Awakening the Intelligence of the Nigerian Church (1), By Ayo Akerele

This “so referred to as” man of God has an enormous following in Nigeria. Tens of 1000’s of individuals troop to his conferences. You’ll by no means consider he could possibly be faulted. But, this man is an especially harmful fellow whose direct and oblique actions have led to the destruction of the lives, careers, and companies of a number of folks, house and overseas. This man operates precisely like a mafia. You’ll by no means suspect him till he destroys his targets and blames and packages the victims with breath-taking proof as the reason for their owns predicament. He’s a famous person in covert future destruction operation. No legislation enforcement agent in Nigeria can ever probe into this.

Curiously, the gang of supporters round him has continued to swell. However the place did this stage of deadness of religious intelligence in Nigeria come from? Properly, I’m actually not shocked in regards to the fallen state of the church in these final days as occasioned by the collapse of reality and disciple-centered messages in our church buildings. In actuality, the Nigerian church is mostly a reflection of the state of the Nigerian society. Many of the actors within the bigger society are lively gamers and actors in a lot of our church buildings, and somewhat than the church being the sunshine of the world, the alternative appears to be the case, the world is now the sunshine of the church, for essentially the most half. My life’s project and calling are to name us again to righteousness.

Nonetheless, what often stuns me is the quantity of apathy and ignorance within the church. The religious intelligence of majority of believers appears to have been completely shut down. Right here is the truth, pals. Not everybody within the church has a watch that may see or an ear that may hear. Many amongst us are literally affected by religious amnesia, a complete shut down of their capability to see and listen to from the standpoint of the Spirit. The Bible speaks of a religious standing the place God personally supervises the judgment of males with blind eyes and deaf ears.

“They have no idea nor perceive; For He has shut their eyes, in order that they can’t see, And their hearts, in order that they can’t perceive.” (Isaiah 44:18).

In different phrases, one of many judgements of God on a nation is the momentary shutdown of the religious sensitivity of a technology.

I like intelligence. Lately, somebody requested me what I do to catch enjoyable. Properly, my most cherished exercise when I’m not writing or finding out or praying or listening to messages is the artwork and science of watching battle films. You don’t need to tempt me with an Israeli Mossad rescue mission of a Jewish commando or a Navy Seal seize of a infamous terrorist. I’ve watched dozens and scores of such documentaries.

I’m captivated by the huge variety of efforts which are devoted in direction of the crafting of intelligence technique by the world’s most elite intelligence businesses, the Mossad, the CIA, and the KGB. In all of my extra-curricular actions, one factor stands clear, life’s success or failure is on the mercies of the quantity and accuracy of your stage of intelligence. Each battle is fought and received on the wings of nerve cracking intelligence. Whether or not within the Enterprise world the place the Invoice Gates and the Elon Musks of this world are cracking powerful enterprise bones or within the political turfs the place hardened politicians are competing for the lifetime of their nations, intelligence isn’t negotiable for each and any type of success.

Within the spirit world, issues are actually not a lot completely different. The truth is, the Bible’s reproduction of intelligence is “knowledge” or “rhema” or “revelation”, the awakening of the spirit of a person to see and perceive life’s occasions from the views of God. In Revelations 4:1, an angel referred to as out John to a spot of intelligence. He stated to John, “Come up hither and I’ll present you what’s to come back.” Daniel operated at an unbelievable stage of religious intelligence, and so had been the entire prophets. The prince of intelligence is Jesus, our unparalleled saviour. The grasp Himself was intelligence personified, whereas on earth or there in everlasting glory. Jesus routed the Pharisees past phrases. In Mark 6:1, they’d this to say about Him.

“And lots of listening to Him had been astonished, saying, “The place did this Man get this stuff? And what knowledge is that this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are carried out by His palms.”

Consequently, a significant side of divine judgement on a nation is the dampening or numbing of the power of males to see or hear. Hear me saints, anytime God desires to evaluate a nation, he starves them of intelligence. Hear how Paul places it:

“Simply as it’s written: “God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they need to not see And ears that they need to not hear, To this very day.” (Romans 11-8). To be continued.

Ayo Akerele is the Senior Pastor of Rhema Meeting and the founding father of the Voice of the Watchmen Ministries in Ontario, Canada. He might be reached by ayoakerele2012@gmail.com