A man was successfully born but blind. "Born Blind." I know some of you get it, but some don't. What makes the difference? In the kingdom, God has to take you through a process to give you SIGHT. The devil is afraid of people with eyes that see. You walk into a place where people jump and shout that God is moving. Suddenly, the actor in the drama sees you and stops and quickly prays the closing prayer because they know someone who sees is present. That's why a "blind preacher" may enjoy more acceptance in many quarters than those with eyes. Why? Such can't stir hell's wrath. Most people love their demons and chains. If a man with Sight walks into a place, his message won't miss the target and will cause holy trouble.
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The chaos in Christendom today is largely a result of ignorance of the Biblical-approved pattern for ministry. Anyone who can say something and it happens thinks they are Prophets. Anyone who prays for someone and they have a testimony that to them is a qualification for ministry. Christ sent the disciples in twos; they healed the sick and cast out demons, but Christ didn't release them to start anything. Paul met with Christ on his way to Damascus but didn't start Damascus Int'l Church. Why? They needed to be schooled by Christ to be ready for ministry. Church folks are easily deceived today because they join the church through unschooled tutors who created their own patterns of ministry, leaving those under them with no substance of the knowledge of God and how the church was designed to function.
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Christ wasn't stupid to have walked with his disciples for at least three years as the mobile Word of God before he breathed on them to receive the Holy Spirit. Do you know why? Anyone without the knowledge of the word can easily mistake a familiar spirit for the Spirit of God. The scripture says, Try all spirits, 1 Jh 4:1, how? Miracles and charity aren't the criteria. It takes years of walking with the Lord in the light of His word to have the quality of discernment to unmask Satan when he appears as an Angel of light and his ministers as ministers of righteousness. 2 Cor 11:14.
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One's quality of life and impact can't be fully measured when one is alive. That's why a Testament is only valid after the Testator dies. Whatever we read in the Bible today was not written when the events occurred but years after. If you think you can do anyhow, then die to rid yourself of the consequences, you know too little. A man has been tried while dead, and the sentence passed and a chain placed around his grave. There is no peace to the wicked, alive or dead! Get wisdom, and live right!
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It isn't as if God has not been speaking to his Church about today's events. He has been speaking and speaking, but since those He has been speaking through don't fit our mold, we chose not to listen. God wouldn't have needed Balaam's Donkey to speak to him if he listened to God's voice. God called Nebuchadnezzar his servant in Jeremiah 25:9 and used him to judge Israel. When the Church doesn't listen, God can use anything or anyone to rain down his judgment.
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Denial of a disease one is sick of is not a cure. You may cover up cancer for some time, but at a point, it will surface for all to see. We know that occultism is practiced within the church world, but due to our obsession for power and need-orientated gospel, we seem not to bother about the standing of those we call our leaders. We must look inward, accept reality, and repent.
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One of the ways the devil gets many unsuspecting believers and emerging leaders is by lying to them that Everybody Is Doing It as the reason why they, too, should also do it. In pidgin, Na Who Well? Don't be fooled; there are still some Josephs whom Potiphar's wife can't manipulate. There are still some Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego whom the king's meat can't buy over, and there are always 7000 individuals or more whose knees haven't bowed to Baal or kissed him.
Dr. Benard Etta
Visionary
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