We Have Not So Learned Christ

A couple once came to Nigeria to do IVF
The husband is a pastor with a deliverance ministry, while the wife is a Sunday school teacher in the same ministry
They both live in the USA
I was given a call by the wife’s mother, who also lives in the USA.
She begged me to please make room for the couple in my calendar to counsel them and pray with them.
Unfortunately, their hospital sessions were in Abuja, and I was in Lagos
Their mother wouldn’t let me rest, so I went to Abuja to see them

Given that they came in from the USA, i expected a certain level of enlightenment in their understanding and perspective of life

They began to talk about household enemies, village enemies, outside enemies, enemies at work, competition enemies, unfriendly friends, enemies that we don not know, enemies of destinies, enemies of fulfilment, enemies of financial progress, enemies of progress, enemies of longevity, enemies of favour, enemies of goodness, enemies of our soul etc

They told horror stories, which were supposed to be from sermons they listened to under the ministration of their general overseer

Somebody’s destiny was buried in a river
Somebody’s glory was sold
Somebody’s glory was exchanged
Somebody’s glory was covered etc

As the husband was speaking, the wife was speaking
Their minds had been blinded by evil communication in the name of fear-mongering disguised as sermons.

They are suspicious of everybody
The doctors, the nurses, the hospital itself
They kept talking of evil spirits and territorial powers

I told them they were not Christians.

A Christian’s mouth is full of Christ.
What the heart is full of, the mouth proclaims with gusto.
You are not full of Christ if your communication with a fellow believer is all about darkness, evil, the enemy, and demons

Deliverance ministers do more damage to the Christian than good.
They turn them into zombies and wraiths whose consciousness is evil and darkness instead of light.
They know more about witches than ministering spirits
They know more about fallen angels than the angels of light
They know more about curses than blessings
They know more about evil than good
They know more about the kingdom of darkness than the Kingdom of God.
They are always fighting, believing that this is what they require to survive in this world

I am glad to announce that they are wrong!

If they will study the Bible as it is written, they will see that they have been misguided by their preachers.

This is why their pastors write books full of prayer points backed by scriptures lifted out of context for them to read and pray for.

We have not so learned Christ.

-GSW-