Fiji Methodist Church leaders a bunch of backstabbers!
The Methodist Church and its leaders have become a complete laughing stock. When the real leaders of the church were arrested,interogated, locked up in cells and appeared in court there was total chaos in the church hierachy. The so called wanabee church leaders stood up to fill in the vacuum but instead of upholding the principles and values of the church they betrayed the trust and loyalty of the church members by going to Lomanikoro to present a tabua to the Marama Bale na Roko Tui Dreketi informing her that the Bose ko Viti has been cancelled and to seek her forgiveness. This was the same lady and high chief who was taken from her chiefly home in the middle of the night by more than ten police officers to be locked up at CPS then to QEB for trying to assist the methodist church by hosting the Bose in her province. What a shame!! These padres potray themselves as men of the cloth and “teachers of men” but they cannot see beyond their noses. They fail to acknowledge the amount of trouble that Ro Teimumu had to go through for the sake of the Methodist church.
It is now very clear that there is a clear rift in the church . It is now clear that there is confusion in the church. It is now clear that there is treachery ,deceit and dishonesty in the church. It is now clear that there is back stabbing in the church. It is now clear clear that there is fear in the church. The Holy Bible says “when God is on your side who shall you fear”. This is a clear indicator to people that some padres only preach from the mouth and not from the heart and soul. Some talatalas view their job as a paid occupation rather than a calling from God. The talatalas I know came through hardships and difficulties during the course of their duties. They swam across rivers, walked through jungles, planted their own food and were not paid salaries but their achievements economically, socially and spiritually was huge. The padres we now have travel in expensive cars, enjoy a fully furnished residence, send their wives and kids overseas for work and better education, have their gardens made for them, have members cook their lunch on sundays and enjoy other perks but their achievements spiritually has been very insignificant from a layman”s point of view. These are the ones that are currently running the church now. What they have brought to the church is shame and embarrassment. They are a bunch of backstabbers.
The likes of Lasaro, Waqairatu, Kanailagi have fought the battles and run the races for the church while the ones we have now dont. It is sad to see that church members sacrifice their luxuries to meet church obligations on a yearly basis. But when they find hardship the padres fail to give them direction. The padres have deserted the flock and in the process made the sheep wander for greener pastures.
The most decent and honorable thing the church leaders should have done was to back each other instead of falling apart. They should have stood up for what is rightous according to the bible. They should not allow the church to become party to deceit, treason, force,intimidation and human rights violation. Now the church has jumped into the interim bandwagon even they dont see it as such. The actions of the methodist church now speaks volume. They must realise that by cancelling the Bose they have become a friend of illegality because they are doing what this illegal regime wants them to do. They should have defied orders and defended what is right and good for the flock. They should not fear guns or anyone but only fear God. They must defend at all times the constitution of the church which is the Holy Bible because this document was enacted by God. They must be reminded that you can abrogate a constitution but you can never abrogate the Bible because this document or constitution is for this life and the next life. As the bible says “everything else will go away but my word will remain for ever”. People who defend the word of God become saints while those who dont become traitors like Judas who sold Jesus for a mere 30 pieces of silver.
As a practising member of the Methodist Church, there is absolutely no truth in the allegation that there is a rift amongst the Talatalas and that they are backstabbing each other. This is part of the propaganda by those who support the regime. The only problems faced by the church is the stiff opposition it faces from Bainimarama and his crroked cronies. But as proven throughout history,illegal regimes like the Bainimarama junta come and go, the Church and God’s justice lasts forever.
cikinovu
August 19, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I truly agree with cikinovu that there is no rift between the Talatalas but those are outside influence trying to destabilise the Methodist Church.
We are united in the name of the lord but lest we forget that there are also Judas in the Church as in Jesus times and they are giving information to the regime on the gathering of the Methodist. It is normal in the church because we have differing views within the church but when it comes to expressing individual faith that this crop up as we can identify materialistic faith and true faith.
The power of the thirty pieces of silver can make you abandon your faith as what is happening in some of the Military Turaga ni Valus at this very moment where they are submitting to the orders from their boss because of the sau ni madrai issue but this is equivalent to the thirty pieces of silver.
josycam
August 20, 2009 at 3:36 am