Tag: Prophetic message/End time/Rapture

1. God said: “… Let us make MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS: and let them have dominion …” [Genesis 1:26] Take note, IMAGE and LIKENESS are not the same, and God was not in error when He went ahead and “… CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD CREATED HE HIM; … ” [Genesis 1:27] The emphasis on IMAGE in verse 27 clarified the deliberate omission of God’s LIKENESS in man. The IMAGE of God in man is the LIVING SOUL, which we received when God , “… BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS the BREATH OF LIFE; and MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL” [Genesis 2:7] A LIVING SOUL is equipped with INDEPENDENT WILL to make CHOICES, but lacks the LIKENESS of God to be made PERFECT. The IMAGE of God is FORM, and His LIKENESS is God REVEALED in CREATION. The MYSTERY OF GODLINESS is the missing component of CREATION, and by REVELATION, we are made PERFECT in the LIKENESS of God.

2. Angels were CREATED in the IMAGE of God and man, a “… LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS …” [Psalms 8:5] Angels were not CREATED in God’s LIKENESS and KNEW God by His WORD until “… HE BRINGETH IN THE FIRSTBEGOTTEN into the world, he saith, And LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM” [Hebrews 16] The FIRSTBEGOTTEN is God REVEALED in the ANGEL OF THE LORD; in the FORM angels could SEE. They SAW the LIKENESS of God and HEARD the VOICE they KNEW so well declare His PRESENCE in their midst. Remember, no angel ever SAW God, and were constrained to CHOOSE by FAITH in the WORD and not by SIGHT. Those who ACCEPTED who God SAID He is, and were not distracted by what they SAW or did not SEE were made PERFECT in Hs LIKENESS, as it is written: “But we all, with open face BEHOLDING AS IN A GLASS THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE CHANGED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” [2 Corinthians 3:18] The angels that HEARD the WORD, SAW the WORD manifest in their midst and DENIED His LIKENESS were led into REBELLION by Satan “… And the great DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, that old serpent, called the Devil, and SATAN, WHICH DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD … “ [Revelation 12:7-9]

3. Adam and Eve had the FORM of God and KNEW Him by His VOICE until they DENIED the WORD and fell into SIN. When the WORD came calling, they HID themselves and lamented, “… I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was AFRAID, because I WAS NAKED; and I HID MYSELF” [Genesis 3:10] Adam and Eve DENIED the WORD and lost the COVERING that came with the FORM of God. Listen carefully, whereas Adam and Eve SINNED against the WORD, fallen angels DENIED the REVELATION of God and were condemned to SECOND DEATH, “… in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH” [Revelation 21:8] The WAGES of the SIN of man was clearly stated, “… for in the day that thou eatest thereof THOU SHALT SURELY DIE” [Genesis 2:17] The SENTENCE subsists in the FLESH, until the MYSTERY OF GODLINESS was REVEALED and ever since whosoever DENIES the REVELATION of God in Jesus CHRIST joins fallen angels in “… EVERLASTING FIRE, PREPARED FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS” [Matthew 25:41] Meanwhile, God made a COVERING for SIN and “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God MAKE COATS OF SKINS, and CLOTHED THEM” [Genesis 3:21] The “COATS OF SKINS” was not a fashion statement, but most likely LAMBS were slain the “JUST” died in place of the “UNJUST” to restore the IMAGE of God in man;. This is a MYSTERY, “Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” [1 Corinthians 2:8]

4. At the appointed time, the “… WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and DWELT AMONG US, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,)… ” [John 1:14] The “ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER” is Jesus Christ; the TRUE and ONLY MANIFESTATION of God, “… the BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON,…” [Hebrews 13] In Him is the MYSTERY OF GODLINESS REVEALED, and in Him “… DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY” [Colossians 2:9] Jesus Christ IS NOT AN ANGEL or the second person of a TRINITY of gods. He is God, the ONLY JUST ONE, laying down His LIFE for the UNJUST, and “… without controversy GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: God was MANIFEST IN FLESH…” [1 Timothy 3:16] Many of those who SAW God MANIFEST in FLESH did not BELIEVE His TESTIMONY, “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] Beloved, it does not matter if we did not SEE Him in the FLESH, “… BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN, and YET HAVE BELIEVED” [John 20:29] All God requires of you is to BELIEVE who He SAYS He is, and “… WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS” [1 John 3:2] It is no doubt a MYSTERY; think over it prayerfully and “… WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION with fear and trembling” [Philippians 2:12]

5. Friend, I encourage you to BELIEVE who God SAYS He is and accept Jesus Christ as your LORD and SAVIOUR, amen.

1. A PROPHET is a MESSENGER ORDAINED by God to SPEAK on His behalf. Whenever a PROPHET SPEAKS in the name of God, he SOWS the LIFE of God. The SEED is the SPOKEN WORD proceeding out of the mouth of God to ACTIVATE and give LIFE to His PURPOSE, as it is written: “So shall MY WORD be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH I PLEASE, and IT SHALL PROSPER in the thing whereto I sent it” [Isaiah 55:11] Listen carefully, there are FALSE PROPHETS; they are FALSE not because they were not ORDAINED, but for SOWING DEAD SEED in the name of God. FALSE PROPHETS DRESS, SPEAK and POSTURE as MESSENGERS of God, but “… BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM” [Matthew 7:20]

2. The FRUIT of the TREE OF LIFE, in Eden, had the SEED of the LIFE of God. As long as Adam and Eve BELIEVED it was so and touched not the FRUIT of the other TREE, they had the LIFE of God [Mark 11:24] Then came along the FALSE PROPHET, boasting, “… YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” [Genesis 3:4-5] Take note, every time God SPEAKS to SOW His LIFE in man, FALSE PROPHETS arise to SOW “… TARES among the WHEAT, and “ … The ENEMY THAT SOWED THEM IS THE DEVIL” [Matthew 13:25-39] The young PROPHET in 1 Kings 13:1-34 was armed with the WORD of God, but no sooner he delivered the MESSAGE, a FALSE PROPHET arose, saying: “…, 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” [1 Kings 13:8] The PRETENDER had the credentials of a PROPHET but LIED and SOWED DEATH instead of LIFE [1 Kings 13:24-26] Beloved, do not allow those who FLAUNT credentials of material endowments and BOAST of spiritual exploits to turn your OBEDIENCE to DISOBEDIENCE, “BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” [Matthew 7:15]

3. It is the nature of SEED to be SOWN in season and once in the ground, “… the earth BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT OF HERSELF; first the BLADE, then the EAR, after that the FULL CORN in the ear” [Mark 4:28] Once the SEED is SOWN, TRUE or FALSE, the harvest is determined and “THE EARTH BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT OF HERSELF”. If the SEED SOWN is the LIFE of God, the HARVEST is a bounty of men and women regenerated in the IMAGE and LIKENESS of Jesus Christ, for “… WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH, THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP” [Galatians 6:7] The REVIVALS of 1950s and 1960s were inspired by outpouring of the Holy Ghost, to SOW the SEED of the LIFE of God, but was quickly followed by an army of FALSE PROPHETS. Over the years, the two SEEDS grew into identical “BLADES” and “EARS”, and impossible to separate or identify WHEAT from TARES. This generation is the FRUIT and “BY THEIR FRUITS” it is clear who and what was SOWED. It is very depressing to see big BRANDS of Christianity, bereft of the RIGHTEOUSNESS that flows from the LIFE of God. Going by the preponderance of TARES over WHEAT in the HARVEST of this age, it saddens the heart to admit that some of the people we celebrate as GENERALS of God SOWED TARES. Against all odds, God has His LITTLE FLOCK in the Church, BORN AGAIN of INCORRUPTIBLE SEED and growing into the FULNESS of the STATURE of Christ, as it is written: “FEAR NOT, LITTLE FLOCK; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” [Luke 12:32]

4. We are “… BORN AGAIN NOT OF CORRUPTIBLE SEED, BUT OF INCORRUPTIBLE, BY THE WORD OF GOD, which liveth and abideth for ever” [1 Peter 1:23] The INCORRUPTIBLE SEED is the LIFE of God in Jesus Christ, in who “… dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” [Colossians 2:9] This is the SEED in you if you BELIEVE “… GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, …” that is, in Jesus Christ, the “… LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD” [1 Timothy 3:16 & Revelation 13:8] This was the SEED SOWN by PROPHETS in every age, but there were also FALSE PROPHETS who brought “… DAMNABLE HERESIES, even denying the Lord that bought them, … [2 Peter 2:1] Now, the HARVEST of the earth is ripe, the coming of the Lord is near and REAPERS have their orders to GATHER, “… FIRST THE TARES, and BIND THEM IN BUNGLES to BURN THEM: but gather the wheat into my barn” [Matthew 13:30] REAPERS are at work GATHERING TARES in ecumenical BUNDLES of diverse CREEDS to be BURNT [Matthew 13:39] Beloved, EXAMINE the SEED in your soul, purge your heart of the LEAVEN of the FALSE PROPHET and “… desire the SINCERE MILK OF THE WORD, that ye may grow thereby” [1 Peter 2:2] Turn away from those who preach UNITY in DIVERSITY, and “… 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]

5. If you are not BORN AGAIN, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today, and have the LIFE of God established in you, amen

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When Israel was restored to the PROMISED LAND in 1947, the GENTILE CHURCH crossed the PROPHETIC THRESHOLD of the LAST DAYS and THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE, says the Lord until the “… kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, …. ” (Revelation 11:15)

1. The PARABLE of TEN VIRGINS is the TRAGEDY of professing Christians SHUT OUT of the MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB. Jesus Christ is the BRIDEGROOM, and VIRGINS are Christians who “… TOOK THEIR LAMPS, and went forth TO MEET THE BRIDEGROOM” [Matthew 25:1] The LAMPS indicate valid INVITATION, but “… the BRIDEGROOM came; and THEY THAT WERE READY WENT IN WITH HIM TO THE MARRIAGE: and the DOOR WAS SHUT” [Matthew 25:1-10] The MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB is the reunion of Christ with His SAINTS in the AIR, when 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” [1Thessalonians 4:17] It is the fervent HOPE of every Christian to be ”CAUGHT UP” in the “AIR” to be with the Lord, but FOOLISH VIRGINS shall be SHUT OUT; not because they did not pay their TITHES or missed Church services but because they were NOT established in the KNOWLEDGE of TRUTH.

2. All TEN VIRGINS went out to MEET THE BRIDEGROOM with LAMPS, but “While the BRIDEGROOM TARRIED, they ALL SLUMBERED and SLEPT” [Matthew 25:5] LAMPS give us LIGHT to “SEE” in the dark, and FAITH established in the PROPHETIC KNOWLEDGE of the PERSONAL IDENTITY of God is the LIGHT by which VIRGINS navigate the DARKNESS of this world, as it is written: “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, but shall have the light of life” [John 8:12] Every VIRGIN is a LAMP but a LAMP without OIL is like SALT that has lost its TASTE, “… IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SAVOUR, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth GOOD FOR NOTHING, but TO BE CAST OUT and to be trodden under foot of men” [Matthew 5:13] Take note, though SALT is VISIBLE, the TASTE thereof is not SEEN, but evident in the mouth. Christians are the SALT of the earth and though the world celebrates our LAMPS, if there is no OIL we are “GOOD FOR NOTHING”. A professing Christian without OIL in his LAMP is likened to a BRIDE without WEDDING GARMENT, as it is written: “… Friend, how camest thou in hither NOT HAVING A WEDDING GARMENT? And he was speechless…. BIND HIM HAND AND FOOT, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; …” [Matthew 22:12-13]

3. The LAMP in the PARABLE was essentially a CLAY VESSEL, with a WICK resting in OIL. The CLAY VESSEL is MAN formed out “… of the DUST OF THE GROUND” [Genesis 2:7] The WICK is our FAITH in Jesus Christ, by which we are RECONCILED to God, “For BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH… ” [Ephesians 2:8] Every VIRGIN is BORN of God by GRACE and by FAITH we grow into maturity “Till we all come in the UNITY OF THE FAITH, and of the KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the STATURE OF THE FULNESS OF CHRIST” [Ephesians 4:13] Listen carefully, we are VIRGINS by GRACE, but the OIL to grow into the “STATURE OF THE FULNESS OF CHRIST” is received by CHOICE and the CHOICE before us is the TRUE IDENTITY of Jesus Christ. The Lord ASKED His disciples, and the same applies to all, “… “WHOM SAY YE THAT I AM?” [Matthew16:15] Peter answered, “… Thou art the CHRIST, the SON OF THE LIVING GOD… and UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH;… ” [Mathew 16:16] “THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD” is “THE EVERLASTING FATHER” BORN to us in fulfilment of Isaiah 9:6. If we DENY the TRUE IDENTITY of Jesus Christ, we can neither ABIDE in Him nor receive the OIL that flows from the ROCK, as it is written: “IF A MAN ABIDE NOT IN ME, he is CAST FORTH AS A BRANCH, and is WITHERED; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and THEY ARE BURNED” [John 15:6]

4. The GENERATION of Christians who SING and PRAY without knowing who Jesus truly is are FOOLISH VIRGINS. Though they dominate the landscape with a form of godliness, it is evident the POWER of God is absent, and “… I bear them record that THEY HAVE ZEAL OF GOD, BUT NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE” [Romans 10:2] Having no ROOT in the ROCK OF AGES, they struggle and exert themselves in “Perverse disputings of men of CORRUPT MINDS, and DESTITUTE OF THE TRUTH, SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS: from such withdraw thyself” [1Timothy 6:5] FOOLISH VIRGINS shun the RIGHTEOUSNESS that come from PURE KNOWLEDGE of God, “… because they RECEIVED NOT THE LOVE OF TRUTH, that they might be saved…. GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, that they should BELIEVE A LIE” [2 Thessalonians 2:10-11] Beloved, the BRIDEGROOM is calling His VIRGINS to the MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB, saying: “I am ALPHA and OMEGA, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, WHICH IS, and WHICH WAS, and WHICH IS TO COME, THE ALMIGHTY” [Revelation 1:8] Those who have ears will hear, TRIM their LAMPS, put away the “LIE” and establish their FAITH on the “FLINTY ROCK”, “… to suck honey out of the rock, and OIL OUT OF THE FLINTY ROCK” [Deuteronomy 32:13]

5. Thus says the Lord: “… Write, BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE CALLED UNTO THE MARRAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB…. These are the TRUE SAYINGS OF GOD” [Revelation 19:9] Your INVITATION is the SALVATION preached in the name of Jesus Christ; accept Him today as your LORD and SAVIOUR, amen

A prophetic word from the Lord to the. Church in Nigeria

CAN GOD TRUST YOU?

The QUESTION is not about TRUSTING God, but God TRUSTING you and the ANSWER is with God, “For the EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO throughout the whole earth, TO SHEW HIMSELF STRONG IN THE BEHALF OF THEM WHOSE HEART IS PERFECT TOWARD HIM…“ [2 Chronicles 16:9]

God acknowledges our NEEDS but “WANTS” come from the ENEMY WITHIN, enticing us to CRASS MATERIALISM [Matthew 6:32] Remember, “… WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD, and it is certain we can carry nothing out….” [1Timothy 6:7-8]

1. When Israel was restored to the PROMISED LAND in 1947, the GENTILE CHURCH crossed the PROPHETIC THRESHOLD of LAST DAYS; henceforth THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE until the “… kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and HE SHALL REIGN  FOR EVER and ever” [Revelation 11:15] At a time like this, with “MEN’S HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth…” and the nations HUNGERING for PEACE like never before, THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE says the Lord [Luke 21:26] When the nations shall come together to proclaim GLOBAL CONCORD, and “… 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] The earth shall be PURGED with TRIBULATION, and in the days to come SAINTS “… SHALL BE HATED OF ALL MEN for my name's sake: but he that ENDURETH TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED” [Matthew 10:22]

2. WHITE, BLACK and RED HORSES of Revelation 6:1-8 took off at inception  of the GENTILE Church and concerning the RED HORSE, “… POWER WAS GIVEN to him that sat thereon TO TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a GREAT SWORD” [Revelation 6:4] PEACE was taken  off the earth some 2,000 years ago, but now comes TRIBULATION. The SIGNAL for TRIBULATION was the return of Israel to Palestine, as the THREE HORSES run into one another for the PALE HORSE to emerge “… AND HIS NAME THAT SAT ON IT WAS DEATH, and HELL FOLLOWED WITH HIM. And POWER WAS GIVEN unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to KILL WITH SWORD, WITH HUNGER, and WITH DEATH, and WITH THE BEASTS of the earth” [Revelation 6:8] WHITE, BLACK and RED mixed together reveals the PALE HORSE and the RIDER is the one who wields, “… THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL” [Hebrews 2:14] The present orgy of KILLING, POVERTY and PANDEMICS is Satan riding the PALE HORSE to DELUDE, DISTRACT and INTIMIDATE those “… who THROUGH FEAR OF DEATH were all their lifetime SUBJECT TO BONDAGE” [Hebrews 2:15] Let no man DECEIVE you, THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE until the PALE HORSE and RIDER go down to PERDITION, “… but the PEOPLE THAT DO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG, and do exploits” [Daniel 11:32]
3. Satan  has a “SHORT TIME” to finish his work and “… WOE TO THE INHABITERS OF THE EARTH and of the sea! for the DEVIL IS COME DOWN UNTO YOU, having great wrath, because he knoweth that HE HATH BUT A SHORT TIME” [Revelation 12:12] The DEVIL IS COME DOWN and his “SHORT TIME” is the space between the return of JEWS to Palestine and the appearance of Jesus Christ. In this “SHORT TIME”, he shall “… MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS, and to OVERCOME THEM: and POWER WAS GIVEN HIM OVER ALL KINDREDS, and tongues, and nations” [Revelation 13:7] I repeat, Satan shall “MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS and to OVERCOME THEM“. Listen closely, the growing PERSECUTION and KILLING of SAINTS is not human error or failure of government but Satan working through the CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE to fulfill PROPHECY [Ephesians 2:2] Beloved, do not yield to those who appeal to primordial sentiments, asking you to FIGHT or JOIN hands with political and religious leaders for GLOBAL PEACE; it is a SNARE, THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE. The kingdoms of this world and all shades of false religion are pawns in the hands of the Devil, but God is in ultimate CONTROL and shall SAVE us and PERFECT our SALVATION “For he will FINISH THE WORK, and CUT IT SHORT IN  RIGHTEOUSNESS: because A SHORT WORK WILL THE LORD MAKE UPON THE EARTH” [Romans 9:28] 


4. THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE going forward and many Christians shall be DECEIVED, “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]FALSE CHRISTS and FALSE PROPHETS are manifest in the FOLD, “… AFTER THE WORKING OF SATAN with all power and signs and LYING WONDERS” to DECEIVE and take PEACE away from the Church [2 Thessalonians 2:9] When they preach PEACE and PROSPERITY, it is with all “… DECEIVABLENESS OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS in them that perish; 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] Brethren, God already SENT STRONG DELUSION into the Church and THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE between adherents of TRUTH and of LIES. The ELECT will not be DECEIVED by LYING WONDERS because they READ and RECEIVE the WORD of God “… WITH ALL READINESS OF MIND, and SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES daily, whether those things were so” [Acts 17:11] They hunger for the PROPHETIC REVELATION of TRUTH, as Israel in Egypt for “… BY A PROPHET THE LORD BROUGHT ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT, and by a prophet was he preserved” [Hosea 12:13] 
5. THERE SHALL BE NO PEACE on earth until the MILLENIAL reign of Jesus Christ, that is the TRUTH, “BE PATIENT therefore, brethren, UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD…” and prepare to be TRANSLATED at His appearance in clouds of glory [James 5:7] If you are not BORN AGAIN, do so today and book your ticket to EVERLASTING PEACE, amen 

It does not matter how long we live, we shall one day DIE and “ … EVERY ONE SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF to God” [Romans 14:12]

1. The QUESTION is not about TRUSTING God, CAN GOD TRUST YOU? The ANSWER is with God, “For the EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO throughout the whole earth, TO SHEW HIMSELF STRONG IN THE BEHALF OF THEM WHOSE HEART IS PERFECT TOWARD HIM…“ [2 Chronicles 16:9] The EYES OF THE LORD searches the HEART and SEES what no Bishop or religious leader can see; looking for the HEART that is made PERFECT by FAITH, and TRUST is the FOUNDATION of FAITH, “… 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] God alone determines who PLEASES Him; a man may “CAST OUT DEVILS” in the name of God and fail the TEST of TRUST, 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]

2. CAN GOD TRUST YOU with earthly RICHES? Many people work to the point of death to be RICH, but “The BLESSING OF THE LORD, IT MAKETH RICH, and he addeth no sorrow with it” [Proverbs 10:22] Hard work is good, but it is the BLESSING OF THE LORD that releases “POWER TO GET WEALTH”. Let no man say: “… MY POWER AND THE MIGHT OF MINE HAND HAD GOTTEN ME THIS WEALTH. But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is HE THAT GIVETH THEE POWER TO GET WEALTH, …” [Deuteronomy 8:17-18] If you are praying and fasting to be RICH, CAN GOD TRUST YOU to be FAITHFUL to SPEND your RICHES on the GOSPEL and His sheep? [2 Corinthians 12:15] At a time like this, when the Church is under siege of CRASS MATERIALISM, CAN GOD TRUST YOU to SPEND and be SPENT for the Kingdom of God? The “LITTLE” you have now, God gave you; how you SPEND it determines the release of POWER TO GET WEALTH, for “He that is FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH… ” [Luke 16:10] Brethren , if God cannot TRUST you to be “… faithful in the unrighteous mammon, WHO WILL COMMIT TO YOUR TRUST the TRUE RICHES?” [Luke 16:11]

3. CAN GOD TRUST YOU with His WORD? Abraham believed the WORD of God, left his “COUNTRY”, “KINDRED” and “FATHER’S HOUSE” and “… WENT OUT, NOT KNOWING WHITHER HE WENT” [Hebrews 11:8; Genesis 12:15] After diverse TRIALS in a strange land, God said of Abraham, “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 hath spoken of him” [Genesis 18:19] The same WORD Abraham BELIEVED was manifest in FLESH for men to SEE and BELIEVE unto SALVATION, as it is written: “And the WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and dwelt among us, … ” [John 1:14] Friend, CAN GOD TRUST YOU to accept Jesus Christ as the WORD manifest in FLESH and BLOOD, as the Bible says: “IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD” [John 1:1] If you ACCEPT and BELIEVE Jesus Christ is God’s PERSONAL IDENTITY, you have a relationship with God but TRUST is not earned until God approves your handling of the WORD and says, “I KNOW HIM”. CAN GOD TRUST YOU to handle His WORD with INTEGRITY, rightly dividing the WORD of TRUTH and FEED His LAMBS with the BREAD of LIFE? [John 21:15-17]

4. CAN GOD TRUST YOU with heavenly GIFTS? The summary of God’s GIFT man is Jesus Christ, “For God so loved the world, that HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE” [John 3:16] At His ASCENSION, the GIFT of God was renewed in the Holy Ghost to every man who REPENT and is BAPTIZED in “… the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST” [Acts 2:38] SPIRITUAL GIFTS are listed in 1 Corinthians 12:1-12 and MINISTERIAL GIFTS in Ephesians 4:11-13. MINISTERIAL GIFTS of Apostle, Prophet, Teacher, Pastor and Evangelist are operated by the Holy Ghost, “For the PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS, for the WORK OF THE MINISTRY, for the EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST” [ Ephesians 4:12] The FIVE OFFICES of Christ are designed to work in tandem, and the present fashion of disallowing OFFICES outside the purview of the GENERAL OVERSEER is grave error. Dear Pastor, Evangelist, Prophet, Teacher or Apostle, CAN GOD TRUST YOU to allow all FIVE OFFICES to operate in your parish to EDIFY and PERFECT the SAINTS? My dear brother, CAN GOD TRUST YOU not to turn your SPIRITUAL GIFT into an OFFICE to milk Christ’s sheep, “… following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, WHO LOVED THE WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS”? [2 Peter 2:15]

5. CAN GOD TRUST YOU like Enoch, “And Enoch WALKED WITH GOD: and he was not; for GOD TOOK HIM” [Genesis 5:24] CAN GOD TRUST YOU enough to TAKE YOU at His appearance, to be with Him forever? The ball is in your court, “EXAMINE YOURSELVES, WHETHER YE BE IN THE FAITH … ” [ 2 Corinthians 13:5] If you are not BORN AGAIN, do so today and WATCH with PRAYERS for Christ’s imminent appearance, amen

1. When God said, … Let us make man IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS…”, He knew Satan would interfere and divided the work of CREATION into two MODELS [Genesis 1:26] The FIRST MODEL was Adam, who God formed out “… OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL” [Genesis 2:7] The LIVING SOUL was the IMAGE of God, but not His LIKENESS, as it is written: “… GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them… “ [Genesis 1:27-28] God reserved His LIKENESS for the SECOND MODEL, made PERFECT “… in the UNITY OF THE FAITH, and of the KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, UNTO A PERFECT MAN, unto the measure of the stature of the FULNESS OF CHRIST” [Ephesians 4:13]

2. Adam was a LIVING SOUL, but the SPIRIT in him was “A LITTLE LOWER THAN ANGELS, as the Psalmist wrote: “… For THOU HAST MADE HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS, …” [Psalms 8:4-5] The FIRST MODEL, being a LITTLE LOWER THAN ANGELS, fell to the wiles of his angelic ADVERSARY, as it is written: “… while men slept, his ENEMY CAME AND SOWED TARES among the WHEAT, and went his way… THE ENEMY THAT SOWED THEM IS THE DEVIL… ” [Matthew 13:25&39] God sowed His WORD, which is God, as clearly stated in Genesis 2:16-17 [See also John 1:1] When the Serpent said: “…YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then YOUR EYES SHALL BE OPENED, and YE SHALL BE AS GODS, knowing good and evil”, the ENEMY sowed LUST, his DNA, in man [Genesis 3:4-5] LUST is THE ENEMY WITHIN, enticing us to “THINK”, “SEE”, “SPEAK” and “ACT” contrary to the WORD of God. No sooner LUST was embedded in her FLESH, Eve began to “THINK”, “SPEAK” and “DESIRE” contrary to the WORD of God; the forbidden FRUIT became “GOOD FOR FOOD”, “PLEASANT TO THE EYES” and “DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE” [Genesis 3:6] Through Eve, the present world was infested with the three-headed monster of LUST, “For all that is in the world, the LUST OF THE FLESH, and the LUST OF THE EYES, and the PRIDE OF LIFE, is not of the Father, but is of the world” [1John 2:16]

3. LUST OF THE FLESH is Satan working in man to transform NEEDS to insatiable WANTS. Beloved, God acknowledges our NEEDS but “WANTS” come from the ENEMY WITHIN, enticing us to CRASS MATERIALISM [Matthew 6:32] Remember, “… WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And HAVING FOOD AND RAIMENT LET US BE THEREWITH CONTENT” [1Timothy 6:7-8] LUST of the FLESH, if unchecked, degenerates into LUST of the EYES. LUST OF THE EYES is DISCONTENT with what God “SEES” in you and WISH you would become, kindling untamed PASSION to become what you SEE”” and “WISH” to be. Those who go down that road ENTANGLE themselves with “AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE” and do not please God and never made PERFECT in His LIKENESS, for “NO MAN THAT WARRETH ENTANGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE; that he may PLEASE HIM WHO HATH CHOSEN HIM to be a soldier” [2 Timothy 2:4] The END-GAME of LUST is PRIDE OF LIFE, fueled by STRONG DELUSION in those who FALL AWAY from Christ, “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,… PARTAKERS OF THE HOLY GHOST, … IF THEY SHALL FALL AWAY, TO RENEW THEM…” [Hebrews 6:4-6] PRIDE OF LIFE is total DERAILMENT from FAITH, with no hope of REPENTANCE, in the LIKENESS of Satan.

4. When we come to God through Jesus Christ our SINS are forgiven and we are RE-CREATED, but not yet PERFECT in His LIKENESS. The Bible says: ”Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is A NEW CREATURE: old things are passed away; behold, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW” [2 Corinthians 5:17] Listen closely, the “NEW CREATURE” retains the OLD BODY, riddled with LUST; as long as we are in this BODY, the Pastor as well as his congregation must Contend with LUST. PERFECTION in this mortal BODY is a continuous BATTLE to MORTIFY LUST and live by FAITH in the WORD of God. This is easier said than done, even as Apostle Paul admitted: “… to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the GOOD THAT I WOULD I DO NOT: but the EVIL WHICH I WOULD NOT, I DO” [Romans 7:18-19] Beloved, let us humble ourselves before God as Paul did and acknowledge the pockets of LUST in us, “… for GOD RESISTETH THE PROUD, and GIVETH GRACE TO THE HUMBLE” [1 Peter 5:5] The ANTIDOTE to LUST is the SWORD of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of God, cutting deep “… to the DIVIDING ASUNDER OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, and of the joints and marrow, and is a DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART” [Hebrews 4:12] The FIRST MODEL was weakened by DISOBEDIENCE, the SECOND MODEL shall be made PERFECT in strict OBEDIENCE to the WORD of God.

5. Brethren, let us give room to the SWORD OF THE SPIRIT to cut and purge us of every SPOT and WRINKLE of LUST as we look forward to the coming of the Lord to receive for himself, “… a GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT HAVING SPOT OR WRINKLE, …” [Ephesians 5:27] If you are not BORN AGAIN, do so TODAY and be purged of LUST in readiness for His glorious appearance, amen

1. It does not matter how long we live, we shall one day DIE and “ … EVERY ONE SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF to God” [Romans 14:12] For everything we do or fail to do, including thoughts and imaginations, we shall give ACCOUNT, “… as it is APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, but AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT” [Hebrews 9:27] Those who DIE without sorting out their ACCOUNTS with Jesus Christ shall be JUDGED “… out of those things which were written in the BOOKS, ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS” [Revelation 20:12] Those who accept Jesus Christ as LORD and SAVIOUR and SETTLE their ACCOUNTS with Him have their WORKS approved and shall receive His REWARD, as it is written: “And, behold, I COME QUICKLY; and MY REWARD IS WITH ME, TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORK shall be” [Revelation 22:12] If you “KNOW” not the Lord Jesus Christ and refuse to SETTLE” your ACCOUNT with Him, thus shall He say to you on the DAY of JUDGMENT, “… I KNOW YOU NOT whence ye are; DEPART FROM ME, all YE WORKERS OF INIQUITY” [Luke 13:27]

2. WORDS emanate from within and CLEANSE or DEFILE, as it is written: ”But those things which PROCEED OUT OF THE MOUTH COME FROM THE HEART; and they DEFILE THE MAN” [Matthew 15:18] When a man CONFESSES Jesus Christ as LORD and SAVIOUR, his SINS are erased and his ACCOUNT CREDITED with SALVATION, “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and WITH THE MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION” [Romans 10:10] If you have not confessed Jesus Christ as LORD and SAVIOUR you are DEFILED; every WORD out of your mouth is IDLE TALK and for “… every IDLE WORD that men shall speak, they shall GIVE ACCOUNT thereof in the DAY OF JUDGMENT” [Matthew 12:36] IDLE TALK is not limited to SINNERS; when the PREACHER “SWEETENS” the GOSPEL for material gain, he is guilty of IDLE WORDS and “SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT”. When we spend hours CURSING perceived enemies in the name of the Lord, it is IDLE TALK. Brethren, WORDS are so important, “… IF ANY MAN OFFEND NOT IN WORD, THE SAME IS A PERFECT MAN, and able also to bridle the whole body” [James 3:2] I charge you to EXAMINE your speech and let your mouth be filled “… with GRACE, seasoned with salt, that ye may KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO ANSWER EVERY MAN” [Colossians 4:6] Beloved, if we have OFFENDED God or man in WORD, let us REPENT and SETTLE the ACCOUNT and we shall be blameless when we are CALLED HOME.

3. Whatever we have in this world, we received by DIVINE PROVIDENCE, “… and WHAT HAST THOU THAT THOU DIDST NOT RECEIVE? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?” [1 Corinthians 4:7] We received ALL THINGS from God and must give ACCOUNT, “… For unto WHOMSOEVER MUCH IS GIVEN, OF HIM SHALL MUCH BE REQUIRED… ” [Luke 12:48] The Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples the PARABLE of a STEWARD ACCUSED of “WASTING” his master’s goods. The master “ … CALLED him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THY STEWARDSHIP; for thou mayest be NO LONGER STEWARD” [Luke 16:1-2] God is the MASTER who gives material and spiritual riches to men according to His PURPOSE. Take note, the STEWARD had an ACCUSER, as we also do, “ … for the ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN is cast down, which ACCUSED THEM BEFORE OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT” [Revelation 12:10] The ACCUSER is Satan, watching how you spend “YOUR MONEY” and exercise “YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS”. When you neglect the poor, refuse to spend for the cause of the GOSPEL and or monetize SPIRITUAL GIFTS, you yield advantage to the ACCUSER to DEBIT your ACCOUNT. Beloved, AUDIT your RESOURCES now, SETTLE your ACCOUNT with the Lord and give no room to the ACCUSER.

4. Perhaps the only thing the rich and poor have in common is 24 hours in a day, and we shall give ACCOUNT of every second to God, “… who without respect of persons JUDGETH according to EVERY MAN’S WORK, pass the TIME OF YOUR SOJOURNING HERE in fear” [1 Peter 1:7] What you do with your TIME determine the WORDS of your mouth and how you allocate your RESOURCES. Your TIME, WORDS and RESOURCES amount to your WORK and “EVERY MAN’S WORK SHAL BE MADE MANIFEST: for the day shall declare it, because IT SHALL BE REVEALED BY FIRE; and the FIRE SHALL TRY EVERY MAN’S WORK…” [1Corinthians 3:13] If your TIME is frittered on “EARTHLY THINGS”, your WORK has no ETERNAL RELEVANCE; you are sowing to your FLESH and “… HE THAT SOWETH TO HIS FLESH SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION; but he that SOWETH TO THE SPIRIT SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING” [Galatians 6:8] Listen carefully, no man can deceive God with ecclesiastical titles or religious activities; God JUDGES the HEART and shall “… bring to light the HIDDEN THINGS OF DARKNESS, and will make manifest the COUNSELS OF THE HEART: and then shall every man have praise of God” [1 Corinthians 4:5] I challenge you to scrutinize your TIME, that your WORK be not in vain.

5. Brethren, let us AUDIT and SETTLE our ACCOUNTS before it is too late. If you have no ACCOUNT in Jesus Christ, I plead with you to accept Him today, as your LORD and SAVIOUR, amen

1. ABIDE IN ME is a PROPHETIC INSTRUCTION to the BRIDE to return and be made ready for the imminent appearance of the BRIDEGROOM. It is the heart cry of the GOOD SHEPHERD to gather His FLOCKS and prepare them for the DAY of His VISITATION. ABIDE IN ME, says the Lord to the GENTILE CHURCH, so you will not be overcome by DESOLATION, as the JEWISH Church to whom the Lord lamented, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, HOW OFTEN WOULD I HAVE GATHERED THY CHILDREN together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and YE WOULD NOT! Behold, YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE” [Matthew 23:37-38] ABIDE IN ME, says the Lord to His SHEEP, FOLLOW my INSTRUCTIONS and ride to GLORY over looming TRIBULATION, as it is written: “MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, and I KNOW THEM, and THEY FOLLOW ME” [John 10:27]

2. ABIDE IN ME is the REBUKE of the GOOD SHEPHERD to His SHEEP, for we all “… LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY; we have turned every one to his own way; …” [Isaiah 53:6] SHEEP by nature are wont to wander away from the SHEPHERD in search of food and water and so have we, “For ALL SEEK THEIR OWN, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s” [Philippians 2:21] Some of us left sound principles of Christ to forage on “… Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS … ” [1Timothy 6:5] We were enticed by WORLDLY LUSTS to dine on doctrines of devils, “… GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS, and DOCTRINES OF DEVILS” [1 Timothy 4:1] We were BEGUILED and fell away from “… THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST” [2 Corinthians 11:3] We went from being humble DISCIPLES to become MASTERS and sit as gods over the Lord’s vineyard. We no longer SERVE in the HOPE of ETERNAL GLORY but fight tooth and nail for filthy lucre. Brethren, the Lord is calling YOU and I to REPENT and return as NEW BORN BABES, putting away, “… all MALICE, and all GUILE, and HYPOCRISES, and ENVIES, and all EVIL SPEAKINGS, As newborn babes, DESIRE THE SINCERE MILK OF THE WORD OF GOD…” [1 Peter 2:1-2]

3. ABIDE IN ME is the Lord telling the ELECT to “Be SOBER, be VIGILANT; because your adversary the DEVIL AS A ROARING LION, walketh about, SEEKING WHOM TO DEVOUR” [1 Peter 5:8] Beloved, present DISTRESS in all nations shall not abate as we press further into the 21st century and in the CHURCH, 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] That is not all, Satan has a SHORT TIME, “… to MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS, and to OVERCOME THEM: and POWER was given him OVER ALL KINDREDS, and TONGUE, and NATIONS“ [Revelations 13:7] It is scary, but TRUE and prophecy shall be fulfilled, saying: “… the time cometh, that WHOSOEVER KILLETH YOU WILL THINK THAT HE DOETH GOD SERVICE” [John 16:2] ABIDE IN ME is the Lord calling YOU and I to examine the FOUNDATION of our FAITH as the STORM breaks on this generation. Every FOUNDATION not anchored on SURE “… FOUNDATION of the APOSTLES and PROPHETS, JESUS CHRIST himself BEING THE CHIEF CORNER STONE” shall not stand [Ephesians 2:20] The Apostles did not build Cathedrals or mansions, but “… FORSOOK ALL, AND THEY FOLLOWED HIM” [Luke 5:11] ABIDE IN ME is the Lord Jesus Christ asking His SAINTS to return to PRECEPTS of ACTS OF THE APOSTLES and be established in STANDARDS of the EPISTLES.

4. ABIDE IN ME is Jesus Christ inviting YOU and I to a deeper relationship than of SHEEP and SHEPHERD. Remember, as SHEEP we went astray and when we ought to be mature in the likeness of Christ, we were “… become such as HAVE NEED OF MILK, and not of strong meat” [Hebrews 5:12] ABIDE IN ME is the Lord inviting YOU AND I to the fellowship of BRANCH to the VINE, saying: “IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” [John15:7] As the BRANCH ABIDES on the VINE and feeds on the LIFE of the VINE, so is the Lord calling us to forsake denominational creeds and ABIDE in the WORD, which is the “… BREAD WHICH COMETH DOWN FROM HEAVEN, that a man may eat thereof, and not die” [John 6:50] That BREAD is the REVELATION of God’s PERSONAL IDENTITY manifest in FLESH and BLOOD. The REVELATION of God’s PERSONAL IDENTITY in Jesus Christ is the LIFE of the VINE, which we must EAT to LIVE and DIE no more, as it is written: “Whoso EATETH MY FLESH, and DRINKETH MY BLOOD, HATH ETERNAL LIFE; and I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY” [John 6:54] ABIDE IN ME is Christ calling YOU and I to go beyond being SHEEP and be transformed to BRANCH in the REVELATION of God’s PERSONAL IDENTITY.

5. ABIDE IN ME is Christ’s FINAL CALL to the BRIDE, and “IF A MAN ABIDE NOT IN ME, HE IS CAST FORTH as a BRANCH, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast into the fire, and THEY ARE BURNED” [John 15:6] Return and ABIDE IN ME, says the Lord, amen

1. PREPARE TO DIE, some may find this topic morbidly offensive, as DEATH is a taboo in many cultures. It is a journey we must undertake and every breathe we inhale is one less to exhale, as “… IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, but after this the judgment” [Hebrews 9:27] Man is like a spaceship programmed to TRAVEL through TIME to ETERNITY. Few minutes after takeoff, the liquid fuel rocket falls off as the ship escapes the pull of GRAVITY and sails into space. In the same way, DEATH is the shedding of FLESH to escape the pull of MORTALITY as we sail to EVERLASTING LIFE or PERDITION. No matter how long a man lives here, it is “FEW MINUTES” compared to ETERNITY and it is these FEW MINUTES we all have to PREPARE our TRAJECTORY to ETERNAL GLORY or EVERLASTING SORROWS. When you take a life insurance policy and or write a WILL, you are not PREPARING TO DIE, but making arrangement for those you shall leave behind. To PREPARE TO DIE is a personal decision to understand the mystery of DEATH, nature of LIFE after DEATH and take deliberate steps to ensure your trajectory after DEATH, therefore, “… SET THINE HOUSE IN ORDER: for THOU SHALT DIE, … “ [Isaiah 38:1]

2. PREPARE TO DIE and save yourself the agony of SECOND DEATH, “FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH; but the GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST our Lord” [Romans 6:23] Satan is the father of SIN and from him SIN passed to all men through Adam and Eve [John 8:44] We are CONCEIVED and BORN in SINs and the one who wields the sword of DEATH over the FLESH is the devil, as 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] The demise of the FLESH is the FIRST DEATH and there is SECOND DEATH which is incarceration in the LAKE OF FIRE. The LAKE OF FIRE was originally prepared for Satan and his angels, but shall also accommodate the “… fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH” [Revelation 21:8] I charge you, therefore, to PREPARE TO DIE and escape the SECOND DEATH.

3. PREPARE TO DIE and you will inherit a BODY designed for LIFE after DEATH, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOUJLD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE“ [John 3:16] It is certain this terrestrial BODY shall one day DIE, if the Lord tarries. When it does, God has MANSIONS ready to house the SOUL and SPIRIT of those who BELIEVED the GOSPEL preached in the name of His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. Thus, said the Lord Jesus Christ to His disciples: “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] These MANSIONS are not castles made of glass or stones but CELESTIAL BODIES which neither age nor DIE. They are SPIRITUAL BODIES equipped to shine as stars, forever, as the Bible says: “There are also CELESTIAL BODIES, and BODIES TERRESTRIAL: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another” [1 Corinthians 15:40] Only those who PREPARE TO DIE in line with the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ shall receive CELESTIAL BODIES in the likeness of Jesus Christ, and “… we know that, WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see him as he is” [1 John 3:2] Beloved, PREPARE TO DIE, not in fear of DEATH but grounded in the GOSPEL of GRACE and HOPE of ETERNAL LIFE.

4. PREPARE TO DIE in the WISDOM of the only ONE who ever came down from heaven and ascended to heaven, as it is written: “And NO MAN HATH ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, BUT HE THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, even the SON OF MAN WHICH IS IN HEAVEN” [John 3:13] Take note, the “SON OF MAN WHICH IS IN HEAVEN” and on earth at the same time is the MYSTERY of God MANIFEST in FLESH to demonstrate His POWER over SIN and DEATH and guide us through FAITH to ETERNAL LIFE [1 Timothy 3:16] To PREPARE TO DIE, therefore, is not about building grandiose mausoleums to house rotten flesh and bones, but choosing the path of POWER and WISDOM of God, that is “… CHRIST the POWER of God, and the WISDOM OF GOD” [1 Corinthians 1:24] Christ is the POWER OF GOD, by which when He died on the Cross, He overcame DEATH and “… DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY” [1 Corinthians 15:54] Christ is the WISDOM OF GOD, by which those who receive SALVATION by GRACE through FAITH in His NAME receive ETERNAL LIFE, “That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might GRACE REIGN THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE BY JESUS CHRIST our Lord” [Romans 5:21] I admonish you, therefore, to PREPARE TO DIE by taking up the offer of GRACE through FAITH in the NAME of the Lord Jesus Christ and LIVE FOREVER.

5. It is never too early to PREPARE TO DIE. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today and remain standing in FAITH until His appearance, when 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 EVER BE WITH THE LORD [1Thssalonians 4:17] Amen