Thread by @GbengaWemimo

They both attend the same church, she fell in love with him! He fell in love with her! They started talking about getting married!
Their parents were also of the same church. He took her home and introduced her to his parents! They were warm and welcoming. He was very happy

Later that night, his parents called him into their room!
"You cannot marry that girl" they said
"Why" he asked
"She is Igbo" they said
It didn't make any sense!
He told them so!
They unleashed mayhem!
"She has bewitched you"
"Igbo women are all about the money"
"You dare not''

When she got home, her parents got on her case
"See, this your play with this Yoruba boy needs to end! They are traitors to the cause of the Igbo people, betrayers, Judases!
You will get no blessing from us if you insist on marrying him!
We don't want to be associated with them!

In the church!
Parents who claimed to have known the Lord for over 20 years, citizens of the Zion above! Still hung up on tribe and petty sentiments!
The reality of the new life is not in them
It had always been a sham
Mere religion!
It was all about the flesh
All about self!

The couple came to me and I told them what to do!
We wrote out clearly what it means to be a Christian from the Bible
We asked for a meeting with their church pastor
We sat down
Both families spoke
Politely and falsely
They denied it was because of tribe
Both claimed they prayed

And God told them the marriage would not work
Their children were crestfallen
We had prepared a defence against tribal sentiment
But they were foxes and invoked the popular "God said" caveat
So I looked at them and said "My name is GSW, I am a spiritual mentor to your children

I taught them how to walk in the supernatural and I also walk in the supernatural
According to the book of Jeremiah, anyone who says "God said" in front of a Prophet of God to contradict the true prophet and subvert the will of God will die within a year (Jeremiah 28)

I am a Prophet of God and so are your children! Should I pronounce that this judgement be activated here?
That anyone who didn't hear from God among us but has so claimed should be judged as Prophet Hananiah was judged?!"
Pin drop silence!
I sat down and smiled

"Pastor please give us a date for this citizens of Zion to start their marriage counselling classes!
The pastor did
Both parents kept silent
Somehow they accepted the verdict
The marriage happened
God prospered the new home
The couple acted as Ambassadors of Christ indeed

Six years and three children later
The Father of the groom clocked 70
He talked about his life and his Christian walk
Then he talked about that day and How glad he was that a 33 year old brother in Jeans and T-shirt intervened and opened their eyes to their bias!
He was grateful

In Zion there is no tribe!
We all belong to Christ.
I have spoken with young Christians who said "My parents will kill me if I bring a spouse from another tribe home as my intended"
Such a statement betrays the ignorance of the parents about who a Christian is!
We are from ABOVE