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The insanity is creeping into the church
Strange doctrine bordering on insanity is gradually creeping into the church. If the Spirit of God and therefore Jesus, who lives within you cannot give you protection, what can a plant do for you?
Some years back, I was on a bus travelling out of Accra and there was this woman preacher who was given permission by the driver to preach to the passengers.
This woman started well by admonishing people about the need to fear God so one can escape hell and all that. Then she veered into how the world is evil and demonic forces abound so people have to protect themselves.
She went on to talk about how some plants have spiritual powers to give protection against witches etc. Then I said to myself, this is insane. It is definitely a false doctrine.
The problem is that our cultural norms and beliefs have wired us up to ascribe to certain spiritual practices. We have been made to believe that trees and rivers possess certain spiritual powers and so if we reverence them, they can assist us.
Some beliefs are so ridiculous that you begin to wonder how they came about. Some people believe that when crossing a bridge in the night, you have to blow your car’s horn because the river god may be crossing the road on the bridge with her children. I wonder where their husbands are during the crossing, such that it is only the wives who always cross with the children.
If they are so powerful, why can’t they vanish with the children but rather have to be alerted to enable them take their children to safety.
The sad thing is that you have highly educated, intelligent people who are also Christians, believing these ridiculous myths. I am a Christian so I believe created things can be possessed by demonic entities but the level to which some people take these things, makes it appear like the devil, is now powerful than God.
If you call yourself a Christian and you fear the plots of the devil against your life to such an extent that you believe in some anointing oil as a protective power, instead of the Jesus who lives in you, then this is not a law court but I put it to you that you are backslidden.
This idea of spiritual father and loyalty to your pastor has to be seriously addressed otherwise a lot of Christians will be led astray and will die before their time.
You hear of Christians making statements like I tap into the grace of Bishop so and so. Where is it written in the Bible that the grace of that Bishop does anything to save any human being? Even he the Bishop is saved by the grace of God through his son Jesus Christ.
The Bible says in Colossians 1:14 that “In him we have redemption through his blood…” and the same Colossians 2:14 adds that “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way nailing it to his cross. The verse 15 talks about how Christ triumphed over the devil and his demonic entourage.
Despite all these some believers and it is not just a few, still believe that some sins their great-grandparents committed is having a negative impact on them and that some special deliverance is required before some curse on their family can be nullified.
No plant, no special olive oil or whatever oil, no potion or any thing created, can give you spiritual protection except God through the power of his Holy Spirit, available in Jesus Christ.
Any person projecting himself to be anything equal to these hallowed spiritual entities are fake and should be rejected by the people. Those so called men of God who claim to be the chosen vessels of our time are proclaiming falsehood and they should be treated with the contempt they deserve to stop the insanity.
By Laud Kissi-Mensah