Examination of Luke 18:8b in the Light of the Prevalent Unscriptural Conducts in the Contemporary Church
This paper discusses Examination of Luke 18:8B in the Light of the Prevalent unscriptural conducts in the contemporary church. Theological cum historical and sociological methods are adopted for the research. The work has an exegesis of the text. The work also discusses the various misdemeanor in the church in the contemporary days. Very unscriptural conducts have grown phenomenally in the contemporary church. Christians now get themselves involved in those things hitherto regarded as ungodly. They can now keep malice, crave inordinately for pecuniary gains and mundane things of life. Thus, those things that were gains but considered as loss for the sake of Christ have been brought to the front burner of life and in corollary, Christianity. The priests are not abiding by the dictates of the religion. Some priests have taken their calling as an alibi to perpetuate very heinous crimes. Lewdness and lechery are common among Christian leaders. Some cannot live an ascetic, self-abnegating or Spartan life, rather ostentation is the order of the day. Success in the ministry is now measured by the type of car(s) the minister ride, the mansion he lives and the amount of money in the bank. Break-through is now the vogue. Salvation and the issue of eschatology had since been relegated to the background. All these ungodly tendencies can possibly be ascribed to the end-time. This is when Paul predicted will be characterized by various ineptitudes and unchristian acts. However, Christians should be mindful of God’s recompense. It ended with the synopsis that the end-time is probably ultimately responsible for the misdeeds.
