My name is Lobé Tahoue Etienne. Born on 10/30/1966 in Ivory Coast, I am Ivorian. I met the Lord precisely in the year 1999. I was then a member of a sect called the Church of Heavenly Christianity, where I spent 7 years of my life. And it was by the grace of God that I was delivered from the clutches of the devil.
My childhood
I spent a very difficult childhood with attacks, witchcraft, I was sick all my childhood, and it was finally at the age of 10 that I was educated thanks to a teacher, who came to our camp, with the aim of to buy bushmeat. My dad was then a poacher, the teacher would come to the camp from time to time to look for bushmeat. He allied with my father as a friend. And that's when he asked my father the question, why am I not going to school? My father explained everything to him.
And they are arranged, and it is with the birth certificate of my deceased little brother named Lobe Dogo Patrice that I was educated. In CP1, I was the major of my class (1st of the class). At CP2, also brilliant. The following year, to my surprise, from CP2, I was skipped from class straight to CE2. It was at this time that the enemy was angry. In the middle of the school year, I refused to continue school, because I saw blurry with tears in my eyes, while I read.
I come from a family of 7 children 6 boys including 1 girl. 3 of my brothers have mysteriously died. My father having died I became the head of the family, because no one, except by me, who manages to take care of their needs. The fight for me now is still tough, because, until now, all my projects have always fallen "water" But I am more than confident because, I know in whom I believed, and there is a time for all things. To him the glory of ETERNITY FOR ETERNITY.
I resisted Jesus a lot even during my conversion, I always wanted to put my interest before Christ, it cost me dearly. I lost a lot of money because I didn't want to understand that Jesus has a time for everything.
I urge you my brothers and sisters to put Jesus in front of everything first. JESUS!
How I entered Heavenly Christianity.
What motivated me to become a member of this sect was to improve my condition of life. In 1988, I decided to leave the village to go to Abidjan in order to look for a job as a laborer. The job market being difficult in Ivory Coast, I was idle for years. I was living with my cousin at the time.
Having learned that in the “heavenly church of Christianity” it was possible to find happiness there, I therefore joined this sect. The one who “evangelized” me said this: this “church” came down from heaven to deliver the African victim of witchcraft, and ceremonies are made to have work. These words were enough to convince me! I, who was looking for a release and the happiness of having a job, did not hesitate for a second.
This "church" had become my home, where I spent more than 6 years! I also participated in “church” activities. This "church" building was called St Michel. There are several aspects that brought me out of this sect. It is true that the members of this sect use the bible, but the practices are not in accordance with the Word of God.
The practice of sacrifice-like ceremonies is prescribed every day by visionaries. During the seven years that I spent in this sect, I emerged as I had entered. Nothing changed, except that I was never hungry, “sisters” of good will brought me something to eat every day. This explains the seven years I spent in this sect. I have never been hungry! I, who barely ate once a day, thought I had met God through food.
The verses of the Bible that saved me.
But I did not receive a satisfactory answer from them. But I couldn't understand yet, because I was still in the "dark". But while I was reading my bible, two bible verses caught my attention! And the Lord spoke to me through these two verses. These two passages answered exactly the questions I was asking myself. (Acts: 4v12): "there is no salvation in any other for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved".
This verse enlightened me because it specifically answered the questions I was asking myself! Because the predecessors made believe that without the ceremonies: holy oil, candles, incense, St Michael perfume + combat prayer, etc…, deliverance is not possible. I remind you that they also pray in this sect, in the name of Jesus, but always accompanied by ceremony otherwise according to them, a prayer in the name of Jesus without ceremony is not effective. (Galat: 5v1): "It is for the sake of liberty that Christ has made you free, therefore stand firm, and do not allow yourselves to be placed again under the yoke of bondage". As I read this verse, I said to myself; if Jesus gave Himself up to be crucified for us, in order to free us from the practices of ceremonial laws, which were a burden for us. Why do these things still practice?
Anti-biblical customs.
Because at the "church" of the cc, when a woman is in her menstrual period, she must stay at home for seven days, and on the eighth day she comes to be sanctified with a bucket of water, of the perfume of St. Michael, in water, and a candle in her hand, + a prayer of sanctification she takes her bath, to have access to the "holy" place. It's the same for the woman who gave birth to a baby! She must stay 40 days at home, and on the 41st day she comes to be sanctified.
The consumption of pork is prohibited for all members. Most of the practices in this sect are based on the Old Testament. But there is also what they do which is neither of the Old nor of the New Testament. For example ; every Friday noon there is a special cult of " visionaries»Where each member will have to bring an egg, a bottle of water, honey in order to participate in the prayer ceremony. During prayer, all visionaries, and those who newly receive the gift of "prophecy" and "vision" are all stirred by a "spirit" they call, the holy spirit, and there the "revelations" begin. or future predictions.
The preludes of my conversion.
But my beloved bizarre thing, instead of leaving this sect, after receiving revelation by the grace of God, I went to join my cousin gendarme who was newly transferred to an interior town in the north of the ivory coast this town is called, Odiéné. In that city, by the grace of God, I met a heavenly “brother” who, too, had been assigned to that city. He is a teacher math.
The joy of meeting us was great! Because it had been almost a year since we last saw each other, and I also didn't know that he had been transferred to this city. I was pleasantly surprised to see him. In this locality, the "church" did not exist. However, heavenly Christians were in this city. But we had to find them in order to pray together. That's what we did. The professor brother, did everything to find them. We were rowing 30 people.
But among us there was no visionary. So no ceremony. The following days, I exposed the two verses of the bible to the professor brother. (Acts: 4v12 and Galate: 5v1) together we had meditated on these two passages! But the most amazing thing happened we decided to still be Heavenly Christians, but still without ceremony.
The worship was held with the brother the professor, who was also the person in charge of this “church” of Odiéné, and I, the secretary, in charge of announcing the programs of the worship. But the members are revolted against us both, because they reproached us for having canceled the ceremonies, in this assembly. For them, it is useless to pretend to belong to the church of heavenly Christianity, and ignore the ceremonies. This time they were right about us.
A lively discussion took place on this subject! And the members, without consulting us, made the decision to hire the service of a visionary, whom they appealed to from Abidjan. This happened on the eve of the Passover feast, where all heavenly Christians must absolutely commemorate the death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus, in the cemetery.
We opposed this practice, which we considered unnecessary. The tension was rising as the discussion was strong as we split into two groups. at the cemetery. We opposed this practice, which we considered unnecessary. The tension was rising as the discussion was strong as we split into two groups. at the cemetery. We opposed this practice, which we considered unnecessary. The tension was rising as the discussion was strong as we split into two groups.
Decision to walk according to the Holy Scriptures and deliverance. We only stayed three people. We stayed, and the other group left for the cemetery. As for me, I left for the house, because I lived with my cousin gendarme, in the mobile platoon. But in the morning when I woke up, I felt unwell and had a great thirst for water. From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., I emptied the bottles filled with water from the refrigerator, which I drank to the astonishment of those who lived in the house. And a dizziness took me as if I was going to die. But by the grace of God, I did everything to go to the teacher's brother. To my surprise, I found him in an appalling state almost dead. All night long, he told me, he vomited, had diarrhea.
We prayed! May the Lord be manifested !!! And he regained his strength a little. As for me the stubborn, I came close to death. For 5 days, I didn't eat because the food no longer tasted in my mouth. I suffered a lot because I threw up, had diarrhea, what came out in me was only water. Had it not been for the grace of God, the enemy would rejoice.
And around 8 pm, the “visionary” accompanied by two members, they come to visit us. They find us in pain but they are neither touched nor surprised. But they tell us to repentand come back from our decision because they say the celestial without ceremony is not celestial. We told them that we are no longer "heavenly" Christians and that we have now accepted Jesus as our Savior. After all these things, I was healed on the 8th day by Jesus Christ!
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