Jul 25 2022
THE ROLES SEERS, PROPHETS,AND ELDERS PLAY IN THE SPIRITUALITY OF C&S CHURCH NIGERIA.
SEERS,VISIONERS,AND PROPHETS ARE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SPIRITUALITY IN THE CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM CHURCH HERE, THE HISTORY OF SEERS AND PROPHETS DATES BACK TO MID 20TH CENTURY. WHEN CAPTAIN ABIODUN EMMANUEL OF BLESSED MEMORY WAS REVIVED OF HER AILMENT BY SÀINT MOSES ORIMOLADE WHICH AFTER SHE WAS REVIVED TOOK TO TALKING IN STRANGE TONGES. HER UTERANCES WERE INTERPRETED. THERE WAS BORN THE LITURGY OF PROPHESY AND INTERPRETATION IN THE C&S CHURCH.LATER IN THE TRADITION OF VISIONING SEERS AND PROPHESYING. SEERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GUIDING MEMBERS IN THEIR DAILY ENDEVOURS IF CONSULTED. THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT SHORT TERM NOTICE. WHEREAS PROPHETS ENGAGE IN MORE DISCIPLINE OF REVELATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, THE CHURCH IN GENERAL. PROPHETS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE IN RIGHT PARTH AND FOCUS. THE REVEAL THE MYSTERIES OF MACHINATIONS OF THE DEVIL ELDERS KNOW WHAT TO DO IN ANY INSTANCE WHEN SPIRITUAL REVELATION IS PRESENTED. BY TRADITIONS THE ELDERS ARE AQUAINTED WITH THE TERRAIN AND HOW PLAN AND STRATEGIES, DEVELOP TACTICS EVEN IF THE MESSAGE SAYS OTHERWISE THE ARE ALWAYS DEEP SPIRITUALLY WHO CAN BE A SEER? ANYBODY CAN BE A SEER. INCLUDING BEING IN THE OFFICE OF PROPHETS BUT SEERS AND PROPHETS NEED YEARS TUTELAGE, COACHING AND GUIDANCE. THE ALSO NEED TO KNOW THE BIBLE TO AN APPRECIABLE LEVEL. MOST IF NOT ALL ARE SUBJECTED TO CONVULSIVE,JERKING,TOSSING,ECSTATICS MOVEMENTS WHENEVER THE ARE SIEZED THE SUFFER THIS SEIZURE FOR HOURS WHICH TRADITIONALLY IS BELIEVED THAT THERE POSITION IS THAT THEY HAVE BOWED TO THE HEAVY HANDS OF THE INVISIBLE SPIRITUAL WORLD. THEY ARE ALWAYS IN POSITION OF BEING IN ALTERED STATE. FORMERLY THE CHURCH HAD A TRADITION OF TESTING ECSTATICS BY PRICKING THEM WITH NEEDLE TO ASCERTAIN IF THE ARE ACTUALLY IN AN ALTERED STATE. ALL CHURCHES THAT PROFESS TO BELONG TO THE SECT CALLED CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM MUST OF NECESSITY DEVELOP THESE FUNCTIONS AS EXPECTED.WHEN DO WE DISCOVER WOULD BE ECSTATICS OR SEER OR VISIONERS IN MOST CASES THEY ARE DISCOVRRED DURING WORSHIP SESSIONS WHEN THEY GET SEIZURES. AFTER SOME INQUIRES THE PERSON WILL BE ADVISED TO JOIN THE LEAGUE OF VISIONERS PROPHETS AND ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE ELDERS. GOING TO TRANCE IS A COMMON PLACE IN CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM CHURCHL AS EVIDENCED IN CHARACTER OF THESE VISIONERS KEEPING THEMSELVES WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER FOR DAYS. SOMETINES SOME OF THEM GO AS FAR 7 TO 21 DAYS AT A STRETCH. BENEFITS ABOUND BECAUSE MEMBERS WANTS TO GUIDED ON WHATEVER STEPS THEY WILL WANT TO TAKE. I WILL CONTINUE IN MY QUEST TO FURNISH US WITH SPIRITUALITY IN C&S CHURCH.