Waving balisier in praise

THE EDITOR: Recently certain full gospel pastors took to the streets marching and praying against crime. Nothing is wrong with that. That’s commendable. But why did they not march and pray against crime in the same manner, when the last administration was in office? Why do they always have Manning on the platform of the church to pray for him whether is Prime Minister or not? Little do they know how Manning would have preferred to remain at Skinner Park to lend support to his calypso colleagues. Why do they always gather in the PNMs stronghold? Why don’t they bring Manning to march and pray in Central and South? Is this an effort to give political mileage to the PNM in the name of prayer? It is clear that the majority of this section of full gospel pastors is only another arm of the People’s National Movement.
 
These fellows really think that they can outsmart God, as they do so many of their unsuspecting followers. When they gather together, they expect their presence to be interpreted as “the gathering of the Christ of the living God.” To think that they can fool all Christians is a figment of their churlish imagination.

We have to stop pretending to be praying against crime. We have to be sensitive to the victimisation, oppression and sufferings of the Indo-Trinidadians. We have to discern the spirit of deceit and racism in this government. Some of these fellows prayed insensitively conscious-less for Manning and the PNM as though they were waving balisiers in high praise. They cannot understand the difference between the office and the person. It was very easy to detect their motive and their allegiance. While it is everyone’s prerogative to support whichever party he or she chooses, it is un-Christian to use their unsuspecting followers in the name of prayer, to try to keep this PNM in power. It is clear that some of these so-called pastors can pray only for a PNM government.

I am calling on all Christians who are not supporters of the PNM and know how to pray for any government objectively, intelligently and according to God’s Word, not to get involved with these full gospel preachers and their hypocrisy. Their intention is to continue to use the gullible Christians to prop up the PNM in the name of prayer and march. Separate yourself from these pro-PNM full gospel pastors.

REX MAHADEO
Marabella