Bakare calls for spiritual rebirth in Christendom, urges believers to strive for holiness

Tunde Bakare, the presidingoverseer of the Later Rain Assembly, Lagos, has called for spiritual rebirth and reawakening in Christendom, as he urged Christian faithful to strive for holiness and righteous living.

Bakare stated this at the Apostolic Fire Conference (AFC) 2019 with the theme ‘Beauty of Holiness’ organised by The Worship Centre (TWC), an assembly of sons and daughters of Christ Apostolic Church.

According to Bakare, “the Bible made it clear that believers should pursue peace with all men, and holiness without which no man should see God. “Holiness emanates from God; no man can live holy outside of him and when we submit ourselves to him after salvation, he does his sovereign work in us, ensuring that he sanctifies us. To sanctify is to make holy; so he works in our soul, spirit and body; so we begin to talk like, live like, and act like our father.”

Bakare opined that when Christians live a life of holiness, they in turn allow God to think through their thought, while he also speaks through their vocal cord.

According to him, “There is a role to be played by both parties; however, we have to make ourselves available for God to play his part. We have to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling and the fear of God will keep us everywhere we go.”

Earlier in his sermon, Bakare had stated that there was a very thin line between the church and the world, hence, theneedforbelieverstostrive for holiness, as it is foundation of the Christian faith, which is considered critical and centre to Christianity. “Righteousness is our nature, holiness is our act,” said Bakare.

Seyi Adeyemi, the senior pastor TWC and convener of the Apostolic Fire Conference, said righteous and holy living were eroding in the church, hence the theme of the conference ‘Beauty of Holiness’ to call the attention of Christians back to holy living.

“We are calling people back to fundamental Christian values; values that are important to God, that are becoming extinct among modern Christians. It is time for us to go back to the values that God expects from us, and that is why we have brought this in the front burner in this conference,” said Adeyemi.

According to him, holiness is not religiosity rather it embodies spirituality, calling on Christians to and those in position of authority to serve mankind. “People living right, doing the right thing, fearing God and serving humanity and that is the kind of values we want our politicians and leaders to imbibe; and that is the message for this season – fear God and serve man in all they do,” Adeyemi stated.

Apostolic Fire Conference presents a platform for those yearning for the move of the spirit this end time and empowered by the Holy Spirit to do exploits for God. The conference is intended to reposition the apostolic brand as a modern, contemporary, yet spiritual movement that is accessible to all; and equip the church for the expected end-time revival.