THe False Brother

He was a false brother
Of course, he didn't introduce 
himself as such
He came talking about the supernatural 
he had seen or read about and the ones
 he had done by the help of the Holy Spirit
He dropped a lot of big names, men 
of God with whom he had worked and 
ministered
It was a very light conversation
"I believe we can do a lot together," the 
brother said
He merely nodded
He enjoyed their talk and soon after 
then they went to have lunch together
The brother didn't have a job and things 
were tight
He was the one who footed the bill for 
the lunch
The packed a full plate and even got 
take away packs for his wife
He deduced the brother must have 
been very hungry
He even paid for the Uber ride that 
took the brother home
A week later, the brother was back
This time he came with a lady
The brother said the lady had some spiritual 
problem and they had prayed together
But the problem persisted
The brother said he decided to bring the 
lady to him for prayers
He prayed with the lady in the presence 
of the brother
The Holy Spirit moved mightily
Right after praying, the lady asked to use 
the restroom
A few minutes later she came out 
screaming
"Come and see what came out of me 
in the toilet"
They went to see
It was a lump of tissue, the fibroid that 
had been occupying her womb
It was the first time the brother saw 
that kind of miracle in his life
The brother told him he had a vision 
A vision of the two of them running a 
ministry together
He told the brother he never saw such 
a vision
He didn't even know if God had called 
him to have a ministry
He was just a believer who the promised 
signs and wonders were following by 
the power of the Holy Spirit
The brother told him to go and pray 
about it
When he got home that day he was 
troubled
They were both young men
He had a family and a good job
Could God be asking him to go into 
ministry?
Could God be telling him to go into 
ministry with the brother?
He couldn't sleep all night
Something 
felt very wrong
The next morning at about 9 AM, he had 
to drive to Lagos Island for a meeting
He remembered the brother had told 
him he was living somewhere close 
to Adeniji
He parked and checked their WhatsApp 
chat record
He found the brother's address and 
followed the direction 
given by the app to the street
As soon as he got to the street, he saw 
the brother standing on the balcony of 
a building
There was a lady beside the brother
The lady was the lady he prayed for, the
 one fibroid dropped out of
He saw them clearly
He had to drive down the street to 
because it was a narrow street and there 
was no parking space
He drove on for about 2 minutes without 
finding any space
He called the brother
"Hello brother, I have a business on the 
island and decided to pop in on you, 
I am on your street right now"
The brother replied "Oh, I am 
not at home at the moment. 
You should have called before coming 
around. 
I am in a meeting right now and will 
call you back in a few minutes"
Wow.
He knew what he saw but he got the 
message
Perhaps the brother does not want to 
be disturbed or had left home since 
he drove past the brother's house
He found his way out of the brother's 
street and drove back to his office
He told himself it is possible that the 
sister with the brother was his wife
The brother's wife was working with 
a bank according to their previous 
discussion but he had never met her
The following week, the brother sent 
him a message that he had traveled 
for some interviews in Port Harcourt
Three days after the brother traveled 
he got a phone call from a pastor in 
Port Harcourt
The pastor asked him if he would like 
to come to Port Harcourt for a 
ministration in his church
The pastor said he met the brother 
and the brother told him all about the 
mighty miracles God was doing 
through him
His ticket and hotel details were sent 
that very day
He got to Port Harcourt that weekend 
and the ministration was supernatural
It was his first time 
ministering outside of Lagos
By the time he got home, his parish 
pastor had heard the news and the 
workforce in his church gave him a 
standing ovation for being a good 
ambassador of the church
His pastor asked him if he would like 
to start a program in the church so 
that the church members can be 
blessed by the grace of God upon him
It was a wonderful opportunity for 
him to come out of his shell and do 
His father's work
He said yes and started a once a 
month program
When he told the brother about it, the 
brother was elated
The ministry "vision" had 
been confirmed
At the inaugural fellowship meeting, he 
gave the brother the altar for thirty 
minutes to lead some prayers
The brother's face was also on the 
poster and banners
The brother ministered
He ministered
The power of the Holy Spirit moved 
mightily
After the service, some 
people went to meet the brother to 
get his phone number
(Christians do that, only God knows 
why but most believers do that thing)
They judge everything by the flesh and 
chase men of God even after praying
They have no faith in their own prayers 
and end up falling victims of the 
wolves in sheep clothing
He was a member of the church but 
the brother was the novel one after 
that service
He couldn't stop people from fawning 
over the brother
They had ministered together for three 
months before the brother arrived at 
his office with his wife one morning
The woman the brother brought was 
different from the one he saw the 
brother with the other time
He was sure of what he saw
He was sure of who he saw
He kept mum until they met later in 
the week
He told the brother to explain the 
relationship between him and the 
other lady
The brother 
denied having anything to do with 
the lady
He had no option but to let it be but 
he was quite uneasy about the affair
Two months later his pastor called 
him on a Wednesday
"Please see me" was all the pastor 
said
He drove to the pastor's house the 
following morning
The pastor said 
an accusation had been brought 
against the brother by one of the 
men in the church
One of the men had accused the 
brother he brought to minister in 
the church of taking advantage of
his wife's condition sexually
The accuser said his wife had been 
desperate to have a baby for some 
time and called the brother
The brother met with this man's wife 
in his house and told her there is a 
kind of prayer that is done only in the 
company of angels
The brother lit up fragrances all about 
a room and told the lady to strip while 
he summoned angels with supernatural 
tongues
Then he gave the man's wife oil to
rub all over her body after which he 
blindfolded her so that she will not be 
struck dead by the blinding light of 
the angel
The angel came and possessed the 
brother and the brother slept with the 
man's wife
The brother told the man's 
wife the ritual had to be done seven 
times
She was also to pay Fifty thousand 
Naira per session
The lady had done five sessions before 
she ran out of money
She asked her husband for some money 
and explained what had been going on 
to her husband
That was how the man added two plus 
two and called the pastor
The pastor wanted him to explain if he 
had gotten himself into a cult or had 
started dabbling into the occult
He was shocked to the marrow
The brother's conduct had destroyed his 
reputation in his local church
His pastor was having doubts about his 
faith 
He told the pastor how he met the brother
The pastor told him to sever all ties 
immediately
He did more than that
He went to the police station and got 
the brother arrested for extortion and 
fraud
The man and his wife got most of their 
money back but there are things that 
cannot be restituted
The brother came out of it three days 
later
The brother got bailed by his wife
A week later, he saw the poster of the 
brother
The brother had started his own ministry 
and was addressing himself as the 
General Overseer
Some of the people who met the brother 
through 
him started attending the brother's church
He didn't know how he was supposed to 
handle it
Go about telling everybody the brother 
was a devil incarnate or leave things to 
God
The former would be petty and impossible 
to do
He kept as far away as possible from the 
brother and told 
the truth to all those who cared to ask 
him why they were not together again
The only regret he had was giving the 
brother a platform of legitimacy
He practically launched a fraud into 
ministry and many people were deceived
A few months later, he started his 
ministry too 

PS: And that because of false brethren 
unawares brought in, who came in 
privily to spy out our liberty which 
we have in Christ Jesus, that they 
might bring us into bondage 
(Galatians 2:4).
The Bible tells us about these three 
groups: false teachers, false prophets, 
and false brethren. It also clearly 
shows us the different things they’ll 
do in these last days. 
Could there really be false brethren 
in churches? Absolutely! 
False brethren are those who come 
in amongst God’s people, not for their 
love for Jesus Christ, but for a 
different purpose.
They come in unawares, to spy out 
our liberty in Christ Jesus, that they 
might bring us into bondage. 
They present a false image, in order to 
gain some advantage. 
The Bible says, “And in their 
covetousness (lust, greed) they will 
exploit you with false (cunning) 
arguments…” (2 Peter 2:3 AMPC).
False brethren always look for ways 
to make money off other brethren. 
Meanwhile, they’re the ones who 
neither tithe nor give in church. 
Their goal is to make merchandise 
of the brethren. 
They can do anything for money, 
including betraying their Pastor, 
leader, or even the church. 
They’re the ones who take church 
matters to the public or report to the 
authorities or news media for 
pecuniary reasons. 
The Bible says they’re among us 
to spy on us, hoping to get some 
matter of accusation against us.
It may not be so easy to identify 
false brethren because of their 
pretentious ways. 
But Jesus said, “Wherefore by their 
fruits ye shall know them” 
(Matthew 7:20). 
One of the identifying signs of false 
brethren is that they despise authority. 
They’ll try to convince others on why 
they shouldn’t believe or do everything 
the Pastor or leadership of the church 
says. 
If they heard you wanted to seek 
pastoral guidance for something 
personal to you, for example, they’ll 
ridicule the idea and make you feel 
you’re being naïve.
God’s counsel to us concerning false 
brethren is that we mark, and not 
associate with them, because of their 
corrupting influence. 
Many true Christians have fallen 
away from the Faith because of such 
unwholesome association. 
Therefore, do what the Word says: 
“Withdraw yourself from every 
brother or sister that walks disorderly” 
(2 Thessalonians 3:6).
Pay attention to that voice of 
caution
Pay attention to the little things
Do not disregard the subtle hints
and the unsettled feeling in the pit
of your stomach about certain people
after you meet them
Be such a Bishop, an Apostle or a
pastor
As long as you are full of the Holy
Spirit and remain sensitive to him, 
you will feel that restraint when 
you meet a false brother or a
false sister
Sometimes you tell yourself you
can help such a brother by teaching
him the way of the Lord so that he
changes
Sometimes you get swamped by
gifts and a pretense and you overlook
the red flags
Learn from someone else's experience
run as far as possible from false 
brethren
Kindly note that this is not a Brother
in Jeans and T-shirt's personal 
experience
This event happened in Lagos, Nigeria
Thank you