@lynn_ngugi1@Torooti Accountabiliy and election is not about the president only, there are governors, MPs, senators, women rep. We have been given a WANTAM song and we forget everyone else. See how comfortable they are.
It is the old lie of Satan to suggest that God, speaking in His Word, is not clear enough unless some infallible interpreter stands between God and man.
That lie began in Eden. The serpent did not begin by denying God outright. He began by questioning God’s Word. “Indeed, has God said?” (Genesis 3:1). From that moment, fallen man has always been tempted to believe that God’s voice needs correction, addition, mediation, or official control before it can truly guide the soul.
But Scripture does not speak that way. God’s Word is not darkness waiting for man’s authority to make it light. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105).
This does not mean teachers are useless. Christ gives teachers to His church. But teachers are servants of the Word, not masters over it. Their task is to explain Scripture faithfully, not to become an authority equal to Scripture.
The Bereans were called noble because they tested even apostolic preaching by the Scriptures. “They received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11).
Any system that tells us God’s written Word cannot safely guide His people unless another infallible voice interprets it for them has already weakened confidence in the Word God gave.
Scripture is not helpless. God has spoken, and His sheep hear His voice.
God cannot give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing. Peace is not a gift lying somewhere outside of God that He hands over to make us comfortable. True peace is found in Him, because He Himself is the source, substance, and keeper of the soul’s rest.
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).
This is why the world can offer distraction, pleasure, success, comfort, and temporary relief, but it cannot give lasting peace. The soul was made for God, and nothing beneath God can satisfy what only God can fill. “In Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever” (Psalm 16:11).
Christ did not promise peace as the world gives. He gives Himself. “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you” (John 14:27). The peace of Christ does not depend on perfect circumstances, because it rests on perfect reconciliation with God.
So we must stop asking God to give us happiness while we keep Him at a distance. He is not merely the giver of joy. He is our joy. He is not merely the giver of peace. He is our peace. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I have hope in Him” (Lamentations 3:24).
There are things you cannot truly gain in Christ until you deliberately count some things as loss.
This was the testimony of Paul the Apostle in Philippians 3.
Paul showed us that gaining Christ is not just about adding Jesus to your life. It also involves letting go of every confidence system that competes with Him.
Notice carefully. Paul did not say those things were useless naturally. He said compared to Christ, they had become loss.
Many believers today want Christ while still holding tightly to old identities, fears, religious systems, and fleshly confidence.
But Paul counted them loss.
Let us look at the things Paul listed and what they look like today.
“Circumcised the eighth day.”
This spoke about ancestral covenant identity and inherited religious confidence.
Today this may sound like: “My bloodline.” “My family background.” “My spiritual lineage.” “My village identity.” “My ancestral history.”
Paul said: Count it loss for Christ.
“Of the stock of Israel.”
This spoke about ethnic pride and spiritual superiority through natural birth.
Today: “My tribe is special.” “Our family carries power.” “Our people are spiritually unique.”
Paul said: Count it loss.
“Of the tribe of Benjamin.”
This spoke about pedigree and prestigious heritage.
Today: “My father is a bishop.” “My mother is a prophetess.” “I was born into ministry.” “I carry a respected spiritual name.”
Paul said: Count it loss.
“A Hebrew of Hebrews.”
This spoke about deep religious culture and tradition.
Today: “I grew up in church.” “I know church culture.” “I know spiritual language.” “I understand all the protocols.”
Paul said: Count it loss.
“As touching the law, a Pharisee.”
This spoke about religious status, knowledge, and self righteousness.
Today: “My theological degrees.” “My deep revelation.” “My ability to sound spiritual.” “My confidence in knowledge.” “My religious pride.”
Paul said: Count it loss.
“Concerning zeal, persecuting the church.”
This spoke about sincere religious passion without proper revelation.
Today: Fighting everybody online. Attacking believers constantly. Thinking aggression equals spirituality. Using noise to prove conviction.
Paul said: Count it loss.
“Touching the righteousness in the law, blameless.”
This spoke about confidence in personal performance.
Today: “My fasting.” “My prayer life.” “My discipline.” “My moral record.” “My self effort.”
Paul said: Count it loss.
Why?
Because you cannot fully gain Christ while still placing confidence in these things.
The excellency of the knowledge of Christ requires that every competing confidence system loses its place in your life.
You cannot fully understand sonship while still living in fear of ancestry.
You cannot fully understand grace while still trusting in self performance.
You cannot fully embrace your new creation identity while still emotionally tied to inherited religious fears.
Paul counted all these things loss because he found something greater in Christ.
This is the struggle today.
Many want Christ plus ancestry. Christ plus fear. Christ plus performance. Christ plus religious pride.
But Paul’s message was clear.
Christ must become your only boast.
There are things you must deliberately count loss if you will truly walk in the liberty, confidence, and fullness of Christ.