Pastor David Ibiyeomie, in his sermon today during the fifth day of Glory Reign, preached on the things the Holy Spirit can do for a believer, and the fifteenth point he mentioned was that the Holy Spirit is the spirit of vengeance and judgment.
He said that some people might not like that point. He rebuked people from praying for God to have mercy on their enemies. He said that Christians who pray such prayers would not last.
“If an armed robber points a gun to your face, will you pray for God to have mercy on him? You pray for him to die,” the pastor said.
He then proceeded to lay fearful curses on the enemies of the members of his church.
“God is a killer God,” he said. “I pray your enemies see the killer side of God today!”
He told the story of how a particular cult was out to get him when he started ministry in Port Harcourt. He said that when they tried to destroy him spiritually and failed, they tried to tarnish his image by speculating that the reason he could not open branches was that he buried an egg in his altar, and the miracles he did would not be replicated in other branches.
By the time he started to open branches, the members of the cult began to die one after the other. He said only one member was left, who confessed everything, gave his life to Christ, and was now a member of the church.
He told his congregation that if he prayed for God to show mercy to the occultic group, perhaps he would have been dead by now.
All he said made sense to me, but then I wonder why the apostles never prayed for their enemies to die. I mean, they were persecuted, tortured, mistreated and killed, but there is no place in the Bible, where they encouraged themselves to curse or pray for the death of their tormentors. The Bible says in Revelations 12:11 that they overcame by the blood of the lamb, and the words of their testimonies, because they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die!
I wonder if the apostles had a lesser power or lesser revelation compared to our men of God today, who promote this teaching.
Of course, I could be wrong. I don’t claim to know everything. In case you know a place in the Bible, where the apostles encouraged us to pray for the death of our enemies, I’ll be glad to see it and correct myself. Please show me in the comments. Be blessed.
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