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THE CHILDREN’S BREAD

4^th. APRIL 2022

“Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them? Therefore, speak to them and say to them, Thus, says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols.”

Ezekiel 14:1-4, NKJV.

Child of God, empowering the wicked, has become an issue in the church, so much so, that it has become threatning to her integrity in such a profound way. The belief, that everyone, who walks into the church has come to surrender to the LORDSHIP of our LORD, and Saviour Jesus Christ is far from the truth, and has really caused more harm than good in the Body of Christ. In as much as very many people come into the Church to give their lives to Christ, and to be part of the Body of Christ in Spirit and truth, yet, there are those, who come into the house of God, with ungodly intentions. Not everyone, who comes to seek counsel from men, and women of God, are Godly-minded. Some people who come to seek counsel are deceptive, wicked and evil-minded.

How can that be, sister Susan? To answer the question, I will present some cases to you, that should challenge our ways of thinking, even with regards to counselling people:

How can someone, who has decided to kill an innocent person, still have the audacity to come before a genuine man or woman of God to sit, and in false humility begin to tell stories about how his, or her life has been turned upside down, by someone, who they fully know has done them no wrong, yet, a man of God falls into the trap of standing in gap for them, in order for their evil heart desires to be met?

How can someone come into the house of God and begin to weep and even sob, narrating how their partner, or someone else is planning to kill them, and if God does not intervene on their behalf ASAP, that they would soon be six feet under, when in actual fact, they are the very ones, who have indulged in all kinds of demonic activities that they know how, and have visited every satanic altar, both far and near, just to kill an innocent person, but have failed?!

How can you excuse, or justify a person, who is an “unrepentant” occultist, warlock, witch, and wicked, who takes pleasure in initiating, ritualizing, sacrificing (Deut. 18: 9-13), vowing, pledging, transacting with the souls of the sons and daughters of God, as well as shedding the blood of the innocent (sheep and lambs of God), yet, they boldly come into the church of God; stand, or sit before a genuine man or woman of God, to mock the authority, and power of Almighty God? To add salt to injury, such evil-doers come under the guise of seeking the counsel, or help of God, through His elected man or woman (good shepherd), the devil is a liar!

How can you defend someone, who has no problem with sowing seeds, diligently paying tithes, and consistent in showing up with their first fruits, looking after the poor, as well as giving offerings as required by the written word of God (Bible), yet, this same individual, unbeknownst to everyone else, is an unrepentant – “El Chapo” of the satanic kingdom (A demonic KINGPIN)! This Kingpin, who believes that he is immune to the word and presence of God, after he had committed all the heinous crimes, and still has much more in stock, with no intention to hear what God has to say, let alone obeying it, comes to a genuine man of God and begins to tell him, how he needs the forgiveness, blessings, and protection of God. Mind you, in all the above instances, we are not talking about the likes of Zacchaeus, the tax-collector, who did not know better and had never been in the atmosphere where God moved and resided! The first encounter Zacchaeus had with the Spirit of Truth, that eventually set him free from the bondage to the spirit of extortion and covetousness (John 8:32) was with the Spirit of Grace, through our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ, who is Grace personified (John 1:17)!

These, and many more, are things that the Holy Spirit reveals to me about the ungodly activities, that are found within the church. He wants us to confront such evil. He wants us to know that these things are happening all over the globe, within the church. He wants us to pray concerning them. Thus, I cannot afford not to talk, write, and preach about them, the best way that I can, and whenever I am led to do so.

There are those, who would never receive the LORD, regardless of how He comes to them; through the law or through Grace (John 7:33-34), they will reject him, and reject Him, over again!

These groups of evil workers or evil-doers, that are presented above, are people that are in our midst today, and they are the same kind of people in Prophet Ezekiel’s day, people who have no atom of regard for God and His edicts! They call the bluff of God Almighty. They scoff at the ways of God. They pursue away, arrest and even kill the genuine prophets of the land, that is if God permits them. They undermine and mock the genuine men and women of God. They turn the sheep and lambs of God into their daily delicacies and, yes, they pride themselves in their demonic power and abilities to deceive the shepherds of God! If we are willing to accept it or not, these unrepentant evil-doers do exist, and though we are called to love people, but we are also called to detect, expose, and cast such out of the church, through our prayers. If we don’t, they will continue to infiltrate, and pollute the church, and even weaken the presence of the Holy Spirit, in the CHURCH!

God is demanding from us today, exactly the same thing He demanded from Prophet Ezekiel thousands of years ago, to be the judge over such disrespect and rebellion of such evil-doers against HIM! He is saying to us, who are His spokes-persons, “My Child, Am I to allow such men and women to inquire of me?!” (Psalm 94:20-21). As His child, who loves Him above everything and everyone else, my answer is this: No, LORD! As a matter of fact Holy Father, we are wasting too much time in deliberating on such matter, it should be a done deal by now, let’s go get them!

Prophet Ezekiel was attentive to the heart-beat of God Almighty, just as Prophet Isaiah was, to God’s heart-beat, when he received an up-dated assignment from God, to go back and terminate the speedy execution of an existing death sentence, which had already been pronounced by God Himself against king Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:4-6).

WHO ARE THOSE LIKELY TO BE USED BY THE ENEMY TO EMPOWER EVIL-DOERS?

To be most accurate, “everyone!” but those who are always ensared are:

1. If you are a man or woman of God, but desperate for money, power, platform, fame, and position, then, you are a very wonderful candidate for Satan to use to empower evil-doers!
2. If you are a people-pleaser, you are a perfect candidate too, for Satan to use for such jobs!
3. If you have your eyes only on material gains, then you are a beautifully polished arrow in Satan’s quiver, specially reserved by him for such jobs!
4. If you do not love God enough to be patient with Him as to wait on His appointed time to uplift you, no matter how long it may take, then you are also a perfect tool for such job!

Therefore, child of God, we are to love people with the love of God. we must stand in gap for those, who are in need of God’s help; that notwithstanding, we must try the best we can, to be attentive to the leading of the Holy Spirit, concerning the person we are counselling or praying for. We do not shut our ears, or eyes against the leading of the Holy Spirit, either before we begin to intercede for a person, while we are praying for them, or even after counselling them. If the Holy Spirit makes us realize, that we made a mistake in our judgement about someone, or that we were deceived to prayed against an innocent person, then, we ought not to be discouraged, but rather, consider it as a privilege, as well as God’s love and grace towards us. Our assignment thence-forth, is to please God Almighty, by correcting our mistakes, through the same way we made them; prayers, decrees, prophecy, or counselling. Failure to correct the mistake we have made as revealed to us by the Holy Spirit, will make us liable for the harm done to an innocent child of God Almighty, the most powerful Shepherd, and the only righteous Judge! Trust GOD, we wouldn’t want Him to come knocking at our doors because of the evil the wicked had succeeded in doing to His own precious child, by our help!

DISCLAIMER: Sons, and daughters of God, I do not mean to insult, or disrespect the church of Christ, men, women, or people of God; On the contrary, I love you all with the love of Christ, even when it doesn’t sound, or feel like that.

Like we all do, I also have an assignment, that the LORD God, from day one has given to me, which compels me to say what He wants me to say, how, and to whom He intends me to say it. If He tells me, that I should speak to the church, and use the word, “church”, then I must do so, regardless of who feels offended, or is the church no longer the LORD’S? When He tells me to speak to the church, I do believe that He fully understands, that most of the churches are not into ungodly activities, yet, there is a reason He insists, that I use that word when speaking to particular situations. When He tells me to speak against “wicked men, and women of God”, I also do believe that by now, we are all supposed to be on the same page in regard to this truth; God is not dumb as not to know those, who are wicked, and those who are not!

When I write or preach about a particular thing as the LORD assigned me to, it is mostly not aimed at a particular individual, place or thing, but mostly to a group of people, whom often times, I do not even know about, but the Holy Spirit obviously does. I have preached a couple of times, and people, who were, or are still very close to me; people, who I really love to bits, and never had in mind, either before, or during the time of my preaching, would suddenly call, or write to me, angrily saying, “You cannot judge me, it is only God that can do that!” or “Why were you talking about me?!” as well as, “I know you were talking about me!” and without much thought, I would always reply, “what did I do to you?” and after they would have explained their grievances towards me as it pertains to what I either preached, prophesied, or posted; things, that I honestly never had a clue, that they were even grappling with. I would then, explain to those of them, who would be gracious enough to listen to my version of the situation, that It had absolutely nothing to do with them! So, child of God, if you feel this way towards my preaching or writings, then I want you to know, that sometimes, I also feel the same way, when genuine men, and women of God preach, teach, and write. God is talking to us all, in different ways, and forms; not to destroy us, but to save us. If what is being said, does not resonate with your godly spirit, then, the Holy spirit is probably not talking to you, consequently, what I would advice you to do in such cases is this, “disregard it, don’t give it any attention, and don’t even be bothered by it.”

finally, when people unsubscribe from any ministry, person, or do not join at all; We are not to automatically read any negative meaning into it as in some cases, it may have nothing to do with them not being appreciative or loving. We are human beings, and there may be different harmless reasons, that may prompt a person to do something that might come across as offensive to others, although the intention behind their action was never meant to be offensive.

This is not an apology, but rather a disclaimer.

Jesus loves you!

Written by Susan Ikeokwu