THE EMPTY TOMB = EASTER

*THE EMPTY TOMB = E  A  S  T  E  R*

This is why we celebrate Easter; 'not because a Miracle Worker who was Born and Killed by mortal men, or because of the Easter bunnies... No!

We celebrate Easter because;
      "GOD ALMIGHTY sent His One and only begotten Son to us to redefine our Fate and change His Death Judgement over man... and He came but His own did not believe Him neither did those who weren't His believed Him... But, in all of His message and teachings the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave showed His Sonship and not just proving that He is not just another Prophet, but God's only begotten Son... John 3:16"

HAPPY EASTER for me is:
This morning He redefined who He was and who He is to the World, He made it clear that He is no longer in the grave and that the grips of Death 💀 could not hold Him down...
That has made me stronger in Faith that I serve a Living God who's power defiles Death and Commands all other powers to its subjection(Complete Authority).


I AM PROUD TO BE A CHRISTIAN & A TRUE FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST, THE CROSS IS MY KEY AND CONFIDENT TO ETERNAL LIFE.


My Massage This Morning Is Not For Me To Tickle You Or Hype You, But To Remind You Of Who We Are and Where We Stand...

So, Rejoice He Has Rising He Is No More In The Grave
       
                  H A L L E L U J A H !!!
                     "JESUS IS ALIVE!!!"


Happy Easter.
From 
Pastor Chidi Ohanum

THE CURRENT STATE OF THE CHURCH

THE CURRENT CHURCH HEART POSITION

This is what the current Church has brought us to: a failed Church system that has zero understanding of who God is and what He stands for. Our so-called General Overseers (GOs) and Bishops, men and women seeking big names and lofty titles rather than "seeking God's Kingdom and His Righteousness" (Matthew 6:33) and seeking to know God and the power behind Jesus' Resurrection (Philippians 3:10). They'd rather seek Fame, Power, Control, And Wealth, and in the process of this satanic quest, they end up creating numerous cracks in the Body of Christ (the Church), which the disciples left behind for us to continue from where they stopped.

Apostle Paul, Peter, James, John, and the host of others would cry at the foolishness and mockery this generation has made Christianity look like.
Christianity has become a complete joke that every son and child of perdition can come out in the open and make a mockery of the name of Jehovah and His Son Jesus Christ, and all men will either see it as no Big Deal or wholeheartedly accept it because the person's parades themselves as a pastor, bishop, etc. They now make a joke of what was once sacred and costly price, bought with our Savior's blood and suffering.

Today, the Church has become a den of thieves and criminals (Jeremiah 7:11, Matthew 21:12-13) where they plunder God's children with so much impunity. The savor of Christianity has been ruined by our so-called GOs and the so-called high and mighty gods of men, due to their hunger for Power, Political Relevance, and Wealth. Their failure to lead the people in the right direction and in holiness has made too many cracks on the walls of the Body of Christ, which is the too many errors we see today on social media and in the Church, and now every thief, spiritual harlot, and sons of perdition can speak with lying tongues and spirits without anyone rebuking them.

Peter cautioned Simon the magician (Acts 8:9-24) and he rebuked him, and we also saw how Apostle Paul rebuked the lying spirit that possessed a young girl in Philippi. This girl was using the spirit to tell fortunes and make money for her master's. Apostle Paul, "greatly annoyed rebuked them," and commanded the spirit to come out of her in the name of Jesus Christ. The spirit obeyed immediately (Acts 16:16). But rather than rebuke these spirits in this generation, our so-called gods of men are seeking these spirits to possess them for monetary gains.

Ephesians 4:11-20 emphasizes the importance of unity and maturity in the Body of Christ.

New King James Version
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the [a]edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as [b]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

20 But you have not so learned Christ,

As for me and my family, we will stand for His truth and His righteousness, for none of these worldly possessions are counted as gain to those who are in Christ. I know a few sons of God are scattered here and there, and they're sincerely doing the will and purpose of God on earth genuinely, bleeding in their hearts as they see the ruins which the so-called fathers of faith have brought the Gospel of Jesus Christ to.
I will continue to speak His truth and speak of His Kingdom and the righteousness which is the only access to His Kingdom.

The Christian associations which these men of gods have set up here and there will surely face God's judgment very soon because they're channels that help derail Christians from the truth of the Cross and God's Kingdom.

Repentance! Repentance!! Repentance!!!
The Church needs to go back to that OLD RUGGED CROSS and seek forgiveness and purging from sin and iniquity, or else the road to hell is so wide that a multitude is heading towards it blindly.

If the Church is not speaking HOLINESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS, and THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD, then know that that gathering is not of the Lord. Signs and Wonders have made men and women become zombies running after witchcraft and occult-driven altars serving as the house of Jehovah, which is not true, but they're the house of Satan in disguise as the house of Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 7:14 says,
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

It's time to come back to God in humility, seek His face, and most importantly, "turn from your wicked ways," then we all shall begin a new walk with Him and heal the Church.

To all Pastors, Apostles, Prophets, Reverends, Bishops and all what have you... Remember names have been allotted to your names, and these names will be accounted for when you get to Heaven, and you're expected to bring those name back home to Jehovah as spotless from Sin and Iniquity. Do you know if you don't bring those people allotted to your name back to the Father, it is for this reason He will say;  "Depart from me, you worker of iniquity" Matthew 7:23

I have said it as He put it in my heart;
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches"
Revelation 3:22.

Pastor Chidi OHANUM 

RELATIONSHIP

 RELATIONSHIP

Note that relationships are connecting links... You connect to either Give or Receive via your relationships. So, be careful whom you connect with, because you could be receiving negative energies from BAD Relationships or giving out your GOOD energies to relationships that don't value your positivity.

My main message is: who are your husband's/wife's and children's friends? These relationships which they're connected to could affect their lives and the Spiritual Health of your Family.

As a parent you would have failed in your duties if you can't identify your child/children's friends and also know who these kids are, and what kind of family they really come from. 

Our societies are already littered with lots of bad eggs and most of these miscreants come from reputable homes, the only error here was just the idea of parents ignoring who their kids entered into relationships with.

Ungodly friends with only the agenda of Satan, setting homes into auto-drive and helping them self destruct.

Fathers are becoming too busy to see character changes and traits in their kids that don't define the philosophy of their homes. Infact these days homes don't have philosophies anymore that defines them, they live their lives on the terms of 'whatever comes we flow with it' mentality... 

Mother's are now preoccupied with too many unnecessary activities that seem important, but in the real sense the devil use most of these activities to keep them away from their spiritual duties and from their kids so he could effectively destroy their destinies in one clean swipe. Now TV novellas and TV series have been well designed and equipped to be addictive and with this tool on hand the devil sets his agenda in motion without mother's sensing that they're home keepers and not just another arm of provider or homemakers. 

Social media is also keeping mom's away from their kids.

Now if the Gatekeeper is asleep and the Home keeper is carried away with other activities, then what will become of the sheep?

What will be the fate of the children?

Churches these days have also negatively contributed and compounded on the collapsing situation.

The Church that should serve as a rehabilitating center and a place where negativity should be identified and corrected, now helps hide and code evil from members. The modern day Church feeds the sin-bound members mind with all sorts of junks using scripture to water it down into their gullible minds, even these members are  already seeking an easy way to Christianity. The old-time Gospel is too harsh and rugged, it doesn't suit the today's Christian, so he seeks it easy... so far his/her god remains in the business of blessing him/her.

This post isn't for the today's African/Nigerian Church, but rather for the Family.

Parents, check yourselves and evaluate yourselves if you are failing in your duties or you are already a failure as parent?

The question is; where did that kid learn to sing all the vulgar songs from? Where did that kid learn to dance so sensual from? Where did that kid learn to speak so ill mannered  from, using the F word so frequently from? Where did that kid learn to make love from? Where did that kid learn to send fraudulent messages from? Where did that kid learn to send his/her nude pictures from? Where did that kid learn to tell lies so much from? Where did that kid learn to hate and be violent from? Where did that kid learn to love money and fame so much from? Where did that kid learn to be so disrespectful from?

Where did that kid learn those things you see now from?

All of these happened under your watch as a parent and you failed to see and discern because you were preoccupied by the devil... You failed to know the relationships your children were keeping.

Homes are cracking up today due to fathers fail to know their wife's friends, mother's fail to know the friends their husband's are keeping.

Know these relationships and also learn to tackle them with prayers.

A prayerless home is a powerless home...

Father's are no more Gatekeepers, father's are no more prayer warriors, fighting and safeguarding their homes spiritually, not giving god of men(men of god) mandates to do the praying for you.

Mother's are no longer praying mother's, keeping a close watch of their homes and making sure it is intact most especially spiritually, and this is only done in the place of prayer.

Homes are no longer sanctuaries, a place where God finds pleasure to remain in and fellowship with.

Most homes have become too busy and highly upgraded (21st century compliant), GOD is not resident their, but God is pasted all around them.

I'm here to beg you to stop and trace your steps back to the one who can correct that mistake and error. He is the manufacturer and He knows how to factory reset that situation, why not seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and then see how every other thing fall into place seamlessly.

Seek God now when you can actually find Him, very soon you might find it difficult to find Him.

I pray these words awakens something within you that will shift your heart position to where God awaits you to come back to Him.

MARANATHA!!!

Pastor Chidi OHANUM.

HOW BEST DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE "NEW YEAR?"

THE NEW YEAR

We begin on a high note and anticipation of the NEW YEAR especially from the 'MBER' months and we begin to measure and quantify our achievements for the year through those spontaneous months. We try to put all our NEW Year projections into review and see if we had made progress or have been unfortunate through the course of the year, and if all didn't settle in correctly we then begin the new anticipation for the NEW YEAR and then make new goals and resolutions on how to pilot the New Year in a more positive and effective manner.

Well I won't say it is out of place to make New Years projections and resolutions, I am only particular of how best your year can be more effective and purposeful.

2021 and the previous years were years of good tidings and blessings, but to some degree of truth and reality you were ignorant of the hidden treasures and opportunities that were littered here and there waiting for you to grab them and become better positioned than what is presently obtainable.

The anticipation for the NEW YEAR isn't the issue, but the heart position of the man walking into a year filled with lots of blessings and opportunities is that which is important.

Your heart posture can make you or mare you, the year was the same year that people you know got blessed and lifted, and still you feel it wasn't your year. It was, only you failed to understand the Systematic order of Gods spiritual Pulls and Release that are embedded in every year, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds for your life...

You fail to understand that getting closer to God for the right intentions matter more to Him than you ever think.

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

Matthew 6:33

God is not man that can be easily deceived nor mocked, by pretending to show love and affections towards Him and wanting to get some other thing in return. God looks at your intentions and knows why you are coming close.

Genesis 22

After these things God decided to test Abraham’s faith. God said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Yes!” Then God said, “Take your son to the land of Moriah and kill your son there as a sacrifice for me. This must be Isaac, your only son, the one you love. Use him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains there. I will tell you which mountain.” In the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two servants with him. He cut the wood for the sacrifice. Then they went to the place where God told them to go. After they traveled three days, Abraham looked up, and in the distance he saw the place where they were going. Then he said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go to that place and worship. Then we will come back to you later.” Abraham took the wood for the sacrifice and put it on his son’s shoulder. Abraham took the special knife and fire. Then both he and his son went together to the place for worship. Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” Abraham answered, “Yes, son?” Isaac said, “I see the wood and the fire. But where is the lamb we will burn as a sacrifice?” Abraham answered, “God himself is providing the lamb for the sacrifice, my son.” So both Abraham and his son went together to that place. When they came to the place where God told them to go, Abraham built an altar. He carefully laid the wood on the altar. Then he tied up his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached for his knife to kill his son. But the angel of the LORD stopped him. The angel called from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” Abraham answered, “Yes?” The angel said, “Don’t kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you do respect and obey God. I see that you are ready to kill your son, your only son, for me.” Then Abraham noticed a ram whose horns were caught in a bush. So Abraham went and took the ram. He offered it, instead of his son, as a sacrifice to God. So Abraham gave that place a name, “The LORD Provides.” Even today people say, “On the mountain of the LORD, he will give us what we need.”

"Then Abraham noticed a ram whose horns were caught in a bush."

In every year lies opportunities and meeting points of blessings, but every year you keep missing these long awaited blessings...

In the scripture above you would see that Abraham got to Moriah and was not observant of what was on the mountain...  Same situation with many people who enter into a New Year, they enter into the New Year with many expectations, resolutions and ambitions and in the process they end up piloting their lives based on deceptions and personal / collective lies.

Until you allow The Spirit of the Lord pilot you Genuinely throughout the year you won't Observe like Abraham who later observed a ram on the same mountain which he was on with God(the ram was there all along)....  Until you allow The Holy Spirit navigate you through this New Year and help you observe the right things, people and  decisions to make, you will not be able to make the best from the year.

Who is God to you?

- Is He just the handyman who is obliged to answers your prayers and make you happy?

- Is God just your Mr giver man, the one who you see as your POS/ATM machine that is there to always answer you?

- Is God just another option to a better life or another deity that is meant to give you good health, wealth, power, fame and more without demanding so much from you?

Until you make God your complete and only priority in life, your only  source and means of existence... then be sure to know you are on the path to making this year very different from other years.

The heart posture God wants from man is complete surrender to His will and purpose.

Abraham did it and he never regretted, Jacob did it and he never regretted it... 

All you need do this year is to keep your concentration on God and no one else, obedience to His instructions and commands, keep track on God through His word - don't fall victim of god of men out there who Parade themselves as servants of God.

This year make reading of the bible a personal experience, with the Holy Spirit as your guide and companion through fervent study of His Word day and night you will see more truth about God and His kingdom, with Prayer as your strong means of communication with God.

Can you try to make this year a different one by submitting yourself completely to God's will and His kingdom, and then see how everything will fall into place for you.

Remember your submitting should be different from the old way of submitting; 

- THE OLD WAY: You submit because you are expecting something of your own personal pleasure, want and desire. When it lingers for a while you begin to seek other means of making it happen.

Your Submitting is based on Expectations from God and not an act of worship to God and relationship with God.

This way is False and Fraudulent, you can never get God's blessings through this dubious way.

- THE CORRECT HEART POSTURE

When expecting from God you are expected to put your desire behind you and place your submission to His will as top priority.

God loves those who puts away their personal pleasures and desires aside, and put on His will.

In His will you don't consider time and the constraints of your personal wants and 'pressure', instead you seek for every means to obey God and continually please God through obedience to God's word and purpose.

(Mind you, I didn't tell you to obey one pastor, bishop or reverend most of these people are not doing God's will, but are using the scriptures as tools to fool and steal from people. 85%-90% of so called men of God out there are thieves and enemies of Jesus Christ just as scriptures predicted it, and today we see it).

Should I not obey servants of God anymore?

I do not imply that, I am only saying if you blindly fall for in quote "men of God"  you have yourself to blame. 

Study the word of God and allow the Holy Spirit to dwell within you heavily and through this you will be able to discern who is of God and who is a fraud. 

The New Year is another enclosure of greatness and blessings, all that is needed is the right spirit to see you through the year, so you can identify all that is within the year.

You need seek God with the right heart posture and with genuine intention.

I pray for you; may your year be blessed and filled with God's blessings, and may you discover God and find Him in His great power and glory in Jesus mighty name, Amen!

MARANATHA!

Pastor Chidi J. Ohanum.

BALAAM(The Prophet) AND BALAK(The King), THE CONSPIRACY AND THE DUOLOGUE.

The introduction:- Numbers 22:1- 8

Tells us the worry of the people of Moab and their King... 

  The Mission was for Balaam to Curse Israel, and make them weak for attack. Numbers 22:11

God is a promise keeper, regardless what you think or say, He never goes back on His word...

He promised Abraham years before this incident (Genesis 12:1-3), this old promise was encrypted in the heart of God and He made sure this promise He kept even up till this very moment.

Most times the reason why we bump into series of troubles in life is because we purposely flout God's instructions, and most times He Himself stands against us(not all battles are enemy related)... Numbers 22:18-22

     Did you notice God told him to go with them the next morning but must only speak and act on His instructions, but when he actually went with them the next morning God was angry...

You might no longer hear God speak again because of how deep and lost you might have fallen into sin which has cut you off your relationship with God, well He surely will use the most unlikely source to talk to you or warn you... It now boils down to you, will you obey? 

God does what science can never define nor prove and He also altered the law of nature just for the sake of Israel and His greedy prophet Balaam... Numbers 22:28-33

See how the Angel of the Lord pointed out the intention of Balaam as to why he was sent to kill him Numbers 22:32

Every man in sin today was pushed into it based on the intents of his heart and desires...

What are those things you truly desire and crave for?

In the bid for Balak to curse Israel Balaam spoke the heart of the Lord

Numbers 23:19 - "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"

This statement shows why He did not allow Balaam to grant Balak's wishes. His promise to Abraham was top priority to Him. 

Do you have a promise of God hovering over your head? And it feels like God has stepped back on His promises... No, He is still faithful to that or those promises which He has promised you, all you have to do is just go back and check whatsoever  mistakes you have made that has allowed a delay of His promise in your life, repent and turn away from it. HE NEVER BREAKS HIS PROMISES.

Inequity(SIN) has always been the dividing factor between God and Man. Your present predicament is there because you are in cahoots with Satan and in SIN. 

Numbers 23:21

The only thing that can keep you in perfect peace and harmony with God is Godliness and Obedience to the word of God... Numbers 24:5

Do you know that Balaam knew the weakness of Israel?

And he advised Balak to send women into the camp of Israel as seen in Numbers 25: 1-9

This was the council of Balaam to Balak as revealed by Moses in Numbers 31:16...

My message:

Every man has got a promise or more upon their lives from God, but SIN is the only reproach that will never allow those promises to come to pass.

Repentance is not the only solution, but you must turn away from those Sins and cleave on GOD'S will and instructions. 

The new trend in the church today tells you God understands and will not judge you beyond your ability for He is merciful and kind... you should know this is a BIG lie from hell just to make you remain in SIN. The eyes of God can never behold iniquity, this is the heart position of God towards SIN and He will never fall short of this not because of our evil minded nature  and more also our pervert generation. 

Your Promise from God is still intact all you need do is purge your heart from all the EVIL and SIN you're indulging in now, and turn away from it and never return to them ever again... then you shall see how He makes manifest all His promises over your life.

REPENT AND TURN AWAY FROM YOUR WICKED WAYS WHICH IS BEFORE THE LORD, AND ALIGN YOURSELF WITH HIS WILL... THEN ALL WILL BE WELL WITH YOU.

Remain connected to His will, MARANATHA.

Pastor Chidi OHANUM.

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WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR NIGERIA IN 2020...

I bring you greetings from the Throne of Grace, Seasons Greetings to you all and your lovely families.

At this point in time I'm not speaking to you as a preacher, but as a servant and a messanger who is on an important errand.
It's easy to ignore my message, and very tasking to see to actualizing the content of my message. The choice remains yours.

In 2020 God is going to spark up the Deliverance of NIGERIA, and no power will be able to truncate His move over NIGERIA no matter what.
But this can only come to be when Christians and all believers set aside their denominational affiliations and focus solely on praying for Nigeria more than ever.

The devil has devised ways to mislead Christians and believers from understanding God's original purpose for their lives and their spiritual dominance in this ailing world.
Christians systematically now unconsciously practise baseless religion, rather than understanding the real purpose and essence of becoming like Jesus Christ (CHRISTIAN). The devil is no longer fighting the Church 'opposively', but within our space of belief.
One of the lies of the devil on the issue of Nigeria is the repeated saying of so called wise people and which is; 'God has done all He can do for Nigeria, it's hightime Nigerians take the bull by the horn and help themselves...
This is a Big lie of the devil to discourage Christians and true believers from praying and calling on the name of the Lord seizelessly for Nigeria.  Nigeria is under serious spiritual attack, and I am not saying this to scare anyone but to draw our attention to the wicked schemes of the enemy to dislodge the true mandate of God for Nigeria in this Endtime.

The point at which Nigeria has found herself in, needs lots of selfless prayers, and unbiased hearts coming together under one umbrella of spiritual maturity as seen in Ephesians 4:13  where our sole purpose of coming together to pray has nothing to do with 'the venue, the Church in question or the Pastor(s) leading these prayers... No! If only we come to the point of 'Unity of Faith and Spiritual Maturity' which voids denominational discrimination and doctrinal walls, and solely focus on praying for Nigeria until we see answers.
Politics is just the gimmick the devil has been using to distort the mandate and original purpose of God for Nigeria and for the Endtime Church. But most Christians don't see this fact and they play down the antics of the old serpent without weighing the consequence of doing so.
PDP, APC, AC and so on isn't the real problem of Nigeria, but the antics of the devil to deceive and weaken the prayer life of the Church in Nigeria.

O yes we pray against enemies within and without our father's house and so on, we pray for financial breakthroughs and healings,  no that's not what the Church which stands as the Watchman of the nation should be praying basically about now.
The Church should stand as the intercessor for the nation, and not another option for every success and healing seeking people distracting our main spiritual obligation for Nigeria as a nation.

> 2 Chronicles 7: 14
14   If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins, and will heal their land.

At some point in life, we ought to come back to the Lord, in Humility knowing fully well we have erred and wandered away from His will and purposes for us...
The Church in all streets and corners of this nation who have been called by the Lord, should humble themselves forgetting their status, their denominational strength, their popularity and their doctrine and all that defines them. We all need to come under one umbrella and unite in the name of Him who had called us all, and then Pray, seeking His face day and night asking for His forgiveness for the nation and asking for His divine intervention.
This is beyond the physical, the state of Nigeria has gone beyond just mere physical analogy and analysis. It is a very strong spiritual battle which only God can deliver us from it.

Enough of speaking too much grammar and English on social media platforms, as Christians, we are Watchmen whose main priority is to stand in the gap of our nation and PRAY!

So, the message is; "2020 is a year the Nigerian Church should Stand Up as one body in Christ Jesus and Pray earnestly for Nigeria, and call unto God to stretch forth His hands and heal Nigeria."

If it is by sin, as a nation we have sinned beyond bounds and have sneared our hands with innocent blood and have done great wickedness before the Lord.
We need to ask for forgiveness and humbly call on Him to fix Nigeria.
Arguing won't solve our problem, force won't solve it either... The Church needs to take its rightful place and Pray.


God bless Nigeria, God bless His Church and may God unite His house here in Nigeria, Amen!

May 2020 bring the Church of God closer to each other and may we fulfill our spiritual mandate for Nigeria and even to the main events of the Endtime.


Maranatha!



God bless you.
Pastor Chidi Ohanum.