Israel Olumide Isiavwe

Apostle | Prophet | Shepherd | Servant | Mentor | Coach | Entrepreneur | Thinker. I help people, organizations & nations fulfil their God-ordained potential.

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

Greatness is simply the result of choosing to do CONSISTENTLY what others will only do CONVENIENTLY, then having the COURAGE to seize IMPERFECT opportunities while others wait for PERFECT conditions.

Please read SLOWLY several times over till you can repeat it by heart; then use it to self-diagnose your life and past/present.

#CherubChronicles
#ThingsILearnedAlongTheWay
#MentoredByGod
#Greatness

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

@gideonodoma But "some people" told the world There was no significant issue of Religious violence in Northern Nigeria

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

To everyone saying the Ozoro Festival sexual assault videos are sparking difficult conversations...

Theres nothing difficult about those conversations. They're very easy. If you hide behind a festival to molest a woman, you're a demon-inspired dog. No... worse than a dog cause dogs dont rape their females.

But young men only do in public what they have witnessed and/or practiced in private. The only thing difficult about the conversations is the conclusions we must draw about what our value systems and role models have been over the generations (as men).

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

@gideonodoma There is God ooo

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

Woke up this morning with this on my heart...

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

America... The TRUMPETS of Judgements have sounded, are sounding and are about to sound... Your incoming President will NOT make you "Great Again". Instead he is a SIGN of Divine Judgment

The Lord is about to judge:
1. The Church and Church Leadership
2. The "Prophetic" & Prophets
3. The Economy and its tentacles & institutions
4. Politics & Political Leaders & Systems
5. People of GREAT Influence who truly control systems from behind the scenes
6. America's Influence & Prestige around the world

There are multiple reasons for this judgement(s) but the most overlooked by the Church can be summarised in Isaiah 10:1-4

1. Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
2. to deprive the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.
3. What will you do on the day of reckoning,
when disaster comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?
Where will you leave your riches?
4. Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives
or fall among the slain.

Judgement is not an emotional exercise. It's not even punishment. It's simply rendering a prescribed consequence to a situation based on a existing "constitution". The American Church has divided the Bible into TWO and chosen to focus on the side that is convenient for its political agenda.

The White Evangelical & the Black Charismatic factions are both guilty of this (with several exceptions). But the Lord is ONE God and is also ONE WITH His Word. I see the Nation and especially large sections of the Church are under a spirit of "Strong Delusion" and this is due to the symbiotic mixture of current witchcraft and historic sin, injustices & covenants.

In the midst of this cloud of Judgement(s). I see a ray of hope for the Church. EVENTUALLY I see a light break through the darkness as the eyes of many begin to open. I see a RIGHTEOUS REBELLION form in the PEWS against those in the pulpits who are bought and paid for (both spiritually & financially).

I see prominent leaders have encounters with the Lord and repent publicly of misplaced priorities, prejudice and speaking dishonestly or erroneously in His Name. I see others be exposed and some VERY dark secrets will come to light.

I PRAY (this part is NOT a prophecy) that the day will come when the American Church can divorce itself from ANY political affiliation and stand for the WHOLE COUNSEL of God. When it can ride the wave of authentic revival to become a significant and unified demographic block.

If that day ever comes, it will become the determining vote that FORCES one or both political parties to create a platform that does not force us to hold our nose and choose between 2 partially biblical and partially unbiblical choices.

I end with Isaiah 58:6-10 as a POTENTIAL antidote to one of the Judgements that is being rendered on America:

6. Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
7. Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8. Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a] will go before you,
and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
9. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10. and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.

#TheWordOfTheLord
#AmericanJudgment
#TheEmpireIsFalling
#MakeAmericaGreatAgain

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

I'd love to see the reaction to a Pastor trying this at church on Sunday...🙃

[HYPETRIBE @hypetribeng]

🚨Moment Burna Boy asked a fan to take his girlfriend home because they were sleeping at his show last night in denver 🇺🇸🤯

“Take her the fxck home. Walahi im not performing another song till you go home”

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

@oliverburdick God...

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

A lot ofnthe time, Im asked by ministerial colleagues, spiritual mentors and even family members why I am "so restless" in the pursuit of my ministerial calling...

My answer is... What kind of baptism of fire did YOU receive that allows you to not be restless?!

Who carries fire on them (Acts 2) or in their bones (Jer 20:9) and can act normally or cutely...

You may be USUAL... But I am NORMAL

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

***The Grace Controversy Mini-series*** Part 3: Obedience, Lordship, and the Fear of "Cheap Grace"
So, if we’re not justified by works, does obedience even matter? Or is this just a license to sin? Let's tackle this head-on.
This is where the concept of "Cheap Grace" fear comes from. It’s the idea that we can confess Jesus as Saviour but reject Him as Lord, living unchanged. But this ideology insults the power of the New Covenant's.

True, we’re saved by grace through faith, not of works (Eph 2:8-9). But the very NEXT verse says we are "created in Christ Jesus FOR good works." Grace is the root, works are the fruit. You can’t have the root without the fruit, and fake fruit doesn’t mean the root is dead—it means the root was never there to begin with.

So what about obedience? In the New Covenant, obedience is not about adhering to an external law-code to get righteousness. It’s the internal, willing response of a heart that already has received and embraced righteousness.

Jesus said, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments" (John 14:15). He didn’t say "keep my commandments to prove you love me." The order is crucial! Love and relationship come first; obedience is the natural, (though not always perfect) outflow.

This is the Lordship of Jesus in action. Confessing Jesus as Lord (Rom 10:9) means surrendering your will to His. It’s not a perfection you achieve, but a Master you willingly serve. You exercise your will to align with His; and His grace empowers you to walk it out.

The question isn't "Are you perfectly obeying a list?" The diagnostic question is, "Is your heart correctly postured in surrender?" "When you fail, do you run from God in shame or to Him for grace?" That's the difference between a religious servant and a redeemed child.

"Cheap Grace" is a theoretical excuse to live for self. Grace is ultimately costly. "Costly Grace" cost Jesus His life, and it costs you your throne. It ensures that you dethrone yourself and enthrone Him. That’s TRUE salvation.

The natural question then is: How does this actually work day-to-day? How do we "work out our own salvation" (Phil 2:12)?

More on that in Part 4.

To be continued - Part 4: The Role of the Holy Spirit & The New Heart

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

***The Grace Controversy Mini-series***
Part 2: Understanding Righteousness & Works in BOTH Testaments (2)

So, if works are the result in the New Covenant and not the requirement for justification, why does James so forcefully say "faith without works is dead"? (James 2:26)

The answer lies in the nature of genuine faith. The "marking scheme" has shifted to faith in Jesus' finished work, but this faith is not a passive intellectual agreement.

It is a living, active FORCE that, by its very nature, cannot but produce the proof of its existence. Think of it like an orange: you cannot simply paint the outside to make it ripe. That is artificial religion.

True ripening is an internal, transformative process that naturally and inevitably changes its external appearance. A tree is ultimately known by its genuine, organic fruit, not by an artificial label.

We can see the two covenants in sequence:

Under the Old, it was:
External Works of the Law -> (Attempted) Righteousness -> (Hopeful) Relationship

Under the New, it is now:
Internal Faith -> (Instant) Relationship -> (Imputed) Righteousness -> (Inevitable) External Works

The Old asked you to work to become righteous. The New declares you righteous through faith in Christ, empowering you to work from that secured position.

This clarifies why Abraham is the model for BOTH covenants (Rom 4). His faith was "counted to him as righteousness" long before his signature act of obedience with Isaac. His works did not create his righteousness; they validated the pre-existing righteousness he had received by faith alone.

So there is no real "controversy": Grace doesn't make works irrelevant; it repositions them as the inevitable evidence of the internal "ripening" of salvation. They are the diagnostic proof, not the purchase price.

The Old Covenant asked, "Can you produce the fruit?"
The New Covenant declares, "You are the branch. Abide in the Vine, and the fruit will come."

In Part 3, we'll tackle the common objections: "But doesn't this lead to licentiousness?" and what Jesus really meant by "If you love Me, keep My commandments."

To be continued -
Part 3: Alignment as The Fruit of Grace addressing "Cheap Grace"

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

@JollofBallers PSV Eindhoven... 😏

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@alexlobaloba Discretion/Disernment/Emotional Intelligence

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@alexlobaloba Discretion/Disernment/Emotional Intelligence

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***The Grace Controversy Mini-series***
Part 2: Understanding Righteousness & Works in BOTH Testaments (2)

So, if works are the result in the New Covenant and not the requirement for justification, why does James so forcefully say "faith without works is dead"? (James 2:26)

The answer lies in the nature of genuine faith. The "marking scheme" has shifted to faith in Jesus' finished work, but this faith is not a passive intellectual agreement.

It is a living, active FORCE that, by its very nature, cannot but produce the proof of its existence. Think of it like an orange: you cannot simply paint the outside to make it ripe. That is artificial religion.

True ripening is an internal, transformative process that naturally and inevitably changes its external appearance. A tree is ultimately known by its genuine, organic fruit, not by an artificial label.

We can see the two covenants in sequence:

Under the Old, it was:
External Works of the Law -> (Attempted) Righteousness -> (Hopeful) Relationship

Under the New, it is now:
Internal Faith -> (Instant) Relationship -> (Imputed) Righteousness -> (Inevitable) External Works

The Old asked you to work to become righteous. The New declares you righteous through faith in Christ, empowering you to work from that secured position.

This clarifies why Abraham is the model for BOTH covenants (Rom 4). His faith was "counted to him as righteousness" long before his signature act of obedience with Isaac. His works did not create his righteousness; they validated the pre-existing righteousness he had received by faith alone.

So there is no real "controversy": Grace doesn't make works irrelevant; it repositions them as the inevitable evidence of the internal "ripening" of salvation. They are the diagnostic proof, not the purchase price.

The Old Covenant asked, "Can you produce the fruit?"
The New Covenant declares, "You are the branch. Abide in the Vine, and the fruit will come."

In Part 3, we'll tackle the common objections: "But doesn't this lead to licentiousness?" and what Jesus really meant by "If you love Me, keep My commandments."

To be continued -
Part 3: Alignment as The Fruit of Grace addressing "Cheap Grace"

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

***The Grace Conteoversy Mini-series***
Part 1: Understanding Righteousness & Works in BOTH Testaments (1)

Contrary to popular belief, God isn't schizophrenic... and He didn’t hit his head in the 400 years between Malachi & Matthew. He doesn't change and has always required the SAME thing from mankind. What changed was how HE decided to assess our "performance" (I'm using this word loosely) under each Covenant.

In both Old and New Testaments, God’s standard has always been "Do you love me with all your heart, soul and might?"(Deut 6:5) and "Do you love your neighbour as yourself" (Lev 19:18).

Both are repeated by Jesus in Matt 22:37-40 as the greatest 2 commandments and th3 summary of all the Law and Prophets (The "10 Commandments" are part of the Law).

The standard never changed cause it was already the same. 🤔😏😃

What changed was the marking scheme...

In the Old Testament (aka Old Covenant), you proved your obedience to the 2 Great Commandments by your actions... So the marking scheme was "works". But we saw a few examples of God looking beyond the actions to the heart/intent (eg Abraham & David)

In the New Testament (aka New Covenant), the marking scheme is your surrender to the Lordship of Jesus as the revealed mind and will of God (Logos).

Your confession of salvation is only as potent as the power of your intent in that moment and every other moment after. In the New Covenant, you exercise your wil to CHOOSE to love and God and man according to the 2 Great Commandments...

And the imputed righteousness of Jesus via Grace works through you to create the PROOF of works.

In both covenants the end result is works. Under the Old, the works were what justified you, in the new it is the exercise of your mind and will to align with Christ's LORDSHIP (Romans 7:25) and to receive His finished work (Romans 10:9) that justifies you.

BUT if you truly meet the criteria to be justified under the New, commensurate works are a natural by-product...

More on this thought in Part 2

To be continued -
Part 2: Understanding Righteousness & Works in BOTH Testaments (2)

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

As a generation, it's time to move on from "Recreational Encounters" with the Presence of God...

The Presence was designed to do what we see in 2 Cor 3:16-18

To change us into what we experience. Like recreational drugs, recreational encounters are addictive, unsafe and dangerous.

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

This is the end product of an out of control and carnal emphasis on prosperity. A Generation has been taught that God's primary job is to bless and help them prosper.

Once they realise they dont need Him for that, or that satan is not primarily/solely responsible for their financial/economic issues, the they have no need for God and the Church (in their minds).

I dont blame this young lady. I blame the clergy of my generation (of which I am one). This is heartbreaking

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

"I stopped going to church because I realized my problem was not a spiritual problem but an economic problem. There is nothing like family curse or village member curse, it’s about the country that makes things harder for its citizens."

– Raye reveals reasons why she stopped going to church

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

We don't please God by praying long and/or consistently or by spending time in His Word.

We do these things to connect with the GRACE to please Him. God is pleased when we BELIEVE ON Him and by extension when we surrender our entire sense of self, vvalue and relaity to Him.

This is the Amplified Bible's definition of faith. And it is not complete until it births surrender.

This ironically is one of the extremely few things things that no human being can do in his/her own strength (and the most important).

So we embrace the sentence of prayer and the Word cause we become acutely aware of our insufficiency to achieve surrender (and thereby please Him).

This is why we devote ourselves to Prayer & The Word, that we may receive Grace and Truth to SURRENDER to Him. We pray for "weakness" to lose wrestle with Him and lose! And as He conquers us, our limp (like Jacob) becomes the occasion by which we can lean on our staff and truly Worship (Hebrew 11:21).

Prayer is not for the "strong", it is an admission of weakness. May we ever lose to Him!

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

@TonyBaiden1 Yup...

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

***The Grace Conteoversy Mini-series***
Part 1: Understanding Righteousness & Works in BOTH Testaments (1)

Contrary to popular belief, God isn't schizophrenic... and He didn’t hit his head in the 400 years between Malachi & Matthew. He doesn't change and has always required the SAME thing from mankind. What changed was how HE decided to assess our "performance" (I'm using this word loosely) under each Covenant.

In both Old and New Testaments, God’s standard has always been "Do you love me with all your heart, soul and might?"(Deut 6:5) and "Do you love your neighbour as yourself" (Lev 19:18).

Both are repeated by Jesus in Matt 22:37-40 as the greatest 2 commandments and th3 summary of all the Law and Prophets (The "10 Commandments" are part of the Law).

The standard never changed cause it was already the same. 🤔😏😃

What changed was the marking scheme...

In the Old Testament (aka Old Covenant), you proved your obedience to the 2 Great Commandments by your actions... So the marking scheme was "works". But we saw a few examples of God looking beyond the actions to the heart/intent (eg Abraham & David)

In the New Testament (aka New Covenant), the marking scheme is your surrender to the Lordship of Jesus as the revealed mind and will of God (Logos).

Your confession of salvation is only as potent as the power of your intent in that moment and every other moment after. In the New Covenant, you exercise your wil to CHOOSE to love and God and man according to the 2 Great Commandments...

And the imputed righteousness of Jesus via Grace works through you to create the PROOF of works.

In both covenants the end result is works. Under the Old, the works were what justified you, in the new it is the exercise of your mind and will to align with Christ's LORDSHIP (Romans 7:25) and to receive His finished work (Romans 10:9) that justifies you.

BUT if you truly meet the criteria to be justified under the New, commensurate works are a natural by-product...

More on this thought in Part 2

To be continued -
Part 2: Understanding Righteousness & Works in BOTH Testaments (2)

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

The existence of an exception to a rule should NOT preclude the rule from being applied to that exception.

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

Can someone tell our Sister Kemi Badenoch that racism does not exist (as per... Kemi Badenoch) so she cannot be a victim of it...

Please and thank you... 😏

[Israel Olumide Isiavwe @cherubmessenger]

The answer to error is never the opposite error. We need to temper the disgust at one problem enough to not drive into the other ditch.

For instance the hyper-grace perversion was born primarily as an overreaction to legalism

The excessive emphasis on prosperity was initially started as the supposed antidote to escapism and poverty-theology...

Let's focus on truth in its full GLORY and GORE and given time, it will address error by itself