Eni-IfeOluwa Ezikiel <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best example of a Christian journalist I can find in the Bible is Jesus. Jesus was a reporter that reported the news about the kingdom of God verbatim. He didn’t sugarcoat or report the message of the kingdom in a way that would please people. He was in the bad books of the religious leaders at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a few things from his life that I would like to point out that can improve our work as journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the book of Hebrews 10:7, we see a situation recorded by\nthe Apostle Paul where Jesus said that he came \u2018in the volume of the story\nwritten of him. This goes to show that he had studied and read virtually\neverything that spoke about him. No wonder he delivered the news with so much\nboldness and confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the life of Jesus, we see something that is rarely practised in our world today and that is humility. The fact that the almighty son of God in the flesh still thought it wise to sit among \u2018religious\u2019 teachers and learn from them is profound. Jesus tapped knowledge from every and anything. He gave himself to learning so much that at one time his parents forgot him at the temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whenever Jesus is\nout broadcasting about the kingdom of God, he did his best not to allow his\nemotions or the emotions of men to sway his message. He stuck to the message he\nhad been given and delivered it with precision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It didn’t matter what everyone was doing or saying. Jesus was only concerned about doing the right thing. Before Jesus condemned or commended a particular person or thing he always did his due diligence and fact-checking. He was not a \u2018he said, she said, type of journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before Jesus went out\nto broadcast, he would stay inside to inquire. He will pray till he became\ntotally in sync with the plan of the Father for him. He won’t say anything\naside from that which the father permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bible shows us\nthat Jesus had 12 disciples who were very close to him. These disciples after\nJesus left went on to become just like him. Most of them even wrote reports and\nbooks that we know today as the new testament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We see that Jesus\nfollowed everything that God expected of him. He allowed his works to be guided\nby the standards of heaven and so you would hear him say things like \u2018as I see\nmy father doing so do i\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Jesus could archive so much and fulfil all that was required of him without compromising we also can. Jesus said in John 14:12 that we shall do greater works. Jesus has set a pattern for us all that is left for us is to follow his pattern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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