Chapter 111: The Man of God

                   ***THE MAN OF GOD***

"Good morning madam, I am Prophet Jeremiah Ogundele, the angel and the general overseer of this great church which you must have known the name to be The Angelic Ministry International. Once again you are welcome to the home of solution. So, what is your name madam? What can I call you?"

The man spoke very dramatically, he was apparently a braggart. 

"My name? I am Miss. Juliet Chibuzor."

Mom answered him, she gave him her name and he started with his bragging again, it was obvious he was a braggadocios person. Just like a peacock, he wasted no time to start boasting about his achievements. 

"This Ministry is a solution center, whatever your problem is, by the power on my alter it will all disappear. In this alter many people has come here with problems bigger than this country, and they were all solved. Many ministers and governors come to this alter to seek the face of God, and that is why you see them successful in all their political escapades."

Why personalize the Alter of God? Who does that? That was the feeling mom caught when she heard him speak about the altar of God as if it was his own or as if he has any power of his own.

The man of God spoke to a great length boasting of his powers when he speaks he uses his hands to demonstrate and make gestures, he kept making a hilarious face of pride. He asked mom several personal questions, questions like where she resided, what she does for a living, If she was married or single, how many kids she has, her parents, and many more personal questions, he also asked her the problem that brought her to the church which mom did without minced words. Mom's response gave him quite a shock, he asked mom to be more detailed and she did, poor mom she was only seeking help for her only dear son, little did she know that she had just fallen into the hands of a fraud star in the guise of a Man of God.

"Hmm... Do you mean that all these happened in the physical, not dream? And you had a child for it, physical child, and tangible son, not a spiritual son?"

The prophet asked looking a little timid now.

"Yes Man of God, his name is Damian, and he came with me to this church, please Man of God, I want him to be delivered, please help me to savor all bond between him and the sea, he must not become like his father."

Mom responded in tears. 

After the explanation, the man of God though was scared still noticed how desperate mom was, so he decided to take advantage of her generation, he mandated that mom must sow a seed of Five hundred thousand naira. According to him, it was a revelation given to him from above. 

"Hmm... As you were just letting your ordeal know to me, the spirit of God said to me, that you have to sow a seed to this alter, yea, He said that you must sow a seed on this alter if you must leave here with both you and your son's deliverance." 

Though mom was surprised to know that she has to pay before any prayer, her desperation will not let so what was right, she needed help and she needed it urgently, so, if this prophet will help, she was ready to pay any price. Mom asked the man of God if she could write a cheque, but he refused, rather, he asked her to make an E-transfer to the church account, without flinching he called out the account number for her, and she did the transfer and he got the alert immediately. It was after the transfer was made and successful that he told mom to go back to the church and join the others. 

All the while in the church, I had been anticipating the coming back of mom, she had kept up too long there, severally I have asked aunty Paula about mom's whereabout and she kept saying that I should not worry, that she will be back soon. She left during praise and worship, now offerings have been made and they were already in the testimony session, yet my mom was not back from the place where she went to meet the man of God. Later mom came, but that was only after I had missed her so much. When she came I took up the Bible which I kept on her seat to keep it secured for her.

Not long after mom came in the man of God walked inside the hall which was used for the church service and immediately his presence was observed, all the church members stood up with their heads bowed to the ground and someone who seemed to be the head of protocols ran to him with his head also bowed down to collect his Bibble from him. The church only sat after the man of God had made himself comfortable in his throne-like chair which was built of red and gold color.

"What did he discuss with you? You took a whole time there o, your Damian was even worried. I am sure that he must have already told you the problem that brought you here, I told you, the way the man knows things is baffling."

Aunty Paula enquired.

"My sister, he asked for my entire biography, it was not a small interview. He was only asking me all the things, he didn't tell me anything, I was the one who was doing the telling o."

Mom responded.

"Really? Why will he be asking you about it, I thought that he was supposed to be the one doing the telling not the other way round. No, I don't like this, I hope it is not what im thinking."

Aunty Paula said. 

"No worries, we will discuss after the service." 

Mom added. Now the man of God was already on the pulpit. It's amazing how this handsome young man of God could command such great respect at his age, he must be a true man of God. So I thought.