Hello guys,

Although this was supposed to be the continuation and end of the topic I started last night, but I had to take that off for this topic tonight. God willing I'll complete that topic tomorrow.

According to world register, it is estimates that there are at least 7 billion people in the world and we interact with at least one person each day. We form bonds, circles, cliques, friendships and acquittances each passing day. But some of these bonds that we form become a snare unto us and we wish we hadn't made them nor even met with that person in the first instant. There is a proverb in my native language that says 'imu nika, ko je ka gbo orun asebi' translation: the nose is wicked, it doesn't allow us to sniff out the wicked ones. Another one says 'bi Inu ba se n si bi igba ni, a o ba ri iku asebi' translation: if the stomach were to be opened like the Calabash, it is until then that we can see the true intent of the wicked ones. All the proverbs point to a thing and that is the wickedness that abode in the heart of man.

As we journey in life, we are bound to meet with these wicked people and if we are not careful and discerning, they will hurt and inflict us with pains. It is then we would take consolace in the words 'i wish I never met you'.

Something happened in my area today that birthed this article. I guess the world isn't as we see it to be because that person you call your friend may turn out to be your worst enemy. I know of a Christian brother, very fervent and zealous but what happened today made me doubt if he ever even gave his life to Jesus in the first instant. Well said Jesus in the holy scriptures when he said 'not all who calls me Lord shall enter into the kingdom of my father except those who do the will of my father in heaven'. This brother although pure from the on set got influenced by the ways of the world and trying to run from there, he entangled another person. Before I narrate the story, I want to make it clear just as I have said in one of my previous articles; principles of Association, that no one that is good genuine will be turned bad. No! We all are turned to what we have inside of us. A cute, innocent looking cub will eventually turn to a killing machine ones it grows up not because the jungle made it so, but because that's what it is. People do say time will change a situation, as for me I don't agree with that rule, rather I'd say time reveals. It is what you have been overtime that will be revealed by time. So in the real sense of the word, time didn't change anything, you did.

Back to my story this brother has been opening himself to some kinds of wrong association and mindset and the result was that it brought out the evil desires of his heart. Then he came visiting Another Christian brother in my neighborhood and everything was going on smooth util this other brother started seeing the wrong in him. You know the only thing you can hide in this world is nothing, for anything you think you are hiding now will surely be exposed one day either in your presence or in your absence. Jesus put this way 'whatever is said in the corners of a house shall be proclaimed on the rooftops'. Truth is our behaviors and way of life are like smoke. No matter how hard you try to cover it up, it will still escape into the atmosphere for everyone to see. So, the other guy noticed the changes that had taken place in the life of this brother and he decided to ask him what was wrong. Well, after much admonition and exhortations, the brother confessed that he has been involving himself in some unholy acts. They prayed for forgiveness for this brother and he promised never to return to his vomit. But never do they know that there is more to what they are seeing.

Jesus, in the garden of Gethsemane, commanded his disciples to pray so they might not fall into temptations but the disciples took light of the words, simply because they do not understand the prayer. You see sin is like a door way through which demonic spirits and evil thoughts and imaginations evade our lives. Little wonder the Bible says whoever you obey that person you are a slave to whether to righteousness or to sin. Yeah, it looks like the brother has asked for forgiveness but on the inside he hadn't and it really affected the other brother. He started seeing the result first in the physical then in his spirit. But thank God for his mercy that revealed all what was happening to the other brother. When this brother got the full revelation of what was happening, he called his friend and asked him if he genuinely repented the last time they spoke. The friend answered yes. He asked him again and the guy responded Yes. He then told him of all that has been happening to him and what God has said about the situation. It was at that juncture that the brother confessed that he didn't truly repented but that he only did a eye service. When asked why he did so, he said because he was sacred that he will be the only one going down while the others will still be doing well in Christ.

Truly the sons of Judas are without number in the world. The other brother was speechless. He wanted to talk but all that came out of his mouth was breeze. He couldn't bring himself to terms that he was hearing what he was hearing. He loved that brother like his own blood and will go any length to sacrifice anything for him but here he is deliberately trying to pull him down. What if he hadn't gotten the revelation? What if things had continued that way? He was really angry and when he finally found his voice, the statement that came out of his mouth was ' I WISH I NEVER MET YOU'.

Conclusion

Although this is not a true story but an attempt to wirte a story based on a challenge I got earlier, it is important that we keep vigilant and alert of the things around us both spiritually and physically. Although we must be able to discern when there is an unusual turn in our lives, business or other important areas of our lives. Above all this, flee from sin for it is a gateway to destruction. Shalom.

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