2023 NEW YEAR MESSAGE COMPLETE PARDON AND RESTORATION TO THE LORD

2023 NEW YEAR MESSAGE COMPLETE PARDON AND RESTORATION TO THE LORD ON Sunday January 1^st 2023 AT The Courtyard of The Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria BY Apostle Peter Odoemena THE SON OF MAN The Justifier of the ungodly Transcribed by Deacon David Mbah, Students’ Fellowship, MOUAU, Abia State

¹Verily, We have given you (O Muhammad) a manifest victory. ²That God may forgive you your sins of the past and the future, and complete His Favour on you, and guide you on the Straight Path; ³And that God may help you with strong help. ⁴He it is Who sent down As-Sakinah (calmness and tranquillity) into the hearts of the believers, that they may grow more in Faith along with their (present) Faith. And to God belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and God is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise. ⁵That He may admit the believing men and the believing women to Gardens under which rivers flow (i.e. Paradise), to abide therein forever, and to expiate from them their sins, and that is with God, a Supreme Success,

The Holy Qur’an – Surah 48:1-5

Hilali-Khan Translation

What answer did God give him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not worshiped the false god Baal.” It is the same way now: there is a small number left of those whom God has chosen because of His Grace. His choice is based on His grace, not on what they have done. For if God’s choice were based on what people do, then His grace would not be real grace.

Romans 11:4-6

Good News Translation

⁵²Do they not know that Allah enlarges the provision for whom He wills, and straitens it (for whom He wills). Verily, in this are signs for the folk who believe! ⁵³Say: “O ‘Ibâdî (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

The Holy Qur’an – Surah 39:52-53

Hilali-Khan Translation

INTRODUCTION

PSALMS

Psalm 92, Living Bible. ^[1]A song to sing on the Lord’s Day. It is good to say thank you to the Lord, to sing praises to the God who is above all gods.
^[2]Every morning tell him, “Thank you for your kindness,” and every evening rejoice in all his faithfulness. ^[3]Sing his praises, accompanied by music from the harp and lute and lyre.
^[4]You have done so much for me, O Lord. No wonder I am glad! I sing for joy. ^[5]O Lord, what miracles you do! And how deep are your thoughts!
^[6]Unthinking people do not understand them! No fool can comprehend this: ^[7]that although the wicked flourish like weeds, there is only eternal destruction ahead of them.
^[8]But the Lord continues forever, exalted in the heavens, ^[9]while his enemies—all evildoers—shall be scattered. ^[10]But you have made me as strong as a wild bull. How refreshed I am by your blessings!
^[11]I have heard the doom of my enemies announced and seen them destroyed. ^[12]But the godly shall flourish like palm trees and grow tall as the cedars of Lebanon.
^[13]For they are transplanted into the Lord’s own garden and are under His personal care. ^[14]Even in old age they will still produce fruit and be vital and green.
^[15]This honours the Lord and exhibits his faithful care. He is my shelter. There is nothing but goodness in him!
Psalms 100, Amplified version. ¹MAKE A joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands! ²Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing!
³Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
⁴Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name!
⁵For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations.

PRAYER

Our Heavenly Father, the Creator of the whole universe. You are the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, the Most caring, the Most Loving, the Most Tolerant God, the Most Patient. Above it all, You are the Most Holy, the Most Righteous. You are perfect in all Your ways. You are the God of the Judgment Day.
Only You shall we worship. In this life and in the hereafter, You will remain our God, for we have proved You to be worthy of our worship, worthy of our confidence, for there is none besides Thee.
Your Glory, You share with no flesh, for You are the immortal One that existed before the world began.
We know that You are here with us. We are under Your Canopy this day – the first day of the year [Father] in the Roman calendar.
But in Your own calendar which is ours, we know it is going to be 1^st April 2023, the month of Nissan, which You do not O God, joke with.
Father divine, we have gathered this day to celebrate You. We have gathered to worship You, to give You thanks and to appreciate You for all You have been doing for us. It is not easy keeping us alive, in spite of all the troubles, trials and temptations we pass through.
Father, You sustained our lives from January [2022] till this day – 365 days. Many died. Many were maimed. Many were imprisoned. Many were kidnapped. Many O God, died mysterious deaths. Many went missing, but You sustained us.
Father, when we look back from January [2022] till this day, there is no omission among us.
The Queen of Paradise departed in the year 2021, although she was buried in 2022. Her departure date was exactly 29^th August 2021, while she slept in death on the 10^th of December 2021.
From January 01 2022 till date, Father there is no omission among us. Rather we have additions. Even yesterday O God, we got the good news that unto us another baby is born to mark the end of the year 2022.
Looking back to the year 2022, we could see Your mighty hand at work, for we never went about begging bread. You supplied all our needs according to Thy promise.
Father, You protected us in all our ways. All that fell sick recovered. All our children had good tidings in their schools and in the colleges. Heads rolled, but Father, You kept them alive.
During the period of strike action, both the lecturers and the students, not even one had reason even to blaspheme Your Name, for You filled every gap. In spite of the hardship, Father, You were there, fulfilling Your Word that we can never be the worst hit.
Father, we say THANK YOU. If we have enough to offer greater than THANK YOU, we will give it to You.
SONG: [Thank You, Thank You my LORD. We are saying THANK YOU. We have nothing to offer than to say THANK YOU.
We are saying THANK YOU. We are saying THANK YOU. We have nothing to offer than to say THANK YOU]
Accept our THANK YOU. While we live, we owe You a great debt of gratitude [Father] for all You have done, while looking forward to the ones You are going to do, for we trust in Your ability to save to the utmost all those that have taken refuge in You.
Cast us not away from Your presence. Fill every gap in our lives. Overlook all our human weaknesses and all our imperfections. Father, see them [O God] as manifestation from mere mortal men.
If You are to stand to war with mortals, Father consider what it will look like. You had already made a solemn promise, “As far is the east from the west, so far have you removed our transgressions for Your Name’s sake”, for You know our frame. You know what we are made up of, that we are mere dust. Can the Almighty God begin to wrestle with dust? Never!
We therefore plead with you. In all situations, let Your love and mercy project towards all Your Elect throughout the whole globe. Save them O God whose names have already been documented in the Lamb’s Book of life before the world began – those You called for salvation and not for destruction and not to receive Your wrath.
Father, we have taken refuge in You. And we believe You are sufficient for us. You are able to keep and to preserve that which is committed to Your trust against that day.
We have rolled into the hour. This is the pure hour of darkness. We have rolled fully into it. And You said that we must receive our own fair share. That, we have received already.
The little that is left, keep us O God, from blaspheming Your Name because of what is coming ahead of us, for we believe that disaster lies ahead. Harder times lie ahead. Father, please help us to succeed where others failed.
We look up to You for full and complete salvation. We look up to You, the Great God of all the Ages for the promise of immortal body which You had already proclaimed to be our right to collect from You.
One prayer we are making is that You help us to attain the standard. Help our infirmities. Be there for us. Speak for us. Defend us. Stand in for us. We are weak, but Thou are strong.
SONG: [I am weak but Thou art strong. Father keep me from all wrong. I’ll be satisfied as long as I walk – let me walk close to Thee.
Just a closer walk with Thee. “Grant it Saviour” is my plea. Daily walking close to Thee. Let it be dear LORD. Let it be.]
This is our prayer. This is our meditation that You grant that we walk close to You this 2023, for only then can You see us across the Red Sea, across Canaan and across the mountains and valleys of this life.
Only then can we surmount the tempest of time, for we know that a roaring tempest is surging, and we are confronting it face to face.
Give us the courage. Give us the strength to be overcomers. Make us more than conquerors through Christ that has strengthened us, for You are the strength of Your people. You said, “Because I overcame, you must surely overcome.” Father, be there for us.
We are rejoicing in hope that we are not alone. Greater is He that is with us than he that we are confronting. Father, we say THANK YOU.
Finally LORD, teach us to number our days that we may incline our hearts unto wisdom. Let there be no sorrows and pains that will overwhelm Your people. In everything, teach us to say, “Thy will be done.”
SONG: [Thy will be done. Thy will be done. Teach me O LORD from my heart to say, “Thy will be done.”]
Receive all the glory, honour, praise, victory, adoration, worship and thanksgiving – The Majesty is already ascribed to Thee – for giving us listening ears and for attending to our prayers. Moreso, from the lips of the only One You listen to, Whose prayers and supplication, You can never turn down, for You have never turned it down. Father, do according to His request. Grant Him You favour.
Unto our neighbours, unto our kinsmen, those whose lives are connected to our own, we make this solemn request: visit them this year in a marvelous way.
Get then convinced that the LORD reigneth over the whole earth, that they might give allegiance to You. To Your Name alone may they worship, to the glory of Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
Shall we all say, “Amen!!!!!!!”

If I should be a Leader among you, I should not rule you like the kings of the world, who exercise control and authority over everything and expect people to come and worship. I should worship you if it possible, because I am serving you. I am serving your interest. That is why I go beyond human imagination to make sure I put things right. I say, this is the reason why I go beyond human imagination – things you could not imagine God doing, you see Me doing it to make sure I restore the Love of God and restore Fellowship so that the blessings of God can reach you.

THE son of man

FORGIVENESS; Preached on Sunday 6^th January 2008 at the Household of God, Onitsha;Pg. 113 vs. 51

This reconciliation and restoration to mercy is total and complete

Be seated. I am just here as one of you, to say “Welcome to you” because he has given all of us the privilege to cross over from 2022 to 2023.

It will be a dis-service to you and to humanity if you gather in My premises and I simply recline in My bed with the pretext that I am enjoying My leave or hearing your voices as you are praising God and I refuse to identify with you. The Almighty God will regard it as an unpardonable sin against THE SON OF MAN.
So far be it from Me to withdraw Myself from the Fellowship of the Saints, especially this first day of the week. It is very very important to Me.
All of you who happen to be members of Onitsha Fellowship and other Fellowship venues throughout the whole earth – you know where you gather – I do not care what your iniquities might be.
I do not care how far you have strayed from the truth. I do not care. I look away from your faults. Both young and old, you are restored. Amen.
This is the Covenant I made with the Father of all Spirits that as many as will remain pleading their cases, no matter how far they have strayed away, if they will survive and see My face and hear My Voice in 2023, they must be restored.
Listen to Me. This reconciliation and restoration to mercy is total and complete. The Ministers among them are restored to their positions.
Listen to Me. This restoration is without prejudice. It is a dignified restoration and reconciliation. Remember not the former things.
Pack them into the ocean of forgetfulness from now till we see the exact new face of THE SON OF MAN. The same way, you will see the new face of the Bride of Christ.
I repeat. This restoration is a dignified one. It is with respect. It is with honour. It is with integrity. It is with LOVE.
Remember not the former errors. Remember not the former injuries. I do not care how deep the injuries might be. The wounds have been closed, and will remain closed so that the enemy [the devil] will stop accusing the Bride.
Now, I urge all of you to close ranks with one another. Visit one another. Check on one another. Show concern for one another. Show affection. Avoid anything that will bring disaffection between you and the Brotherhood; between you and the Sisterhood. Avoid it completely, for it will not be in your best interest.
God wants to see a Unique Body devoid of bitterness, rancor, acrimony, division or variance. God wants to see nothing but Perfect LOVE. And this LOVE is without hypocrisy. It is from the heart of hearts, so that if there be any mistake, it can be easily addressed as a mistake common among men, for no man is immune from making mistakes. If one is falling, let another help that one up.
Can I have the Amplified version of the Bible. Maybe you think I am crazy. I am not crazy. Give Me Amplified Bible. I do not know whether Pastor Chizoba is here to provoke Me to wrath or to indignation. Once I mention it, he should be here. I can never take your position.
You know I am not vying for any position. If there is anything I am vying for, it is a seat in the Kingdom of Heaven. I am not vying for any position here in this world. Do not vie for earthly position. Vie for Heavenly position that will not decay; that will not pass away.
Earthly kingdoms fail. Earthly kingdoms collapse. True or false? Kingdoms rise and fall. Thrones are established by human beings. They rise. They collapse. But the Heavenly Throne is the best.
So, if there should be anything worth vying for, it is a place in the Kingdom of Heaven which is Paradise. Please, restore your love to all and sundry.
I just want to back it up. Amplified Bible is the only one I want to use. I do not want to teach or preach. I am here to say, “Hello!”, and then, to carry out this divine assignment in keeping with the Covenant I made with the Father of all Spirits that all that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast away.
And from the very beginning, I told you that no matter the way I mete out punishment on you because of your evil behaviour, the idea is not to kill. The idea is to correct. The idea is to put you back to shape.
Galatians 6:1, AMP. ¹Brethren, if any person is overtaken in misconduct… Any person means any person, your position notwithstanding. Man or woman is “any person”.
¹BRETHREN, IF any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort,… Was it not the reason why we put people away? Sin or misconduct of any type. Any anti-conduct; anti in the sense that it runs contrary to our common belief, for we have things that are commonly believed among us.
That is why we are separate from other people. That is why we are called “Ecclesia”, a called-out people, consecrated, set apart for God and for God alone.
Remember, you are the chosen people of God. For your sake, a Saviour is sent. So, He was not sent to come and destroy, but to come and save His people.
But if there be any errant one, He will not close His mouth. He must surely speak on that matter. So, in any way the punishment was meted to you, it was for your own good.
And you notice that no matter how painful and sorrowful, it worked out for good for you. Is it not true? It may have depressed you, but at the end of it, overflowing joy will fill your heart, for it made you to recognize that you are indeed a child of God.
¹BRETHREN, IF any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual… Is there anybody spiritual enough here to understand that the decision is not Mine but that of the Father of all Spirits?
You cannot be much more spiritual than the Spiritual Father. The Father of all Spirits is the Most Spiritual, for He knows exactly that there is no deceit if not from the enemy.
When the spirit goes astray, it manifests in character. Is it not true? God is served and worshipped in spirit and in truth.
The individual is the direct beneficiary of that love, for whosoever the LORD loves, him He corrects; him He chastises that he might be zealous and also change [repent].
If we are left without correction and without chastisement, it is a proof that we are bastards and we do not belong to God. In other words, God is not interested in us even if we perish. But God is full of Love, full of loving-forgiveness.
If there be any of such people like Emeka Nwanga and co; if they are hanging around the gate; even Promise Okereke, bring them back. I mentioned those that are around. The two children of our late Brother [Ben] Mbah. Bring them in, no matter the iniquity.
SONG: [There is not a friend like the lowly Saviour. No not one. No not one. No sinner comes that he will not take him. No not one. No not one.
My God knows all about my struggles. He will guide till my days are done. There is not a friend like the lowly Saviour. No not one. No not one.]
I just mentioned those I can remember here. SIN IS UNPARDONABLE IF GOD DOES NOT WANT TO PARDON.
The Prophet Muhammad Raheem [pbuh] said, “Allah will forgive whosoever he wants to forgive.” If He does not want to forgive, the Prophet said, “Forget about it. He will save because wants to.”
If He does not want to save, let your righteousness and holiness touch the sky, you are perishing. Innocent or guilty, he will destroy, if He wants to. Why? He is and will remain the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Benevolent, All-Beneficent, All-Merciful and All-Faithful.
The reference can be found in the Holy Qur’an – [1] Surah 2:284. ²⁸⁴To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, and whether you disclose what is in your own selves or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it. Then He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. And God is Able to do all things. [Hilali-Khan Translation]
[2] Surah 3:129. ¹²⁹And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. He forgives whom He wills, and punishes whom He wills. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. [Hilali Khan Translation] other references include Surah 5:18 & 40, Surah 48:14
I am still reading. FearGod! I want to see that Olive oil brought to me from Enugu for consecration. Come and place it here.
If a Brother or Sister within the fold is overtaken by a fault or a misconduct no matter how serious it can be, the reasons why those people were put out as a punitive measure was as a result of their serious misconduct. True or false?
But I do not care how serious that misconduct can be as long as I have lived to see the light of today, and they have lived to see My face and hear My Voice, no matter the distance, they are included in this total and complete forgiveness, restoration and reconciliation to mercy. I do not care who the person is.
Now, shower your love on them. Make them to be confident that they are protected in their family. Begin now to comfort them. Begin now to encourage them. And let all of you walk together in harmony in the same unity of the Spirit, maintaining the bond of the Faith and in the bond of peace.
Avoid all forms of fault-finding, for you are not faultless. Avoid completely all forms of fault-finding. Why? You are not faultless. otherwise, you must come unto judgment. if you do not want to come unto judgment, do not fault any.
Correction does not mean you are faulting, for it is done in love. But fault that is accompanied by criticism, by scandal, by gossip; that is the one God is talking against.
If your Brother offends you, go to him. With humility and love, express yourself. Say your mind and be ready to wave it away from there. If your Sister offends you, the same way, so that the devil accuse you not before the presence of God and that you do not come to the Judgment Throne, for what is entering Paradise anytime from now, is Perfect Love, not doctrine, not preaching, not praising, but perfect love. Love without hypocrisy. Love that is ready to exchange its life for his fellow Brother and for his fellow Sister.
Love! L-O-V-E. It goes beyond exchange of pleasantries. No! That one is heathenish, though you do not avoid it, for you cannot love without giving. But you can give without loving.
God wants you to love. And let Love compel, motivate and inspire every other action, for love covers multitudes of iniquities before the eyes of God.
If you say you have forgiven, make sure it does not register in the heart, and do not remember it again.
Please pay attention. Today is the first day of January 2023 from the Roman calendar. Do not fail to realize that you are Gentiles. I say, do not fail to realize that you are Gentiles. And you have number of days allotted to you.
You have a particular number that the Almighty will save from the Gentile world, and He can never exceed. And you do not know when that number is complete. Neither do you know who and who that will make up that number.
If you want to doubt Me, go to Romans Chapter 11. Study it between the lines as it affects you, not Me. I am not talking to you because of Myself. I AM THE SELF-EXISTING ONE, and I delight in staying alone.
I was not driven away from Paradise. Rather, I volunteered to come to lay down My life and to restore friends back to Paradise. I was not chased away. I have been dwelling in the presence of the father before creation.
When there was none that could volunteer to go, I was the one that made the statement, “Father, send Me. Father, send Me. Give Me the grace. I will do it.”
I have sojourned with you for years, uncountable by all that are here. I and only I know how long I have sojourned on this planet earth. I and only I know the forms I have visited this earth. And I know the places that I chose to dwell.
If God wants to hide Himself from human view, He hides Himself where no human being can ever think that He could be there. And that is in a human being.
The least place human beings can trace God is in a human being. And He hides Himself in a man, not counting it robbery.
References: [1] ¹⁵Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God and Savior of Israel. Isaiah 45:15. NIV
[2] The Hindu says: “If God wants to hide, God would choose man to hide in.” That is the last place man would look for God.” [India’s Gracious Gift to Mankind by Crystaqueous; Chapter 7; THE REALITY; Page 66, Paragraph 2]
[3] Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Philippians 2:5-6, KJV
Out of the lots of creatures, He chooses one. Out of the numerous vessels, He chooses one. One tabernacle, tabernacling God. God is never a twin. That is why he does not have an assistant. He does not have a vice. He does not have a colleague.
He is the self-existing One. And He does everything after the counsel of His own will. No man has ever been His counselor to do good or to do evil. No! and He is the only God that does not tender apology for any of His action.

“A believing worshipper must love Allah other than anything else. He must venerate Allah other than anything else. Hope necessitates fearing Allah and it becomes secure; fear necessitates hope or it may become despair. Whenever a person fears another, he runs away from him; but when we fear Allah, we seek refuge in Him as per His words: “So flee to Allah.””

[Adh-Dhariyat:50] https//www.knowingallah.com/en/articles/pillars-of-worship

THE SON OF MAN

MIRROR Volume 1; Preached during the Family Altar of Tuesday, 23^rd June, 2020 at The Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe; Anambra State, Nigeria;Chapter 2 verse 68 – 69

DISTRESS FROM GOD GETS US BACK ON THE WAY OF SALVATION

Galatians 6:1, AMP. If there be any among you that is found in gross misconduct of any sort. ¹BRETHREN, IF any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort,… Note that phrase “…any person…” It can be you. It can be Me. It can be anybody. No discrimination.

…you who are spiritual [who are responsive to and controlled by the Spirit] should set him right… You should do what? Set that person right. …and restore and reinstate him,… Restore and reinstate that person.
Reinstate all these people in your heart, for I know many of you expunged them and their chapters in your hearts. You deleted them, and you made your journeys longer. Yes!
This is because when you are completely cut off from the Brotherhood of this Household, you are cut off from their blessing. You are cut off from their goodwill. You are cut off from their help.
Moreso, when the devil will becloud you with a feeling of inferiority. A feeling of shame is a feeling of inferiority, but a feeling of confession is a feeling of superiority, for the way up is down.
When you humble yourselves before one another, God will exalt you. But when you are puffed up with pride and arrogance, the LORD will do away with you completely.
When you lose the love of the Brethren, you lose their help. Then, where will you rely. You run to your enemies. The handshake of an enemy can never be an asylum for peace. Can the enemy offer you the asylum?
You have lost even your immunity, for you are no longer walking with God and God is no longer walking with you. You are no longer under the cover of the blood of Jesus Christ, for the blood can no longer atone and propitiate for your sin because you hate the Brotherhood.
But when you show love one to another, then the blood of Jesus Christ can now begin to cleanse your sins. You remember you were once a sinner. And God never waited until you became perfect. He just stretched forth His hand. He saved you.
SONG: [When He reached down His hands for me. When He reached down His hands for me. I was lost and undone, without God nor His love, when He reached down His hand for me.
Once my soul was astray from the heavenly way, and was wretched and vile as could be. But my Saviour, my God gave me peace, joy and love when He reached down His hand for me.
When He reached down His hands for me. When He reached down His hands for me. I was lost and undone, without God nor His love, when He reached down His hand for me.
Since the Lord gave me peace, heavenly joys never cease; Lord, I give all my life unto Thee; Guide my feet, hold my hand, grant with Thee I may stand, For you reached down your hand for me.
When He reached down His hands for me. When He reached down His hands for me. I was lost and undone, without God nor His love, when He reached down His hand for me.] Amen.
Listen to Me. The Righteous Branch is here. Only one person is the righteousness of His people. And unto Him shall the gathering of God’s children be, for there is only but One that is born to Righteousness. The righteousness of the Ancient of days does not depart from Him. He is the eternal One.
Reference: ¹⁴And the angel came to me and greeted me with his voice, and said to me ‘This is the Son of Man who is born to righteousness, and righteousness abides over him, and the righteousness of the Head of Days forsakes him not.’ [Ethiopic Book of Enoch 71:14]
His presence among His people in the Jews became their righteousness. Hence, Balaam could not, in any way, see any fault.
Reference: ²⁰Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and He hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. ²¹He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath He seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. Numbers 23:20-21, KJV
He was the righteousness of Joshua. No matter how Joshua was accused, the answer was just there, “I reject all your accusations against Joshua, for I have already purposed to bless Joshua and his generation, for they are a sign of good thing to come.” Now, the good things are here, for Joshua is Jesus.
Reference: [1] ¹Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. ²The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?” …….
⁸“‘Listen, O high priest Joshua and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. Zechariah 3:1-2, 8. NIV.
[2] ⁸For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Hebrews 4:8 KJV.
[3] ⁸For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. Hebrews 4:8, NIV.
Sit down everybody. Who is to declare who is holy and perfect? Who is to declare who should be saved and who should be lost? Who makes everything right? Do not make a hell of noise.
SONG: [The windows of Heaven are open. His blessing are falling on us. There is joy, joy, joy in my heart, for Saviour makes everything right.
I gave Him my old tattered garment, He gave me a robe of pure white. I’m feasting today on the Manna. And that’s why I’m happy tonight.]
Be seated. Remember, I am still reading Scriptures.
SONG: [I know my God will make a way for me. I know my God will make a way for me. If I live a holy life, shun the wrong and do the right, I know my God will make a way for me.]
If there be any among you that erred, he erred because you are much more spiritual than that person, for a spiritual man judgeth all things, and he, no man will judge.
What is expected of you is not to gossip or to scandalize or to damage his reputation. No no no no no! No no no no no!
¹BRETHREN, IF any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual [who are responsive to and controlled by the Spirit] should set him right and restore and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority…
Lest the person will lose his or her value. Restore and reinstate the person without humiliation and without having a feeling inferiority.
…and with all gentleness, keeping an attentive eye on yourself, lest you should be tempted also. … Period!
Keeping attentive eye, watching your back that you do not fall into the same error, for which cause you have corrected your Brother or your Sister. Learn a lesson from that person. Amen.
Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. LB
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. KJV
My friends, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right; but you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourself, so that you will not be tempted, too. GNB
Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. MSG.
2^nd Corinthians 7:8-13, MSG. Take note of where I am reading. ^8-9I know I distressed you greatly with my letter. …
I know that my letters distressed a good number of you that erred. Whether they came by warning or by excommunication, I know that a good number of you felt distressed.
Then, My Voice which you were hearing that went global, for I now run online worship with you. So whatever might be the error in Onitsha, will be noised to the four ends of the earth.
I know that, at one time or the other, your name flourished. I say, flourished because of your wild misbehaviour which you could not check. I was certain that it was distressing. It was disheartening. It could be offensive.
You might be wondering whether it was done by love. The answer is yes! For love is corrective. And correction from God is with His hot displeasure, for any correction that can bring about change in character must be distressful and it must be hurtful. It must be harsh. It must inflict wounds and injuries on the recipient. It must leave a scar. I am sure and certain.
Though the LORD has wounded you, bruised you, He will also bind your wounds. He remains your healer. I am aware. After all, I am in the same boat with you.
^8-9I know I distressed you greatly with my letter. Although I felt awful at the time, I don’t feel at all bad now that I see how it turned out. … How did it turn out.
… The letter upset you, but only for a while. Now I’m glad—not that you were upset, but that you were jarred into turning things around. …
You were gingered into turning things around. It put you into desperation.
… You let the distress bring you to God,… You allowed the distress to bring you to God, for without God distressing you, there was no way you could have recognized your faults, talk less of coming to God. You would have continued straying away, thinking you were right, not knowing that you were sincerely wrong.
I want to see Brother Leonard [of Nando] back to the Camp. Once we dismiss, extend My felicitations to all of them. I do not care who that person might be. Provided he has acknowledged Me, he is with Me.
… You let the distress bring you to God, not drive you from Him. … You let the distress bring you back to God and not drive you away from God. Rather, it brought you closer.
If it did not happen this way in you, that goes to show that you never accepted the correction.
… The result was all gain, no loss. The result was what? …all gain, no loss. How? ^10-11Distress that drives us to God does that. … Not the kind that drives us away. Did you notice the difference?
If the devil is the one distressing you, he will put you away. He will be giving you reasons why you should not come back. But this is God. God’s distress will bring you closer to God.
^10-11Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. If it has happened to you, why not say, “PRAISE GOD!!!”
If it has not been the LORD, you would have perished ignorantly thinking that you were doing God a service, but not knowing that you were doing it outside His will.
It is just like I raised two queries for our Brethren, Sister Umezuluike and Brother David. Immediately, they took the bull by the horn. And then, they wrote back. All praising God that they were heading to hell. They would have laboured in vain.
And now, through that distress letter and distress calls, they have made peace one with another. And they have been restored and reconciled into Fellowship with the Saints and with the Holy Spirit where they now have perfect cleansing and that boldness to revert to God as their Father, standing on equal platform with other Saints globally, vying for a seat in the Kingdom of Heaven. Yes!
^10-11Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. … We do what? We never regret that kind of pain. …
If your own is full of regrets, put a question mark there. You are a counterfeit in our midst. It then means that you are a misfit. You are a bastard. Who can regret God’s action? Nobody. Pay attention!
… But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets,… For they allowed the distress to drive them away.
A child that is born in the home, no matter the spanking of the parents, the child will never fly away from the home. The child will always hover around the home.
I know that there might be some hovering around the gate this morning. On hearing pardon, they stopped. They felt like pushing down the gate, for they had no other place that can be called their own.
YOU CAN NEVER DENY A CHILD MEMBERSHIP OF HIS OWN FAMILY, and then you say you are having rest? NO!
Even when God allowed Ephraim to stray away, did God rest? His stomach gave Him trouble until he brought Ephraim back. Then, he slept.
… But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets. …
They end it on a d-e-a-t-h bed. So, that bed which they think is an ivory bed is death. Although they fix their eyes on the sky, they are hostile. There is no peace for the wicked, sayeth the Almighty God. They were in their death bed soliloquizing. And so they will perish.
… And now, isn’t it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? … Is it not wonderful? How this distress has forced you to go to God. It has forced you to go back to God. Is it not wonderful?
SONG: [Isn’t it wonderful, wonderful, wonderful? Isn’t the LORD my Saviour wonderful? Eyes have seen. Ears have heard What’s recorded in the Word. Isn’t God my Saviour wonderful?]
Have you not heard? Have you not seen that the Omnipotent God changeth not? He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hence, He is identified by His attributes.
… You’re more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. … Put your hands together Brethren
This is the LORD’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. When you get home, crosscheck Scriptures once again. THIS DAY, THIS SCRIPTURE IS FULFILLED, FOR THE BRIDE MUST FULFILL ALL THAT ARE WRITTEN CONCERNING HER.
That is why it is written in the volume of the Book concerning the son of man. And He must live to fulfill all that were written aforetime in the volume of the Books concerning Him and the Ministry whenever he will be on the scene.
The LORD our God will do nothing but revealeth His will to His servant the Prophet.
… Looked at from any angle, you’ve come out of this with purity of heart. … What? The Scriptures said, “Looked at from all angles”, all round your life and from all ramifications, what is the resultant effect of this God’s distress?
Can you now begin to see that all things work together for good to them that love God; to them that are called according to His purpose?
… And that is what I was hoping for in the first place… That was what I was intending to achieve in the first place, not to destroy and not to scandalize. No! If I should do that, who then shall be My joy? What will I gain?
… And that is what I was hoping for in the first place when I wrote the letter. My primary concern was not for the one who did the wrong or even the one wronged,…
My primary concern was not who did the wrong or who was wrong. That is, no one that is injured. Nobody injured any. The hand of God wrought salvation to both the injured and he that was injured.
My aim was not to know whether the whale swallowed Jonah or Jonah swallowed the whale, but to achieve love, peace, unity in the Bride, and which has been our focal point.
…My primary concern was not for the one who did the wrong or even the one wronged, but for you—that you would realize and act upon the deep, deep ties between us before God. …
That you will do what? Act upon! Upon what? The deep-seated love, deep-seated bond of unity – the tie.
Blessed be that tie that binds. Do we not sing it? Does it not injure you when we part? When that thing that binds us together is broken, do you feel happy?
Anybody who feels happy when he severs relationship with the Brotherhood or Sisterhood is a devil in human form. If it gives you joy to live and enjoy life without the Brethren, you are the devil’s incarnate.
It should make you to pass sleepless nights like our Brethren were confessing yesterday in their letters of how they were passing sleepless night at their different places.
One said, “Who will deliver me from this bottomless pit, for I have done everything good except this? And I am willing to do it, but My Sister is not responding. What will I do?” And they do not know that the Almighty God was somewhere watching.
IF GOD DOES NOT EFFECT A CHANGE, THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY CHANGE. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? WE CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT GOD.
Pay attention! My primary concern is not to know who is guilty and who is not guilty, for all have sinned and have come short of the glory of God. If God will judge your iniquity, who will stand? Who will stand?
That is why, as God has forgiven you, so you ought to forgive one another so that the devil will not accuse you before the presence of the Almighty God, and that you maintain a conscience devoid of offence before God and before man.
… My primary concern was not for the one who did the wrong or even the one wronged, but for you—that you would realize and act upon the deep, deep ties between us before God. That’s what happened—and we felt just great.
And we did what? …—and we felt just great. And we did what? …—and we felt just great.
Do you feel great when you stay with one another? You see why we have that inward pain when we lose one. We begin to wonder, “What could have gone wrong? What have we done wrong that we could lose one?”
SONG: [“Great is thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!” Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided; “Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!]
SONG: [I love Him! I love Him! Why? Because He first loved Me and purchased My salvation on Calvary’s tree.]
Attention! Before I sit down, I have to say Happy welcome to all of you. I am very much appreciative that you could not find any other place you could gather this first day of January 2023, if not in this habitation.
And you know Who owns the habitation. By revelation, you know Who is resident here. The neighbourhood may not know. And they might be wondering as to what could be happening here today.
I am overjoyed because about this time last year, My heart was filled with sorrow. I was broken into pieces.
Truly speaking, immediately, Your comfort and your love were rolled out for Me and My Family. Unreserved love. Unreserved consolation. Both men and women, young and old. All from the four corners of the earth. Some were writing. Some were praying. Some were coming with every form of encouragement that I could survive. And the LORD saw all that happened.
Today, joy has taken over. Sorrows are gone. The pains are over. A new face of THE SON OF MAN has appeared. The days of hostilities are over. Love has taken over.
Why? His love lifted Me. When there was nothing else to help, God’s love lifted Me and My Family. And look at the way he crowned it this year by bestowing upon Me a new child on the 31^st of December to mark the end of the year.
I say, “To Him be the Glory, Honour, Praise and Adoration now and forever more.” Amen!!!

If I should be a Leader among you, I should not rule you like the kings of the world, who exercise control and authority over everything and expect people to come and worship. I should worship you if it is possible, because I am serving you. I am serving your interest. That is why I go beyond human imagination to make sure I put things right. I say, this is the reason why I go beyond human imagination – things you could not imagine God doing, you see Me doing it to make sure I restore the Love of God and restore Fellowship so that the blessings of God can reach you.

THE son of man

FORGIVENESS; Preached on Sunday 6^th January 2008 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 132 vs. 51

If you are not distressed, you will not request for your flight

Now, give Me your ears. We have come to the end of all things. Of course, you know. All that I told you to expect in 2022, did any of them fail you? Be sincere to your consciences. Did any of them fail you? Did you experience them?

Although I was in sorrow, in great pain and anguish, and agonizing, about this time last year, I remember vividly that you were here to mark the beginning of the year.
I managed to come out to say “Shalom” to you. You were expecting your New Year Message as usual. Then you heard only but a statement.
YOU ARE WELCOME HERE BRETHREN TO THE BLOODIEST YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF MAKIND. YOUR EYES WILL SEE. YOUR EARS WILL HEAR. THANK YOU,
I went back to My room. And it started that same morning. And I told you it is going to be continuous.
I am in a better place now to talk to you than before, but I will not do that today. But the only thing I will show you is the highlight. What is that highlight? I have saluted My nuclear Family. I have made them to know these basic truth.
LET NOBODY EVER REJOICE THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
Remember far back in 1993, I told you what to expect. I told you the price of fuel. Has it come to pass? In 1993, I told you that Government must increase your hardship.
In 1993, I told you that too many insurgencies will appear and insecurity will rise to a level where a combined team of army and police will mean nothing. Did it happen?
When other Nigerian prophets were prophesying everything good, I told you that the economy must collapse; education must collapse; and all sectors of our economy must collapse. I told you that government must borrow money they cannot pay. Today, Nigeria is in a generational debt. I say, generational debt.
When they were talking about corruption, I told you it is incomplete, they do not know the meaning of corruption, until DSS and other security operatives will touch the ivory towers. Go to he courts and arrest all the chief judges, starting from the supreme court judges. They are all corrupt.
Go to the churches and arrest all the general superintendents. They are all corrupt. They indulge in money laundering.
But the most corrupt is the Nigerian Police. They should be disbanded, and then a new set of people recruited. But that will not solve the problem. Rather, it will increase the rate of crime.
By the time I finished, how many police officers were arraigned before the courts for criminalities of all sorts? For there can never be criminality without law enforcement agents. I do not want to go there.
Remember when I told you that there is going to be the appearance of new uniformed men with arms, all to complement the efforts of the police and the army, but all to no avail.
I announced the emergence of a new insurgent group. I am the only Prophet that gave it a name in 2012. I said, “Expect it. It is on the way. It is going to be called Fulani herdsmen.” And that was in 2012. In 2018, it appeared.
Pay attention now. Are we going to get life easier? No! I know you are recording. I did not invite press men, but I know that any moment from now, it will go viral. This is true.
You have heard the statements of our ex-president, General Obasanjo. He is still affirming it. He is always My friend. I have called him My friend.
Why? He has been there whenever history was to be made. Whenever history was to be made, Obasanjo must be there.
I can give you the resumè – a rundown. Of course, I have given it, for I documented it. He is the only one that has identified Christ in Nigeria – A Nigerian and in Nigeria. He is affirming it every day. Before the international community, he said he does not owe any apology.
But where is that Christ? It beats his imagination. Does He exist? Yes! Is He in Nigeria? Yes! Is He a Nigerian? Yes! Remember, he is s clergyman.
Now, give Me audience a little. Let Me comfort you. Do not ever leave here today hoping to get life easier than what it was. Life is going to be much more unbearable from this morning, not only in Nigeria, but globally.
We are very much concerned about our own nation called Nigeria because that is where we have found ourselves.
Remember, you are a nation in a nation. You are a nation of God. A nation of priesthood away from all. Hence, you do not conform to the dictates of this nation. You are completely drawn away from this nation. If you are patterning after Nigeria, God will disown you.
Be yourself. Reflect the character of your own Kingdom for we received an indestructible Kingdom.
So, please take note that life is not going to be easier. Even as I am talking to you now, the signs are with you that money will be very difficult to come by starting from this morning. We do not talk of employment again.
Now, every attempt is now geared towards curbing the rate of insecurity. But instead of curbing it, they are increasing it.
I will just say one thing and then go back to My seat. I do not pity you, for the whole thing is happening because of you. God distressed the son of man so that He will help in distressing you.
. So, God is going to stir up your nest. God must stir up your nest to make you very uncomfortable from now.
If you remember that the hand of God is behind it, happy are you. It will hold you back from blaspheming God. Will there be evil IN the city and the LORD has not done it? Give glory to God.
So, this year, truly speaking, we will not find it too easy, but I assure you of one thing. This is the year the LORD Almighty has earmarked to do a separation between those that believed Him and those that believed Him not.
Your eyes will see. The LORD is going to make this demarcation unto this handpicked minority that have the fear of God, that love and reverence God; that obey Him. The Day Star must arise in their midst with healings and all sorts of blessings.
In this time of hardship, they will blossom like trees planted along the river, but they will not enjoy it, for the trouble around them will never give them breathing space.
You are seeing politics, but THE SON OF MAN IS SEEING EXTERNAL INVASION. I AM NOT SEEING INSURGENCE. I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY, WHETHER YOU CALL IT BOKO HARAM OR ISWAP. I AM SEEING EXTERNAL INVASION.
IF GOVERNMENT HAS NOT SEEN THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL, IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PROPHET. I HAVE SEEN IT OVER AND OVER. AND WHO SHOULD BE BLAMED? NOBODY. SO THE LORD PLANNED IT. SO HE WILL EXECUTE IT, FOR HE WILL EXECUTE IT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
AS I AM TALKING TO YOU NOW, NIGERIA AS A NATION HAS INDIRECTLY FINANCED EXTERNAL ATTACK ON THIS NATION IGNORANTLY.
NIGERIA, IN THE ATTEMPT TO PAY RANSOM TO UNKNOWN PERSONS, USING REPRESENTATIVE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY BELONG TO, WHO CLAIM TO BE AFFILIATED OR TO HAVE AFFINITY WITH THOSE RECEIVING THOSE RANSOMS, WHERE RECEIPTS WERE NEVER ISSUED. NIGERIA NEVER KNEW THEY WERE SPONSORING EXTERNAL INVASION.
THE STAGE IS SET. IT IS ONLY WAITING FOR BUHARI TO LEAVE THAT SEAT, FOR ASIDE BUHARI, THERE IS NO OTHER POLITICIAN ON THE SCENE THAT HAS THE POWER EVEN TO STAY A DAY LONGER TO WITHHOLD WHAT IS ABOUT TO COME. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
If America is sincere, together with Britain, China, India, France and Germany all their ambassadors know this truth. If it is intelligence, I believe I have gathered enough.
We do not have anybody at all who we can say, “This is the soldier who is adequate to occupy Buhari’s seat so as to forestall this imminent danger.” Get ready for it. I say, get ready for it. It may be much more disastrous than that of Afghanistan.
I am talking to you, What do you do at a time like this? Go on your knees and maintain regular prayers. If you do not know what to ask God, say, “Please God, save us from this hour.”
We do not have the manpower. We do not have the arms and ammunition even to last a day without what is coming running across. This is because, so far so good, they have taken over everywhere.
I would not tell you further than that, for you will live to see this. It is not going to happen immediately, but things have been put in place.
It is going to be mayhem. It will leave this nation called Nigeria desolate and devastated. And nobody will ever discover who is financing it, no matter how they try to investigate it because we have collectively financed it ignorantly.
Then the execution has already come. Why? The executors are already living with us. They are in the army. They are in the police. They are in the immigration. They are everywhere.
And the sad mistake was to reinstate and then, redeploy; employ, redeploy, reinstate the enemies in the force. All that claimed to be Boko Harams that said they made peace, and were engaged in the army was the saddest mistake.
By so doing, the number of insurgents are now greater that the real number of Nigerian soldiers, police, immigration and customs everywhere.
What is more? Do you know that our tertiary institutions are harbouring them? Our tertiary institutions blindly recognized them as intellectuals and academia, and then brought them in unknowingly.
So please, this year calls for vigilance. You see why you must WALK together. Close ranks. There is no way anybody can enjoy life again. Tell Me, what type of life do you want to enjoy.
I will show you another sign. In politics, some people think that it is going to be too violent that it may not hold. It will hold. But the truth of the matter is: NO PRESIDENT WILL APPEAR. IT WILL HOLD, BUT NO PRESIDENT WILL EMERGE. Take note of this matter. What will follow the results will make you believe that I am HE.
The global scene is already in a horrifying condition. The climatic changes according to their language has started ravaging too many countries.
And here, we believe we are in the rain forest zone, and at the same time, situated at the equatorial zone where the sun is extraordinarily hot. The temperate zones are gutted by fire from the sky because of increase in temperature.
I am saying, if ordinary rain water can cause flooding, what can the sea cause? What can the river cause? If the temperate zones, countries that are adjudged to be very very cold are now being disturbed to the extent that their buildings and forest can catch fire as a result of heat emanating from the sun, what will be the fate of the people who are living in the hot zones?
I am saying that this year; of course, you know that the last rain was recorded on November 18^th last year, but up to this moment, no drizzle again.
This is 2023. I do not care whether it will rain or not, but expect great famine because the drought will be so much that everything you are going to plant will wilt with time. What the flood left; the heat will ravage.
Take note of what I am saying. The heat will be so harassing and so debilitating that to sleep inside your house will be like sleeping inside the oven.
Remember, we have the problem of deforestation because of increase in population. We are heavily populated. Buildings have taken over the places where we had trees. There is nothing shielding us from the intense heat radiating from the sun.
In other words, every human being is now at the mercy of the Almighty. Trust not in your own security. Security belongeth to God.
Those you want to trust have not secured their own lives. They are on the run. You are on the run. If they are not afraid, why would they not wear their uniforms openly
So please, be wise. I say, be wise. I have taken you to the last bus stop. And I have slammed the gate open. Whether you die, you die in Christ. You live, you live in Christ.
Fear not those that will damage the flesh and stop there. Fear the Almighty Who will bring you back to life and punish you eternally. Do not be afraid. Do not live in fear. Live by Faith. Let your faith rise to the level where it will dismiss all fears of hell. All fears of hell.
I say, let your faith rise to the level where it will dismiss completely all fears of hell. Be sure I am not fooling you. You would not stay long from now. Your days have been numbered. Your days have been numbered.
The first fruit has gone ahead of time, who conformed to the image of the Son of God. She has gone ahead of time.
And I have made it clear that I am going to have a forced landing. This is because if I see things I know you cannot bear, I have no other choice than to ground the plane to save some, rather than to continue. No!
I am grounding it because one of the engine compartments has collapsed. I am managing with one compartment. I am standing on one leg. So, I am no longer standing with full strength.
If I see the wind or tempest I cannot bear, while I am trying My best to have a safe landing, I will ground it. Knowing that I will not declare to you anymore the time, the hour nor the day, for it will be unnecessary, your duty is to fasten your belt.
If you fasten your own, tell your children to fasten their own. No nonsense from now. No nonsense!
If it is possible, live your life among the Brotherhood and among the Sisterhood so that to fetch you will be very easy.
To those who take delight in living far away from where others are living, please, have a rethink. I say, please, have a rethink. To be far from God is to be far from His protection and from His blessings. If you have the opportunity, live where others are living – within the same area.
The Prophet foretold that the children of God are known for one thing. They cluster in an area. In Goshen, they clustered. In the wilderness, they pitched their tents together. In the Apostolic days, Prophet William Branham said, “They were clustering together.”
It made it easy during the inquisition, for all of them to be arrested, for they knew where they were gathering.
Find a place that is not far from where your Brethren are staying so that when you raise alarm, they will hear.
Finally, Use your handsets wisely. If it is not necessary to put it on silence, allow it to voice out. You own it. If it is possible, make sure you have two batteries. If one flattens, insert the other. It is a prophetic gadget. God is using it. God is using it.
Do not give reason. Even if you do not have the big one, buy the one that is sold for two thousand five hundred naira. No matter how small, provided it can receive call and make call, that is all I need.
That is all I need – where I can call and you will receive. You can use it to call or flash Me. That is all I need. WhatsApp or no WhatsApp, I do not care. I am not WhatsApping.
So please, there is nobody here who is so poor that he cannot provide the cheapest one.
This is the much I want to tell you for now. I wish you all that you wish yourselves. If it is possible, I will say, “Let me meet your faces in Paradise.” Amen!