There's NO ONE OUT TO GET YOU!
I think the reason that pastors have bodyguards is the feeling of being overly important more than the need for security. Tell me which pastors bodyguard will greet you "Hallo. How are you? You'd like to talk to Pastor Peter? Let me check if he's busy." None! They all shove you off.
First of all why do pastors need bodyguards in church: during a church service: after giving a very long boring sermon. First of all, nobody wants to talk to you, not after listening to you for three hours when your last point was 2 hours ago. Second, nobody cares about your safety. You seem to have taken care of that yourself so we don't need to pray for you. Third, if your god (I have intentionally not used caps because I don't believe it the same God I serve) can use you to make a criple walk surely can't he protect from you from "terrorists" in your own congregation or whoever you think you are protecting yourself from.
Those bodyguards are normally very rude, dressed in cheap Tom Mboya suits, 100bob shades and feeling like 'wamefika'. While in reality, they are jobless form four leavers, who missed out getting bodyguard jobs at their local club because they were too skinny.
Pastors are supposed to be shepherds. Have you ever seen a shepherd walking with a guard to protect him from his sheep? Nonsense! Jesus walked with disciples: people he was training to be like him, not to protect him. Infact whenever the disciples tried to do bodyguard work, Jesus stopped them. He said, "Let the children come to me." He told Peter to put away his sword in the garden of Gethsemane. When they tried to stop the blind man from calling Jesus, Jesus heard him and went to him. Notice, Jesus didn't tell the disciples; "Haya, sasa, bring him to me. Now hold him up. Put him back down. Lift him again. Sasa mweke chini na mchikilie vizuri" Jesus was simple, brief and to the point.
As a matter of fact, there is no "superpower" in the bible who had bodyguards except those in official positions. The Israelites were 3million and they all talked to Moses whenever they wanted to; at least before Aaron and the Judges came up. And that only happened because the work was too overwhelming for Moses.
The only other person I can think of is Abraham, who had an army of 400. And that was because he had thousands of cattle, sheep and goats, kilograms of gold and silver, stores of food and a few thousand slaves and workers under him. A pastor with a church of 100 people, a family of three, property worth Ksh50000, does not even have any spritual gifts or anything that another christian would look up to na ako na 5 bodyguards? Nonsense!
By the way, Mr Pastor Man or Woman (today I will not drop names), you will notice that after you delete the bodyguards, still, no will want to talk to you save your family and a few faithfuls.. probably 2 or 3!
I think the reason that pastors have bodyguards is the feeling of being overly important more than the need for security. Tell me which pastors bodyguard will greet you "Hallo. How are you? You'd like to talk to Pastor Peter? Let me check if he's busy." None! They all shove you off.
First of all why do pastors need bodyguards in church: during a church service: after giving a very long boring sermon. First of all, nobody wants to talk to you, not after listening to you for three hours when your last point was 2 hours ago. Second, nobody cares about your safety. You seem to have taken care of that yourself so we don't need to pray for you. Third, if your god (I have intentionally not used caps because I don't believe it the same God I serve) can use you to make a criple walk surely can't he protect from you from "terrorists" in your own congregation or whoever you think you are protecting yourself from.
Those bodyguards are normally very rude, dressed in cheap Tom Mboya suits, 100bob shades and feeling like 'wamefika'. While in reality, they are jobless form four leavers, who missed out getting bodyguard jobs at their local club because they were too skinny.
Pastors are supposed to be shepherds. Have you ever seen a shepherd walking with a guard to protect him from his sheep? Nonsense! Jesus walked with disciples: people he was training to be like him, not to protect him. Infact whenever the disciples tried to do bodyguard work, Jesus stopped them. He said, "Let the children come to me." He told Peter to put away his sword in the garden of Gethsemane. When they tried to stop the blind man from calling Jesus, Jesus heard him and went to him. Notice, Jesus didn't tell the disciples; "Haya, sasa, bring him to me. Now hold him up. Put him back down. Lift him again. Sasa mweke chini na mchikilie vizuri" Jesus was simple, brief and to the point.
As a matter of fact, there is no "superpower" in the bible who had bodyguards except those in official positions. The Israelites were 3million and they all talked to Moses whenever they wanted to; at least before Aaron and the Judges came up. And that only happened because the work was too overwhelming for Moses.
The only other person I can think of is Abraham, who had an army of 400. And that was because he had thousands of cattle, sheep and goats, kilograms of gold and silver, stores of food and a few thousand slaves and workers under him. A pastor with a church of 100 people, a family of three, property worth Ksh50000, does not even have any spritual gifts or anything that another christian would look up to na ako na 5 bodyguards? Nonsense!
By the way, Mr Pastor Man or Woman (today I will not drop names), you will notice that after you delete the bodyguards, still, no will want to talk to you save your family and a few faithfuls.. probably 2 or 3!
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