Why Mark Zuckerberg is “more Christlike than Nigerian pastors”
By Olakunle Allison
Simplicity is life.
Mark Zuckerberg is worth $54.1 Billion Dollars. Yesterday, this Jew came to my country unannounced. No pomp. No pageantry. No fanfare. He was in a simple T-shirt and jeans.
It got more interesting. This Billion dollars American-born Jewish Asset walked on the ever humble Yaba road in Lagos without security escorts just like any ordinary indigent (poor) resident of Lagos would. When I saw the pictures, you could literally walk pass Zuckerberg on the street of Yaba yesterday without even realising that it was this American-born Jewish Asset that walked pass you. The very face of Facebook.
Nothing about him yesterday distinguished him from ordinary mortals on the street, save his skin colour and his name.
This man is not even a Christian. Yet yesterday he couldn’t be more Christlike.
Here in Nigeria, my elected leaders cannot carry even their own bags. Mere mortals must carry their handsets while they strut along like demigods.
The worst are the so-called Ambassadors of Jesus Christ on Earth. Pastors and Televangelists who do not have a quarter of Zuckerberg’s net worth live like gods among mortals. High powered security detail, protocol officers and their minions are ALWAYS around them to make sure they don’t sneeze or cough unattended.
I have always wondered why men of God cannot carry their own Bibles. Why someone has to carry it for them. Even their handsets. Why men of God have special (and sometimes elevated) seats in Churches. Why mere mortals cannot get close to them without encountering resistance from protocol and security officials in well tailored Italian Suits.
Folks, the truth is bitter but it must be said:
These men do NOT represent Christ. They represent the Establishment. A Jew like Jesus proved that yesterday on the street of Lagos, Nigeria.
When I pastored a Campus Church I hated people carrying my personal belongings for me in the name of “pastoral honour”. I just didn’t like it even though I saw many of my pastor colleagues enjoying it. Man-worship starts like that, and then gradually these men begin to get false impressions about themselves. It is good to honour people, but many things we do in the name of Christ today are simply off.
Greatness is simplicity, and simplicity is greatness. Noise is proof that you are empty on the inside. Or that you feed on the emptiness of others. Both is bad.
Jews have always impressed me since Abraham. Fortunately, Jesus was a Jew. Not a Nigerian Politician or Pastor.
#truthissacred.
Selah.
This post appeared first on Allison’s Facebook page.
