needy cases
- Advocating for human rights and social justice
- Offers comfort and hope to those in despair and so they can get the strength to pick up their pieces and rebuild  their lives
- Helps in peacebuilding initiatives
- Promotes education and social well-being of people by building schools, colleges, and hospitals
- Helps in conflict resolution
- It offers its members a sense of identity.
- Regular attendance at religious services is linked to well-behaved children
- Religious attendance boosts social skills.
- It is good for mental health
- It gives life purpose, meaning and connects people to their creator
- It helps define what is socially acceptable or not
- Members mostly are taught to help their own who are in need.
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