Opinion / Columnist
Shame on you pseudo churches
20 Apr 2016 at 09:09hrs | Views
It really boggles the mind how some pseudo churches under the banner, Christian Voice International Zimbabwe (CVI-Z), has immorally called for an unconstitutionally removal of Head of State, President Robert Mugabe who was lawfully elected by the people of Zimbabwe in 2013.
Romains 13 verse 1-2 reads: "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God. The powers that be are ordained of God. Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.…"
Who then are these churches to challenge the leadership of President Mugabe who was constitutionally elected by the people and got the authority to lead the nation by God? It means these churches are not genuine. Real churches do not oppose the Bible. In fact, they support and abide by what the Bible says. These clergymen should go back and revise the Bible before foolishly calling for President Mugabe to step down.
What makes the matter of their call even worse is that these clergymen and their churches are not only disrespecting the Bible but they are also disobeying the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
The law stipulates that a leader is chosen through the ballot box. President Mugabe won the 2013 elections, implicating that that he still has the constitutional mandate to lead this nation until his constitutional term is over. CVI-Z must be guided by the Constitution instead of disregarding the rule of law.
Genuine churches will not conceal their church identities under the name Christian Voice International Zimbabwe, but must come out open and air out their views. Truth be told, CVI-Z does not represent all churches in Zimbabwe. This CVI-Z might be an emerging opposition political party consisting of opposition members who are attempting to unconstitutionally remove President Mugabe from power.
What is even surprising is that only a single person was quoted in the article. The same applies to a recent article that was published in some sections of the media which was saying war veterans were calling on President Mugabe to step down.
Only one person was cited in that article. Surely, the kind of journalism where an individual is quoted then the nation is misled that ‘war veterans' or ‘churches' have said this and that whilst it's a one man's mind should be stopped. Journalists should be objective when writing articles especially for public consumption.
CVI-Z is just like MDC-T which recently held its useless demonstration on which they were calling for the removal of President Mugabe from power. How can one call for removal of a constitutionally elected President. The act by MDC-T leader and his allies depicts that they have nothing to offer to the people of Zimbabwe other than these demonstrations.
While addressing students at University of Zimbabwe, Tsvangirai admitted that he had no solutions or even alternate policies that can compliment government programmes. What he only wants is to remove President Mugabe from power and nothing else.
"Yes you can say Tsvangirai give us a solution to all these problems. I have no solution. I am not the government," Tsvangirai was quoted in a local daily press.
Romains 13 verse 1-2 reads: "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God. The powers that be are ordained of God. Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.…"
Who then are these churches to challenge the leadership of President Mugabe who was constitutionally elected by the people and got the authority to lead the nation by God? It means these churches are not genuine. Real churches do not oppose the Bible. In fact, they support and abide by what the Bible says. These clergymen should go back and revise the Bible before foolishly calling for President Mugabe to step down.
What makes the matter of their call even worse is that these clergymen and their churches are not only disrespecting the Bible but they are also disobeying the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
The law stipulates that a leader is chosen through the ballot box. President Mugabe won the 2013 elections, implicating that that he still has the constitutional mandate to lead this nation until his constitutional term is over. CVI-Z must be guided by the Constitution instead of disregarding the rule of law.
What is even surprising is that only a single person was quoted in the article. The same applies to a recent article that was published in some sections of the media which was saying war veterans were calling on President Mugabe to step down.
Only one person was cited in that article. Surely, the kind of journalism where an individual is quoted then the nation is misled that ‘war veterans' or ‘churches' have said this and that whilst it's a one man's mind should be stopped. Journalists should be objective when writing articles especially for public consumption.
CVI-Z is just like MDC-T which recently held its useless demonstration on which they were calling for the removal of President Mugabe from power. How can one call for removal of a constitutionally elected President. The act by MDC-T leader and his allies depicts that they have nothing to offer to the people of Zimbabwe other than these demonstrations.
While addressing students at University of Zimbabwe, Tsvangirai admitted that he had no solutions or even alternate policies that can compliment government programmes. What he only wants is to remove President Mugabe from power and nothing else.
"Yes you can say Tsvangirai give us a solution to all these problems. I have no solution. I am not the government," Tsvangirai was quoted in a local daily press.
Source - Sibusiso Ndlamini
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