Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called for self-sacrifice, righteousness to transform Nigeria.
He spoke at the weekend during the 50th-anniversary lecture, award and dinner of the Shepherd Hill Baptist Church, Obanikoro, Lagos State, with then theme: The Role of Contemporary Church in Nation-Building: Pessimism, Optimism or Activism.
The church’s 50th anniversary began about two months ago with several activities and ended yesterday with the anniversary thanksgiving celebration.
According to Osinbajo, Christians must not sit at home and pray but must be involved to make the difference.
“There is a test of courage and faith that every nation-builder must face and we must be ready to be the salt of the earth, like Jesus Christ said,” he said.
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Osinbajo said righteousness is what exalts a nation, maintaining that nation-building would also need the power of faith.
He added: “Righteousness exalts a nation. Our nation needs righteousness because without righteousness our nation cannot be exalted, we cannot build a nation without righteousness.
“Nation-building mandate can only be fulfilled by the overcoming power of faith in God and in His enduring word. Such faith is an active faith; faith that interfaces with its environment, forcefully advancing against the gate of hell and deploying appropriate strategies from activism to policy propositions and from advocacy to active policy and governance and upward.
“We must put our faith to work and we must be the salt of the earth like Jesus Christ. As a Christian we do not agree with our flesh; we must be righteous and ensure self-sacrifice, if we will transform our country. People will speak evil of us, but we must stand for righteousness.”
Osinbajo thanked God for what He is doing in the church in the past 50 years.
“I pray He does more and all of us will be here in another 50 years,” he said.