MY LIFE EXPERIENCE WITH DEATH
MY DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD ALMOST COST MY LIFE...
My name is Pastor John Anthony, a native of Isiala Mbano, imo state... I have been pastoring for 26 years now, and by the Grace of God my late father raised me spiritually etc, he was my first spiritual coach. I served under my Late Father, Rev Dr. Linus Anthony @ C.P.M Ojokoro Lagos, in various capacity as an active youth, I was everywhere e.g the youth Department, choir dept, prayer team, a unit leader with the house fellowship, children church teacher, evangelism leader, etc. I later served with Dominion City on campus @ Unn, then moved to FUTO then Imsu for my 2nd degree in Owerri & kept serving consistently, I also served @ Rhema Life Church Owerri for few years. I started my own campus ministry (Royal Life Family) on June 11, 2007 at Imo State University, Owerri as a Campus Fellowship as the Lord Instructed me.
My Story...... It all happened in the month of August 2009, After several Healing crusades in various town and campuses in south East Nigeria, we decided to organize an all night healing & miracle crusade Program which was on a Friday night(Vigil) to hold in one of the Big halls inside Township Primary School by Wetheral road, Owerri, imo state. This was when the School was so dilapidated. It was later renovated by the Rochas administration.
Back to my story brethren, the program was a big one, as so much money was spent on planning & logistics, we printed thousand of flyers, banners with flex and shared around the city, created awareness in the city and we invited a lot of people to the program. While I was preparing and organizing for the program, the Holy Spirit spoke to me in my prayer closet to cancel the program and change the venue to another place and he never told me why he gave me such instruction. I was thinking of changing the venue after that particular meeting, since it was already two days to this Crusade. Brethren, I didn't listen because I was very confused and the program was in two days time, I was thinking of the money spent on everything with the publicity.
I was spiritually careless because I have never disobeyed that gentle Voice of God not seeing what God had already seen before that meeting, I was not completely loyal to my Employer, my King, oh Yes, I know that God is Using me for mighty works as a channel and by his own Grace, mighty things has been done through me, the Lord by his power has always done great and notable miracles, signs and wonders in my meetings for his own glory even in my crusade Programs and outreaches, the Lord has opened so many blind eyes and we have seen several deaf ears opened, the dumb has spoken and many dead have risen to the glory of Jesus. Nevertheless the owner of the Anointing upon my life Placed a strong impression inside my heart to cancel that program instantly but I Disobeyed his Voice and I wish I never disobeyed my God... Foolish me giving my Lord excuses which I have never done before, I told him that I was going to change venue in the next Crusade which was following month because the program was already close..... That was the day that I knew that God does not Approve every meeting & crusade!
Then, on that fateful day of the night program. We started the Service with hot spiritual vibe, everything was set, the equipments and instruments was set, the sound was good, our choir was ready pull down God's glory, the instrumentalists were playing good, and the program started yet my Heart was very trouble & heavy, we had a good number of people in attendance yet no Peace in my heart... I was restless deep inside my heart.
The opening prayer was filled with Awesome fire 🔥🔥🔥, the praise session and worship session was heavily loaded as the music minstrel blessed our soul. I gave short word charge, Then we moved to the Testimony session with great miracles happening in the life of the brethren & new people, while the brethren were sharing their wonderful, powerful and awesome testimony of the things God did for them. Suddenly the power went off as there was power outage only in our own hall...... Mind you five other Churches were observing their monthly vigil on this same school in different halls...
Our technical team rushed outside immediately to check the problem because they noticed the generator was switched off manually, only for them to be forced inside the hall by five fierce looking & dreaded hefty men each carrying sophisticated guns pointed to the heads of my people as they came back inside the church hall with their hands up on their head then I knew it was over for me....... My heart skipped because the Lord warned me earlier but I was not listening..... Oh that I wished I OBEYED MY KING!!!
The next thing we all heard from these wicked men of the underworld was "everybody, lie down or we waste you now", right there every of my members and the invitees had to lie down for fear of their precious lives in submission to the instruction of the men sent to Assassinate me that night. It then dawned on us that we have been besieged by hired killers sent to take my life that night because they were so bold and asked me why did you come to this place, oh boy your own don too much!!!...
Then the leader walked up to me and asked me are you not Pastor John Anthony? I answered him I am he! He then told me to pray my last prayer to my God because he has been hired to waste my life........ When he noticed that I was praying, instructed his men and they went around the hall and began to collect people's phones, money and other valuables. While this things were happening, I was still standing in total confusion and my eyes were now opened and I remembered God's Instructions to me two days before now, they noticed that I was asking God for Mercy, I was then speaking tongues, they asked me to close my mouth and threatened to shoot me, if I refused to close my mouth & lie faced down on the ground. I still insisted while speaking in tongues, and out of fear, one of my members, a lady, pulled me by the legs out of concern, then I fell faced down to the ground instantly.
Then they walked up to me again, and said, "So you are stubborn, Abi", then one of them pointed me his pump action gun on my forehead and pulled the trigger, but the bullet couldn't come out, he tried again, the same thing, then he went out and pulled the trigger and we heard a loud sound but nobody came to our rescue, the Leader said, *Oh Pastor, so you self dey use jazz,* I saw God's Mercy upon my Life that night even in my disobedience he didn't let those wicked men waste my life....
They went to where our music ministers were lying, and asked them to remove their cloth inside the church, this ladies were invited by me, they were my music Guest ministers, and one of the ladies was begging for her life because they had already naked her before my face, she was afraid, crying but they were deaf to her plead even when I stood up from the floor to rescue her one of them brushed me to the floor and put his giant legs on my head & threatened to crush my head since gun didn't kill me, they succeeded in molesting that very lady who was shouting am a virgin & she bleed so bad, while the other one was speaking in tongues and screeming, they couldn't succeed with her, as they said, *this one na mad girl, leave am jor*.(That's the power embedded in speaking in tongues).
Then they went to where my fiancee who I had already engaged to be married to was lying on the floor, when I saw then carried my love then I knew that this people had done an underground research on me before they came...... How could they know her in that crowd and took her to the church Altar and five of them Molested her even when she was calling on God, Singing in Pains yet the Lord was Silent because he already warned me, five of them carried her outside the building after humiliating her before the people and took her to a nearby bush by the stadium and defiled her for the third time. I am taking about five men defiling the Love of my Life...... I wanted to die but Death ignored me, I cried while watching what they did to her on God's Altar yet tears ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ could not come out, and each of them molested her and we're laughing...I know this because she told me with so much Pain about what those evil men did to her after they took her away........ I swore never to Preach again because I felt God should have sent Thunder and Lightening from Heaven to Kill those alliens of darkness.
She was never the same psychologically after that horrific experience. These hardened men of the underworld told her that they actually came for me to kill me, that they were paid to do so by those who were threatened by the move of God upon my Life, but that she should tell me to go do a big Thanksgiving to my God, they told her that they can't explain why they couldn't Kill me and that they didn't come for her.....
After 3 hours, My fiancee managed to rush back to the venue naked that early morning 5am while bleeding on her body, and fell on the ground as though she was dead. I had to pick her up, and cried with a loud voice unto God, *Oh my Lord and my God why have you forsaken me? Why didn't you kill me than allow this once to suffer seeing this wickedness done to my people?*
It was a very devastating experience for me as I watched my own members and I suffer because of my disobedience to the voice of the Holy Spirit. We later managed to leave the place, while in so much tears, pains and unforgettable agony.
Then I had to take my fiancee to the hospital by morning for medical intervention, and I had to borrow phone and called my Pastor, I am thanking God for Rev Dr Emmanuel Ezeka of Rhema Life Church who was available to hear me out, he paid the hospital bill & encourage me never to blame God but be obedient to his leading, he also rescued me from the emotional trauma and helped with the medical intervention because I was so confused, disappointed generally and devastated within my heart and mind. I had to leave the city of Owerri for a year.
By the Grace of God, with time, I healed and became very obedient to God completely & very aggressive against the kingdom of darkness, and my fiancee then also got healed, though it was not easy for those molested. I lost over 180 leaders, 200 members that year because many said that God is no more with our Pastor, if God cannot protect him, then why remain in the church. These were the same people who had earlier witnessed the wonderful acts of God in my meetings, crusades and outreaches and many of them were trained in school and many of them the church supported their families and businesses.
The later end of that year was filled with betrayals from people I expected to stand by me. Without mincing words, that year was one of my worst years in life, if not the worse year of my life. But I give God praise, that I have overcome all that challenges the enemies threw at me. Even though I still loved my fiancee and was willing to take her to the altar things never went as planned. We later didn't end up together again due to some personal reasons I can't mention here.....
The essence of me sharing my story with you brethren and Ministers of the gospel is to let you understand that there are so many challenges in life for everyone who has a great assignment, vision and destiny, especially the one who is called of God. And also, for you to know the dangers of disobedience to the voice of God. It is dangerous... Many who experience same thing never survive to share their own story.
Maybe I would have died that night, but God spared my life miraculously by withholding the bullet.
My friends, please learn to serve God in obedience, commitment and dedication, no matter what you face.
Thanks for reading my true live story.
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