7 Secrets and Importance of Ipese (Feast Offering) in Celestial Church by Evang Gbenga Oyeleye

Congregation praying during Ipese

Celestial Church of Christ has so many sacred doctrines and Spiritual works that sometimes requires the enlightenment of the public to educating ourselves especially on matters which has been abused over the time and in most regards has lost its credibility in some parishes due to wrong teachings and one of such Spiritual assignment is the provisions of Feast offering or Love feast commonly called IPESE in Celestial Church.

Feast offerings are of different types with its own unique interpretations as rightly directed by the Holy spirit and when it's been carried out as instructed, it bears the fruit of various blessings to the church or the individual that sponsored such offering.
 
The various feast offerings widely known, accepted and approved in CCC ranges from the provisions of beans alongside with corn and coconut, beans alone, corn and coconut, provision of fruits, biscuits, sweets and sugar, bread and other edible items that is devoid of red oil and pepper.

All the edible items listed above comes with various Divine instructions from the holy Spirit through the office of the prophet as approved by the shepherd in charge and not to be done based on canal knowledge or human reasoning because the church operates as the holy spirit leads and it must be prepared and placed inside the church before or during the service for the first sanctification processes been handled spiritually by the holy Spirit while the congregation offers the required prayers at the appointed time.

In most cases, the food provided must be well covered appropriately inside a white basin and kept at the female side particularly in front of the pulpit. However, there are 7 different keys of financial blessings from God in Celestial church which includes Feast offering and the rest are therein written in my book titled Scriptural teachings and Revelations on CCC doctrines.

Meanwhile, Feast offering in Celestial Church is a physical and spiritual process where an individual, departments or the church at large is been instructed through a written message by the holy Spirit to feeding the congregation through food or edible items as a secret code for financial blessings, restoration of Love amidst brethren, breakthroughs, open doors, promotion, favour and progressiveness in all ramifications. The sole purpose of feeding the congregation who in return prays for the sponsor is to ensuring the manifestation of God's blessings upon such individual or into the church at large as a testimony.

Nevertheless, it is important to state some factors that is not often discussed when such offering is been carried out which could likely bring about various unreactive issues because if such offering is done and no positive results thereafter, then it is so clear that something went wrong along the line which is been highlighted below.

1.  If the food offering is a congregational assignment(involving all parishioners), then it is important that all members in that parish must be financially involved in the preparation according to their various financial strength which must be accepted with Love without speaking impolitely to the poor. Furthermore, the shepherd in charge should not allow few members amidst the congregation to single handedly finance such offerings no matter the situation because the reward would only be given to those who participated in the preparation and the rest will be subjected to no positive results and might likely be punished with the spirit of stagnation which would likely defeat the purpose why the divine message was initially given.
 
2. Food offering must be prepared in love within the church premises(Not at private homes) and must also be eaten together in Love among members. Anything short of that would render it useless and unacceptable before God. When love is removed from a feast, it becomes a wasted effort with no reward. Because food offering has also become one of the tools to promoting love and unity in the church if done accordingly.

3. Food offering messages is mostly assigned by the Holy spirit to some certain departments or units within the church especially when there are unresolved Crisis and disagreement amongst them. For example, the church Choir or Prophet and Prophetess could be given such assignment to offer a feast offering that must be sponsored by members in that unit alone especially when there are lots of arising issues leading to quarrel, dispute and disunity. They would be mandated to eat together provided the issues and quarel amidst them is firstly settled for restoration of peace, love and harmony.

4. Individuals who sponsor a food offering or love feast usually receive  lots of blessings from God as the congregation are often mandated to pray for such individual in a congregational prayer while the sponsor is directed to firstly eat from the prepared feast before others and what it means Spiritually is that the person becomes an automatic recipient of the Blessings embedded in that offering and when the offering is done wrongly or with a bad motive, the same sponsor remain the first person to receiving the curses involved.

5. Food offering among little children is also a big secret of blessings especially for those waiting upon the Lord for the fruit of the womb, or those who had hurt angels of little children before and also for those expecting financial breakthrough whose road is already barricaded spiritually by unseen Forces, familiar spirits and principalities. In this case, the sponsor is been surrounded by little children who handles the prayer. Then the items provided is then shared among the children after the sponsor might have taken out of it.

6. Food offering becomes unacceptable before God when the sponsor is involved in illegal and ungodly business such as cybercrime, fraudster, scam, forgery, robbery, prostitution, drug pushers, etc.  Therefore, it is important for the shepherd in charge to rightly verify and ensure that such individual is worthy of presenting such offering before the Lord and the congregation but we often see the other way around. Otherwise, the shepherd himself and the sponsor would have ignorantly brought a curse upon themselves because their illegal financial means would later experience blockages and exposure. This is the reason why you often observe several fights and dispute among men of God who supports dubious members all because of their love for money and when things goes wrong, they blame their shepherds and prophets who refused to tell them the basic truth about Jesus Christ and the need for repentance. Don't be Deceived, Spiritual works in Celestial church does not favour illegal businesses, instead, you are only inviting shame, afflictions and sudden disappointment in so many areas thinking you are bribing God with your sponsorship, leading to failure because whatsoever a man sows, he would reap.

7. When food offering is been shared, higher concentration should be given to the poor and less privileges in the church ensuring they are satisfied. Church side men and women (Onibodes) should take note of this information because ignoring the needy in such situations makes the offering polluted and the blames is no longer on the sponsor but those in charge of sharing the food.

Conclusively, I want us to understand that the God we serve in Celestial Church is the same God that makes one rich and wealthy without adding sorrow but strange and ungodly offering in his presence can cause unexpected negative consequences because you cannot bribe God when your heart is not pure before him. God bless Celestial Church of Christ.

Nehemiah 8:10  Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.