It’s 11.00 am on Sunday Morning:

M: (Leading the church in a chorus session) … we’ll sing the last chorus now as pastor John takes his position.

[While the chorus is being sung, pastor John walks toward the pulpit while sis Matilda takes a seat]

J: Looking at you beautiful ladies down there, you gentlemen and lovely children, I just want to jump up and give thanks because I know there’s a god out there. Let me here you say amen!

C: Amen!

J: Bless the Lord! Alleluia. You know, I was sitting there listening to you singing and oh! What a blessing. I would like you all to turn with me to Exodus chapter 20. Sister Pelt will read this morning’s scripture passage.

[Sis. Pelt read the passage and the congregation said amen]

J: Now most of us call ourselves followers of Christ yet refrain from doing Christ-like deeds. Sometimes we try to hide from the truth by doing half of what should be done; the half we feel is necessary and relevant to us….

M: Amen! Amen! Amen! Allelu, allelu… thank you Jesus…. At the same time it’s all or not at all (ref: Exodus 20) ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery…’ there is no big or small sin it’s spelt the same way… do not practice to tell lies and feel its ok because its just a little sin…

M: Amen! Glory! Alleluia!

J: The bible says ‘thou shalt not commit adultery but we want a much easier life – don’t we? So we take the other road “…it’s a popular thing to have sex before marriage… its no big deal…everyone’s doing it !” STOP! It is wrong.

[There was a pause...then...]

J:    Exodus 20:3 states: thou shalt have no other gods before me.  But no! we claim we praise him and only him but when we’re out, our ‘BMW & Merc’ so precious dat we we woulda kill smaddy fi di mere fact of even touching it –
even moreso: ‘di young gal dem’ devoting dem lives to having the coco cola bottle shape den di man dem kin ketch a fire...

[Matilda and few members of the congregation shouted]:

Yes Sah!

J:   Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.  Ah! Is like asking yuh not to eat: fa when yuh buck yuh toe a di fus thing yuh repeat - di Lawd name.

Den Smaddy a lie and yuh cry out wid di lawd name right before yuh shout out“...im lie een!”

The news reads:‘two year old child abducted’ and you cry out di Lawd name, jus before "...wha wrong wid dese people”but ask you to call upon his name in reverence; thanking him for keeping you safe throughout the night and waking you up. No! you cannot be bothered.

[After the service the pastor went to the vestry where he had dinner with the deacon,his friend]

B: That was a heck of a message.

J: Yeah man! (eating his food)

B: How can yuh go up deh and sey all dem things considering your double life?

J: Whatdouble life yuh talking bout?

B: It is three weeks in a row now I see you going by sister Pelt’s house and I know that there is no unfinished church business if that is going to be your excuse.

J: What people don’t know won’t hurt them; yuh neva hear di saying “do as I say but not as I do ?”

B: This is no joke John, dis foolishness has to stop.

J: Look! I’m here to teach them, it is no one’s business what I do after church hours, so just eat yuh food and keep quite…. Mind yuh bite yuh tongue.

B: So what about yuh wife ? Yuh think its fair on her; believing you’re still at prayer meeting that hour of the night? …….FREEZE

What next?
Will Pastor John Change his ways?
Will Deacon Wheatley keep quiet?
Will his wife find out?
ALL WILL BE REVEALED,.......to be continued