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DOCTRINE is Present Truth, "Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth" (2 Peter 1:12)

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DOCTRINE is Present Truth, “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth” (2 Peter 1:12)

Jesus Christ is God revealed, “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” Colossians 2:9

1. A TESTAMENT is the PROMISE of a TESTATOR to share His ESTATE to specified BENEFICIARIES after his DEATH. In this case, the TESTATOR is God and man is the BENEFICIARY, “What is man, ...  THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET. … HE LEFT NOTHING THAT IS NOT PUT UNDER HIM But now we see not yet all things put under him” [Hebrews 2:6-8] God’s TESTAMENT was not an AGREEMENT made with any man but the sovereign WILL of the FATHER to reveal Himself in the SON, “For unto which of the angels said he at any time, THOU ART MY SON, this day have I BEGOTTEN THEE? And again, I will be to him a FATHER, and he shall be to me a SON?” [Hebrews 1:5] The SON is FULNESS of God revealed in Jesus Christ, henceforth the TESTATOR; God became like us, that we being in conformity with the SON might inherit His ESTATE, “Beware lest any man spoil you through PHILOSOPHY and vain DECEIT, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:8-9] God’s TESTAMENT is addressed to all men, as many as shall receive the FATHER in the SON; irrespective of race and gender, “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] 

2. God must DIE to have His TESTAMENT enforced, “For where a TESTAMENT is, there must also of necessity be the DEATH OF THE TESTATOR” [Hebrews 9:16] As soon as man fell into SIN, we lost all legitimacy to the PROMISE: the TESTATOR was required to DIE to enforce the TESTAMENT of our REDEMPTION. God presented Himself in Jesus Christ, “… as of a LAMB without blemish and without spot: Who verily was FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, but was MANIFEST IN THESE LAST TIMES for you” [1 Peter 1:18-19] For the time being, He slew lambs in place of the TESTATOR, the LAMB of God, “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD GOD MAKE COATS OF SKINS, and CLOTHED THEM” [Genesis 3:21] The TESTAMENT was secured with a COVENANT brokered with BLOOD of animals; AGREEMENT was reached to attenuate SIN with “COVERING’” of animal sacrifice. This first COVENANT restored many generations to the TESTAMENT and by it Abel had witness that he PLEASED God, “And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD HAD RESPECT UNTO ABEL and to his offering” [Genesis 4:4] This COVENANT was at best a temporary reprieve till Jesus should come, “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but A BODY HAST THOU PREPARED” [Hebrews 10:4-5] 

3. The first COVENANT was not the TESTAMENT or ‘OLD TESTAMENT” as often referred, it was an AGREEMENT between God and man to settle DISAGREEMENTS till Jesus Christ should come, “Wherefore the LAW WAS OUR SCHOOLMASTER TO BRING US UNTO CHRIST, that we might be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster” [Galatians 3:24-25] This AGREEMENT and the framework of LAW that formalized it were not FAULTLESS, by reason of weakness of BLOOD of animals to make FULL PAYMENT for SIN, “For if that FIRST COVENANT had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the SECOND. … In that he saith, A NEW COVENANT, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away” [Hebrews 8:7-13] Jesus Christ, by His DEATH on the Cross made full PAYMENT for SIN, FULFILLING all TERMS and CONDITIONS of the LAW, as it is written: “Think not that I am come to destroy the LAW, or the PROPHETS: I AM NOT COME TO DESTROY, BUT TO FULFIL” [Matthew 5:17] In FULFILLING the OLD COVENANT, He made it redundant and initiated the NEW with His own BLOOD. The NEW COVENANT is likewise not the TESTAMENT per se but a new and better WAY to return to God as CHILDREN and HEIRS of His INHERITANCE through Jesus Christ, “And if CHILDREN, then heirs; HEIRS OF GOD, and JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST; if so be that we SUFFER WITH HIM, that we may be also GLORIFIED TOGETHER” [Romans 8:17]

4. God’s TESTAMENT is a sure PROMISE, “And this is the PROMISE that he hath PROMISED US, even ETERNAL LIFE” [1 John2:24-25] SEAL of His TESTAMENT is the PROMISE of ETERNAL LIFE, secured with BLOOD COVENANTS. The men of old, in spite of the weakness of the BLOOD of animals obtained a good report of FAITH in the PROMISE of ETERNAL LIFE, “And these all, having OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT through FAITH, received not the PROMISE: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be MADE PERFECT” [Hebrews 11:39-40] We have a better COVENANT who trust in Jesus Christ, having in us the EARNEST of our INHERITANCE, “… SEALED with that HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE, Which is the EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory” [Ephesians 1:13-14] We are troubled without by present instabilities like all men, we are emboldened within in HOPE of the INHERITANCE awaiting us at the sudden appearance of Jesus Christ; not ourselves alone but as many as shall receive the FATHER in the name of the SON, for “… 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] Will you secure your name in His TESTAMENT today? Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, amen
 

If there is a BEGINNING, whatever you BELIEVE, "BIG BANG" or CREATION, there must of necessity be THE END, "For SURELY THERE IS AN END; and thine EXPECTATION shall not be cut off" [Proverbs 23:18]

1. When God said, ‘… Let us make man in our IMAGE, after our LIKENESS: …”, He spoke of the GENERATION OF JESUS CHRIST, the “… BRIGHTNESS of his GLORY, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON …” [Genesis 1:26. Hebrews 1:3] SIN marred the IMAGE in man and prevented crowning GLORY of God’s LIKENESS in man, “For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God; Being JUSTIFIED FREELY by his GRACE through the REDEMPTION that is in Christ Jesus” [Romans 3:23-24] Our REDEMPTION is the MYSTERY of all time, God was manifest in Jesus Christ to RECONCILE us to Himself, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of RECONCILIATION” [2 Corinthians 5:19] The terms and season of our SALVATION and CONFORMITY with Jesus Christ were settled before the beginning, “… FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, but was manifest in these last times for you” [1 Peter 1:10-20] We are the GENERATION OF JESUS CHRIST, who receive Jesus Christ as God manifest in flesh and CONFORM to His LIKENESS, “For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDETINATE to be CONFORMED to the IMAGE of his SON, that he might be the FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN” [Romans 8:29]

2. Every GENERATION has progenitors with traceable precepts, even Jesus Christ, as it is written: “The book of the GENERATION OF JESUS CHRIST, the son of DAVID, the son of ABRAHAM” [Matthew 1:1] We are the GENERATION OF JESUS CHRIST, CALLED out of the world in the manner of Abraham, to who God said, “… GET THEE OUT OF THY COUNTRY, and from thy KINDRED, and from thy FATHER’S HOUSE, unto a land that I WILL SHEW THEE. … and I will BLESS thee, …” [Genesis 12:1-2] We are the GENERATION redeemed out of the misery of SIN by the GOSPEL preached in the NAME of Jesus Christ, who by His BLOOD are HEIRS of the PROMISE, “That the BLESSING of Abraham might come on the GENTILES through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the PROMISE of the SPIRIT through FAITH” [Galatians 3:14] The PROMISE in Genesis 1 26-28 was to ALL MEN, Jews and non-Jews; Your race or gender is no impediment to inheriting the PROMISE and BLESSING of SONS of God, “But as many as RECEIVED HIM, to them gave he POWER to become the SONS OF GOD, even to them that BELIEVE IN HIS NAME” [John 112] Those who BELIEVE in His NAME no longer live for themselves but to please God in the manner of Abraham, putting aside whatever he wanted to be to become what God desired him to be, “… dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the HEIRS with him of the same PROMISE: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God” [Hebrews 11:10]

3. We are the GENERATION OF JESUS CHRIST, who like David overcame primordial FEAR to possess the PROMISE, “And David said to Saul, LET NO MAN’S HEART FAIL because of him; thy servant will go and FIGHT with this Philistine” [1 Samuel 17:32] Israel had the physical PROMISE, land of Canaan, but lived in fear; there were adversaries and portions unoccupied. The same can be said of the present Church age, those who went before us fought hard to establish the FAITH but we live in fear of adversaries and portions remain unreached. GENERATION OF JESUS CHRIST is God’s end-time ARMY of men and women who have overcome all fears, “Casting down IMAGINATIONS, and every HIGH THING that exalteth itself against the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, and bringing into captivity every THOUGHT to the OBEDIENCE” [2Corinthians 10:5] David put down Goliath, the GIANTS of today are false doctrines, grand deceptions, conspiracy theories, crass materialism, etc., “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against PRINCIPALITIES, against POWERS, against the rulers of the DARKNESS of this world, against SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS in high places” [Ephesians 6:12] We are SOLDIERS of Christ not CELEBRITIES and have no room for worldly distractions, always in readiness to endure everything the enemy throws at us, “Thou therefore ENDURE HARDNESS, as a good SOLDIER of Jesus Christ. 4 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 2:3-4]

THE NICODEMUS QUESTION underscores the MYSTERY of TRUTH, “Even the MYSTERY which hath been HID from ages and from generations, but now is made MANIFEST to his saints” [Colossians 1:26]

1. BODY OF CHRIST is the representation of God in heaven and earth in the likeness of Jesus Christ, “For in him dwelleth all the FULNESS of the GODHEAD BODILY” [Colossians 2:9] The GODHEAD was unveiled before Angels in the FIRSTBEGOTTEN, Jesus Christ, “And again, when he BRINGETH IN THE FIRSTBEGOTTEN into the world, he saith, And LET ALL ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM” [Hebrews 11:6] No Angel had ever seen God, the commandment to WORSHIP Christ was a sore TRIAL OF FAITH; those who obeyed were joined to God in One HEAVENLY BODY, those who denied Him fell, “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] The FIRSTBEGOTTEN came to us in FLESH and BLOOD, that we, irrespective of race and gender should be joined to God in the BODY OF CHRIST. We are the BODY OF CHRIST on earth, who received Him as the fulness of the GODHEAD and shall in due season be united with the HEAVENLY BODY in One ETERNAL BODY, “For as the BODY IS ONE, and hath MANY MEMBERS, and all the members of that ONE BODY, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.… Now ye are the BODY OF CHRIST, and members in particular” [1 Corinthians 12:12-27]

2. BODY OF CHRIST is the assembly of TRUE WORSHIPPERS, “GOD IS A SPIRIT: and they that worship him must WORSHIP HIM in SPIRIT and in TRUTH” [John 4:24] His BODY is not a religious organization that a man may join by registration or affiliation; valid membership is not in the hands of men to grant but solely by NEW BIRTH, “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] The phrase, “YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN” is not a denominational doctrine and a stumbling block to many through the ages, even the learned. Nicodemus, a man learned in the Law and Prophets as revealed to Israel was none the wiser when confronted with the expression, “.. How can a MAN BE BORN WHEN HE IS OLD? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?” [John 3:4] NEW BIRTH is not a gradual experience but as a baby is delivered in one day, so are we BORN AGAIN of the HOLY GHOST. The HOLY GHOST, the SPIRIT of the risen Christ is knocking at the door of your heart right now; if you will confess your sins and accept Him as your Lord and Saviour He will come in, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: IF ANY MAN HEAR my voice, and OPEN THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” [Revelation 3:20] If any man has not the SPIRIT of Christ, he is not of the BODY OF CHRIST, “… Now if any man have not the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, he is none of his” [Romans 8:9]

3. We are the BODY OF CHRIST, many MEMBERS but ONE BODY, according to the PURPOSE of God in Jesus Christ, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING the WORLD unto HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” [2 Corinthians 5:19] As God was in Jesus Christ, so is He in us by His SPIRIT, we are His BODY and many MEMBERS; as members of a man’s body work to fulfil his purpose, so does God in us to accomplish His Eternal PURPOSE, “For it is GOD which WORKETH IN YOU both to WILL and to DO of HIS GOOD PLEASURE” [Philippians 2:13] We are the BODY OF CHRIST who have yielded our lives to serve God in the manner of Jesus Christ, who was OBEDIENT to the end in the face of cruel death, “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH, even the death of the cross” [Philippians 2:8] We are the BODY OF CHRIST not by confession only but also of SACRIFICE, saying goodbye to whatever we ever wished to be to become a LIVING SACRIFICE, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, … PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” [Romans 12:1] We are ONE BODY, each MEMBER bearing his own share of present suffering fully assured on unrivaled glory at His appearance, “If WE SUFFER, we SHALL ALSO REIGN with him: if we DENY HIM, he also will DENY US” [2 Timothy 2:12]

4. BODY OF CHRIST is according to FOREKNOWLEDGE of God, “For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the IMAGE of his SON, that he might be the FIRSTBORN among many brethren” [Romans 8:29] FOREKNOWLEDGE is not PREDESTINATION; God gave all men FREE WILL and KNEW before we were born who would take His offer of SALVATION in Jesus Christ. In like manner, He FOREKNEW the Angels that would accept the FIRSTBEGOTTEN, that we and them should be joined to Him as ONE in the “… general assembly and CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN, which are WRITTEN IN HEAVEN, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect” [Hebrews 12:23] We are all offsprings of God and demonstrated His LOVE for us in sending HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that in Christ we should be reconciled to Him, “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] We are the BODY OF CHRIST yet we groan in this earthly body as the world is tossed from calamity to another, “But 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” [1 Corinthians 2:9] God LOVES you, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, amen

1. How I wish things would be different and I should tell you how rosy days ahead would be. Nonetheless, Sun will continue to rise in the East and go down in the West; new houses built and more millionaires made as we plunge into DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN, “And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN. 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 17:26-27] Days ahead will sap the STRENGTH of the mighty; events that dominated 2023 and years before will not disappear in a hurry; wars, climate instability, famine, social decadence shall defy solution as prophecy is fulfilled, “Men's HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of HEAVEN SHALL BE SHAKEN” [Luke 21:26] As nations move farther and farther away from God in search of PEACE and PROSPERITY, FEAR and CONFUSION shall sap their STRENGTH and ensnared in destruction.  Friend, STRENGTH FOR THE DAYS AHEAD is not in governments, technology, money or intellect but in God, “For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In RETURNING and REST shall ye be SAVED; in QUIETNESS and in CONFIDENCE shall be your STRENGTH: and ye would not” [Isaiah 30:15]

2. Through unbridled self-interest, present architecture of global commerce, governance and societal values shall witness swift and radical changes as we slide into a New World Order, “See then that ye WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY, not as fools, but as WISE, Redeeming the time, because THE DAYS ARE EVIL” [Ephesians 5:15-16] Every known anchor of human VALUES and STRENGTH shall be put to test and fail, as currencies and societal ideals shift like sand dunes, then shall they who TRUST in the Lord say to themselves, “GOD IS OUR REFUGE and STRENGTH, a very present HELP IN TROUBLE. THEREFORE WILL WE NOT FEAR, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea” [Psalms 46:1-2] The days ahead require God’s STRENGTH to navigate, nations struggling to maintain stability as a drunken man who remembers not his way home; so shall it be, for we have not passed this way before. You probably have heard of God’s GOODNESS, as many of us did growing up, what you may not know is His enduring Promise to walk you through the days ahead,  “When thou passest through the waters, I WILL BE WITH THEE; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee” [Isaiah 43:2] God’s Promise stands and His STRENGTH is yours in coming days, if you will accept Him as your Lord and Saviour; when you pass through raging waters and roaring fires, He will be your STRENGTH.

3. The days ahead will test and shake the STRENGTH of all religions and religious rituals, “But they that WAIT UPON THE LORD shall RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; they shall MOUNT UP WITH WINGS as eagles; they shall RUN, and not be weary; and they shall WALK, and not faint” [Isaiah 40:31] WAITING upon the Lord is best illustrated with a STEWARD and his MASTER at dinner; there may be many Stewards ”WAITING” on their Masters in the house but the MASTER knows His own, “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ DEPART FROM INIQUITY” [2 Timothy 2:19] The Steward derives STRENGTH from his Master, if his Master is Evil, his STRENGTH is corruption; if he knows and serves the ALMIGHTY, his STRENGTH is limitless. Beloved, STRENGTH FOR THE DAYS AHEAD is in knowing and WAITNG on God ALMIGHTY, no Steward may attend or please two Masters, “… the PEOPLE THAT DO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG, and do exploits” [Daniel 11:32] The coming days will try every shade of FAITH and religious affiliation, sacrifices of Prayer and Fasting alone will not yield STRENGTH outside of OBEDIENCE, as it is written; “… Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in OBEYING the voice of the LORD? Behold, to OBEY IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE, and to hearken than the fat of rams” [1 Samuel 15:22] Seed of STRENGTH in the days ahead is OBEDIENCE to revealed TRUTH.

4. Days ahead are Prophecy in motion; every WORD spoken concerning this generation shall be fulfilled to the letter, “For NATION SHALL RISE AGAINST NATION, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be FAMINES, and PESTILENCES, and EARTHQUAKES, in divers places. All these are the BEGINNING OF SORROWS” [Matthew 24:7-8] As the world slides into BEGINNING OF SORROWS, grief shall turn the hearts of men from PROPHECTIC TRUTH to believe and derive pleasure in LIES,, “And for this cause God shall send them STRONG DELUSION, that they should BELIEVE A LIE:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” [2 Thessalonians 2:11-12] Friend, you must not lose your mind to LIES, WORRY or DESPONDENCY as the days go by but daily grow your STRENGTH in God through CONFIDENCE in His WORD, “When MEN ARE CAST DOWN, then thou shalt say, THERE IS LIFTING UP; and he shall SAVE THE HUMBLE person. He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands” [Job 22:29-30] As things go from bad to worse hold tight to your CONFIEDENCE in Christ’s imminent appearance, separating yourself from the maddening crowd in sure UNDERSTANDING of trajectory of DIVINE AGENDA, “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]

1. I use the word, DILEMMA with permission to portray perennial hysteria over dates and canonical traditions of Christmas. Brethren, the record we have of Christ’s BIRTH was of JOY and GOOD TIDINGS not of rancour, “… GOOD TIDINGS of great JOY, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a SAVIOUR, which is Christ the Lord. … GLORY to God in the highest, and on earth PEACE, GOOD WILL toward men” [Luke 2:10-14] The message of Christmas is PEACE with God through Jesus Christ and GLORY to God in the Highest; where is the PEACE, where is the GLORY in our annual orgy of mudslinging and canonical vituperations on etymology of pagan festivals, dates, papal history, what to buy, what not to eat, etc. Our copious letters deriding one another may massage our ego, they do not SAVE SOULS and worse, place us in danger of greater condemnation, “My brethren, BE NOT MANY MASTERS, knowing that WE SHALL RECEIVE THE GREATER CONDEMNATION” [James 3:1] Let us bring our zeal in subjection to God’s LOVE, lest we be deceived into setting standards of righteousness contrary to Christ’s SIMPLICITY, “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent BEGUILED Eve through his subtilty, so your MINDS SHOULD BE CORRUPTED from the SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST” [2 Corinthians 11:3]

 2. DILEMMA OF CHRISTMAS is never so palpable as now, as we are daily inundated with theories denying birth of Jesus Christ, “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the LAST DAYS SCOFFERS, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” [2 Peter 2:3-4] How do we preach Christ to who it is hid and warn the world of His imminent appearance, when we cannot agree on the basic element of our FAITH, “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF CHRIST, who is the IMAGE OF GOD, should shine unto them” [2 Corinthians 4:4] Listen carefully, we do not own the GOSPEL, the GOSPEL owns us and we are called to preach without contention of, “… the precious BLOOD OF CHRIST, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, but was manifest in these last times for you” [1 Peter 1:19-20] Let us be careful not to be found working for the adversary, our energetic arguments for and against Christmas will not win one SOUL to Christ; sheathe the sword and preach God’s LOVE, “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]

3. DILEMMA OF CHRISTMAS is nowhere more profound than in the Church, where the “LEARNED” overburden the “UNLEARNED” with genealogies and vanities of human history, “But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain” [Titus 3:9] Which is more important, the TRUTH of Christ’s BIRTH or the date of His birth? If we have issues with CHRISTMAS in December, which many rightly do, how about EASTER, the Jewish calendar being different from Gregorian calendar, “One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.  He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it… “ [Romans 14:5-6] The DAYS and DATES we ascribe to so-called gods and fallen angels negate our FAITH in Christ as the Creator of all things including days, months and years, “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” [John 1:3] If we believe Jesus Christ is the Almighty God manifest in flesh and blood, He owns all days; why think to ascribe a day or season to gods who had no hand in creation, “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but ONE GOD, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY WHOM ARE ALL THINGS, and we by him” [1 Corinthians 8:5-6]

4. DILEMMA OF CHRISTMAS is suitably illustrated by China; a country whose government openly deny existence of God is the world’s leading producer and exporter of Christmas goods, at $11.1 billion in 2022. Satan knows Jesus was born in Bethlehem and is not bothered by the date but worried of what follows, as it is written: ‘ …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” [Revelations 12:12] His SHORT TIME began some 2,000 years ago and will soon run out, when the Lord shall descend in with great glory and glory,  “And the DEVIL that DECEIVED THEM WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever” [Revelation 20:10] Every Christmas is a reminder of God’s LOVE and of His GRACE freely given in Jesus Christ to deliver us from everlasting damnation reserved for Satan and his angels [Matthew 25:41] God was indeed BORN in Jesus Christ to SAVE us from SIN and reconcile us to God, “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” [2 Corinthians 5:19] This is the GOSPEL, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, amen

1. WHO WILL YOU BELIEVE in a world awash with VOICES, all calling for attention? “There are, it may be, so MANY KINDS OF VOICES IN THE WORLD, and none of them is without signification” [ 1 Corinthians 14:10] Some are subtle others not so quiet, loud and brash aiming for your mind. Here is the gritty part and you may not know it, your MIND is your true IDENTITY and you are servant or worse, a SLAVE to the VOICE you BELIEVE, “Know ye not, that TO WHOM YE YIELD yourselves servants to obey, HIS SERVANTS YE ARE to whom ye obey; whether of SUN UNTO DEATH, or of OBEDIENCE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS?”[Romans 6:16] Every step, indeed every decision we take is a battle to suppress or succumb to VOICES. So, it was in the beginning and ever since; Eve had the option of submission to God’s VOICE but chose to BELIEVE the Serpent and the rest as they say is history, “… GOD HATH SAID, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, LEST YE DIE. And the SERPENT SAID unto the woman, YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE: … she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, …” [Genesis 3:3-6] You and I know better, the Serpent LIED and God is VINDICATED, Adam and Eve DIED as God said. Gird your mind, fight for your LIFE, “KEEP THY HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE; for out of it are the ISSUES OF LIFE” [Proverbs 4:23]

2. WHO WILL YOU BELIEVE, when what seems TRUE contradicts TRUTH? TRUTH is GOD PERSONIFIED, what men account to be TRUE is existential KNOWLEDGE, “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] What is TRUE always fall short of TRUTH because one is DIVINE and the other is not; taking what we deem TRUE for TRUTH was the ERROR we inherited from Adam and Eve, “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 SHALY SURELY DIE” [Genesis 2:17] All human civilizations grew on SCIENCE of GOOD and EVIL, each age surpassing the other in establishing global standards of GOOD and EVIL. This generation succeeded where others failed in increasing and processing KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and EVIL into universal franchise, “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the TIME OF THE END: MANY SHALL RUN TO and FROM, and KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED” [Daniel 12:4] Friend, as end of time loom, WHO WILL YOU BELIEVE? Take care not to be deceived by SOCIAL MEDIA, do noy place your hopes on INTERNET search engines; they may be factually TRUE, they are not the TRUTH, “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]

3. WHO WILL YOU BELIEVE, when all hell is let loose on earth? Your salvation is in coming to terms with the TRUTH, “Then said Jesus, … And ye shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE” [John 8:31-32] TRUTH is the WORD which was God, depicted by the TREE of LIFE in Eden, shunned by Eve now made FLESH, “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD. … And the WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) FULL OF GRACE and TRUTH” [John 1:1-14] The WORD made FLESH was Jesus Christ, God was manifest in FLESH and BLOOD; the FATHER whose VOICE was rejected in Eden was revealed in the SON. It is a MYSTERY, far beyond the scope of REASON, made accessible to us in total SUBMISSION to God by GRACE through FAITH, “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] Adam and Eve had the option of  choosing the TRUTH but BELIEVED what they thought was TRUE and by so doing brought SUFFERING and DEATH into the world. WHO WILL YOU BELIEVE? All glory to God, in Jesus Christ the curse of DEATH is erased in those who RECEIVE Him as Lord and Saviour, “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]

4. WHO WILL YOU BELIEVE, the choice is solely yours. On one side a plethora of oracles, man-made and fallen angels, on the other side Almighty God, “DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure” [Isaiah 46:10] God who formed us of the soil of the earth and put His Breathe in us also created Satan and foreknowing his shenanigans made WAY of escape for us in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world and “… hath begotten us again unto a LIVELY HOPE by the RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST from the dead, … Who verily was FOREORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, but was manifest in these last times for you” [1 Peter 1:3-20] God made us in His own IMAGE and LIKENESS but through SIN we made of ourselves drug addicts, armed robbers, rapists, cultists, scammers, etc. [Genesis 1:26-28] In returning to God through Jesus Christ there is LIVING HOPE for the worst OFFENDER to have a New LIFE in the IMAGE and LIKENESS of God, “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] Friend, you can become a NEW MAN or WOMAN today, if you will BELIEVE God was manifest in Jesus Christ to pay your DEBT of SIN on the Cross and accept Him as your Lord and Saviour, amen

1. As 2023 fades away, God’s thoughts are with you to  lead you into the PATH OF GRACE and establish you in His PEACE, “For I know the THOUGHTS that I think TOWARD YOU, saith the LORD, THOUGHT OF PEACE, and not of evil, to give you an EXPECTED END” [Jeremiah 29:11] This year may not have gone the way you desired, that does not change God’s PLAN for you; His THOUGHTS of you are of PEACE to bring you to an EXPECTED END that is beyond human imagination, “But 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” [I Corinthians 2:9] God has an EXPECTED END here and hereafter, if only you will LOVE HIM and embrace His GRACE. How does a man embrace GRACE or LOVE God who is OMNIPRESENT yet INVISIBLE? The answer is simple yet a MYSTERY; God was manifest to us in Jesus Christ, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” [2 Corinthians 5:19] PATH OF GRACE is a mystery revealed in due season, “Even the MYSTERY which hath been HID FROM AGES and from generations, but now is made MANIFEST TO HIS SAINTS” [Colossians 1:26]
2. As we ponder the pains and successes of the outgoing year, remember, “So then it is not of him that WILLETH, nor of him that RUNNETH, but of GOD THAT SHOWETH MERCY” [Romans 9:16] God’s MECRY preserved you and I while some lost their lives to COVI9-19, war, terror, poverty, plane crash and many more, for the benefit of His unfailing GRACE. You and I are not alive because we are smart or pray more than others, “It is of the LORD'S MERCIES THAT WE ARE NOT CONSUMED, because his COMPASSIONS fail not” [Lamentations 3:22] The nearest comparison of MERCY is a mother’s love for her child; we all came from God who fashioned us in His own likeness and desired above all that we should be HOLY even as He, “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love” [Ephesians 1:4] No sooner we came out of God man fell into error and through SIN enslaved to Satan. The afflictions we daily experience are the unripe fruits of SIN; we pray to God in all languages of the world to God to deliver us from consequences of SIN but things go from bad to worse because we refuse to tow the PATH OF GRACE, “Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:  But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear” [Isaiah 59:1-2]
3. As we review the old year, let us also examine our WAYS, “There is a WAY THAT SEEMETH RIGHT unto a man, but the end thereof are the WAYS OF DEATH” [Proverbs 14:12] If you always had it your own WAY, you may experience some material successes and live to old age in good health, your SOUL ishall receive full wages of SIN, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and LOSE HIS OWN SOUL? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” [Matthew 16:26] Your SOUL is the real YOU, this BODY is a temporary vehicle; whatsoever you gather with this BODY will not go with you past your last breathe, “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD, and it is certain WE CAN CARRY NOTHING OUT” [1 Timoth 6:6-7] Friend, permit God to show you the PATH OF LIFE brokered by GRACE; path of JOY and PLEASURES in a world overtaken by distress, as it is written: “Thou wilt shew me the PATH OF LIFE: in thy presence is fulness of JOY; at thy right hand there are PLEASURE for EVERMORE” [Psalms 16:11] As you may well know, HAPPINESS is not the same as JOY, the former responds to external stimuli and the latter, as wells not dug with human hands saturate those who BELIEVE in Jesus Christ with the LIFE of God, “He that BELIEVETH ON ME, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow RIVERS OF LIVING WATERS. (But this spake he of the SPIRIT, which they that believe on him should receive: … )” [John 7:38-39]
4. As we watch with bated breathe, the world staggers from disaster to calamity, prophecy is fulfilled with unerring accuracy, “MEN’S HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the POWRS OF HEAVEN SHALL BE SHAKEN” [Luke 21:26] This generation bears uncanny resemblance to the days of Noah, as it is written: “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. … But NOAH FOUND GRACE in the eyes of the LORD” [Genesis 6:5-8] You are preserved not of your own strength, God’s MERCY kept you that you might receive GRACE passed to us in Jesus Christ, “For the GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGETH SALVATION hath APPEARED TO ALL MEN. Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious APPEARING OF THE GREAT GOD and our Saviour JESUS CHRIST;” [Titus 2:11-13] Everything happening around us point to imminent appearance of Christ and translation of His Church, “For the MYSTERY OF INIQUITY doth already work: only HE WHO NOW LETTETH WILL LET, UNTIL HE BETAKEN OUT OF THE WAY. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, …” [2 Thessalonians 2:7-8] Receive GRACE today to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, tomorrow may be too late. The Church will be gone in the twinkling of an eye, door of GRACE slammed shut and the WICKED ONE, Satan incarnate shall have his season. 

1. As of today, there is no nation or portion of the earth that is not embroiled in one form of distress or the other, “Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken” [Luke 21:26] Biting economic meltdown, palpable social disorder and unprecedented climatic instabilities fuel morbid FEAR of what lies ahead. The rich are busy building underground shelters for SAFETY as atomic warfare loom; it is an exercise in futility, “The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but SAFETY IS OF THE LORD” [Proverbs 21;31] The most powerful nations have given up on surviving nuclear war; they are working on raising colonies on Mars and Moon but will not succeed, “Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD” [Obadiah 1:4] SAFETY in present afflictions and DELIVERANCE from future uncertainties belong in the SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH, “He that DWELLETH in the SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my REFUGE and my FORTRESS: my God; in him will I trust” [Psalms 91:1-2]

2. DOOR to the SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH is Jesus Christ, “Then said Jesus unto them … I AM THE DOOR: by me if any man enter in, he shall be SAVED, and shall go in and out, and find pasture” [John 10:7-9] The FATHER, foreknowing a time like this when the very fabric of human existence would be threatened by onslaught of hordes of hell prepared Himself a BODY to rescue us in the SON, “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] Those who will dwell in the SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH enter by FAITH in the revelation of the FATHER manifest in Jesus Christ to RECONCILE us to Himself, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the WORD OF RECONCILIATION” [2 Corinthians 5:19] The WORD OF RECONCILIATION we preach is the same which was in the beginning and is God, John 1:1; this is the MYSTERY hidden in times past, now revealed to those who will receive it, “And without controversy great is the MYSTERY of godliness: GOD WAS MAIFEST IN THE FLESH,….” [1 Timothy 3:16] The DOOR to the SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH is wide open, the worst offender is welcome and there are no restrictions, as it is written: “Come unto me, all ye that LABOUR and are HEAVY LADEN, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST” [Matthew 11:28]

3. SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH is secured on God’s infallible PROMISE to REDEEM us through Jesus Christ, “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the HEIRS OF PROMISE the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE, we might have a STRONG CONSOLATION, who have FLED FOR REFUGE to lay hold upon the HOPE set before us” [Hebrews 6:17-18] God’s PROMISE is not a catalogue of promissory notes but a certain assurance to endow us with ETERNAL LIFE, that is, the LIFE of the FATHER which was in the SON is now in us, “And this is the PROMISE that he hath promised us, even ETERNAL LIFE. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you” [1 John 2:25-26] ETERNAL LIFE is God in us, our SHIELD and exceeding GREAT REWARD in a world overwhelmed with distress, “After these things the WORD of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy SHIELD, and thy exceeding GREAT REWARD” [Genesis 15:1] Listen carefully, dwelling in the SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH does not translate to immunity from present realities; God in us and we in Him keeps us in His PEACE when all around are losing their heads, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me YE MIGHT HAVE PEACE. In the world YE SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION: but be of good cheer; I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD” [John 16:33]

4. Dwelling in the SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH is not a one-time decision; if a man abides for a while and draws back in FAITH, he is cast out, “… IF ANY MAN DRAW BACK, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who DRAW BACK UNTO PERDITION; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul” [Hebrews 10:38-39] If any man will keep his place in the SECRET PLACE, he must continue in DIVINE PURPOSE. We are not SAVED to warm pews, there is a PURPOSE for each soul redeemed with the BLOOD of Jesus Christ. We are pieces of God’s masonry designed to accomplish DIVINE AGENDA, “Ye also, as LIVELY STONES, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to OFFER UP SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” [1 Peter 2:5] We will not all be Apostles and or General Overseer; there is something God requires of you and endowed you with gifts, “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as GOOD STEWARDS of the manifold grace of God” [1 Peter 4:10] Do due diligence to KNOW and FULFIL your PURPOSE and in doing so secure your place in the SHADOW of the ALMIGHTY. God is faithful, who has called you both to SAVE and DELIVER you from present and future afflictions, “And FEAR NOT THEM WHICH KILL THE BODY, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” [Matthew 10:28]

1. CIRCUMCISION was a SIGN, a token of the COVENANT between God and Abraham, “And ye shall CIRCUMCISE the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a TOKEN of the COVENANT BETWIXT ME and YOU” [Genesis 17:11] The COVENANT was a pointer to God’s offer of SALVATION, that should come through Jesus Christ and of which Abraham wore toga of FATHER of many nations,  “As for me, behold, my COVENANT is with thee, and thou shalt be a FATHER OF MANY NATIONS” [Genesis 17:4] The agreement provided for all men to access SALVATION of God through FAITH in Jesus Christ, irrespective of race or nationality. It is certain, rituals of CIRCUMCISION and sundry ordinances that went with such did not SAVE those who received them; that they without us should not receive the BLESSING and “That the BLESSING of Abraham MIGHT COME ON THE GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST; that we might receive the PROMISE of the SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH” [Galatians 3:14] Again, CIRCUMCISION was a token of our REDEMPTION from SIN and was actualized in Jesus Christ,  “In whom also ye are CIRCUMCISED with the CIRCUMCISION MADE WITHOUT HANDS, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST” [Colossians 2:11]

2. The male genital is perhaps the most covered part of the BODY, signifying  SIN hidden in us and is purged by the SPIRIT of Christ to reveal the NEW MAN after His likeness, “It is the SPIRIT THAT QUICKENETH; the FLESH PROFITETH NOTHING: the WORDS that I speak unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are LIFE” [John 6:63] CIRCUMCISION, that is, removal of foreskin, had the pattern of that which was to come but lacked the power to deliver from destruction “… All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, DIED IN THE WILDERNESS by the way, … Now all the people that came out were CIRCUMCISED: ...” [Joshua 5:4-5]Church in the wilderness hinged God’s approval on outward SCARS of CIRCUMCISION but God was not so minded; God weighs the HEART, “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But HE IS A JEW, WHICH IS ONE INWARDLY; and CIRCUMCISION IS THAT OF THE HEART, IN THE SPIRIT, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God” [Romans 2:28-29] CIRCUMCISION OF FIRE is not of men wielding blades but of FAITH in the GOSPEL preached in the NAME of Jesus Christ. The same WORD, preached to Israel with FIRE and quaking from Sinai and was rejected is delivered to us and received by FAITH, “For unto us was the GOSPEL PREACHED, as well as unto them: but the WORD PREACHED DID NOT PROFIT THEM, NOT BEING MIXED WITH FAITH in them that heard it” [Hebrews 4:2]

3. CIRCUMCISION OF FIRE consume “FORESKINS” of corruption, the OLD MAN in us is purged and in his place, the NEW MAN after the MIND of Christ, “That ye PUT OFF concerning the FORMER CONVERSATION the OLD MAN, which is corrupt according to the deceitful LUSTS; And be RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT of your MIND” [Ephesians 4:22-23] The GOSPEL is the WORD of God revealed in Jesus Christ, which to those who BELIEVE is the flaming sword of CIRCUMCISION; cutting beyond FLESH to dividing asunder of SOUL and SPIRIT, “For the WORD OF GOD is quick, and powerful, and SHARPER THAN ANY TWOEDGED SWORD, piercing even to the dividing asunder of SOUL and SPIRIT, …” [Hebrews 4:12] Preaching of the WORD pierces the crevices of the SOUL to execute REPENTANCE in those who receive the GOSPEL in good conscience. REPENTANCE is permeated with AGONY incomparable to knife cutting through flesh, the SORROW of LOSS of ALL THINGS, “Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST Jesus my Lord: for whom I have SUFFERED the LOSS of ALL THINGS, and do count them but dung, that I MAY WIN CHRIST” [Philippians 3:8] However, our “LOSS” is surpassed by GAIN of KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST and of the LOVE of God; our MINDS being renewed to SEE beyond present ANGUISH, 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” [1Corinthians 2:9]

4. CIRCUMCISION OF FIRE does not heal, the FIRE of God’s WORD never stops cutting and burning, “Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But HIS WORD WAS IN MINE HEART AS A BURNING FIRE shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay” [Jeremiah 20:9] The two men on the way to Emmaus were perplexed and close to giving up when Jesus appeared and renewed their MINDS with fresh FIRE of CIRCUMCISION “And they said one to another, Did not OUR HEART BURN within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he OPENED TO US THE SCRIPTURES?” [Luke 24:32] With their HEARTS on FIRE, they returned with boldness to Jerusalem, “Saying, The LORD IS RISEN INDEED, and hath appeared to Simon. …. And AS THEY THUS SPAKE, JESUS HIMSELF STOOD IN THE MIDST OF THEM, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you” [Luke24:34-36] While they yet spoke, Jesus appeared in their midst! Beloved, the Lord is waiting for you and I to be CIRCUMCISED with FIRE; before making His entry. Let us humbly submit to CIRCUMCISION and allow FIRE of TRUTH to consume all “FORESKINS” 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] Will you be CIRCUMCISED? Accept Jesus Christ today as your Lord and Saviour amen 

1. TRUTH is the MYSTERY of God’s IDENTITY hidden in Holy Scriptures until time appointed, “Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the MYSTERY OF CHRIST) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now REVEALED unto his holy APOSTLES and PROPHETS by the Spirit” [Ephesians 3:4-5] While the TRUTH was yet subsumed in MYSTERY, ignorance and cunning deception gave room to false religions and crass idolatry. In due season, the MYSTERY was resolved by revelation in Jesus Christ, “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD. … And the WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and DWELT AMONG US, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of GRACE and TRUTH” [John 1;1&14] The ever-living WORD is the pristine entity of God, the express IMAGE of His PERSONALITY and foundation of TRUTH [Hebrews 1:1-3] We are the “OFFSPRINGS” of God, who receive and keep the TRUTH in pure conscience, “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the GODHEAD is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this IGNORANCE God winked at; but now COMMANDETH ALL MEN EVERYWHERE TO REPENT” [Acts 17:29-30]

2. TRUTH is not a doctrine, it is the prescribed WAY of returning to God, “For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God” [Romans 3:23] We inherited SIN from our parents and no man by any form of religious rituals known to man may purge himself of SIN or be reconciled to God outside of Jesus Christ. You see, only God can RECONCILE us to Himself and has chosen to do so in Jesus Christ, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING the WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the WORD OF RECONCILIATION” [2 Corinthians 5:19] The WAY of TRUTH is the MESSAGE of TRUTH preached in the name of Jesus Christ; who Himself is the WAY, the MESSAGE and the MESSENGER, “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] Friend, this passage is not the boasting of a religious leader looking for relevance but God speaking to you in Jesus Christ, His SON, calling you into the WAY of TRUTH “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days SPOKEN UNTO US BY HIS SON, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, …” [Hebrews 1:1-3] Receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today and be  transformed into the IMAGE and LIKENESS of His PERSON, amen.

3. TRUTH is not a badge worn on the outside but the LIGHT and LIFE of God, radiating from within to fill the earth with GLORY of God, “LET YOU LIGHT SHINE before men, that they may see your GOOD WORKS, and GLORIFY YOUR FATHER which is in heaven” [Matthew 5:16] The FATHER was manifest in the SON for His LIGHT and LIFE to exercise dominion on earth, as He intended for us from the beginning “And God said, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, after our LIKENESS: and let them have DOMINION …” [Genesis 1:26] Our “DOMINION”, doing the WORK of God and fulfilling His PURPOSE, is actualized when we are COMPLETE and PERFECT in total submission to God [Colossians 2:8-10] If we claim to know God, read the Bible from cover to cover and exercise neither the WORKS nor LIFE of Christ, we are worse than devils, “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE, and TREMBLE. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD?” [James 2:19-20] To this end, we are required to continuously subdue the FLESH, putting aside what we ever wanted to be that the LIFE of God might reign in us and His WILL fulfilled as in Jesus, “Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE, BE DONE” [Luke 22:42] Beloved, God has a PURPOSE for your LIFE, surrender totally to Him and He will WORK out His PURPOSE in you,  “For it is God which WORKETH IN YOU both TO WILL and TO DO of his good pleasure” [Philippians 2:13]

4. All men have two appointments to keep with God; one with TRUTH in this BODY and two, with JUDGMENT outside this BODY, “And as it is appointed unto men ONCE TO DIE, but after this the JUDGMENT” [Hebrews 9:27] Our first appointment is with the message of TRUTH preached in the name of Jesus Christ; if any keeps this appointment faithfully while he is alive, the same has overcome DEATH, “Jesus said unto her, I am the RESURRECTION, and the life: he that BELIEVETH in me, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. BELIEVEST THOU THIS?” [John 11:25-26] The second appointment comes after DEATH; GLORY for those who received the TRUTH and for those who rejected TRUTH, DAMNATION , “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” [Matthew 25:41] I have presented the TRUTH to you as best as I can; the Lord will grant you GRACE to see through the cloud of LIES in the world and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour TODAY. Finally, I commend to GRACE of Christ which is able to SAVE to the uttermost, “Beware lest any man spoil you through PHILOSOPHY and VAIN DECEIT, after the TRADITION of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:8-9]

Listen carefully, God does not see you as white, black, rich or poor; He sees your MIND and measures your conformity with MIND OF CHRIST, “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, ARM YOURSELVES LIKEWISE WITH THE SAME MIND: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin” 1 Peter 4:1

1. MERCY came before GRACE but was restricted by LAW to secure God’s COVENANT and establish Israel in the path of His MERCIES, “And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the MERCY SEAT, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ARK OF THE TESTIMONY, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel” [Exodus 25:22] The LAW did not make the people perfect and MERCY did not prevent punishment; the blood of animals sacrificed in pursuance of the LAW stood in the place of SCHOOLMASTER, to sustain MERCY till perfection should come by GRACE through FAITH in Jesus Christ, “Wherefore the LAW was our SCHOOLMASTER to bring us unto Christ, that we might be JUSTIFIED by FAITH. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster” [Galatians 3:24-25] Israel laboured under rituals of the LAW seeking JUSTIFICATION under dispensation of MERCY, as some do today in pursuit of SALVATION, which things did not SAVE those who received them. In fulness of GRACE was manifest to all men in Jesus Christ, “For the GRACE OF GOD that BRINGETH SALVATION hath APPEARED TO ALL MEN. … Who GAVE HIMSELF FOR US, that he might REDEEM us from all iniquity, and PURIFY unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” [Titus 2:11-14]

2. MERCY was limited to Israel, GRACE is universal; it is the GIFT of God to ALL MEN, “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] I tell you, whereas MERCY was powerless to override condemnation of SIN, GRACE is much more abundant to overcome SIN, JUSTIFY and render us blameless before God, “For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God; Being JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE through the redemption that is in CHRIST JESUS” [Romans 3:23-24] A convicted murderer on death row, a monk in a cave in the Himalayas or newly born baby stand condemned before God without Christ. GRACE is the evidence of Christ’s death on the Cross in full payment of SIN, working out RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in those who BELIEVE, “For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of GRACE and of the GIFT OF RIGHTEOUNESS shall REIGN IN LIFE by one, Jesus Christ.)” [Romans 5:17] GRACE is not a franchise owned by any man or religious organization, it is God’s free GIFT to you and all you have to do is BELIEVE and receive His offer of REDEMPTION in Jesus Christ, “Therefore IT IS OF FAITH, that it might be BY GRACE; to the end the PROMISE might be sure TO ALL the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also WHICH IS OF THE FAITH of Abraham; who is the father of us all” [Romans 4:16] 

3. EXCELLENCY OF GRACE is inseparable from God’s immutable PROMISE of EVERLASTING LIFE, “And this is the PROMISE that he hath PROMISED US, even ETERNAL LIFE” [1 John 2:25] The PROMISE was made before the foundation of this world was laid, Satan could not prevent it and was foreordained in Jesus Christ, “That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding RICHES OF HIS GRACE in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For BY GRACE are ye SAVED THROUGH FAITH; and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast” [Ephesians 2:7-9] GRACE is not reward of piety or payment for favours our ancestors did to God but His GIFT to ALL MEN including the worst offender through FAITH Jesus Christ, “… that the PROMISE by FAITH of Jesus Christ might be given to them that BELIEVE” [Galatians 3:22] As many as receive Jesus Christ as God manifest in FLESH and BELIEVE in His NAME as God’s identity are BORN AGAIN as SONS of God, “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 1:22] As SONS, we are HEIRS of God and JOINT-HEIRS with Jesus Christ. In Him, we have an inheritance beyond what is humanly conceivable, far and above principalities and powers in heavenly places, 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” [1 Corinthians 2:9]

4. EXCELLENCY OF GRACE is the MYSTERY of God’s foreknowledge of SIN and preparation of a BODY to reconcile us to Himself in Jesus Christ, “Who verily was FOREORDAINED BEFORE the FOUNDATION of the WORLD, but was manifest in these last times for you” [1 Peter 1:20] GRACE is God in Jesus Christ reaching out to you to RECONCILE you to Himself and give you a new LIFE of PEACE and JOY forever more, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” [2 Corinthians 5:19] Listen carefully, God who lovingly gave Himself for us on the Cross also set a DAY aside to JUDGE those who reject His offer of RECONCILIATION “… in the which he will JUDGE THE WORLD in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead” [Acts 17:31] Friend, present global distress and palpable uncertainties are signs of God’s imminent JUDGMENT. Now, more than ever, I entreat you to receive GRACE, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour to escape looming perdition, “HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE, IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT SALVATION; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him” [Hebrews 2:3]