How Religious Leaders
Prevent People From
Seeking And Knowing The Truth
By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze
First, they prevent you from seeking for the Truth.
Then, they convince you that their church is the best.
And finally, you become an ordinary member,
who
is standing still without knowing it.
That is why so many today regret their retirement,
because
their religious leaders made them
ordinary
members of the church.
Only for them to discover late in life
that
they are ministers of God.
You were sent to the world,
to
gain spiritual knowledge and wisdom.
Whoever finds the two, finds God and Life.
But, whoever that does not seek them is already lost.
Indeed, many are already lost without knowing it.
Only Truth, not religion or church, can set you free.
Introduction
Many ministers of God are
working against the Holy Spirit by preventing people from seeking and knowing
the Truth. Do not allow anybody to prevent you from seeking and knowing the Truth
about God and life. The reverend ministers hinder people in the following ways:
1.
The religions and churches suppose to lead people to the Truth. Instead
of doing this, the religious leaders hold people captive by making people
ordinary members of the church. Once that is done, people feel satisfied to be
registered members, without further seeking to find and know the Truth. Truth
is quite different from religions and churches. Truth is completely spiritual,
while religions and churches are man-made and often misleading or
contradictory.
Every minister of God not trained in
Spiritual Science
is like a thief stealing from the vineyard of God.
And all the souls stolen by them end up
in the hell fire.
2.
Most of the religious leaders are more interested in increasing
membership than in developing the spiritual abilities of the members. That is
why in many churches, individual gifted with vision, dream, healing, tongues,
deliverance, astral travel, etc remain dormant like dead and useless woods.
Many retired personal are now having all kinds of sickness or regretting wasted
years because they found out too late that they were destined to be ministers
of God.
3. By threatening members who leave
their churches with death. They tell members that the members shall die, if
they leave the church.
4. By criticizing and condemning other
churches, especially those churches that teach the Truth.
13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither
go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. Matthew
23:13-14
5. By selecting portions for church
reading and by restricting the members to the select portions.
6. By narrowing down their teachings to
their personal opinions and collective decisions made at meetings, councils,
synods and conferences.
7. By hiding very important spiritual
books from public knowledge. 15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won,
you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. Matthew 23:15
8.
Often, religious leaders introduce their personal opinions and collective
decisions made at meetings, councils, synods and conferences. Then they teach
the opinions and decisions as if they were commandments of God. Therefore,
people follow man-made doctrines and routines without knowing that they are
working against God. That was why Jesus warned His disciples to
beware of the leaven (false teachings) of the Pharisees (religious leaders).
Now when His disciples had
come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said to
them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the
Sadducees."
7 And they reasoned among
themselves, saying, "It is because we have taken no bread."
8 But Jesus, being aware
of it, said to them, "O you of little faith, why do you reason among
yourselves because you have brought no bread?
9 Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand
and how many baskets you took up? 10 Nor
the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took
up? 11 How is it you do not understand
that I did not speak to you concerning bread? — but to beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and Sadducees." 12 Then
they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but
of the (false) doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Matthew 16:5-12
8 "These people draw
near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"
Matthew 15:8-9
9.
The religious leaders insist that the members must worship in select
places specified by the religious leaders. They encourage people to do the same
by awarding titles for going on pilgrimage. They neglect what Jesus said.
21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this
mountain, nor in
10.
It is spiritually far better to use the funds and resources spent on
pilgrimage in caring for the poor and less privileged members of the society.
Going on pilgrimage does not make a person righteous in the presence of God,
for there many sinners living in the holy lands. Today, people see pilgrimage
as if it were a ticket for entry into the
11.
They do not teach church members those portions of holy book that
emphasize spiritual freedom. Thereby, people become spiritually indolent (lazy)
and complacent (falsely satisfied).
Below are examples:
a.
God wants people to worship Him in spirit and in truth. On the
contrary, the ministers insist that members do things only as specified by the
churches, without teaching Spiritual Science in the schools and churches.
b. “The wind blows where it
wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and
where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit." John 3:8
c. A very good example was
what happened between King David and Prophet Nathan. If God had not intervened,
David would have committed more sin by building the house of God with
blood-stained hands:
2 Now it came to pass when
the king was dwelling in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all
his enemies all around, 2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a
house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains."
3 Then Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all
that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you."
4 But
it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, 5
"Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD:
“Would you build a house for Me to dwell in? 6 For I have not dwelt in a house
since the time that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to
this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 Wherever I have
moved about with all the children of
12 "When your days
are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after
you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He
shall build a house for My name, and I will establish
the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the
rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. 15 But My mercy shall not
depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 And
your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your
throne shall be established forever."'"
2 Samuel 7:1-16
12. Majority of the religious leaders do
not inform their members of the end time warnings and messages from Jesus
Christ. Rather, they condemn the messages and hide them from their members. How
can a reverend minister claim to be working for God, when he is refusing the
everyday directives of the Holy Spirit?
13. 6. They hide very important book from
the public. Also, they hide end time warnings and messages from God the
members, so that the members will continue staying with them. How can ministers
of God fight the end time battle without receiving directives and revelations
from the throne of God? Equally disappointing is the fact that many religious
leaders do not know how to fight them end time battle.
14. 7. By banning the reading of the
Bible and spiritual books, contrary to God’s command. It was of recent that
people started reading Bible on their own in obedience to what God said:
6 "And these words which I command you
today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your
children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by
the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a
sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You
shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
15. They serve as facilitators to the
works of the evil spirits, by denying prophecy, dream, vision, trance, tongues,
healing, deliverance, spiritual works, which are the works of the Holy Spirit.
Today, many people are possessed by the demons without knowing it. The bad
conditions of those who have not gone for deliverance is even worse than that
of those being delivered on the television screen or at the crusade. Yet, such
people parade themselves about as if they are normal.
16. 8. Generally, people accept that
God’s a supernatural. But, when God manifests in supernatural ways, they refuse
to believe or accept the works of God. Many who claim to be faithful, are faithless, indeed.
17. 8. When their members die, they tell
other members that those who passed away died in faith, whereas those people
died in disobedience to God.
18. 9. There are so many idols and
shrines in the society. All the important places have been dedicated to idols
and shrines. They include markets, roads, rivers and streams, village centers,
lands, buildings and compounds. Many religious heads commit abominations
by building churches on graves, in the cemetery or inside shrines, and still
tell the members that it doesn’t matter.
19. It was because of wide spread
idolatry that God told Abraham to leave his father’s land and go and drill in
the
20.
8. They keep on holding members
captives even when the time has expired for a person to be in their midst. Just
as a student moves from one class level to a higher class level, people should
move from one spiritual level to a higher one. But when the members move to
other places as the Holy Spirit directs them, the religious leaders condemn or
criticize the out-going members. The right thing a minister of God should do is to welcome
the people that come to him. And when they leave him, the best thing he should
do is to bless them and hand them over to the Holy Spirit, who is omnipresent,
omniscient and omnipotent. Out of spiritual blindness and out of jealous, the ministers
are struggling for increased membership. They fail to understand that members belong
neither to the church nor to the religious leaders. All church members belong
to the true
21. They prevent the sick from going to
those spiritually talented to heal them.
22. They prevent those in bondage from
going to those who can deliver them.
23. They prevent people from going to
spiritual churches and ministries, even when the religious leaders cannot
explain spiritual statements in the holy books.
24. Out of jealousy and rivalry, the
ministers criticize and condemn those who are gifted with prophecy, healing,
deliverance, miracle, tongues, etc.
25. Most of the ministers, who cannot
perform, hinder people from going to those who can solve the member’s problems.
It is time for members to
ask their ministers,
“Is your God different
from the God of the prophets?
And is He separate from
the God of miracle workers?’’
26.
How come that every religion regards
their holy book as the best and final book about God and life, whereas the holy
books are just introductions to life in spirit and in truth? For example, after
over thirty (30) years of teachings, Jesus had turned to His disciples, saying,
12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you
cannot bear them now. 13 However, when
He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He
will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and
He will tell you things to come.” John 16:12-14
If after thirty (30) years, the Master still has many things to teach the
world, how come that religious leaders do not know that religion was meant to
grow and develop like the Sciences and the Arts? That means that the religions
and their leaders have kept humanity standing still for so many years and
centuries. This is not a good score card. The result is that “Man has developed
all things, but has failed to develop himself. He boasts of Computer Science,
Physical Science, Chemical Science, Social Science, Political Science, etc, but
has neglected the most important one, which is Spiritual Science.”
27.
Prophet Isaiah said it clearly,
"Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat
what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you —
The sure mercies of David.
4 Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people,
A leader and commander for the people.
5 Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,
And nations who do not know you shall run to you,
Because of the LORD your God,
And the Holy One of
For He has glorified you."
Isaiah 55:1-5
28. Every religion regards their
religious leaders only as the ministers of God. As such, the Catholics regard
the reverend fathers as true ministers of God. The Anglicans regard their
teachers, deacons, deans and archbishop as the true ministers of God. The
Pentecostals honour their pastors, superintendents,
bishops and overseers as the true ministers of God. In the same vein, the
Buddhists regard their monks only as the true saints, just as the Moslems pay
attention only to their Imans. Likewise, the Hinduists and respective members of other religions. The
parallel behaviour shows that most of the religions
are simply man-made. How does God regards His
ministers? Those God regards as His ministers are those Himself send down to
the world, from heaven, whether the person is ordained or not, recognized by
the world or not, acceptable to other religions that are not the person’s
religion or not. Let the world learn from this simple fact.
29. Also, it shows that religious
leaders, out of jealousy, influence their members not to listen to others who
know the Truth. In fact, the religious leaders are more interested in
increasing their membership, than in enabling humanity seek, find and know the
Truth about God and life. They fail to learn from the life of the three wise
men, who left their country and religion to seek, find
and worship God when He came to the world in the form of baby Jesus. Again,
they are not humble enough like John the Baptist, who said that Jesus would
continue to increase while himself shall continue to
diminish. The fact unknown to the world was that John the Baptist, in denying
himself, quickly attained God, and Jesus said that of all born of woman, none
is greater than John the Baptist. The greatness the world is seeking is not in
high-handedness, but in humility.
30. How come that all these religions are
each teaching a different things, when they suppose to be teaching the same
thing, just as the sciences is the same all over the world. A
clear evidence that the religions and their churches do not know the
Truth. For if they had known the Truth, they would have been teaching the same
thing. No wonder Jesus said that many before Him were thieves, because those
religious leaders were teaching what they do not know and thereby misleading
innocent souls into the hell fire. And I add that not only those before Him,
but also many during and after Him are thieves.
31. The teachings of the religions and
churches are often contradictory, when they suppose to be confirming each
other. Another clear evidence that most of the
religious leaders do not know the Truth. This
statement does not include the few among them who actually know the Truth.
32. How come that the every religious
leader is busy each claiming his religion to be the best, when majority of the
dead have not attained heaven, while the percentage of the world that have
attained sainthood is less than 20%? When hell is enlarging its mouth? When God
is about to strike the world with third world war and catastrophe, because of
the sins and iniquities of humanity?
33. By hypocrisy, for many reverend
ministers are busy doing and teaching what their churches told them, without
knowing that what they are doing are man-made doctrines:
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His
disciples, 2 saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3 Therefore
whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and
do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do. Matthew 23:1-4
34. They teach people only those portions
of the scriptures that keep the people ignorant of their rights and privileges.
For example, the pastors always collect tithes from the congregation. They
spend all these tithes without giving portions to the members. This continues
because the members do not even know that they are entitled to receive some
portions of the tithes.
35. Majority of the ministers did not
study Spiritual Science. Therefore, they cannot teach and explain spiritual
statements in the holy books. They are not spiritually awake, enlightened and
experienced. Instead, they use human understanding and ordinary logic to interpret
spiritual statements with very deep meanings. The result is that the ministers
keep the members standing still without the members knowing it.
36. There is jealousy among the
ministers. Therefore, they often compete among themselves by a silent cold war, that is evident to those who are observant, instead of
co-operating with one another. By the jealousy and competition, they discourage
the members form going to the minister who is spiritually empowered to solve
the problems of life.
37. They tell people
lies. For example, they tell people that the scriptures are not easily
understood by the ordinary man. The effect is that today most of the people do
not study the holy books and do not know that they are being misled into the
hell fire. Despite the multiplicity of religions, churches, temples, holy
places and pilgrimages, majority of the dead are not entering the kingdom of
heaven. Majority of people all over the world do
not know that the Ten Commandments being taught them is
a forged one, different from the Original
Ten Commandments given by God. (Refer to Exodus chapter 20).
38. Because the religious leaders are not
spiritually developed, they cannot identify master souls, who come in the midst
of humanity, to help guide mankind out of darkness (ignorance). Rather, they
are quick to threaten and discourage people from visiting such master souls to
gain knowledge and salvation. Currently, many churches are opposing reformation
directed by the Holy Spirit, because the religious leaders are spiritually
blind.
39. Many religious leaders are busy
hindering the work of God by making laws and issuing directives that prevent
people from knowing the Truth. They hinder healing and deliverance from God.
For example, some ministers direct hospitals not to
allow other ministers to pray, minister, heal or deliver the patients from
their sicknesses and problems. That is discrimination and hindrance to the good
works of the Holy Spirit. How can the religious leaders ban fellow ministers
from performing, when themselves cannot do the work?
When they do not know who is the right minister empowered to minister to
others?
Humanity were sent to the world to rid themselves of rivalry.
Instead of doing this simple thing,
they have become
intoxicated with jealousy.
All the warlords and intimidators
should prepare themselves
to face the wrath of
God,
for struggling over
what does not belong to any of them.
Your everlasting fate (Salvation or Doom)
is not something to play with.
Such an important matter should not be
carelessly
entrusted into the hands of ignorant leaders.