OGBOMOSO: AFTER THE STORM (II)
The burden has become heavier. For I fear that we may misunderstand the dealings of GOD.
The storm has passed. But the dealings of GOD have only begun. For it is one thing to survive judgment.
It is another thing to discern why mercy prevailed.
And I fear that a people may rejoice over what GOD has done without trembling before what GOD now requires. Because Divine mercy is never the conclusion of a matter.
It is the opening of another. Every act of preservation carries within it a summons. Every deliverance is Heaven's announcement that its claim has become greater.
For GOD does not preserve what HE does not intend to possess. HE does not spare what HE has no purpose for. HE does not interrupt judgment merely to prolong existence. HE intervenes because His purpose still stands.
Ogbomoso... Why were we spared? This question has pursued me. Not because I doubt the mercy of GOD.
But because I know the ways of GOD. HE never spends mercy carelessly. HE never preserves without purpose.
HE never grants deliverance that does not demand your response.
So again I ask, Why were we spared? Was it merely that our businesses might continue? Was it merely that life might return to its rhythm? Was it merely that fear should leave our streets?
No.
A thousand times, no. If that were all, Heaven would have spent much to accomplish little. No...
There is something GOD seeks from this city. There is something Heaven desires to recover among us. There is a sound the Spirit longs to hear again.
There is an altar HE desires to rebuild. There is a priesthood HE desires to awaken.There is a people HE desires to possess. For mercy does not merely rescue.
Mercy lays claim.
The day GOD delivers a man is the day HE declares,
"You are Mine." The day GOD preserves a city is the day Heaven says, "This city now owes Me an answer."
Ogbomoso... What answer shall we give?
Will we offer another thanksgiving service...
...and then return to ourselves? Will our songs outlive our consecration? Will our testimonies become louder than our obedience? Will we celebrate the hand of GOD while resisting His Lordship? GOD forbid.
For there is something more grievous than judgment.
It is mercy that produces no repentance. It is preservation that produces no holiness. It is deliverance that produces no priesthood. It is a city that survives the storm...
...yet remains untouched by the burden of GOD.
No.
This must not be our portion. The cry of Heaven is no longer, "Escape."
The cry of Heaven is, "Consecrate."
Consecrate your homes. Consecrate your pulpits.
Consecrate your ambitions. Consecrate your children.
Consecrate your marketplaces. Consecrate your secret places.
For the GOD who spared us is seeking somewhere to dwell. He is looking for more than gatherings. He seeks habitation. He is looking for more than assemblies. He seeks altars. More than programmes.
He seeks priests. More than crowds. He seeks vessels. Can Ogbomoso become His resting place?
Can this city become an altar from which incense never ceases? Can there arise here a people who desire His Presence more than His protection?
Can there arise a generation that values His glory more than its own preservation? For I perceive that the greatest danger before us is no longer what hell intends. It is what comfort can steal.
Comfort has buried more visitations than persecution.
Ease has silenced more altars than affliction. Normality has extinguished fires that judgment itself could not quench.
Therefore let no man among us return to normal.
Let our prayers become deeper. Let our repentance become truer. Let our holiness become visible.
Let our altars burn again. Let watchmen refuse sleep.
Let priests refuse to be Distracted. Let fathers gather their households. Let young men embrace the burden of the LORD. Let this city become difficult for darkness to inhabit.
LORD... Do not Just preserve Ogbomoso.
Possess her. Do not Just protect her. Sanctify her.
YOU CANNOT BE SILENT NOW.
There are judgments that arrive because wicked men sinned, and there are judgments that arrive because righteous men remained silent.
Hear me carefully: every generation likes to identify its villains, but few generations are willing to confront its silent saints.
We often imagine that the anger of GOD is stirred only by the rebellion of the wicked. Yet Scripture repeatedly reveals a more terrifying reality: GOD is not only offended by the presence of evil; HE is also offended by the absence of righteous men who should be speaking against it.
The harlot will be judged for her immorality, but what of the preacher who saw her destruction and refused to warn her?
The nation will be judged for its idols, but what of the watchmen who noticed the altars being erected and never lifted their voices?
The young men will answer for their compromise, but what of the fathers who preferred peace with men over faithfulness to GOD?
Many of us have mistaken silence for wisdom when GOD calls it cowardice.
You saw error and said nothing.
You watched men merchandise the Gospel and said nothing.
You watched prayer disappear from the Church and said nothing.
You watched the fear of GOD evaporate from the assemblies of the saints and said nothing.
You watched sin become fashionable among believers and said nothing.
And because your hands never touched the corruption, you convinced yourself that you were innocent.
But GOD does not only investigate what a man did. GOD also investigates what a man tolerated.
The watchman in Ezekiel was not judged because he created the danger. He was judged because he failed to sound the trumpet.
This is the deception of passive Christianity. We think we are righteous because we are not participating in darkness, while GOD is asking why we are not confronting it.
The greatest betrayal of truth is not always opposition. Sometimes it is the silence of those entrusted with its defense.
A generation is rarely destroyed because devils became stronger. Generations are destroyed because righteous men became quieter.
The tragedy of our time is not that darkness is increasing. Darkness has always desired to increase. The tragedy is that men who should be groaning between the porch and the altar are busy preserving their reputations. Men who should be crying aloud and sparing not are busy protecting platforms, invitations, and the applause of men.
Beloved, there comes a point where silence becomes participation.
When GOD gives you a burden and you bury it, your silence becomes a vote for the very thing HE sent you to confront.
When GOD gives you a trumpet and you refuse to blow it, your silence becomes partnership with the destruction that follows.
When GOD gives you light and you hide it, you become accountable for the darkness that spreads around you.
May GOD deliver us from the sin of respectable silence.
May HE deliver us from the desire to be accepted by men while nations are perishing.
May HE deliver us from the kind of Christianity that values comfort above obedience to HIS Word.
For on the Last Day, some men will weep because they committed evil.
Others will weep because they watched evil flourish, possessed the truth that could have confronted it, and chose to remain silent.
And in that hour, many will discover that silence was never neutrality before GOD.
It was disobedience.
The danger of popularity is that it can quietly corrupt your boldness.
A man constantly celebrated by people may begin adjusting his message subconsciously just to protect the affection he receives publicly.
Dont be that Man!
There is only one God.
Not two
Not three.
NOT three that are one
God is not three
God is never three
He is the Father, the Word, and the Spirit.
The Father is the only God. Apart from Him, there is no other God.
The Word is the only God. Apart from Him, there is no other God.
The Spirit is the only God. Apart from Him, there is no other God.
The Father is the very same God as the Word and the Spirit.
And the Word is the same God as the Father and the Spirit.
And the Spirit is the same God as the Father and the Word.
Yet the Father is neither the Word nor the Spirit.
And the Word is neither the Father nor the Spirit.
And the Spirit is neither the Father nor the Word.
The Father and the Spirit can send the Word.
And the Father and the Word can send the Spirit.
Yet there is only one God.
He is not three that are one, but three in one, and one in three.
It is the same God, in three Persons; and three distinct Persons able to interrelate, yet the very same one Being.
God.
He is the only one I know who can speak to Chidi in Nasarawa about something and at the very same time speak with Barbara in Pretoria about something else, and to ten thousand people in different locations about ten thousand different things, at the same time.
God.
He is the only one I know who can be personally and fully present in every saint without dividing Himself and be in Heaven and on earth at the same time without multiplying Himself.
God.
Contrary to the saying that religion makes God is a mystery, I say, the day you understand God, you have failed.
That's the day you begin to misunderstand all things.
Mr. Brain can get to space and colonise Mars, but only faith in the heart may know that He is.
Contrary to the saying all the mysteries of God have been revealed in Christ taken to mean there is nothing further to be known of God, or sought, or desired, or pursued...I say, the day comes when we shall know as we are known, but here and now, we know in part and see through a glass darkly.
For there is nothing like theology; the "study of God".
Who is going to study God? Who may venture to even study the word? How is that going to happen?
Studying the word as though it were the object and you the scholar, is the cause of every known mental quagmire, dead knowledge, powerless religion known to the church age, even unto twisting of the word to heresy.
Attempting to study God is like attempting to shine some light on the sun. There you are with your candle trying to illuminate the sun!
Even the halogen laser extraodinare will not dare. How wise!
No, You don't shine light on the sun. You present yourself before it, that true Light which has come into the world, and that lights every man.
Present yourself before the word to be studied. Present yourself, and be illuminated.
It is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword, it divides asunder between soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, discerning the thoughts and intents of the heart; for nothing is hidden from the eyes of HIM with whom we have to do. Every detail of life becomes clear.
Present yourself. If it is THE word, you will be illuminated, and first you will tremble, you will weep, you will surrender; for it will do its work in you, and by its sharp edges, you will be circumcised in heart, reborn in spirit; and sanctified and edified, and given an eternal inheritance.
That's the true mark of 'studying the word'.
All else is playing Lego.
Rather than knowing Logos; the Lord; the Word.
For in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
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Holy, holy, holy!
Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning
Our song shall rise to Thee
Holy, holy, holy!
Merciful and mighty
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Blessed Trinity!
THE WORLD GOES TO SCHOOL DIFFERENTLY:
1. Finland: No major exams until the final year of high school. Teachers are highly educated and respected. Consistently one of the best education systems in the world.
2. Japan: Students clean their own classrooms daily. Respect and responsibility are taught before academics. Character comes first.
3. South Korea: Students study until midnight. The university entrance exam is so critical that flights are rerouted on exam day. Burnout among young people is a serious national crisis.
4. United States: Standardized testing dominates everything. School quality depends on neighborhood wealth. Rich areas get better schools. Poor areas get what is left.
5. Germany: At age 10 students are placed into different school paths. Vocational training is taken as seriously as university. Youth unemployment stays low because of it.
6. India: The system runs on memorization and high-stakes exams. 1.5 million students compete for just 17,000 IIT seats. Pressure begins long before a child is ready.
7. Singapore: Ranked number one globally for math, science, and reading in 2022. Extremely competitive. Even the government admits student pressure has gone too far.
8. France: Philosophy is a required subject and counts toward the national exam. Students are trained to think critically and argue clearly from a young age.
9. Cuba: Education is completely free at every level. Literacy rate sits above 99 percent according to UNESCO. One of the most educated populations in Latin America.
10. Netherlands: Students are assessed at age 12 and placed into paths that suit their strengths. Academic and vocational routes are treated equally. No path is seen as lesser.
11. China: The Gaokao exam determines almost everything about a student's future. Pressure starts in early childhood and is carried by the entire family, not just the student.
12. Kenya: Primary school became free in 2003. Secondary school fees still push many families to breaking point. Dropout rates in rural areas remain high.
13. Russia: Historically strong in mathematics, science, and engineering. The system valued compliance over curiosity. That tension still shapes education today.
14. Brazil: Private schools are well funded and deliver strong results. Public schools are severely underfunded. Where you are born almost entirely determines the education you receive.
15. Denmark: University is free for Danish and EU citizens. Students also receive a monthly government stipend just for attending. Education is treated as a public good, not a personal expense.
16. Canada: Each province runs its own education system independently. Quality varies across the country. Indigenous history inclusion in the curriculum is real but still inconsistent.
17. Australia: Universities are strong and globally respected. Indigenous history is now formally part of the national curriculum. The debate over equal funding between public and private schools remains unresolved.
18. Sweden: No formal grades until age 12 or 13. Early pressure is believed to kill curiosity before it grows. Research consistently supports this approach.
19. New Zealand: Māori language and culture are officially part of the national curriculum. Legally protected but depth of teaching varies greatly between schools.
20. Switzerland: Two thirds of students enter vocational apprenticeships rather than university. Both paths are equally respected. Both lead to strong careers.
21. Norway: Public university is free for everyone including international students. Teachers must hold a master's degree. Teaching is one of the most respected professions in the country.
22. Israel: Schools emphasize critical thinking and entrepreneurship from an early age. Combined with technical military training, this directly feeds one of the most active startup ecosystems in the world.
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I need to speak from my heart.
For over 10 years, I faithfully created content on YouTube through @YouTube@TeamYouTube.
In that time, I uploaded over 3,000 videos preaching the Gospel, teaching good morals, and helping people overcome addiction and life struggles.
Then suddenly, after posting a teaching titled:
“Watch-out for the spirit of sexual bondage in your children — Prophet Emmanuel Okeke”
my entire channel (@prophetemmanuelokeke) was removed.
No prior strikes.
No clear warning process.
Just one email — and a decade of work disappeared.
This same message was shared on Facebook and X without any issues. The content was meant to help parents protect their children, not harm anyone.
Since the termination, many people have spoken out, sharing how the teachings helped them overcome addiction and changed their lives. Yet the channel — with over 3,000 impactful videos — remains gone.
I respectfully ask:
• Can you show the warnings issued before the termination?
• Was the full channel reviewed in context?
• Is it fair that one video leads to the removal of an entire decade of work?
This represents years of personal sacrifice, editing, uploading, and ministry work.
I believe in YouTube as a platform for good. That is why this situation is deeply painful.
I am not here to fight — I am asking for fairness and a full review.
Please help me understand how one piece of content can outweigh thousands of videos that have helped families, parents, and young people worldwide.
This hurts deeply. But I still hope for justice.
If this ministry has ever helped you, please share this message and respectfully tag anyone from the YouTube community who may be able to help this reach the right team.
Thank you for your support.
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