The Bible is it Good For Black People?

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On Sunday 11th January 2009, I was invited to what was dubbed the great debate two (2) which was held at the Salem Methodist Church in Harlem. The topic that form the basis of the discourse and for which the presenters took time to researched and debate was not only a simple one, it was also thought provoking. The audience saw and heard various arguments from: historian, philosophers, theologians, atheist and Muslim (the Muslin representative defended the bible). I must conclude that this debate was very competitive in its presentation and most of the presenters did very extensive research in defense of their convictions. Here the defenders of the faith of Jesus Christ were put to the test and were called upon to justify their belief and their faith.

Of the ten presenters that took part in this great debate seven of them argued that the Bible was Bible was not good for black people. While three argued that the Bible is good for black people and of that three a Muslim presented on behalf Jehovah and his son Jesus. This was a prefect representation of what we can expect in the last days on earth. According to prophecies there will come a time when each Christian faith will be tested, and one will be called upon to first; defend what he or she believes and secondly they will be expected to exhibit such faith, belief and conviction with their lives.

I sat their and listen to the argument of those who oppose as they present their very powerful historical, philosophical, atheistic and other arguments. The presenters made good, relevant and very strong points in support of their belief. They made reference and asked questions that even from the Christian’s prospective there is no answer for. The same questions Christian have been asking for hundreds of years and have yet to get a rational answer for.

And as is expected in a black community, the issues of racial, ethnic, social and other oppression that was handed out to millions people over the years all in the name of the bible: as we all know that the Negroes was and subject of such oppression namely Slavery, (black world wide) apartheid (a discriminatory system that was prominent in South Africa) and the racial segregation (USA).

The Bible is a book that chronicled the history of God’s people as was lead by Jehovah over specific periods of time. In it are practical experiences that help us to understand who Jehovah is, his love for his disobedient children (the backsliding of Israel) and his bold intervention in their lives (Deliverance of Israel from the Egyptians and the Babylonians).

I have concluded that although the bible was used by unscrupulous men to pacify and exploit many over the years even today. It can never be declared that the bible is not relevant or good for anyone in any racial, ethnic, or social group in any day or age.

If you follow the teaching of the Bible it teaches us how to live with peace with God, Ourselves and our brothers. The teachings of the Bible appeals to that consciences and instills morality, ethics, equal rights and Justice in those who study Jehovah’s words.

What is bad for black people are: weak, greedy, immoral and selfish religious leaders who use extract from Jehovah (Bible) words to satisfy there:

• Unnatural appetite for the finer things of life such as: big luxurious houses, expensive cars, money to squander on other unimportant luxuries.
  


• Their lust for the flesh: that endangers our women, and helpless children, and destroys already weak men in the community.
  


• Imposing their weak and cowardly demeanor on the people by creating weak, passive and coward black men, women and children by preaching love out of context.
  

It is important that each person understand that anything in the hands of the wicked can be used and manipulated to become an instrument of and for evil. And the bible is no exception.

To argue that the Bible is not good for black people is like saying that money is not good for black people. The bible is an instrument, but one that teaches people how to live in peace with their God, themselves and others, while money is an instrument trade that is uses to satisfy human needs and wants. So the bible like anything else that was meant for good can be manipulated and become an instrument for and of bad. It solely depends within whose hands the money is. In the hands of a descent and God faring man that money can be an instrument for good: helping people out of poverty, creating opportunities for the disenfranchised etc. Yet in the hands of the wicked it can become an instrument of evil. Creating drug infested neighborhoods, with drug addicts roaming the streets, people are exploited and are forced to become prostitutes by those who choose to use God’s wealth as a means of satisfying their own selfish desires.

And in the same way music in the hands of one who fare Jehovah, Allah, Yahweh, Yeshua can become a vessel of truth, inspiration, hope and love. The same untarnished music can be used to conjure up and motivate hate, anger, lust and all that is evil. In some places the drums are use to summon devils; does that make the drums the most powerful instrument there is; an instrument that mimic and pulsate like the major operations of the body bad? No.

It only said that anything that is animate or inanimate, which includes the spoken words in the wrong hands can be use for evil. Let us take a little walk back into the Garden of Eden. God instructed the first couple not to eat of or touch the tree of Good and evil. He also warned them that the day they eat of it they shall surely die. Gen: 3:1 the devil cunningly asked the woman a question as to Yesuah’s instruction to them as it related to the tree in the midst of the garden. Eve in her folly explained to the devil as is recorded in Gen. 3:2-3 the woman explained to the Satan the instructed and consequence for violating such instruction. Yet Satan took and manipulated Jehovah’s holy and eternal words in order to convince the woman to disobey the holy words of Yesuah. As a result of such, the human race forfeited the life of luxury and ease that Yesuah had originally ordained for us his human. So you see the devil being wicked in his nature and intent used and manipulated Jehovah’s words for an evil end. Nothing has changed from since that day.

In the same way the devil manifested himself as serpent, an agent of evil he does the same thing in man. It is also important to note that the devil is always where he is not needed however he has no power or influence on those people; however he hangs around until mistakenly we extend an invitation to him. When we give the devil a foot in the door he does not willingly back off.

Another thing that is bad for black people are black people. It is said, if you want to hide anything from black people, all you have got to do is to put it in writing. Every Black man and woman must take his own destiny in his or her hands. We must fall in love with and cherish knowledge. We must be willing to slow down, we must be ready and willing to motivate to read and research because we have a thirst for knowledge. We must never accept information because it came from a reliable source. You should be the only reliable source. We must become a people who read and research what we hear. We must ignore cliché, intelligently sounding quotes, and people who claim they are authority in any subject.

We must take time to double check every one no matter whom they are. Jesus said to test/try every spirit. We can only test the spirit if we are willing to spend time in Jehovah’s words learning of him and from him.

Each of us must work out our own salvation in fear and trembling.