PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES IN NIGERIA

PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES IN NIGERIA

The continuous mockery of Christianity by some desperate individuals who claim to be “Men of God” in Nigeria is a matter of concern. Of late I am getting worried about some of the doings of these so-called prophets and “Men of God”. I wonder a lot if these men’s activities are in line with the Bible. Seeking from Biblical History and teachings, one is left to conclude that they are more of self-seeking individuals who speak what they imagine in their beds to the enticement of unsuspecting congregants and if it coincides with the reality they are celebrated as prophets.

Prophets as I can perceive in their case, they are mere soothsayer s, fortunetellers, mystics or sorcerers. There were such people even in the old. if “a prophet is an individual who has claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and to speak for them, serving as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people” then these guys are less of it. A Biblical prophet must be one who heard from God for the purpose of conveying Godly message either to warn the people of impending danger or fulfillment of a divine promise. It not about foretelling occurrences; Foretelling is what the fortunetellers do.

The shameful development about the recent prediction called prophecy by T.B. Joshua and one Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele has revealed how fake many prophecies have been. Unfortunately they have held captive many unsuspecting individuals who have not differentiated between the voice of God (through the Bible) and voice of men. Some of the actions of these men are not far from the African Traditional Religion of soothsaying. They have not even succeeded at what our forefathers did successfully with pebbles.

What concerns prophecy with elections in the USA when souls are perishing? Who among them has ever told what God is saying about the LGBT issue in the USA? Who among them has God spoken to about the corruption going in Nigeria? They themselves are enjoying and wallowing in corruption selling to millions of people idolatrous items, collecting fat offerings and living in plendour.

I pray that Nigerians will realize that these men do not represent God but speaks guesses and predict vanity. The church must also be wary of these men who claim to be pastors. A true pastor speaks only when God asks him to speak and cannot do that to gain cheap popularity or for material gains. If they have ties with the devil to deceive the people God is exposing them and they will not succeed.