Jesus says we should not pray against our enemies. We should instead pray for them. We should pray for those who curse us, and also despitefully use us. It is shocking to hear many people who profess to follow Jesus consciously choose to disobey His commands.
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neigbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust". Matthew 5:43-45
I run into trouble with many Christians whenever I teach or preach that people should not pray that their enemies should die in Jesus name. People should stop shouting "Holy Ghost fire, kill my enemies, destory my enemies and let them die". But I am hated for correcting these errors.
Jesus says Holy Ghost is a Comforter and clearly states the real works of the Holy Spirit as:
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26
I had the dreams below in the night of Saturday, 19th August, 2017. Take your time to read the dreams and how God interpreted them to me.
First
Dream
I
was driving a car on a certain road, suddenly darkness fell and my car
headlight did not work. Little light from my car later came on and I managed to
drive in fear until I got to a certain village. I was confronted by a certain
man in that village. Others in the village appeared, but I didn’t hear them
talking to me. I then suddenly woke up.
Second
Dream
Few
minutes later I slept up again and had another dream. In this second dream I
was going somewhere at Surulere. I left my house by 9pm. While at the bus stop
waiting for a vehicle, I kept asking myself why I was going out around that hour
of the night, wondering when I would get there and return to my house the same
night. As I was thinking about my situation, I saw myself going to a certain
storey house along the road where I was standing waiting for a commercial
vehicle. In the storey house, I climbed the staircase and I went up to the last
floor of the 2-storey building and was confronted by a certain man. Some others
joined the man and accused me of coming to rob or kidnap. I begged and told
them, “I am a lawyer”. They refused to listen to me, holding onto my handset. I
tried to get my handset and showed them evidence that I am not a criminal, but
I was not allowed. I discovered the back door to the ground floor was shut or
blocked to prevent me from coming down. Then I woke up.
Several times that night, I was praying. The previous Friday, 18th August around 11.30am I gaveN50 (fifty naira) to an old woman beggar, so I thought she was the one tormenting me. I took the
dreams to God in prayer, and God said, I should fast on Sunday until He
explained the dreams to me. I was not comfortable, and told God about the N50 given to the beggar.
Several times that night, I was praying. The previous Friday, 18th August around 11.30am I gave
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God told me to set asideN50 as an offering and directed that I should offer it separately on Sunday by dropping it in the offering box. Sunday during the offering, I dropped my
normal offering and God reminded me of the N50
offering. I quickly brought out the money from my pocket, and I offered N50 therein by putting it in the offering box.
God told me to set aside
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I was really uncomfortable until around 4pm when I broke my fast. Immediately I had finished eating, God told me the meanings of the two dreams.
God said, "Remember you had a problem with teaching Sunday school that morning". I said, "Yes Lord. God said, "you were confronted with two pastors". I said "yes Lord".
I was really uncomfortable until around 4pm when I broke my fast. Immediately I had finished eating, God told me the meanings of the two dreams.
God said, "Remember you had a problem with teaching Sunday school that morning". I said, "Yes Lord. God said, "you were confronted with two pastors". I said "yes Lord".
God: "The two people that confronted you in your dreams represented the pastors. The first village with one family represented the pastor in charge of the church. The time 9o’clock in your dream was the time you started mentioning about the use of the power of the Holy Spirit (that the power of the Holy Spirit shouldn’t be used for cursing enemies). Remember it was 9am when you made that statement.
· " That building in your dream was the
Sunday school manual you used to teach.
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Ground floor, 1st and 2nd floors represented the outlines in the Sunday school manual.
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The last floor where you were seriously
confronted was the last outline you were treating.
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"Your handset was the bible. I, God used an image of handset because that is what you always carry wherever you go. When you were trying to put on your handset to explain to them whom you are, and you were so interrupted or not allowed was in reality the time you wanted to open your bible to explain what you believe is the right position. My son, remember you were not allowed again until the Sunday school was over".
"Your handset was the bible. I, God used an image of handset because that is what you always carry wherever you go. When you were trying to put on your handset to explain to them whom you are, and you were so interrupted or not allowed was in reality the time you wanted to open your bible to explain what you believe is the right position. My son, remember you were not allowed again until the Sunday school was over".
Me: "God, what about the
God: "I said you should offer
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Thank
JESUS for the interpretation of these dreams. I would have ignorantly rained curses on my enemies and even the innocent unknown beggar. Please always take your dreams to God in prayer.
Ijuo Okpe |
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Great message. God speaks to us through dreams but we must learn to seek their meaning from Him.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment. Indeed we should preach the Gospel without manipulation to please the listeners.
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