Category: Christian/Faith/Religion

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

2. The ERROR OF BALAAM is the work of SOOTHSAYERS masquerading as prophets of God. The Bible says: “BALAAM also the son of Beor, THE SOOTHSAYER, did the children of Israel slay …” [Joshua 13:22] He was a SORCERER like Simon, who embellished his SOOTHSAYING with perverted Judaism and “… BEWITCHED THE PEOPLE of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: …. SAYING, THIS MAN IS THE GREAT POWER OF GOD” [Acts 8:9-10] Wait a minute, Balaam saw visions and God spoke to him. God also spoke to Satan, as it is written: “And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, … And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life” [Job 2:3-4] Brethren, it is not everyone that prophesy or facilitates a miracle, that is approved of God. Thus, said the Lord: “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity” [Matthew 7:22-23] There are many SOOTHSAYERS in the Church, belching “great swelling words of vanity” to BEWITCH and turn many away from the FAITH. I challenge you to know the TRUTH and “… believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world” [1 John 4:1]

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

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

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

1.The Bible says: “For where a TESTAMENT is, there must also of necessity be the DEATH OF THE TESTATOR” [Hebrews 9:16] A TESTAMENT is a legally binding AGREEMENT stating how a man wishes to dispose his possessions after his death. When God laid the foundation of the world, He also prepared a TESTAMENT of His INHERITANCE stating TERMS and CONDITIONS for those who shall INHERIT His ETERNAL ESTATE. By FOREKNOWLEDGE, He determined His HEIRS, wrote their names in the BOOK OF LIFE and disowned those “…whose names are not written in the BOOK OF LIFE of the LAMB SLAIN from the foundation of the world” [Revelation 13:8] The “LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD” is Jesus Christ, who being the “brightness of his glory, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON” is the TESTATOR [Hebrews 1:3] At the appointed time, the TESTATOR of the NEW TESTAMENT was MANIFEST on earth to DIE and have His WILL ENFORCED. The LAMB of God was MANIFEST among us, and John testified, saying: “…Behold the LAMB OF GOD, which taketh away the sin of the world” [John 1:29] The LAMB OF GOD came and DIED for the SIN of the world, including you and I, and activated the WILL of God for all men irrespective of race, colour or gender.

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

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

4. Jesus Christ said: “For this is my BLOOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, which is shed for many for the REMISSION OF SINS” [Matthew 26:28] The NEW TESTAMENT is as old as time, but so called because it SUPERCEDES all previous COVENANTS. When the TESTATOR died at Calvary, the Kingdom of God was established on earth to EXECUTE His WILL. By GRACE, through FAITH in Jesus Christ, we are no longer slaves to CRASS MATERIALISM, SIN and DEATH, but citizens of the EVERLASTING Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is not a physical location or material condition, “… behold, the kingdom of God is within you” [Luke 17:20] The Kingdom of God is the TESTATOR living in you to EXECUTE His WILL in your life and my life, as it is written: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16] Because Jesus Christ lives in me, I am reconfigured in the image and likeness of God and “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” [Philippians 4:13] We are literally gods and ambassadors of Jesus Christ. Though the world presently mocks us, and we are pressed to breaking point by trials of our FAITH, “… we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” [1 John 3:2] The Lord will come as a thief in the night, let us be vigilant and prepared, so we are not caught unawares.

5. The Bible says: “… Except a man be BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD … Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, HE CANNOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD” [John 3:3-5] To SEE means to acknowledge the NEW TESTAMENT as God’s offer of PEACE and ETERNAL LIFE. Many people do SEE but miss the WAY when they seek to ENTER on TERMS and EXPECTATIONS of OLD TESTAMENT. The Bible says: “For the kingdom of God is not MEAT and DRINK; but RIGHTEOUSNESS, and PEACE, and JOY in the HOLY GHOST” [Romans 14:17] Whereas Israel approached God with MEAT and DRINK offerings under the OLD TESTAMENT, the NEW TESTAMENT demands you must be BORN AGAIN, with proof of RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE and JOY in the Holy Ghost. Beloved, what you have or have not in this world has nothing to do with your ETERNAL INHERITANCE. If you are BORN AGAIN, I exhort you to firm in the HOPE of Glory at the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ in clouds of GLORY, when we shall be caught up “… in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” [1 Thessalonians 4:17] If you are not BORN AGAIN, I admonish your to receive Jesus Christ as your LORD and SAVIOUR today and be established in the NEW TESTAMENT, amen.

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

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

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

4. The Bible says: “Beloved, NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS” [1 John 3:2] We are SONS OF GOD because we are BORN AGAIN of the incorruptible WORD OF GOD and sealed by the Holy Ghost from corruption [1 Peter 1:23] We have in our mortal BODY the TREASURES of ETERNAL LIFE, being the “EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE” and are JOINT-HERIS with Jesus Christ, yet have not the fulness of our INHERITANCE [Ephesians 1:14]. We are SONS, yet daily suffer the indignities of a servant, as the Bible says: “…the HEIR, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all” [Galatians 4:1] If you are a SON, you must not be discouraged, deceived or distracted by those who claim to be SONS by reason of fame, riches or titles. Listen carefully, we are all STEWARDS of FAITH and shall be approved or disapproved as SONS OF GOD at the APPEARANCE of the Lord Jesus Christ. At the long blast of His Trumpet, WHEAT shall be separated from CHAFF and we shall be TRANSFIGURED as Jesus Christ once did and it is written: “And was TRANSFIGURED before them: and HIS FACE DID SHINE AS THE SUN, and HIS RAIMENT WAS WHITE AS THE LIGHT” [Matthew 17:2] We shall be restored to the glory we had in Him from foundation of the world and reign forever with Him and in Him.

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

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

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

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

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

5. The Bible says: For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THEY SHALL DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT” [Matthew 24:24] The ELECT will not be deceived because they know the MESSAGE and the MESSENGER are ONE. The ELECT have the FRUITS of ETERNAL LIFE in them and will not be MANIPULATED by CARPETBAGGERS whose sole claim to ministry is the PROSPERITY OF FOOLS [Proverbs 1:32] I exhort you to EXAMINE the MESSAGE in your HEART and APPRAISE the MESSENGER in your life. Are they ONE? Do not be DECEIVED by those SPEAK with “…Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau” [Genesis 27:22] Beloved, the coming of the Lord is at hand when He shall appear suddenly and many shall be caught unawares, as it is written; “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity” [Matthew 7:22-23] Remember, the MESSAGE is Jesus Christ and the MESSENGER is God WORKING right now, “…in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” [Philippians 2:13] Amen.

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?