ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.

[ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ]   { VOL. 2.  NO 52.  10-08-14.}

ZION B-BC Newsletter is 52  Weeks  Old, Hurray !

*This Edition is a TRIBUTE to the thousands of our esteemed   Readers, Followers and Viewers [Home & Abroad].

GLOBAL TRUE FEDERALISM MUST BE OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL!

“GOD’S CONSCIOUSNESS”, was the title of the very first edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter, published on 18-08-13.

Here are some excerpts: “If you are conscious of the existence of God and you have accepted His son Jesus Christ, as your Lord and Saviour, then you are in a position of a cordial relationship with Him. It is written, ‘Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.’ [II Cor. 5: 17]; meaning that God in His infinite mercies terminates the ‘old man’ of sin and replaces him with the ‘new man’, the Lord Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world. However, certain attitudes of man can still disqualify or alienate him from God’s holy presence. For instance, a constant life of iniquity, in the midst of a carnal world; [Isa.6:5, cp. V.1-4 and 6-8], must be shunned because the LORD, in grace, requires that none should perish, ‘…..but that all should come to repentance.’ [II Pet.3: 9]. ”Since our debut, Biblical doctrines on spiritual discernment, reverence, obedience, worship, adoration and glorification of our Creator, remained permanent reference issues, running through every edition. In the Biblical account of CREATION and not the scientific theory of EVOLUTION, God completed His assignment in seven calendar days and not several centuries! Through the first human couple, Adam and Eve, world population has multiplied into over SEVEN BILLION mass of people across the length and breadth of the Earth, as God commanded in the Book of Genesis: 1:28-29.   What we have today as technological high-definition and digitalized world, began as a result of the global dispersion of the multitude, who ingeniously produced an architectural master-piece, embarked on the construction of a city and a sky scrapper, biblically known as the TOWER OF BABEL that would reach to the Heavens!    According to Genesis.11:1-9 account;

*the whole world (ie. the post dilluvian remnants of the universal flood), had one language and a common speech;

*they moved eastward, found a plain called SHINAR and settled there;

* they moulded and baked bricks thoroughly, substituted bricks for stones and tar for mortar, for the ‘laudable project’, because of the scarcity of stone and mortar in the region where they intended to make a name for themselves so as not to be scattered by God, over the face of the  earth!

*In verses 5-9, of this biblical account, (compare,Gen.10:8-13), God perceived that their motive for unity was self-aggrandizing, rebellious and designed to dominate His creation. He therefore, confused their language and scattered them over the face of the whole earth!

Those self-conceited leaders, no doubt bequeathed the idea of autocracy and despotism to the present generation, who had consistently suppressed popular opinions in respect of TRUE FEDERALISM and were always ready to kill and maim to maintain status quo of being the overlords with the iron fists!

ARE THEY GOD CONSCIOUS?

Look around you and observe the wide gulf between the rich and the poor, the dichotomy between the lifestyles of leaders and their followers and you would not need a soothsayer to tell you that majority of world leaders are in government to get rich at the expense of the poor masses!

In the EARLY CHURCH GOVERNMENT, there was the close-knitted fellowship among believers in which no one lacked the basic necessities of life because all available resources were distributed according to NEEDS! [Acts.2:42-47; 4:32-37].

What obtains now in most nations is the greedy acquisition and brazen possession of the COMMONWEALTH by a minority group who also, with impunity, deploy security agencies, funded with tax-payers money, to oppress any form of opposition by the people.

 *Recently, a similitude of the “Tower of Babel” conference was replicated in Nigeria when 492 wise men and women, were gathered together from the six – geo political zones to brainstorm on how to move the country forward!

 But it ended abruptly through Divine  intervention because it was another conduit pipe of sharing the NATIONAL CAKE  to some few in the divide-and-rule game by the incumbent administration, to keep the Nigerian masses in perpetual slavery in their  own fatherland! Is not an undisputable truth that all monies that accrue to the Federal and State governments of Nigeria and other nations of the world ARE SQUEZED FROM THE BLOOD AND SWEAT OF THE SO-CALLED COMMON PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, WHO IN TURN ARE TREATED WITH DISDAIN IGNOMINY!

 In spite of the fact that the 492 hand-picked delegates could not reach consensus on the REAL ISSUE OF TRUE FEDERALISM because of hidden motives and agenda which were already revealed to GOD, over N7billion naira went into selective pockets in respect of an issue that was a ‘done-deal’, before commencement!

*THEY HAD TO FAIL BECAUSE GOD CONFUSED THEIR LANGUAGE!

(1) They were divided over Derivation Principle, ie. the percentage to be paid to Mineral Producing States(Areas)!

(2) Most delegates from the North supported that the current 13 per cent derivation formula should remain.

(3) The Southern delegates, demanded between 21.5 to 50 per cent!

(4) They also disagreed over the recommended, Stabilization, Reconstruction and Development Fund, for the States that were ravaged by insurgency and terrorism!

(5) These disagreements lingered for seven days, July 8 to15, 2014, when “50 wiser men and women” were selected by Mr. Chairman and his advisory team, to ‘think-tank’, for the rest and report back on August 4, 2014!

(6) In view of glaring North and South divide, they believed that the period would create avenue for wider consultations with their “home groups” and also enable them to collate other recommendations that would be forwarded to Mr. President in August 2014!

(7) Acceptable terms of co-existence between the diverse tribes and tongues could not be reached as conference wound up in view of the polarization of interests!

(8) They described the contentious issues as TECHNICAL IN NATURE and that ONLY MR. PRESIDENT could handle them by setting up ANOTHER COMMITTEE comprising, professionals, experts, advisers and technocrats! All delegates voted in agreement to the recommendation!

 The conference which began in March, was originally scheduled to hold for three months, but was extended to enable delegates finish the onerous task which could pave way to ironing out contentious areas of the constitution that needed urgent amendments.

Is it not very clear, even to the dumbest, that the gathering was a mere diversionary ploy to paved way for CONTINUITY since the assignment had been returned to sender uncompleted!   

Their major assignment was to ‘Chart a New Nigeria of our Dreams’, and re-structure the platform to ensure a feasible system, that would embrace all interests of the diversified people!

 Nigerians, (except the politicians), have all complained about wastages in governance since the adoption of a presidential system in 1999 which encouraged stupendous appropriation on salaries, allowances and other emoluments like gratuity and pensions after FOUR YEARS of the politicians “service” to the nation!

We have witnessed mass looting of the treasury through failed leadership policies which have produced emergency billionaires who now terrorize the impoverished Nigerians with siren-fitted, bullet-proof Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs), and state-of-the-art PRIVATE JETS which have forced both the, commercial and NIGERIA AIR FORCE aircrafts out of our airspace, in spite of the airmen indispensability at this critical moment of insurgency!

Modern World leaders cannot practice the True Federalism of the Early Church

because, most of them are agents of Satan who, as the prince of this world in charge of all ephemeral and mundane things, controls their minds and hearts to trust only in physical possessions and not the truth of the Word of God which says, “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life…..what shall we eat…..drink……wear?…..for the pagans run after these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” [Matthew. 6:25-34].

The adoption of True Federalism (TF), as a system of government should henceforth be the only acceptable norm in every country of the world for the following incontestable reasons:

* TF, is the real path, the Biblical  ‘narrow road’, that leads to life/secured future and only few find it. [Matt.7:14].

*TF creates room for more decentralization and greater devolution of power.

*TF allows for States to develop at their own pace with less dependence on a CORRUPT AND INEPT CENTRE!

*TF creates the enabling atmosphere for massive infrastructural and socio-economic development of the various parts of the country which, in turn, allows for healthy economic rivalries among the Federating States.

*TF creates the platform of financial empowerment for States to contribute quality percentages of earnings from natural resources to the centre for expedient and critical national expenditures.

*TF could also be in the form of a bigger sub-national structure of Nigeria’s six-geo political zones, instead of the creation of additional States, which would give every corrupt political jobber the opportunity of being addressed as an “Excellency”!

Although the Conference accepted the recommendation of its Committee on Politics and Governance, to return Nigeria to a ‘true federal structure’, with the States as federating units, and for States to create local governments as they deemed necessary, they FAILED TO REJECT THE PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM of massive fund wastage, which has engendered systemic and endemic corruption to the detriment of the masses!

The United States of America, a nation of immigrants, populated with over 300 million people of different nationalities, stands out to be the best democracy the world has ever known because its governance is based on the principles of True Federalism!

We dedicate this edition to you our esteemed global DEMOCRATS, who share the authentic views on the WEEKLY ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER and encourage you to speak out against bad governments and leaderships; form PRESSSURE GROUPS and demand for TRUE FEDERALISM in your various countries, from Africa to the Middle East, Arabia, Central Asia,  Nepal, India, Pakistan, European States, Iceland, Greece, the Far East, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Russia, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Canada, Java, Sumatra, Porto Rico; etc.! Your government officials exist to serve you because you are the source of their authority!

 Always remember that you are “SOVEREIGN” IN THIS SOCIAL CONTRACT OF DEMOCRACY! YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE YOUR GOVERNMENT AT THE POLLS IF IT DOES NOT SERVE YOU JUSTLY!

 Let us keep the democratic flag flying!

 If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:      

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.  Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord.

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