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.
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COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON
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WOUNDED GENERALS
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.
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GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS
1. GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS and shall through Jesus Christ, “… judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom” [1 Timothy 4:1] It is needful at this point to settle the identity of Jesus Christ and the nature of His JUDGMENT. The Bible says: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD” [John 1:1-14] The WORD is God and Jesus Christ is the WORD made FLESH, the “BRIGHTNESS” of God’s “GLORY” and “… the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, …” [Hebrews 1:3] His JUDGMENT applies to all men, LIVING and DEAD, irrespective of status or race and “… JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?“ [1 Peter 4:17] Preachers shall be first to be JUDGED, and then the flocks; by what we KNOW and DO of the WORD. MINISTERS of the gospel shall receive greater condemnation than their flocks, if we deny or fail to DO according to the WORD and it is written: “My brethren, BE NOT MANY MASTERS, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation” [James 3:1] I caution every MINISTER of the WORD to beware of the applause of men and the excesses of material riches, which lull men to self-justification, but “… God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God” [Luke 16:15]
2. GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS and indeed magnified His WORD above His name [Psalms 138:2] Let us handle the WORD with prudence, convinced that the “… WORD of God is QUICK, and POWERFUL” [Hebrews 4:12] The WORD is “QUICK”, that is, FOREVER ALIVE and in us, LIVES to build us up in the likeness of Jesus Christ. Let us not be hypocrites, preaching righteousness and abiding in secret sins. Whereas the WORD is ALIVE to promote and build up FAITHFUL STEWARDS, the same is POWERFUL beyond measure to pull down and destroy UNFAITHFUL STEWARDS. The Bible says: “… there came a man of God out of Judah BY THE WORD OF THE LORD unto Bethel: …” [1 Kings 13:1] This man of God was promoted by the WORD to MINISTER with so much POWER, the King’s hand dried up and the “ALTAR ALSO WAS RENT” [1 Kings 13:4-5] Regrettably, having been FAITHFUL in “KNOWING” and “SPEAKING” the WORD, he was UNFAITHFUL at the end of his assignment and being “… DISOBEDIENT UNTO THE WORD OF GOD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him …” [1 Kings 13:26] The same WORD that brought him fame and power brought him down to the grave in shame, therefore, “… Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity” [2 Timothy 2:9]
3. GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS and He does not judge by what may be seen, “… for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the OUTWARD APPEARANCE, but THE LORD LOOKETH ON THE HEART” [1 Samuel 16:7] Samuel went to the house of Jesse by the WORD to anoint a King for Israel. Each time one of the seven sons of Jesse went by, he thought he had the right man [1 Samuel 16:6-10] Prophet Samuel was deceived by OUTWARD APPEARANCE and so are many of us today, by huge Cathedrals and large congregations. God is not deceived and His WORD is the ALL-SEEING EYE, “… SHARPER THAN ANY TWOEDGED SWORD, piercing even to the DIVIDING ASUNDER OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, and of the joints and marrow” [Hebrews 4:12] The WORD sees beyond OUTWARD APPEARANCE and every action or inaction is JUDGED per MOTIVATION or INSPIRATION. MOTIVATION arises from FLESHLY passions and drives selfish ambition. INSPIRATION is the HOLY SPIRIT leading us to do the WILL of God. INSPIRATION is selfless and thrives in the WORD, MOTIVATION is carnal. The multiple ecclesiastical titles and hoard of material riches gathered by MOTIVATION has no influence on God, He is not a RESPECTER of persons. When the Lord shall appear, He shall say to every soul driven by MOTIVATION, “… I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity” [Matthew 7:22-23]
4. GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS and will JUDGE those who handle His WORD deceitfully, as it is written: “CURSED BE HE THAT DOETH THE WORK OF GOD DECEITFULLY, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood” [Jeremiah 48:10] If any Preacher bends the WORD to please men, he “KEEPETH BACK HIS SWORD FROM BLOOD” and shall bear his guilt. When we stand to MINISTER the gospel of Jesus Christ, let us do so, knowing fully well the WORD “… is a DISCERBER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART” [Hebrews 4:12] God knows the THOUGHTS and INTENTS of every heart, therefore, let us renounce all “… hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor HANDLING THE WORD OF GOD DECEITFULLY; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God” [2 Corinthians 4:2] Every MINISTER is a STEWARD ordained to FEED the LAMBS of Christ with the WORD, which is the BREAD OF LIFE, not to MANIPULATE the WORD with INTENT to FLEECE the SHEEP. Let us work with clear conscience, well aware that the coming of the Lord is at hand, but if any STEWARD says, “… My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers” [Luke 12:45-46]
5. I call you to remembrance, “… GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS: But in every nation HE THAT FEARETH HIM, and WORKETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, is ACCEPTED OF HIM” [Acts 10:34-35] As we all look forward to the appearing of the Lord, “I commend you to God, and to the WORD OF HIS GRACE, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified” [Acts 20:32]
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KICK OUT THE INTRUDER
1. Satan was the INTRUDER in Eden. He crept in unchallenged and seduced Eve to carry the seed of SIN. He broke the first family with false promises and the consequences remain with us till today. The INTRUDER may have changed his costume, his modus operandi remains the same. He now works through an army of satanic soldiers, masquerading as ministers of God, whose work is to “… CREEP INTO HOUSES, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts” (2 Timothy 3:6) I have nothing against women, but the devil surely does and he alone knows why he chose to go after Eve. Whatever be the case, the battle is joined. Are you a man, married with or without children? Do you provide food, clothing and shelter for your family? If you do, praise God, now arise and contend for your home as well.
2. It is your duty as the MAN of the house to keep the INTRUDER out of your home. Remember, Adam was not deceived, his error was ABSENCE from his DUTY POST, as the Bible says: “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression” (1 Timothy 2:14) Adam was ABSENT from his DUTY POST when the ENEMY came calling, and the rest, as they say is history. Your DUTY POST is at the head of your family, to lead your wife and children in the WAY of the Lord as Abraham did. God indeed testified of him, saying: “For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he had spoken of him” (Genesis 18:19) There are many things that would take away a man from his family for a while and that is understandable. Even so, keeping the INTRUDER away takes more than your physical presence. The INTRUDER is a spiritual personality, working through human foot soldiers. Engaging the INTRUDER in battle is essentially SPIRITUAL WARFARE.
3. The family is the primary unit of Church and society and both are presently under vicious attack from hell. Social decadence is a prominent fallout of broken homes and the Church is worse hit; no wonder there are more women in virtually all parishes today, than men. The MAN of the house must learn to take responsibility for his home and not use every occasion to take the battle to his wife and children. Present global distress or pressing personal circumstances are not enough to turn friendly fire into the home front. When the INTRUDER crept into Job’s home, he was pressed beyond measure. At his most vulnerable moment, Satan enlisted his wife against him, as it is written: “Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die” [Job 2:9] Job refused the bait and said to her and more importantly to the INTRUDER: “… Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips” [Job 2:10] Job KICKED OUT THE INTRUDER and the “… LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses” [Job 42:12]
4. We are in the LAST DAYS and Satan knows he has little time left. Ministers of the gospel and their flocks are prime targets of final onslaught on the family institution. The devil’s business is supported by an army of false pastors and fake prophets whose stock is to raid and break homes with doctrines of devils and soothsaying. Whatever strategy or tactic the ENEMY deploys against your home, do not, and I repeat DO NOT FIGHT ONE ANOTHER. Let every man take responsibility for the good and the bad in his home. For ministers of the gospel, the stake is higher and Satan will gleefully mock you with the following Bible verses if you allow him to break your home: “… A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) [1 Timothy 3:1-5] Brethren, how shall stand before God if we fail to win our homes for the Lord? Let us, therefore, take the battle to the ADVERSARY in in diverse PRAYERS, FASTING and in FAITH.
5. The primary objective of satanic warfare to hinder men from inheriting everlasting glory. I exhort you, as a soldier of Christ to FIGHT and KICK OUT THE INTRUDER before he ruins your present joy and hope of everlasting glory. If your home is presently under attack, KICK OUT THE INTRUDER and NOT YOUR WIFE or CHILDREN. If for any reason it is BROKEN, I challenge you to FIGHT and RECOVER ALL. Listen carefully, if you will FIGHT to WIN, you must have Jesus Christ in your corner. He defeated the INTRUDER on the Cross and His VICTORY is your if you will accept Him as your Lord and Saviour today. Beloved, KICK OUT THE INTRUDER right now in Jesus name, amen
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THE REWARD
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.
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LIVING TABERNACLES
1. Have you ever wondered why God made man in His own image and likeness? [Genesis 1:26-28] God made us in His image, to fashion us into LIVING TABERNACLES for His everlasting habitation. How He intended to do it was the MYSTERY of all ages “… but now is made manifest to his saints: … which is CHRIST IN YOU, the hope of glory” [Colossians 1:26-27] At the appointed time, God was manifest in Jesus Christ to DWELL WITH US as precursor to DWELL IN US and “FILL ALL THINGS” with Himself [Ephesians 4:10] God’s ETERNAL AGENDA to DWELL IN MAN was activated when He breathed on Adam and Adam became a LIVING SOUL, capable of FELLOWSHIP with God [Genesis 2:7] God’s FELLOWSHIP with Adam and Eve was interrupted by SIN and their upgrade to LIVING TABERNACLES was stalled, but not aborted. In Enoch, God found a man to proceed with His AGENDA. The FELLOWSHIP was successful, as “… ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD: and he was not; for GOD TOOK HIM” [Genesis 5:24] The PATTERN of FELLOWSHIP by “WALKING” with God was extended to Abraham, when God said: “… I am the Almighty God; WALK BEFORE ME, and be thou perfect” [Genesis 17:1] The FELLOWSHIP was enlarged to include Abraham’s descendants and sealed with an “… EVERLASTING COVENANT to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee” [Genesis 17:7]
2. When God brought descendants of Abraham out of Egypt, the PATTERN of FELLOWSHIP was replicated; God said to Moses: “And let them MAKE ME A SANCTUARY; that I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM. According to all that I shew thee, after the PATTERN OF THE TABERNACLE …” [Exodus 25:8-9] Beloved, there are no temples in heaven, “… the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it” [Revelation 21:22] The PATTERN was the replica of God WALKING in FELLOWSHIP with man to fulfil His AGENDA. The TABERNACLE was Jesus Christ DWELLING WITH ISRAEL in the wilderness, as the Bible says: “… they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST. But with many of them GOD WAS NOT WELL PLEASED: for they were overthrown in the wilderness” [1 Corinthians 10:4-5] God turned a routine two-week trek from Goshen to Canaan into a 40-year odyssey of FELLOWSHIP to PURGE Israel of more than 400 years of spiritual and material defilement in Egypt and forge them into LIVING TABERNACLES [Deuteronomy 8:2] That generation proved unreliable and shut the door against themselves when they irreverently said to Moses: “… Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die” [Exodus 20:19] Jesus Christ was the TABERNACLE in that generation but they shut their hearts against Him. The same error is replicated today wherever men revere what the pastor says, above the WORD of God.
3. The TABERNACLE in the wilderness was a MODEL made by skilled artisans, the ORIGINAL came down from heaven to reconcile us to God’s AGENDA, as it is written: “… GOD WAS IN CHRIST, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them…” [2 Corinthians 5:19] Jesus Christ is the LIVING TABERNACLE and through Him and in Him, we have access to a “NEW and LIVING WAY, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh” [Hebrews 10:20] The “NEW and LIVING WAY” is the LIVING TABERNACLE and PROTOTYPE of God’s spiritual habitation [1 Peter 2:5] The LIVING TABERNACLE has THREE COURTS, as the former, which are REVELATIONS of Jesus Christ as it is written: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” [John 14:6] The WAY corresponds to the OUTER COURT where burnt sacrifices of animals were offered to God. The NEW WAY demands LIVING SACRIFICES and abhors the blood and smoke of dead animals. The NEW WAY requires that you“… present your bodies a LIVING SACRIFICE, holy, acceptable unto God…” [Romans 12:1] We are required to relinquish our WILL as Jesus Christ did and be “… BURIED WITH HIM BY BAPTISM UNTO DEATH: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE” [Romans 6:4]
4. The TABERNACLE in the wilderness had a SECOND CHAMBER, “… wherein was the CANDLESTICK, and the TABLE, and the SHEWBREAD; which is called the SANCTUARY” [Hebrews 9:2] Whereas only priests had access to that SANCTUARY, every LIVING SACRIFICE offered to God through Jesus Christ is welcome in the LIVING SANCTUARY. The SHEWBREAD represented Jesus Christ as the BREAD OF LIFE. The CANDLESTICK symbolized spiritual illumination that comes from knowing who God is. The SHEWBREAD and CANDLESTICK describe the intimate FELLOWSHIP we experience with Jesus Christ when we know God’s PERSONAL IDENTITY and He DWELLS WITH US in the “… SPIRIT OF TRUTH; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he DWELLETH WITH YOU, and shall be in you” [John 14:17] The SPIRIT OF TRUTH is the Spirit of Christ DWELLING WITH US to deepen our FELLOWSHIP with God and lead us beyond the veil into the Holy of Holies. The Holy of Holies had a “… golden censer, and the ark of the covenant, …” wherein only the High Priest entered once a year [Hebrews 9:4] The GOLDEN CENSER personified the aroma of the SACRIFICE of Jesus Christ in those who live by FAITH in Him. The ARK OF THE COVENANT illustrated God’s ETERNAL AGREEMENT to pour His LIFE into man. The MYSTERY of all ages is perfected when God pour His LIFE in us by the Holy Ghost and we are “… sealed with that holy Spirit of promise” [Ephesians 1:13]
5. Thus, said the Lord Jesus Christ: “… If a man LOVE ME, he will KEEP MY WORDS: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and MAKE OUR ABODE IN HIM” [John 14:23] Beloved, God IS IN OUR CHURCH is not the same as God IS IN ME. Let every man examine himself; am I a LIVING TABERNACLE or a RE-BRANDED SINNER? Remember, “… CHRIST IN YOU, the hope of glory” [Colossians 1:26-27] It does not matter what any man is called or does in the name of the Lord, if Christ does not DWELL IN HIM, he shall be damned at the appearance of the Lord. I challenge you to PRESS FORWARD every day to be filled with the LIFE of God. If you are not BORN AGAIN, I plead with you to seek the Lord today with genuine repentance and accept Him as God and your redeemer. Keep His commandments and He shall perfect His ETERNAL AGENDA in you, amen.
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GODHEAD
You cannot have any meaningful relationship with God until you KNOW and ACCEPT WHO GOD SAYS HE IS. Satan knows that and does not want you to be established in the Godhead.
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THE ERROR OF BALAAM
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.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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.
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GODHEAD
1.The Bible says: “For 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; so that they are without excuse” [Romans 1:20] The Godhead is the PROPHETIC REVELATION of God. In Eden, the Godhead was concealed in the TREE OF LIFE and the TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL was the PERVERTED IMPOSTOR. The PROPHETIC REVELATION of the Godhead was also not hidden from angels, as it is written: “And again, when he bringeth in the FIRSTBEGOTTEN into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him” [Hebrews 1:6] The FIRSTBEGOTTEN is Jesus Christ, the PRISTINE REVELATION of God and “… the EXPRESS IMAGE of his PERSON” [Hebrews 1:3] But Satan, DISTRACTED by his ambition, derailed from FAITH and subjected the Godhead to REASON. He fell into SELF DELUSION of deity and PERVERTED the Godhead into a mixed brew of GOOD GODS and EVIL GODS. The KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL is the Pandora box of FALSE RELIGION and Satan is the masquerade behind the pantheon of gods. I witness there is ONLY ONE TRUE GOD and in Him is no “YIN YANG” or “…variableness, neither shadow of turning” [James 1:17]
2. The Bible says: “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD GOD MADE COATS OF SKINS, and clothed them” [Genesis 3:21] Evidently, lambs were killed, and BLOOD shed before God made “coats of skins” for Adam and Eve. The “coats of skins” were physical tokens of the PROPHETIC REVELATION of God as the “…. LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD” [Revelation 13:8] Adam and Eve were reconciled to God by the BLOOD of the LAMB and taught their children to KNOW and WORSHIP God by FAITH in His REVELATION and not by REASON. In the course of time, “…Cain brought of the FRUIT OF THE GROUND AN OFFERING unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the FIRSTLINGS OF HIS FLOCK and of the fat thereof” [Genesis 4:3-4] Abel stayed through to the Godhead, but Cain denied the SUPREMACY of PROPHETIC REVELATION. There was no doubt Cain had a good religious background. He had the rituals of religion as we do today and was ready to spend his resources in the service of God.” … And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect…” [Genesis 4:4-5] This generation, like Cain, is DISTRACTED by rituals of religion and largely denies the Godhead in favour of a LIFELESS CANDY-COATED GOSPEL.
3. The Bible says: “And without controversy great is the MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH…” [1 Timothy 3:16] John called our attention to God walking among men, saying: “Behold the LAMB OF GOD, which taketh away the sin of the world” [John 1:29] The LAMB OF GOD is God offering Himself as propitiation for our sins before we were formed. When John spoke, he also confirmed that Jesus Christ is the “…. LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD” [Revelation 13:8] Jesus Christ is God MANIFEST in FLESH and BLOOD in the same way the Godhead was concealed in the TREE OF LIFE and ”… IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:9] You cannot have any meaningful relationship with God until you KNOW and ACCEPT WHO GOD SAYS HE IS. Satan knows that and does not want you to be established in the Godhead. I cannot REVEAL the Godhead to you! The best I can do is to call your attention to this GREAT MYSTERY and trust God to teach you by His Spirit. If your FAITH in God is limited to what you heard in Church or read in a book you must read the following verse: “… 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] I challenge you to consider this sermon prayerfully and in sincerity and the Lord will REVEAL Himself to you as the ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD, who REVEALS Himself in the FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST according to His PURPOSE.
4. The Bible says: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” [1 Corinthians 10:12] Every MOVE of God begins with a PROPHETIC REVELATION of the Godhead and burns fiercely with the FIRE of the Holy Ghost. The FIRE burns as long as there are no DISTRACTIONS to the latest REVELATION of God. The Prophet from Judah was DISTRACTED when he REASONED his job was done and sat down to REST [1 Kings 13:1-26] There, the DECEIVER caught up with him and said: “… I AM A PROPHET ALSO AS THOU ART; and AN ANGEL SPAKE UNTO ME by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him” [1 Kings 13:18] The young Prophet had the REVELATION of God until he was DECEIVED by the old Prophet who had the PERVERTED REVELATION of a fallen angel and perished in disobedience [1 Kings 13:15-24] This Church, more than any other in Church history, is DISTRACTED by PROSPERITY OF FOOLS. She is DECEIVED to REST when her warfare is not over. Many of her PROPHETS who went out like FLAMING TORCHES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS are now smouldering embers of their old selves. A great tragedy has befallen the Church as the Bible says: “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, … If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance…” [Hebrews 6: 4-6] Let him that has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
5. The Bible says: “…GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, that they should BELIEVE A LIE: That they all might be damned WHO BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH but had pleasure in unrighteousness” [2 Thessalonians 2:11-12] Beloved, you must not be DISTRACTED by the pressing challenges of this dying world. Those who are DISTRACTED from the ONE TRUE GOD are easily DECEIVED to deny WHO GOD SAYS HE IS and end up trapped in STRONG DELUSION of a pantheon of gods. If any man is DISTRACTED or in doubt, let Him turn to the Lord Jesus Christ as John did, when he asked “… Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?” [Luke 7:19] JOHN, the same John who called our attention to the LAMB OF GOD was momentarily DISTRACTED when he stumbled into social and political commentary [Matthew 14:3-4] I affirm God’s love for you and His earnest desire to REVEAL Himself. Seek Him today in sincerity and FAITH and He will clear all your doubts and unveil Himself. Finally, remember, the Lord will come as a THIEF IN THE NIGHT, accept Him NOW as your Lord and Saviour, amen.
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SONS OF GOD
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
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THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSENGER
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.
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O LORD! AWAKE YOUR CHURCH
1.The present Church is in traumatic slumber, as it is written: “While the bridegroom tarried, THEY ALL SLUMBERED AND SLEPT” [Matthew 25:5] She is tormented in her sleep with scary visions of hell. Are we not blinded by deep sleep when we lead the flocks of Jesus Christ to fight and curse perceived enemies, whereas the Bible says: “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS, AND GIVING OF THANKS BE MADE FOR ALL MEN; FOR KINGS, AND FOR ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” [1 Timothy 2:1-2] Brethren, the Church is the EMBASSY of God and not a PRESSURE GROUP. The RELEVANCE of the Church in every age is determined by FULFILMENT of PROPHETIC AGENDA and not by number of invitations to STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS. One of the cardinal assignments of the Church is taking GOOD CARE of God’s people. IS THE CHURCH TAKING GOOD CARE OF CHRIST’S SHEEP? ARE WE FEEDING THE POOR IN THE FOLD? WHERE IS THE POWER TO OCCUPY AND FULFIL DIVINE PURPOSE? ARE WE NOT MERELY DRIFTING FROM ONE NIGHTMARE TO ANOTHER? Let us remove the log in our eyes.
2. The present Church magnifies persecution as if it is SIN. The early Church was also persecuted but did not compromise. When they were pressed on every side as we are today, they returned to God for FRESH COMMISSION and did the NEEDFUL, as it is written: “And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness” [Acts 4:29-31] Instead of praying for the outpouring of POWER of the Holy Ghost, many Church leaders are neck deep in murky waters of political manipulation. In some parts of the world pastors push their flocks to take up arms to kill their perceived oppressors, forgetting that the “…weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; ) [2 Corinthians 10:4] Lest we forget, PERSECUTION is a necessary rite of passage for every SOLDIER of Christ, for which reason we are charged to “…endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ” [2 Timothy 2:3] If any man is in doubt, I commend him to the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, as it is written: “And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved” [Matthew 10:22]
3. The High Priest and the Priests in the Temple at Jerusalem read the Torah and the books of the prophets everyday but missed the birth of Jesus Christ! That Church was blinded by the tyranny of Rome, failed to understand prophecy and missed the DAY OF HER VISITATION [Luke 19:44] The handwriting is on the wall for this generation and it is the SIGN of Prophet Noah, as it is written: “They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all” [Luke 17:27] O Lord, AWAKE YOUR CHURCH so we are not caught unawares as in the days of Noah. AWAKE US O, LORD and set our feet on the path of the Apostles, as it is written: “And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, and they SPAKE THE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS. And the multitude of THEM THAT BELIEVED WERE OF ONE HEART AND ONE SOUL: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. NEITHER WAS THERE ANY AMONG THEM THAT LACKED” [Acts 4:31-34]
4. IS THIS CHURCH OF ONE MIND? ARE WE TAKING CARE OF THE POOR? ARE WE PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO REAL AND PERCEIVED ENEMIES OR SPOILING FOR WAR? IS THE CHURCH FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, WE ARE NOT BUILDING ACCORDING TO APPROVED PATTERN? Let us retrace our steps to the SURE FOUNDATION OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. Let him that has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church, as it is written: “Wherefore he saith, AWAKE THOU THAT SLEEPEST, and ARISE FROM THE DEAD, and CHRIST SHALL GIVE THEE LIGHT” [Ephesians 5:14] This is my humble prayer for the Church; O LORD, AWAKE YOUR CHURCH. Can I have a loud amen?
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FINAL EPISTLE
1.The FINAL EPISTLE is a REMINDER of events shortly to happen and a CLARION CALL to the Church to PREPARE for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This LETTER should “…STIR UP YOUR MINDS BY WAY OF REMEMBRANCE. That ye may be MINDFUL OF THE WORDS SPOKEN BEFORE BY THE HOLY PROPHETS, and of the commandment of us the apostles…” [2 Peter 3:1-2] As we sail into the last days of the present world, I encourage you to be MINDFUL of trajectory of PROPHETIC AGENDA and not be unduly troubled by present trials of your FAITH which shall soon be over. Strengthen your FAITH and be established in the knowledge of TRUTH, knowing fully well that this present world has EXPIRY DATE, as it is written: “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up” [2 Peter 3:10] As all nations rush headlong to mutually assured destruction, the Bible asks: “…what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness” [2 Peter 3:11] I challenge you to make your PREPARATION foolproof, be READY to be TRANSLATED and escape the fiery wrath of God that shall come upon this sinful world.
2. This FINAL EPISTLE confirms the ANTICHRIST is here in one form or another and sets in order the progression of PROPHETIC AGENDA leading to the end of TIME, as the Bible says: “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and EVEN NOW ALREADY IS IT IN THE WORLD” [1 John 4:3] The WICKED ONE shall be revealed, incarnated in a man, after the SAINTS are TRANSLATED. The Bible says: “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: ONLY HE WHO NOW LETTETH WILL LET, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that WICKED BE REVEALED,…” [2 Thessalonians 2:7-8] He that “NOW LETTETH” is the Holy Ghost. He is taken out of the way after the SAINTS are TRANSLATED as PROPHETIC CLOCK turns to the Jews and the ministry of the TWO WITNESSES, as the Bible says: “And I will give power unto my TWO WITNESSES, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth” [Revelation 11:3] FOOLISH VIRGINS shall be cruelly persecuted, the MARK OF THE BEAST enforced as the world slides to ARMAGEDDON and the MILLENNIUM. At the end of the MILLENNIUM, Satan is thrown into the lake of fire. The WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT follows and “…whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” [Revelation 20:10-15]
3. The FINAL EPISTLE is written to COMFORT and ENCOURAGE you to remain steadfast to the end. I assure you, whatever you have or lack in this world is incomparable to what God has in store for you, as it is written: “…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. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit…” [1 Corinthians 2:9-10] ENCOURAGE yourself in present circumstances, as we shall soon be established in God’s Presence. The Bible says: “…Behold, the TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God” [Revelation 21:3] Every barrier separating HEAVEN and EARTH shall be removed and we shall see God’s face, as it is written: “And THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE; and his name shall be in their foreheads” [Revelation 22:4] Do not allow yourself to be distracted or pressed beyond measure by excruciating demands of living in this dying world. Be vigilant and steadfast in FAITH, so you do not lose your reward at the coming of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be” [Revelation 22:12]
4. The FINAL EPISTLE draws parallels with the Church in the Wilderness. The people delivered from bondage in Egypt ate the “…same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of THAT SPIRITUAL ROCK THAT FOLLOWED THEM: AND THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for THEY WERE OVERTHROWN IN THE WILDERNESS” [1 Corinthians 10:3-5] Joshua and Caleb, of the roughly 600,000 men of war who left Egypt, made it to the Promised Land! That Church “LUSTED AFTER EVIL THINGS” as many do today, equating GAIN with GODLINESS [1 Corinthians 10:6, 1 Timothy 6:5] They provoked God to jealousy with IDOLATRY, as some presently do, raising idols of Mammon and worshipping at the altar of false prosperity [1 Corinthians 10:7] SEXUAL SINS of this generation far outweigh FORNICATION in the Wilderness [1 Corinthians 10:8] The MURMURING and TEMPTATION of this generation are worse than Sodom and Gomorrah. [1 Corinthians 10: 9-10] All these are lessons for us, as it is written: “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written FOR OUR ADMONITION, UPON WHOM THE ENDS OF THE WORLD ARE COME. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” [1 Corinthians 10:11-12]
5. This FINAL EPISTLE is an OPEN LETTER to all SAINTS to SANCTIFY and make themselves READY to be united with the Lord at His Coming. SIN of any sort is a reproach and must not be found in us. The Bible says: “EXAMINE YOURSELVES, 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 RACE has been long and tiring, I assure you, the end is in sight when 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. Wherefore COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS” [1 Thessalonians 4:16-18] I pray you are COMFORTED with this FINAL EPISTLE and charge you to COMFORT others, sharing this message with them. If you are not BORN AGAIN, receive Jesus Christ today as your Lord and Saviour and be established in the SURE PROMISE of His Coming, amen
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LAY UP TREASURES IN HEAVEN
1.Every religion paints a picture of HEAVEN consistent with her doctrines. Every nationality has a concept of HEAVEN peculiar to her culture. Individuals are not left out and you probably have your personal views of where and what to make of HEAVEN. Now, listen carefully to what God says of HEAVEN, as it is written: “…The HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, and the earth is my footstool…” [Isaiah 66:1] God is not an alien or angel sitting on a throne suspended in coloured clouds and HEAVEN is not a geographical location. HEAVEN is the dominion of HOLINESS and the PERFECT state of creation. It is the throne of God because it is the PRESENCE of the Almighty, where nothing imperfect is allowed. HEAVEN is the dimension of FULNESS OF JOY, where SIN, DEATH, SORROWS, CORRUPTION, POVERTY, etc., are absent, as it is written: “….IN THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” [Psalms 16:11] I am glad to inform you, God will make NEW HEAVEN and NEW EARTH [Revelation 21:1] This decadent EARTH shall be replaced with a NEW EARTH where shall God dwell with His redeemed, as the Bible says: “…Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, and they shall be his people, and GOD HIMSELF SHALL BE WITH THEM, and be their God” [Revelation 21:3] The NEW EARTH is HEAVEN because God dwells there and there shall be no barriers between man and God. These things being TRUE, I invite you to lay up TREASURES in HEAVEN.
2. The Lord Jesus Christ invited His disciples to lay up TREASURES in HEAVEN, saying: “But LAY UP TREASURES FOR YOURSELVES IN HEAVEN, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal” [Matthew 6:20] This INVITATION applies to you, if you have a VALID ACCOUNT in HEAVEN. The Lord opens a VALID ACCOUNT for every man that comes to Him by GRACE through FAITH in His NAME. We are registered in a name known only to Christ, but shall be revealed to us at His Coming as the Bible says: “…a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it” [Revelation 2:17] A VALID ACCOUNT is the KEY to the promise of HEAVENLY MANSIONS, of which Jesus Christ 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] Your MANSION is your ETERNAL HOME or SPIRITUAL HABITATION which you do well to FURNISH with TREASURES of EVERLASTING GLORY. The MANSIONS are not HOUSES or CASTLES as we presently know such but the GLORIOUS BODY that awaits us at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. A VALID ACCOUNT is yours today, if you will accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
3. The TREASURES we are charged to lay up in HEAVEN are evidently not of earthly stock. If it were so, the poor and downtrodden would have nothing to offer. The Lord who admonished us to lay up TREASURES in HEAVEN also gave every SAINT the means to do so. The Bible says: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED US WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ” [Ephesians 1:3] “SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN HEAVENLY PLACES” are ENDOWMENTS and SPIRITUAL GIFTS given to us in Jesus Christ, to accomplish the PURPOSE of God. The same God works His GIFTS and ENDOWMENTS in us, as much as we allow Him, for His GOOD PLEASURE, as it is written: “For it is GOD WHICH WORKETH IN YOU both to will and TO DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE” [Philippians 2:13] I bare witness that God works His TALENTS in us for His GOOD PLEASURE ONLY. Therefore, let us not “hide’ the TALENTS in the earth” or misappropriate them to amass filthy lucre [Matthew 25:15-28] Beloved, though you presently have little or nothing of earthly riches, do not be dismayed. The TREASURE you are called to lay up in HEAVEN are within you, as it is written: “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 TREASURES are not tied to your bank balance but commensurate with every man’s level of OBEDIENCE to the WORD of God. Emphasis is on the WORD of God, not tradition, philosophy or sectional doctrines.
4. The Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples the story of a rich man and his wayward steward, who tried to play both sides of the divide [Luke 16:1-13] At the end of the parable, He cautioned His disciples, saying: “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. YE CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON” [Matthew 6;24 Laying up TREASURES in HEAVEN require singular FOCUS and exemplary DETERMINATION. Remember, the little time you have here is the only opportunity to FURNISH your EVERLASTING HABITATION. Let us live and WORK as “…STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH…”, earnestly looking forward to being united with our HEAVENLY HOME [Hebrews 11:13] Our WORK is well laid out on Earth and there is no ambiguity about the PURPOSE of God. We are called to generate TREASURES by WINNING SOULS, ESTABLISH the SOULS in God’s Kingdom and PREPARE the SOULS for the Coming of the Lord. As you apply the GIFTS and ENDOWMENTS of God in you to any or all three commissions, you are generating and laying up TREASURES in HEAVEN. This is the PILGRIM’S WAY, therefore, let us “…lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us” [Hebrews 12:1]
5. God knows your capacity and capability and every man’s TREASURE is reckoned against his GIFTS and ENDOWMENTS. The Bible says: “…For unto WHOMSOEVER MUCH IS GIVEN, OF HIM SHALL MUCH BE REQUIRED: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more” [Luke 12:48] I challenge you to put in your best while there is little time left and look not to men or society for recognition. Those laying up TREASURES in HEAVEN are scarcely appreciated and often derided by those they GIVE THEIR ALL to deliver from the terrors of eternal damnation. Apostle Paul was laying up TREASURES when he said: “And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved” [2 Corinthians 12:15] Finally, the expiry date of the present world is fast approaching and the coming of the Lord is at hand. At the sound of the TRUMPET and in the twinkling of an eye, we shall be transformed to inhabit our EVERLASTING HOME as we FURNISHED it. I encourage you to remain strong to the end, working faithfully to FURNISH your HEAVENLY MANSION, amen.
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MAKE YOUR FAITH STORMPROOF
Job’s wife had “FAITH” while the going was good, as many readily do. When the FLOODS came, whatever she counted to be FAITH was dissolved in torrents of adversity…”
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FIGHT TO WIN
- Behind the façade of the material world lies the unseen world of disembodied spirits and diverse spiritual personalities. Though the two dimensions are worlds apart, they intermingle seamlessly in the SOUL. Man, as you may well know is a SPIRIT domiciled in FLESH, governed by a LIVING SOUL. The FLESH is subject to the laws of nature. The SPIRIT is the AGENCY of God in you. Expectedly, the priorities of the FLESH are opposed to the objectives of the SPIRIT. The SOUL, also called MIND, is the BATTLEFIELD where FLESH and SPIRIT CONTEND for supremacy. “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the ISSUES OF LIFE” [Proverbs 4:23] The HEART, in this context, is your MIND where the; “…FLESH LUSTETH AGAINST THE SPIRIT, and the Spirit against the flesh: and THESE ARE CONTRARY THE ONE TO THE OTHER: so that YE CANNOT DO THE THINGS YE WOULD” [Galatians 5:17] If the FLESH wins, the POTENTIAL of God in you to LIVE forever is lost. Do not kill yourself because your spouse left you, do not die because your business collapsed or you lost your job; the BATTLE you must FIGHT TO WIN is within you!
- The BATTLE you must FIGHT TO WIN is aggravated by a CHALLENGER who vowed before God to take your LIFE, as it is written: “And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, ALL THAT A MAN HATH WILL HE GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS LIFE” [Job 2:4] Satan, having gained access to the SOUL through SIN, daily CORRUPTS the SOUL with perfidious THOUGHTS and IMAGINATIONS in EXCHANGE for rotten pleasures of the FLESH. Those who succumb to his temptations LIVE to satisfy the passions of the FLESH. That is not the LIFE Satan FIGHTS to take from you. He is determined that your SOUL will not align with the SPIRIT in obedience to God and by so doing activate EVERLASTING LIFE. The ADVERSARY will gladly give you ANYTHING on earth in EXCHANGE for your SOUL. He will also cruelly take what you treasure most if it will cause you to bow before him. His WARFARE has no room for a truce and there are no SPECTATORS. You must FIGHT TO WIN, the alternative is ETERNAL IRRELEVANCE, as the Bible says: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, and LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?” [Mark 8:36] I know you are fighting, what are you fighting for? This world or your SOUL?
- If you must FIGHT and WIN, there are two things you need know. ONE, the ENEMY exercises POWER of DEATH over the FLESH. TWO, no man, from Adam right down to John [the Baptist] ever defeated the CHALLENGER! Abraham, David, Solomon, Isaiah, Daniel, etc., fought very hard, as men but the ENEMY is a SPIRITUAL PERSONALITY. The wisest, strongest and most prayerful among men has no chance of victory against the MAIN CHALLENGER, without superior SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY. So then, the Bible says: ““Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of FLESH and BLOOD, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL;” [Hebrews 2:14] This is a MYSTERY, God was manifest in Jesus Christ to experience our daily struggles in the FLESH. Jesus Christ overcame the FLESH and destroyed the POWER of DEATH. His NAME is our BATTLE AXE and, “…AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW, of things IN HEAVEN, heaven, and things IN EARTH, and things UNDER THE EARTH” [Philippians 2:10] The men of old fought with descriptive titles of God in BATTLE and lost. I challenge you to FIGHT in the NAME of Jesus Christ and obtain the crown of EVERLASTING LIFE.
- I can tell you are fighting, everyone does, one way or the other. Listen, it is easy to lose focus of the MAIN BATTLE in midst of pressing personal skirmishes and lose the WAR. Remember, we are not fighting; “…AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST principalities, against powers, against the RULERS OF DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, against spiritual wickedness in high places” [Ephesians 6:12] The ENEMY is relentless and unforgiving. You must not allow your SOUL to be overtaken by needless RAT RACE and reckless demands of this decadent generation. I assure you, the ENEMY will not be defeated with money and has no regard for fame and titles. Your only chance of victory is to be BORN AGAIN of God and FIGHT in FAITH in the NAME of Jesus Christ. The Bible says: “For whatsoever is BORN OF GOD OVERCOMETH THE WORLD: and this is the VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH” [1 John 5:4] I admonish you to be BORN AGAIN and be reconfigured to FIGHT the “…GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, LAY HOLD OF ETERNAL LIFE,…” [1 Timothy 6:12] The GOOD FIGHT commences right now, if you will accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.
- Beloved, it is easy to imagine everybody FIGHTS TO WIN. With the benefit of hindsight, there are more DELUDED LOSERS than WINNERS. The Bible says: “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, BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS” [2 Thessalonians 2:11] The NAME of Jesus Christ is TRUTH and our BATTLE AXE. Outside His NAME no man has a chance of victory over SIN, DEATH and HELL, as it is written: “For the WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH; but the GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL THROUGH JESUS CHRIST our Lord” [Romans 6:23] The BATTLE has been long, the end is at hand. This is not the time for anyone to be DELUDED by fleeting pleasures of unrighteousness. I testify, the EXPIRY DATE of this world is fast approaching when the Lord Jesus Christ shall crown WIINERS with EVERLASTING LIFE and apportion LOSERS their place in “…everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” [Matthew 25:41] I hope this sermon helped you to reassess your PRORITIES and BATTLES. Whatever you think, make sure you FIGHT TO WIN, amen.
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LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED
1. At a time like this, when the hearts of men are “…failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth”, you must not lose your head to FEAR [Luke 21:26] The nations, poor and rich, are presently distressed one way or the other and nature has rebelled against the natural order, as it is written: “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring” [Luke 21:25] The AGONY of living in this dying world is daily compounded by demonic personalities lately “SHAKEN” and dispossessed of their celestial kingdoms, as the Bible says: “For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I WILL SHAKE THE HEAVENS, AND THE EARTH, and the sea, and the dry land” [Haggai 2:6] The heavens are shaken and the kingdoms of darkness are in disarray. Satan and His infernal hosts are falling like lightning to earth, “…having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time” [Revelation 12:12] I do not intend to scare you, but there is no human solution to the present global crises. Whatever you think or do, things are not going to get better across board until every word of prophecy concerning this generation is fulfilled. You must not despair, I have GOOD NEWS for you, LIGHT shines brightest in gross DARKNESS.
2. As gross DARKNESS rolls over the earth and every despicable work of evil is daily manifest, I plead with you not to join the maddening crowd. Now is the time to focus on the comforting PROMISES of Jesus Christ to save those who TRUST in Him and deliver them from this wicked world to ETERNAL GLORY. Thus says the Lord Jesus Christ: “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME” (John 14:1) This generation is caught in the stormy sea of prophetic agenda, tossed here and there by violent winds of the lasts days. Jesus Christ is our ONLY sure ANCHOR and the LIGHT that shines in gloomy DARKNESS, as it is written: “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not” [John 1:5] He is the LIGHT that shines in DARKNESS to REDEEM and lead His SAINTS to SAFETY as the Bible says: “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; for YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH” [Luke 21:28] “THOSE THINGS” are here and God wants you to LIFT UP YOUR HEAD and LOOK TO HIM for SAFETY and SALVATION. Alas, I see a lot of good Christian folks LOOKING AROUND for the candidate that will turn the national economy around. I see huge congregations SHOPPING for peace and prosperity, but there shall be no peace or prosperity until every word of prophecy is fulfilled, as it is written: “For WHEN THEY SAY, PEACE AND SAFETY; SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMETH upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” [1 Thessalonians 5:3]
3. Brethren, I admonish you not to lose hope in the vortex of present “…fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you” [1 Peter 4:12] Present upheavals and your personal trials are determined for this time to separate wheat from chaff before the Coming of the Lord. The Bible says: “That the TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH, being much MORE PRECIOUS THAN 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] I COMFORT you with the PROMISE of the Coming of the Lord and challenge you not to be unduly TROUBLED, but “..WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING” (Philippians 2:12] Notwithstanding, I must warn you, it is not enough to go to Church and claim allegiance to God, as it is written: “Thou believes there is one God; thou doest well: the DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE AND TREMBLE” (James 2:19) You see, devils also believe there is one God and attend Church services. To please God, you must do better; KNOW, BELIEVE and RECEIVE Jesus Christ as God manifest in FLESH (1 Timothy 3:16) This is the INCORRUPTIBLE SEED of the WORD of God that GERMINATE, GROW and MATURE in you, into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ. There are other SEEDS, whose FRUIT have no resemblance to Jesus Christ. I caution you to stay clear of such. Let your conduct be clear proof that Jesus Christ dwells in you and bring “…forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” [Matthew 3:8]
4. I assure you of the imminent Coming of the Lord, when He shall dry up the tears of His SAINTS and receive them into heavenly MANSIONS, as it is written: “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” (John 14:2) Are you weeping and presently overburdened with SORROWS and perplexed? Dry your tears, LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED. I invite you to come to Jesus Christ today, accept Him as your Lord and Saviour and stake your claim to His HEAVENLY MANSIONS, amen
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GOD’S PERSONAL IDENTITY
- Many people truly desire to know God and worship Him, but are confused by the plethora of gods and religion thrown at them. It is a shame to see multitudes call on God every day, in diverse languages, not knowing who He is. Every culture, down through the ages, celebrates a god or diversity of gods to appease every shade of opinion. The Greeks, in times past, went way ahead of others to raise an altar to THE UNKNOWN GOD. Apostle Paul said: “… I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship…” [Acts 17:23] Among Christians, there is needless confusion about who is God in the TRINITY of FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT. The confusion has degenerated to the grave error of three gods, equal and sharing one throne! One thing is clear, without a clear IDENTITY of God, it is impossible to please or worship Him in any meaningful manner, as it is written: “But without FAITH it is impossible to please him: for HE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” [Hebrews 11:6] Who do you BELIEVE God is? Do you really know who God is? These questions demand your urgent attention. God is ETERNAL, INVISIBLE and not subject to scientific, theological, personal and or philosophical explanation. The ONLY LINK between man and God is FAITH and the ONLY WAY to understand Him is to accept what He says of Himself. The Bible says: “Through FAITH we UNDERSTAND that THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD, so that THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN WERE NOT MADE OF THINGS WHICH DO APPEAR” [Hebrews 11:3] Do you believe the worlds, both material and spiritual, were FRAMED by the SPOKEN WORD? If you do, you just exercised FAITH to hear God SPEAK to you! The more of the SPOKEN WORD you hear and accept, by FAITH, the more He reveals Himself to you. The Bible says: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD” [John 1:1] God is not a FORCE or an OLD MAN sitting on an ancient throne. God is what He says and who He says He is by His WORD. To avoid confusion, God is ETERNAL and has no beginning or end. The phrase, “In the beginning”, is a figure of speech to emphasize the everlasting indissolubility and the WORD and God. The WORD is God and the SPOKEN WORD is His IDENTITY.
- Adam and Eve identified God through the SPOKEN WORD, as it is written: “And THEY HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD GOD walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden” [Genesis 3:8] Again, God, “walking in the Garden” was a figure of speech. The SPOKEN WORD was the IDENTITY of God, which when they heard,they were ashamed of their transgression and hid themselves. Abraham heard God several times in dreams and visions and had no problem recognizing the SPOKEN WORD when three strangers came to his tent at Mamre [Genesis 18:1]. The men were in every detail like you and I and even ate in his presence. When they spoke he identified the VOICE of God without further introduction and said: “…Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes” [Genesis 18:27] When the Angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in the burning bush, there was no image or likeness of a man or angel, but the SPOKEN WORD. God indeed appeared in diverse forms to His people and messengers down the ages, blending with the times to make Himself heard. In all cases, the form was the messenger, but the IDENTITY of God was the SPOKEN WORD.
- The SPOKEN WORD came to the Prophets of old in diverse forms, as it also did to John, as the Bible says: “…the WORD OF GOD CAME UNTO JOHN the son of Zacharias in the wilderness” [Luke 3:2] The WORD came and DWELT WITH THEM, but not IN ANY OF THEM. At the appointed time, “…the WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US…” [John 1:14] The CREATOR DWELLING IN FLESH was the MYSTERY that settled the lingering controversy of God’s PERSONAL IDENTITY. God, not willing that any should perish PREPARED Himself a BODY and the SPOKEN WORD DWELT IN ONE MAN, Jesus Christ, as it is written: “Wherefore WHEN HE COMETH INTO THE WORLD, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but A BODY HAST THOU PREPARED ME” [Hebrews 10:5] The IDENTITY of God is PERSONIFIED in Jesus Christ in who “…DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY” [Colossians 2:9] The SPOKEN WORD which at the onset of creation framed the worlds, walked this earth, as proof of God’s PERSONAL IDENTITY and Apostle John confirmed thus: “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 John1:1] Jesus Christ is the PERSONAL IDENTITY of God and there is no”…SALVATION in any other: for there is NONE OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN given among men, WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED” [Acts 4:12]
- Do not be deceived by any means, God is ONE, NOT A TRINITY and there is no controversy about His manifestation in FLESH, as it is written: “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” [1 Timothy 3:16] Mundane argument of supremacy between FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST are needless distractions that was answered more than two thousand years ago, when Jesus Christ said to Philip: “…I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? HE THAT HAS SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?” [John 14:9] Jesus Christ is the PERSONAL IDENTITY of the SPOKEN WORD. In Jesus Christ we have access to God and His wonderful promises of ETERNAL GLORY [Colossians 1:27] Without FAITH and RECONCILIATION with God through His PERSONAL IDENTITY, every work or service done in the name of religion is a nullity. At His Coming, the Lord shall separate the wise and faithful from PRETENDERS who have not His PERSONAL IDENTITY and shall say to such: “…I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity” [Luke 13:27]
- Beloved, these things are true and the coming of the Lord is at hand. I enjoin you, if you already received the SPOKEN WORD made flesh, to keep your garments clean and your heart sealed with the Holy Ghost, in readiness for His Coming. If you are in doubt or in denial, I plead with you to search the Scriptures diligently and receive Jesus Christ today as your Lord and Saviour, amen.
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THE CHURCH SLEPT
THE CHURCH SLEPT
“While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him” [Matthew 25:5-6]
1. Church is Christ’s army of militant Saints.
Church was established on the Rock of prophetic revelation of God in Christ, as it is written: “… Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God…for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven…and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” [Matthew 16:16-18] The strategic objective of the Church is to occupy the earth and raise a bountiful harvest of brides in readiness for the return of Jesus Christ. The Lord presented a detailed battle plan to His troops, empowered His Church and charged them, saying: “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] The power to occupy and be fruitful on earth was granted on critical condition that the Church; “…Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” [Mark 16:15] Expectedly, legitimacy of Church is tied to the instruction to “go into all the world”. The power of the Holy Ghost is activated with signs when the command is obeyed, as the Bible says: “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues” [Mark 16:17] Please note, “signs shall follow” meaning the Church is alive and empowered as long as it is on the “go” agenda.2. The Church slumbered.
Church was born in a blaze of glory, saving souls from city to city and; “…from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” [Acts 20: 20-21] After the apostles went to be with the Lord, vain theologies of “rest and “static growth” crept into the fold, as foretold: “…after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” [Acts 20:29-30] After many years of waiting for the Lord to return the Church slumbered as “grievous wolves”, teaching “gain as godliness”, brought the Church to “rest” from her many battles [1 Timothy 6:5] The Church slipped into the error of Israel in the wilderness where the; “…people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron…and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt” [Exodus 32: 3-4] The Church slunk into deep slumber when it stopped going for souls and “sat” to gather gold from the flock in tabernacles of bricks and glass. God sent men in every age to revive the Church, but as soon as they were gone, false preachers lured the people to slumber in religious sects and factions.3. The Church slept.
Pentecostal revivals of 1940s, stretching to 1960s briefly revived and empowered the Church. By the 1970s, the revival was stifled by bickering and; “Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness…” [1 Timothy 6:5] As the fire went out, the flocks developed “itching ears” and as foretold would not; “…endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” [2 Timothy 4:3-4] “Itching ears” soon worsened to deafness and Church went from slumber to deep sleep. The sleeping Church is immune to the love of Truth and ensnared in strong delusion, as it is written: “…because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie” [2 Thessalonians 2:10-11] Beloved, be not deceived by growing number of parishes and membership explosion, the Church is fast asleep and this generation unmistakably fulfills prophecy, as the Bible says: “While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept” [Matthew 25:5] The sleeping Church is rich and increased with goods but naked and wretched before God. Thus says the Lord: “Because thou sayest I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” [Revelation 3:17]4. The “midnight cry” is the final call.
The Church is fast asleep but the “friends” of the Bridegroom are awake to herald His Coming with the “midnight cry”, as the Bible says: “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps” [Matthew 25:6-7] The “friends” of the Bridegroom did not slumber but kept sleep away by knowledge and revelation of prophetic agenda, as it is written: “…I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you” [John 15:15] The “midnight cry” is the sharp sickle of the reaper that separates wheat from chaff and wise virgins from foolish virgins. I testify that the “midnight cry” is ringing, loud and clear, in all nations. The Church is stirring to life and the “virgins” are stepping out with their lamps but not all are ready, and when the bridegroom came; “…they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut” [Matthew 25:10] The difference between wise and foolish virgins is “readiness” to be with the Lord. Wise virgins are willing, prepared and ready to lose this world to be with the Lord. Foolish virgins are religious but unduly attached to the present world. Brethren, this is the “midnight cry”; “…let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us” [Hebrews 12:1]5. Awake and prepare to meet the Lord.
Beloved, now is the time to awake out of slumber. The season of the Gentile Church is fast running out and 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 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] I charge you to awake to the urgency of the season, step out of the sleeping Church and prepare to meet the Lord. Whereas you may not have to leave your local parish, you must by all means break the yokes of doctrinal and spiritual slumber and be made ready in the liberty of the Son of God. I witness that this is the “midnight cry” and; “…it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed” [Romans 13:11] Let him that has ears listen and take heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Church, as it is written: “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” [Revelation 18:4]WhatsApp+2348023469838