The Problem With The Churches

An Assessment Of The Modern Day Worship Of God.

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

1. They are contradicting themselves.
   Each claims to be saying the truth, but they are busy contradicting themselves. By so doing, they bear witness against themselves that they do not know the truth. If they had known the truth, they would be saying the same thing. It is surprising in spirit that most of the churches that claim to be the best are indeed among the worst. Every religion and church should turn to life in spirit and in truth, and as compulsory study spiritual science.
   


2. They trust more in their churches than they trust in God.
   This is bad and it is terrible. You deliver God’s message to somebody on what he should do or how he should do something, and he would refuse to it, saying “That is not how our church does it,” or “We do not believe in that.” The question now is, between what God says and what their man-made church says, which one should be done? People should not trust their churches more than they trust in God. The Israelite trusted in their great temple, to the neglect of the true teachings of God. The consequences were that Jesus prophesied against the temple and it was eventually and utterly destroyed.
   


3. They dictate for God what should be done.
   They specify who among the reverend ministers should pray for them, who should perform deliverance or do spiritual work for them, instead of praying to God to send the right person, who is spiritually talented and empowered to do so.
            In spirit, duties are specifically assigned to the ministers of God. Your preferred minister may not be the person with your solution. He may not be spiritually talented or empowered to handle your case.
            One day, in spirit, I came to a service center. Duties were being assigned to the ministers of God. Each minister was given a file. The files were in the form of large albums. As each minister opened his album, he saw all those he should minister to. The picture of everybody in the album showed the current situation of the person. Some were made mad in spirit, some were tied to stake and shot dead, some were rendered useless, etc. Open your mind to welcome every minister of God you meet and do you best to receive all the blessings in his hand and put them in your bag.
   


4. They discriminate against one another.
   In spirit and in the heavens, discrimination against sex, tribe, language or religion is an abomination. All humanity are children of God. Extend the same love, kindness and service to everybody, except those who by their personal free will choose to reject the offer. If you are looking for a good tailor, give the work to the best tailor who is ready to the work without minding whether he is a Catholic, Anglican, Pentecostal, Sabbatharian, Believer or Gentile.
   


5. They fail to investigate the foundation of their religious beliefs and practices.
   The result is that many churches are today worshipping or following Satan, by practicing man-made doctrines in place of God’s commandment. The worst aspect is that they think that they please God by their hypocrisy. By the foundation of their churches is meant the origin, the founder, the symbols, the patterns, the substances, the architecture, the timing, etc.
   


6. What many churches call faith is nothing but stubborn
   - The persistent refusal to do what God has said. By so doing, they refuse the truth and scornfully treat the bearers of the light of truth. That is why I say:
   
   Many love God,
       But do not know how to love Him.
   Many want the truth,
       But do not know where or how to find it.
   Many are seeking for God,
       where His not.
   
   They are like a black man,
       searching inside a houseful of darkness,
       for a black cap that is not therein.
   


7. They tend to be mutually exclusive, whereas truth is all-inclusive.
   The reverend fathers of the Catholic Church hardly attend the ceremonies of the Anglican Church. Likewise, the Anglican clergy do not attend Pentecostal occasions, and so on and so forth. How do they think that the heavens shall be pleased with all these discriminations?
   


8. They compete for membership, for popularity and for wealth.
   In the heavens, there is no competition, but co-operation.
   


9. They, directly or indirectly, compel people to do things.
   This practice is against the principle of free will, free choice and individual responsibility as ordained by God. It is the duty of the leaders to explain, and after that, allow people to take decision out of volition, not by force.
   


10. They do not teach about spiritual science.
    Man has developed all things, but failed to develop himself. He boasts of computer science, physical science, chemical science, social science, political science, etc, but has neglected the most important one, which is spiritual science.
    


11. The result is that humanity are everyday pursuing the shadow and leaving the substance.
    They care for the body, which is a corpse, and neglect the gold, which is their spirit selves, and which is everlasting.
    


12. They hide knowledge.
    They hide knowledge and skill. Some pride themselves of what they know or can do, and refuse to teach others. It is time for every minister of God to teach the world the much he knows. Only by the light of truth, knowledge, can evil be checked and eradicated.
    


13. They are usually stubborn.
    They refuse to accept corrections coming from the throne of God. They insist on business as usual – the tendency to continue old habit, even when the continuity is not necessary. This is very bad. Indeed, it is terrible. Already, so many reformers sent to the world by God have been persecuted, unnecessarily.
    


14. They delay the works of the Holy Spirit.
    By refusing to accept corrections and messages from the Holy Spirit, the churches delay spiritual progress of its members. What suppose to take a day or two, keeps people suffering for so many years, just like a woman who came for counseling, only to discover that she has been suffering unnecessarily for over twenty (20) years.
    


15. What God said about all the churches,
    ‘I intentionally allowed these churches to exist. The good ones shall have successors to their thrones. But the bad ones shall not have successors to their thrones (they shall fold up by themselves).” Aglain, He said, “Most of the churches are like a dead and rotten animal, which is stinking, and must be thrown away.”
    


16. The ministers or religious leaders set unnecessary limits and obstacles.
    They were made ministers to the nations, to the entire world. But they concentrate only on their church members and premises. They fail to work in the footsteps of Jesus who went about doing good to everyone who comes His way, irrespective of religion, tribe, language or position. Every minister of God should crawl out of himself, out of his church and out of his environment and minister to the entire world. Until they do so, they are not doing enough.
    


17. Denial of the works of the Holy Spirit.
    Even today, many churches do not believe in prophecy, vision, dream, trance, wade, leading, deliverance, anointing, tongues, etc. They are quick to tell you, “That is not how our church worships.” or “Our church does not believe in that.” Their belief and stand is clear evidence that they are working against the Holy Spirit.
    


18. Refusal to grow in spirit.
    They claim that their church is the best. Therefore, they reject the teachings, corrections and messages of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, many of the churches that claim to be best are indeed among the worst.
    


19. They bear false testimony.
    When their members die, they praise such members, because according to them, the members died as faithful. The fact is that such members died in disobedience.
    


20. Pretended peace
    They can formulate a false belief and keep themselves busy practicing the wrong belief for many years, generations and centuries. Hence, the lifetime of people who practice such beliefs become wasted years.
    


21. The ministers are busy working for themselves.
    The ministers work for themselves when:
    • They are busy doing what they like instead of doing what God says.
    • They take decisions, without consulting God.
    • They are busy doing what their seniors or head says.
    • They serve and worship God without prophecy. To serve and worship God without prophecy is nothing but hypocrisy.
    • They make changes in the law and ways of God in order to have many members.
    • They do things at the time they like, instead doing things at time God wants.
    • They claim doership, by boasting of the miracles they perform or the achievements they make, without giving glory to God. All actions are performed by the forces of nature (by the Holy Spirit). That is why God says, “Not by power nor by might, but by my spirit.”
    • They fail to inquire from God of what should be done, how it should be done, when it should be and where it should be done.
    
    
22. The ministers or religious leaders set unnecessary limits and obstacles.
    They were made ministers to the nations, to the entire world. But they concentrate only on their church members and premises. They fail to work in the footsteps of Jesus, who went about doing good to everyone that came His way, irrespective of religion, tribe, language or position. Every minister of God should crawl out of himself, out of his church, out of his environment and minister to the entire world. Until they do so, they are not doing enough.
    


23. People are so spiritually dead that:
    • They do not know that they are dead.
    • They do not know their Father, who is God Almighty.
    • They do not know their home or kingdom.
    • They treat their Father like an enemy, and take their enemies as friends. The enemies are the evil spirits, demons, mermaids, ghosts, witches and black energies.
    • They are busy practicing man-made doctrines and routines, to the neglect of the everlasting commandments of God, which commandments are the keys to the water of life.


24. It is so disappointing that there are so many corrections to be given to the people and churches.
    Each comes, receives one correction, and then runs away, instead of staying to receive all the corrections.
    


25. Like the prodigal son, they continue to eat with the swines.
    They continue to associate with swines, who are the evil spirits, demons, mermaids, ghosts, witches and black energies.
    


26. Besides, and very bad indeed,
    they return to the refuse dump, to the worldly ways that benefit them nothing, which also cause them so many problems – calamities, failures, crisis, setbacks, frustration, etc.