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1. JOY is the atmosphere of heaven, radiating from God’s PRESENCE to fill the earth with PLEASURES of God’s inventory, as it is written: “… IN THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY; at thy right hand there are PLEASURES FOR EVERMORE” [Psalms 16:11] JOY is not a sudden burst of ecstasy, but an enduring FELLOWSHIP with God in the shadow of His indomitable PEACE and SAFETY. At a time like this, when dizzying optimism of the 20^th century, buoyed by giant strides in technology, economic boom and social liberty are fallen apart, putting your trust in men, power or money will do you no good. Men, power and money may buy you moments of HAPPINESS, they cannot deliver PEACE and inner SECURITY that flows from FULNESS OF JOY. At such a time as this, with “MEN’S HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: …”, what you need most are not new cars or more houses but JOY of the Lord [Luke 21:26] In the midst of this perverse and wicked generation, it is reassuring to know there is a SECRET PLACE of JOY and REFUGE and “He that dwelleth in the SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is MY REFUGE and MY FORTRESS: MY GOD; in him will I trust” [Psalms 91:1].

2. JOY is the MYSTERY of God manifest in Jesus Christ to open floodgates of GREAT JOY to “ALL PEOPLE” [1 Timothy 3:16] The GOOD NEWS of JOY to all men was announced by angels, saying: “… I bring you GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, which shall be TO ALL PEOPLE. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a SAVIOUR, WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST the Lord” [Luke 2:10-11] Those who HEAR and BELIEVE “…GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH… “ receive the ANOINTING OF JOY, as it is written: “These things have I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, that MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU, and that YOUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL” [1 Timothy 3:16, John 15:11] JOY is not a FEELING or ASSUMPTION, but the REALITY of Christ dwelling in you. JOY is knowing “… GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, than he that is in the world” [1 John 4:4] Listen closely, SALVATION is not the end of TRIBULATION and JOY is not the cessation of TRIALS. JOY is PEACE and SECURITY in the worst AFFLICTIONS, anchored on absolute FAITH in the VICTORY of Jesus Christ over the world. Thus, says the Lord: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but BE OF GOOD CHEER; I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD” [Matthew 16:33]

3. JOY is not bogus smiles or raucous outbursts of religious fever. JOY is the Holy Ghost filling up the INNER MAN, “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST” [Romans 14:17] JOY is God in the driving seat of your soul working, “… both TO WILL and TO DO of his GOOD PLEASURE” [Philippians 2:13] How does He do that? The Bible says: “But the COMFORTER, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall TEACH YOU ALL THINGS, and BRING ALL THINGS TO YOU REMEMBRANCE, whatsoever I have said unto you” [John 14:26] The Holy Ghost is the FOUNTAIN of JOY bubbling in us to quench doubts and fear inimical to DIVINE PURPOSE. He is the COMFORTER, stilling our heart in PEACE and turning our mind away from present distress to serve God in fulness of JOY. Beware of those who peddle fear of demons, poverty and death and turn around to sell platitudes of HAPPINESS, “For GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” [2 Timothy 1:7] Beloved, HAPPINESS is limited to fulfilment of personal desire and has no ETERNAL VALUE. Those who preach crass materialism and hawk HAPPINESS hinder your JOY, “… SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS: from such withdraw thyself” [1 Timothy 6:5]

4. ANOINTING OF JOY draws the line between WISE and FOOLISH VIRGINS [Matthew 25:1-13] TEN VIRGINS went out to meet the BRIDEGROOM, “They that were FOOLISH took their lamps, and TOOK NO OIL with them: But the WISE TOOK OIL in their vessels with their lamps” [Matthew 25:3-4] When NIGHT came, they “ALL SLUMBERED” [Matthew 25:5] At the ALERT of His Coming, WISE VIRGINS “TRIMMED THEIR LAMPS”, FOOLISH VIRGINS were caught flat-footed and “… while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and THEY THAT WERE READY WENT IN WITH HIM TO THE MARRIAGE: and the DOOR WAS SHUT” [Matthew 25:10] Though all TEN VIRGINS SLEPT, the OIL in the LAMP of the WISE did not SLEEP. The LAMP is the INNER MAN and OIL is the ANOINTING OF JOY that keeps the SAINTS burning until the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ. ANOINTING OF JOY keeps us engaged in “TRIMMING” our LAMPS; cutting away excesses and anxieties of this world to focus on His Coming. FOOLISH VIRGINS have no OIL, the INNER MAN is cold, and their souls burdened with FEAR and WORRIES. They no longer SERVE or WAIT on the Lord with JOY, and if “… thou SERVEDST NOT THE LORD THY GOD WITH JOYFULNESS, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; THEREFORE SHALT THOU SERVE THINE ENEMIES… “ [Deuteronomy 28:47-48]

5. A word of COMFORT to all SAINTS, “… weeping may endure for a night, but JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING” [Psalms 30:5] If for any reason your JOY is not full, “… ASK, and YE SHALL RECEIVE, THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL” [John 16:24] Amen.

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1. When Jesus Christ said to His disciples, “… I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE: NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME”, emphasis was on TRUTH [John 14:6] TRUTH is the MYSTERY of God manifested in Jesus Christ. The preaching of the GOSPEL paves the WAY, but no man is SAVED or FREE of SIN and DEATH until the PERSONAL IDENTITY of God is REVEALED in Jesus Christ, as the Bible says: “And ye shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and the TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE” [John 8:32] Listen closely, the preacher may affect you to CONFESS your SINS, ONLY Jesus Christ REVEALS the PERSONAL IDENTITY of God as it is written: “… no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and HE TO WHOM THE SON WILL REVEAL HIM” [Luke 10:22] TRUTH is not THEOLOGY or DOCTRINE, but God REVEALED in Jesus Christ to reconcile us to Himself [1 Timothy 3:16]SALVATION is a personal relationship with God; if the SON did not REVEAL God to you, whatever you profess is a MASQUERADE and PRETENDER. Let every man professing Christ answer the question the Lord asked His disciples, saying: “But WHOM SAY YE THAT I AM?” [Matthew 16:15] Peter replied, “… The CHRIST OF GOD” [Luke 9:20] WHOSE CHRIST IS YOURS? The CHRIST OF GOD or PRETENDER?

2. Jesus Christ said to the woman at the well in Samaria, “YE WORSHIP YE KNOW NOT WHAT: we know what we worship …” [John 4:22] Samaritans received THEOLOGY of RELIGION from their FATHERS, but knew not God [John 4:20] The Church also suffer from the ERROR of FATHERS who imposed JUDAISM on Christianity. They clothed Jesus Christ in robes borrowed from Moses to create a monstrous MASQUERADE which ensnare multitudes in MATERIAL BONDAGE to the LAW. The ERROR persists today in those BLIND to TRUTH and the LIBERTY Jesus Christ bought for us with His blood. When they quote Matthew 5:17 and say Jesus came to FULFIL the LAW, they mix Him up with one of the prophets [Matthew 16:13-14] Jesus indeed FULFILLED the LAW, when He DIED on the CROSS and “… ABOLISHED IN HIS FLESH THE ENMITY, EVEN THE LAW of commandments contained in ordinances… “[Ephesians 2:15] Beloved, be not IGNORANT of the “… DISANNULLING OF THE COMMANDMENT GOING BEFORE for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the LAW MADE NOTHING PERFECT, but the bringing in of a BETTER HOPE did… ” [Hebrews 7:18-19] If your Christ is of the LAW, you are in BONDAGE to the LAW to fulfil every obligation thereof, but “If the Son therefore shall make you free, YE SHALL BE FREE INDEED” [John 8:36]

3. When Imperial Rome adopted Christianity, prophecy was fulfilled concerning the “… HORN THAT HAD EYES, and a MOUTH that spake very great things,… he shall SPEAK GREAT WORDS AGAINST THE MOST HIGH, and shall WEAR OUT THE SAINTS of the most High, and think to CHANGE TIMES and LAWS …“ [Daniel 7:20-21] The HORN was the PRETENDER bequeathed to the world at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. This MASQUERADE “SPOKE GREAT WORDS AGAINST THE MOST HIGH”, denouncing the GODHEAD and calling men to worship a TRIUMVIRATE of distinct PERSONALITIES as God. God is ONE and the “… invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being UNDERSTOOD BY the things that are made, even HIS ETERNAL POWER and GODHEAD [Romans 1:20] The JEHOVAH of ancient times is the same that was “MANIFEST IN THE FLESH”, “And without controversy great is the MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH …” [1 Timothy 3:16] If the Christ you profess is ONE of THREE GODS, you are an IDOLATER. The Lord Jesus Christ is God, “For IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY” [Colossians 2:9] Brethren, there is no confusion in Matthew 28: 19, the Bible says: “… IN THE NAME…, NOT NAMES and His NAME is Jesus Christ, wherefore the Apostles “… BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS” [Acts 19:5]

4. There is a NEW AGE PRETENDER in the world. He wears the crown of MATERIAL PROSPERITY with pride and sits on the throne of SPIRITUL IDOLATRY. His THEOLOGY is a REWARD SYSTEM which lures men to “FOOL’S PARADISE” with a sweetened blend of JUDAISM and PAGANISM. His promises of REWARD, in this world, for service to God are LIES from the pits of hell. Thus, says the Lord: “… I COME QUICKLY; and MY REWARD IS WITH ME, to give every man according as his work shall be” [Revelation 22:12] If you think SALVATION is a get-rich-quick scheme, you are trapped in STRONG DELUSION, as it is written: “And for this cause GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned WHO BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH,… ” [2 Thessalonians 2:11-12] SALVATION is a personal relationship between Jesus Christ and you, and the proof is not ANOINTING, TITLES or GIFTS of the Spirit, but Jesus Christ ‘KNOWING” and REVEALING Himself to you. If the Christ you have is the PRETENDER, you are in for a rude shock at the coming of the Lord. Thus said the Lord: “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not PROPHESIED IN THY NAME? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU: depart from me, ye that work iniquity” [Matthew 7:22-23]

5. The choice is yours; CHRIST OF GOD or PRETENDERS? Seek the Lord Jesus Christ today and He will reveal Himself to you, amen

1. I met an old friend recently and we got talking about Jesus Christ. He was all smiles, until I called his attention to the CATECHISM OF CHRIST, as it is written: “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, and TAKE UP HIS CROSS, and FOLLOW ME” [Matthew 16:24] Suddenly, the smiles were gone. I asked if he was aware of the requirement to “DENY HIMSELF”, he was speechless. I assured him; going to Church, prayer mountains, tithes and offerings are all good, but do not fulfil the CATECHISM OF CHRIST. The WORD of the Lord is INFALLIBLE; everyone that comes to Christ MUST DENY HIMSELF, that is, CRUCIFY THE FLESH, as the Bible says: “And THEY THAT ARE CHRIST’S HAVE CRUCIFIED THE FLESH WITH THE AFFECTIONS and LUSTS” [Galatians 5:24] It does not matter what your parish Pastor say or think of you; you have no part in Jesus Christ if you have not CRUCIFIED THE FLESH WITH THE AFFECTIONS AND LUSTS. AFFECTIONS and LUSTS include all ambitions, thoughts and imaginations that reigned in us before we came to Christ. To DENY SELF is akin to dying on the Cross as Jesus did, where “… our OLD MAN is CRUCIFIED WITH HIM, that the BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE DESTROYED, that henceforth WE SHOULD NOT SERVE SIN” [Romans 6:6]

2. The “OLD MAN” is who you were before you came to Jesus Christ, and must be totally PUT OFF, as the Bible says: “… PUT OFF concerning the former conversation the OLD MAN, WHICH IS CORRUPT ACCORDING TO DECEITFUL LUSTS” lusts” [Ephesians 4:22] The “OLD MAN” in us was enslaved to Satan by reason of drunkenness, adultery, fornication, drug addiction, lying, idolatry, pride, and the like. Those who come to God through Jesus Christ are no longer in bondage to the “OLD MAN” but are NEW CREATURES, BORN AGAIN in the likeness of Jesus Christ, as it is written: “Therefore IF ANY MAN IS IN CHRIST, he is a NEW CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; behold, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW” [2 Corinthians 5:17] “OLD THINGS” are AFFECTIONS and LUSTS that bind us to this world. If you are genuinely BORN AGAIN, you are no longer a citizen of this world, but of the Kingdom of God. A RED LINE is drawn between us and the world, as the Bible says: “… know ye not that the FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH GOD? WHOSOEVER THEREFORE WILL BE A FRIEND OF THE WORLD IS THE ENEMY OF GOD” [James 4:4] Those who profess Christ and are FRIENDS with the world are HYPOCRITES and ENEMIES of God and: “YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS” [Matthew 7:16]

3. The CROSS is the symbol of Christ’s suffering, for “… Christ also SUFFERED FOR US, LEAVING US AN EXAMPLE, THAT YE SHOULD FOLLOW HIS STEPS” [1 Peter 2:21] Our CROSS is not made of gold or silver, worn on the neck, but of HUMBLE OBEDIENCE to the WILL of God. Our CROSS is fashioned after the MIND of Christ, who “… HUMBLED HIMSELF, and became OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH, even the DEATH OF THE CROSS” [Philippians 2:5-8] When Satan offered Christ the Kingdoms of this world, He chose the CROSS which is the WILL of God [Matthew 4:8-10] When the Jews conspired to make Him King, Jesus stuck to the WILL of God [John 6:15] He was persecuted and killed for His INTEGRITY and OBEDIENCE to God. In the same way, “… ALL THAT WILL LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION” [2 Timothy 3:12] When you TAKE UP THE CROSS, expect friends to mock, family to reject and society to persecute you, “For the PREACHING OF THE CROSS IS TO THEM THAT PERISH FOOLISHNESS; but unto us which are saved IT IS THE POWER OF GOD” [1 Corinthians 1:18] If the world loves your brand of Christianity you have not taken up the CROSS. Thus says the Lord: “… WHOSOEVER DOTH NOT BEAR HIS CROSS, and come after me, CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE” [Luke 14:27]

4. “FOLLOW ME” is not a religious doctrine, but a commandment to walk in absolute OBEDIENCE to PROPHETIC REVELATION of DIVINE AGENDA. When Jesus said, “FOLLOW ME”, He went ahead to offer Himself a LAMB, to atone for our SINS, saying: “… NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE, BE DONE” [Luke 22:42] Jesus DIED on the CROSS, not because He was a sinner or powerless but in OBEDIENCE to God’s AGENDA [John 10:18, Revelation 13:8] Listen closely, WISE MEN from the EAST FOLLOWED the STAR by PROPHETIC REVELATION, while the High Priest and his retinue of Priests were BLINDED, right in the Temple, by offerings of gold, bulls and rams [Matthew 2:1-10] We are called out of the world to FOLLOW Jesus Christ by PROPHETIC REVELATION, and , this generation has a “… MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the DAY STAR ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS” [2 Peter 1:19] Brethren, the DAY STAR is here in the PROPHETIC MESSAGE of imminent appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ. The DAY STAR is visible, even now, but only to those “LOOKING UNTO JESUS the author and finisher of our faith; who for the JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” [Hebrews 12:2]

5. Beloved, be not deceived to FOLLOW any man or religious ideology, but PREPARE and be READY, “FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first” [1 Thessalonians 4:16] Remain blessed in Jesus name, amen

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1. Many people go to great lengths to prepare grandiose mausoleums for themselves; all that is vanity. There are only two DESTINATIONS open to man after this world. ONE, is the LAKE of FIRE which in the strict sense is the FINAL DESTINATION of Satan, as the Bible says: “Then shall he say also unto THEM ON THE LEFT HAND, Depart from me, ye cursed, into EVERLASTING FIRE, PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS” [Matthew 25:41] Satan’s case was decided eons ago and he goes in with his angelic hosts, first, before any man, “And the DEVIL THAT DECEIVED THEM WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE and brimstone, where the BEAST and the FALSE PROPHET are, and shall be TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOR EVER and ever” [Revelation 20:10] Every man DECEIVED by the Devil joins him in the LAKE of FIRE. Listen closely, the LAKE of FIRE is vacant now, and no man goes in there until SAINTS are settled in HEAVENLY MANSIONS. TWO, God has prepared something better for you, of which the Lord said: “In my Father’s house are many MANSIONS: if it were not so, I would have told you. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME AGAIN, and receive you unto myself; that WHERE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE ALSO” [John 14:2-3] These are the two ETERNAL DESTINATIONS open to man and the choice is yours.

2. You are more than a bag of skin and bones. The Bible says: “And the LORD God formed man of the DUST OF THE GROUND, and breathed into his nostrils the BREATH OF LIFE; and MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL” [Genesis 2:7] You are a LIVING SOUL; it is your SOUL that goes DOWN to the LAKE of FIRE or UP to HEAVENLY MANSIONS. The only reason any SOUL will go DOWN is SIN. Regrettably, no man is exempt from the legacy of SIN, “For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God” [Romans 3:23] I charge you, therefore, to contend for your SOUL, “For what is a man profited, if he shall GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, and LOSE HIS SOUL? or WHAT SHALL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL?” [Matthew 16:26] The SOUL that lives in SIN is enslaved to POWERS OF DARKNESS and in danger of EVERLASTING TORMENT. All praise to God, who was manifest in Jesus Christ, “… DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS, and hath TRANSLATED us into the kingdom of his dear Son” [Colossians 1:13] We are TRANSLATED by FAITH in the SON of God, from the sentence of HELL to EVERLASTING GLORY, “For GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, that he GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that WHOMSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM should not perish, but HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE” [John 3:16] God has done His part; the choice is yours.

3. A man may profess to be BORN AGAIN, PROPHESY and work MIRACLES but end up in HELL, “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not PROPHESIED IN THY NAME? and in thy name have CAST OUT DEVILS? and in thy name DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: DEPART FROM ME, YE THAT WORK INIQUITY” [Matthew 7:22-23] When a man professes to be BORN AGAIN, his SOUL is LIBERATED to SEE and UNDERSTAND THINGS of the Kingdom of God, but HE HAS NOT ENTERED, because “… EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN of WATER and of the SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER into the kingdom of God” [John 3:5] The tragedy of RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY are SOULS whose EYES were OPENED to SEE, but end up in HELL, as it is written: “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to MAKE ONE PROSELYTE, and when he is made, YE MAKE HIM TWOFOLD MORE THE CHILD OF HELL than yourselves” [Matthew 23:15] Be not DECEIVED, it is not enough to be BORN of WATER, you must also be BORN of the SPIRIT. Those who are BORN of WATER are CALLED, only those BORN of the SPIRIT are chosen to ENTER THE KINGDOM of God, “For MANY ARE CALLED, but FEW ARE CHOSEN” [Matthew 22:14]

4. The man BORN of the SPIRIT is the “… NEW MAN, which is renewed in knowledge AFTER THE IMAGE OF HIM THAT CREATED HIM” [Colossians 3:10] Without the SPIRIT every profession of FAITH and rituals of RELIGION are done in the “OLD MAN, WHICH IS CORRUPT ACCORDING TO THE DECEITFUL LUSTS” [Ephesians 4:22] The OLD MAN is your SOUL burdened with passions of the BODY. The UNION of SOUL and BODY is FLESH and … FLESH and BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM of God; NEITHER DOTH CORRUPTION INHERIT INCORRUPTION” [1 Corinthians 15:50] The weakness of FLESH is LUST and LUST is the sole reason a man will attend Church all his life and end up in PERDITION. If you are BORN AGAIN, I challenge you to CRUCIFY the FLESH, as it is written: “And they that are Christ’s have CRUCIFIED THE FLESH WITH THE AFFECTIONS and LUSTS” [Galatians 5:24] The FLESH is CRUCIFIED when it is subjugated by FAITH, to LIVE and be NOURISHED by the WORD of God. As the BODY feeds on natural foods, the SOUL that shall INHERIT HEAVENLY MANSIONS is empowered by the WORD of God, as the Bible says: “… Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD” [Matthew 4:4]

5. There are no magical SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN. The ONLY WAY to HEAVENLY MANSIONS is absolute FAITH in the WORD of God. Beloved, take good care not to be DECEIVED; your PASTOR IS FALLIBLE, but the BIBLE IS INFALLIBLE. As we look forward to the coming of the Lord and TRANSLATION to our ETERNAL HOME, I enjoin you in the name of the Lord to WASH and be BORN of the SPIRIT, amen.

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1. There were two special TREES in Eden, known by their FRUITS and God is the ULTIMATE FARMER, waiting patiently for the HARVEST of the earth, as it is written: “… Behold, the HUSBANDMAN WAITETH FOR THE PRECIOUS FRUIT OF THE EARTH, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain” [James 5:7] Every farmer sows choice SEED in expectation of bountiful harvest, God did much better, He SOWED Himself, and “… The SEED IS THE WORD OF GOD” [Luke 8:11] When God spoke in Genesis 1:3-31, the WORD was buried in the earth and on the seventh day, God rested from His work in expectation of FRUIT. The SEED sown at the FOUNDATION of the world, in GENESIS 1:1-31, is clarified in REVELATION as “… the LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD” [Revelation 13:8] The “LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD” is Jesus Christ, who “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD. … ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; and without him was not any thing made that was made” [John 1:1-3] The SEED of creation was the WORD; SOWN in expectation of bountiful HARVEST in the likeness of God, until TARES sprung up.

2. Something was wrong with one of the TREES in Eden, as it is written: “… kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed GOOD SEED in his field: But while MEN SLEPT, his ENEMY CAME AND SOWED TARES among the wheat, and went his way” [Matthew 13:25] The ONE who sowed the GOOD SEED is God, the ENEMY is Satan. Satan was created by the WORD and was the “… ANOINTED CHERUB that covereth; … upon the holy mountain of God; … Thou wast PERFECT IN THY WAYS from the day that thou wast created, till INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN THEE” [Ezekiel 28:14-15] The TREE of the knowledge of good and evil was the secret of darkness grafted on the original SEED. Though the two TREES looked alike in many ways and received nourishment from the same soil, one brought forth DEATH and the other, EVERLASTING LIFE. When Jesus Christ said, “… BY THEIR FRUITS ye shall know them”, He compared the religious hierarchy of His days to the TREE of the knowledge of good and evil [Matthew 7:20] That is, though the Scribes and Pharisees proclaimed themselves as SEED of God’s righteousness, they had neither FRUIT nor PROOF of part in the Kingdom of God, as the Bible says: “But woe unto you, SCRIBES and PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, NEITHER SUFFER YE THEM THAT ARE ENTERING TO GO IN” [Matthew 23:13]

3. The present Church has a special place in PROPHECY, as it is written: “For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THEY SHALL DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT” [Matthew 24:24] If you know what this means, you will shudder at the dimension of HYPOCRISY and DECEPTION in the Church hierarchy. I am talking of men who were once BORN AGAIN, received the HOLY GHOST and endowed with GIFTS, now fallen away into condemnation, as the Bible says: “But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The DOG IS TURNED TO HIS OWN VOMIT AGAIN; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire” [2 Peter 2:22] If a MINISTER you venerate or your Church leader falls from GRACE and MINGLED with FALSEHOOD, pray for him, but do not go down with him or cross the POINT OF NO RETURN, as it is written: “For it is impossible for those who were ONCE ENLIGHTENED, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made PARTAKERS OF THE HOLY GHOST, And have TASTED THE GOOD WORD of God, and the POWERS OF THE WORLD TO COME, If they shall FALL AWAY, to renew them again unto repentance … “ [Hebrews 6:4-6] I charge you, therefore, to “… WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION with fear and trembling” [Philippians 2:12]

4. God allowed his “… SUN TO RISE ON THE EVIL and ON THE GOOD, and sendeth RAIN ON THE JUST AND ON THE UNJUST” [Matthew 5:45] That is, TARES were partakers of God’s GOODNESS, “For the GIFTS and CALLING of God are without REPENTANCE” [Romans 11:29] Friend, TARES look and sound so much like WHEAT. WATCH, therefore, and be VIGILANT not to be deceived by the working of MIRACLES and DIVERSE GIFTS as to lose focus of the WORD of TRUTH. Thus, said the Lord: “Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, GATHER YE TOGETHER FIRST THE TARES, and BIND THEM IN BUNDLES TO BURN THEM: but GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN” [Matthew 13;30] Brethren, we are in the season of GATHERING. TARES are coming together in ECUMENICAL BANDS and shall be “BURNT” with affliction during the GREAT TRIBULATION. When the last BUNDLE is tied up, “… the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” [1 Thessalonians 4:16-17]

5. Finally, the two TREES are ready for HARVEST, the “… FIELD IS THE WORLD; the GOOD SEED ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM; but the TARES ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE WICKED ONE” [Matthew 13:38] Come to Jesus Christ today and be “… BORN AGAIN, NOT OF CORRUPTIBLE SEED, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” [1 Peter 1:23] Amen

1. Are you surrounded by FRIENDS, FAMILY and BRETHREN who do not BELIEVE in CHRIST? Well, you are in good company, the brethren of Jesus did not BELIEVE He is CHRIST and said, “… If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. For NEITHER DID HIS BRETHREN BELIEVE HIM” [John 7:4-5] Jesus was not perturbed. He knew it was the nature of men to DISBELIEVE when you are not what they want you to be and in their TIME. He replied: “… MY TIME IS NOT YET COME: but your time is alway ready” [John 7:6] His brethren probably had good intentions, but GOOD INTENTIONS, “… highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God” [Luke 16:15] Those who mock you are not the ENEMY, but ignorant of God’s plan for your life. The ENEMY is Satan, taking advantage of weaknesses of the flesh to provoke fear and anxiety in scoffers. Beloved, God has a PURPOSE for your life, for which He gave His LIFE through Jesus Christ. It is your duty to ascertain God’s PURPOSE, BELIEVE it against all odds and PRESS FORWARD to fulfilment. WHEN NO ONE BELIEVES YOU, you are not alone, Apostle Paul said: “… I also suffer these things: nevertheless I AM NOT ASHAMED: for I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day” [2 Timothy 1:12] WHEN NO ONE BELIEVES YOU, BELIEVE and HOLD ON to the ONE who gave His LIFE for you.

2. What do you do, when DOUBTERS question the HEAVENLY VISION? John, the Baptist, announced the ministry of Jesus Christ, saying: “… BEHOLD, THE LAMB OF GOD, which taketh away the sin of the world” [John 1:29] The same John afterwards sent his disciples to Jesus, saying: ”… John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME? or look we for another?” [Luke 7:20] According to the PURPOSE of God, there were no visible miracles in the ministry of John. When miracles began to flow in Christ’s ministry, Satan raised DOUBTS in John’s heart. John was not jealous or evil, but ignorant of DIVINE AGENDA. Jesus calmed John’s DOUBTS, saying: “… tell John what things ye have SEEN and HEARD; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the GOSPEL IS PREACHED” [Luke 7:22] Jesus transformed the “HEAVENLY VISION” to VISIBLE GOSPEL, that could be SEEN and HEARD. I assure you; DOUBTERS will arise when your PURPOSE is in motion. You must not allow any man or situation to DISTRACT you from “… THE HEAVENLY VISION” [Acts 26:19] WHEN NO ONE BELIEVES YOU, let your LIFE and MINISTRY witness the VISIBLE GOSPEL.

3. WHEN NO ONE BELIEVES YOU, perhaps you are wrong, and DOUBTERS are right. WHEN NO ONE BELIEVES YOU, examine yourself, “… WHETHER YE BE IN THE FAITH; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” [2 Corinthians 13:5] The Bible says: “Now FAITH is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen” [Hebrews 11:1] The SUBSTANCE of FAITH is the TESTIMONY of God MANIFEST in Jesus Christ, and “… without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH…” [1 Timothy 3:16] Those who TESTIFY of God “MANIFEST IN THE FLESH” bear WITNESS they are crucified with Jesus Christ, and as Paul said: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: and the life which I now live in the flesh I LIVE BY FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD … “ [Galatians 3:20] The EVIDENCE of FAITH is the LIFE you and I LIVE for or against the TESTIMONY we profess, as it is written: “… THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH … “ [Habakkuk 2:4] To LIVE BY FAITH is to LIVE SACRIFICIALLY for Christ, DEAD TO THE FLESH [Romans 12:1-2] If you are CRUCIFIED with Jesus Christ, it does not matter what men think of you, as the Bible says: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: and the life which I now live in the flesh I LIVE BY FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, who loved me, and gave himself for me” [Galatians 2:20]

4. The Bible says: “This know also, that IN THE LAST DAY PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, BLASPHEMERS, … FALSE ACCUSERS, incontinent, fierce, DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT ARE GOOD, TRAITORS, … Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof …” [2 Timothy 3:1-5] BLASPHEMERS, FALSE ACCUSERS and DESPISERS now sit in Church, costumed in “A FORM OF GODLINESS”. Like Lot’s wife, they will challenge your integrity in times of adversity, as it is written: “Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die” [Job 2:9] His friends also DISBELIEVED him, but Job HELD ON and replied: “If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I WAIT, TILL MY CHANGE COME” [Job 14:14] Beloved, my CHANGE and your CHANGE are so close, when the Lord shall appear in the company of innumerable angels and we shall be TRANSLATED to be “… LIKE HIM, FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS” [1 John 3:2] WHEN NO ONE BELIEVES YOU, BELIEVE in the Lord and His Coming. Every day, examine yourself in the MIRROR of FAITH to ascertain your standing in Him, earnestly preparing for His appearance when we “… shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” [1 Thessalonians 4:17] If you are not BORN AGAIN, now is time to BELIEVE and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, amen.

PATIENCE NEVER FAILS

1. PATIENCE is the proverbial KEY of David which opens the vaults of God’s goodness. The Bible says: “For YE HAVE NEED OF PATIENCE, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might RECEIVE THE PROMISE” [Hebrews 10:36] PATIENCE is an active VERB, in spiritual terms, opposed to complacency or slothfulness. It is steady FAITH and labour in spiritual exercises to SEEK FIRST the Kingdom of God and receive the PROMISE, as it is written “SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, and his righteousness; and ALL THESE THINGS shall be added…” [Matthew 6:33] The “KINGDOM” and “ALL THESE THINGS” are poles apart and you cannot devolve equal priority on both. Choosing the KINGDOM FIRST is the WISDOM of God, contrary to the wisdom of this world. If you choose the KINGDOM FIRST, be prepared to be called names. Giving to “ALL THESE THINGS” agrees with the wisdom of this world, but is outright FOOLISHNESS, as the Bible says: “… WISDOM OF THIS WORLD IS FOOLISHNESS with God …” [1 Corinthians 3:19]

2. PATIENCE is the engine, FAITH is the car and without PATIENCE to drive the car, FAITH is inept. If you truly BELIEVE God, you will PRIORITIZE His WORD, fully persuaded He is able to “… DO EXCEEDINGLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK, according to the power that worketh in us” [Ephesians 3:20] You see, “GOD IS HIS WORD” [John 1:1] When you have prayed and fasted, add PATIENCE to your FAITH, “… Behold, the HUSBANDMAN WAITETH for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath LONG PATIENCE for it, until he receive the early and latter rain” [James 5;7] You are the HUSBANDMAN and your spiritual exercises are the seed sown. Some seeds, like corn, mature for harvest in three months and that is it. Cocoa takes 2 to 3 years and brings forth annually for close to 50 years. Having put your seed in the ground, do not compare yourself with others or waver in FAITH and inadvertently uproot your seed before maturity. Retain your confidence in God at all times, “… For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For LET NOT THAT MAN THINK THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD” [James 1:6-7]

3. PATIENCE overrides TIME and redeems the YEARS. Abraham was 75 years old when God called Him. He had Isaac at 100 years and lived another 75 years, to die at 175 years [Genesis 25:7] David was a youngster when Samuel anointed him King over Israel, and WAITED PATIENTLY another 13 -15 years to receive the crown. David testified, “I WAITED PATIENTLY for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and HEARD MY CRY. He BROUGHT ME UP ALSO OUT OF AN HORRIBLE PIT, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings” [Psalm 40:1-2] When opportunity arose to kill Saul and help himself to the crown, David chose to WAIT PATIENTLY on the Lord, saying: “… and SOME BADE ME KILL THEE: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’S anointed” [1 Samuel 24:10] Though we live in a push button world accustomed to instant gratification, you must not succumb to charlatans who have turned the gospel into an ATM machine for instant gratification. I exhort you to learn to PATIENTLY SEEK the KINGDOM FIRST and “ALL THESE THINGS” shall be added. God is faithful, He will surely lift you out of that horrible pit and establish you.

4. PATIENCE NEVER FAILS and will not fail as we navigate the last days of this dying world. Presently, everywhere you turn, there is distress and men’s hearts “… FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth…” [Luke 21:26] This is not the time to panic or run for help where there is none. As things go from bad to worse across the globe, I charge you to WAIT PATIENTLY on the Lord to RENEW YOUR STRENGTH, for “… THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” [Isaiah 40:31]

5. Finally, if you are not born again, you have no STRENGTH to RENEW. I charge you, therefore, to receive Jesus Christ today as your Lord and SAVIOUR and and hold on tight to the end, amen

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