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1. The word CHURCH was first mentioned in the Bible when the LORD Jesus Christ said: “… thou art Peter, and UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” [Matthew 16:18] As a reminder, there was indeed a CHURCH in the wilderness, where Moses ministered, as it is written: “THIS IS HE, THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS WITH THE ANGEL which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us” [Acts 7:38] Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:18, uprooted all previous foundations of religious fellowship, material or spiritual and laid new FOUNDATIONS for His TRUE CHURCH. Evidently, TRUE CHURCH is not the Pentecostal Fellowship, Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, etc., but a SPIRITUAL HOUSE built on the ROCK, that is, the REVELATION of Jesus Christ. The building blocks are men and women hewn from the ROCK, as the Bible says: “Ye also, as LIVELY STONES, ARE BUILT UP A SPIRITUAL HOUSE, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” [1 Peter 2:5] We are ONE BODY, united by the SPIRIT of Christ, “For BY ONE SPIRIT ARE WE ALL BAPTIZED IN TO ONE BODY, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free;…” [1 Corinthian s 12:13]

2. TRUE CHURCH is the FELLOWSHIP of those who worship God in SPIRIT and in TRUTH, for “God IS A SPIRIT: and they that worship him must WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH” [John 4:24] I will unravel a MYSTERY here, the SPIRIT and TRUTH mentioned in John 4:2 are ONE, as it is written: “… And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH” [1 John 5:6] Listen closely, God is the SPIRIT as stated in John 4:2, the SPIRIT is TRUTH in 1 John 5:6 and Jesus Christ said: “… I AM THE WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” [John 14:6] All three scriptures point to Jesus Christ as God MANIFEST in FLESH. This is the MYSTERY that underscores TRUE CHURCH, as the Bible says: “And without controversy GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH … preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” [1 Timothy 3:16] The revelation of God MANIFEST in Jesus Christ is the ROCK and FOUNDATION of TRUE CHURCH. The ROCK is the prophetic revelation of TRUTH binding the ELECT into ONE-FOLD under Christ, the SHEPHERD of our souls. Where there is no PROPHETIC REVELATION of Jesus Christ, there is no TRUE CHURCH.

3. TRUE CHURCH is the “… general assembly and CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN, which are WRITTEN IN HEAVEN,… ” [Hebrew 12:23] That is, the congregation of those God FOREKNEW before the world, “For WHO HE DID FOREKNOW, HE ALSO DID PREDESTINATE to be conformed to the image of his Son,… ” [Romans 8:29] For emphasis, TRUE CHURCH is the SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP of SAINTS, “… WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE” [Philippians 4:3] The GOSPEL of Jesus Christ is God’s invitation to locate and confirm your place in TRUE CHURCH, and admission is strictly by FAITH through GRACE, “For BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” [Ephesians 2:8] I know all these sounds a MYSTERY, and they are. You see, God knows His own sheep and came down in Jesus Christ to reconcile them to Himself, saying: “My sheep HEAR MY VOICE, and I KNOW THEM, and they FOLLOW ME” [John 10:27] The invitation to His sheep is the GOSPEL and those who HEAR do so strictly by FAITH. The reason you struggle with the MYSTERY of God MANIFEST in Jesus Christ is lack of FAITH, and as long as you do you are outside TRUE CHURCH, “For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but THE WORD PREACHED DID NOT PROFIT THEM, NOT BEING MIXED WITH FAITH in them that heard it” [Hebrews 4:2]

4. TRUE CHURCH is the COMMUNION of souls united “In HOPE of ETERNAL LIFE, which God, that cannot lie, PROMISED BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN” [Titus 1:2] TRUE CHURCH is not an enterprise set up for earthly dividends but God’s vineyard and we are “… LABOURERS together with God: ye are GOD’S HUSBANDRY, ye are GOD’S BUILDING” [1 Corinthians 3:9] Our work is to build souls to EVERLASTING LIFE and not brick and mortar that will not stand the test of time. We are CO-LABOURERS, irrespective of age, status or gender, and no LABOURER may or should expect a REWARD until the work is done. If any man claims to be a STEWARD of Christ and boasts of material REWARDS before the work is over, he is a LIAR and alien to the TRUE CHURCH. I know how tough it is laboring without a REWARD in this world, I exhort you to hold on in FAITH, acknowledging the TRUTH, for “… when the chief Shepherd shall appear, YE SHALL RECEIVE A CROWN OF GLORY that fadeth not away” [1 Peter 5:4] Beloved, every LABOURER, from Adam to the last SAINT shall receive Christ’s REWARDS at His coming, as it is written: “And, behold, I come quickly; and MY REWARD IS WITH ME, TO GIVE EVERY MAN according as his work shall be” [Revelation 22:12] Comfort yourself with these words.

5. Beloved, TRUE CHURCH is not your denomination. SEEK the Lord now, in SPIRIT and TRUTH, while He may yet be found. Accept Him as your Lord and Saviour, amen.

1. THE DAY OF THE LORD was set aside at CREATION, when “… God ended HIS WORK which he had made; and HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY from all his work which he had made. And GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY, and SANCTIFIED IT … “[Genesis 2:2-3] It is evident God requires no REST’ but set the SEVENTH DAY aside for the HARVEST of the earth, when “WHEAT” shall be gathered into God’s REST and “CHAFF” bundled to be BURNT in “… EVERLASTING FIRE prepared for the devil and his angels” [Matthew 25:41] The SIX prophetic DAYS of CREATION represent the TIME allotted for the earth to bring forth, and “… ONE DAY IS WITH THE LORD AS A THOUSAND YEARS, and a thousand years as one day” [2 Peter 3:8] The “SIX DAYS” are almost done and the HARVEST is fast approaching, when the living and dead, rich and poor shall be weighed in the balance before the “… Lord Jesus Christ, who shall JUDGE the quick and the dead AT HIS APPEARING and his kingdom” [2 Timothy 4:1] The JUDGE is the same who sowed the SEED for the HARVEST, when He offered Himself as LAMB of God, “…SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD” to bring forth a bountiful HARVEST of souls in the image and likeness of God [Revelation 13:8]

2. THE DAY OF THE LORD was mentioned twenty-four times in the Old Testament, as a SHADOW of things to come, as it is written:: ”For this is the DAY OF THE LORD GOD of hosts, a DAY OF VENGEANCE, that he may avenge him of his adversaries:…“ [Jeremiah 46:10] The New Testament referred to the DAY OF THE LORD, five times, as the SEASON of RETRIBUTION and RESTORATION. There were fake prophets in the Old Testament who deceived the people, as false teachers now do for gain, with sham prophecies pertaining to TIME and AGENDA of the DAY OF THE LORD. Repeated claims of Christ’s coming and dashed hopes encouraged a general climate of unbelief and an army of scoffers, saying: “… WHERE IS THE PROMISE OF HIS COMING? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” [2 Peter 3:4] Beloved, this is not the time to lose hope or be shaken in FAITH, for “… the DAY OF THE LORD SO COMETH AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT” [1 Thessalonians 5:2] As the DAY OF THE LORD creeps on this generation, I warn you to beware of fake prophets and false teachers, “… for THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME, EXCEPT there come A FALLING AWAY first, and that MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, the son of perdition …” [2 Thessalonians 2:3]

3. The DAY OF THE LORD is not a 24-hour day, but a PROPHETIC TIMELINE preceded by “A FALLING AWAY” from FAITH, as it is written: “Now the SPIRIT SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY, that IN THE LATTER TIMES SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH, giving heed to SEDUCING SPIRITS, and doctrines of devils” [1 Timothy 4:1] Look around, a size-able portion of Christendom is “FALLING AWAY” from the template of Jesus Christ and His Apostles. Brethren, the popular brand of mercantile Christianity is the work of SEDUCING SPIRITS, enticing men away from pristine FAITH with DOCTRINES OF DEVILS. Listen closely, how come Jesus Christ and His Apostles did not leverage Holy Ghost POWER for material prosperity? The “FALLING AWAY” will go on until the Church is purged of carpetbaggers to reveal the “LITTLE FLOCK”, of which the Lord said: “FEAR NOT, LITTLE FLOCK; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” [Luke 12:32] When the “FALLING AWAY” is done, the MAN OF SIN shall be revealed, “… WHOSE COMING IS AFTER THE WORKING OF SATAN with all power and signs and LYING WONDERS” [2 Thessalonians 2:9] This is the season of LYING WONDERS; I charge you to examine your FAITH on daily basis and stand fast in the love of TRUTH.

4. The DAY OF THE LORD shall break when the “… SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISE with healing in his wings … ” [Malachi 4:2] The SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS is Jesus Christ who shall APPEAR suddenly, “… 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] With SAINTS gathered out of the way, the Lord shall pour His wrath on the earth [Revelation 8 & 9] There shall be unprecedented TRIBULATION as the Lord JUDGES the earth, and that goes on till ARMAGEDDON, when He shall lay “… HOLD ON THE DRAGON, that old serpent, which is the DEVIL, and SATAN, and BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS” [Revelation 20:2] The DAY OF THE LORD is the THOUSAND YEARS of Satan’s incarceration, when the Lord Jesus Christ shall reign in PEACE over the earth. Those who come out of the TRIBULATION without taking the MARK, and “were BEHEADED FOR THE WITNESS OF JESUS CHRIST” shall have their REST in the DAY OF THE LORD [Revelation 20:4] The SAINTS that were “CAUGHT UP” shall return with the Lord, as “… priests of God and of Christ, and SHALL REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS” [Revelation 20:6]

5. THE DAY OF THE LORD is a THOUSAND YEARS of PEACE, RESTORATION and REST prepared for you and I from the foundation of the earth. The Lord Jesus Christ brought your invitation from heaven, saying: “COME UNTO ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST” [Matthew 11:28] Accept Jesus Christ today, as your Lord and Saviour and book your place in His REST, amen

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1. This world is a universe of overlapping DIMENSIONS and the EARTH, where we live is only one DIMENSION out of three. The NATURAL WORLD is like a gigantic LABORATORY and we are all specimens, IMPRISONED to be made ready for ETERNAL LIFE or PERISH. We are BORN into this DIMENSION in excruciating PAIN of parturition and LIVE, only to DIE, as it is “… appointed unto men ONCE TO DIE, but after this the JUDGMENT” [Hebrews 9:27] Every decision you make, and every step taken shall count as EVIDENCE for or against you when you shall stand before “… the Lord JESUS CHRIST, WHO SHALL JUDGE the quick and the dead AT HIS APPEARING and his kingdom” [2 Timothy 4:1] As you go about your daily chores, remember, this DIMENSION is a temporary plane of existence. The glittering cities and sprawling slums have a date with destruction, “… the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the EARTH ALSO AND THE WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP” [2 Peter 3:10] Though our FLESH shall one day DIE or be “BURNED UP” with the EARTH, there is a SOUL in man with potential to LIVE FOREVER. Ask yourself, “… what is a man profited, if he shall GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, and LOSE HIS OWN SOUL? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” [Matthew 16:26]

2. There is an INVISIBLE WORLD around us where Satan rules as “… PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, the spirit that now worketh in the CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE” [Ephesians 2:2] It is an ETHEREAL WORLD operating parallel authority over the PHYSICAL DIMENSION through spiritual agents and human proxy. The Bible says: “But the PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, MICHAEL, ONE OF THE CHIEF PRINCES, came to help me… “ [Daniel 10:13] Persia was the most powerful nation on earth at the time and this “PRINCE” was the angelic ambassador of Satan. In the same manner, there are squadrons of fallen angels over every nation peddling demonic influence in warfare, technology, philosophy, religion, etc. At the ground level, the devil operates through men initiated into the “DEPTHS OF SATAN” [Revelation 2:24] They are stationed in corridors of power to enforce satanic influence, as it is written: “… a certain sorcerer, A FALSE PROPHET, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: WHICH WAS WITH THE DEPUTY OF THE COUNTRY, Sergius Paulus… withstood them, seeking TO TURN AWAY THE DEPUTY FROM THE FAITH” [Acts 13:6-8] This DIMENSION and those who profit from the riches of the kingdom of darkness have a date with perdition, at the coming of the Lord, when he shall say: “… Depart from me, ye cursed, into EVERLASTING FIRE, PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS” [Matthew 25:41]

3. There is a THIRD DIMENSION, which is neither PHYSICAL nor ETHEREAL but WITHIN, as it is written: “… The KINGDOM OF GOD COMETH NOT WITH OBSERVATION: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU” [Luke 17:20-21] The THIRD DIMENSION is the MYSTERY of God dwelling in man to establish His EVERLASTING KINGDOM on EARTH, of which the Bible says: “Know ye not that YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, and that the SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU?” [1 Corinthians 3:16] The THIRD DIMENSION is not reckoned by material possessions or religious authority, but of God working “… in you both TO WILL and TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE” [Philippians 2:13] It is neither affected by the PAINS of the PHYSICAL WORLD nor the OPPRESSION of the kingdoms of darkness, “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but RIGHTEOUSNESS, and PEACE, and JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST” [Romans 14:17] Some two thousand years ago, God was MANIFEST in Jesus Christ to establish the template for His Kingdom on EARTH, and “… since that time the KINGDOM OF GOD IS PREACHED, and every MAN PRESSETH INTO IT” [Luke 16:16] The key phrase is “PRESSETH INTO IT”, that is, FIGHT and PUSH against all opposition to ENTER the EVERLASTING Kingdom of God.

4. Beloved, you are more than a BODY of flesh and blood, for 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] The SOUL in you has potential to LIVE FOREVER and LONGS to escape the PHYSICAL WORLD to be reunited with God in His Kingdom. In ancient times, this “LONGING” found expression in the TOWER OF BABEL, when all men came together and said: “… LET US BUILD US A CITY AND A TOWER, WHOSE TOP MAY REACH UNTO HEAVEN; and let us make us a name,… ” [Genesis 11:4] There is INNATE DESIRE in man to escape looming destruction of the EARTH, but FALSE RELIGION or running to SPACE is not the solution. Their coming together was the root of FALSE RELIGION and the construction of the TOWER to “REACH UNTO HEAVEN” was man’s first shot at SPACE EXPLORATION. The reason you do not comprehend or have issues gaining ACCESS to the THIRD DIMENSION you do not SEE it, because “… EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD” [John 3:3] If you will ever get out of the PHYSICAL DIMENSION ALIVE, and escape the damnation that awaits Satan and his hosts, you must be BORN AGAIN.

5. Finally, the Bible says: “For GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, that HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, but have EVERLASTING LIFE” [John 3:16] ACCEPT Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and be received into the EVERLASTING KINGDOM of God, amen.

1. The CROSS of Jesus Christ is not a TOTEM hung on a wall or AMULET worn on the neck. It is the EMBLEM of Christ’s SUFFERING anchored in the INNER MAN of those who “… HAVE CRUCIFIED THE FLESH with the affections and lusts” [Galatians 5:24] The CROSS of Jesus Christ is not made of wood, iron, silver or gold, but of FLESH and BLOOD; we are the CROSS in who Christ lives, if we FOLLOW in His footsteps. Thus, said the Lord: “… If any man will come after me, let him DENY HIMSELF, and TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, and FOLLOW ME” [Luke 9:23] The CROSS is the PAIN of contradictions experienced in the FLESH by those who GAVE UP ALL to FOLLOW Jesus Christ, as it is written: “Then Peter said, Lo, WE HAVE LEFT ALL, and FOLLOWED THEE” [Luke 18:28] If you have “LEFT ALL” to take up Christ’s CROSS, “… when the chief Shepherd shall appear, YE SHALL RECEIVE A CROWN OF GLORY that fadeth not away” [1 Peter 5:4] Regrettably, I must warn you of GRIEVOUS WOLVES, ENEMIES OF THE CROSS, who preach Jesus without His CROSS of who the Bible says: “(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST: WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION… ” [Philippians 3:18-19]

2. ENEMIES OF THE CROSS woo men with the CROWN of GLORY but will not teach them to take up the CROSS and DIE to the FLESH as Christ did. Thus, said the Lord: “… Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but IF IT DIE, IT BRINGETH FORTH MUCH FRUIT” [John 12:24] The SEED that must go into the ground and DIE is FLESHLY PASSIONS. Beloved, those who inflame your heart with PROMISES of material RICHES without telling you to CRUCIFY the FLESH are ENEMIES of your SOUL, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, AND LOSE HIS SOUL?” [Mark 8:36] Whatever you have or have not in this world is nothing if your SOUL is not EXALTED to EVERLASTING GLORY in the likeness of Jesus Christ, who “… humbled himself, and became OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH, even the DEATH OF THE CROSS. Wherefore GOD ALSO HATH HIGHLY EXALTED HIM, and given him a name which is above every name” [Philippians 2:8-9] OBEDIENCE is GIVING UP what you want to be to take up the CROSS; without the CROSS, there is no CROWN. Brethren, our OBEDIENCE to God’s WILL is the way of the CROSS and there is no CROWN until we come to God in absolute submission, saying; “… NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE, be done” [Luke 22:42]

3. The Lord Jesus Christ came to this world to SAVE us from SIN and DEATH to RIGHTEOUSNESS and EVERLASTING LIFE, by the “POWER OF GOD unto SALVATION… “[Romans 1:16] The “POWER OF GOD” is the GOSPEL preached in His name. When a man BELIEVES the GOSPEL, he becomes “… A NEW CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; behold, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW” [2 Corinthians 5:17] When I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour, I became a NEW CREATURE, “… 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 THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD… ” [Galatians 2:20] I was CRUCIFIED and DIED with Christ on the CROSS. Now, I live not of myself, but by the POWER OF GOD, taking up Christ’s CROSS and FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, “… who was made a little lower than the angels FOR THE SUFFERING OF DEATH, CROWNED WITH GLORY and honour… “ [Hebrews 2:9] The CROSS is the identity of Christ and His ability in us to ENDURE the SUFFERING of this present world. Whereas the SUFFERING of the CROSS is foolishness to those who perish, it is to us the deposit of our ETERNAL INHERITANCE, knowing “IF WE SUFFER, WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM: if we deny him, he also will deny us” [2 Timothy 2:12]

4. Beloved, those who encourage you to spend hours praying for “EARTHLY THINGS” but will not teach you to take up the CROSS for your spiritual well-being, do so to make merchandise of you, “WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION, WHOSE GOD IS THEIR BELLY, and whose glory is in their shame, WHO MIND EARTHLY THINGS” [Philippians 3:19] Listen closely, no man may claim to KNOW or experience SALVATION in Jesus Christ until he has DENIED SELF to WALK in FELLOWSHIP of His SUFFERING, as it is written: “That I may KNOW HIM, and the POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, and the FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS, being made conformable unto his death” [Philippians 3:10] The “FELLOWSHIP of his SUFFERINGS” is our daily commitment to WALK in FAITH, though we are pressed and VEXED on every side by what we SEE, HEAR and FEEL in this perverted world [2 Peter 2:7-8] The CROSS is the TRIAL of our FAITH until the appearance of the Lord when those who ENDURE to the end shall receive the CROWN reserved for His SAINTS, as the Bible says: “That the TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH, being much MORE PRECIOUS THAN OF GOLD that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory AT THE APPEARING OF JESUS CHRIST” [1 Peter 1:7]

5. Friend, I encourage you to take the first step towards the CROSS today and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Take up His CROSS and wait patiently for His appearance, amen

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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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1. HELL is real, but BURNING HELL is not; it is the product of many years of demonic disinformation. The Bible says: “… DEATH AND HELL DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN THEM AND THEY WERE JUDGED every man according to their works. And DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. This is the second death” [Revelation 20:13-14] DEATH turns the dead over to prison houses of HELL until the day of judgment, when both shall deliver their detainees to be judged “ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS” and the Lord shall say “… unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, YE CURSED INTO EVERLASTING FIRE, PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS” [Matthew 25:41] Presently, there is no one burning in “HELL” or in the LAKE OF FIRE, including Satan. If any man tells you he has been to BURNING HELL, ask him if he saw Satan burning? God will not send anyone into “EVERLASTING FIRE” without opportunity to stand before the throne of judgment. “EVERLASTING FIRE” was prepared for Satan and his angels and they shall be first to feel the flames, as it is written: “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] After them, “… whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE” [Revelation 20:15

2 The doctrine of present BURNING HELL without Satan is satanic subterfuge to divert attention from the KINGDOM OF DARKNESS, with which we must fight, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, against the RULERS OF THE DARKNESS of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” [Ephesians 6:12] HELL is the kingdom of darkness, with which the Church must contend, as Jesus said: “… upon this rock I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH; AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT” [Matthew 16:18] Ask yourself , if HELL is burning, how shall the GATES OF HELL war against the Church? Listen carefully, HELL is the EVIL EMPIRE and “GATES OF HELL” are the THREE DIMENSIONS of PRIMORDIAL DARKNESS. The FIRST GATE of HELL garrisons the etheric kingdoms of the AIR. The SECOND is on EARTH. The THIRD is in LOWER REGIONS of the EARTH. The FIRST DIMENSION of HELL is the invisible belt of PRIMITIVE DARKNESS around our world, where Satan rules as “… PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience” [Ephesians 2:2] Satan sits atop a network of demons and diverse spiritual personalities appointed over nations and nationalities to do his bidding. PRINCE OF PERSIA and PRINCE OF GRECIA mentioned in Daniel 10:20 were spiritual personalities appointed to establish the rule of HELL over those two kingdoms.

3 The SECOND GATE of HELL is on EARTH, where demons and NATURAL MAN collaborate to subvert nature and establish kingdoms of darkness, as the Bible says: “And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME; and TO WHOMSOEVER I WILL I GIVE IT” [Luke 4:5-6] The present world order of governments, economics and social order divides the earth into fiefdoms and as Satan said, “TO WHOMSOEVER I WILL I GIVE IT”. False religion, occultism, pervading poverty, social decadence, oppression, terror, unending wars, etc., are manifestations of HELL, “… and THE WHOLE WORLD LIETH IN WICKEDNESS” [1 John 5:19] The UNREPENTANT SIINNER is trapped in HELL on earth, as we all were until we came to Jesus Christ and became SONS of God “… a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELLOUS LIGHT’ [1 Peter 2:9] Let no man be in doubt, kingdoms of this world are colonies of HEL and not of Christ, as it is written: “Jesus answered, MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, …” [John 18:36] If it is not of Christ, it is HELL.

4. The THIRD GATE of HELL is “UNDER”, where Satan exercises “… the POWER OF DEATH, that is, the DEVIL” [Hebrews 2:14] LOWER HELL has custody of the dead and shall give them up to be judged, as it is written: “… DEATH AND HELL DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN THEM AND THEY WERE JUDGED every man according to their works.” [Revelation 20:13-14] This DIMENSION of HELL is divided into compartments. First is QUEBER, that is, GRAVE, where the body of the dead are kept, awaiting judgment or resurrection. SECOND is HADES where souls of the wicked are imprisoned until the day of judgment. THIRD is SHEOL, where the righteous WERE HELD CAPTIVE until Jesus Christ went UNDER, ”… led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also DESCENDED FIRST INTO THE LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH?” [Ephesians 4:8-9] In Luke 16:20, Lazarus was in SHEOL, with Abraham, who also was a captive of DEATH until the “… GRAVES WERE OPENED; and many BODIES OF SAINTS WHICH SLEPT AROSE, And came out of the graves AFTER HIS RESURRECTION, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many” [Matthew 27:52-53] The rich man was in HADES, in “TORMENTS”; INFLAMED of his evil passions and surrounded by hordes of wicked souls.

5. Beloved, everything required for our SALVATION and TRANSLATION are in the Bible and you have no reason to listen to those who preach Christ with doctrines received from HELL. When Paul visited PARADISE, he reported hearing “… unspeakable words, which IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR A MAN TO UTTER” [2 Corinthians 12:4] If Paul said it was “UNSPEAKABLE” why do you celebrate those who claim to have visited HELL to bring a message. Abraham told the rich man thus, “… They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them” [Luke 16:29] You and I have the Bible, let us hold fast to the REVEALED WORD until the appearance of Jesus Christ and we shall not be caught in the snares of HELL, amen

1. The race to ARMAGEDDON began when God brought the “… FIRSTBEGOTTEN into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him” [Hebrews 1:6] Jesus Christ is the FIRSTBEGOTTEN, in who “… DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY” [Colossians 2:9] Satan denied the revelation of God in the FIRSTBEGOTTEN, got others to join his rebellion and “… THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,” [Revelation 12:7] The war was not a one-day affair as some assume from the narrative in Revelation 12:7-10. It began before Adam was formed and continued until Satan was cast down to earth, “And the GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, that old serpent, called the Devil, and SATAN, WHICH DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” [Revelation 12:9] Satan was CAST OUT of his original ESTATE but the battle rages on earth, until he is bound and thrown into the lake of fire [Revelation 20:10-14] Before the lake of fire comes ARMAGEDDON, where Satan gathers his infernal hosts and the “KINGS OF THE EARTH, ” … together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue ARMAGEDDON” [Revelation 16:13-16] Human civilization shall fall with Satan at ARMAGEDDON, and the Lord shall “.. CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: and after that he must be loosed a little season” [Revelation 20:3].
2. As we COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON, the present climate of global distress will go from bad to worse. Every system of government, economy and social institution MADE by man shall be SHAKEN, as it is written: “… Yet once more I SHAKE NOT THE EARTH ONLY, BUT ALSO HEAVEN. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that ARE SHAKEN, AS OF THINGS MADE, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain” [Hebrews 12:26-27] Satan and his invisible kingdoms around our world are “SHAKEN”. The present wave of terror and general instability are the work of marauding demons and fallen angels seeking refuge on earth. Those who bank on politicians and international organizations for peace shall be grossly disappointed, “For WHEN THEY SHALL SAY, PEACE and SAFETY; then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMETH upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” [1 Thessalonians 5:3] Present instability shall descend to riots and massive breakdown of law and order. The ANTICHRIST shall restore a semblance of order by cruel pacification, but it shall not last. In the midst of unprecedented global confusion, the Lord “… 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 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]
3. COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON follows two CRITICAL PROPHETIC MOVES in the Church. The FIRST MOVE is the GATHERING OF TARES to separate the BRIDE from the maddening crowd, as it is written: “… GATHER YE TOGETHER FIRST THE TARES, and bind them IN BUNDLES to BURN THEM: but GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN” [Matthew 13:30] WHEAT are the children of the kingdom, “Being BORN AGAIN, NOT OF CORRUPTIBLE SEED, BUT OF INCORRUPTIBLE, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” [1 Peter 1:23] TARES are folks who came into the Church but never experienced the NEW BIRTH, and shall “FALL AWAY” from the FAITH at the appointed time,; “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a FALLING AWAY first, and that MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, the son of perdition” [2 Thessalonians 2:3] This prophecy is fulfilled as major Christian denominations “FALL AWAY” merge with False Religions in INTER-FAITH ECUMENISM. The SECOND MOVE follows quickly after the FIRST, as it is written: “… HE WHO NOW LETTETH will let, until he be taken out of the way. And THEN SHALL THE WICKED BE REAVEALED …” [2 Thessalonians 2:7-8] He “WHO NOW LETTETH” is the Holy Ghost, keeping watch over the Church. After the BRIDE is TRANSLATED, Satan shall be incarnated in the ANTICHRIST to lead his armies to ARMAGEDDON.
4. The race to ARMAGEDDON moves very fast as soon as Satan is incarnated on earth, “… HAVING GREAT WRATH, because HE KNOWETH THAT HE HATH BUT A SHORT TIME” [Revelation 12:12] The MAN OF SIN shall rule with the fist of wickedness and pacify the nations with his MARK into a ONE-WORLD ORDER, “And HE CAUSETH ALL both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, TO RECEIVE A MARK IN THEIR RIGHT HAND, or in their FOREHEADS: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the MARK or the NAME of the beast, or the NUMBER of his name” [Revelation 13:16-17] Those who focus on the TECHNOLOGY of the MARL, may well miss. You see, the significance of the MARK transcends TECHNOLOGY; it is more of WITCHCRAFT than TECHNOLOGY. The MARK is Satan implanting his DNA in man and “… If any man worship the beast and his image, and RECEIVE HIS MARK in his forehead, or in his hand, The SAME SHALL DRINK OF THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF GOD, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb” [Revelation 14:9-10]
5. Beloved, we have passed the critical point in COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON. The appearance of the Lord is imminent when He shall return to receive His BRIDE. If you are not BORN AGAIN, make peace with the Lord today and receive your BOARDING PASS for the TRANSLATION FLIGHT. If for any reason you are left behind, please DO NOT TAKE THE MARK, NAME or NUMBER of the BEAST amen.

WOUNDED GENERALS

1. A WOUNDED GENERAL is a tragic liability to the army of God, as the Church contends to win souls and OCCUPY until the return of Jesus Christ [Luke 19:13] The enemy’s strategic battle plan is straight from the book, “SMITE THE SHEPHERD shepherd, and the SHEEP SHALL BE SCATTERED” [Mark 14:27] One GENERAL smitten by the ENEMY is a calamity to the FOLD. GOD’S GENERALS are like angels, flaming torches, and untouchable as long as they are free of SIN [Hebrews 1:7] The enemy fights with FIERY DARTS tipped with SIN to turn WOUNDED GENERAL into “ENEMIES” within the camp. When the first GENERAL, Adam, was wounded by SIN, he lamented his injury, saying: “… I heard thy voice in the garden, and I WAS AFRAID, because I WA NAKED; and I hid myself” [Genesis 3:10] SIN disrobed Adam of the armor of God’s protection. He was demobilized with FEAR and could neither defend himself nor the nascent Church. The enemy took Cain, his first born as trophy for the first skirmish and the rest they say is history. I can tell there are many WOUNDED GENERALS in the Church, hiding putrid sores under robes of ecclesiastical rascality. They cover their WOUNDS with material endowments, but the Bible says: “… Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for THAT WHICH IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED AMONG MEN IS ABOMINATION IN THE SIGHT OF GOD” [Luke 16:1]

2. When Samuel anointed Saul as CAPTAIN over Israel, “GOD GAVE HIM ANOTHER HEART” and “THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME UPON HIM” to commission him as GOD’S GENERAL [1 Samuel 10:9-10] There are men like SAUL in this generation, to whom the Lord showed mercy, brought out of darkness and appointed as CAPTAINS over His Church. Alas, like Saul, when they had won a few battles fell under the arrow of GREED and peddle the same excuse Saul for their fetid SORES, as it is written: “But THE PEOPLE TOOK OF THE SPOIL, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, TO SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD thy God in Gilgal” [ Samuel 15:21] As the Lord lives, those who heap up silver and gold in open rebellion to the WORD, under pretext of building the Kingdom of God are FALLEN GENERALS, as it is written: “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU” [Luke 17:21] The Kingdom of God is SPIRITUAL, not MATERIAL and is not measured in silver and gold. Though Saul concealed his WOUND before the people, he was naked and defenseless before Goliath, as it is written: ‘SAUL and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and GREATLY AFRAID” [1 Samuel 17:21] WOUNDED GENERALS are liabilities in the camp and must repent or step down for little DAVIDS to lead the Church to victory.

3. Many WOUNDED GENERALS, fell like Sampson, on the laps of Delilah [Judges 16:13-20] Samson was a GENERAL from the womb, his undoing was SEXUAL SIN. God waited patiently for Samson to retrace his steps and have his WOUND healed, but he would not. One day, Samson awoke from Delilah’s lap and said: “… I will go out as at other times before, and SHAKE MYSELF. And he wist not that THE LORD WAS DEPARTED FROM HIM” [Judges 16:20] There are many GENERALS out there, pierced through with DARTS of SEXUAL IMMORALITY. When they strut and SHAKE themselves across the globe, they reconstruct the tragic comedy of Samson. SEXUAL SIN brought Samson to captivity and his enemies made him a clown, “… And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and HE MADE THEM SPORT” [Judges 16:25] Perhaps you are not a GENERAL and you are not WOUNDED, I caution you to beware of collateral damage from proximity to WOUNDED GENERALS. If you are presently enjoying the COMEDY of a WOUNDED GENERAL, I warn you to get out before he pulls the house down, as Samson did with : “… all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein….” [Judges 16:30] Thus, says the Lord: “… COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and THAT RECEIVE NOT OF HER PLAGUES” [Revelations 18:4]

4. Every GENERAL is commissioned as the VOICE of the Almighty and has no right to PERSONAL OPINION. That is the RULE and the Lord Jesus Christ obeyed, saying: “… whatsoever I speak therefore, even AS THE FATHER SAID UNTO ME, SO I SPEAK” [John 12:50] Regrettably, at the height of his ministry John, the Baptist, was hit and the arrow was tipped with PRIDE OF LIFE. He swerved from being the VOICE in the wilderness, became a PALACE COMMENTATOR and Herod slammed him in prison, “… for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. For JOHN SAID UNTO HIM, IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR THEE TO HAVE HER” [Matthew 14:3-4] John was a pitiable shadow of himself in prison, the spirit-filled PROPHET and EVANGELIST who bore witness of the “SPIRIT DESCENDING FROM HEAVEN LIKE A DOVE, AND IT ABODE UPON HIM”, was confused and in frustration sent his disciples to Jesus, asking: “… ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME? or look we for another?” [Luke 7:19] Brethren, I warn you to stay clear of WOUNDED GENERALS who are blinded and imprisoned in social, economic and political commentary. Beware of Preachers who claim to be the CONSCIENCE of the NATION[S] and no longer the VOICE of God. When they quote copiously from the Old Testament without VERIFICATION in the New Testament, they are determined to “… SPOIL YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” [Colossians 2:8]

5. I am assured John made peace with God and paid with his own blood, but you do not have to pay with your blood [Matthew 14:3-12] Let us search the Scriptures and allow the WORD to purge us of the vomit of WOUNDED GENERALS, that we may stand without spot or wrinkle before the Lord at His appearance. The WOUNDED GENERAL is welcome to repent and be reconciled to God today, through the blood of Jesus Christ. After the TRANSLATION, every WOUNDED GENERAL or PRIVATE desiring to be saved shall pay in his or her own blood, amen.

1. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines REWARD as “something that is given in return for good or evil”. This definition outlines the simple relationship between the REWARDER and the RECEIVER. In this context, God is the “… REWARDER OF THEM THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM” [Hebrews 11:6] THE REWARD is for those who DILIGENTLY SEEK God and is not anything presently seen, known or within the imagination of any man, as the Bible says: “… Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” [1 Corinthians 2:9] THE REWARD is not synonymous with any benefit that may be conferred by governments, kings, religious rulers or angels. It is not anything that may be received or gathered in any form in this world. Thus, said the Lord and REWARDER: “And, behold, I come quickly; and MY REWARD IS WITH ME, to give every man according AS HIS WORK SHALL BE” [Revelation 22:12] These clarifications are necessary to settle the nature and timeline of THE REWARD. Whatever any man receives or gathers in this world is not and can by no means be THE REWARD, but a tool to DILIGENTLY SEEK God. THE REWARD is with the REWARDER and He shall give “every man according AS HIS WORK SHALL BE” when He returns [Revelation 22:12] The REWARDER is coming and quickly too, are you ready to meet the Lord?

2. THE REWARD is a legally binding PROMISE to make us “… heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; …” [Romans 8:17] [Catch up on THE PROMISE @ www.voiceoflasttrumpets.com] The Lord Jesus Christ explained how we came to be RECEIVERS in a parable, saying: “For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard” [Matthew 20:1-2] God is the “HOUSEHOLDER” that went out “early”, that is, at the foundation of the world to hire men, with THE PROMISE of THE REWARD. He hired labourers in five seasons; first, third, sixth, ninth and eleventh hours [Matthew 20: 2-6] The first four seasons represented the 4,000 years from Adam to Jesus Christ. The fifth season was the “ELEVENTH HOUR” when THE PROMISE was preached to GENTILES and we became eligible RECEIVERS of THE REWARD through Jesus Christ, as it is written: “… Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive” [Matthew 20:6-7] The ELEVENTH HOUR kicked off some 2,000 years ago and the TWELFTH HOUR is here, when the HOUSEHOLDER shall return “to give every man according AS HIS WORK SHALL BE” [Revelation 22:12]

3. THE REWARD is far from being THE BLESSING, as the SEED is not the HARVEST. THE BLESSING is God transferring SEED to man and “the HARVEST is the end of the world” when every man shall receive THE REWARD, good or evil [Matthew 13:39] [Catch up on THE BLESSING @ www.voiceoflasttrumpets.com] Those who equate THE BLESSING with THE REWARD cite examples of Abraham, David, Solomon among others. Be not deceived, whatever those men received or gathered on earth were “WORKING TOOLS” to fulfil divine purpose and not by any means THE REWARD for services rendered to God. God said that much to Abraham, saying: … Fear not, Abram: I AM THY SHIELD, AND THY EXCEEDING GREAT REWARD” [Genesis 15:1] In the same way, God has equipped New Testament Saints with “… all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ” to accomplish His purpose [Ephesians 1:3] Listen carefully, the WORD of God is the SEED sown on earth and SPIRITUAL GIFTS are the TOOLS to cultivate His VINEYARD and “… when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because THE HARVEST IS COME” [Mark 4:29] I must add, no man, including those who have slept in the Lord has received THE REWARD, but now, the HARVEST is ready, “And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away” [1 Peter 5:4]

4. THE REWARD is the heritage of SONS OF GOD, who were chosen “… in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself… ” [Ephesians 1:4-5] Beloved, we were in Him when the foundation of the earth was laid and “… morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” [Job 38:4-7] We “shouted for joy” to hear God pronounce THE REWARD awaiting us who sojourn on earth and return to Him in the “… measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” [Ephesians 4:13] We have the “earnest of our inheritance, a deposit of THE REWARD in this body, which is the Holy Spirit [Ephesians 1:13-14] When the Lord shall appear we shall receive fulness of THE REWARD, as it is written: “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see him as he is” [1 John 3:2] THE REWARD is not houses, cars or money but we shall be like the Lord Jesus Christ in every detail, and so shall be fulfilled THE PROMISE God made in the beginning, saying: “… Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” [Genesis 1:28] THE REWARD is EVERLASTING DOMINION, to reign with Christ forever [Revelation 22:1-5]

5. Regrettably, THE REWARD has two sides; good and evil. Those who refuse to be conformed to the image and likeness of Jesus Christ shall be damned and cast “… INTO EVERLASTING FIRE, PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS” [Matthew 25:41] The agony and sorrow of the lake of fire was never intended for man but for the devil and his rebellious hosts. If any man ends up there, he did so by choice. The choice is yours to conform to Christ or deny Him. The first step to conforming to the image and likeness of Jesus Christ is to receive Him as your Lord and Saviour. Do that today and you will forever be glad you did, amen.