There
is no doubt that the church which should be recognised as the body of
Christ, is today suffering on a number of fronts, and for different
reasons. While many churches spring up in every corner of the globe, and
many pastors – called and uncalled – keep ‘spreading the Word’, it
should be expected that the church should be strong, powerful,
progressive, fruitful, spiritually fulfilling and humane in disposition.
The
church should wear the neat garment of truth, on which
misrepresentations should have no impact; it should be the canopy under
which spiritual shield may be labourlessly enjoyed and appreciated. God,
when He is mentioned, should be in truth; His Word should be quoted and
referred to in truth; and His everlasting grace should be a ready-made
companion.
The
church should exist to give power to His Word; to ascertain the
certainty and centrality of His everlasting existence, and give power to
the doubtless faithful. It should be the umbrella of truth, giver of
hope and source of prophetic veracity. It should be the source of
deliverance and healing, where hidden realities of the seen and unseen
worlds are discovered. It should be the cornerstone of belief.
But the truth is that the church, since the 20th
century (as our contemporary reference) has not been permitted to
faithfully observe its functions. Self-antagonism, mischief,
rumour-mongering, back-stabbing, name-calling, hatred and blackmail are
‘tools’ which the devil is unceasingly using to distort truth and
justice, as symbolically entrenched in the church. Today, there are
numerous cases of misrepresentation, self-imposed distorted image, media
onslaughts, sponsored attacks and reckless opinions being hatched and
celebrated by people and institutions as if these are virtues preached
to the human race by the Word!
The
church, as understood by some, has no reason to be associated with
prophecy and healing; it should be a place where gentle prayers are
said, and supported with perhaps, tithing. But the church should be
all-embracing, because the devices of the unknown and unseen powers, the
forces of darkness, include marginalization, self-hatred, mischief,
bitterness, hatred and blasphemy among the followers of Christ. These
forces have also been there, but today, the velocity has increased to a
deadly shocking level. This is because the more the churches in
circulation, the more darkness seems to be covering the fields of
performance.
Churches
are divided among themselves; some congregants of one denomination
never have anything to do with the others from other churches. Men and
women of God even spread dangerous rumours and publish horrible
propaganda in the name of being the best ever to emerge in Christendom.
The Synagogue Church Of All Nations
The
Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has not altogether been seen
by some Christians (or so they pledge) as worthy of enjoying God’s grace
which it has pleased the LORD it is enjoying today. But it is clear
that this church does not have a tradition of antagonising other
churches, not even proven antagonists of its processes and essence in
society. It does not think much of critics but of how people should
accept the faith in truth and complete obedience to the Word. It has a
clear agenda as ‘an arena of liberty’ – it is focused, programmatic and
progressive in its choice of spiritual curricula; it insists on true
deliverance and healing, and of giving to the needy (the poor, hopeless,
sick, deprived, hungry, rejected and the alienated). It is focused on
empowering the true faithful, with the Word as it should be obeyed and
preached.
One
of the ways The SCOAN has achieved its focus is the aspect of the
recognition of true pastors (evangelists, ministry co-ordinators,
prophets etc.). The truth is that people naturally take to preaching the
Word or founding ministries just because they happen to attend
theological schools. But while such schools have their place in the
manifestation of Christian commitment, it has been repeatedly proved
that they are sheerly insufficient in producing true men and women of
God.
Educative
and informative as they may look, there are often missing links in
their agenda and curricula. In fact, many products of such schools have
been known to fail in doing the expected work of preaching and winning
souls. Some have turned out to be betrayers of the faithful and abusers
of the Gospel. Some know close to nothing about the ethics and
aesthetics of true Christianity, and are simply agents of the devil who
insist on monetization of prayers, giving anointing oil, fasting and
deliverances. Some even go for the flesh in ‘achieving’ spiritual
upliftment: the love of money, fame and position has dwindled the
spiritual quality of many minds.
But
The SCOAN makes it clear – and there are clear evidences in video, DVD
and VCD cassettes, to illustrate the truth of this. Many ‘pastors’ have
been discovered to lack spiritual fire; they preach in the midst of
total ignorance of the kind of empowerment, which should accompany such
works. Such pastors even openly manifest evil machinations, as evil
spirits speak through them, when they undergo deliverance. Yet, some of
such had preached, sermonised, baptised, delivered and healed people;
some also spoke in tongues.
The
SCOAN makes it obvious that even the devil has a way of counterfeiting
God’s own unique manifestations. The devil can also heal and deliver,
but has a way of re-investing greater pains, frustration, helplessness,
poverty and unfaithfulness in people. He gives them back a heavier
burden while pretending to have saved them. Curious minds will never
stop asking why ministers with churches and many years of practice
should manifest in The SCOAN, if actually they had been delivered!
Deliverance is one word which has been so misunderstood in Christendom –
yet it is the backbone of belief and faith. The SCOAN makes sure that
the devil and his characteristics are truly pushed off people; they are
permanently cast in the pit of hell! Ground-shaking revelations occur
when people are being delivered – hidden ‘strengths’ of the devil and
his agents and their tools are exposed, which means only true, strong
and undiluted faith is needed to be truly delivered. That one wears the
colourful cassock or bears names like prophet, prophetess, evangelist,
pastor, reverend etc. does not confer true deliverance.
Deliverance at The SCOAN
The
evangelical work, claimed Prophet Joshua recently, is the most
dangerous work but not many people know this. Spirits and demons have
their wicked ways of hitting back at people professing Christianity or
calling them evangelists of the faith; they become afflicted with
diseases, failures, poverty, hopelessness, nightmares, fears and forms
of spiritual attacks. Though holding on to the Bible, they are not
immune to strong winds of disgrace and tornadoes of frustration. A man
may be a pastor by profession or in words, but not so in heart –
according to Joshua. And this is where danger lurks. Insanity,
ill-health and even death are located in such realisation. The spirits
of lust, poverty, despair, helplessness, sinfulness, hatred and
mischief, for example, become part of such fellows; they often love
money and fame far more than the work of the Gospel.
Many
of such ‘men and women of God’ have come to know the truth about
themselves by receiving deliverance at The SCOAN, and, of course, there
are other living churches where such takes place.
In
The SCOAN, Christians and non-Christians have always received true
deliverance, because the Word of God must be pure and thus, sure – in
the words of Prophet Joshua. The Holy Spirit has often worked wonders;
ancestral spirits, curses, marital failures, economic disempowerment,
frustration, shame, impurity, joblessness and afflictions simply give
way. Recently, a man who had consumed his and others’ faeces and urine
(and his own sperm) for some 16 years was delivered. ‘Pastors’ from all
over the world in the grip of satan were delivered. Drug addicts,
militants, armed robbers, kidnappers, rapists and ritualists were
delivered. And we speak here of permanent deliverance!
God
is truth; His Word is true, pure and sure, thus deliverance is power to
enlist the service of true faith. It is power to minister to God and to
enjoy the benefits of God’s grace. It is the core of spiritual revival.
It is freedom from sin, because “It is sin that makes us to be afraid
of our heavenly abode” to quote Joshua. He said further that “God
answers us if He strengthens us with His strength in our souls, though
not with bodily strength”. He believes that “it is God’s Word that
establishes; it is His Word that builds”. In other words, to master the
truth of deliverance, God’s Word must be an integral part of us!
The
roles of the Anointing Water and sticker (which are significant tools
in The SCOAN) have been universally acknowledged, as well as their
power, assuredness, dependability, reliability and promotion of
faithfulness in all who believe. What was thought to be impossible in
the world are daily happening at The SCOAN, but not without a price –
some Christians find it difficult to agree with its genuineness as a
“tool” through which God manifests Himself. Recently, though, Prophet
Joshua told his congregants that “In searching for the truth, we must
look within and beyond our palace” and that “As truth was older than
terror, so it will survive it; it got the start and it will get the
race. The day will declare who is in the right and who is in the wrong”.
Finally,
he has insisted that God confirms the word of His servants by
accomplishing it, by establishing it. God gives being (life) to His
Word. You can speak His Word but God speaks life/ being. If He has not
given being to His Word, the Word is dead but when He gives that life,
the Word becomes life”. The SCOAN, to say the least, is one place in the
world where God has indeed made the Word to become life!
