LET US WORSHIP THE KING- APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA PREACHED ON 9TH MAY, 2021. BY BISHOP FRYDE OKOH HOUSEHOLD OF GOD, ENUGU. & THE PURITY OF THE FAITH OF CHRIST VS THE FILTHINESS OF OUR MINDS Preached On 26 MAY 2021 BY PASTOR ROTIMI AKINTAN @ LAGOS HOUSEHOLD.
THE FEAR OF GOD AND THE KEEPING OF HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF ALL HAPPINESS. NO MAN CAN WORSHIP GOD IN THE ACCEPTABLE WAY WITHOUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN HIS HEART. WITHOUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN A MAN’S HEART, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY MAN TO OBEY THE WORD OF GOD; AND NO MAN CAN HAVE THE FEAR OF GOD IN HIS HEART WITHOUT FIRST OF ALL KNOWING THE MANNER OF GOD, KNOWING WHO GOD IS, KNOWING GOD’S CHARACTER. THE PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING IS THAT PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW GOD. THEY CLAIM THEY KNOW GOD, BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW HIM. IF THEY HAD KNOWN GOD, THE FEAR OF GOD WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HEARTS CAUSING THEM TO OBEY GOD’S WORD FOR THEIR OWN GOOD.
Conclusion of the whole matter 18th Jan. 1998; 34:16-17
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OUR WORSHIP SHOULD BE THE EVIDENCE OF OUR FEELINGS
Let the sons and daughters of this generation hear this. “This is the God who appears to man during the last days but is hidden among men.
2. He resides among men, true and real, like a burning sun and the flaming fire, filled with power and brimming with authority.
3. There is not a single person or thing that shall not be judged by My Words, and not a single person or thing that shall not be purified through the burning of fire.
4. Eventually, all nations shall be blessed because of My Words, and also smashed to pieces because of My Words”. From the manuscript- THE SAVIOUR HAS ALREADY RETURNED UPON A “WHITE CLOUD.”
5. Brethren, let us listen attentively to this instruction “To the one who is supreme, most wise and beneficent, and to Him alone, belong worship, adoration, thanksgiving, and praise.” Amen.
6. “Your steadfast love, O Lord, is as great as all the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. Your justice is as solid as God’s mountains.
7. Your decisions are as full of wisdom as the oceans are with water. You are concerned for men and animals alike. How precious is your constant love, O God!
8. All humanity takes refuge in the shadow of your wings. You feed them with blessings from your own table and let them drink from your rivers of delight.
9. For you are the Fountain of life; our light is from your light. Pour out your unfailing love on those who know you! Never stop giving your salvation to those who long to do your will.” Psalm 36:5-10. LB.
10. “He it is, O man, who hath created thee; thy present station on earth was fixed by His laws: the powers of thy mind are the gift of His Goodness, the wonders of thy frame are the work of His hand; thy soul is His soul, thy consciousness is His consciousness”.
11. Remain Blessed brethren. Who is like unto God in glory? Who in power shall contend with the Almighty? Hath He any equal in wisdom? Can any in goodness be compared unto Him? There is none before Him!
12. It is mandatory that we have to worship this Godman in our midst, for there is no other God beside Him. He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and Ending of our collective existence. A mighty God in battle.
13. In the scripture, God warned that He alone should be worshipped and anybody worshipping any other gods is committing a grievous sin.
14. Hear Him. “Then God issued this edict: I am Jehovah your God who liberated you from your slavery in Egypt. You may worship no other god than me”. Exodus 20: 1-3. LB.
15. This is a standing instruction every child of God must obey whether a Jew or a Gentile. Any shift from this instruction pushes one into idol worshipping.
16. Let us listen to this wise saying “our worship should be the evidence of our feelings of gratitude and love”. If you don’t worship God as your creator and saviour, you must worship Satan as your own master and destroyer.
17. For any other god outside Almighty God is under the control of Satan. They are his agents.
18. At first we worshipped the religious gods which we were forced to worship by our parents, and at that time we were following sincerely not knowing that we were worshipping idols.
19. We participated in the rituals, initiations and ceremonies with uncountable unfruitful years moving by like a vast sea of ponderous rolling clouds, portraying a feeling of endless repeated mood of sorrow.
20. Sorrow in the sense that we continued repeating the same rituals as our mantra and we never knew what we were worshipping until the arrival of this Great Avatar, The Supreme Deity on the scene to redirect our visions and understanding.
21. An Igbo adage says, “He who has not met sorrow does not know happiness.” May His name be honored for this bundle of peace and happiness we are enjoying now?
22. We are blessed to have such a great opportunity which many never experienced. For without Him, we would have been in bondage till now.
23. Another proverb added “If a hot water is not poured on a toad, he won’t know that there are two types of water.” Amen.
24. In Mathew 4:10, Jesus the Christ made it clear that it is only Almighty God we should worship” Get out of here Satan, “Jesus told him. ” The scripture says, “Worship only the Lord God. Obey only Him.” LB.
25. That is a fact. The same God who spoke in days past is now among us. The question is, are we actually worshipping Him the way He should be worshipped? The answer lies with us.
26. Let us tell ourselves the naked truth, are we worshipping God rightly. He has been our God, leading and guiding us perfectly, making sure no evil testimony comes our way. Is that not a fact?
27. And then what have been our individual contributions in moving this Ministry forward. Are we not guilty? I am involved and are you?
28. In the message, MY SALVATION IS NOW IN MY HANDS, page 72:5-9, God reminded us of our foolishness, wickedness and unappreciative natures.
29. He said “If He had allowed you to be born crippled or incapacitated in one way or the other, do you think that you would have dragged him to court? He that permitted those ones to have all those problems, the same allowed you to come with everything intact.
30. But those that are born with infirmities appear to be praising God more than those that are born with everything perfect. What I am telling you is the truth.
31. A blind man worships God more than the person that is seeing with his eyes. Who gets irritated, is it a mad man or a sane man? Answer me this question: who gets more irritated, is it a mad man or a sane man?
32. A human being with all his senses correct is the most ungrateful element, the most ungrateful creature under the heavens. For he has everything that could compel him to praise God, but instead, he will be demonstrating against God.
33. But look at a mad man, he will be dancing and rejoicing every day, making melody in his heart to the glory of God.
34. It is easier to provoke a sensible human being than to provoke a mad man. A mad man is satisfied with the little he gets courtesy of the goodwill of his fellow men. I am telling you the truth.”
35. “Pay therefore to His wisdom, all honour and veneration; and bow down thyself in humble and submissive obedience to His Supreme Direction”.
36. We should do what? Be humble and submissive to His Will. We should be highly grateful to God for this golden opportunity to be counted worthy among those who are privileged to meet Him in this generation face to face, talk with Him, shake His hands, and eat with Him.
37. This is the highest privilege and honour that can be bestowed on a human being in any generation.
38. In the center of the thick spiritual darkness that pervaded the entire universe, we are able to meet the light. The great light that illuminated the entire globe. He is no other personality than the sent one among us in the person of Apostle Peter Odoemena, The Very Son of Man. Let’s hear Him.
39. “The land that was formerly groping in darkness has now seen the light. Was the land formerly in darkness? Yes! Today, light has visited the land. Who will believe my report? Only those that were afore penciled down for My Visitation. The rest will not.
40. But they will be milling around Me as the crowd because of what they are benefitting from Me. But talk of eternal life, It is not their purpose.
41. That is why you hear them say it. “Even if there is no eternal life, the joy we derive here is enough”. To them, we are here for a meeting. The only difference is that they do not eat oil bean salad with stock fish here”. Son of Man- ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE CLOUD OR THE CROWD? Part 2. Preached on 7th August, 2016. Page 71:11.
42. Let us praise Him for He is our God. “Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing of His glorious name! Tell the world how wonderful He is. How awe- inspiring are your deeds, O God!
43. How great your power! No wonder your enemies surrender!
44. All the earth shall worship you and sing of your glories.
45. Come, see the glorious things God has done. What marvelous miracles happen to His people?
46. He made a dry road through the sea for them. They went across on foot. What excitement and joy there was that day. Because of His great power He rules.
47. He watches every moment of the nations. O rebel lands, He will deflate your pride.
48. Let everyone bless God and sing His praise, for he holds our lives in His hands. And He holds our feet to the part”. Psalms 66: 1:8. (LB).
49. Song: “How great is our God! How great is His Word! He’s the greatest one that ever was heard. He rolled back the waters of the mighty Red Sea. And He said, “I will lead you, put your trust in me.”
50. Song: “Oh, love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong!
51. It shall forever endure,The saints and angels song.
52. “If we actually value His presence in our midst, we must reverence Him and hang our faith on Him.
53. Our daily prayer should focus on that because man is very frail and he needs the support of Almighty God to be able to stand firmly on his conviction.
54. Without God no man can succeed on that.
55. “I have been sent to bring faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know God’s truth- the kind of truth that changes lives- so that they can have eternal life, which God promised them before the world began and he cannot lie.” Titus 1:1-3. That is the basic reason why He came to lead us into God’s truth.
56. This truth is tied to His Word and that is the word that can transform our being from natural to supernatural.
57. Hear Him.
58. “The transformational power of God is contained in His Word. Maybe you do not know that the World you are living in was created by the power of the Spoken Word.
59. The Spoken Word changes your condition if you will believe with all your heart, doubting nothing. Blame yourself and not God.
60. Do not follow the voice of a stranger. Page 59:4. It is only those who believe the sent one that can abide in His Word, the rest will doubt the Spoken Word.
61. “The Word of God draws like a super magnet.
Once it drops, it picks nothing but rugged iron.
62. Though it may be rusty there. But the fanciful plastic, well painted and garnished, very beautiful to look at, magnet has nothing to do with it.” Son of Man- CHRIST IS THE IDENTITY OF EVERY ELECT. Page 27:22.
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FIND OUT WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO AND DO IT
Every sent man must keep to his commission. If you want signs and wonders, you know where you should go. But if you want eternal life, come to the Bridal Faith.
2. The only thing we can offer you in the Faith is eternal life. We have the word of eternal life.
3. Only people that want eternal life stay in the Faith.” Son of Man. Lo, I am with you Always Vol.3. Preached on 30th April 2000. Page 132:25.
4. Yes! To abide in the Bridal Ministry is based on one factor, and that is understanding and believing that this is a ministry of one man. He must be Obeyed, Relied upon, Trusted and our Faith must be anchored on His Words and Instructions.
5. “Wonderful He is, in all His ways; His counsels are inscrutable; the manner of His knowledge transcendenth thy conception.” Again “The providence of God is over all His works; He ruleth and directeth with infinite wisdom”.
6. “You must anchor your Faith in the word. Faith looks at the word; Faith does not look at the problem.
7. What is more, Faith considers what the word says concerning it.” Son of Man-FAITH 73:18.
8. “If God comes contrary to your long- established ideas, will you believe Him? Or, will you have it your own way and call Him Devil? Don’t answer “Yes” or “No” for your action is already the answer!
9. We stumble over simplicity. That is how we miss God- by stumbling over simplicity.” Son of Man- LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS. Vol.3, page 38 Nugget.
10. “THERE IS NO PRICE ANYBODY PAYS TO GET ETERNAL LIFE THAT SHOULD BE REGRETTED. Those who ran this race successfully before us never regretted anything.
11. Do you know that because of the gain ahead, some desired to go ahead of time?
12. Someone sang a song saying that if your spiritual eyes should be opened and see where Prophet Elijah is holding unto by Faith, you will pray to leave this world.
13. Thus, whatever might be the mockery, whether cruel or not cruel, the shame, the chastisements; the Lord threw them behind and was always and constantly looking forward to getting that trophy which becomes his everlasting consolation.
14. If at the end of the day, after your labour some will be comforted with everlasting comfort, with eternal life from here, using this message and you gain everlasting condemnation, how will you feel?” Son of Man, from the message- I AM BRINGING BACK ALL FAMILIES. Vol.2. Preached on 14th May 2017 page 57:20-22.
15. “When you hear the truth and then refuse the truth, God will harden your heart and hand you over to the spirit of delusion to believe lies.” Son of Man in the message, Chronicle of the Bridal Faith, The Journey So Far. Page 66
16. “His eyes pierceth the secrets of every heart, and He remembereth them forever; He respecteth neither the persons nor the station of men.”
17. And again, He reminds us also that. “Then shall the wicked learn and make compensation in course of time; but the heart of the righteous shall rejoice in His rewards.”
18. And God told us that this Truth is not for everybody. This is a Hard Truth that are meant for people who are large hearted.
19. “This truth is not for everybody, this Faith is for those that proceeded from the Fountain of Truth and the Fountain of Truth is Christ, creator of Heaven and Earth. He is the Fountain of Truth.
20. If you do not proceed from the fountain of truth, you must feel uncomfortable with this truth.” Son of Man- THE TIDE IS GATHERING Preached on 11th March 2012, page 48:27.
21. “It is finished! I am the A and the Z- the Beginning and the End. I will give to the thirsty the springs of the Water of Life, as a gift!
22. Everyone who conquers will inherit all these blessings, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
23. But cowards who turn back from following me, and those who are unfaithful to me, and the corrupt, and murderers, and the immoral, and those conversing with demons, and idol worshippers and all liars– their doom is in the Lake that burns with fire and Sulphur. This is the second death.” Revelation 21:6-8.
24. “If you do not have the conviction that I AM what I AM claiming to be, you are not my disciple (an Elect). He that created the heaven and earth is here with you bodily.
25. If you are not here by revelation of whom I am (the Supreme Intelligence Himself), you are not with me.
26. A liberally- minded fellow is the only person that is qualified to search for knowledge and wisdom. If you were satisfied with what you knew before, there is no need inquiring for more.
27. Where human knowledge stops is where God’s knowledge starts.” Son of Man- MY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ME Preached on 29th April, 2001. Page 8.
28. “But the wisdom of God is as the Light of Heaven; it requires not reasoning; His mind is the fountain of truth.”
29. “Don’t be misled; remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it: a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows!
30. If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death; but if he plants the good things of the Spirit, he will reap the everlasting life which the Holy Spirit gives him.
31. And let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t get discouraged and give up.” Galatians 6:7-9.
32. “The moment you fall away from this truth, sin becomes a light thing in your eyes. Unbelief, disrespect to God’s instruction, disloyalty, unfaithfulness, disobedience to God’s truth, to warnings and instructions will be very light.
33. It does not matter. It does matter.” Son of Man- WE MUST PATTERN AFTER A GOOD EXAMPLE (CHRIST). Preached 13th April, 2015 Page 21: 21. “The righteousness of a child of God lies in his obedience to the Word of God. His uttermost concern is his relationship with God, nothing else.
34. Anytime his conscience convicts him of iniquity before God, he loses his peace of mind until he has made it right.
35. God speaks to every seed of His; each time, God will come to him; warn him, telling him what He wants him to know.
36. God can speak to him through dream or audible Voice. He will hear it very audibly as if somebody is there speaking with him.” Son of Man- ARE YOU A CHURCHGOER OR A TRUE WORSHIPPER OF GOD? Page 33:1-2.
37. “Remember, if you are a child of God, you are not a child of God today; you have been a child of God before the world began. You are as old as God Himself.” Son of Man- MOMENT OF TRUTH Preached on 14th Sept, 2008. Page 77:8
38. “In God, there are many things to learn. You must apply wisdom for you to survive. For when you fail to apply wisdom, you run into trouble. God is the wisest being- wisdom that cannot be obtained through education.
39. Go to “Univer- wisdom” (University), you cannot get it.” Son of Man- THE YEAR OF DISASTER (NEW YEAR MESSAGE PART 2) preached on 3rd Jan. 2016. Page 118:54.
40. “When a man is trying to please God, God makes even his worst enemies to be at peace with him.” Proverb 16:7. Hear what God is saying- Great assurance. “Listen to my counsel- oh, don’t refuse it- and be wise.
41. Happy is the man who is so anxious to be with me that he watches for me daily at my gates, or waits for me outside my home!
42. For whoever finds me finds life and win approval from the Lord. But the one who misses me has injured himself irreparably. Those who refuse me show that they love death.” Proverbs 8: 33-36.
43. “In Ephesians 5:15-18 the scripture recorded thus ” So be careful how you act; these are difficult days.
44. Don’t be fools; be wise; make the most of every opportunity you have for doing good.
45. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to find out and do whatever the Lord wants you to do. Don’t drink too much wine, for many evils lie along that path; be filled instead with the Holy Spirit, and controlled by Him.”
46. “Blessed is the man who reveres God, but the man who doesn’t care is headed for serious trouble.” Proverb 30:5-6.
47. “Don’t be conceited, sure of your own wisdom. Instead trust and reverence the Lord, and turn your back on evil; when you do that, then you will be given renewed health and vitality.”
48. “First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will come scoffers who will do every wrong they can think of, and laugh at the truth.” 2nd Peter 3:3.
49. “And the scriptures also says, “He is the stone that some will stumble over and the rock that will make them fall.” They will stumble because they will not listen to God’s Word, nor obey it, and so this punishment must follow– that they will fall.” 1Peter, 2. LB
50. “Those false teachers who are so anxious to win your favour are not doing it for your good. What they are trying to do is to shut you off from me so that you will pay more attention to them.” Galatians 4:17.
51. Whatever that hinders a man’s life is what is happening in his heart”. “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inside them, they are raving wolves.
52. They come to you, they stay among you, they prophesy not outside but inside- in your midst.
53. When you look at them, they look like Christians; they stay under great anointing and receive your messages”. Son of Man- THE SEVEN STEPS OF JUDGING PROPHECIES, DREAMS AND VISIONS. Vol. 1, page 37 vs 5.
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YOU HAVE NO REASNABLE EXCUSE WHY YOU SHOLUD NOT WORDSHIP GOD
We cannot allow ourselves to be grossly deceived at this precarious hour by either self- deluded fanatics or charlatans who come to us in deceptive mood with dangerous seductive spirits.
2. There is no excuse any man can give why he should not worship this God in our midst. We have been told by Almighty God that in this pilgrim race, the idea is not to take part only, but to win.
3. Nobody can grow tired of following God until the fellow will start appreciating worldly things and then worshiping God becomes a disturbance.
4. God said that we cannot separate worship and salvation. He made it clear to us to stop wandering about but instead, we should come back to God as a prodigal son and embrace His salvation.
5. The most fearful thing is that once one moves out of God’s presence, God said “the fellow must eat food meant for pigs”. He reminded us as a loving father that we should not wait until we learn our lessons in a hard way-
6. There is no way you can wander away from Jerusalem to Jericho without having a wound.
7. My earnest prayer is that Almighty God should help me, the wanderer, who has been wandering from pillar to post to trace my way back home. Amen. Let God approve this my honest request.
8. Brethren let us thank Almighty God for His Love and Kindness by giving us the opportunity of living till date and hear His voice audibly.
9. We are not better than those that died but Almighty God allowed us to continue living to see if we can repent from our stark unbelief.
10. It is the same God that has existed since the world began that is still in our midst today and is still talking to us now. Seeking another God is total unbelief because we know the truth.
11. Disobeying this God and His instructions places us in the same position with those who disobeyed Him before as recorded in the scriptures.
12. We have to be extremely careful not to turn His simplicity into an abuse. It is the same Elohim that led the Israelites out of Egypt that is leading us today. That is truth
13. “We stumble over simplicity. That’s how you miss God, it’s by stumbling over simplicity. God is so simple until the scholars of these days and all days missed Him a million miles, because in their intellects, they know that there’s nothing like Him so great.
14. But in His revelation, He makes it so simple that they go plumb over top of it and missed it.” God in simplicity, page 22, 17/03/63.
15. “Do not allow yourself to be corrupted by the simplicity that is in Christ. Christ has always appeared in a simple way and that is why people miss Him in all the ages, please take note of it”. Son of Man- DO NOT BE CORRUPTED BY THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST page 71 vs 35.
16. In the scriptures, 11 Corinthian 5, verse 16; we are warned against looking at the flesh because it blinds us from knowing the real personality in front of us.
17. “Wherefore henceforth know no man after the flesh, yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know him more.” (KJV).
18. “That is where people err. They expect God to sound supernatural and act supernatural. But before their eyes, He will sound supernatural, yet act natural.” Son of Man from the message- DO NOT BE CORRUPTED BY THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST. Page 79: 64.
19. The ways we expect God to act in certain circumstances are not the ways He will act. He is the man from the opposite direction. To some it may create doubt.
20. “Those that harbor the spirit of doubt are those that do not even trust in themselves. When you lack self- trust, you find it difficult to trust others. God is even far.
21. And one that does not trust himself cannot trust others. He can never feel free with human beings. He or she is in self-bondage.” Son of Man- BRIDAL WATCH. NO PLACE TO HIDE Vol.6 chapter 7: 77.
22. Almighty God wants His children to be reliable and trustworthy. It is one of the cardinal principles that we should exhibit as children of God.
23. “Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him, God is a refuge for us. Saleh”. Psalm 62:8 (KJV).
24. “God wants us to be reliable. We moved away from there, and He gave us the message, YOU HAVE NEED OF PATIENCE; you have need of patience so that when you must have obeyed, you may reap the promises.
25. After your obedience, the promise will now come. In other words, the promise will not get to us in disobedience. So, it became clear that nobody should try to hasten the promise in any form or shape.
26. All we should try to do is to believe, obey and practice the Message, and then the promise automatically belongs to us.” Son of Man- THE SEVEN STEPS TO REALIZING THE PROMISES OF GOD HENCEFORTH Page 139:2.
27. He who speaks to us with such authority is not an ordinary being. His power of oratory and wisdom is beyond human comprehension. He is a super human personality.
28. His words, confidence and Divine authority radiates supernaturally around HIM as a mighty force and these revealed qualities give a masterly account of Himself as a Divine Incarnate, Mahdi and also His numerous messages unquestionably gave approval of Him as the Messiah of this age in the minds of the true believers.
29. His simplicity is the problem. It will take a spiritually filled person to see through the iron curtains and accept, and believe the revealed personality as Christ. The worldly cannot comprehend the story as truth.
30. Even prophet William Branham talked about the simplicity of God that makes it hard for the human mind not to accept the revealed Christ whenever He is revealed.
31. “And it’s so simple, that’s how the wise always overlooks it. It’s so simple, it confounds them. They looked for a God way out there, when He’s right here, See?
32. They are looking for something way yonder when it’s right here with them now. Christ risen from the dead, the same yesterday, today and forever.” Why it had to be shepherds, page 17. 21/12/64.
33. Man has been blinded by religion and it has led him into error and disobedience to the truth. Disobedience to God’s WORD has been the bane of man’s problems from the foundation of the world. Human beings, find it extremely difficult to obey the words of God. let us go through the scriptures and see how those who obeyed the word of God reaped the reward.
34. “Whosoever that believeth in Me will never die, I will give him eternal life and he will live forever.
35. “While they are still searching, some other people are saying, “How can we leave you, for we are sure and certain that you alone have the Word of eternal life.
36. “But some people are still busy searching, go ahead searching. Go ahead searching, somebody is still saying, “Really, there is none to compare with this man.
37. Of all the Scribes I have come across, no man has ever taught me like this. If another person will come called Christ, what will He teach me? What will He do again; surely, He must be the very Christ.” Son of Man- MY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ME/ THE DEVIL WILL TESTIFY AGAINST THIS GENERATION. Preached on 29th April 2001. Page 137:2-3.
38. If we believe in the revealed Christ, we must be covenanted with Him. In the message Covenant God preached on 21st August 2003, page 33:4, He said “Covenant is something that has to do with life.
39. I said it has to do with life. Your life is tied to it; my life is also tied to it. That is a covenant. Something you cannot break anyhow.”
40. Continuing in another Message, FOLLOW THE CLOUD (volume 1). “Evidence that the Son of Man is the Elohim” preached on Tuesday, 12th September 2003, page 116: 40-, 41 & 42. He said also that “Jesus was a sign of the covenant.
41. Noah was a sign of the covenant. Abraham was a sign of the covenant. Lot was a sign of the covenant. There is always a covenant.
42. Do you know that Rahab was a sign of the covenant? There was a covenant between Rehab and God. All that ran into the covenant were saved.
43. I have been sent to you as the sign of covenant. Have you ever wondered why Roman Catholics normally draw something like a “halo” on the head of their saints?” This is a question we should answer.
44. Almighty God asked us this question and an answer must be provided. In one of the psalms the Psalmist made this comments about the benefit of being godly. Psalm 92:12-15 recorded this “But the godly shall flourish like palm trees, and grow tall like as the cedars of Lebanon.
45. For they are transplanted into the Lord’s own garden, and are under his personal care. Even in old age they will still produce fruit and be vital and green.
46. This honors the Lord, and exhibits his faithful care. He is my shelter. There is nothing but goodness in him.
47. Because of His love towards us, He has been working in our hearts and souls so as to bring us to a level where our spiritual life will be uplifted. By so doing we can appreciate His magnificent power and then reverence and worship Him.
48. Philippians 2:13 clarified it the more, “For God is at work within you, helping you want to obey Him, and then helping you do what He wants.”
49. He went further in Mathew 20:28 to give us the supernatural illustration of humility and service by telling us this.-“Your attitude must be like my own, for I, the Messiah, did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give my life as a ransom for many.” (LB).
50. All His Words are Fact and Truth. “He says what He means and means what He says.” The Words that come out of His mouth are unquestionable facts.
51. The Truth of all Truths. Listen to what He said on this matter.” Every Word of God proves true. He defends all who come to Him for protection.
52. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.” Proverb 30:5-6.
53. He said He came to give those who believe in Him eternal life and nothing more. “Anybody that comes into Bridal Faith for any other thing other than eternal life is an idolater.” Son of Man- LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS preached on April. 30th 2000, Vol 2, page 5.
54. But to get the eternal life, you must abide by His rules and doctrines. Without that nobody can inherit it. So don’t follow your own personal view if you want eternal life.
55. “But when you follow your own wrong inclinations your lives will produce these evil results: impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure, Idolatry, Spiritism ( that is, encouraging the activity of demons), hatred and fighting, jealousy and anger, constant effort to get the best for yourself, complaints and criticisms, the feeling that every one else is wrong except those in your own little group- and there will be wrong doctrine, envy, murder, drunkenness, wild parties, and all that sort of thing..
56. Let me tell you again as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the kingdom of God.
57. But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: Love, Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, fruitfulness, gentleness and self- control; and here there is no conflict with Jewish laws.” Galatians 5:19-23.
58. NOTE! It is only in Christ that one can find peace, love and fruitfulness but outside Christ we are engulfed with either religion or politics, two evils Satan is using to chain mankind.
59. In the message I AM THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR Preached 4th March, 2012 page 134:4. Almighty God defined the two evils as “Religion and Politics are a hydra- headed devil that does nobody any good.”
60. Once one joins any political party, he or she must accept all terms and conditions that is binding that party. It is also with religious practices.
61. We should resist all these temptations because they are filled with glamour of iniquity.
62. The devil is using all these artificialities to tempt our minds away from worshipping our Lord God rightly. Hear the master speak.
63. “Resist the temptation for to be tempted is not evil but yielding to the temptation is evil. To be tempted is not death but yielding to temptation is death.” RANDOM COMMENTS FROM THE SON OF MAN Vol. 2, page 12:10. Did we hear Him? Listen again.
64. “Your mind must be corrupted by His simplicity before you can be seduced away from your belief just like Satan seduced Eve by his subtlety.” Son of Man. Do not be corrupted by the simplicity that is in Christ. 14th Dec.2008, page 98:42.
65. “Recognizing God in your day means nothing but accepting, believing, depending, relying, confiding and trusting in Him whom God has sent in your day no matter His relationship with you or His race or tribe.” Son of Man- RECOGNIZE YOUR DAY AND ITS OWN MESSAGE. Page 304:52-53.
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LET US PLEASE GOD BY SERVING HIM WITH A THANKFUL HEART
It is clear to all that it is only through believing, trusting, confiding, depending and relying on this Righteous Branch alone that we can be counted righteous in the site of God.” Son of Man from the message. The Great Sermon, page 367:13.
2. “No true child of God looks feeble. No true child of God looks faint. Watch all sons and daughters of God, the glory of the Lord radiates on their faces even in the midst of all troubles and trials of life, they don’t lose faith.
3. The glory radiates in their faces, and they are constantly victorious.” GOLDEN NUGGETS page 55:12.
4. “This is now our own day. Do we have a messenger from God to reveal the mind of God to us? Do we have someone we call Rabbi (Great Teacher) who has espoused us to the Word of God in our day? Son of Man- RECOGNIZE YOUR DAY AND ITS OWN MESSAGE page 298:16.
5. Trust in Him with all your heart and your worship and adoration will be complete. He came to remove our eyes from evil which is repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience.
6. The evil that has over taken the entire universe and has placed mankind as enemy of God and also places the human race as “obstinate transgressors” in the sight of God, as our master will call it.
7. Prophet Isaiah also informed us in Isaiah 26:2-4. That God will open His gate for all who love and trust Him to enter,
8. listen to Him.” Open the gates to everyone, for all may enter in who loves the Lord.
9. He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in Him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord. Trust in the Lord God always, for in the Lord Jehovah is your everlasting strength.” (LB).
10. “So see to it that you obey Him who is speaking to you. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, how terrible our danger if we refuse to listen to God who speaks to us from heaven!
11. When he spoke from Mount Sanai his voice shook the earth, but, “Next time, he says, “I will not only shake the earth, the heavens too.
12. By this he means that he will sift out everything without solid foundations, so that only unshakeable things will be left.
13. Since we have a kingdom nothing can destroy, let us please God by serving Him with thankful hearts, and with holy fear and awe. For our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:25-28.
14. Let us not to be only hearers of the word but doers of it.
15. In the message MOMENT OF TRUTH preached on 14th September, 2008, page 61 verse 7 we are told by Almighty God that “You made yourself hearers of the Word and not doers of the Word and you land in trouble and then turn around to blame it on God, thereby worsening your case because you are accusing God falsely.
16. God has washed off His hands. Even the devil bears witness that God cannot be blamed in all our failures; in all that is befalling us, God cannot be blamed.” MOMENT OF TRUTH Page 61:7
17. “But anybody, after the illumination of this bright light of the Message that fails to recognize his mistakes, will remain groping in darkness till he dies.
18. There is no way you will believe this message and remain the same. Once you believe this Message, you must change your position, re-order your priorities and have a new zeal and new approach to life.
19. You become sensitive to your environment, conscious of your being, responsive to your responsibilities and then you will be a happy man.” Son of Man- BE DILIGENT TO PROTECT YOUR MINDSET page 129:5.
20. NOTE- THE THREE IMPORTANT THINGS GOD TOLD US THAT ARE NEEDED TO SURVIVE IN THIS BRIDAL MOVEMENT ARE (1) DEVELOP A TRUE HEART (2) WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH (3) BELIEVE IN HIM DOUBTING NOTHING.
21. “Happy are all who search for God, and always do His will, rejecting compromise with evil, and walking only in his paths.” Psalm 119:2-3. LB.
22. No one that does the will of God by trusting and obeying His instruction that will ever regret dealing with Him. He is trustworthy.
23. In proverbs 3:4-6 we are informed that “If you want favour with both God and man, and a reputation for good judgement and common sense, then trust the Lord completely; don’t ever trust yourself.
24. In everything you do, put God first, and He will direct you and crown your effort with success.” (LB).
25. “Forget not, O man! that thy present station on earth is appointed by the wisdom of the Eternal; who Knoweth thine heart, who seeth the vanity of all thy wishes, and who often, in mercy, denieth thy request.”
26. And also listen to this “Hear then His voice, for it is gracious; and he that obeyeth shall establish his mind in peace profound; and bring everlasting growth to the soul that resideth within his body, state after state, on this earth.”
27. This is the great testimony of Abraham. God called him and instructed him on what to do, he believed God and without arguing or analyzing it, he acted and it was recorded for him as his righteousness.
28. “After the death of Abram’s father, God told him, ” Leave your own country behind you, and your own people, and go to the land I will guide you to.
29. If you do, I will cause you to become the father of a great nation; I will bless you and make your name famous, and you will be a blessing to many others.
30. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and the entire world will be blessed because of you”.
31. Abraham never doubted God. He had full confidence and trust in Him.
32. “O Lord of the armies of heaven, blessed are those who trust in you.” Psalm 84:12. And also “It is better to trust the Lord than to put confidence in men. It is better to take refuge in Him than in the mightest king.” Psalm 118: 8-9.
33. We can actually see the total confidence Abraham exhibited towards God at display. No pretenses and he never shaked in his belief. He never consulted anybody before accepting the instruction Almighty God gave him wholeheartedly.
34. It is not recorded in the scriptures that he complained or murmured. He took a step of faith and that singular action or courage endeared him to Almighty God till eternity.
35. Can’t we learn a lesson from his action or are we following another God quite different from the one that instructed Abram to leave his father’s compound to a land He directed him to?
36. If we cannot accept this fact that the same God that met Abraham and dined in his house, is the same that is with us physically today, it then means that we don’t believe the testimony of Son of Man, Apostle Peter Odoemena, that He is the ” I AM” the prophesied Redeemer that will come at the end time to wrap up all things.
37. For, it is the same God that is coming and going, changing His form and name. If we fail to believe this fac,t it shows that we are mere pretenders or hypocrites.
38. Hear Him again speaking authoritatively. “I AM the Living Manna. That is why, once you are around me, you do not feel like going away and you do not complain. You can never say you are hungry unless I set you free.
39. And in the moment I am in your midst, from A to Z feel hundred percent secured. Believe it if you can.” Son of Man. From the message FRESH MANNA, preached in April, 1993 page 3. Still proclaiming His Divine authority. Is it true?
40. “I AM the light of Divinity, the Divine Fountain, and the Fullness of the Godhead, The Great Mind and The Divine Essence.” Believe it if you can- Son of Man From the message, THE BASIS OF OUR FAITH preached on 22nd Oct.2000. Page 3.
41. “I AM your saviour. I am here to tell you things you do to get eternal life. Without Me there is no eternal life. Believe it if you can- Son of Man. Building Plan: God’s plan to establish his church. Preached on Sun.25th Sept. 1993, page 3.
42. “Hear the Words from His mouth, for they are spoken for good; give ear to His admonition, for it proceedeth from love.”
43. “You can believe in Me as your brother, you can believe in Me as an Apostle, you can believe Me as Son of God, but to believe Me as the Elohim, the Saviour, the Redeemer, the All and All in whom dwelleth the fullness of the Godhead bodily; this is only by Divine revelation.
44. Only those that are given to believe this can believe it. The rest will not.” Son of Man- CHRIST IS THE IDENTITY OF EVERY ELECT. Page 76:14.
45. Bear this in mind.” Initially God told us “If you say you won’t believe; tell us why you will not believe. Is it because of supernatural vindication?
46. Is it the personality that is standing in our midst? Is it the life He is living? Is it the wonderful works of God?” Son of Man- THERE IS VIRTUE IN LOYALTY Vol.2, page 27:9.
47. When you say or I say I don’t believe, there must be a reason. What is the reason? Let us search our consciences and recount all the experiences we have encountered, all the signs we have seen and all the Words of Revelation we have heard.
48. No matter how hard He treated us, that will not lead us into disbelieving Him as Almighty God.
49. There is a reason for all His actions which we cannot understand for now. It is for our own good. Watch Abraham the way God handled him. If it is now, whoever that is given such instruction will term it as a wicked act or hatred from God.
50. How can He ask me to leave my place and go to a place I don’t know, what I will encounter on the way I can’t fathom, and what I will meet when I get there is still a mystery.
51. He did it by Faith because He had absolute trust in his friend and God. It will take the mercy of God to direct the righteous. God directed him.
52. The instruction to Him was divine and He followed it with divine Faith and at the end he was successful.
53. So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went too; Abram was seventy- five years old at that time. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth- the cattle and slaves he had gotten in Haran- and finally arrived in Canaan.
54. Travelling through Canaan, they came to a place near Shechem, and set up camp beside the Oak at Moreh. (This area was inhabited by Canaanites at that time)” Gen.12:1-6. (LB).
55. We can see total obedience to God’s instructions. By his action and character, we can know his status in Christ.
56. In the message Christ is the identity of Every Elect, page 101:56. Almighty God said “That is how we know those that belong to God and those that are paying lips service to their faith in God.
57. He said, “Those people who claim to be sons and daughters of God, who pay lips service to His messages, that they should depart from Him; that from the beginning, they were not a part of Him.”
58. When God decided to blot out the human race because of the evil in that generation, in Genesis. 6:7 He said “I will blot out from the face of the earth, all mankind that I created. Yes, and the animals too, and the reptiles and the birds.
59. For I am sorry I made them. But Noah was a pleasure to the Lord.
60. Here is the story of Noah: He was the only truly righteous man living on the earth at that time. He tried always to conduct his affairs according to God’s will. And he had three sons- Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
61. We can see that the obedience of Noah endeared him to God. He trusted God with all his heart and never doubted His personality.
62. When God gave him the instruction of how to build the Ark, he never questioned or added his own ideas. He acted according to the design and finishing pattern given to him.
63. In the case of Job, it was almost the same thing. If we can go to Jeremiah 7:8-11, the word of God was sounding harder against Baal worshippers.
64. “You think that because the Temple is here, you will never suffer? Don’t fool yourselves! Do you really think that you can steal, Murder, Commit adultery, lie and worship Baal and all those new gods of yours, and then come here and stand before me in my temple and chant, “we are saved” only to go right back to all these evil things again?
65. Is my temple but a den of robbers in your eyes? For I see all the evil going on in there”.
66. Almighty God is not happy that the people He created, instead of worshipping Him have resorted to worshipping of idols.
67. In the message- FLEE FROM IDOLS, part 2, vol.1, page 125:2-3, The Lord speaks: “God created human beings. Human beings created Idols.
68. Instead of worshipping their creator, they started worshipping their creature. Instead of man to bow down in worship of his creator, he is now bowing down in worship of the thing he created by himself. The one he created for himself.”
69. Most of us worship these idols in our hearts and still without shame profess the name of God.
70. Once we come to a point where we abandon our trust on the divine power that created us, bear it in mind that we have arrived at “the point of no return” or extinction.
71. In the same message, page 16:5 God made us to understand one basic truth about idol worship. He said “Before, we had that primitive idea that worshipping idol is when you just cut down a piece of wood and paint it or buy one rubber or whatever and place it in your house.
72. We did not know that idol worship takes place in the heart. In wickedness, they do not know this.”
73. In page 29:46 of the same message God told us also that “If we can use that zeal by which we admit this nonsense; if we can use that zeal to admit the existence of God, serve God, create the fear of God in ourselves and in our children, nobody will deny us of Eternal Life.”
74. Let us continue reading. In page 59:29-30, God warned us thus “Hear me very well. All idolaters are murderers, whether ancient idolaters or modern idolaters. Modern idolaters are in the church. Ancient idolaters are sitting down in their shrines. Get rid of idolatry.
75. The message says, Flee from idols! Take flight from idols! Do not give it any place in your heart. Stamp it out of your families and out of your minds. Amen.”
76. If we can confidently and humbly worship this God with all our hearts, obey Him, Love Him and have absolute faith in Him, our souls cannot fail. We will overcome all these vain fears because we are sure and certain that God cannot fail us. Amen.
77. “What profit was there in worshipping all your man-made idols? What a foolish lie that they could help! What fools you were to trust what yourself had made” Habakkuk 2:18 (LB).
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79. “Why are you shaking in the mind? Every little trial, many of you will begin to shake. Some will begin to lose their convictions. Where you convinced from the beginning? Are you sure you were convinced?
80. Know whether you are saved or not, because your salvation depends on what you believe.” Son of Man, from the message- NOW I KNOW THAT THOU ART A MAN OF GOD. Page 104, Nugget.
81. So, we shall continue to ask God to help us to stand firm in our conviction because one who is fully convinced cannot be afraid of anything.
82. “If you do not have the conviction that I am What I am claiming to be, you are not my disciple (an Elect). He that created the heaven and earth is here with you bodily.
83. If you are not here by revelation of whom I am (The Supreme Intelligence Himself), you are not with me. A liberally minded fellow is the only person that is qualified to search for knowledge and wisdom.
84. If you were satisfied with what you knew before, there is no need inquiring for more. Where human knowledge stops is where God’s knowledge starts.” MY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ME. Page 8. So we should believe and hide under the canopy of God and fear of the unknown will vanish.
85. “Terrify not thy soul with vain fears, neither let thy heart sink within thee from the phantoms of imagination.” If we can listen to His words of reason and stop quarreling with Him, we will arrive our port of call happily.
86. Be more ready to love than to hate; so shall we be loved. The body that quarrels with cloth will go naked and so quarrelling with the Word of God means fighting with God and that fellow is getting ready to dance and romance with the devil..
87. God is wonderful in all His ways. His counsels are inscrutable and the manner of His knowledge goes beyond our mortal understanding;
88. so if we are coming to the Throne of God, we should bow down before Him in reverence and in humility and more importantly inform yourself of your own ignorance for you are standing before the Greatest Seat of Wisdom.
89. We have to stop our rebellious characters and embrace Christ. When we commit, we hide, believing Almighty God does not see us. That is height of unbelief. Let me ask this question– what will he who is hiding a fire do about the smoke?
CONCLUSION
LET GRATITUDE TO HEAVEN INSPIRE YOU WITH DEVOTION
O respect God, therefore, all the days of thy life, and walk in the paths which He hath opened before thee. Let prudence admonish thee, let temperance restrain, let justice guide thine hand, let benevolence warm thine heart, and let gratitude to heaven inspire thee with devotion.
2. These shall give thee happiness in thy present state and future one, and bring thee to the mansions of eternal felicity in the paradise of God.” From the manuscript- unto thee I grant.
3. “Wheresoever the sun doth shine, wheresoever the wind doth blow, wheresoever there is an ear to hear, and a mind to conceive– there let the percept of life be made known, let the maxims of truth be honored and obeyed.”
4. Note! “The righteousness of a child of God lies in his obedience to the Word of God. His uttermost concern is his relationship with God, nothing else.
5. Any time his conscience convicts him of iniquity before God, he loses his peace of mind until he has made it right.
6. God speaks to every seed of His; each time, God will call him; warn him and tells him what He wants him to know?
7. God can speak to him through dream or audible voice. He will hear it very audibly as if somebody is there speaking with him.” Son of Man. In the message- ARE YOU A CHURCHGOER OR A TRUE WORSHIPPER OF GOD? Page 33:1-2.
8. An Igbo proverb added this “The tortoise said that the death which his two eyes have seen approaching cannot consume him”. God has told us countless times about the approaching hell inferno and has asked us to run for our dear lives.
9. Are we waiting to prove whether it is true or not before we change our attitude towards life and godliness? Majority of us are involved.
10. What is on the way coming will engulf humanity and the punishment will be of superlative degree. God help us for we are helpless.
11. Brethren lets love one another and pray for our individual selves so that our God who is in our midst will continue to keep us safe in His hands for without His love encircling us, all our effort will be carnally laid without any positive end.
12. Let us turn around from evil, be filled with the fear of the Lord and harken unto His voice for they are full of protective powers, honour and eternal life.
13. He is and will remain who He is no matter what our beliefs or actions are. Let us worship and adore Him.
14. “How great you are, Lord God! We have never heard of any other god like you. And there is no other god” 2nd Samuel 7:22. (LB).
15. “Wherefore thou are great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.” (KJV).
16. “The fear of implementing the Messages, which we have received so far, which are tested and tried Truth, which contains facts of life, is due to lack of courage.
17. These Messages are given to us to raise our spiritual consciousness so that we can reach a level we can receive transit from God
18. . When you have the revelation, which is personal to you, then you will know how to worship God acceptably.” FELLOWSHIP 13th Jan.2008.
19. “I am sent for the perfection of all God’s people starting from the Garden of Eden. In Me the works of God are made perfect. Yes!
20. But as many as refused to accept Me as their saviour, believe My message, the wrath of God shall be revealed upon them starting from the Garden of Eden where Cain slew Abel.”
21. In Ephesians1:9 God revealed the secret to us why He came to redeem us.” God has told us his secret reason for sending Christ, a plan He decided on in mercy long ago and this was His purpose: that when the time is ripe He will gather us all together from wherever we are in heaven or on earth- to be with Him in Christ, forever.”
PRAER.
Oh! God, now the aura of destruction is oozing out of the planet earth, the only power and authority that can protect people from this approaching hellish condition is only but you, and you alone.
2. You alone have the power to change circumstances and events. You are the stature of the perfect man, incorruptible personality- you are our refuge and strength.”
3. God is our refuge and strength, and ever present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1.
4. And also “Let us praise the Lord together, and exalt His Name” psalm 34:3 (LB).
5. We cannot be believers and an unbeliever at the same time and our idolatrous lives remain the greatest opposition to human spiritual development as you made us to understand.
6. This world we are living in is in absolute control of the evil one and may God forbid that we should be held captives in its cup of iniquity because once we submit to its leadership, that means we are laying foundation for eternal destruction.
7. Help us O Lord to stand firm in your Words and our stand point should be on attitude of gratitude and more so, we pray that you will give us the spirit of boldness and courage to enable us keep marching on in this spiritual journey.
8. Let us proclaim the joyful song “This Comforter has come.” We are hoping on you.
9. In Isaiah 43:1, you said” Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by your name; you are mine.”
10. My God, may your precious love see us as mere mortals and let your spirit continually abide with us through the entrance of your Word into our souls.
11. We always have this in the back of our minds that we cannot do anything without your backing and support. You are our Guide, Director, God etc and nothing short of that.
12. Keep us safe in your bosom at this trial period so that your warm protection will fortify our faith in you. With humility, thankful worship we adore and worship you. May YOUR MIGHTY NAME be glorified forever. Amen and Amen.
THE PURITY OF THE FAITH OF CHRIST VS THE FILTHINESS OF OUR MINDS
PREACHED ON 26 MAY 2021 BY PASTOR ROTIMI AKINTAN
LAGOS HOUSEHOLD.
CHAPTER 1
WHAT A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE WE ARE ENJOYING IN CHRIST
Remain blessed brethren. To God be the glory, great things he has done. I will like to first appreciate the existence of the one and only true God in Our midst, in the person of Apostle Peter Odoemena (blessed be his most holy name). HE came for the true bride only not the general assembly.
2. Yes, this is because I am a shepherd by his grace and it is now that we are worshipping God in our homes that the true nature of brethren is fully manifesting.
3. I will be taking my text from the book of 2 Samuel Chapter 7 verses 28 (2 Sam. 7:28) And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.
4. We see expressly here that Christ is God Almighty and his word is truth and nothing but the truth. It behooves on all children of God to take him at his word, this is because it is the word of God which sanctifies us as God’s children.
5. Follow me to the book of John 17: 17 & 19. John 17: 17 & 19. 17 Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth.
6. Can we all hear it? We are only (1) sanctified (2) consecrated (3) separated from the world around us and made Holy and justified by the word of God we take into our heart.
7. It is an amazing privilege that we are enjoying the presence of no less a personality than the Elohim himself, who has arrived to live among us in these last days.
8. I delight myself by his presence and purity of purpose to which he uses to guide us back to himself on a daily basis. What manner of love is this? I will remain grateful to him eternally for making me a co-laborer in his vineyard.
9. This is the highest honor any being born of a woman can attain in this life and more importantly the gift of eternal, which is our right as God’s Children.
10. I strongly believe that my number one ID card is that I am a child of God and I belong to the creator of Heaven and Earth.
11. What a wonderful privilege we are enjoying in Christ. This I do not take for granted. Every day, I am always humbled that God is my Father.
12. Verse 19 – And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth.
13. Are you hearing it? For my sake, Apostle Peter Odoemana (Blessed be his most only name), God Himself, Oh no! Sanctified himself, dedicated himself, consecrated himself.
14. The voice has been echoing repeatedly that HE is born to righteousness and righteousness cannot depart from Him. Have we not been hearing it? He is living a perfect life amongst us in this wicked and crooked generation
15. Listen carefully, that I, (put your own name there), will be sanctified, dedicated and made holy, the same way HE is. This is the reason why God keeps telling us that until we attain his nature, there is no hope of paradise for us.
16. We must act like HIM, behave like HIM, hate what HE hates, and Love all HE loves. In so doing, we have fulfilled all that HE expects of us.
17. Unfortunately, in most of our homes and individual lives, the reverse is the case.
18. In my own little life experience so far, I have never and I repeat, I have never met or seen any individual who is purer, most gentle, meeker, transparent and translucent like my father and God, Apostle Peter Odoemena.
19. That is why; I always query myself whenever I find myself in any situation I fall short of the standard God has set for us in everything.
20. He is of purer eyes to behold iniquity, thus, he expects me to live as he is practically manifesting daily amongst the bride.
21. John chapter 17 Verse 3; And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.
22. We can all attest to the fact that the Son of Man has manifested all convincing attributes of God long, long time ago, even before all the Parchment and Archaeological books became known.
23. It is upon this revelation that God said blessed are those who have not seen yet they believe. There are two categories of people here on earth, the believing group (Elect) and the non-believing group.
24. The difference between them is very distinct and clear. The real believers believe all things from God because they acknowledged wholeheartedly HE whom God has placed his name upon in their own generation.
25. Let us go down to verse 6 of the same chapter, John 17:6 I have manifested Your Name [I have revealed Your very Self, Your real Self] to the people whom You have given Me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed and kept Your word.
26. The elect have kept God’s words by living according to them on a daily basis. Halleluiah! See verses 7-9
27. Verse 7 Now [at last] they know and understand that all You have given Me belongs to You [is really and truly Yours].
28. 8For the [uttered] words that you gave me I have given them; and they have received and accepted [them] and have come to know positively and in reality [to believe with absolute assurance] that I came forth from Your presence, and they have believed and are convinced that You did send Me.
29. 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying (requesting) for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they belong to You.
30. Let see the second group, which is the unbelieving group in the book of St. John Chapter 5 verses 30 – 47
31. John 5:30 I am able to do nothing from Myself [independently, of My own accord–but only as I am taught by God and as I get His orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I am bidden to decide.
32. As the voice comes to Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me.
33. 31If I alone testify in my behalf, my testimony is not valid and cannot be worth anything. 32There is another who testifies concerning Me, and I know and am ceSSrtain that His evidence on My behalf is true and valid.
34. 33You yourselves have sent [an inquiry] to John and he has been a witness to the truth. 34 But I do not receive [a mere] human witness [the evidence which I accept on My behalf is not from man]; but I simply mention all these things in order that you may be saved (made and kept safe and sound).
35. 35John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to delight (sun) yourselves in his light.
36. 36But I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish and finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness and proof that the Father has sent Me.
37. 37And the Father Who sent Me has Himself testified concerning Me. Not one of you has ever given ear to His voice or seen His form (His face–what He is like). [You have always been deaf to His voice and blind to the vision of Him.]
38. 38And you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent. [That is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.]
39. 39You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!
40. 40And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life.
41. 41I receive not glory from men [I crave no human honor, I look for no mortal fame], 42 But I know you and recognize and understand that you have not the love of God in you.
42. 43I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval.
43. 44How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God?
44. 45Put out of your minds the thought and do not suppose [as some of you are supposing] that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you–it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes [in whom you trust].
45. 46For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally].
46. 47But if you do not believe and trust his writings, how then will you believe and trust My teachings? [How shall you cleave to and rely on My words?]
47. We can see from the above scripture as evident in the excerpt of the legends of the Jews that Moses testified also of the Son of Man.
48. When we believe in the words of the Son of Man, act on them daily, it will be well with our souls. God helping me, I will go further to expatiate on this fact stated above. Turn with me to the book of John Chapter 15 verse 3 only, Amplified bible
49. John 15: 3 You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].
50. It is evidently clear here that what cleanses every true believer is the words that proceed out of the mouth of the Son of Man. What does the cleansing is the word of God we take in daily. Amen.
51. Ephesians 5:26-27 So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word, 27That He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such things [that she might be holy and faultless].
52. God is the one who does the purification, sanctification and re-orientation of our souls, washing it with his unadulterated word. The fountain we are benefiting from is very costly for it is the life of a Man, the very Son of Man. Brethren, how we ought to be very careful.
53. Let us read Psalm 12 verse 6 only; Psalm 12:6; The words and promises of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.
54. Halleluyah! The words and promises of God are Pure, clean and clear. There is no form of ambiguity in His word. They are as clear as the day just as a silver purified, processed repeatedly until it illuminates the heart of all believers.
55. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
56. It is amazing that at a time like this when brethren ought to be closing ranks among each other that disputes of all sorts are coming up among us even in families of ministers and brethren alike.
57. See what the scripture says. 1 Corinthians 6: 8-11 But [instead it is you] yourselves who wrong and defraud, and that even your own brethren [by so treating them]!
58. 9Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality,
59. The scriptures says; it is you instead. This calls for pondering. Why are all these evils listed here found amongst us? Where and from whom did you learn all this?
60. God has manifested all his attributes both the supernatural and physical godly attributes on how we ought to go about our daily life activities.
61. Verse 10Nor cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.
62. This scripture is as clear as the day. Now I go a little further, see the great truth that has eluded many people, yet they do not know.
CHAPTER 2
ERASE ALL FILTHINESS OF MIND AND EMBRACE THE TOTAL PURITY OF CHRIST.
I Thessalonians 5:21-24 But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good; [to that] hold fast. 22Abstain from evil [shrink from it and keep aloof from it] in whatever form or whatever kind it may be.
2. 23And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
3. Brethren, it is unfortunate, that we do not observe deep meditation. Is Christ who is God not here with us already? Teaching and guiding us using his word on how we ought to be careful in our pursuit of the perishable things of this present world.
4. He has and is still admonishing us to put our affections on spiritual things that leads to life eternal with him, the Son of Man.
5. 24Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]
6. The words of the son of man is purer and more valuable than gold or ornaments. Let us read in the book of Psalms,Psalm 19:7-14 The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the [whole] person; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
7. The law of God is perfect, restoring us back to our senses, making us very humble and simple.
8. 8The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure and bright, enlightening the eyes.
9. Brethren, his words are very true and correct, oh no, gladdening the heart and making us see things clearly and thoroughly
10. 9The [reverent] fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 10More to be desired are they than gold, even than much fine gold; they are sweeter also than honey and drippings from the honeycomb.
11. 11Moreover, by them is Your servant warned (reminded, illuminated, and instructed); and in keeping them there is great reward.
12. You see, through Gods ordinances we are illuminated, warned from danger and reminded of his words, which we have neglected and forgotten. Our complete obedience to God’s words brings us great and unfathomable rewards.
13. 12 Who can discern his lapses and errors? Clear me from hidden [and unconscious] faults. It takes the righteous redeemer to show us our flaws and clear us from hidden faults, which may have evaded our memories.
14. 13Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then shall I be blameless, and I shall be innocent and clear of great transgression.
15. The Lord is the one who can keep us all (Elect) from presumptuous sins through his word, so that we become blameless in his sight.
16. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my [firm, impenetrable] Rock and my Redeemer.
17. New International Version Psalm 19:7-14 7The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
18. 8The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
19. 9The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous. 10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.
20. 11By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.12 But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
21. 13 Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
22. 14May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
23. From the above scripture, we should esteem God’s word more than our daily bread; than any other human desire we may have here on earth. In the days of Prophet Jeremiah, God was not pleased with his people, Jeremiah came professing to God all he did and he (Jeremiah) repented of his sins.
24. Jeremiah 15:16-17 Your words were found, and I ate them; and Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.
25. 17I sat not in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me, for You had filled me with indignation.
26. The word of God is not only to make us rejoice when we live right, but also to make us sober when we are found in error because as God’s children, we cannot be happy when we disobey his word.
27. St Paul in his days admonished his people who love God to be steadfast in the things of God, taking their time to learn his ways.
28. Colossians 1: 9 – 10 For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things.
29. 10That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition].
30. We are to live our daily lives to please God, devoid of offence and of good intention towards everyone.
31. We should be wiser every day because the only Wise God is sojourning with us and we are receiving direct teachings from Him on a daily basis. The wisdom acquired from him will teach us humility and purity of life in God.
32. Let us read it in the book of James 3: 13-18. 13Who is there among you who is wise and intelligent? Then let him by his noble living show forth his [good] works with the [unobtrusive] humility [which is the proper attribute] of true wisdom.
33. Halleluiah! God’s wisdom is the compass director of every true child of God.
34. 14But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry, selfish ambition) in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth. Jealousy and selfishness are against truth.
35. 15This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal). 16For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices.
36. 17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity).
37. Every true elect should manifest this perfect fruit. For these are God’s own attributes illustrated. With this comes righteousness from God.
38. 18And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God’s will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts].
39. The word of God has made us peaceful men and women with an undisturbed peace in our hearts. Let us see more ways we can erase all filthiness of mind and embrace the total purity of Christ.
40. Roman 12:9-18. 9[Let your] love be sincere (a real thing); hate what is evil [loathe all ungodliness, turn in horror from wickedness], but hold fast to that which is good.
41. 10Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another. 11 Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord.
42. 12Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer.
43. 13Contribute to the needs of God’s people [sharing in the necessities of the saints]; pursue the practice of hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you [who are cruel in their attitude toward you]; bless and do not curse them.
44. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others’ joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others’ grief] 16Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty (snobbish, high-minded, exclusive), but readily adjust yourself to [people, things] and give yourselves to humble tasks. Never overestimate yourself or be wise in your own conceits. [Prov. 3:7.]
45. 17Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is honest and proper and noble [aiming to be above reproach] in the sight of everyone. [Prov. 20:22.] 18If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
46. We become very purposeful, obedient, zealous in the things of God when we allow the word of God dominate our hearts and minds. There are no two ways about it.
47. We must live for God and God alone. It is through God’s own teaching that we attain God’s nature, which remains our sole and exclusive ticket to paradise.
48. Let us examine few additional scriptures regarding this all-important matter.2 Peter chapter verses 3 through 4; 3 For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).
49. 4By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature.
50. Through the teachings of the Great Mahdi in our midst, we are shielded from all forms of corruption and vices of the devil.
51. I strongly believe that every soul that yearns for Godly living will definitely achieve it with God’s help and love.
52. Psalm 107:9 For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good.
53. Hebrew 4: 12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.
54. A child of God is a ready-made material that is every active and sharpened for only good works. For he has the attributes and the very life of Christ in him.
CHAPTER 3
PUT ON GOD’S COMPLETE AMOUR, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND YOUR GROND
Ephesians 6: 10-17 In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].
2. 11Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
3. 12For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.
4. 13Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]. 14 Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God,
5. 15And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace. [Isa. 52:7.]
6. 16Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one]. 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God.
7. Philippians 4:19 And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
8. 2 corinthians 3; 4-6 (God is my competency) 4Such is the reliance and confidence that we have through Christ toward and with reference to God.
9. 5Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God.
10. 6[It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant [of salvation through Christ], not [ministers] of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the code [of the Law] kills, but the [Holy] Spirit makes alive.
11. If we abide in the word of God, nothing will separate us from God.
12. Rom 8:37 yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. let the word of God which is pure direct our path to righteousness. Psa 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
13. Let us have genuine reverential fear of God. It shall be well with the righteous.
14. Psa 34:9 O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.
15. Finally, let us consider Psalm 37: 3-6, and verses 9-11. 3 Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.
16. 4Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.
17. 6And He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as [the shining sun of] the noonday.
18. 9For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait and hope and look for the Lord [in the end] shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the evildoers will be no more; though you look with care where they used to be, they will not be found.
19. 11But the meek [in the end] shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
20. Brethren with these few words, we ought to have realized that God is pure in heart and purpose, but the filthiness of our hearts and minds has hindered us from enjoying all the blessings that God has in store for all his children.
21. It is wise that we all stop quarrelling with God, ask for forgiveness of our mistakes and strive daily to live in total purity of heart. It shall be well with the righteous children of God.
22. Let us all continue striving to be found daily in the Son of Man whom righteousness can never depart from. This is the only way we will be partakers of the eternal riches in Christ.
23. On this note, I say remain blessed Saint of God.