I am a chosen: The hypocrisy of miracles, faith and religion

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It’s no new story in Nigeria now that by being “a chosen”, you’re immune to it shielded from gun attacks, viruses or disease, and any other form of spiritual warfare. This means that by shouting “I’m a chosen” three times, you can command Ravens to bring you food, horses to come down, fuel to fill your car tank, sickness to disappear, and many other things.

These are miracles because there’s no other way to explain how all these can happen without alluding them to as miracles.

Miracles are events that defy man’s understanding, they are illogical, and unexplainable, like an amputated leg growing out to become whole.

Skeptics, or even any rational human being, however, are quick to dismiss the authenticity of miracles or the occurrence of such. This skepticism is not out of place. Here’s why: how can you convince people to believe that your husband was shot four times in the chest but the bullets didn’t penetrate just because you shouted “I’m a chosen”, even though a few, during crusades, have seen the visually impaired, auditory impaired and the crippled see, hear, and walk, respectively.

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After all, Jesus Christ who is the anchor and basis of our Christian faith turned water into wine, made the blind to see, and multiplied two fishes and five loaves to feed thousands of people. The implication of these miracles is that we believers can perform such miracles because we now have the life of Christ. We can “calleth those things which are not, as though they were” (Romans 4:17). Believers can heal the sick, be immune to bullets or virus to such extent as their faith can carry such.

And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. [19] And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Matt. 14. [17]

There is a particular emphasis on faith here as a driver of personal and broad miracles. Shouting “I’m a chosen” three times isn’t what birthed the miracles you have seen online, as ridiculous as some of them are. The saying is accompanied by a strong faith. Without which, none of these miracles can happen.

So, to see the occurrence of some of these miracles in your personal life, you must have a tremendous amount of faith. But I doubt this faith of yours can work without being a member of The Lord’s Chosen and shouting “I’m a chosen” three times at every instance of lack, evil or hard situations.

This is because I’ll love to believe that there’s a special grace, especial anointing and especially protection that comes with shouting “I’m a chosen” three times.

And if I’m right, if this self-inflicted immunity from shouting “I’m a chosen” three times is the only cause for miracles to happen, then the whole charade borders on religious promotion, propaganda, paparazzi and deceit aimed at collecting people to share in their collective foolery and bogus assertions.