Amadioha means "man of the people." A man of the people is a man who is in and for the people. He is not just a warrior, he is also an epidemiologist whose weapon against the spread of disease and destruction is the collective rightness of his people. The man who is not right, brings upon himself death, disease, loss, confusion, disorder. Such a man, who has wronged the powers that be, not only harms himself, he also harms everyone who is connected to him. So a man of the people must cut off men and women whose ways are not right for the sake of everyone else they are connected to. The judgement of the spirits is rarely considered a suggestion, guideline or at all changeable. Once the one who is wrong is cut away, then everyone who remains is safe. Before Christ came that was the true description of a village, those who remained.
Amadioha and his representative could not cut away sin. They could not fulfill the judgment due, they could make offerings. They could not change the judgements made against a man or a woman. Jesus did. Jesus died on the cross making full payment for all of creation. He cut away sin from himself completely and permanently. He offers his permanent solution to everyone person who would be free from the punishment due sin and sinners. Especially to everyone who wants to escape the consequence due to how people who are connected to them will suffer, Jesus offers freedom, hope, healing, in the sacrifice of his eternal life on the cross for all the sin in creation. In himself, he cut away sin as the beginning of cutting away sin from the entire world. Every moment he cuts away a little more, bringing everyone who is willing from death to life a little more each day. No other god even claims to do that. He truly is the man of the people, be one of his people starting today.
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