https://www.nairaland.com/4376614/eating-dream-pastor-chris-oyakhilome

I as a person, strongly disagree with pastor oyakhilome’s views on dreams and therefore find his analogy very misleading.
Your dream is your spiritual monitor. It is a powerful commentary of what is going on positively or negatively in the spiritual realm. The answer provided by this pastor has once again demonstrated the shallow, harmful and simplistic knowledge of deep truths of the scriptures. The fact that God speaks to people through dreams cannot be contested. God spoke to Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus through dreams. In fact he was warned.

Matthew 2:13
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Even the wise men were warned in the dream.

Matthew 2:12
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Dreams are instructive. Dreams can prevent from danger. For example Abimelech was warned through dreams.

Genesis 20:3-6
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Jacob also received instructions through dreams.

Genesis 31:10
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

Joseph had dreams about the future.

Genesis 37:5
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Dreams can also guide you. Dreams can expose your future to you. Therefore, the fact that messages are carried through dreams cannot be contested. Dreams can give you revelations. But do not forget bad dreams also exist. One thing is clear here, the pastor has exhibited gross ignorance concerning certain important aspects of warfare or what goes on in form of life’s battles. It is clear that this pastor has very little knowledge of the deep things of scriptures. We hope he does not succeed in creating false confidence in the minds of vulnerable believers who would have sought for help if they knew how to come up with correct understanding and interpretation of certain deep dreams.

Eating in the dream can be interpreted in several ways simply because there are different type of dreams. There are dreams that harm. There are some dreams that educate you. There are some dreams that warn you. There are some dreams that are harmless or neutral. Just like somebody who works in the bank and finds himself counting money. It seems Pastor Chris is only aware of this type of dream. It is important to know that there are harmful dreams for which people should seek knowledge, go for counseling and handle the dreams through deliverance and spiritual warfare activities.

It is always safer to pray against any bad dream. You can easily identify a bad dream by paying attention to what happens at the end of the dream. Do you know that eating in the dream is one of satan’s strategies to plant infirmities, sickness, diseases and all kinds of troubles in a person’s life’s? Making reference to the trance that Peter had smacks of high level ignorance. To posit this as a parameter, for interpreting hidden or complex dreams, is not only harmful but mischievous. However, when you know what will keep you on the high way of victory, you will always apply the power in the blood of Jesus to cancel negative or demonic dreams. Positive confession alone will not do. I do hope that this pastor will not say that regular sex in the dream up to the point of seeing semen on the body is also harmless. May the Lord save us from ignorant pastors. My advice for such pastors is to stay on what they know and allow ministers who have received revelations and knowledge in other areas to minister to believers who are struggling with the problems like issue of incessant dream attacks. One thing is clear, the man with an experience is better than a company of people who can only come up with arguments.


The end time is a precarious season that is characterized by frightening increase as far as demonic activities are concerned. The greatest hazard of this generation stems from coming up with ignorance as regards the devices of the kingdom of darkness. We must not lose sight of the fact that the devil will do anything in his bid to attack humanity. Hence, Christian believers cannot afford to act like the proverbial ostrich that buries its head in the sand as if nothing is happening. Of course, the devil will be happy as long as you decide to remain ignorant concerning his devices and activities.

When people embrace ignorance, the devil will increase the tempo of his attacks and perpetrate wanton destruction while the season of ignorance lasts. Satan’s happiest moments are during the season of human ignorance. There is no denying the fact that the devil has invaded the realm of dreams leaving many attacked, assaulted and violated spiritually. The fact that bad dreams are real is an undeniable truth. There is heavy satanic invasion against humanity in this end times. We cannot afford to shy away from the fact that there are practically dream attacks.

In any case it is quite easy to rise up and say that bad dreams are harmless. Such a simplistic statement is nothing but a lame duck that leaves the person who makes the assertion a willing victim in the devil’s hand. The answer provided above is, at best, an opinion. Unfortunately, it is only one side of the coin. The other side of the coin has grave consequences on human destiny. Pastor Chris has not demonstrated any knowledge of deliverance and spiritual warfare. His submission smacks of spiritual buffoonery. Any believer who decides to go by the stipulated opinion is in serious danger. There are countless believers who face regular attacks in the dreams, if we are to dismiss the reality of demonic attacks, we are almost saying that demonic agents who operate in the realm of the dream are not doing anything harmful, whatsoever, to those who dream. If the words of the scriptures are true agents of darkness are aware that they have only a short time to fiercely attack people through their dreams.

Revelation 12:12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Such agents would only laugh hysterically when believers are told to dismiss dream attacks with a wave of the hand. The truth must be told that it is tragic when some leaders who are blind attempt to lead the blind.

Matthew 15:14
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

The result will be cataclysmic. There will be lots of damages when blind leaders rise up to mislead, rather than help the ignorant.

Isaiah 42:19
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant?
The danger here is that innocent believers will be misled. If some leaders are really aware of the consequences of peddling half truths, they would not have dismissed the reality of the consequences of having harmful dreams.

It amazes me that there are ministers who do not know that bad dreams, like sexual harassments, being under the pursuit of masquerades or being attacked by demonic personalities in the dream do not portend any danger whatsoever. Such ministers are only demonstrating monumental ignorance. While God can guide His children through positive dreams, it is possible to experience satanic invasion from the domain of darkness. Positive dreams can be used by God to guide, instruct and warn the believer. However, it is crystal clear that the devil is ever busy coming up with vicious attacks in the dream. The Bible tells us that one of the activities of agents of darkness is to plant evil seeds while men sleep.

Matthew 13:25
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

Believer’s who are well tutored as far as the basics of spiritual warfare and deliverance are concerned, will never joke with dream attacks.

Do not allow anyone to deceive you into believing that you can toy with your dreams. You must know how to identify bad dreams. It is always safer to pray against evil dreams than to ignore them.

The truth is that no one can pray too much. But, it is dangerous when under the guise of lack of knowledge, people make claims that bad dreams that are inimical to their total wellbeing do not exist. Lots of problems and infirmities have been planted in the lives of many through consuming liquid or eating food in the dream. It is an undeniable fact that the platform of the dream can be used by both God and satan. When God speaks to you through your dreams, you can be instructed. When the devil tries to attack you through dreams, it is your responsibility to make use of the weapon of deliverance and spiritual warfare to counter the wicked activities sponsored by the enemy.

OP
You are correct. Many equate ability to speak Queen's English while quoting the scriptures as spirituality. They hide their ignorance of practical Christianity through academic pursuit of scriptures.

Ask them to solve peoples spiritual problems and their solutions are like
1. Come to my church/pastor
2. Go and begin to confess the word
3. When you know the truth, it shall set you free etc

While there may be nothing wrong with the examples above, it betrays thebfact that they have no power of Christ in them. They are just theoretical christians with no real life experience due to serving God in the field.

Before long, they will come here to say "I am not moved by experience, I am only moved by the words of God".

You have no moral justification to start a thread on a topic that is already being discussed. Even if you have to, you need to make reference to the thread already going on on other not to sway or mislead people to your thoughts without prejudice.

For those interested, there is already a 8-page thread on this topic, and it has already been addressed accordingly. kindly visit this link;

https://www.nairaland.com/4376614/eating-dream-pastor-chris-oyakhilome