DELIVERED FROM THE POWERS OF DARKNESS
By Emmanuel ENI
Chapter 1 : My Escape to "New Life"
"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not
depart from it" (Prov. 22 : 6).
This is a story of God’s works -
mighty, wonderful and mysterious - in obedience to the command of JESUS
CHRIST to me saying : “Go and testify what I have done for you.”
One usually thinks of misfortune as an
act of fate and that we can do nothing to alter the events of our lives. To
an extent this is true. In the case of a child of God, his life is planned (Prov.
16 : 9). Whether that plan is fulfilled or not depends on a number of
factors, the individual’s closeness to God, his view about the ultimate
purpose of life, and the socio-spiritual environment he finds himself.
The course of your life is challenged
by some external factors. The crisis is reached when you give over your WILL
one way or the other, for good or evil. You can love or hate. You can wish
to understand or misunderstand. The will to obey is the greatest force of a
new born Christian, while the will to disobey is the most destroying force
of the sinner.
A child when left alone in the world is
controlled by one of two powers : good or bad, right or wrong, God or the
devil. Everyone is challenged by these two forces of life, and each must
choose which life he must live. And I believe that is what the Bible says :
“Train up a child in the way he should go and when he grows he will not
depart from it.” You will agree that the dearest and closest person to any
child’s heart is his mother. An orphan is an unfortunate child and more
exposed to attacks of the devil than children with parents. A mother is a
protector of body and soul but it becomes double tragedy when both parents
are lost and more so in most mysterious circumstances.
My story started 22 years ago in a
little village called Amerie Iriegbu Ozu Item in Bende Local Government
Authority, Imo State. My parents were not classified amongst the rich but my
dad was privileged to inherit 42 hectares of land from my grandfather, a
blessing which has today brought the greatest misfortune ever recorded in
the history of the family. My dad was greatly envied by his distant and near
relations for reasons I do not know, perhaps for his vast land inheritance.
We were a happy family, my parents
having got four of us : Love, Margaret, Emmanuel and Chinyere. After having
the first two daughters, my parents waited for 14 years before having me
(the only son) and later my younger sister Chinyere. This brought real
happiness to the family but this happiness was short-lived as the first
tragedy struck. My lovely and caring mother died. She was alleged to have
died owing to witchcraft, and four years later my father died, again through
an alleged work of juju involved against him. Two years after the death of
both parents my eldest sister, Love, disappeared mysteriously and Margaret,
the second daughter of my parents, went mental. It was a chain of tragedies
in the life of a humble and otherwise happy family. My younger sister
Chinyere and I were sent to our grand parents. There I completed my
elementary education and was later admitted into Item High School. I read up
to Class III and dropped out of school as a result of lack of fund for fees
etc. Shortly after that, my grand parents also died. After all the
ceremonies that go with burials, an unknown relation collected my younger
sister Chinyere, and up to this date I do not know her whereabouts. I was
forced by severe maltreatments to go back to my father’s house, and there to
live alone at the age of 13 years. How does a child of 13 years feed himself
in the midst of his father’s enemies and consequently his own enemies ? How
very afraid I was ! These events seemed to have brought me to the end of
worthwhile living. Was there anyone who cared ? Was there anyone who was
concerned about “a little boy's misfortune ?”
One day I met a friend I knew during my
elementary school days named Chinedum Onwukwe. Chinedum loved me very much
and having heard all that befell took me to his parents who readily received
me and took me as a second son. Life came back to normal again. I was well
cared for. I was happy again : then I knew that the God my mother prayed to
when she was alive was alive somewhere hence He had provided me with new
parents, so I thought in my mind. I enjoyed this goodness for about two
years and then the devil struck again.
Chinedum and his parents were
travelling to Umuahia and their car ran into a tipper carrying laterites.
Chinedum and his parents died on the spot ! On hearing the news I collapsed.
My sorrow could better be imagined. I managed to survive through the burial
ceremony, supplying those cooking with firewoods and running errands : at
the end of which I went back to my father’s house and resumed the menial
jobs to be able to feed.
I continued doing odd jobs on the farm,
in gardens, going a fishing with elders until one day, a man from my
compound hired me to work in his farm for 50k. At the farm he subjected me
to a series of questions. First, he asked me to show him my father’s lands ;
secondly, to hand over such lands to a man, no matter how closely related he
was. In either case I objected and he was offended. He then vowed to kill me
in the forest. I became afraid and ran and shouted for help. Unfortunately,
because the area was far into the thick forest, no one came but help came
from God. He pursued me with his knife but being younger I was too fast for
him and fell into a pit of about 1.82 metres deep and was covered by the
grass in it. He searched for me and after a while he gave up. I later
struggled out of the pit and through another route returned to the village.
I reported the incident to the elders in the compound but no action was
taken - the common plight of orphans. This incident created real hatred in
my young heart ; no one loved me, no one cared. I reflected in my mind why
anyone would want to kill me knowing I had no parents. Life was full of
misery. Now I know that God in His love restrained the devil from suggesting
suicide to me. I turned to the Church and became a full member of the
Assemblies of God church in my village (I still am) but unfortunately no one
cared even when some of the members knew about me. It is important to note
that I became a full member of the church without knowing Jesus Christ. I
never knew what it meant to be BORN AGAIN. If you are in the Church of Jesus
Christ and find yourself in the situation I found myself, give your life to
the Lord Jesus Christ. The Scripture says : “Let Him have all our
worries and cares, for He is always thinking about you and watching
everything that concerns you” (1 Pet. 5 : 7 - Living New Testament).
In the midst of all these hardship and
suffering ALICE appeared! Alice was a girl I knew during my elementary
school days. She was five years older and from the same village. We were in
the same class, sat on the same bench and became very friendly. With this
childhood’s ‘love’ affair, we promised ‘getting married’ when we would be
old. Ridiculous ! A child of 11 years then, without parents, no education,
no food to eat, promising marriage to a girl of five years his senior !
Alice later left for Akure for her secondary education and sent me dozens of
‘love’ letters.
The next time I met Alice, I was 15
years and she was 20. She had finished her secondary school education and
was working with the Standard Bank Lagos (now First Bank), where her parents
lived.
Alice having known my background and my
plight, took advantage of it. She told me to join her at Lagos and handed me
her house address with N50 (Naïra : National Currency of Nigeria) ! That was
a fortune for a young boy of 15 years who had never earned up to N2 a day !
This was manna from heaven and this meant that Lagos must be a wonderful
place with plenty of money and the good things of life for all to enjoy.
Then I must go to Lagos to make my own money and get riches too. Going to
Lagos to my mind was my only way of escape. Escape from my father’s enemies,
escape from my enemies, escape from hunger and ALL my problems. Escape !
Escape ! Yes, escape from All that is evil !!!
Chapter 2 : The Initiation
(There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are
the ways of death.) Prov. 14:12
(But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when
it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
There is no peace, saith my God to the wicked.) Isa. 57:20-21
And life outside Jesus Christ is
exactly as stated in the above Scriptures. I left my village armed with N50
and the address given to me by Alice, escaping to freedom, liberty,
enjoyment and all that go with them : but as you will see later it was far
from what I had conceived in my young heart. When I arrived in Lagos, it was
so beautiful in my eyes and I compared it with Heaven, whatever Heaven is
like. I saw all those tall and beautiful buildings and on each face I could
see happiness (so I thought). People appeared very busy each one minding
his/her business. I was excited and said to myself, now i know i am free !
I arrived at Akintola Road, Victoria
Island and was well received by Alice and her parents. The parents knew me
and my background as we came from the same village but never knew of my
relationship with their daughter. Alice then introduced me to them as a man
she has ‘chosen’ to marry. The parents were shocked but after some
discussions with her, agreed on the condition that they would further my
education. Alice rejected their offer and requested that I be allowed to
live with her in her own flat. The parents could not accept this but she
insisted. They had a strong argument for four days and under some
unexplained influence they agreed and I moved in with Alice.
Alice, a very beautiful girl, told me
that she was an accountant with the Standard Bank and that she would make me
rich and give me all that I needed in this life and said : “Just settle down
and enjoy yourself !” My first impression about Lagos was true after all ;
few months ago I was in a small hut in a small village surrounded by hatred,
starvation and suffering and here I am, living in a big city, in a well
furnished flat with a beautiful ‘wife’ who had promised to give me all that
life could offer. She showered me with gifts, money, clothing, ‘love’ etc. I
never knew that the world was filled with these ‘good things’. The devil
indeed is a deceiver ! The Scripture rightly says : “The thief cometh
not but for to steal, to kill and to destroy. ONLY the son of man (JESUS
CHRIST) can give life and give it more abundantly” (John 10 : 10). Dear
reader, the devil has no free gift ! Whatever he gives you is for an
exchange with your soul. This state of euphoria was short-lived, because
after a period of three months strange things started happening.
The Mysterious Experiences
One night, I woke up in the dead of the
night and found a boa-constrictor beside me. I wanted to shout but could
not. Some nights, I would wake up to see Alice’s body as transparent as a
cellophane bag. Some nights, she would disappear and reappear. Some nights I
would hear strange noises or dancing in the living room etc. I could no
longer bear these fearful happenings so I decided to ask her, and the first
reaction was violence and serious warning. She said : “Do not ask me this
question again or else I will deal with you.”
From then I knew my life was in danger.
I then preferred the sufferings in the village to what I came to discover. I
became afraid of her. Two days passed and she came with smiles, gifts and
hugged me. She told me how much she loved and cared for me and encouraged me
not to be afraid and promised to explain things to me later. She took me to
a night club and there reminded me of her promise to make me rich etc., and
told me : “ONE DAY YOU WILL KNOW ALL THAT I KNOW !” We came back and life
continued as normal between us. Inwardly I knew I was in danger, but how
could I escape and where would I escape to ? It is important to note here
that Alice’s parents did not know that their daughter, though young, was
involved seriously in occultism and spiritism and she seriously warned me
never to tell them if I loved my life. Dear reader, can you imagine, a 20
year old girl doing all these things ? The outside world saw her as a very
beautiful and harmless girl working with a big Bank but she was the devil’s
agent. There are a lot of Alices in the world today as you will find out
later in this book.
A Horrific Discovery
One day, after she had left for work, I
decided to search the flat. As young as she was, the flat was well
furnished. She had four refrigerators and on opening one, I saw human
skulls, different parts of human body both fresh and dry. Inside the ceiling
were skeletons. In another corner of one of the rooms I saw (what I later
knew as a ‘chamber’) a water-pot filled with blood and a small tree in the
centre of the pot, a calabash and a red cloth by it. I could not continue.
Now I knew that I was a dead man and since I had no where to run to. I
surrendered my life to whatever comes, life or death and kept sealed lips.
Alice came back from work and from the way she looked at me, I knew that
right in her office she knew what I did in the house.
Encounter with the Occult World
The following day she requested me to follow her to a meeting. I was already
a captive and had no choice. We went to a very big building on the outskirts
of Lagos. On arriving (the building had an underground conference hall), I
was instructed by Alice to enter backwards. I obeyed and entered with my
back, she also did the same. The hall was so large with about 500 young men
and women seated in a circle, and seated above them was a man whose head
could only be seen and without a body, as the Leader. Some of these young
people were students, undergraduates, graduates, teachers etc. Alice pressed
a button on the wall and a seat came out from the ground and I sat. She did
the same and another came out for her and she sat. She introduced me to the
congregation as a new member and they applauded and welcomed me. Alice was
promoted as a result of this. All that they discussed in the meeting I never
understood. At the end of it and as we were about to leave, I was asked to
come back alone the following day by the Leader. This was my first encounter
with the occult world.
That same night, at 2.00 a.m. (and this
is the usual hour of meetings and dangerous operations by all the forces of
darkness and their agents), Alice woke me up and revealed certain things to
me. She said : “I am not an ordinary human being. I am half human and half
spirit but mainly of the spirit. What you see in my chamber is what I use
during my prayers every morning, so that the spirits will guide me through
the day. As for the skeletons I will tell you later.”
I never said a word. She brought out
some books on world mysteries for me to read, and with my inquisitive mind I
decided to read them. Shortly I became interested and immediately she saw
that I was now interested. Unknown to me, she sent my name to an occult
society in India. As previously instructed, the following day I went back to
the society alone and there met nine others and some witnesses. We were to
be initiated. We were called out to the centre of the hall and the following
things were administered to us :
1. A concoction that looked like putty was rubbed on our bodies. This
qualifies you as a full member.
2. A glass shot of oil-like liquid was given to us to drink. This qualifies
you to be an agent.
3. A gunpowder-like substance was rubbed on our heads. This qualifies you to
study their mysteries.
Unknown also to me, this initiation
ceremony was being recorded in India and the next day I received a letter
from them. In the letter I was instructed to stain the letter with my own
blood and to post it back to them through a means they described, not the
Post Office. I did. From this point, there was no turning back ; turning
back meant death as one was always reminded and I knew there was no more
hope for me.
Covenant with Alice
Early one morning, she told me there
was an important ceremony to be performed in the house. At 2.00 a.m. she
brought a crawling child, a girl, alive. Before my eyes, Alice used her
fingers and plucked out the child eyes. The cry of that child broke my
heart. She then slaughtered the child into pieces and poured both the blood
and the flesh into a tray and asked me to eat. I refused. She looked
straight at me and what came out of her eyes cannot be explained in writing.
Before I knew what was happening, I was not only chewing the meat but also
licking the blood. While this was happening she said : “This is a covenant
between us, you will never say out anything you see me do or anything about
me to any human on earth. The day you break this covenant your own is gone.”
Meaning that the day I break this covenant I will be killed.
After this incident I started having
strange feelings inside me. I was changed and could no longer control
myself. A word of warning to mothers. Do you know your house helps ? What is
his/her background like ? Do you care to find out all about him/her before
entrusting the lives of your children etc. to him/her ? How did Alice get
the little child she slaughtered, you may ask. Therefore parents, know the
background of your house helps.
When Alice saw that she had succeeded
in getting me fully involved in SPIRITISM and was fast growing in it, she
was satisfied an knew her mission was accomplished. She found a flat for me,
helped furnish it and thereafter severed the relationship.
Covenant in India
The Society in Delhi, India sent me a
second letter asking me to come over to India. In it also I was instructed
to do the following : “Eat excreta, eat decaying smelling rats, and to have
sexual intercourse with spirits in the cemetery at night.”
After fulfilling the above I was bound
never to have any sexual intercourse with any women on earth. I sent a reply
to their letter informing them that I had no visa neither do I know how to
get to India. At this time I had started doing ‘business’. I was a serious
smuggler but because of these powers behind me I had no trouble with customs
etc.
I started having a lot of money, food
and materials were no longer scarce. One day, I locked my flat and went out
; coming back, I opened the door and behold a man sitting in the parlour. I
was afraid. He said : “Are you not Emmanuel Amos ?” I said I am. He said :
“I have been sent to come and collect you to India, so get ready.” I locked
everywhere, went and sat beside him on the cushion ready for the next order.
But like lightning, he touched me and we vanished.
The next place I saw myself was in a
big conference hall in Delhi, India, with a large congregation already
seated and waiting to welcome us. They brought out files where my name had
already been written and asked me to sign beside it. I did. A tray
containing human flesh, cut in pieces with a basin of blood were brought. An
empty jug was given to each person, then a man without a head went round
pouring the blood and flesh into the jugs. Different candles and incenses
were being burnt also. The headless man made some incantations and everyone
drank the blood and ate the meat and the meeting was over.
The Initiations in India
Now the period of my testing had come.
I was sent to a valley about 200 metres deep. In it were assorted dangerous
reptiles and wild beasts. These were to torture me. I was not to shout, for
if I did, I have failed the exam and the consequence was DEATH. After seven
days of agony I was brought out and sent to a place called ‘INDIA JUNGLE’.
In this jungle, I saw different types
of demonic birds ; demonic because some had faces like dogs, some like cats,
etc. Yet with wings. Inside this jungle was a cave, and this cave is only
opened by these demonic birds. They opened the cave and I went inside. The
things I saw are hard to explain. There were terrible creatures, some looked
like human beings but with tails and without human faces, etc. This was
another place of torture. The torture there could best be described as
semi-hell. I was in that state for 7 days and was brought out.
I was then sent to a very big library
that contained large volumes of mystic books to study. I later picked two
books : Abbysinia, which means destruction, and Assina, which means giving
life or curing. Later I was given more books. I was instructed to build a
chamber as soon as I return to Nigeria with the following things in it : “A
native water pot filled with human blood, a living tree inside, a human
skull, vulture feathers, wild animal skins, boa skin and a big shiny
laterites beside the pot.” The blood inside the water pot is to be taken
every morning with an incantation. I was also instructed never to eat any
food cooked by HUMANS but that I would be fed supernaturally. With all these
instructions I came back to Nigeria the same way I went, and fulfilled all.
Back Home in Nigeria
I had now become a part and parcel of
the spirit world and could travel at will to any part of the world.
According to the books I brought, spirit beings are living in space. Perhaps
they would increase my powers, so I decided to try. I came out of my house,
made some incantations and called the whirlwind and disappeared. I found
myself in space and saw these spirit beings. What do you want they asked ; I
told them I wanted powers.
I came back to earth after two weeks
having acquired powers from them. Like I said earlier, I no longer could
control myself. Despite all these powers I had already received, I still
needed more and more powers ! I then decided to go into underworld to prove
what was written in the books given to me.
One day I went to a hidden place in the
bush, made some incantations as stated in the books and commanded the ground
to open. The ground opened and the demons created steps immediately. I
stepped in and went right inside the ground. There was total darkness that
can only be compared with one of the plagues that occurred in Egypt as
recorded in the Bible. I saw a lot of things that are hard to explain. I saw
people chained, people used for making money - their duties are to work day
and night to supply money to their captors.
I saw some elite society members who
came in to do some sacrifices and would go back to the world with some gifts
given to them by the spirits controlling the place. I saw some church
leaders who came for powers, powers to say a thing that is accepted without
questioning in the church. I stayed for two weeks and came back after
receiving more powers. People saw me as young and innocent but never knew I
was dangerous. There are lots of such people around ; only those in Christ
Jesus are safe in real sense of safety.
Covenant with The Queen of The Coast
One evening, I decided to have a walk.
Along Ebute Metta bus-stop, I saw a young beautiful lady standing. I never
spoke a word to her. The next day while passing also I saw her still at the
same spot. The third day I saw her still at the same spot and while passing
she called me. I stopped and introduced myself to her as Emmanuel Amos but
she refused introducing herself.
I asked her name and address but she
only laughed. She asked me mine and I told her the street ONLY. When I was
about leaving, she said she would visit me one day. In my mind I said, that
was impossible, I did not give her my house number how then could she come.
But true to her words, I heard a knock on my door after a week of that
meeting at the bus-stop. There she was, the mysterious lady ! I welcomed her
in my mind. (I wondered who this beautiful lady was, and did she know she
was treading on dangerous grounds ?) I entertained her and she left. After
this first visit, her visits became regular without any relationships.
I noticed that in her visits she kept
to a particular time, and would not come a minute earlier or later ! In some
of her visits I would take her to the Lagos Barbeach, or to the Paramount
Hotel or Ambassador Hotel etc. All these while, she still did not tell me
her name. I decided not to worry since I knew the relationship would not
develop more than that. I had already been instructed never to touch a
woman.
Suddenly she changed the day visits to
nights. During one of the visits she told me : “Now it is time for you to
visit me.” We stayed together that night and at 8.00 a.m. the following day
we took off. We joined a bus and she told the driver to stop at the barbeach.
As we stopped, I asked her : “Where are we going ?” She said : “Don’t worry,
you are going to know my house.” She took me to a corner of the barbeach,
used something like a belt and tied around us and immediately a force came
from behind and pushed us into the sea. We started flying on the surface of
the water and straight to the ocean. Dear reader, these happened in my
physical form ! At a point we sank into the sea bed and to my surprise I saw
us walking along an express way. We moved into a city with a lot of people
all very busy.
The Spirit World
I saw laboratories, like science lab,
designing lab, and a theatre. At the back of the city, I saw young beautiful
girls and handsome young men. No old people. She introduced me to them and I
was welcomed. She took me to places like “darkroom”, “drying room”, and
“packing room”. She then took me to a main factory and warehouse and then
came to her private mansion. There she sat me and told me : “I am the queen
of the coast and would like very much to work with you. I promise to give
you wealth and all that go with it, protection and all that go with it, life
and an ‘angel’ to guide you.”
She pressed a button and a tray came
out with human flesh (in pieces) in it and we ate together. She commanded a
boa to appear and asked me to swallow it. I could not. She insisted but I
could not, how could I swallow a live boa. She then used her powers and I
swallowed it. These were three covenants : The human flesh and blood, the
boa and the demonic angel were always there to make sure no secret was
revealed.
But the ‘angel’ was given power to
discipline me if I went astray and also to bring me food from the sea any
time I was here on earth. I promised to obey her always. After this promise
she took me to another part of the ocean, this time an island. There were
trees and each of these trees had different duties :
- tree for poisoning,
- tree for killing,
- tree for invoking, and
- tree for cure.
She gave me powers to change to all kinds of sea animals like hippopotamus,
boa constrictor and crocodile and then she vanished. I stayed in the sea for
a week and through one of the means (as crocodile) mentioned above I came
back to the world.
The Underworld Laboratories
I stayed in Lagos for a week and went
back to the sea, this time for two months. I went into the scientific
laboratories to see what was happening. I saw psychiatrists and scientists
all working very seriously. The work of these scientists is to design
beautiful things like flashy cars, etc., latest weapons and to know the
mystery of this world. If it were possible to know the pillar of the world
they could have, but thank God, ONLY GOD KNOWS.
I moved into the designing room and
there I saw many samples of cloth, perfumes and assorted types of cosmetic.
All these things according to Lucifer are to distract men’s attention from
the Almighty God. I also saw different designs of electronics, computers and
alarms. There was also a TV. from where they knew those who are born again
Christians in the world. There you see and differentiate those who are
church goers and those who are real Christians.
I then moved from the laboratories to
the ‘dark room’ and ‘drying room’. The dark room is where they kill any
disobedient member. They kill by first draining the person’s blood and then
send the person to the machine room where he/ she will be ground to powder
and then send the dust to the ‘sack room’ where they will be bagged and kept
for the native doctors to collect for their charms. There were more things
which are hard to explain in writing. Despite all these powers in me, I was
not yet qualified to meet with Lucifer but only qualified to be his agent.
All the same I was satisfied that I now had powers and could face, challenge
and destroy things at will. Could there be any other powers any where I
mused within my mind.
Chapter 3 : The Wicked Reign
(The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly)
John 10:10
On returning to Lagos, I continued in my business and after two weeks I went
back to the sea. The Queen of the Coast gave me what she called her “first
assignment”. I should go to my village and kill my uncle, a prominent
powerful native doctor who was responsible, according to her, for the death
of my parents.
I obeyed and went but having not killed
before, I hadn’t the courage to kill him, rather I destroyed his medicines
and rendered him powerless. As a result of this act he lost all his
customers till this date. I came back to give a report assignment but she
was wrathful with me. She said the consequence of disobeying her
instructions was death, but because of her love for me she would send me
back to the same village to kill two elders who she said gave a helping hand
in the killing of my parents. Whether this was a punishment for disobeying
her or not I did not know.
However, I obeyed and went back to the
village and ‘managed’ to kill these men and sent their blood to her. As a
result of the mysterious circumstances of their death the elders in the
village went to inquire from another powerful native doctor who normally
sent lightning to investigate the killer. Unfortunately for these men, I met
the native doctor in spirit where he was consulting with spirits and warned
him not to say anything if he loved his life. He came out and told the
elders to go home and beg one of their sons whom they had offended and never
mentioned my name.
The lightning he sent returned and
struck in their midst killing some and leaving many wounded. After this
first act, the powers in me started manifesting themselves. I would deform a
girl for refusing me friendship etc.
My Meeting with Satan
I later went back to Lagos. One day, a
girl named NINA came to me. NINA whose parents were from Anambra State was a
very beautiful young girl but lives mostly in the sea, i.e. the underwater
spirit world. She was an ardent agent of the Queen of the Coast and very
wicked. She hated the Christians to the core and would go all length to
fight Christianity. I first met her during my visit to the sea. NINA came
for an errand from the Queen of the Coast.
We left immediately and reaching there
I learnt of our having a conference with Lucifer. Satan, in this meeting,
gave us the following instructions : To fight the believers and not the
unbelievers, because the unbelievers were already his. When he said this,
one of us asked : “Why ?” He said the reason was that God drove him out of
‘that place” (he refused to call the word ‘Heaven’ and all throughout our
meetings with him he never mentioned the word ‘Heaven’. Rather he would
always use the word ‘that place’) because of pride, and therefore he does
not want any Christian to get there (Heaven).
He also told us that we should not
fight the hypocrites. “They are like me”, he said. He continued his speech
and said : “We should only fight the real Christians.” That his time was
near, therefore “we should fight as never before and make sure no one enters
'that place'.” So one of us said to him : “We heard that God has sent
someone to rescue mankind back to God.” Satan then asked : “Who is that ?”
One member answered “Jesus” and to our greatest surprise, Lucifer fell from
his seat. He shouted at the man and warned him never to mention that name in
any of our meetings if he loves his life. It is true that at the name of
Jesus every knee must bow (Phil. 2:10), including Satan.
After this incident he encouraged us
and told us not to mind “these Christians”, that he Lucifer would soon come
to rule the world and would give us, his agents, a better place so that we
would not suffer with the rest of the world and he would make us rulers. He
continued that since man likes flashy and fanciful things, he would continue
to manufacture these things and make sure that man has no time for his God
and that he would use the following to destroy the church :
1. Money,
2. Wealth,
3. Women.
At the end of this speech he dismissed
the meeting. This was my first meeting with Satan. Several others followed
after this meeting. As we were leaving, the Queen of the Coast, who now
appears in different forms, invited me to her mansion. She inserted human
ashes with other things inside the bones of my two legs, a stone (not an
ordinary stone) in my finger and something else inside the bone of my right
hand.
Each of these things had their duties.
The stone in my finger was to know the thought of anyone against me. The one
in my right hand was to empower me to destroy and the ones in the legs are
to make me more hardened and to become more dangerous and also to enable me
change to a woman, beast, bird, cat, etc. She took me to one of the
laboratories and gave me a telescope, a TV. and a video. These were not
ordinary things but were to be used in detecting the born again Christians
and the church goers inside the Church.
Finally she gave me sixteen girls to
work as my agents. NINA was one of them. I came back to Lagos armed with the
above mentioned ‘gifts’.
Transformed into Satan’s Agent
I had no human feelings nor mercy in my
heart any longer. I went into operation immediately and destroyed five
duplex at a go. They all sunk inside the ground with their inhabitants. This
happened at Lagos in August 1982. The contractor was held responsible for
not laying a good foundation and paid dearly for it. A lot of destruction
happening in the world today are not man made. The devil’s duty is to steal,
kill and destroy. I say it again, Satan has no free gift”.
I went into causing accidents on the
roads etc. A case I would like to mention is about a young convert who went
about testifying of his salvation and deliverance. He was causing a lot of
harm in the spirit world for doing this, so I planned an accident for him.
One day he was on a luxurious bus to Lagos. He had an appointment where he
was to give his testimony. As the bus was on high speed, I wheeled it out of
the road and it went and crashed onto a tree. All the passengers died except
this young convert.
His escape was miraculous because he
came out of the vehicle through the boot of the bus and shouted : “I am safe
! I am safe !” We tried to stop him from testifying but we failed.
Through the TV., we would know a man
who repented newly and would pursue him seriously to see if we could make
him backslide. If after six months we do not succeed, we would go into his
business and make it go bankrupt. If he/she is a civil servant we would
oppress him/her through the boss, and if possible make the boss terminate
his/her appointment. If after all these he refuses to backslide then we
would give him up. But if he backslides he would be killed to make sure he
does not have a second chance to repent.
I destroyed lives to the extent that
Lucifer became very pleased and made me chairman of the wizards. A month
after my chairmanship, a meeting was called. We attended that meeting as
birds, cats and snakes. These creatures are used for the following reasons :
1. Turning to birds make wizards more
dangerous.
2. Turning to cats make wizards able to reach both spirits and humans.
3. Turning to rats enable wizards to enter into a house easily, then in the
night turn to shadow, and then to human being and suck the victim's blood.
In this meeting we had only one item on
the agenda : “The Christians.” We then scheduled to hold an African wizard
conference in Benin city in 1983. We published it in all the dailies and all
the public media. All the forces of darkness were mobilised and we were very
confident that nothing was going to interrupt this meeting. In fact
everything was well planned and there was no loophole.
Suddenly, the Christians in Nigeria
went into prayers and praises unto their God and all our plans were
shattered. Not only that our plans were shattered but also there was real
confusion in the kingdom of darkness. As a result, the witches' and wizards'
conference could not be held in Nigeria. Christians should note that the
moment they go into real praises to God almighty, there would be trouble and
confusion both in the sea and in the air, and the agents of Satan would have
no resting place. Prayer is like throwing a time-bomb in our midst and
everyone would escape for his/her life.
If Christians would realize and use the
power and authority God has given them, they would control the affairs of
their nation ! Only Christians can save our nation.
After the failure of this conference,
which was later held in South Africa, I was called back to the sea. When I
arrived, I was told from that moment I would make the sea my home and only
visit the world for difficult operations. I was given a new assignment :
inventing charms for native doctors, in charge of the control room and
sending the gifts, i.e. opening of white garment churches (prayer houses),
opening of maternities, opening stores and making them prosper, giving
'children' and money. These will be explained one after the other :
1. Opening of White "Garment Churches"
:
When a man comes to us for an assistance to build a prayer house and help
him performing healings etc., he would be given some conditions :
a) He will agree to donate to us one or two souls every year.
b) At a certain level of office in the church the person would be initiated
to our society.
c) No member would be allowed to come into the prayer house with shoes on.
When he accepts these conditions, he
would be given something like a white gravel, human bones, blood and charms,
all in a native pot. He would be instructed to bury this pot with all its
content in front of the church and bury the cross on its top. After the
burial, only the cross should be seen. He would be advised to build a pool
or keep a basin where spirits would continue to supply special water. This
water is what you hear them call "holy water."
Many people when disturbed by evil
spirits go to these “prophets” to cast them out. The truth is, they only add
more demons to them. A devil cannot cast out devil. What the prophet would
do is, he will pray for the member and then give him/her a red cloth to put
in his/ her house, and then would advise him/her to always pray with candles
and incenses. By this act the person invites us into his/her house.
Sometimes the member would be advised to bring a goat etc., for sacrifice.
These sacrifices are for us to come and help cure the man. The prophet has
no power to cure or heal.
2. Opening of Maternities :
If a woman comes to us for assistance in opening a maternity and making it
prosper, she would be given this condition :
"A month would be chosen by us in which all the children born in the
maternity would die, but the other months the children would live.”
If she accepts, she would also be given
a charm which would attract people into the maternity. There are such
maternities in Onitsha, Lagos, etc. shoes are not allowed into such
maternities.
3. Opening of Fancy Stores :
When a man approaches us for assistance in this respect, he would be given a
ring with a condition that no woman should be allowed to touch it. He also
must agree to be our member. If he accepts to fulfill these conditions, his
store would be stocked always with the best and latest materials by us.
4. Giving of Children :
If a barren woman goes to some native doctors, after laying her complaints,
she would be asked to bring the following : a white cock, a goat, native
chalk and baby care. She would be advised to go and in her absence, the
native doctor will come to us bringing these things. We would then mix
certain things which are difficult to explain in writing, and include human
ashes. He would use this charm to cook food for the woman etc. She would
become pregnant and give birth, but it's not a normal human being. If the
child is a female she would live and even get married but would remain
barren all her life. If the child is a male he will live and even be trained
only to die suddenly. They never live to bury their parents.
I would like to mention here that
barrenness is mostly caused by demons. You may see a woman barren here on
earth, but she would have children in the sea. I therefore advise God's
children to wait on God alone because only God gives real children.
5. Giving of Money :
If a man comes to us for money, he would be given these conditions to
fulfill : He will be asked to give a part of his body or if he has a family
he would be asked to bring his son. If single, he would be asked to bring
his elder or younger brother.
Whoever he decides to bring must be
from the same womb. Something worth mentioning is : during the killing of
the victim, the person who brought him would be given a spear or an arrow.
His relations would be made to file past in a mirror. As soon as the one he
had donates passes, he would be asked to strike and as this happens the
victim would die where he is.
There are other methods but one thing
Satan does is that : He makes sure that in the different methods, the donor
becomes responsible for the death of the victim, by making the donor strike
the victim. remember, Satan has no free gift !
Chapter 4 : How Satan Fights Christians
(For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities,
against powers, against spiritual wickedness in high places)
Eph. 6 : 10-12
Fighting Christians
After the command by Lucifer to fight
the Christians, we then sat and mapped out ways of fighting them as follows
:
1. Causing sicknesses.
2. Causing barrenness.
3. Casing slumber in the church.
4. Causing confusion in the church.
5. Causing lukewarmness in the church.
6. Making them ignorant of the Word of God.
7. By fashion and emulation.
8. Fighting them physically.
Amongst the above I would like to
explain two :
1. Fighting physically :
With the TV. given to me, I would through it see the born again Christians.
We do not fight hypocrites because they belong to us already. We would then
send our girls first to the big churches. Inside the church they would chew
chewing gum or make a child cry or do anything that would distract the
people from hearing the word of God. They may decide to come spiritually and
cause the people to sleep while the preaching is going on. The moment they
see you have a sober reflection because of the preaching, they would wait on
you outside the church and as soon as you come out, one of them would greet
you and even present you a gift (and it's always what you love) and would
appear very friendly. She would do everything and before you knew what was
happening you had forgotten all you learnt in the church. But for a real
Christian, one of these girls, after the service, would jump out to greet
you and would desire to know your house with the pretext that she was new in
town and did not know many Christians around. On taking her home, she would
quickly buy bananas and the Christian would take this as a gesture of love.
She would continue her visits until she finally puts off the light of Christ
in you and then stops coming. Major operations in the living churches and
fellowships are : discouraging the Christians from reading and studying the
Word of God, and thereby making them ignorant of their authority and of the
promises of God. In crusade grounds these girls would be sent to cause
disagreements and quarrels.
How Christians are Known ?
The born again Christians are not known by the Bible they carry always or
the many fellowships they attend. They are known in the spirit world by the
light that shines continuously like a very bright candle in the heart or a
circle of light around the head or a wall of fire around them. When a
Christian is walking along, we see angels walking along with him/her, one by
the right, one by the left, and one behind. This makes it impossible for us
to come near him/her.
The only way we succeed is by making
the Christian sin, thereby giving us a loophole to come in. When a Christian
is driving a car and we want to harm him/her, we find that he/she is never
alone in the car. There is always an Angel by him/her. Oh if the Christian
only knows all that God has for him, he will not meddle with sin or live
carelessly !
2. The Making of Backslidden Christians
As a chairman appointed by Lucifer, I would send these girls to living
churches and fellowships. These girls would be well dressed and after the
preaching would come out for the altar call, pretend to have received Christ
and would be prayed for. At the end of the fellowship or service they would
hang around waiting for the preacher who naturally would be very happy for
these new converts.
The said convert may even follow the
preacher to his house. If the preacher does not have the spirit of
discernment she would lure him into the sin of fornication or adultery. This
takes place the moment he admires her lustfully. She would make sure he
continued in this sin until she finally quenches the Spirit of God in him
and then leave him, mission accomplished.
At this juncture, I would like to give
a testimony of a Minister. In the evil spirit world he is known as a man of
God. When he went on his knees there would be confusion among us. We
therefore sent these girls to him. This man would even feed them but would
refuse to be enticed. They did all they could but never succeeded. As a
result, these girls were killed for their failure.
I then changed to a woman and went to
him, and by words an actions tried to entice him, but he was adamant. This
was too much for me, so I decided to kill him physically. One day, this
Minister went to Oduekpe Road market town. I watched him and as he bent down
to price some commodities I wheeled an oncoming trailer loaded with drums of
oil into the market where he was. The trailer struck the NEPA high tension
pole and fell right into the market, leaving many people dead, but this
Minister escaped. How he escaped was a miracle. Another day, I saw him
traveling to Nkpor town on foot. I again wheeled an oncoming army lorry
loaded with yams to kill him. The lorry went straight into the new cemetery
road, killed many people, but this Minister again escaped. After this second
attempt we gave up. He is still alive !
Because of a single Christian, the
devil may decide to destroy many souls, thinking he could kill him, but he
always fails. These incidents had happened to many Christians unknown to
them, but their God always delivered them. The trouble is, the devil does
not give up. His thoughts are always : “I may succeed.” But he never does.
As long as the Christian walks with God's Love and remains in Him and does
not get entangled with the affairs of this life, the devil can never
succeed, no matter how hard he tries. Only the unbeliever is at his
disposal.
The Oppression of the Christian
This mostly happens in dreams. A Christian may see in his/her dreams the
following :
1. A dead relation visiting him/her.
2. Masquerades pursuing him/her.
3. Mates swimming in the river.
4. Mates bringing food and asking him/her to eat.
5. A single female having sexual intercourse or even a married one having
sex with a man. This, if not dealt with, sometimes leads to barrenness.
Or a pregnant woman sees herself having sexual intercourse with a man. This,
if not immediately dealt with, could lead to a miscarriage.
If a Christian experiences the above in
his/ her dreams, he/she should not put it aside by the wave of the hand, but
on getting out of sleep he/she should examine himself/herself and confess
any known sin unto God, bind all those demons and ask God to restore
whatever had been tampered with. This is very important. The person should
also seek the help and counsel of a mature Spirit-filled Christian, older in
the faith.
The Devil's Soul Winning
When Jesus Christ was leaving this earth, He gave His disciples a command :
“Go ye into all world and make disciples of all nations.” While
some Christians are still waiting for a more suitable and convenient time to
obey this command, the devil has also given this command to his agents. The
difference is, the devil's agents are more serious in winning souls than the
Christians !
One of the areas of the devil's soul
winning is the secondary schools, especially girls schools. Some of our
girls are sent into the schools as students. We supply them with all the
latest and expensive underwear. This is first priority, because in girls'
hostels, they like using underwear only. Our agent would never lack
anything, cosmetics, dresses, underwear, books, provisions and money. A
particular bathing soap would be given to her to lend to any student who
requests for soap from her. A girl desiring to be like her would be
attracted and would befriend her. Gradually our agent would introduce us to
her. At this point we would visit her physically and would start giving her
gifts and meeting her needs. With this, she would join us willingly. She in
turn would win another and so on. This is taken as a mission and it is
carried out with a determination to succeed.
One thing should be made clear : Satan
does not force anyone. What he does is to attract and make you come to him
willingly. That is why the Bible says : “Resist the devil and he will flee
from you” (James 4:7). Another area of soul winning for the devil is giving
lifts. We would send our girls to stand on the road, and usually they are
very beautiful and attractively dressed. You will also find them in hotels
and through these avenues we get men and women. Many people we see
advertised in the papers as missing, got lost through giving lifts to girls
they did not know.
You should therefore be careful who you
lift in your car.
Chapter 5 : My Encounter with Jesus Christ
In the month of February 1985, we had our normal meeting in the sea, after
which I decided to travel to Port Harcourt in Rivers State, to visit my late
uncle's wife. I met a man called Anthony. He has a workshop at Nwaja
Junction, along Trans-Amadi Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He sent for
me and since in our society we have a law never to refuse calls, I decided
to answer his call. I went to him in the afternoon on a Thursday of that
week. He started by saying God has given him a message for me. He brought
out his Bible and started preaching. There were three other Christians
seated (a male and two females). He continued his preaching for a long time
and I wasn't sure I heard all he said. He asked me to kneel down for
prayers. I obeyed and quietly knelt down.
Immediately he started his prayers. I
was knocked down by the spirit of God and I fell flat. I struggled up and
stood like an iron. I destroyed the iron chairs inside the workshop. I
looked outside and saw three of our secret society members, a man and two
girls. They came in human form and moved towards the door but because of the
power of God they could not enter.
I am sure the alarm in the sea alerted
them of the trouble and with the TV. they knew where the problem was and had
sent the 'powerless' rescue team. This always happens when any member runs
into trouble. While the two Christian men pulled me down on my knees, the
girls continued praying and binding the demons, but they were not specific.
They asked me if I believed in Jesus Christ, I said nothing. They asked me
to call the name of Jesus, I refused. They asked me my own name and I told
them. They struggled for hours and released me to go. No spirit was removed
from me, so I went out the same way as when I came in.
The Church Events
The following day being Friday, I was
invited by the same Anthony to attend their night vigil at the Assemblies of
God church, Silver Valley, Port Harcourt. I accepted this invitation because
attending church services to cause slumber and confusion was part of our
assignments. The programme started with choruses. We sang until one of the
members raised a popular chorus by a particular Christian Band, of the
powerlessness of other powers except Jesus' power.
Then I started laughing. I laughed
because when in the spirit I looked into their lives almost three quarters
of the people singing this chorus were living in sin. I knew that because of
the sins in their lives, they were exposed and could be harmed seriously by
these powers. It is important that Christians obey the word of God and not
allow besetting sins to remain in their lives. In that service we were four
from the sea and were singing and clapping with them. Again I want to stress
here that when a service is started, members should be advised first to
confess their sins, then go into a period of real praises to God. This will
make an agent of Satan present very uncomfortable and in fact escape for
his/her life.
In this particular service we were very
comfortable and even went into operation. Many started sleeping, choruses
were sung weakly and things went zig zag. Brother Anthony had already told
them about me so at about 2.00 a.m. they called me out to pray for me. As
soon as I came out to the front they started pleading the blood of Jesus. I
stopped them and said : “It is not pleading the blood that is the solution.
I am a deep secret society member. If you agree that you can deliver me,
then will I kneel down.” These words I spoke were not premeditated. The
blood of Jesus scares the demons and protects the believer, but does not
bind demons. Binding of demons only takes place when the Christian uses his
authority and gives the command.
They agreed and I knelt down. At that
point a sister led by the Sprit of God shouted and said : “If you are not
worthy, do not come near !” I am sure many did not understand what she
meant. It is dangerous for a Christian living in sin to cast out demons.
Many withdrew and a few came out to pray for me. As they started with “In
Jesus name,” I heard a big bang inside me and fell on the floor. Immediately
the flying demon in me went into action. I started running with my chest.
Anybody possessed with this flying demon is always very wicked and
dangerous. The brethren never saw what was happening spiritually. I was
running because of the stronger power in the room.
Two opposing forces went into action
and the atmosphere changed. I suddenly stood up and became very violent etc.
A demon went out of me and possessed a boy in their midst and he started
fighting them, trying to rescue me. The brethren never wasted time with him
rather they took him and others who were afraid to the church vestry and
locked them inside. This continued till 7.00 a.m. I was physically exhausted
and became quiet, so the brethren gathered around me again and started
shouting : “Name them!” “Who are they ?” etc. I kept quiet. After waiting
for a long time and I said nothing, they were deceived to believe that I was
delivered. They prayed and we dismissed. I was so physically weak that I
found it difficult to walk out of the church. But something happened, for as
soon as I walked out of the church and crossed the road, I became very
strong physically. Perhaps some of the demons that left came back. I became
very angry and decided to take vengeance on the church. “This people had
insulted me” I said to myself, and for this insult I was going back to Lagos
and get more powers with others as wicked as myself, and then come back to
Port Harcourt to take vengeance on ALL the members of the Assembly of God,
Silver Valley.
En Route to Lagos
On getting to my uncle's wife house, I
told them I was leaving for Lagos immediately. I refused to be persuaded to
stay and I took a taxi to Mile 3 motor park where I took a taxi for Onitsha.
My intention was to stop at Onitsha, see a friend and then proceed to Lagos.
At Mile 3 we took off and on getting to Omagwe, at the International Airport
Junction, I heard a voice calling me by my native name “NKEM.” I turned
around to see if there was a known face in the taxi but there was none. Who
could this be ? Only my late mother calls me by that name, all others
including the spirit world knew me as Emmanuel.
While I was still wondering, the voice
came again : “NKEM, are you going to betray me again ?” I did not recognize
the voice but the voice continued asking me : “Are you going to betray me
again ?” Suddenly I had severe fever. The heat that came out of my body was
so high that the other passengers felt it. One of them asked me : “Mr., were
you well at-all before traveling ?” I told them I was well and that I never
had even a headache before leaving Port Harcourt.
At Umuakpa in Owerri, I collapsed
inside the taxi. The next I knew was that two men, tall and huge, came to
take me, one on my left and the other on my right, and they never spoke a
word to me. They led me through a very rough road with bottles and metals.
As we moved along, these bottles and metals gave cuts and I started crying
but these men still did not say a word. We moved on and came out to an
express road. It was here one of them spoke and said : “You are a wanted man
!” and we continued. We moved on to a very large and long building that
looked like a Conference Hall. As soon as we climbed the pavement a voice
from inside said : “Take him in !” They took me in and disappeared, leaving
me alone.
What I saw inside this hall is
difficult to explain, but I will try to explain as much as I can. The hall
was well decorated and so large and long that one finds it difficult to see
the end of it. I walked to the middle and then was able to see the end. At
the end was an altar. I saw a moon and stars surrounding the sun. Then I saw
a throne and seated on it was a very handsome man with a garment shining
like the sun. He said : “Come !” But because of His brightness I could not
go. Whenever I tried to move a leg I would fall.
I stood up, tried again and fell.
Suddenly a moon came out of the throne where He was sitting and moved on the
ceiling right up where I stood. Then two hands came out of the moon, held my
head, shook me and my physical body pulled off, like pulling off a dress.
And the real me stood. The hands folded it as if folding a cloth and dropped
it at the corner. The moon then moved back to the throne and then He that
sat on it said again : “Come !”
The Spiritual Cleansing
I walked to a point and He stepped out
of the throne to me, removed my legs one after another and poured out what
was inside them and fixed them back. He did the same with my hands and put
them back, in fact all the places the Queen of the Coast kept powers. I
wondered in my mind, who can this be and how did He know the spots these
things were kept. After this He went back to His throne and asked me to
come. As I started walking, certain objects started falling from my body,
scales fell from my eyes, etc., but before I got to the altar it stopped.
“WHERE ARE YOU GOING ?” He asked.
I answered and said : “I am going to
Onitsha to see a friend.” He said : “Yes, but I will show you what you have
in your mind.” Up till this moment I did not know who He was, but one thing
was certain and that was He was more powerful than all the powers I had come
across. He beckoned on a man and asked him to show me what I had conceived
in my heart. This man took me to a room and opened something like a
blackboard. In fact, if there was a way to escape I could have escaped, for
before me was written all that I had planned against Christians and my plan
against the Assemblies of God church, Silver Valley. The man brought me back
to the altar and left.
He came out of the throne and took me
by His hands and said He was going to show me certain things. On our way He
said : “I do not want you to perish but to save you and this is your last
chance. If you do not repent and come and serve me, you will die. I will
show you the abode of the saved and the disobedient.” When He said this, I
then knew He was Jesus Christ.
The Divine Revelations
We entered a room and He opened
something like a curtain. I saw the whole world, the people and all the
activities going on. I saw both Christians and unbelievers all doing one
thing or the other. We went into a second room. He opened a curtain again
and what I saw was a sorry sight. People chained ! He called these people
“the hypocrites.” These people looked very sorrowful and He said : “They
will remain this way until the judgement day.”
We went into a third room. He opened a
curtain and I saw many people rejoicing and wearing white garments. This
time I asked him : “Who are these ?” He said : “These are the redeemed
awaiting their rewards.” We went into a fourth room and what I saw was very
frightening.
Dear reader, it is difficult to
describe. It looked like a whole city on fire. Hell is real and terrible. If
you had been made to believe that Heaven and Hell are here on earth and that
man has no hereafter but total annihilation after death, you better be well
advised here and now that there is a real hell and there is a real heaven !
No wonder when Jesus Christ was on earth He warned man about hell. I say it
again, hell is real. I saw it and it is a terrible place. I asked Him :
“What it is ?” His answer was : “This is prepared for Satan and his angels
and for the disobedient.” He named them as recorded in Rev. 21:8 : “But
the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers and sorcerers, and idolaters and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone : which is the second
death.”
We went into a fifth room and when He
opened a curtain, what I saw can only be described as GLORIOUS. It was as if
we were looking at it from mountain top. I saw a new city. The city was so
large and beautiful ! The streets are made of gold. The buildings could not
be compared with anything in this world. He said : “ this is the hope of the
saints. Will you be there ?” Immediately I answered “Yes !” After this we
went back to the throne and He said : “Go and testify what I have done for
you.”
Again, He took me to another room and
when He opened a curtain I saw all that I was going to encounter on my
journey to Onitsha and Lagos and how He would finally deliver me. After this
He said to me : “Do not be afraid, go, I will be with you.” He led me out of
the hall and vanished, and I woke up on a bed in another man's house. I
shouted, so the man and his wife ran out from their room. They first peeped
and then came in. “Why am I here ?” I asked. The man then narrated how I
collapsed in a taxi and how they carried me to the Catholic Cathedral there
in Owerri. How they sent for a Doctor, who came and after examining me said
my pulse was normal and that they should wait and see what would happen. The
Doctor gave them the assurance that I would revive. The man then took me in
his car to his house and had been waiting. He also confessed he never knew
why he believed the Doctor and why he took responsibility of taking me to
his house.
They asked me my name and address which
I gave them and after that I kept quiet and never told them my experience. I
stayed calmly with this kind family for two days and then the man and his
wife drove me to the Owerri motor park, where I took a taxi to Onitsha. All
that the Lord showed me about my journey happened one after the other. I
took another taxi to Lagos first thing the following morning. I obeyed and
left Lagos for Port Harcourt the following morning. I often ask myself, why
would the Lord save a man like me. A man so wicked and destructive, an agent
of Satan ! I found the answer in these three words : God is love. Indeed,
God is Love !
Chapter 6 : Temptation and Victory
(My sheep hear my voice, and I know them,
and they follow me : And I give unto them eternal
life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any
man pluck them out of my hand) John 10:27-28
After my conversion to Christ, the
first thing that happened was all the gifts from the sea, the telescope, the
TV., shirts, photographs I snapped inside the sea laboratories and the
photograph of the Queen of the Coast which were displayed in my flat
vanished.
On returning to Port Harcourt, I had
the urge to testify what the Lord had done for me but was not allowed in the
church. My late uncle's wife who is also a Christian, took me to one of the
pastors, but the question he asked was : “Did he bring the paper ?” It was
later that I understood that the paper he meant was a 'membership letter.'
What has membership letter to do with my testifying the power of Christ and
what He has done for me- God, translating me from the power of darkness into
the kingdom of His dear Son, in whom I have redemption through His blood,
even the forgiveness of my sins ?
I was sad, having known that Satan does
not allow young converts to go about testifying, especially those who
previously were deeply involved in his activities, and would do everything
to stop such testimonies. Again I remembered, the Lord clearly instructed me
to “go and testify what I have done for you” and here I was faced with
rejection. Perhaps it was not yet time. So I decided to shelve giving my
testimony to anyone. I traveled with three traders from Aba to Togo for a
business trip. There I bought goods worth N160,000 (One Hundred and Sixty
Thousand Naïra). Out of this amount my personal money was N70,000 while the
remaining N90,000 was borrowed from traders in Aba. Amongst the things I
bought were bundles of laces, assorted drugs (especially antibiotics),
injections, thermometers, etc. At the Nigerian border, we were held by the
Customs and later were asked to pay some bribe. We refused and the goods
were seized including those belonging to my colleagues. A few months later,
those belonging to my colleagues were released excepted mine. I went back
later and was asked to pay N40,000, but on checking the goods I discovered
that all the valuable goods, bundles of laces, injections, drugs, etc., were
already stolen. I assessed the remaining goods and knew that paying N40,000
to the Customs would only increase the loss, so I decided to forego the
remaining goods.
The traders whose money I borrowed
started chasing me. Some called the police, others took the laws into their
hands and planned to do away with my life. The only solution was to close my
Bank accounts and use all the money I had to settle all the debts. By God's
grace, I paid all except N1,000 meant for my landlord in Lagos. I went
completely bankrupt and would borrow even 20k for taxi fare.
I went to a few business Christians I
knew then, to seek for help to enable me start afresh. None said yes or no,
rather I would be asked to come the following day repeatedly until I would
be tired or find help. I did not know the Word of God and with all the
confusion in my heart, I would read the Bible and would not understand.
Still contemplating on what to do, I received an urgent call from my
village. I rushed home and found that the little building I was setting up
had been pulled down by my uncle who was also present and threatened to kill
me. The old nature in me was challenged. I remembered when I was with the
secret society, how he dreaded me and would go on his knees before me. But
now he knew I was a changed man (how he knew I did not know as I had not
traveled home since my conversion) and he now threatened me. I called on the
Lord and said : “So you saved me to leave me frustrated and to allow my
enemies to rejoice over me !” I wept and decided to go back to the society.
At least I would be saved from all the
confusion and would also teach my uncle a lesson he would never forget all
his life. Although I took the decision, I had two prominent fears within me
:
1. During my conversion, the Lord
clearly told me : “This is your last chance.” My going back to the society
might mean death, not only physical but also spiritual death.
2. If I remained in the Lord, my uncle was breathing threats to kill me.
I was so confused and I needed help. I
was ignorant of the Word of God and never knew what the Word says in respect
of the above. Dear reader, you will realise here that I had all these
confusions because of lack of follow-up as a young convert. Follow-up for
young converts is very important and Christians should take this seriously.
If you know you cannot follow-up your converts, please do not go out for
witnessing. Jesus Christ emphasized this three times when he asked Peter :
“Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me more than these ?... Feed my lambs.”
Many converts backslide because of lack of proper follow- up. If you love
Jesus, take care of His lambs !
The Battle with Satan's Agents
During this period the Queen of the
Coast's agents started pursuing me. I suffered greatly in their hands. I had
nightmares. On the 1st of May 1985, a month after my conversion, at about
2.00 a.m., others in the house were asleep. I was awakened by these agents.
They commanded me to walk out of the house. I obeyed, walked out and they
followed behind. It was all happening like a dream but this was in reality.
We moved on to the burial ground by St. Paul's Anglican church, off Aba
Road, Port Harcourt.
On reaching there they said : “You must
come back. If you refuse we will kill you or make you a destitute.” After
this instruction they left. I regained my senses and wondered how I came
into the burial ground. I went back to bed and slept. They decided attacking
me in the afternoons. At times, while walking along the road they would
fight me. Others around would see me fighting with the air or see me running
as if being pursued. I alone would be seeing them. This they did for four
times and stopped. Then their leader, the Queen of the Coast, took over. The
first day she came in a car and parked beside our house. She was well
dressed and as usually very beautiful. People around took her to be my
girlfriend. Immediately she came in I knew who she was. She came at about
12.00 noon when the whole area was less busy. She sat down and among other
things said : “You can go to your church, believe whatever you want to
believe, but if only you will not reveal me, I will give you anything you
need in this life.” I had not known the Scriptures so I only listened and
watched her walk. She pleaded and tried to persuade me to come back to her.
I never said yes or no to her. She stood up, walked into her car and drove
off.
About two times my uncle's wife
entertained her without knowing who she was and I never told my uncle's wife
who the lady was. During her last visit she changed her approach. This time
she gave me a stern warning saying that she had tried during these visits to
persuade me to come back to her and that I had been very stubborn, and that
this was her last visit. If I still refuse to come back, she would come to
me in August and would either kill me, or disfigure me or make me destitute.
With this she left.
I was afraid, so one day I went to the
church and called out a brother. I told him my problems and my observations
on some members of the church, etc. This brother gave me the SCRIPTURE
UNION'S (S.U.) office address and told me : “There you will find help.”
Incidentally that was the last day I saw this “brother.” I have never seen
him anywhere in Port Harcourt up till date. I took the address and the
following day, took a taxi to No. 108 Bonny Street, where the office is and
met the typist who gave me the quarterly programme of activities of the S.U.
Rumuomasi Pilgrims Group, being the one nearest to me. She said : “Come on
Sunday !” I was there at the Fellowship Centre - St. Michael's State School,
Rumuomasi - at 2.00 p.m., not knowing that the fellowship starts at 3.00
p.m., but I met the prayer band, so I joined them.
After the fellowship that day I knew
this was the right place for me. God provided me with a Christian lady, whom
I took as a mother, who took interest in explaining the Word of God to me
and counselled me as well. The brethren became very interested in me and
cared. I saw real love. The Holy Spirit began giving me understanding of the
Word and my faith grew. But the Queen of the Coast did not show up as she
threatened. Psalm 91, God's protection, was fulfilled in my life. Isa.
57:17 : “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ; and every
tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is
the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me,
said the Lord.” This also was fulfilled.
September 1985, I received a message
that my name appeared as a distributor with the Silver Brand Cement, Lagos
and that I was expected to report at the office on 27/9/85. I left Port
Harcourt on 26/9/85 and arrived in Lagos in the night. The following morning
27/9/85, I went into the office only to be told by the Personnel Manager
that my allocation had been assigned to someone else. He asked me to repeat
the following day 28/9/85 to see the Managing Director. On my way back to my
flat, passing through a path, someone came from behind and gripped me and
tried to suffocate me i.e. held my nose and mouth together. I struggled for
life and while people passed by, none came to my rescue, but the Lord
intervened. While I still struggled with the hands I heard her shout and
pushed me away saying : “Who is that person behind you ?” She repeated a
second time and disappeared. From the voice I knew it was a woman but never
saw who she was. I was dazed and staggered to my flat.
Here again my landlord was very furious
and said : “Why did you run away with the money of my rent ?” I pleaded with
him and tried to explain that presently I was not working and would pay all
his money as soon I had money. With the way he consented I thought this
matter was settled. The following day 28/9/85, I went back to the office and
met the Managing Director who apologized for having given my allocation to
another. While he was still talking a young man walked in and asked me :
“Are you not Emmanuel ?” I said : “Yes, I am.” He said : “Yes, we have got
you at last ! Have you finished running ? We have visited Port Harcourt
several times and found that you were always with your spiritual mother. She
had been a stumbling block to us and now that you have come to Lagos we have
caught you ! You can never go back to Port Harcourt. I am the one that took
your allocation.” I challenged him and told him : “You can't do anything !”
The Managing Director was surprised at what was happening in his office. I
excused myself and left for the flat.
Few minutes later I heard a knock on my
door and NINA entered. She asked me if I was going back to Port Harcourt. I
answered yes. She pleaded with me to come back to them and that the jobs I
was particularly trained for were still lying unaccomplished : KOTIPARI (in
the Yoruba language). I had been trained :
- to be in charge of the agents of
demonic powers.
- to be in charge of the “sea control room,” to monitor the happenings in
the world, to send and receive signals, and to mobilize forces, etc.
- to be next to the Queen of the Coast. This involved not only ceremonies,
sacrifices, execution of special assignments by her, but also other things
difficult to explain.
- with the assistance of the powers of darkness, to establish new secret
societies that would appear harmless so to attract young people and more
church goers.
She said, if I accompanied her, what
awaited me was double promotion and many blessings. She confessed they were
responsible for my goods being seized and stolen, also that they instigated
my uncle to destroy my building and to threaten my life. That if I refuse
following her, they would do more and make sure that I did not prosper. That
they had decided to fight my spiritual mother : “If we get her, we've got
you” she said. At that, I started preaching to her. She stood up and said :
“They are deceiving you,” and left. This took place in the evening of
28/9/85.
Not quite fifteen minutes she left I
heard another knock. This time they were four men. They beckoned on me to
come out and I saw myself going along with them. We walked up to about 2
poles and one of them asked me : “Do you know us ?” I said no. He continued
: “We have been hired by your landlord to kill you.” While he was still
speaking one among them brought out a gun and another brought out a dagger.
I was defenceless and knew that they would kill me, but God in His
supernatural manner performed a miracle that surprised both myself and
themselves. The man with the gun fired at me but there was no sound. The man
with the dagger used it on my back but it never penetrated rather it sounded
like using a rod on someone. They were as frightened as myself. The Spirit
of God came on me and I started preaching. Three of them ran away, but the
fourth man broke down and started weeping and pleaded that I should pray for
him. I did not even know what to pray at that time but only said : “Lord,
please forgive, forget and pardon him. Amen !” He gave his life to Christ so
I took him to a Pentecostal church and explained what happened to the
Pastor. I handed him over to the Pastor and left. As I walked into the house
the landlord ran out and on his knees started pleading and said : “Please
forgive me. I thought you decided to run away to Port Harcourt because of my
money (N1,000).” I forgave him and we finally agreed that the money be paid
by installments.
That same night, about 2 ;00 a.m. the
Lord woke me up. I did not know why I woke up so I walked to the living room
and what I saw was a large tortoise facing me. Immediately I remembered the
Bible study we had in Port Harcourt, about the power in the word. I then
spoke these words : “Tortoise, since I was born, the home of the tortoise is
either the bush or the sea, but for coming into my house while windows and
doors are locked you have sinned, and for this you must die.” As soon as I
said this it vanished. I went back to the room and slept. A second time
again, I woke up and heard some noise in the living room. I went and there
standing before me was a horrible looking vulture. I repeated the same words
and as soon as I said : “For committing this sin you must die,” it vanished
also. During this Lagos trip I saw God's goodness, greatness and
faithfulness.
The following morning 29/9/85, I took a
luxurious bus to Port Harcourt. Reaching Ore, the bus ran onto a tree. It
got damaged but no one was hurt. The driver pulled it out back to the road
and as he drove along, the bus started swerving from one side of the road to
another. I remembered NINA's threats, so I stood up in the bus, preached to
the passengers and concluded by saying : “It is because of me that these
accidents are happening. But from now on, there shall be no more accidents
until we get to Port Harcourt, in Jesus' name !” And I sat down. In fact,
when I sat down, I wondered at what I had said. And so it was. The vehicle
moved smoothly to Port Harcourt. No more accidents or breakdowns. The
Scripture rightly says : “Behold, they shall surely gather together, but
not by Me : whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy
sake” (Isa. 54:15). They (the Queen of the Coast and her agents) tried,
but because their gathering was not unto the Lord but against His child,
they all stumbled and fell. “When the enemy shall come in like a flood,
the Spirit of God shall lift up a standard against him” (Isa. 59:19). I
give God all the glory for showing Himself strong on my behalf.
Chapter 7 : Activities of Satan's Agents
(Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places)
Eph. 6:11-12
This book would not be complete if the
different methods of operation of these powers are not exposed. Also it is
important that the different forms in which they manifest themselves be
exposed.
One thing is clear and that is, the
devil would either encourage you to believe that he is a myth or simple evil
thoughts, or would make you see more of his powers and less of the powers of
God. While the Bible says : “We wrestle not against flesh and blood but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness
of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places,” the Bible
also says that the weapons of the Christians against the devil and his
agents “are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of
strongholds, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth
itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor. 10:4-5). Again the
Scriptures clearly declare : “For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8). And
Jesus having spoilt principalities and powers, He made a show of them
openly, triumphing over them.
“Thou art snared with the words of
thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth” (Prov. 6:2)
say the Scriptures. Therefore the child of God must be careful to confess
the Word of God, which God has promised He will hasten to perform. There are
three confessions stated in the Word of God :
1. Confession of the Lordship of
Christ.
2. Confession of faith in the Word, in Christ and in God the Father.
3. Confession of sin.
When we hear the word “confession,” we
easily think of sin. The dictionary definition of confession is :
1. Affirming something we believe.
2. Testifying to something that we know.
3. Witnessing of a truth we have embraced.
It is therefore to be regretted that
whenever we use the word confession some minds run to sin. The author is
here encouraging the child of God to start today to confess what God has
said. You who were dead in trespasses had God quickened together with
Christ and He has raised you up together and made you sit in heavenly places
(far above principalities and powers) in Christ Jesus. Christians
should therefore realize where they are seated. They should know that they
are operating from that height, above Satan and his agents. The Lord Jesus
Christ has given you all powers and authority just as He has given you all
that pertaineth to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). God never intended that
circumstances should control His children, rather that the Word of God in
the mouth of the Christian should control his circumstances. God spoke in
Jer. 23:29 saying : “Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ;
and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?” Christians, I
mean born again Christians, should realize that when the name of Jesus is
pronounced, what comes out of their mouth is fire. When a Christian stands
on the authority given him by Christ and gives a command in Jesus name, fire
pours out of his mouth and any demon controlling the circumstances must
obey. Jesus is alive today to see to it that every word of His comes to
pass. Again, I want to highlight an important fact many Christians overlook,
and which Satan is using. Jesus, after Peter pointed out to Him the dried
fig tree cursed by the Lord, said :
(Matthew's account) “Verily I say
unto you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is
done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, be thou
removed and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done. And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive (Matt. 21 :
21-22).
(Mark's account) “Have faith in
God. For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall SAY unto this mountain,
be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his
heart, but shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass,
he shall have whatsoever he saith” (Mark 11 : 22-25).
Here the Lord points out to us the
power of the spoken word and also encourages the Christian to be specific in
his prayers and in exercising his authority. Some Christians ask the
mountain to move but do not tell the mountain WHERE to go. Jesus said if you
shall say to the mountain : “Be thou removed and be thou cast into the
sea...” Let us take the case of casting out demons for instance. Some
Christians bind and cast out demons without sending them to specific
destinations. This is dangerous. When you bind a demon it is bound. If you
cast it out without sending it to a specific destination, it remains within
the vicinity. If the demon is only rebuked out of a man, he may later come
back or enter into anyone around who is not a Christian. Therefore
Christians should be careful when dealing with demons. Make sure the demon
is bound, cast out and sent to a specific destination.
Some Christians while praying would say
: “I arrest you demons in Jesus' name.” In the spirit world you really see
demons standing erect waiting for the next command. But if the Christian
stops at that point, he has not helped the victim. Do not play around with
the devil. You don't play around with your enemy. God has sent you out on a
ministry of deliverance and reconciliation (reconciling men to God).
Therefore you must be careful to do a thorough work. I repeat, when you bind
a demon, it is bound. When you cast it out to any destination it is so. As
long as you do not meddle with sin but live in the will of God, whatever
command you give the devil or his agents in the name of Jesus must be
obeyed. God has promised to back every word of His. As we go on to the next
phase, manifestation of Satan and his agents, I want you to have the
following passages on your mind :
1. “Ye are complete in Him which is
the head of ALL principality and power”
(Col. 2:10).
2. “Behold, I give you power (authority) to tread on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any
means hurt you.”
3. “Behold, they shall surely gather together but not by me. Whosoever
shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. No weapon that
is formed against thee shall prosper : and every tongue that shall rise
against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the
servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me.”
I want to show you in this book that
these evil forces operate mainly in churches, market places, graveyards,
jungles, hotels, sea and air.
In the Churches
We are witnesses today that there are
many possessed persons in the churches. Some speak in tongues and even
prophesy. Only those with the Spirit of God can discern these fellows. But
we are here discussing the agents of Satan in the churches. Again, we are
not discussing the secret cult members who are in the churches (some are
even leaders), we know they are there. What I am talking about is those who
come in as agents of Satan :
1. To cause quarrels and confusion in
the churches.
2. To scatter the churches.
3. To make men and women sleep while the sermon is on.
4. To cause distraction of various sorts when the service is on.
5. To win souls for Satan.
Since I had already said a few things
on the above in chapter three, I will only give you a testimony of what
happened in the recent past. Christians should abide by every word of the
Lord Jesus Christ, because when they disobey or compromise they are prone to
fall at the slightest attempt of Satan or his agents. Christians have been
called out from darkness into God's own marvellous light. Christians have
been called to total separation from the world and what it offers. “Come out
from among them and be ye separate,” says the Scripture.
There was this sister, sister J (name
withheld). She was born again and was full member of one of the 'living'
churches. She later transferred her membership to my own denomination. She
partook in all the activities in the church and was very active in them. But
her character at a point became suspicious. So a few of us decided to visit
her at her house and to find out what was really wrong with her. While
interviewing her, the spirits in her were provoked and began manifesting,
and then told us she was their agent in the church. These demons were cast
out of her and deliverance was ministered to her. “Sister, how come you are
an agent of Satan, yet a full member of the church ?” we asked. What she
told us was the following : It all started one day, after a Sunday service,
a 'sister' (female believer in Christ, so she thought) came to her and
expressed her desire to be close to her because, according to this 'sister,'
she admires sister J's Christian life. She accepted her friendship without
reservations. The two went to sister J's house and the so-called 'sister'
brought out bananas and ground nuts, which they both ate. She stayed with
Sister J for a while and later left.
Her visits became regular, and on each
visit she brought gifts to sister J. The gifts ranged from dresses, shoes,
money, etc. On some occasions sister J's friend would come with many other
girls. This continued for a period and when the 'sister' saw that she had
succeeded in putting out the light of Christ in Sister J, she changed and
started visiting Sister J in the spirit. Sister J was then given a red
cloth, a water stone, a ring for her right toe, and a chain for her ankle.
Because she had eaten so much with them and had taken so much from them,
there was no chance of turning back. She entered into covenant with them and
started attending their meetings. She could change into snake, bat, etc. She
then became their agent to win souls for them in the church.
Praise God she is now delivered ! All
the gifts given her were destroyed and she is now happy again in the Lord.
Dear reader, it all started with an unusual friendship, and because Sister J
lacked the spirit of discernment and was not watchful as is commanded by the
Lord “watch and pray that ye fall not into temptation,” she went astray and
fell deep into the hands of the enemy and her race could have ended in hell
because of carelessness. You can easily identify Satan's agents with the
following :
- They wear rings on one of their big
toes, chain around the ankle, nose-rings, unusual bangles, etc.
- They could enter into a church or fellowship and be very zealous in the
activities of the group or church, just for a single Christian they are
after. Some behave abnormally, others are wicked, etc.
That is why the child of God should ask
God for the spirit of discernment, to enable him/her identify them at a
glance. The moment they know you have recognized them, they make sure they
do not come near you. The reason being that their master will warn them
about you !
In the Market Places
They operate in various forms in the
market. The market is one of their major areas of operations, just as the
hotel is where they lay in wait for men. In the market, they pick their
victims, some pregnant women whose miscarriages they cause to enable them
get the blood for their blood banks. Some victims they would accompany to
their residence in order to visit such in the nights. This happens to the
unbelievers ! Certain fanciful products sold in the market e.g. necklaces,
lipsticks, perfumes, and food items such as sardines “Queen of the Coast”
etc., have strange origins.
There are certain actions Christians
have to watch out, for you might see a lady or perhaps a gentleman who
suddenly touches your stomach or any part of your body. It causes sickness.
The Christian therefore should, on experiencing this, give the word of
command in Jesus' name, scattering or destroying the plans of the devil,
etc. And sure enough whatever you scatter or bind here on earth shall be so.
Cultural activities
It is also very important to note that
many people get initiated into Satan's activities or get possessed through
most of these cultural ceremonies and dances. Most of our cultures are demon
oriented. Some through friends, others through reading some pamphlets or
novels. Demons hover in the vicinity of every idol. They function through
idols in the practice of idolatry (Zec. 10:2). As a definite part of
religion, idolatry ascribes divine power to natural agencies and pays divine
honour to a created object (Rom. 1:18-22). The Scripture defines idolatry as
spiritual adultery (Jer. 3:8-10). Therefore a child of God should have no
connection whatsoever, directly or indirectly, with idolatry. So called high
life, juju and disco music are inspired by Satan and his demons.
I do remember, that before the Lord
saved me, in one of the meetings we had with Satan, he said : “This world is
mine and I am going to rule the whole world in my power, and would destroy
all who believe in the name of the Righteous One.” Satan does not mention
the name of Jesus. If anyone does that in his presence he/ she stands the
risk of losing his life. He promised making those of us his agents,
governors, etc. Satan is a liar and indeed the father of lies. There were
also plans to silence the Christians in Nigeria by restricting importation
of Bibles and Christian literature.
He operates through unbelievers in
positions of leadership and authority, to initiate anti- Christian policies
and programmes. He establishes healing centres which would appear very
religious and through them claim souls. These centres usually called
spiritual healing homes are all around us. Here many lying wonders are
performed to deceive their clients. Satan is very much aware of the second
coming of Jesus Christ and constantly urges his agents to hurry and be
ardent in their operations, always saying : “We have no time left.” Dear
child of God, Satan is not sleeping, why must you sleep !
Chapter 8 : The Believer's Weapons
- THE NAME OF JESUS
- THE BLOOD OF JESUS
- THE WORD OF GOD
- CHRISTIAN PRAISES
(Finally brethren, be strong in the Lord and in
the power of His might.
Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil) Eph. 6:10-11
(And they overcame him by the blood of
the lamb and by the word of their testimony)
Rev. 12:11
I have already said much on this
earlier, but just to give a few instances. Please realize that there is
POWER in that name of Jesus ! There is Power in the Blood of Jesus ! The
Scripture says : “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also had highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which is
above every name : That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth and things under the earth : And that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father” (Phil. 2:8-11). Again the Scripture says : “And they
overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their testimony”
(Rev. 12:11). Let the name “Jesus” always be on your lips ! These two,
the name and the blood, scatter the plans of Satan, and in fact destroy the
strategies of Satan and his agents.
Secondly, you must learn to sing
praises to God always. There is power in praises. There was this Pastor -
Pastor I.K. (name withheld). He was pastoring a church in Ebute Metta. He
became my target and his offences were :
1. He disturbed our peace by carrying
out early morning calls i.e. preaching in the early hours.
2. He went about with his megaphone and stationed himself at N.° 2 Bus-stop
along Akintola Road, Ebute Metta. There he would preach. He would not stop
at that but would keep binding demons, etc.
3. In his church he would preach, exposing the works of darkness, after
which he started binding demons.
4. He prayed a lot.
5. He was always singing and praising God.
I sent my messengers to him but they
could not kill him so I decided to carry out the mission myself. On the said
day, I saw him walking along the new G.R.A. A thing worth mentioning here
about this Pastor is : any time we went for him, we would see pillars of
cloud by his right and left hands, walking along with him, so these hindered
us. But this particular day I saw nothing, so I was doubly sure my mission
would be very successful. I commanded rain to fall to enable me to strike
him with thunder. The rain started and the thundering began. The whole trees
in the area started losing their branches, but this Pastor was singing
joyfully. I still remember the chorus : “In Jesus Name every knee shall
bow.”
As he continued with this chorus the
rain stopped, the thundering ceased. There appeared immediately two angels,
one of each side, with flaming swords. Their eyes and the swords were like
flames of fire. Then a strong wind carried me away and I found myself in
another town ! In fact I was baffled, but because we were so hardened, what
I said was : “This man has escaped again !” The Pastor did not know the
spiritual war that was fought on his behalf. So, you can see, the child of
God is well secured. When the Bible says : “Nothing shall by any means
hurt you,” it means what it says !
The second testimony is about a
Christian who boarded the same taxi with me. He was very zealous and started
distributing Gospel tracts inside taxi. When he gave me the tract I rejected
it. He started preaching. So I became disturbed and knocked him with the
ring on my finger. That was to kill him. This boy shouted : “The blood of
Jesus !” Immediately lightning and fire and an angel appeared. A strong wind
again removed me with great force out of the taxi and into the thick jungle.
Had it not been that I was a man backed by evil powers I could have got lost
in the jungle. The Christian did not know the war that went on his behalf.
All he knew, including the other passengers, was that I had disappeared from
the taxi !
The name of Jesus or the Blood of Jesus
in the mouth of the believer sends out fire etc. The Scripture says :
“The Name of the Lord is a strong tower : the righteous runneth into it, and
is safe” (Prov. 18:10).
Dear reader, if you are a child of God,
remember that God has magnified His word above all His name (Psa. 138:2),
therefore confess the Word (the Word of God) believing that what you said
shall come to pass, and it shall be so. That is God's promise!
Again I would like to mention here that
you can only confess what you know. The Scripture enjoins us to delight in
the Word of God, meditating on it day and night. For you to rightly divide
the Word of Truth, you must know it. Col. 3:16 says: “Let the word of
Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.” Again Psalm 1 : 1-3 says :
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But
his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day
and night. And he also shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water, that
bringeth forth its fruit in his season; his leaf shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doth shall prosper.” Get close to your Bible; pray
without ceasing ; have a singing heart and stand, exercise the authority
given to you by the Lord Jesus Christ !
Chapter 9 : Now What Next ?
(The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And
let him who hears say,
"Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes,
let him take the free gift of the water of life.)
Rev. 22 : 17
Having read through this testimony, you
need no further preaching to give your life to Jesus Christ. The Scripture
says : “The thief (Satan) cometh not but for to steal, to kill and to
destroy. I (Jesus Christ) have come that you might have life, and have it
more abundantly” (John 10:10).
Satan hates you and has devised various
means of taking you to hell with him. That, you can testify from this
testimony. If Satan makes a promise to you or even gives you a gift, know
that it is ill-intentioned. Satan is a liar and the father of lies. God
called him your enemy, why not believe God and His Word ?
It is not by accident that you came
across this testimony. Examine yourself and make sure you are in Christ. You
will only succeed in deceiving yourself if you choose to remain a 'church
goer' and worst of all, if you still decide to put up an nonchalant attitude
to this most important decision of your life.
We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be
reconciled to God. If you are not yet saved, that means if according to the
Word of God you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and
Personal Saviour yet, following by water baptism by immersion, we encourage
you to do so without delay. Tomorrow may be too late.
Acquired at the following website:
http://www.insightsofgod.com
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