Beware Of Defilement
And Unholiness In Common Places

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By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze


Introduction
         Holiness is the key to success and prosperity. It is the assurance of victory: nso bu ike. Everybody should live a life of truth, righteousness and holiness, in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. Unfortunately, most of the people neglect this very important duty to their own detriment. And in common places, people live and interact as if there are no laws of holiness. This is not only bad, but also terrible.

Meaning Of Common Places
         A common place is a place where people live, meet and interact freely. In such places, people use the same vessels like plates, cups, spoons, folks, etc. Examples of such common places are residence (yard), house, boarding schools, venues for occasion, restaurants, hotels, etc. In such places, people abuse the laws of holiness and misuse personal properties, which should be kept separate, holy and revered, in the following ways:
  1. They abuse and misuse your bucket. Before you know it, they will use the bucket for cooking to bath.

  2. And take the basin for prayer to wash clothes.

  3. You will look for your broom you would not see it again, because they have misplaced it.

  4. They will take your property and pack it inside their house and in midst of their properties, mixing the clean and unclean things, and putting holy vessels inside unholy vessels.

  5. Because your cup is not well preserved, a fornicator would use it to drink.

  6. The woman in menstruation would touch your plates, spoon, fork and knife.

  7. She does not restrict herself. Instead, she spreads defilement to all around her.

  8. The vulgar talkative would use your cup to drink, and thereby defile the cup.

  9. The gossip would use your spoon and fork to eat and make them touch her lips.

  10. The careless ones would touch the grave, sleep on it or pray on it, and come to touch every item in the house, defiling everybody and everything. Always. Likewise, those who sweep compound in which there is a grave. Now and then, they are touching the grave with their brooms, not minding the consequences.

  11. Some of the in-mates would pollute the environment by wearing indecent dresses: mini, bon shut, thight, etc.

  12. During the day and at night, there are be cries and distractions, which do not allow you to have enough sleep and rest.

  13. The youths are always playing radio, television, video or handset, causing spiritual darkness and backwardness.

  14. By unexpected disturbances, others in the house or yard hinder your spiritual growth. Such disturbances include: crying, shouting, shrieking, running about with noisy footsteps by dragging shoes, scandals or slippers.

  15. Others are so mindlessly offensive that they pollute the environment with indiscriminate spitting, coughing, urinating or stooling.

  16. Unnecessary and frequent touching of the hairs, clothes. “Your hairstyle is very beautiful,” a person would say and touch the hairs, thereby, she defiles the hairs. That is why it is good to cover the hairs of children with caps washed with holy water.

Warning Signs
         When you live in the midst of all these happens, the angels start warning you by giving you such messages as:
  1. Seeing yourself living inside refuse dump.

  2. Seeing yourself living inside a place full of darkness.

  3. Seeing the gate closed, locked and made of curly wires and ugly metals.

  4. Seeing yourself eating with a man afflicted by leprosy.