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SHADOW WALKER (The Tempter)

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A personal encounter with Satan

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman” – Gen 3 vs 4

With my head filled with the thoughts of just about everything; the frequency of the tremors and the consequent anxiety, writing a word became the most difficult thing to do. The poor diary in front of me wasn’t sure what to make of my countenance. Everything else stood still in the given space. Except of course the usual company that cherishes moments like that. The victim has to be too broken to think, too frustrated to hope, and too weak to care. That’s his best moment. He walked in like one whose form is gaseous; a thick black smoke. He Didn’t need to ask for seat. He drew one out and sat directly opposite me. He noticed I knew he was there and just sat there starring at me.

“Am I supposed to be afraid?” I said to myself. Someone had to begin a conversation. I did.

“I have always wondered how you feel when you hear people say you are responsible for the evil things going on” I muttered. “How do you live like that?’

“Oh well, it depends on what you mean” The Daemon said with all calmness.

“Why do you do the things you do? Why are you here?”

“I help them help themselves when nobody cares” he said. “That’s all I do”

“Oh great. Am probably talking to myself”

“Well, you are not”

“If you ever get the chance to restoration, would you take it?”

“Do I get to choose? It’s not easy to afford such luxury. Like I said, all I do is help. I help you. I help them”

“It’s amazing you could sit here and talk with me”

“I love to bargain. When you are down and out am the hand that helps”

Still too weak to lift a finger I could barely whisper a word of command “Leave in Jesus Name”. He left.

He left quite well but not at a great speed as I had imagined it should. My firepower was too weak to be a threat I know. So he probably left knowing I was in no mood for a bargain.

I prayed some words as my strength could afford. To God this time. “I need you as always. I need you now”

God Is our helper in our darkest moments. He understands our pain and many tribulations and has promised to be there when we face our storms.

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CLEAR-CUT FOLLOWER

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As the country counts down to the next election, parties are beginning to execute their campaign plans. This is usually the time loyalty is measured by participation. It is very difficult to identify with two rival parties at once. The consequence can be collosal. Betrayers are dealt seriously with sometimes. Party members must represent their parties everywhere within the short time left for campaigns. Such loyal members are “clear-cut” followers.

Politics is not the only place where commitment is emphasized. In the body of Christ it is of utmost importance. It is a demand. God expects this of us. In Ephesians 5 we find Paul Instructing the Church On what to do live up to expectation. He began by demanding that they imitate Christ. They must be practical with their faith. That includes staying away completely from certain habits that misrepresents Christ. The Church must not condone it.

‘But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people” – Ephesians 5 vs 3

A little stain can spread all over a white garment. Knowing how dangerous it is it should not be condoned. Paul went on to warn against false teachers and preachers who cover uncleanliness in their congregation. He reminds us in verse 6 of the obvious consequence of disobedience;

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

Are you a clear- cut believer? Are you as practical as you are expected to be? The door is wide open and you can be committed to doing exactly as the word of God instructs. Heaven rewards hardwork

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THE TWO BASKETS OF FIGS

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When God Chastises…

Our Father in Heaven is an epitome of a perfect parent. He is indeed perfect in all ramifications. An earthly father disciplines his child because he hopes that by so doing he would be correcting him. But because of his imperfections as human he does sometimes forgets the purpose for chastising the child. In such a situation the child is abused eventually. But God wouldn’t do that to his own.

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget, I will not forget you” – Isaiah 49 vs 15 – 17

So Why Does God Chastise Us?

When we disobey God something terrible happens to our Soul. It dies. Sin is Death. Now this is a loss to Heaven, and it is one God doesn’t take lightly. Yahweh is particularly concerned about those he for one reason or the other brought close to himself as he did with Israel. Such he disciplines whenever they disobey so as to raise them from their ashes stronger and better.

Chastisement shakes the Soul up and out from the weakness of the flesh and improves the man.

We are tested through fire so as to enforce consistency in holiness without which we can do nothing. Then we are released.

The prophesy of the two Baskets of Figs as recorded in Jeremiah 24 throws light on God’s methodology of chastisement. God came in a vision to his messenger Jeremiah with a prophesy for the future of Judah. This was immediately after Nebuchadnezzar had carried away Jeconnah the Son Jehoiakim; King of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon. One of the baskets had in it ripe and beautiful figs, the other one had bad figs.

Basket A: The Good Figs

This basket represents those taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar. They are those God is very interested in. If you notice in Jeremiah 24 vs 1 they include men and women with divine gifts who God had burdened with certain skills for the future of Israel. He raised Nebuchadnezzar to move them to Babylon where they will be preserved though they are being chastised by God. (Jeremiah 24 vs 5 – 7)

Babylon was not for everyone a place of hopelessness or bondage. To some it is simply a safe passage into their destiny though physically it looks like suffering. There in Babylon they were preserved

Basket B: The Bad Figs

This basket has in it those marked for destruction. (Jeremiah 24 vs 8). God describes them as “very bad”. You understand that there are fruits that even though are bad still has parts that can be eaten. Those can be declared useful. But these ones are so bad that they can’t be eaten, said Yahweh. They included the King of Judah Zedekiah and his princess, and the rest of the people who were not taken into captivity. They would have probably thought they were better off than the people taken into captivity. The people in this container are condemned to damnation. (Jeremiah 24 vs 9). Their choices in life put them in that basket. They are the stubborn ones who has continuously challenged God and blasphemed his name.

Beloved child of God, when you pass through trials it is for your own good. Sometimes it is God shaking your systems to shake off your inner weaknesses. Hold on tight to Christ. The season will be over soon. It is well with you.

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ONE JEALOUS GOD

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Understanding God’s Do’s and Don’t

Am not sure how this message will be received in a time like this when Grace is the sermon from almost every pulpit across christian communities and Live Streams on TV’s and social media platforms. God is presented as a soft and considerate creator who overlooks Man’s weakness. I have heard a preacher say “It doesn’t matter if you sin or not. It’s that simple. Jesus has paid for your sins and he did so in advance”. So congregants come to Church with the mindset that the sins they plan to commit after service is forgiven already. And so Jesus has bought us over with his blood. Grace has got us all covered. Does it then mean Yahweh has discarded his own words or swallowed them like we often say? Is his commandment obsolete? Not at all. His principles are still the same.

God’s Laws Are Forever

After God released his people Israel from bondage in Egypt he read out his expectations to Moses which became laws that should guide them. This is today known as the Ten Commandments. It became pertinent to provide rules and regulations as man would be lost without them and would challenge his creator. He would also forget to worship his maker who protects, defends and provides for him.

The Mosaic Law

To begin with, concerning the Law, Jesus cleared the air about his position when the scribes confronted him.

Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”

Preceding his birth are prophecies and establishments that pointed towards the purpose of his coming. Worthy of note is God’s plan especially concerning the methodology of worship. Jesus would after resurrection become the recognized high priest, one whose priesthood would be by the order of Mekizedek, and of the tribe of Judah.

Some aspects of the law will be modified such as the command to love one’s neighbor as oneself. Jesus understood that God The Father still remains the Power that be whose principles must be adhered to. He remains still the God of all flesh and a very jealous one at that.

Though Christ’s death meant we could sin against God and be forgiven, it is not an excuse to sin freely. To correct that impression quickly, Christ gave instances of punishments that would be meted out to those that would fail to meet up with God’s standards. For example, the story of the Rich and Poor man points to a similar kind of Justice that was obtainable under Moses.

The difference is the time of it’s execution. While offenders were punished instantly under Mosaic Law, under Christ the Soul that sins and dies in sin is condemned and would be thrown into hell. While Grace and Mercy buys you more time to become better and to take advantage of the opportunity Jesus offers us to paradise, it is not a guarantee that you will automatically enter into eternal rest. Now this is why Paul advises us to:

“Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling” – Philippians 2 vs 12

Like the early Christians and Apostles we must get to work and diligently improve ourselves with Heaven on our minds. God still is dishing out judgement on wickedness.

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THEY DON’T KNOW

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As a young child twenty five years ago, seeing revelations in dreams were strangely normal. I would wake up from a trance and not know that I have been in one. Sharing these experiences with my family was like telling them tales by moonlight. You know I wasn’t so smart in school so it didn’t make sense that God would chose me or even reveal himself to me. So I stopped sharing the things I see with them. But one revelation startled me so much that I ran to my mother to tell her what I saw;

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children” – Hosea 4 vs 6

The Angel in Armour

The Spirit of God took me up into the sky and dropped me on a thick white cloud. The cloud was wide enough to carry two adults or more, and was thick enough for the weight of as many humans as it can carry. While seated on the cloud my eyes caught a gathering of people digging what look like a ditch. They were very focused on what they were doing. They kept digging until all you could see is nothing but darkness. By then an Angel dressed like a Roman centurion was squatting next to me. He was huge. He pointed at the people and shook his head.

“They are looking for answers where there are none. Go and tell them the truth” said the Giant.

This revelation was the most specific of all of the visions I had back then. For this time there was an instruction.

Christ offers us a way back

The world out there is seriously undersiege. Our Enemy Satan has done so much harm than you can ever imagine. He has successfully misled many. Today it’s easier to locate a witch doctor than it is to find a Church whose altar is still pure. Church members are competing with the world over supremacy, and over who patronizes babalawo or witch doctors. God’s children are running to Satan for answers. They are seeking knowledge where there is none. And while at that the Souls of many are nowhere to be found. Because they have been exchanged for silver and gold. This is why Jesus came; To bring mankind back to God. So today, as many as will receive him to them he has given the power to be called the Children of God.

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” – John 14 vs 6

This is God’s Will for humanity.

What must I do to be saved?

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” – 1John 1 vs 19

By confessing your sins to God you have admitted that you are guilty of the accusations and would like to be saved. He is faithful and is just to forgive you all of them. And to clean you from all your unrighteousness.

Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool – Isaiah 1 vs 18

Be encouraged. There is a reward for taking this step:

“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land” (Isaiah 1:19).

A new life in Christ is profitable. You are granted access to a very peaceful and prosperous life here on Earth and in Heaven. You can then ask of anything of your father and it will be given you.

“You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it” – John 14 vs 14