chikals: I AM WRITING ABOUT PROPHET TB JOSHUA, WHOM I REFERRED TO AS THE REJECTED STONE WHICH HAS BECOME THE CORNER STONE TO MANY, ESPECIALLY NON NIGERIANS AND NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA. A POPULAR SAYING GOES LIKE THIS; A PROPHET IS NEVER RESPECTED IN HIS OWN LAND OR A PROPHET IS NEVER RESPECTED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE, THIS IS JUST THE SAME AS THE PREDICAMENT OF PROPHET TB JOSHUA.

INITIALLY, I NEVER LIKED HIM, SIMPLY BECAUSE PEOPLE (NIGERIANS) HAD POISONED THE PUBLIC'S MIND THAT TB JOSHUA IS NEVER FROM GOD. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS A VICTIM OF THIS RUMOR WHICH HOVERS ALL OVER NIGERIA WITHOUT ANY CONCRETE PROOF THAT HE IS NOT FROM GOD ALMIGHTY. IN HIS BEGINNING, HE WAS ACCUSED OF NOT MENTIONING JESUS CHRIST'S NAME IN HIS MINISTRATIONS, MANY CONDEMNED AND DISLIKED HIM BECAUSE OF HIS LONG BEARDS THAT MADE HIM LOOKED LIKE THE ANCIENT PROPHETS, WHICH WE ARE NOT USE TO THESE DAYS. IRONICALLY, WE ALL READ AND FOLLOW THE BIBLE TEACHINGS AND I BELIEVE THAT GOING BY THE PICTURES OF THE OLD APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES OF CHRIST LIKE PETER, PAUL, JAMES ETC, THEY ALL KEPT BEARDS BUT NO ONE USED THEIR APPEARANCE TO DISAPPROVE THEM OR THEIR WORK IN CHRIST.

PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT GOD'S WAYS AND UNDERSTANDING ARE VERY CONFUSING TO HUMAN, AND HUMAN STANDARDS CANNOT BE COMPARED TO HIS STANDARDS IN ANY FORM. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I NEVER BELIEVED THIS MAN (PROPHET TB JOSHUA), EVEN WITHOUT LISTENING TO HIS MINISTRATIONS, I DISAPPROVED HIM BECAUSE OF THE RUMORS BEING SPREAD AROUND ABOUT HIM, NOT UNTIL I STARTED WATCHING AND LISTENING TO HIS MINISTRATIONS THROUGH EMMANUEL TV, BEFORE I STARTED NOTICING THAT THIS MAN IS ACTUALLY PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THE WAY IT WAS BEING PREACHED IN THE BIBLE. TRULY SPEAKING, I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT TB JOSHUA'S MIRACLES, TEACHINGS AND PREACHINGS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME THING THAT WE READ IN THE BIBLE, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TRY AND WATCH HIM WITHOUT ANY BIAS IN YOUR MIND AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN. NEVERTHELESS, I DO NOT MEAN THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD DISOWN HIS SPIRITUAL FATHER IN CHRIST AND FOLLOW TB JOSHUA, NO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE EVEN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO IS THE ROLE MODEL FOR CHRISTIANS IS NOT GENERALLY ACCEPTED BY HIS OWN COMMUNITY WHERE HE CAME FROM, AND THIS LEAD TO HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY WHICH EVENTUALLY BROUGHT ABOUT THE GRACE THAT YOU AND I ARE ENJOYING EVERYDAY OF OUR SINFUL LIFE.

I THINK OUR GENERATION OF CHRISTIANS ARE NOT USE TO THE OLD GENERATION PROPHETS, LIKE ELIJAH, ELISHA MOSES, MICAH ETC, THAT IS THE REASON WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND TB JOSHUA AND HIS MINISTRATIONS. MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MEN OF GOD ARE CONFUSED ABOUT HIM JUST BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT TRACE HIS MENTOR OR SPIRITUAL FATHER, THAT ILLUSION MADE IF VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACCEPT HIM GENERALLY, BUT THEY FORGOT THAT GOD CAN TRANSFORM ANY MEDIUM (STONE, WATER, ETC), NOT ONLY HUMAN BEINGS TO SPREAD HIS GOOD NEWS TO THE WORLD. JESUS CHRIST'S MOTHER (MARY) CONCEIVED HIM THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD AS AT THEN NEVER BELIEVED IN THIS MYSTERY WHICH ELUDED HUMAN UNDERSTANDING TILL DATE.

LISTENING TO TB JOSHUA'S TEACHINGS, I'VE COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT PEOPLE INCLUDING BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS CALL NAMES TO WHATEVER THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND, INSTEAD OF EXAMINING THEIR OBSCURITIES IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD OR ASKING GOD'S OPINION ABOUT CERTAIN CONFUSED CONCEPTS, THEY WILL GENERALIZE THEIR CONCLUSIONS BASED ON WHAT THE SITUATIONS LOOK LIKE, WHAT THEY SEE, WHAT THEY READ OR HEAR IN THE MEDIA. IF I MAY SUGGEST, IT'S HIGH TIME THAT CHRISTIANS RESULTED TO SEEKING GOD'S OPINION ABOUT CERTAIN ILLUSIONS, SO AS NOT TO ENTER INTO TEMPTATION, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE SHOULD NOT JUDGE IN OTHER NOT TO BE JUDGED.

FINALLY, MY BIBLE MADE ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE WILL BE SUBJECTED TO GOD'S JUDGEMENT WHEN THE TRUMPET SOUNDS, SO BEING A PROPHET, PASTOR, EVANGELIST, CHRISTIAN OR EVEN A PAGAN DOES NOT GUARANTEE NO ONE A PLACE IN HEAVEN WHEN THE TRUMPET SOUNDS.

WRITTEN BY: CHINEDU OKONKWO (CHIKALS) chikals2000@yahoo.com

benkings: They keep callinq us #team TBJOSHUA# qullible whereas they are the ones qullible,they accept what their pastor and people around them say without spendinq just a second to ask God to reveal the truth to them , am not sayinq you should be on TBJOSHUA's side ,what you dont understand jst keep quiet and watch until you understand and if you fail to understand dont condemn anyone.
Trust God and worship him in truth and in spirit christainity no be beans,
thanks OP!