Misleading Statements And Practices

Not only many who came before Jesus were thieves,
but also, many who came during and after Him.
All because they were teaching the fabrications of faslehood.

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

1. “You Know That I Am A Leader In My Church. So, I Will Not Come.”
   A church leader was given an invitation, and she said, “You know that I am a leader in my church. So, I will not come.” Any person who says this type of statement is a hypocrite. He is busy deceiving himself and misleading others. If he were a true church leader, he would not discriminate. Again, he supposes to be the first as a leader to attend an occasion that God has approved. Nobody can please God by discriminating or objecting to God’s directive.
   


2. “That Is Not How Church Worships.”
   Every church or religion has their own way of worshipping God. As such, there are diversities of worship, generally called freedom of worship. The simple facts are that: freedom of worship has misled many into freedom from worship, the end result of which is being bound inside the chambers of fire inside the hell. In other words, God has only one way of worshipping Him, which is worshipping Him in spirit and in truth. Therefore, those people who usually say, “That is not how our church worships,” each time they are given a message from God should know that they are straying from the path of true worship. Neither freedom of religion, nor freedom from worship is recognized in heaven. And what many call religions are nothing but multiplicity of idolatry.
   


3. “Our Church Do Not Believe Such Things.”
   Whenever some people are given a prophetic message, they say that their church does not believe in or do such things. So the question now is, “Between what God said and what their church believes, which one is true and which one should be done?” a wise man knows that every church should take directives from God. Otherwise, they shall undergo the same fate as the Israelites who boasted of their great temple. The temple was destroyed, as prophesied by Jesus, because they trusted in the temple to the neglect of what God said. To the extent that they could not recognize, welcome and follow God when He visited them in the person of Jesus Christ.
   


4. “My Religious Leader Said That I Should Not Do It.”
   In hell, you will find a church member fighting against his religious leader. Should you inquire why they are fighting each other, the member would say, “I was doing the right thing, until this fake minister of God told me to stop doing the right thing.” Be warned of ministers of God, who speak the personal opinions as if they are saying the will of God. Learn from the story of David and Nathan, for Nathan by personal opinion encouraged David to build a house for God, but there plans were quite different from the will of God.
   
   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 Israel, have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?'"'
   
   8 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts:"I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel. 9 And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously, 11 since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that He will make you a house.
   
   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."'"
   17 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. 2 Samuel 7:17
   


5. God Does Not Confirm You Through Others. He Confirms You By Yourself. Refer To The Case Of Jesus Asking The Disciples, “Who Do People Say That I Am?”
   13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
   14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
   15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
   16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ , the Son of the living God."
   17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Matthew 16:13-19
   


6. Giving People Time To Speak On The Phone
   You call somebody, and the person is hot-tampered or impatient. She tells you that you have only 3 minutes to speak. And immediately it is 3 minutes, she switches off the phone. That is too bad.
   It is your duty to be patient and tolerant. If you are the type who do not have time for people, then you cannot enter heaven. You should have time to listen, to advice, to accommodate others and to attend to their needs. Whoever that cannot attend to others, even before himself, cannot enter the glorious kingdom.
   

1. Taking decisions without consulting God.
   One person said, "Once I get to a church, whatever my heart tells me that is what I take." It doesn't matter what others say or do. That is the worst form of worshipping God. If want to know where and how to worship in spirit and in truth, spend time to pray. Ask God to show you or lead you to the place where you can worship Him and get salvation. It is not enough to worship God, for many are worshipping what they do not know and some others are worshipping their own personal opinions or collective decisions made at meetings, councils, synods and conferences. All these fasle beliefs and practices are man-made doctrines. They are misleading and not acceptable in heaven. Seek out where you worship God in spirit and in truth, so that you gain salvation at death. Pray to God to show you where and how to worship Him and He will show you. He will reveal it to you through dream, vision, trance, oracle, or encounter.
   


2. Refusing to allow a passenger to urinate,
   because the driver is impatient. In some case, the driver becomes angry, abusive and complaining. It is not good to miss little opportunities to help others in need.
   


3. Stopping a bus and boarding another.
   Those who do so among the ‘promise and fail category.’ The Lord is not pleased with them.
   


4. A bus driver swerving in to intercept a passenger,
   when the passenger has already flagged down another bus. This is like robbery, stealing and fraud. It is punishable
   


5. Refusing to accept a bad product sold,
   but returned because the product is bad.
   


6. Refusing to complete payment for a purchase,
   which somebody made on your behalf.
   


7. Keeping yourselves busy cursing one another.
   Women take note.
   


8. Saying words of faithlessness
   when somebody die. What shall the children do? All hope is lost.
   


9. Criticizing and condemning ministers and churches
   you do not know about, especially when such ministers and churches are doing the right things. Those who commit this type of evil do not enter the kingdom of heaven. Those who have true corrections to give to the ministers and churches are not included in this list of offenders.
   


10. Making noisy prayer, songs and music.
    Your silent prayers and thoughts sound like thunder and lightning before the throne of God.
    


11. Boys singing and playing music in praise of their girl friends.
    You are robbing Peter to pay Paul, by stealing God’s praises in honour of the wrong person. Have you ever heard any girl singing in praise of her boyfriend or husband? All forms of worldliness lead to hell fire. Be warned!
    


12. Using the loud speakers to blast noisy vibrations
    , booming sounds and bombarding music into the environments. The loud speakers were not made for everyday use as music shops do nowadays. The loudspeakers were meant for great occasions, where it is necessary to speak to large crowds. The everyday use of loud speakers is abuse and misuse, to the detriment of humanity, causing spiritual downfall, mental distortion and psychological imbalance, without people knowing what harm the demons are inflicting on mankind through noise and discordance.
    


13. Tearing posters mounted by others.
    The owners of the posters labored, paid and suffered to paste the posters. Therefore, none should tamper with the posters, which are placed to provide important information to the public.
    


14. The same correction goes to those who puncture,
    rupture or scrap off the eyes of the pictures on the posters. Such evil acts are the works of demons. Those who such count themselves among the demons. Let them repent.
    


15. Refusing to carry obesse or handicapped people is not good.
    It wounds the heart of such people and kills their self-respect and public esteem. Besides, such people are left stranded on the roads. Try to accommodate everybody in every arrangement, lest their Guardian Angels fight against you. Moreover, people should be pleased to help such abnormal person, as acts of charity, which is more pleasing to God than a thousands songs of praises and chains of prayer.
    


16. Usually, during Christmas, Easter, great events, people increase prices at alarming rates.
    Increasing prices during general celebrations is against the will and love of the Almighty. Prices should go down during festivals in order to empower the poor, needy and helpless ones to benefit, rejoice and praise God. By so doing, you not only turn your services into cash, but also into thanksgiving and praises. The thanksgiving and praises of the poor, needy and helpless ones gives God glory, earns you great merit in heaven and prospers your engagements on earth. The everlasting law of life, which is also the law of spirit, is that you must not love money and wealth more than you love your fellow human being. Those who disobey this law end up in the hell fire.
    


17. Family politics,
    by which a person loves some people and hates others. Family politics is hypocrisy, and hypocrites do no enter the kingdom of heaven.
    


18. Selling your birthright by accepting rewards for voting.
    Doing so is an abomination in heaven and is punishable inside the hell fire.
    


19. Hitting or banging on other people's vehicle.
    Conductors take note.
    


20. Abusing or cajoling people on the roads
    , by syaing bad things to them.
    


21. Unnecessary Insistence
    Insisting that what you want must be done is very bad, especially when it is not possible or necessary. An example is a woman who wants the bus to stop and drop her off. She insists and shouts that the driver must stop immediately. She does not want to know whether there is packing space or not, whether stopping will cause accident or not, etc. All that she wants is that the bus stop immediately. That attitude is very bad. A bus can stop you one pole distance before or after the point you want. And I advise you to always stop about 5 to 10 poles to your destination stop, so that you have opportunity to exercise your body by walking. Do not be the type that is always hopping in and out of vehicles.
    


22. Do Not Waste Time Rebuking Or Exchanging Words
    When people offend you, learn to ignore them, as if you are not offended. That is the mark of a saint, the ability to have offences without being offended, and to receive insults without being insulted. Stop complaining. Do not walk up to the offender to rebuke, to curse or to complain before you continue on your way. That is going the extra mile, turning the other cheek, as Jesus preached and demonstrated.