SHARE Magazine January 2016 | Page 26

Seed Of Th THE FIRST PROPHECY T The first prophecy recorded in Scriptures is a profound one. Genesis 3:14-15 “... And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise [or crush] your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” The foretold enmity between seeds brings to our attention two groups of people, the woman’s seed and the serpent’s seed. MY EXPERIENCE The STORY TELLER To book the story teller: Email : [email protected] Personal Mobile : ++7940 875-674 Office Phone Number : ++1472 485-408 Fax Number : ++1472 485-408 26 | SHARE|MAGAZINE There are not very many times when I have seen the undeniable, supernatural power of God manifestly at work in a miraculous way but this day was one such time. The Church where I became a born again believer and was a member had annual family days where members would stay back after service for a day of fellowship and updates from the leaders. Members were told to take along a packed lunch as this was a whole day affair. The leaders from the governing body that oversees this Church were often also present. On this particular day I remember our pastor and Church leaders laying out the plans for the coming year to us. They mentioned plans to develop about an acre of idle land that formed part of the Church’s property. They proposed planting vegetables etc. there but would need help from members of the congregation. As I listened and looked over the congregation the word of the Lord came to me. “The people need my Holy Spirit to refresh them so they can complete this project. They are not filled with my Spirit and therefore the project will fail if they do not get filled.” I thought the Lord wanted me to tell this to the leaders so during the break I approached them. My pastor introduced me to the visiting leaders before I proceeded to relate what the Lord said to me. January - March 2016 As a fairly young believer then, I did not expect the response I received. Not one of them considered my message as possibly coming from God. Not one took some time to reflect or consider but instead immediately started to debate with me as to whether or not there was such a thing as being ‘filled with the Spirit’. I may have been young, inexperienced and not as knowledgeable in Scriptures as they were but I knew God told me something. None of these men, that had so much to say, had the spiritual girth to pick up on the fact that God had spoken, they all missed it. That day it dawned on me how far religious formality was from spiritual reality. There could be more enemies of the cross among God’s people than there are outside the Kingdom, the seed of the serpent right here among us. THE ANTICIPATION The serpent [the devil] fully aware of the prophecy above looked henceforth with nervous anticipation for the Seed that would crush his head. From that time on he would desperately try to stop the birth of anyone who could possibly be that person. If he failed in aborting the child he would then try to kill it shortly after birth. We have two such prominent stories where the seed of the devil ordered the massacre of boy babies based on