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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.

1.The ERROR OF BALAAM is the tragedy of Church infiltrated with abominations. Israel left Egypt as a vibrant Church, with REVELATION of God as I AM THAT I AM but was polluted in the wilderness by the decadent denomination of Moab, “… they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee” [Deuteronomy 23:4] Much earlier, Abraham had a stopover in Haran, Mesopotamia, on his way to the Promised Land and left behind family members who had the REVELATION of God [Genesis 11: 31, Genesis 19: 30-38] After more than 500 years, whatever was left of that Church was mixed up with Babylonian sorcery to produce Balaam. When the two kindreds met in the wilderness, Moab, the decadent relic of the Church, from that Sodom, had Balaam in her corner to lure Israel into sin [Genesis 19:1-36] The conflict is replicated in every age where the LATEST MOVE of God is resisted by the error of Balaam. The skirmish was repeated when dissident Jews resisted Jesus Christ and “… chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; …” [Luke 22:2] Presently, the Church is viciously assaulted from within in the final showdown of Balaam and the LITTLE FLOCK [Luke 12:32] Though the battle be fierce, “… the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits” [Daniel 11:32]

2. The ERROR OF BALAAM is the work of SOOTHSAYERS masquerading as prophets of God. The Bible says: “BALAAM also the son of Beor, THE SOOTHSAYER, did the children of Israel slay …” [Joshua 13:22] He was a SORCERER like Simon, who embellished his SOOTHSAYING with perverted Judaism and “… BEWITCHED THE PEOPLE of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: …. SAYING, THIS MAN IS THE GREAT POWER OF GOD” [Acts 8:9-10] Wait a minute, Balaam saw visions and God spoke to him. God also spoke to Satan, as it is written: “And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, … And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life” [Job 2:3-4] Brethren, it is not everyone that prophesy or facilitates a miracle, that is approved of God. 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] There are many SOOTHSAYERS in the Church, belching “great swelling words of vanity” to BEWITCH and turn many away from the FAITH. I challenge you to know the TRUTH and “… believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world” [1 John 4:1]

3. The ERROR OF BALAAM fester on foundation of faulty DOCTRINE. Thus said the Lord to the Church in Pergamos: “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto IDOLS, and to commit FORNICATION” [Revelation 2:14] When Balaam failed to place a curse on Israel, he taught Moab to DISTRACT and ENTICE them with prospects of “CHURCH GROWTH” hitched on PERMISSIVE CANDY-COATED GOSPEL When Moab spoke of God in words familiar to Israel and reminded her of a common ancestry, many souls fell and were swallowed up in IDOLATORY and FORNICATION. The ERROR OF BALAAM matures where ministers are bent on “GROWING” the Church by diluting the gospel to admit unrepentant “MOABITES”. The result is a FLOCK that IDOLIZES and CONTEND for SELF and not for the FAITH. Look around, multitudes are daily taught to apply their FAITH to pursuit of CRASS MATERIALISM and blindly led to FORNICATE with SELF. Take note, when a BRIDE loves another more than the GROOM, she is adjudged a FORNICATOR. If you LOVE and CONTEND for SELF more than you do for your FAITH in Jesus Christ, you are a FORNICATOR. I pray you will “… know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” [John 8:32]

4. The ERROR OF BALAAM is evidence the Church has fallen into the PERMISSIVE WILL of God and gone in the “… way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS” [2 Peter 2:15] When Balak sent emissaries to Balaam, “… God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed” [Numbers 22:12] When they returned with better WAGES, his presumptuous mind fell into the PERMISSIVE WILL of God and “… God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him…” [Numbers 22:22] God never amends His Word and His measure of RIGHTEOUSNESS remains the same as the days of Apostles Peter and Paul. The Apostles had the anointing to raise the dead and fill their pockets with filthy lucre but knowing that they were PILGRIMS in this world they abstained from making merchandize of the flocks of Jesus Christ. Those who TEACH and EXHIBIT material riches as proof of godliness are trapped in the ERROR OF BALAAM [1 Timothy 6:5] Those who collect money from the poor to spend on their excesses have received their WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 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]

5. The ERROR OF BALAAM is poison fermented in the niceties of religion that has no foundation in sound REVELATION of God. I admonish you to filter what you hear from every preacher through the Word of God. Avoid being sucked into the pervading mess of CANDY-COATED Christianity and be not overtaken by prosperity of fools, but “… seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” [Matthew 6:33] I charge you to remain steadfast in FAITH and you will not be caught unawares when the Lord shall appear in clouds of glory. If you are not BORN AGAIN, repent and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today, amen.

1.The Bible says: “For where a TESTAMENT is, there must also of necessity be the DEATH OF THE TESTATOR” [Hebrews 9:16] A TESTAMENT is a legally binding AGREEMENT stating how a man wishes to dispose his possessions after his death. When God laid the foundation of the world, He also prepared a TESTAMENT of His INHERITANCE stating TERMS and CONDITIONS for those who shall INHERIT His ETERNAL ESTATE. By FOREKNOWLEDGE, He determined His HEIRS, wrote their names in the BOOK OF LIFE and disowned those “…whose names are not written in the BOOK OF LIFE of 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 being the “brightness of his glory, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON” is the TESTATOR [Hebrews 1:3] At the appointed time, the TESTATOR of the NEW TESTAMENT was MANIFEST on earth to DIE and have His WILL ENFORCED. The LAMB of God was MANIFEST among us, and John testified, saying: “…Behold the LAMB OF GOD, which taketh away the sin of the world” [John 1:29] The LAMB OF GOD came and DIED for the SIN of the world, including you and I, and activated the WILL of God for all men irrespective of race, colour or gender.

2. The Bible says: “By so much was JESUS MADE A SURETY OF A BETTER TESTAMENT” [Hebrews 7:22] SIN is proof of Satan’s odious presence and whosoever embraces SIN is as abominable as Satan before God. When Adam and Eve fell into SIN, the HOPE of our EVERLASTING INHERITANCE was in jeopardy until BLOOD was shed and God made “… coats of skins, and clothed them” [Genesis 3:21] The BLOOD of animals partially erased the odium of SIN and PREESERVED the HOPE of ETERNAL LIFE. The COVENANT with Abraham was signed with the BLOOD of circumcision, but was not enough to implement the TESTAMENT [Genesis 17:11] The OLD TESTAMENT, with Israel, was midwifed by angels and inked with the BLOOD of animals, when “…Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the BLOOD OF THE COVENANT, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words” [Exodus 24:8] The BLOOD of sinful man and animals covered but did not break the yoke of SIN, “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins” [Hebrews 10:4] But in Jesus Christ, we have the SURETY of a BETTER TESTAMENT, as it is written: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM FOR ALL…” [1 Timothy 2: 5-6] The offer of the BETTER TESTAMENT is on your table and the choice is yours.

3.The Bible says: “For a TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD: otherwise IT IS OF NO STRENGTH AT ALL WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH” [Hebrews 9:17] The TESTATOR came at the appointed time, and “… GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, …” [1 Timothy 3:16] God was manifest in Jesus Christ with ORIGINAL COPY and DETAILS of His WILL, written from the foundation of the world. By the shedding of the BLOOD of the TESTATOR on the Cross, at Calvary, the full BENEFITS of the ESTATE of God was activated in our favour. Whereas all previous COVENANTS, including the OLD TESTAMENT, pertained to persons or particular nations, the NEW TESTAMENT reconciles all nationalities and races to God in Jesus Christ, as the Bible says: “…for THOU WAST SLAIN, AND REDEMED US TO GOD BY THY BLOOD out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation ”[Revelation 5:9] If the DEATH of Jesus Christ paid the RANSOM for our SINS, His RESURRECTION was the GAME-CHANGER. By His RESURRECTION, DEATH was defeated, and everyone that comes to God through Jesus Christ is initiated into EVERLASTING LIFE. The NEW TESTAMENT removes all barriers between God and man. It no longer matters where we were born or the weight of SIN hanging on our necks, we are justified freely by His GRACE and “… made heirs according to the HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE” [ Titus 3:7]

4. Jesus Christ said: “For this is my BLOOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, which is shed for many for the REMISSION OF SINS” [Matthew 26:28] The NEW TESTAMENT is as old as time, but so called because it SUPERCEDES all previous COVENANTS. When the TESTATOR died at Calvary, the Kingdom of God was established on earth to EXECUTE His WILL. By GRACE, through FAITH in Jesus Christ, we are no longer slaves to CRASS MATERIALISM, SIN and DEATH, but citizens of the EVERLASTING Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is not a physical location or material condition, “… behold, the kingdom of God is within you” [Luke 17:20] The Kingdom of God is the TESTATOR living in you to EXECUTE His WILL in your life and my life, as it is written: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16] Because Jesus Christ lives in me, I am reconfigured in the image and likeness of God and “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” [Philippians 4:13] We are literally gods and ambassadors of Jesus Christ. Though the world presently mocks us, and we are pressed to breaking point by trials of our FAITH, “… 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 Lord will come as a thief in the night, let us be vigilant and prepared, so we are not caught unawares.

5. The Bible says: “… Except a man be BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD … Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, HE CANNOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD” [John 3:3-5] To SEE means to acknowledge the NEW TESTAMENT as God’s offer of PEACE and ETERNAL LIFE. Many people do SEE but miss the WAY when they seek to ENTER on TERMS and EXPECTATIONS of OLD TESTAMENT. The Bible says: “For the kingdom of God is not MEAT and DRINK; but RIGHTEOUSNESS, and PEACE, and JOY in the HOLY GHOST” [Romans 14:17] Whereas Israel approached God with MEAT and DRINK offerings under the OLD TESTAMENT, the NEW TESTAMENT demands you must be BORN AGAIN, with proof of RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE and JOY in the Holy Ghost. Beloved, what you have or have not in this world has nothing to do with your ETERNAL INHERITANCE. If you are BORN AGAIN, I exhort you to firm in the HOPE of Glory at the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ in clouds of GLORY, when we shall be caught up “… 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, I admonish your to receive Jesus Christ as your LORD and SAVIOUR today and be established in the NEW TESTAMENT, amen.

1.The Bible says: “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the SONS OF GOD CAME IN UNTO THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN, and they bare children to them…” [Genesis 6:4] The SONS OF GOD in antediluvian times were not angels but men PREDESTINATED by God to inherit the riches of His everlasting glory. Angels have no physical bodies or gender. They neither marry nor given in marriage, as it is written: “For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven” [Matthew 22:30] The SONS OF GOD in the days of Noah were descendants of Adam through Seth, who kept FAITH with God and separated themselves from the race that sprang up from Cain, as the Bible says: “And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began MEN BEGAN TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD” [Genesis 4:26] Adam was the SON OF GOD by creation, his progeny were SONS OF GOD by PREDESTINATION and ADOPTION through FAITH in Jesus Christ [Luke 3:38] In the course of time, that generation of SONS OF GOD succumbed to SIN, as it is written: “….the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them…” The rest as they say is history [Genesis 6:4]

2. The Bible says: “But as many as RECEIVED HIM, to them gave he POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, even to them that BELIEVE ON HIS NAME” [John 1:12] God dispenses “POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD” by PREDESTINATION for the purpose of ADOPTION, as it is written: “Having PREDESINATED US UNTO ADOPTION of children BY JESUS CHRIST to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will” [Ephesians 1:5] By PREDESTINATION, the SONS OF GOD were in Christ when the “…MORNING STARS sang together, and all the SONS OF GOD SHOUTED FOR JOY?” [Job 38:7] At the appointed time, God revealed Himself in Jesus Christ to save us by ADOPTION through the preaching of SALVATION in His NAME [1 Timothy 3:16] In like manner, the SONS who fell in the days of Noah were delivered from PRISON when Jesus Christ “…went and PREACHED UNTO THE SPIRITS IN PRISON; Which sometime were DISOBEDIENT, when once the longsuffering of God waited IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water” [1 Peter 3: 19-20] It is evident there is neither REPENTANCE nor SALVATION for fallen angels. The “SPIRITS IN PRISON” were the souls of SONS OF GOD, to whom GRACE was extended as done to us [1 Peter 1:12] Remember, we also were DEAD in SIN but now restored by POWER to SONS OF GOD when we RECEIVED Jesus Christ as God manifest in FLESH and BELIEVED in His NAME as GOD’S PERSONAL IDENTITY.

3. The Bible says: “For I reckon that the SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME are not worthy to be compared with the GLORY WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED IN US. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the MANIFESTATION OF SONS OF GOD” [Romans 8:18-19] God demands every SON to be proved and made perfect in OBEDIENCE as Jesus Christ, who being the only begotten SON, “…LEARNED OBEDIENCE BY THE THINGS HE SUFFERED; And being MADE PERFECT, he became the author of ETERNAL SALVATION UNTO ALL THAT OBEY HIM” [Hebrews 5:8-9] When the SONS OF GOD were proved in the days of Noah, the Messiah was not yet come and only eight souls escaped the deluge [1 Peter 3:20] The SAVIOUR has come and everyone that calls His NAME shall be thoroughly proved, as it is written: “…whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and SCOURGETH EVERY SON whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, GOD DEALETH WITH YOU AS WITH SONS…” [Hebrews 12:6-7] Are you pressed to breaking point by fiery trials on every side? I challenge you to ENDURE His CHASTENING. 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 AT THE APPEARING OF JESUS CHRIST” [1 Peter 1:7]

4. The Bible says: “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] We are SONS OF GOD because we are BORN AGAIN of the incorruptible WORD OF GOD and sealed by the Holy Ghost from corruption [1 Peter 1:23] We have in our mortal BODY the TREASURES of ETERNAL LIFE, being the “EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE” and are JOINT-HERIS with Jesus Christ, yet have not the fulness of our INHERITANCE [Ephesians 1:14]. We are SONS, yet daily suffer the indignities of a servant, as the Bible says: “…the HEIR, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all” [Galatians 4:1] If you are a SON, you must not be discouraged, deceived or distracted by those who claim to be SONS by reason of fame, riches or titles. Listen carefully, we are all STEWARDS of FAITH and shall be approved or disapproved as SONS OF GOD at the APPEARANCE of the Lord Jesus Christ. At the long blast of His Trumpet, WHEAT shall be separated from CHAFF and we shall be TRANSFIGURED as Jesus Christ once did and it is written: “And was TRANSFIGURED before them: and HIS FACE DID SHINE AS THE SUN, and HIS RAIMENT WAS WHITE AS THE LIGHT” [Matthew 17:2] We shall be restored to the glory we had in Him from foundation of the world and reign forever with Him and in Him.

5. The Bible says: “And, behold, I COME QUICKLY; and MY REWARD IS WITH ME, to give every man according as his work shall be” [Revelation 22:12] The REWARD of our FAITH is not anything in this world but the “CROWN OF GLORY” which shall be placed on the head of every SON OF GOD [1 Peter 5:4] If any man manages to gain the whole world and loses out on the CROWN OF GLORY he is ETERNALLY DAMNED [Mark 8:36] If you are a SON, I exhort you to hold tight to your FAITH. If not, I commend you to the AMAZING GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ which is able to SAVE the worst offender that comes to Him through FAITH in His NAME, amen

1.The Bible says: “That which was from the beginning, which we have HEARD, which we have SEEN with our eyes, which we have LOOKED upon, and our hands have HANDLED, of the WORD OF LIFE” [1 John 1:1] The WORD OF LIFE which the apostles HEARD, SAW, LOOKED UPON and HANDLED was the MESSAGE and the MESSENGER rolled into ONE. The MESSAGE and MESSENGER is God manifest in Jesus Christ to give ETERNAL LIFE to those who come to Him. Jesus Christ was the MESSAGE in Eden, sealed in the TREE OF LIFE. He was the MESSENGER in the SPOKEN WORD, calling man to choose EVERLASTING LIFE and forsake DEATH and ETERNAL DAMNATION, as it is written: “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” [Genesis 2:16-17] The MESSAGE and the MESSENGER were ONE but SIN separated man from God; we were reconfigured to hear God through MESSENGERS, even as Israel said to Moses: “…SPEAK THOU TO US, and we will hear: but LET NOT GOD SPEAK WITH US, lest we die” [Exodus 20:19]

2. The Bible says: “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners SPAKE UNTO THE FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS, Hath in these last days SPOKEN UNTO US BY HIS SON,…” [Hebrews 1:1-2] All the PROPHETS who spoke before Jesus Christ were MESSENGERS and not the MESSAGE. Incapacitated by SIN and limited by DEATH, they could neither give ETERNAL LIFE to themselves nor to those who believed their REPORT. At the appointed time, the MESSAGE and MESSENGER was manifest among us, as it is written: “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…” [John 1:14] Jesus Christ is the MESSAGE and at the same time the MESSENGER like no other before or after Him, because in Him ““…dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” [Colossians 2:9] He is the TREE OF LIFE which if any man EAT, he shall LIVE FOREVER, as the Bible says: “…Verily, verily, I say unto you, EXCEPT YE EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN, and drink his blood, YE HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU” [John 6:53] In Jesus Christ, we are reconciled to God and have access to EAT the FRUIT of the TREE OF LIFE. This is the MYSTERY of the ages; God was manifest in FLESH as the MESSAGE and MESSENGER of ETERNAL LIFE, as it is written: “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN FLESH…” [1 Timothy 3:16]

3. The Bible says: “But YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER, after that the HOLY GHOST IS COME UPON YOU: and YE SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH” [Acts 1:8] Having restored our access to the TREE OF LIFE through His DEATH and RESURRECTION, the Lord Jesus Christ commissioned a peculiar army of MESSENGERS to proclaim the MESSAGE in all nations. The New Testament MESSENGER is primarily a TRUE WITNESSES of God manifest in FLESH to OFFER ETERNAL LIFE in Jesus Christ. The PROOF of a TRUE WITNESS is the POWER and PRESENCE of God dwelling inside bodies of FLESH and BLOOD. So then, we carry in our earthly bodies a deposit of TREASURES of ETERNAL LIFE, as the Bible says: “But we have this TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us” [2 Corinthians 4:7] The NEW Testament MESSENGER is not by any means a MASTER or RULER but in every sense a STEWARD, through whom God works to perfect His PURPOSE. As STEWARDS, let us be faithful, knowing fully well that the Lord shall return at a time no one knows and will cast “…the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” [Matthew 25:30]

4. The Bible says: “But there were FALSE PROPHETS also among the people, even as there shall be FALSE TEACHERS among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,…” [2 Peter 2:1] Listen carefully, every MESSENGER is defined by his MESSAGE. The MESSAGE is not what the MESSENGER says, it is who he is. When the Serpent said “…Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” he was a MESSENGER alright but had no MESSAGE because ETERNAL LIFE was not in Him. I caution you, there are many LIARS and DECEIVERS in the world masquerading as MESSENGERS. It is your duty to separate WHEAT from CHAFF. Thus said the Lord: ‘Wherefore BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM” [Matthew 7:20] The FRUITS refer to the TREE OF LIFE, that is, the LIFE of Jesus Christ. If any man claims to be a MESSENGER of Jesus Christ and does not LIVE and SPEAK as Jesus Christ did, he is a LIAR and DECEIVER. The LIFE of Jesus Christ was replicated in the Apostles and the early Church as FRUIT of the TREE OF LIFE. They were so much like Jesus Christ, they were nicknamed CHRISTIANS in Antioch [Acts 11:23] The Apostles were not lords but servants over the Church. They were not famous for their wealth but had the TESTIMONY that they OVERCAME SIN and DEATH, as the Bible says: “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” [Revelation 12:11]

5. The Bible says: 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] The ELECT will not be deceived because they know the MESSAGE and the MESSENGER are ONE. The ELECT have the FRUITS of ETERNAL LIFE in them and will not be MANIPULATED by CARPETBAGGERS whose sole claim to ministry is the PROSPERITY OF FOOLS [Proverbs 1:32] I exhort you to EXAMINE the MESSAGE in your HEART and APPRAISE the MESSENGER in your life. Are they ONE? Do not be DECEIVED by those SPEAK with “…Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau” [Genesis 27:22] Beloved, the coming of the Lord is at hand when He shall appear suddenly and many shall be caught unawares, as it is written; “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] Remember, the MESSAGE is Jesus Christ and the MESSENGER is God WORKING right now, “…in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” [Philippians 2:13] Amen.