BEWARE OF
PROSPERITY GOSPEL PREACHERS MASQUERADING AS DISCIPLES OF JESUS
BEWARE OF PROSPERITY GOSPEL PREACHERS
1.1 AN
OVERVIEW OF THE SCENARIO
Every
Wednesday night of the past decade has been a nightmare for the residents of
GRA within a kilometre of thePark Lane Hospital Ekulu River
As
early as 5.00 p.m. every Wednesday evening, the pilgrims start trooping
from the Four Corners of the wind. By 7.00 p.m. a riotous motley of fanatics, mystics, neurotics,
schizophrenics, the barren, the widowed, the blind, the deaf, the crippled and
the chronic spinsters or bachelors assemble for a “Holy Ghost Fire Night!” The
craze for abundance in wealth and/or material things of life mistakenly
identified as miracles, easily called “signs and wonders” is the latest fad
among worshippers of all religions, as well as, Christians of all
denominations. If there is any ecumenism that is non-sectarian today, it is to
be found among the less privileged seeking for divine healing, the pauperised
Christians seeking easy access to prosperity and increment of their meagre
salaries through rapid promotions in the civil service or the private sector of
the depressed economy. Birds of different plumage sink their dissimilarities
and opposing doctrines if only it would guarantee them spiritual relief and the
emotional ecstasy the weekly night vigil provides. All over the country, such
religious spectacles have become a recurrent decimal in the theory and practice
of Christianity since the advent of the American version of Pentecostalism. It
soon found loyal associates and solidarity in the company of Catholic
Charismatic Renewal Movement (CCRM), the Evangelic Fellowship of the Anglican
Communion (EFAC), the Christian or Scripture Union (CU or SU) and a host of
such other syncretic organisations within the Christian Community nation-wide!
Over three thousand exotic names of mushroom churches exist today!
The
undue craze for signs and wonders: a.k.a. deliverance, healing, exorcism,
miracles or divine cures and the proliferation of healers of all descriptions
and their healing centres is the eight wonder of the world or even the
universe! Miracle seekers troop from one crusade ground to another not minding
the travel expenses to and from these centres that often are separated by more
than five hundred kilometres! These journeys into the unknown, the
unbudgeted-for pilgrimages and their feeding bills further dwindle the lean
resources of these paupers! “Don’t worry!” they exclaim, “God will always
provide!” Some are ready to do “dry” fasting for fourteen days or even longer
not minding their poor health status, all in the name of getting divine
favours! Most of these fanatical miracle-seekers are not only ignorant and
confused but are misguided by their greedy pastors who fleece them all in the
name of signs and wonders. These brothers / sisters of ours desperately need
counselling, re-education and redemption from their hypnotised mental status
and the indoctrination of their fake prosperity preaching pastors.
Jesus,
our Lord and Master, was not born into a wealthy family or an upper social
class nor did he envy those who were! Do you remember the rich young man he
asked to “Go sell all you have and come follow me”? The righteous youth left
dejected! Moreover, Jesus went further by commenting on how more difficult it
would be for the rich to enter the kingdom, stating that it would be easier for
a camel to pass through the eye of a needle! Read the gospels of Matthew 19:
vv. 16 – 30, Mark 10: vv. 17 – 30 and Luke 18: 18 - 30. Do not read this
booklet any further without doing so! You will be glad you did!
There
must be some demonic mass hysteria or occult hypnotism or juju powers involved
in today’s craze for prosperity among Christians who will do anything
abominable to be rich and comfortable! This is the diabolical reason why most
greedy pastors and healers would go to native doctors, worship any idol and
perform any rituals in search of demonic powers to demonstrate signs and
wonders! Some use magical handkerchiefs, others a wave of the hand and yet some
blow some air in the direction of their victims who fall down mimicking
prostration under the power of the Holy Spirit! This is what this book sets out
to unravel. Then, an attempt will be made to straighten out the false indoctrination
that has for long kept the congregation hypnotised by this new brand of healers
who drive limousines whereas their flock trek the crusade grounds and the very
streets of the cities they have converted into their financial empires!
All
manners of publicity gimmick, subliminal advertising tricks, blatant trade and
cut-throat commerce are now employed by our psychedelic nouveau-riche crusade
preachers to ‘fleece the flock and pay the ladies’! Many now make wild claims
to signs and wonders performed ‘in the name of Jesus’ often tagged deliverance,
healing, exorcism and miracles. Money change hands after such magical
demonstrations!
Jesus
forewarned us of such fake miracle workers! “Freely have you received, so give
freely” he cautioned his disciples! We must be wary or else get deceived by
these sons and daughters of Satan who parade as miracle workers. We need to
remind ourselves of what Our Lord Jesus said about most of these fake workers
of signs and wonders! “I do not know you” he said he would tell them at the
judgement day when they would try to prove their loyalty by asserting that they
cured, healed and cast out demons in his name!
This
time around, we want to expose the tricks and falsehood in so many pretences at
or spurious claims to exorcism, deliverance or healing! Read THE BOOK OF
JEREMIAH, Chapters 23 & 24, and you will see that false claims to speaking
on behalf of God had always been there. God hates any fake prophet, priest or
pastor who deceives his people! Verse 11 of Chapter 23 sums up God’s verdict:
v.11: The Lord says, “The prophets and the priests are godless;
I have caught them doing evil in the Temple
v.12: The paths they follow will be slippery and dark;
I will make them stumble and fall. I am going to bring disaster on them;
the time of their punishment is coming.
I, the Lord have spoken
Read all the way down, and take note of
very interesting verses e.g.
v.
31: Listen to what I, the Lord, say! I am against the prophets who tell
their dreams that are full of lies. They tell these dreams and lead my people
astray and their boasting I did not send them or order them to go, and they are
of no help at all to the people. I, the Lord have spoken.”
I have nothing to add to those Old Testament prophecies, except that I
will unmask these false preachers within the confines of this short conference
paper. This resume is actually only an appetiser to the main course meal,
“SANCTION ALL PROSPERITY GOSPEL PREACHERS” a 250-page book, that you can
purchase outside this hall now! ‘Bon apetit!’
1.2
DIVINE HEALERS CHARGE NO FEES
It will be most rewarding
for miracle seekers and their equally false and avaricious healers who see it
as a money - spinning exercise to refresh their minds with the life and times
of two Old Testament prophets; Elijah and Elisha. You should read in detail all
the miracles they performed and list out for yourselves how many were paid for!
Most prosperity preachers flaunt their ability to hypnotise their listeners
with charms they got from juju-doctors and seek material rewards for their
abracadabra. However, they need be reminded that genuine healers never ask for
any rewards at all!
I will reproduce here only
“THE HEALING OF A GENERAL OF THE SYRIAN ARMY” from my favourite Good News Bible
edition (GNB) for its clarity of thought, for those who are not conversant with
the Christian Bible and for our discussion to be not only meaningful but
objective and persuasive! Read the whole contents of 2nd Kings 5:
“Naaman
Is Cured
v.1:
Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, was highly respected and esteemed by
the king of Syria
v.2:
In one of their raids against Israel
v.3:
One day she said to her mistress, Ï wish that my master could go to the prophet
who lives in Samaria
v.4:
When Naaman heard of this, he went to the King and told him what the girl had
said.
v.5:
The king said, “Go to the king of Israel
v.6:
The letter that he took read: “This letter will introduce my officer Naaman. I
want you to cure him of his disease.”
v.7:
When the king of Israel
v.8:
When the prophet Elisha heard what had happened, he sent word to the king: “Why
are you so upset? Send the man to me, and I’ll show him that there is a prophet
in Israel
v.9:
So Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and stopped at the entrance to
Elisha’s house.
v.
10: Elisha sent a servant out to tell him to go and wash himself seven
times in the River Jordan, and he
would be completely cured of his disease.
v.11:
But Naaman left in a rage, saying, “I thought that he would at least come out
to me, pray to the LORD his God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and cure
me!
v.12:
Besides, aren’t the rivers Abana and Pharpar, back in Damascus Israel
v.13:
His servants went up to him and said, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do
something difficult, you would have done it, Now why can’t you just wash
yourself, as he said, and be cured”
v.14:
So Naaman went down to the Jordan
v.15:
He returned to Elisha with all his men and said, “Now I know that there is no
god but the God of Israel; so
please, sir, accept a gift from me.”
v.16:
Elisha answered, “By the living Lord, whom I serve, I swear that I will not
accept a gift.” Naaman insisted that he accepts it, but he would not.
v.17:
So Naaman said, “If you won’t accept my gift, then let me have two
mule-loads of earth to take home with me, because from now on I will not offer
sacrifices or burnt-offerings to any god except the LORD.
v.18:
So I hope that the Lord will forgive me when I accompany my king to the temple of Rimmon Syria
v.19:
“Go in peace,” Elisha said. And Naaman left.
v.20:
He had gone only a short distance when Elisha’s servant Gehazi said to himself,
“My master has let Naaman get away without paying a thing! He should have
accepted what that Syrian offered him. By the living LORD, I will run after him
and get something from him.”
v.21:
So he set off after Naaman. When Naaman saw a man running after him, he got
down from his chariot to meet him, and asked, “Is something wrong?”
v.22:
“No,” Gehazi answered. “But my master sent me to tell you that just now two
members of the group of prophets in the hill-country of Ephraim arrived, and he
would like you to give them three thousand pieces of silver and two changes of
fine clothes.”
v.23:
“Please take six thousand pieces of silver,” Naaman replied. He insisted on it,
tied up the silver in two bags, gave them and two changes of fine clothes to
two of his servants, and sent them on ahead of Gehazi.
v.24:
When they reached the hill where Elisha lived, Gehazi took the two bags and
carried them into the house. Then he sent Naaman’s servants back.
v.25:
He went back into the house, and Elisha asked him, “Where have you been?” “Oh,
nowhere, sir, “ he answered.
v.26:
But Elisha said, “Wasn’t I there in the spirit when the man got out of his
chariot to meet you? This is no time to accept money and clothes, olive-groves
and vineyards, sheep and cattle, or servants!
v.27:
And now Naaman’s disease will come upon you and your descendants will have it
for ever!” When Gehazi left, he had the disease—his skin was as white as
snow.”
All
quotations in this Discourse are from “Good News Bible”, or NIV, just like this
one:
Isa 1:18
18 "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 as crimson, they shall be like wool.
(That is the end of the story)
COMPREHENSIVE
ANALYSES OF WHAT TRANSPIRED:
1. Like all earthly kings, the Syrian
king thought it was the
king of Israel who should have all the powers! To date, megalomania is and will
remain the foolhardiness of those in positions of authority, be they
traditional rulers, governors, presidents, pastors, priests or bishops.
2. The king of Israel gave a worldly meaning to the letter.
Since he was afraid of the all-conquering king, he translated the letter
correspondingly. If only he had been spiritual and humble, he should have known
that a great prophet of the God of his nation lived nearby. However, no, that
was not government business. Elisha was not an important dignitary worthy of
note in his kingdom. It is the same today. Most temporal authorities never
recognise their spiritual counterparts because they know that they can always
buy their services! Our religious men must be above board to earn the respect
of our civil leaders, just as Elisha refused the material gifts that Naaman
tried to give him in appreciation. How many of our present religious men and
women would be resolute as Elisha was?
3. Read verses 12 & 13 now and the
truth is clear! These temporal rulers expect royal receptions by religious
ones, while the reverse is always the case when it is their turn to receive you
at their army headquarters or government houses. Well, the ball is in our court
to sweep our house clean by dismissing bootlickers among the vainglory-seeking
pastors of our generation.
4. Now re-read verse 10 and appreciate
the simple manner great prophets deal with people of all classes. They do not
discriminate nor do they give preferential treatments; v. 10: Elisha sent a servant out to
tell him to go and wash himself seven times in the River Jordan, and he would be completely
cured of his disease. You
have to earn respect by recognising that you are serving the King of Kings, and
therefore pay little or no attention to earthly ranks and social statuses!
5. Note again, how pride and social
status consciousness often make us lose our reasoning capabilities! Read verses
11 – 14. Can you see that ordinary servants and may be, in this case soldiers
of lower ranks were more intelligent than a G.O.C. Remember that Field Marshall
Naaman was commanding the entire armed forces of Syria. Our archbishops,
bishops, superintendents or overseers of the various denominations in today’s
Christendom can gain some wisdom therefrom. You must, occasionally, humble
yourself and accept good counsel from your juniors. Your rank or position does
not equate to intelligence! Wisdom is a divine gift!
6. How many religious leaders of this
avaricious generation could refuse the material gifts as Prophet Elisha did?
The genuine answer is NO ONE! No, not even the author of this very book! “WHY?”
you may ask. We are products of a society that places undue premium on material
possessions; flashy cars, colourful robes and public adulation! Re-read verses
15 & 16 and appreciate the very words of “the man of God”, but today we
have those who like to be addressed as men of God without the attributes
associated with the appellation!
7. Note the complete conversion of the
heathen Naaman, and his pleading in advance that the Lord forgives him whenever
he had to accompany his king to the temple and bow along to his nation’s idol!
That is the mark of a good soldier; a demonstration of strict discipline and
unflinching loyalty to civil authority despite religious differences with
others! Were it in our generation, there would have been a “coup de état” and a
spurious litany of reasons to justify the change of guards! This would normally
be followed by lengthy congratulatory messages in the electronic media and paid
advertorials in all the national dailies! All these fanfares were strictly
prohibited by genuine prophets and Jesus Christ himself!
8. Verses 20 & 21 depict the thinking of our generation of current
prosperity preachers! Then take note of the premeditated lies that our
nouveau-riche religious assistants can equally forge! Verses 22 & 25
represent what goes on in many churches today. There seems to be a rat race for
money and whatever money can buy! Accountants and financials secretaries on
many religious committees collude to siphon mission funds atimes with pastors
or priests as accomplices! These disciples of Satan have invaded our
congregations and traditional honesty in Igboland, as well as, family integrity
has become old-fashioned! Ha-ba, Christianity!
9. Then comes the grand finale of this
theosophical homily as is embedded in this auspicious story:“TRANSFERENCE OF
THE LEPROSY” which I think is the
lesson of the whole eventful narrative. Our priest and pastors should learn
from what happened to the greedy and lie-spinning servant of the man of God -
Gehazi. I, however, do not share the punishment extended to his innocent
children and subsequently their entire posterity! The lesson should however not
be lost by us, namely, that our actions as parents may inflict generational
curses on our offspring even today! Permit me to sign off on this note!
If you have access to the “Gift
& Award Edition of NEW LIVING TRANSLATION” you will notice that it gives
verses 20 – 27 a separate sub-heading that says it all:
“THE GREED OF GEHAZI”. This truly brings out the lesson of the story. Some
greedy healers should realise that often they take on the infirmities they
pretend to have chased away from those who paid them for the healing.
BEWARE; GOD’S GIFTS ARE NOT SALE!
Posted 5th February by Danmbaezue Jideofo Kenechukwu
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001 FOUNDATION BLOCKS OF INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN
MOVEMENT
CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW
i. Oh! Mortal man, why do you pride
yourself with such titles as “ Homo sapiens”, “His or Her Excellency”, “His
Lordship or His Grace”, His Royal Highness” and finally the “Lord of the
Material Universe”, when you can never hear better than a common bat, nor see
better than the eagle?
ii. What achievement has any man made that
is not built on what has already been provided by Nature? Just name one. Is it
not enough to humble us down to our knees in respect to whatever put us here on
planet earth?
iii. What is it that took care of our
forefathers and ensured that they survived to rear us the best they could? Who
protected us in our mothers’ wombs and those deadly infant diseases that killed
some of our peers so that we survived to flaunt our high resounding titles.
iv. Now let us all bow our heads. Be
silent for a while and listen to Nature communicate wisdom in its simplest
forms. When you hear the cock that crows at night, starting from about 3.00am till it is 6.00 a.m. marking out the hours while you sleep,
what is it saying? -- It is thanking its Creator for another day. And secondly,
it is obeying Him by doing its duty twenty-four hours a day marking out the
hours of each day for all other animals and you, man, the lord of the material
universe as you choose to call yourself!
v. It does it regularly and has been
doing so before you, oh little creature copied him to make your wristwatches in
an attempt to supplant him, but you have failed. The cock is more precise than
the best chronometer you ever invented or will soon manufacture! For one thing,
it does not need a battery to operate nor does it need servicing!
vi. So man, learn to imitate the birds
that wake each morning chirping their morning prayers of thanks, while pleading
to the Lord for their daily bread.
vii. What of trees that daily release
oxygen for your use? Have you ever gone to the gas station to purchase human
fuel, either air or water? How much air and water do you use each hour of your
life? Who provides and purifies them?
viii. Did you thank the Creator of this universe
for these two items only? When will you do so? Do it now! Stop at this page,
kneel down and reverence whatever put you here on planet Earth
ix. From today when the birds start their
own morning hymns, oh you little man, join them. That is why He feeds them on a
daily basis, but you have to struggle and suffer or steal to have food on an
irregular basis besides our human greed that makes it difficult for his fellow
men to even have a little!
x. Whatever or whoever created us all
must have put some laws to govern whatever breathes his air and drinks his
water, for there are accidents and suffocation when these elementary functions
are performed inappropriately.
xi. We must eat to live, drink to survive,
sleep to rest and procreate to save our species from extinction. Each of these
functions we perform from generation to generation, educated or not, civilised
or not pious or crooked! It wonderful isn’t it.
xii. Order and grace, beauty and serenity
adorn His creations wherever you find them in their natural habitats
unperturbed by the most destructive animal; man! So let us relent!
xiii. The voice of wisdom speaks in all His
creations but only the wise can hear them! Can you interpret the language of
honeybees or bring fellow men to march in formation like the soldier ants
without coercion and spending some funds on training programmes, which the ants
never do even at birth!
xiv. These and similar precision
occurrences like sunrise and sunset should make us more pious and respectful
but what do we find? Arrogance or buffoonery intoxicates most of us.
xv. The wisdom of the Creator shines forth
everyday as the sunlight, but we prefer to walk around like blind men vaunting
our ignorance of His natural laws that govern our very existence.
xvi. So how do you assist a blind that does
not see properly but claims that he is okay and is not in need of your help, as
he will never accept that he does not know everything!
xvii. That is the problem with our human
race. Other animals are ready to learn from their parents and obey them
diligently, only man claims to know when he does not! When shall we ever learn
as other baby animals learn?
xviii. The
time is now, not tomorrow, not next month, not next year but this very moment.
How does one do exactly that, you may ask?
xix. Don’t ask me, Kenez; rather ask King
Solomon, the Wise! Go and read and memorise 1st Kings, Chapter 3, verses 6-15. Or for
an elaborate treatise, find the complete bible edition and read chapter 9
verses 1- 18 of the WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
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JESUS IS OUR SENIOR BROTHER AS WE ALL HAVE THE
SAME FATHER
My main thesis is that Jesus of Nazareth never deified himself throughout his
public ministry because he was a practising and bona-fide Jew and so
obeyed/fulfilled all that Judaism required of him. He stated that he had come
to fulfil all and not even the least of the laws and the prophets will be
changed. Therefore, it beats my imagination WHY JESUS WAS DEIFIED OVERNIGHT AT
THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA THAT WAS CONVENED BY A PAGAN EMPEROR WHICH HAD LED TO THE
CURRENT UNIVERSAL IDOLATRY OF EQUATING HIM TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN!
Matt 6:5-15
5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love
to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.
I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your
Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will
reward you.
7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think
they will be heard because of their many words.
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you
ask him.
9 "This, then, is how you should pray:
"'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.'
14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not
forgive your sins.
New International Version of the Holy Bible
·
A ten year old can easily understand this simple prayer. It is the
greatest prayer ever composed by any human being. It is simple and brief. Though
very short but it is very definitely comprehensive. JESUS IS HUMAN LIKE YOU
& ME! HE EARNED CHRISTHOOD & THEREFORE IS OUR SENIOR BROTHER!
·
No one had equalled it, no one has even tried to and no one will ever
beat its all encompassing message wrapped so excellently in a brief format!
·
Here, the Master Jesus showed his wisdom and even delivers the most
powerful homily on how religion is to be practised. After the Sermon on the
Mount (Matthew 5, 6 & 7) that picked the gold medal, this definitely is the
proud holder of the silver medal. WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF THE CREATOR!
-- Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, D.Sc. The humble
vessel of the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator! (Jan 2013)
LET US READ IN FULL THE SAME PASSAGE FROM THE
ORIGINAL KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE
Matthew 6
6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before
thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may
have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret
himself shall reward thee openly.
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for
they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for
they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad
countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to
fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is
in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single,
thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye
shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the
field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of
little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall
we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Original King James Version of the Holy Bible.
FROM THE BerBible COMES THE SAME
MAGNIFICIENT MESSAGE
Matthew 6:
Do Good to Please God
1 "Take heed that you do not do your charitable
deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your
Father in heaven.2 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before
you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may
have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your
left hand know what your right hand is doing,4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your
Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
The Model Prayer
5 "And when you pray, you shall not be like the
hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners
of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they
have their reward.6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your
door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret
will reward you openly.7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard
for their many words.
8 "Therefore do not be like them. For your Father
knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your
name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our
debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us
from the evil one.
For Yours is the
kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you.15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Fasting to Be Seen Only by God
16 "Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the
hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they
may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their
reward.17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your
face,18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to
your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret
will reward you openly.
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be
also.
The Lamp of the Body
22 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore
your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.23But if your eye is
bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is
in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
You Cannot Serve God and Riches
24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will
hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and
despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Do Not Worry
25 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your
life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you
will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor
reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of
more value than they?27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these.30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which
today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we
eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your
heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
A KENEZIAN COMMENTARY
That Jesus of Nazareth is the Saviour of the world is not
being contested in this dissertation, but that is “God the Son” is! We are
derailing from his divine injunctions by setting him against OUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN. If pagan in Rome want to worship an idol they created
and labelled “Jesus, God the Son” to replace their “Mithra, the Sun God” that
is okay!
But they should not force any rational Christian to join them in their
universal idolatry of disobeying the very first commandment Moses received on Mount Sinai or the Divine Instructions from the
Almighty atMount Horeb. We must
“OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN” Peter, the leader of the apostles of Jesus who ate
and drank with him told the Sanhedrin that arrested them after the miracle of
healing the cripple at the ‘ Beautiful Gate’ narrated in the Acts of the
Apostles! THAT IS WHERE I STAND!
NO ONE LOVES CHRIST JESUS MORE THAN THIS WRITER. BEFORE I AM MISUNDERSTOOD BY ANY AND EVERY READER OF MY DISSERTATIONS AND ‘TUFIAKWA’ DIATRIBES, LET ME MAKE MYSELF CLEAR AND SIMPLE.
I am neither a heretic nor a blasphemer. Though for the fanatical,
simple-minded and completely indoctrinated Christian I may be tagged an
apostate. No problem, I can easily handle that, for that is what my life has
been for more than half a century now! YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU
FREE, the Master said while discussing with the Samaritan Woman in Chapter John
4; verses 1 -41 . Please find and read from GOOD NEWS BIBLE EDITION. I
am a servant of the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator of the Entire Universe
we share with all the other living and non-livings he has made in his
Omniscient and Omnipotent power.
My amplification of the Master’s declaration on freedom after you have
studied and understood that the same Master categorically stated there are two
species of mankind “ Free men and Slaves” IN Chapter 8 ; verse 31 - 59 with
special emphasis on 43 – 47; you will then appreciate that I am merely
magnifying the divine truths in the two passages to the superlative: YOU SHALL KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH AND THE WHOLE TRUTH WILL SET YOU
WHOLLY FREE TO WORSHIP THE CREATOR WITHOUT BEING A FANATIC CAUSING RELIGIOUS
TENSIONS THAT PRECEDE GENOCIDE, CRUSADES AND JIHADS THAT HAVE BEEN TEARING OUR
WORLD APART. YOU SHALL OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE SCIENTIFIC TRUTHS THAT MAKE IT
EASY FOR ALL CREATED BEINGS TO USE THE CELULAR PHONE, THE INTERNET, AEROPLANES,
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND THE HEALING POWERS OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE.
I do not swallow someone else’s excrement because he is a Bishop, an
Archbishop, a Prosperity Preacher or a Greedy Overseer. A lot of charlatans are
smiling to the banks repeating all the well-known clichés in the corrupted and
bastardised Christianity compounded by Saul of Tarsus and Emperor Constantine
that gave us THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA ; the greatest grandmother and origin
of the Universal Idolatry we know today as Catholicism, Pentecostalism,
Charismatic Renewals or e.t.c. The time to call a spade by its original name IS
THE MISSION I WAS BORN FOR, TRAINED FOR AND
ASSIGNED TO IMPLEMENT.
I had lost 35 years vacillating and disobeying the Holy Spirit of the
Absolute Truth. Check out my life history and the hectic training I had
received for it; academic, seminary, military and otherwise and you will
realise that I had all along lived in the morbid fear of BEING MISUNDERSTOOD,
MISREPRESENTED AND MISTRANSLATED for far too long, that I may now suffocate and
die without achieving the mission I was born for.
FIND MY ISM INTERNATIONAL PRAYER and you will understand the urgency of
my mission: TO ENTHRONE ONE WORLD RELIGION TO ENSURE WORLD PEACE. This is our
digitalised Global Village, and to have a Global Peace that will last long ,
THE WHOLE HUMANITY HAVE TO REASON LIKE EQUAL HEIRS TO THE DIVINE, SUPERNATURAL
AND MUTUAL BENFITS WE GET FROM OUR CREATOR.
Centuries of blind faith has gotten us NO
WHERE. Do you want to remain a HOMO IRRATIONALIS and still claim to a HOMO
SAPIENS? I do not know the details of most other religions, so I may not talk
about them authoritatively. I was born into Catholicism, bred in it and jammed
and/or barbecued in it. So, forgive me, when I do not mention examples from
other religions, BUT BASICALLY THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME FAULTS OF PROPUNDING VERY
UNSCIENTIFIC DOCTRINES AND DEMONIC DOGMAS THAT ARE TEARING ALL OF US APART.
WE ALL NEED TO OPEN OUR EYES AND SEE THAT THE EVIL ONE HAD USED A PAGAN
EMPEROR TO LEAD US ALL TO HELL. TYPE INTO GOOGLE SEARCH “Society of Jesus” AND
BECOME WISER THAN I AM.
Let me show you a practical example of what I
mean: NO SANE MAN WOULD BE COMPETING AGAINST AN ANGEL IN A RACE. SO ALSO, WE
HAVE NO BUSINESS TRYING TO BE LIKE JESUS IF ALL THE FABLES TOLD ABOUT HIS
DIVINITY WERE TRUE. We can only attempt to live like Christ Jesus if we realise
that he went through life fighting the evil one just as we do with all our
human weakness and concupiscence. He even told us that much; THESE THINGS I DO,
YOU TOO CAN DO MORE IF ONLY YOU HAVE FAITH AS LILLTE AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED
ROMAN THEOLOGIANS WHO COOKED THE THEORIES THAT
DEIFIED JESUS OF NAZARETH WERE APT IN HIDING THE DARK AREAS OF
HIS TRUE GENEALOGY.
1.
Among the great grandmothers of Jesus of Nazareth, Tamar and Bathsheba were
adulteresses,
2.
While the prostitute Rahab and Ruth were Gentiles
and strangers to the Israelite covenant of promise
·
WAS THE VIRGINITY OF MARY A PRECONDITION FOR BEING THE MOTHER OF JESUS?
LATER, THE DOCTRINE OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION EXPOSED AND STILL EXPOSES PEURILE
BUFOONERY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL DECEIT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE!
·
IF MARY WAS BORN IMMACULATE, THEN HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AS
INFINITUM HAD TO BE IMMACULATE TO QUALIFY THEM ALL TO BE THE ANCESTORS OF JESUS
NOW DEIFIED AS “ GOD THE SON” NOT “SON OF GOD”!
·
HABA, YOU CAN ONLY DECEIVE ALL THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME OR DECEIVE
SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU CAN NEVER DECEIVE ALL THE PEOPLE ALL
THE TIME!
·
A YORUBA CLICHÉ POPULARISED BY THE LATE M. K.O. ABIOLA DURING HIS
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS CATEGORICALLY STATES THAT NO MATTER HOW CLEVER YOU MIGHT BE
YOU CAN NEVER CLAP WITH ONLY ONE HAND!
SEE HOW ONE THEOLOGIAN PAINTS A ROSY PICTURE OF ONE
DEMONIC DECEIT ON THE PROMISCUOUS LIFESTYLES OF HIS GRANMOTHERS.
Adam Clarke’s Commentary
Four WOMEN are mentioned in this genealogy: two
of these were adulteresses, Tamar and Bathsheba; and two were Gentiles,
Rahab and Ruth, and strangers to the covenant of promise; to teach us
that Jesus Christ came to save sinners, and that, though strangers to his
people, we are not on that account excluded from a salvation which God has
designed for all men. He is not the God of the Jews only; he is also the
God of the Gentiles. The state of the royal family of David, the circumstances
of the holy virgin and her spouse Joseph, the very remarkable prophecy of
Isaiah, the literal and circumstantial fulfilment of it, the names given to our
blessed Lord, the genealogical scroll of the family, &c., &c., are all
so many proofs of the wisdom, goodness, and providence of God. Every
occurrence seems, at first view, to be abandoned to fortuitous influence, and
yet the result of each shows that God managed the whole. These circumstances
are not of the greatest importance; nor can the Christian reader reflect on
them without an increase of his faith and his piety.
COOKERY PAR EXCELLENCE COURTESY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
JESUS IN UNAMBIGUOUS TERMS SAID THAT HE WAS A
PROPHET JUST LIKE ELIJAH & ELISHA
1.
Christendom, for now, is confused! The doctrine of ‘Holy Trinity’ is
demonic and very idolatrous in respect of equating Jesus with the Creator!
2.
It violates the first three commandments Moses received on Mount Sinai!
3.
A pagan emperor deified him in order to marry a Christian lady centuries
ago and to date Christians join him in the idolatry of trying to set Jesus up
against his father!
4.
Jesus never called himself the ‘Son of God’ rather he always insisted on
‘Son of Man’ all through the gospel narratives. Both ‘Jesus’ and ‘Christ’ are
Greek words, not the Aramaic names the angel gave him!
5.
There is not one place ‘Jesus Christ’ is used as a double-barrelled name
for Jesus in all the original texts of King James Version of the Christian Bible!
6.
Saul of Tarsus always referred to him thus: ‘Christ
Jesus’. Why? ‘Christ’ is a title he earned for total obedience till death on
the cross, “for which reason he was given a name above all names so that at the
mention of the name every knee shall bow”.
7.
‘Prof. Kenez’ is not the same thing as ‘Kenez Prof.’ Think about this
for a while! Pope Paul is not same as Paul Pope. Or is it?
8.
Adam was definitely the ‘Son of God’, and only he could rightly claim
it!
9.
God re-named Solomon ‘Jedidah’ and only he could also claim the title!
10.
But for Jesus, he was never a god nor was he equal to ‘God, the
Almighty Father’ as many misinformed Christians portray in the fanatical
prayers and commercial lyrics of worship songs marketed today!
THERE IS NO NEED TO DEIFY ONE WHO
CONSISTENTLY STATED THAT HE WAS;
·
“Son of Man”; that was mentioned 194
times in both the OT and NT as against “Son of God” mentioned only 47
times, with Jesus referring to himself 48 times in the gospels) and
·
“A Prophet” as he stated in Matt 10:40-41, "He who receives you
receives me, and he who receives me receives Him who sent me. He who receives a
prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward”.
·
It beats my reasoning faculties when religious
fanatics are blindly followed just because they call themselves pastors,
evangelists, priests or bishops.
·
Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, never
referred to Jesus as co-equal to God, the Creator and Father of all human
beings! He never reversed the order he always used to refer to him; Christ Jesus.
·
In all the four gospels in original King James
Version, there was not a single use of Jesus with any other attachment or
appellation; only Jesus! Moreover, the word ‘JESUS’ is Greek, not the Aramaic
name the angel gave him!
·
No, it was some Roman theologians who contrived
their own gospel and appended; ‘St John’ to their treacherous narrative that
deified Jesus. They doctored the entire NT to reflect their false doctrines and
dogmas. Nowhere in the four gospels was Jesus ever addressed as “Christ”.
The “Saviour” or “Messiah” was a title he earned
since his predecessors failed to achieve the status. This he achieved by total
obedience to the Will of the Almighty, whereas others fumbled!
·
Moses was a saviour for the enslaved Israelites
in Egypt, but he struck the rock twice instead of once and so failed.
·
Samson was a saviour for the Israelites
maltreated by the Philistines, but despite his anointing from the womb, he
permitted Delilah to lead him astray.
·
Solomon was a saviour king chosen by God to
build him a temple and restore peace in Israel, but despite the enormous wisdom
bestowed on him for the assignment; he became an easy prey for the Queen of
Sheba!
However, Jesus earned the coveted title due to his compliance with the
Will of the Almighty Father; Matt 7:21; 21 "Not everyone who says to me,
'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will
of my Father who is in heaven. and total obedience to His dictates; Matt 12:50; 50 For whoever does the will of my Father
in heaven is my brother and sister and mother;" all through his
ministry to merit the elevation to a salvific prophet, the Messiah of his
people promised from the time of Abraham. He defeated the devil and so he
excelled where others had failed.
Matt 4:1-11; 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be
tempted by the devil. …. 3 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are
the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." …. 5 Then the devil
took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
6 "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. 7
Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to
the test.'" 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed
him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. 9 "All this I will
give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
10 Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship
the Lord your God, and serve him only.'" 11 Then the devil left him,
and angels came and attended him.
By citing only Elijah and Elisha, 24 "I tell you the truth,"
he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown. …. 26 Yet Elijah
was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the
prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed-only Naaman the Syrian;"
Jesus was emphatically declaring that only three of them came closest to
the demands of ultimate elevation to “Christhood”! What he forgot to tell us or
that he deliberately left to tell us was; what he did others failed to do
properly, why he had the will power to say no to the devil all through his
ministry and how he grabbed the title whereas others did not!
He meticulously studied the Laws, the Prophets and digested all the
books on Judaism; Matt 5:17-18;
17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I
have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. 18 I tell you the truth,
until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke
of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is
accomplished.”
From age twelve to thirty, which was missing in all his biographies, he
lived a monastic life outside his community! On graduation and return to his
native land, he allowed John to baptise him in the River Jordan, where he was anointed as “Son
of God”; Matt 3:17-4:1; 17 And a voice from heaven
said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well
pleased." Here, he was adopted as a perfect master to redeem Israel. Dry fasting for forty days and
nights preceded his ministry. He practised as an itinerant preacher and by the
dint of hard labour and loyalty to the Omnipotent and Omniscient God we all
worship as the Creator of the Universe, he attained the ultimate in Messiahship
and became the “Christ”!
My thesis is that Jesus, the Christ, achieved the
climax of stewardship by a detailed observance of all the details that were
foretold about the Messiah!
HERE IS A VERBATIM QUOTATION FROM THE BIBLE
THAT AGREES WITH AND SUCCINTLY CORROBORATES MY
ASSERTION
Luke 4:20-32
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat
down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him,
21 and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is
fulfilled in your hearing."
22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came
from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked.
23 Jesus said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me:
'Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you
did in Capernaum.'"
24 "I tell you the truth," he continued, "no prophet is
accepted in his hometown.
25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was
shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the
land.
26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath
in the region of Sidon.
27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the
prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed-only Naaman the Syrian."
28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.
29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of
the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him down the cliff.
30 But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.
31 Then he went down to Capernaum,
a town in Galilee, and on the
Sabbath began to teach the people. 32 They were amazed at his teaching, because
his message had authority.
From the New International Version of the
Christian Bible
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JESUS IS HUMAN LIKE YOU & I
BUT HE EARNED CHRISTHOOD BY TOTAL OBEDIENCE &
THEREFORE IS OUR EXEMPLARY SENIOR BROTHER!
WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF THE SAME CREATOR GOD!
Dr Jideofo Kenechukwu Danmbaezue a.k.a Rev.
Prof. J. J. Kenez, D.Sc.
The Humble Vessel of the Holy Spirit of the
Almighty Creator of the Universe.
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BEWARE OF LIONS IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING MASQUERADING AS DISCIPLES OF THE LORD
JESUS AND RETRACE YOUR STEPS IF YOU ARE ALREADY IN THEIR HIGHWAY TO HELL-FIRE
FALSE EVANGELISTS, PROSPERITY PREACHERS AND DEMONIC
TEACHERS EXPOSED BY INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS
A Sorry Bunch--Pseudo-Apostles, Lying
Preachers, Crooked Workers--Posing As Christ’s Agents But Sham To The Core
“They’re a sorry bunch--pseudo-apostles, lying
preachers, crooked workers--posing as Christ’s agents but sham to the core. And
no wonder! Satan does it all the time, dressing up as a beautiful angel of
light. So it shouldn’t surprise us when his servants masquerade as servants of
God. But they’re not getting by with anything. They’ll pay for it in the end”
(2 Corinthians 11:13-15 MSG).
This list is not meant to be an exhaustive one.
What is important is that one learns to discern truth from error.
“Then you shall again see the difference
between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God, and him who
does not serve Him” (Malachi 3:18MKJV).
What is a false teacher and how does one qualify for
this list?
No person rightfully takes upon himself the
role of a teacher or any other ministry of God without God’s power and
authority. In a world full of teachers, preachers, elders, deacons, speakers,
writers, evangelists, pastors, prophets, and apostles, rare are the true
ministers representing the Lord Jesus Christ. Many are the false, and very few
the true, even as in Noah’s day.
False teachers are those who presume to teach
in their own authority (as did the scribes), often in the Name of the Lord,
when He has not sent them. Though they have knowledge of Biblical truths, they
are, at best, in delusion, presuming to turn others to the Kingdom of God when, in fact, they are building the
corrupt kingdoms of men. At worst, they are deliberate charlatans, seeking to
deceive, steal, kill, and destroy, using Biblical truths to do so.
Though false teachers lead astray, the Biblical
truths they teach can lead to Christ those whom God has called and is choosing.
The truth quickens those being given the gift of faith. However, faith manifest
in the one who receives the truth does not certify as God’s representative the
one who speaks some truth. The child of faith who walks in obedience to Christ
will soon enough part ways with those who mix truth with error.
This is God’s commandment:
“Therefore come out from among them and be
separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will
receive you and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and
daughters, says the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:17-18 MKJV).
False teachers mix the holy things of God with
their carnal thoughts, creating a false form of godliness. They can’t do
otherwise, because they haven’t taken up the cross and submitted themselves to
Christ’s righteousness. They are still in their sin nature, living unto
themselves, teaching doctrines and commandments of men. And because false
teachers haven’t submitted themselves to Christ’s righteousness, they can’t
lead others there.
A false teacher is one who may speak truth, yet
points his hearers in another direction. An example of this would be that of a
“Tijuana taxi,” or any predator
of tourists who says, “Yes, I know exactly where such-and-such a place is, and
I’ll take you there. On the way, I’ll tell you all you want to know about it.
Please, get in.”
Guess what? He gets you there after a half-hour
drive, but didn’t tell you it was only a block away from where you began with
him. Meanwhile he charges you for the time or mileage.
And though he filled you in on what the place
is all about, what he doesn’t, can’t, and won’t tell you is that you need a
membership to enter. He drops you off at the gate, and you find out your trip
was for naught.
Isn’t that just like the churches and spiritual
leaders one encounters in a multiplicity of places and forms? They have truth,
and they may even get you into the wedding feast, but never with a wedding
garment.
Therefore, while the truth spoken is to be
believed (no matter who speaks it or what affiliation the speaker may have),
false teachers are not to be followed.
Teachers sent of God are to be followed, as
with the example given by the apostle Paul, who said by the Spirit, “Become
followers of me, even as I am of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). A false teacher
leads into the emptiness of self-righteousness and death, but a true teacher
leads to the fullness of Christ and life.
See also Diabolical Doctrines, The True Marks of a Cult,
and Teachings. Indeed, our
entire website will help you to forsake the error and to walk in the path of
truth.
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THE HOMETOWN OF JESUS WAS
NAZARETH AS WAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED BY EVANGELIST MARK IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPEL
JESUS WAS THE SON OF JOSEPH THE
CARPENTER, WHO, BECAUSE HE OBEYED THE FATHER IN ALL THINGS AND FULFILLED ALL
THAT WAS PROPHESIED ABOUT THE GREATEST PROPHET OF HIS PEOPLE WAS LATER, ADOPTED
AT HIS BAPTISM, AS THE SON OF
GOD!
Mark 6:1-13
6:1 Jesus left there and
went to his home town, accompanied by his disciples.
2 When the Sabbath came,
he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.
"Where did this man get these things?" they asked. "What's this
wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles!
3 Isn't this the
carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and
Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offence at him.
4 Jesus said to them,
"Only in his home town, among his relatives and in his own house is a
prophet without honour."
5 He could not do any
miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
6 And he was amazed at
their lack of faith. Then Jesus went round teaching from village to village.
7 Calling the Twelve to
him, he sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits.
8 These were his
instructions: "Take nothing for the journey except a staff-- no bread, no
bag, no money in your belts.
9 Wear sandals but not
an extra tunic.
10 Whenever you enter a
house, stay there until you leave that town.
11 And if any place will
not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave,
as a testimony against them."
12 They went out and
preached that people should repent.
13 They drove out many
demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
(from The Holy Bible:
New International Version. Copyright (c) 1973, 1978, 1984, by
International Bible Society)
Mark 3:31-35
31 Then Jesus' mother
and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they
told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you."
33 "Who are my
mother and my brothers?" he asked.
34 Then he looked at
those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my
brothers!
35 Whoever does God's
will is my brother and sister and mother."
(from The Holy Bible:
New International Version. Copyright (c) 1973, 1978, 1984, by
International Bible Society)
All dissertations were dictated by the Holy
Spirit of Our Almighty Creator
REVOLUTIONARY PROFESSOR OF MODERN THEOSOPHY
Dr Jideofo
Kenechukwu Danmbaezue, D.Sc.
Consultant
Clinical Psychologist and Existential Family Therapist
ReplyDeleteWhat is a false teacher and how does one qualify for this list?
No person rightfully takes upon himself the role of a teacher or any other ministry of God without God’s power and authority. In a world full of teachers, preachers, elders, deacons, speakers, writers, evangelists, pastors, prophets, and apostles, rare are the true ministers representing the Lord Jesus Christ. Many are the false, and very few the true, even as in Noah’s day.
False teachers are those who presume to teach in their own authority (as did the scribes), often in the Name of the Lord, when He has not sent them. Though they have knowledge of Biblical truths, they are, at best, in delusion, presuming to turn others to the Kingdom of God when, in fact, they are building the corrupt kingdoms of men. At worst, they are deliberate charlatans, seeking to deceive, steal, kill, and destroy, using Biblical truths to do so.
Though false teachers lead astray, the Biblical truths they teach can lead to Christ those whom God has called and is choosing. The truth quickens those being given the gift of faith. However, faith manifest in the one who receives the truth does not certify as God’s representative the one who speaks some truth. The child of faith who walks in obedience to Christ will soon enough part ways with those who mix truth with error.
This is God’s commandment:
“Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:17-18 MKJV).
False teachers mix the holy things of God with their carnal thoughts, creating a false form of godliness. They can’t do otherwise, because they haven’t taken up the cross and submitted themselves to Christ’s righteousness. They are still in their sin nature, living unto themselves, teaching doctrines and commandments of men. And because false teachers haven’t submitted themselves to Christ’s righteousness, they can’t lead others there.
A false teacher is one who may speak truth, yet points his hearers in another direction. An example of this would be that of a “Tijuana taxi,” or any predator of tourists who says, “Yes, I know exactly where such-and-such a place is, and I’ll take you there. On the way, I’ll tell you all you want to know about it. Please, get in.”
Guess what? He gets you there after a half-hour drive, but didn’t tell you it was only a block away from where you began with him. Meanwhile he charges you for the time or mileage.
And though he filled you in on what the place is all about, what he doesn’t, can’t, and won’t tell you is that you need a membership to enter. He drops you off at the gate, and you find out your trip was for naught.
Isn’t that just like the churches and spiritual leaders one encounters in a multiplicity of places and forms? They have truth, and they may even get you into the wedding feast, but never with a wedding garment.
Therefore, while the truth spoken is to be believed (no matter who speaks it or what affiliation the speaker may have), false teachers are not to be followed.
Teachers sent of God are to be followed, as with the example given by the apostle Paul, who said by the Spirit, “Become followers of me, even as I am of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). A false teacher leads into the emptiness of self-righteousness and death, but a true teacher leads to the fullness of Christ and life.
See also Diabolical Doctrines, The True Marks of a Cult, and Teachings. Indeed, our entire website will help you to forsake the error and to walk in the path of truth.
Revolutionary Professor of Modern Theosophy
A KENEZIAN COMMENTARY
ReplyDeleteThat Jesus of Nazareth is the Saviour of the world is not being contested in this dissertation, but that is “God the Son” is! We are derailing from his divine injunctions by setting him against OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. If pagan in Rome want to worship an idol they created and labelled “Jesus, God the Son” to replace their “Mithra, the Sun God” that is okay!
But they should not force any rational Christian to join them in their universal idolatry of disobeying the very first commandment Moses received on Mount Sinai or the Divine Instructions from the Almighty atMount Horeb. We must “OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN” Peter, the leader of the apostles of Jesus who ate and drank with him told the Sanhedrin that arrested them after the miracle of healing the cripple at the ‘ Beautiful Gate’ narrated in the Acts of the Apostles! THAT IS WHERE I STAND!
NO ONE LOVES CHRIST JESUS MORE THAN THIS WRITER. BEFORE I AM MISUNDERSTOOD BY ANY AND EVERY READER OF MY DISSERTATIONS AND ‘TUFIAKWA’ DIATRIBES, LET ME MAKE MYSELF CLEAR AND SIMPLE.
I am neither a heretic nor a blasphemer. Though for the fanatical, simple-minded and completely indoctrinated Christian I may be tagged an apostate. No problem, I can easily handle that, for that is what my life has been for more than half a century now! YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, the Master said while discussing with the Samaritan Woman in Chapter John 4; verses 1 -41 . Please find and read from GOOD NEWS BIBLE EDITION. I am a servant of the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator of the Entire Universe we share with all the other living and non-livings he has made in his Omniscient and Omnipotent power.
My amplification of the Master’s declaration on freedom after you have studied and understood that the same Master categorically stated there are two species of mankind “ Free men and Slaves” IN Chapter 8 ; verse 31 - 59 with special emphasis on 43 – 47; you will then appreciate that I am merely magnifying the divine truths in the two passages to the superlative: YOU SHALL KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH AND THE WHOLE TRUTH WILL SET YOU WHOLLY FREE TO WORSHIP THE CREATOR WITHOUT BEING A FANATIC CAUSING RELIGIOUS TENSIONS THAT PRECEDE GENOCIDE, CRUSADES AND JIHADS THAT HAVE BEEN TEARING OUR WORLD APART. YOU SHALL OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE SCIENTIFIC TRUTHS THAT MAKE IT EASY FOR ALL CREATED BEINGS TO USE THE CELULAR PHONE, THE INTERNET, AEROPLANES, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND THE HEALING POWERS OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE.
I do not swallow someone else’s excrement because he is a Bishop, an Archbishop, a Prosperity Preacher or a Greedy Overseer. A lot of charlatans are smiling to the banks repeating all the well-known clichés in the corrupted and bastardised Christianity compounded by Saul of Tarsus and Emperor Constantine that gave us THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA ; the greatest grandmother and origin of the Universal Idolatry we know today as Catholicism, Pentecostalism, Charismatic Renewals or e.t.c. The time to call a spade by its original name IS THE MISSION I WAS BORN FOR, TRAINED FOR AND ASSIGNED TO IMPLEMENT.
I had lost 35 years vacillating and disobeying the Holy Spirit of the Absolute Truth. Check out my life history and the hectic training I had received for it; academic, seminary, military and otherwise and you will realise that I had all along lived in the morbid fear of BEING MISUNDERSTOOD, MISREPRESENTED AND MISTRANSLATED for far too long, that I may now suffocate and die without achieving the mission I was born for.