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What Next?

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What Next? What next? A question we often ask after every step taken, after we're done with a stage/phase of things, or after an event we spent time planning for, comes to an end. More often it's a burden in our hearts, our mouths are too heavy to express; an emptiness and void in our soul we often feel, and seek to fill up with something. It comes in endless cycles and timeless seasons. We ask what next? And not long after what next has come, we still find ourselves asking what next? So often we ask what next, and even after we are told what next, we still find ourselves asking what next? We're like weary fishers by a sea shore in a dark night, waiting for the waves to bring choice fishes on our shores. In frayed nerves as frail mortals, all we can utter is what next? Our expectation grows wave after wave, and the inquiry in our hearts to see our dreams fulfilled, never ends. With each phase of accomplishment and fulfilment, comes the burdensome "what next...

It Is A Cartel! By Solomon Ukpenevi

It is a cartel!  They meet and plan how to scam you. And they organise programs, invite themselves, prearrange how much to raise and the sharing formula. Sometimes they plan on what prophecies and prophetic actions to carry out to steer the people more for the scam. The host prophet will release certain information about rich  members who he feels are stingy to  the guest prophet.  And the deal is sealed when the guest begins to prophecy and stun the audience. And when you have been successfully scammed, you rise in the defence of your prophet. All hail Simon the sorcerer.

The Testimony Of Jesus (Part 2).

Relevance Of All Scriptures. 2 Timothy 3:15-17 "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." The relevance of all scripture as given by the inspiration of God, is in it's testimony of Jesus, as that which is able to make one wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  All scripture is thus given by inspiration of God, and bears the testimony of Christ, to inspire the faith of Christ in the hearts of men and thus lead them to Christ. What about the historic and poetic books of scripture, like the chronicles and the psalms? Do they also testify of Christ? Luke 24:27 shows us Christ expounding unto the disciples he met enroute Emmaus...

The Testimony Of Jesus (Part 1).

Revelation 1:1-2 "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw." 19:10 "And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, right from Genesis to Revelation; starting with the very making of man(the first Adam), who was constituted in the image of God and as a figure of him that was to come; to God's own prophecy of the coming seed of the woman bruising the head of the serpent, the entire testimony of scriptures from Genesis to Revelation, is the testimony of Jesus, and speaks of him a...

Much Fuss About The Funke Funky Fables And Those Who Make Merchandise Of The Grace Of Christ.

Telling tales and fables is one of the marks of false ministrations, which do not establish people in the faith of Christ but lures them away from the truth. Scripture severally warns us against giving heed to fables; and one of such fables is called old wives fables(1 Timothy 4:7) A fable is simply a narrative intended to enforce myths or ideologies, as truth; any story told to excite wonder or put fear in the hearts of men. So often it is fictitious, false and cunningly devised. Concerning the true testimony of Jesus, Peter said we have not followed cunningly devised fables (2 Peter 1:16); then in the next chapter he went ahead to warn against false teachers, who will secretly bring in damnable heresies. Now, cunningly devised fables might not sound as grievous and terrible as damnable heresies, yet they are correlated, and are both trade marks of false ministers/teachers, who seek to make merchandise of the grace of Christ. It is pertinent to note that, fables are much more ...

The More Subtle Crisis Of The Hour.

There is a growing agitation and revolution against the corruption and perversion of the gospel of Christ by covetous preachers who peddle a polluted gospel, having turned the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ into a mere success key/kit for achieving one's ambitions and dreams in life. This polluted gospel has seen it's main proponents build great religious empires, and prosper/fare sumptuously in this world, while remaining so impoverished and destitute of the truth of the gospel. It is a gospel through which satan has subtly offered the world, it's wealth, glory and fame to preachers in exchange for true spiritual verities and the eternal hope. On the other hand, those riding in the current waves and tides, going against these gospel perverts and merchants are men of like passion, and not immune to embracing another side/facet of the hydra-headed/multi-faceted monster of corruption. We are not as many, which corrupt the word of God yet we are not immune from becoming on...

Prophetic Glimpse Of The Church In This Hour.

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There has been a growth/expansion of the 'church' unto men/the world, and not unto the Lord; A strange/abnormal growth to merge the church with different 'spiritual heads' of men and not the One Head, which is Christ.  A growth unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of the world, to bring the church into a perfect marriage/union with the world's glory, influence, prosperity/wealth and governmental power/authority. The Lord however, has arisen to stop the furtherance of this strange growth/expansion, to resist the proud and lofty ones highly revered by men, as the leaders & champions of this strange cause/movement. They shall proceed no further, for the Lord has risen against them to put clogs in the wheels of their progress, in leading many to drown in the sea of apostasy and perdition. The growth/expansion heaven stands for is to grow the church back, as unto the Lord, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; to make read...

When Captors Masquerade As Deliverers.

By Ninyo Omidiji.  A peasant who becomes wealthy through "ministry"/church planting or pastoring, and a peasant who turns wealthy through politics, are both birds of a feather. They are both parasites and leeches,  enlarging at the expense of the system they are supposed to help feed and build.  They both leave victims/casualties in their wake. And their victims have many things in common. They have been deceived,  but they do not know it. They are ignorant, but they parade themselves as informed. They have been sold a dummy.  They do not even know that they are victims.   Sadly,  it is easier to fool a people, than to convince them that they have been fooled. History has proven this time and time again. Wealth has never been the goal of doing ministry, not the ministry of the kingdom of God. Definitely not the gospel. Neither should you join politics to become rich,  but to serve. Anyone who becomes rich through politics i...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei (How True Is It?)

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Vox Populi, Vox Dei (How True Is It?) The popular saying, 'Vox Populi, Vox Dei' ( the voice of the people is the voice of God), is absolutely incorrect, non scriptural, and a devilish notion to deceive the masses.  This is a statement i have heard many times from my youth, and has been used by the devil to cunningly deceive people into believing that what is popular, generally accepted and preached by many, must be of God. From the earliest history of human/global civilisation, as captured in the book of Genesis 11, scriptures clearly show that the mind, will and voice of God, is not with the mass population. There we see how the whole world was of one language and one speech, yet their ambition, set goals and vision was contrary to God. Genesis 11:1-8 "And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, ...

The Bane Of Religious Systems And Sects.

To the children of Israel under the old covenant, they knew and called upon one God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To the church of Christ under the new covenant, we know and call upon one God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; however, the denominations/'church' sects professing christianity, have their different gods they call upon, depending on the denomination/'church' you belong to...the god of this or that commission, the god of bishop this or that.  Truly if it be the church of bishop so and so, then it must also be the god of that bishop that is actually served & worshipped.  Romans 16:17-18 clearly reveals to us, that the actual god being served and worshipped in denominations(those who cause/maintain divisions in the body of Christ), is the belly and we are admonished to avoid such grounds of fellowship.  Romans 16:17-18 "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine ...

The Octave Of Redemption And Significance Of The numbers 6 And 8.

8th June.  On the eve of the octave of the sixth month, i sat, lost in thoughts as streams of inspiration and revelation flowed.  A cursory look in the book of Luke, and i saw the words: "In the sixth month  the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,  To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name  was  Mary." The sixth month is indeed a time of divine visitation. The number six, is the number of man(Revelation 13:18) ; man was created on the sixth day(Genesis 1:26-31); Six days was given to man to work/labour, as in the wilderness journey of Israel, six days to gather the manna from heaven(Exodus 20:9; 16:26); Six cities were given for a refuge to the manslayer, under the law(Numbers 35:13-15) etc. The greatest divine visitation was when God himself became a man; no greater divine visitation hath any man than this, that God himself should come to us as one of...

Times Of Intense Testing And Pressure(Pressured Jewels).

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Times of intense testing and pressure are upon us; and these are days when nothing will truly stand in relation to God, and as being of God/bearing the name of God, except what is of Christ essentially and intrinsically. The imitation: so called 'christ' and 'christianity' with it's fruits(strange children/bar Jesus/sons of Jesus), is becoming manifest/seen for what it truly is, as it's true colour appears under the intense test and pressure from heaven. The voice, the definition and undeniable mark of the days we're in will be: what is of God, what was conceived and received in God, what originated/began in God and not in men. This will be the measure, the standard and dividing line; it will also be the defining/underlying principle of the switch and transition to all God and heaven will do/unfold in these last times; as heaven begins to move to expose, halt and overthrow things that are not of God, yet branded as being of God. It is a clear-cut tra...

Learn The Parable Of The Fig Tree(Time Is Short).

Learn The Parable Of The Fig Tree. In 1948 Israel budded again as a fig tree nation, after the destruction of Jerusalem, the temple and the dispersion in AD 70. 70 years ago(May 14, 1948), Israel was declared an independent state by David Ben-Gurion. Eleven minutes after the declaration, US President Harry Truman officially acknowledged Israel as a nation; but later regretted waiting so long to make that acknowledgement.  To Harry Truman, eleven minutes was so long a time, to have waited before acknowledging the declaration.  From Truman's acknowledgement 11 minutes after, to Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, 70 years after. No one who knows the scriptural significance of 70 years with respect to Jerusalem and Israel, would doubt that this is a very significant hour for Israel. The clamour of the Jews, to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, couldn't have been fulfilled until such a day and hour when Jerusalem prophetically enters it's...

May Day! Payday! (Prophecy in Poetry).

May Day! Payday! (Prophecy in Poetry). Sometimes beginnings feel like endings and endings often feel like the most emptying experience. It's a new month. Brace up World! Wake up Nigeria!  Sit up and listen up! Your time to be released from the chains of an awful past, and the pains of a miserable present, has come. You can't keep going the way you've always gone and known. Rise up and shake up! Rid yourself of torn garments Rip apart the cloak of torments Get off the back of old warhorses Clear the mess in Augean stables Jettison all that sell you for gains Cast away their accursed wares Shake and turn their filthy tables No longer feed their insatiable cravings No longer heed their deceitful fables They will not return to run Their strongholds will burn They fail in strength and faint The wealth they took and spent Can't spare them a day more to spend Another day to wine and dine Now, so hard to find in time Take awa...

21 Irrefutable Laws Of Hero Worship And Religious Brainwashing.

21 Irrefutable Laws Of Hero Worship And Religious Brain Washing.  1)  Believe everything pastor says. 2)  If you have any doubts as to what pastor says, blame the devil.  3) Do not ask questions. 4) Do not allow any question to enter your mind. 5) Everything pastor says, or, does, is right. 6) Anybody that asks pastor questions, or, has doubts in his mind, about the words/actions of pastor, is a devil. 7) Pastor does, or, says something that is obviously wrong ? Pray for pastor. 8) Attend Church at least five (5) days a week. 9) Pay your tithe, vows, Seed, donations, etc, but don't expect any form of accountability ; pastor doesn't owe you, or, any member of the Church, the duty to be accountable. 10) Between your family and the Church, the church comes first. 11) Your pastor knows everything. 12) Your pastor is your spiritual head and covering, so you have no divine security/covering in whatever you do without his a...

This Day In Two Perspectives(Easter Sunday & April Fool's Day).

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This Day In Two Perspectives. Today in the christian religious world is Easter Sunday, a day set aside to mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and the 40th day counting from the holy period they call lent; during which adherents are to abstain from meat. To the secular world, it's a new month, and April Fool's day; a day when folks across the globe fabricate and share all manner of mischievous hoaxes and gambits. It's apparently a free day of perjury; a day to lie, and to be lied to, a day when to love and make(fabricate) a lie is very entertaining and most welcome. In contrast to these perspectives, scriptures clearly show that the believer in Christ is not called to observe days, months and times; neither is the believer to be judged in meat or drink, in respect/regard of a religious holy day or new month. Galatians 4:10-11 " Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.  I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you la...

Save Our Generation! The Gethsemane Hour Of A Nation.

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Save Our Generation! The Gethsemane Hour Of A Nation. The noise and emptiness, of what is being churned out as music, from the Nigerian Music Industry today, is so appalling; yet amazingly appreciated by the young generation. It's sadly a reflection of the low level of thinking of many of the youths. The music in every generation is a reflection of the state of that generation; thus when the music is all about sound, beats and meaningless rhymes with little or no message in it, it shows that the generation is a noisy/boisterous generation that has no message. It is sadly a generation with all the instituitions, equipments and technologies for productive education, and relevant information, potent enough to birth national transformation; yet a clueless generation bereft of sound education and knowledge. It's not a surprise to see Nigeria in the doldrums and cesspit of corruption and ineptitude of leadership, with the younger generation failing to arise and save the day. ...

The Religious Middle Wall Of Partition And Segregation Part 1.

One God Vs The Many gods Of Denominations. To the children of Israel under the old covenant, they knew and called upon one God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To the church of Christ under the new covenant, we know and call upon one God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; however, the denominations/many 'church' sects professing christianity today, have their different gods they call upon, depending on the denomination/'church' one professes to belong to...the god of this or that commission, the god of bishop this or that.  Truly if it be the church of bishop so and so, then it must also be the god of that bishop that is actually served and worshipped. Romans 16:17-18 clearly reveals to us, that the actual god being served and worshipped in denominations(those who cause/maintain divisions in the body of Christ), is the belly and we are admonished to avoid such grounds of fellowship.  Romans 16:17-18 "Now I beseech you, brethren, ...

Time To Redeem The Time Part 3.

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The Dire Need For Spiritual Sensitivity. Ephesians 2:1-2 "And you  hath he quickened , who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience". 5:14-18"Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord  is . And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit" The scripture texts above, lifted from the 2nd and 5th chapters of the book of Ephesians, presents to us three important points: (1.) Spiritual Deadness In Sins And Tresspasses: a state which every man born into this world, comes into at birth; but whi...