DANGEROUS PROPHETIC ANOMALIES
Prophets are God’s gift to edify the church. The ministry of a prophet can not be overemphasized in a church. The church has benefited immensely from prophetic gifts. However there are dangerous trends in the prophetic office that we need to deviate from or else it will be a curse rather than being a blessings. The excesses of prophetic office is not just now. It has been since the first century. Paul addressed false prophets and teachers in his time. He called them out. Many wonder why Paul had to address several churches he established and addressing doctrinal issues. Some of the issues Paul addressed in these churches had become controversies in the modern church. Till today some churches will not allow a female to pastor their Churches. Some churches will not allow female to enter their Churches without head covered. There is a thin line between witchcraft and prophetic office. So many prophets are practicing sorceries and they think that they are still doing it right. A prophet is first a preacher who is deep in the word of God with a particular message for his generation. Whatever he says or do is guided or informed by the word of God. The word of God is the Spirit of God and the Spirit of God cannot go contrary to the word of God. Unfortunately the spirit of the prophet has led many prophets and their followers astray. Many of the spirit leading are contrary to the word of God. These leadings of the spirits are becoming patterns which are dangerous anomalies to the church.
These trends are numerous but notable among them is the practice of praying into water, soaps, Money, and other medium to effect healing, deliverance, and miracles. It looks normal on the surface but a deeper reflection shows that it is an anomaly that is cancerous to church growth. The scripture says the just shall live by faith. What heals is faith in God and his word not the water or any medium you prayed into. So many people have prayed on water, people used it and got their healing. That doesn’t mean that it is the water that heals but the power behind the spoken word of God. Jesus did not pray on water. He healed people based on their faith in God. Praying on the water is not the issue. As humans we believe what we see and we are likely to see that water as what heal us. It is not the water but our faith in God. Most African indigenous churches if not all practices praying on water, oil, handkerchief, soaps, oils as medium of healing. This practice originates from african traditional religion. Incantations are made on water , soap, oil, which serves as medium of healing. The scriptures teaches that healing takes place without praying on any object as medium. Everything we do as believers must be guided by the word of God. To worsen it all some of these churches sell these items to their members at a price. Spiritual bathing had no any root in the scripture. Deliverance can takes place without spiritual bathing. All you have to do is believe. The word of God is powerful and it cannot contradict itself. Praying on money before dropping it or going out to drop money as prayers is going on or as preaching is going on is not biblical. You are in the house of God not in a ifa priest house where you speak to money before dropping it. The fusion of the African Traditional practices into Christianity are majorly along prophetic lines. They will say that it is the spirit telling them to do that and yet people believe them. They believe because they did not understand the word of God. Moses did not use the rod as a magician. He used it under the direction of God. He followed instructions from the giver of the rid. The day he used the rod without the instruction of God, it cost him entrance into the promise land. The reason why many prophets will lead many people to hell is because of getting results from syncretism. The results also blindfolded the prophets, he begin to see himself as the healer, prides come in. Have you ever thought of it? Moses struck the rock with rod instead of speaking to it yet water still flows. God will glorify himself among his people but he will scold his servant at the secret place if he had not abandoned the secret place.
Bible is the standard, it is the written word of God for our walk with him in this world. Unfortunately all these anomalies in the prophetic office are usually backed with a twisted word of God to make it appealing to their audience.
Jesus was aware of these and he warned in the scripture :
Mat 7:21 “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.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
Mat 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
These people are famous ministers of God who had done exploits for God. Jesus rejected them because they are doing their own will and not the will of the God that called them. Jesus did not deny that they were not his servants. He was particular about doing his will. These servants of God were using Jesus to make themselves important, twisting the word of God to suit their lifestyle. Their bellies are their gods. They are making merchandise and fame from the gospel. Spirit of the prophet is the spirit of God. The Spirit of God is the word of God. The Spirit and the Word of God is one. Whatever your spirit says must not overrule the supremacy of the word of God. Any prophetic instructions that deviate from the Word of God should be thrashed into refuse bin. The prophets are not meant to direct your life. Do not subject your life to what the prophet says. The work of a prophet in this dispensation is to affirm what God have already told you, to comfort, to encourage, warn of impending danger if we choose to live sinfully and intercede for souls.
A pastor shared a testimony of how God instructed him to start anointing service on one of the Sundays. He spoke to his member about it and he started it. He was using oil as a medium and it got to a level that people will abandon their churches on that Sunday and come in good numbers to his church. At a time God instructed him to stop using the oil during the anointing service because people are idolizing the oil as if it is the oil that is bringing about the miracles, deliverance and healing. God confirmed to him too , that same week, one of his members called him and told him that the oil is working wonders and trust the oil so much that he cannot do without it when traveling. The moment he stopped using oil at anointing service, a lot of people stopped coming for the anointing service.
The just shall live by faith and not by sight. God have no problem expressing himself through any medium but it becomes a problem when we start idolizing these things. In all the healing, deliverance, miracles Jesus did not use any medium except on an occasion where he spat on sand and used it to touch the eyes of blind man. On all other occasion he spoke the word.Speak the word, declare the word, it is the authority behind the word that will bring about healing miracle and deliverance. If you cannot sit down and study the word of God in a time like this, you will be a prey to prophets who are full of strategies, ideas and devices to rip people of their hard earned income.
Truly Our fathers in African faith notable among them , Late Apostle Babalola used water as a medium to heal but there were several occasions, healings, deliverance and miracles took place in his ministry without using any medium. God cannot be boxed. He can work in several ways. Why must you limit God to handkerchief, soaps, oils, candle, incenses, spiritual bathing and many more. All you need is faith. Faith come by hearing and hearing comes from the word of God. Pastor w.F kumuyi ministry have experienced great healings, miracles and deliverances without use of any medium. He speaks the Word of God and God backed up his word with miracle, signs and wonders. Evangelist Billy Graham simply preached John 3:16 and miracles were taking place. The word of God is powerful. The word is truth. Preach the truth, teach the truth, deliverance, miracles and healings shall follow. That is the right pattern. Every other pattern is dangerous even if it is trending and becoming popular. Stick to the word and the word will not fail you.
Abolanle Oladipupo
©️ 18th September , 2022
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