PASTOR
TUNDE: Good morning to you, Pastor John,
PASTOR
JOHN: Good morning
my brother in the Lord,
PASTOR
TUNDE: How are you sir, and the ministry?
PASTOR
JOHN: Hmn! by the grace of God I will be fine, but the
ministry is not fine at all,
PASTOR
TUNDE: Is that why you have been wearing a gloomy face?
PASTOR
JOHN: How can I be happy when my ministry is down?
PASTOR
TUNDE: Well you are right,
PASTOR
JOHN: Pastor Tunde, please tell me the secret to your
success in ministry,
PASTOR
TUNDE: It's God my brother,
PASTOR
JOHN: I have tried everything, I have fasted and prayed,
but it's not working,
PASTOR
TUNDE: Pray more, God will help you out. HA HA HA!!!
PASTOR
JOHN: Are you mocking me?
PASTOR
TUNDE: No am not, am just asking you to be more fervent in
your prayers to God,
PASTOR
JOHN: Look at you Pastor Tunde, in just 2years in
ministry, you have done great exploits for God, and your ministry have grown
significantly, but here I am on a pendulum swinging between 40-50 members after
4years.
PASTOR
TUNDE: Pastor John, to everything there is a key to
unlocking its potential,
PASTOR
JOHN: A key? what key?
PASTOR
TUNDE: Do you want your ministry to grow or not?
PASTOR
JOHN: Yes, I want my ministry to grow,
PASTOR
TUNDE: I will take you somewhere tonight,
PASTOR
JOHN: Somewhere? what do you mean by that?
PASTOR
TUNDE: I want to show you the key that unlocks potential
in ministry.
.....Pastor Tunde successfully
lures Pastor John to a ritualist that night.....
PASTOR
JOHN: Tunde, where are we going, this is a jungle,
PASTOR
TUNDE: Dont worry, just keep calm, we will get there soon,
PASTOR
JOHN: I hope this is not what am thinking,
....Pastor Tunde and
Pastor John arrives at baba Ode's shrine situated inside a thick jungle....
BABA
ODE:
My son's you are welcome,
PASTOR
TUNDE: My papa it's good to see you again,
BABA
ODE:
Its good you came my son. Who is this with you?
PASTOR
TUNDE: It's my colleague in ministry, he wants his
ministry to blossom like mine, that's why I brought him.
PASTOR
JOHN: Tunde, where have you brought me? This is a shrine,
are you not a pastor?
PASTOR
TUNDE: Shut up! are you ready for your ministry to grow or
not?
PASTOR
JOHN: I am ready for my ministry to grow, but am not ready
for this. I am a Christian and a pastor.
PASTOR
TUNDE: Who did Christianity help? It all balls down to
money and fame,
BABA
ODE:
What is the problem Tunde, is he not ready? or did you not brief him?
PASTOR
TUNDE: He is ready baba,
BABA
ODE: What is your name young man?
PASTOR
JOHN: My name is Pastor John sir,
BABA
ODE:
You look surprised, don't you know that many of these so called popular pastors
are products of my shrine?
PASTOR
JOHN: I don't know sir,
BABA
ODE:
You are in the right place. Are you ready for the sacrifice?
PASTOR
JOHN: By the grace of God,
BABA
ODE: Stop that! Don't mention that name here, it's a
taboo,
PASTOR
TUNDE: Am sorry sir,
BABA ODE: You will
provide a pregnant woman who will be buried below your pulpit, and as her body
decomposes, your ministry will blossom.
PASTOR
JOHN: Sir, am not a killer, am a pastor and I am suppose
to be saving souls,
BABA
ODE: You have seen me, and have come to the point of no
return. You will provide the requirements for the sacrifice, or you will run
mad and die within 7 days.
PASTOR
TUNDE: Baba don't worry, he will bring it,
PASTOR
JOHN: So Pastor Tunde, you have a dead pregnant woman buried
below your pulpit?
PASTOR
TUNDE: There is a sacrifice to pay if you want to be
successful.
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The ritual was
completed successfully and a pregnant woman was buried below the pulpit of Pastor
John. In less than a year, Pastor John experienced an unprecedented growth in
his ministry with thousands of members who looked up to him as their spiritual
leader.
However, in his church,
the congregation prayed like this:
CONGREGATION:
The god of my father, Pastor John, deliver us and answer our prayers.
It was a common
phenomenon in the church of Pastor John, because they so much believed that he
was a true man of God.
Moreover, on one
occasion, sister felicia who is an active member of the church was hit by a car
and she died on the spot, and below lies her conversation with the Angel
standing at the gate of Heaven;
ANGEL:
Felicia, give account of your life while on earth,
FELICIA:
I was a good Christian, a prayer warrior, I paid my tithe and helped the needy
etc..
ANGEL:
But your name is not found in the Book of Life,
FELICIA:
Sir, there must be a mistake somewhere,
ANGEL:
In this place there are no mistakes,
FELICIA:
Sir, but......
ANGEL:
You where an Idol worshipper while on earth, and a product of baba ode's
shrine,
FELICIA:
Whaaaat!.... No sir, I am a Christian, am not an Idol worshipper,
ANGEL:
You always prayed in the name of the god of Pastor John, which is the god
backing baba Ode's shrine....Look at the mirror and see the dead pregnant woman
below your pastor's pulpit, and see the power behind Ode's shrine which you
have been praying to,
FELICIA:
Please sir, have mercy on me, I did not know,
ANGEL:
Go into the fire, for we do not accept Idol worshippers into the kingdom of God.
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This is the irony many
Christians have found themselves in today, as they idolize the so called
successful men and women of God without proper checks on their standing with
God. The Bible admonishes us in the book of 1John 4:1 to test the spirits
whether they are of God because many false prophets have gone into the world.
With the current trend of praying among Christians, by calling the name of the
God of their various pastors which
incidentally happens to be the same God who died for their pastor and for the world,
it would be dangerous to offer such prayers if sadly your papa or G.O or
whatever name you call him incidentally is a false prophet. Sister Felicia so
much believed that Pastor John was a true man of God, and instead of praying
through the name of Jesus Christ as the Bible prescribes, she decided like the
other members in the congregation to add another intermediary to Jesus Christ,
believing that with double intermediaries her prayer would be answered faster.
Our Lord, Jesus Christ
died for us on the cross, and in the Book of Mathew 27:51, the veil of the
temple was thorn thereby giving us unhindered access to God through Jesus
Christ. It is not totally out of place to call the name of the God of your
Pastor, but it is more appropriate and safer to call the name of Jesus Christ,
because only His name can save and not the addition of your pastors name.
Moreover, the Holy
Bible in the book of Mathew 24:11, also records that many false prophets have
gone out into the world to deceive many, and to populate the kingdom of their
father, the devil. Therefore, praying in the name of the god of such pastors
would mean redirecting your prayers to
the god backing them, which is the devil.
However, Salvation is
found in no one else, for there is no other name under Heaven given to mankind
by which we must be saved (ACTS 4:12). Wisdom is profitable to direct and let
the wise digest this message and increase in wisdom.
God Bless You
#TheMessenger
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