WHY THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT NEGOTIABLE (EXPLAINED) PREACHED DURING NIGHT ALTAR ON MONDAY 27TH JULY 2020 AT THE BRIDAL LODGE, NSUGBE ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN
Once you deny that Christ is a human being, you have denied the Deity, for whosoever that must come to Him, must believe that He is and that He exists.
NOW I KNOW THAT THOU ART A MAN OF GOD; Teaching on Sunday 28th February,
1999; Pg. 123
PROLOGUE
PRAYER
Our dear heavenly Father, we have come again before Your presence this evening because You have given us, O God, another opportunity to come at Thy feet, O God, to hear You talk to our souls.
2. The hour we are living in is very, very precarious and very unpredictable. And there is no other thing we need than to make sure O God, that we are maintaining a healthy relationship with You and with one another by drawing closer to You on a daily basis and every minute of the day, that we might be found, O God, in You – doing Your will and not our own will.
3. We went out this morning in Your Name and in your power. Father, we rubbed shoulders with people. We had everything in common with all human beings and we are here again.
4. We bow our heads low asking You, O God; in any way, Father we offended – in words, in thoughts, in actions – please forgive us for Your Name’s sake.
5. We are here tonight, O God, for the purification of our hearts especially now that we have rolled into the hour of final purification of the Bride, preparatory for presentation to the Bridegroom.
6. Lord, we pray Thee to pass through us tonight in a very wonderful way. Lord, prepare us and make us ready at all times and use us O God, as a channel of blessing to all mankind, especially the Elect. No matter where they are found, unite all of them to the Godhead.
7. We bow our heads low and plead with You, O Lord of all Spirits that in any way the devil will try to accuse us before You, reject all his accusations for Your Name’s sake, for You had already purposed to bless us;
8. And You said, “No one can impute anything sin upon Your own Elect – not even You the Almighty.”
9. Father, we therefore plead with You that You cover us in Your righteousness. Cover us in Your Holiness and let us stand before you perfect, O God.
10. Let Your Word finish up whatever that remains in our lives and in the lives of all that are called by Your Name unto salvation – not for your wrath or for destruction.
11. Tonight, O God, the Message we want to consider which was handled in Enugu by our evangelist, Lord we pray thee, use this Message, O King of Glory, to stabilize us more, Father, in Your Faith, that nobody, O God, that is connected with this Family will have reason to shirk or to doubt or to be afraid of any amazement or be afraid of disappointments, for that will not be found in our dictionary.
12. Father, decree out all disappointments. Decree out, O God, anything that runs contrary to Your perfect will concerning us. May it never be associated with us.
13. As we study tonight, help us O God to understand and to act right.
14. We pray, O God, believing You have answered us for Your Name’s sake.
As you remain in the Message you have received steadfast, unmovable, surely “that glorious day,” you will never say, “Had I known.” You will never regret getting acquainted with Brother Peter Odoemena. On that day, when this life is over, then you will know fully well that I AM HE.
AS I THOUGHT ON MY WAYS VOL 3; preached on 24th December, 2000; Pg. 128 vs. 143 – 144
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THE SECRET OF THIS JOURNEY
We give God the praise. We honour and we worship Him because that is our whole duty.
2. I think it is better for us to stay in the presence of God hearing His Word than to sit down and watch television, for whatever we are hearing; whatever we are seeing; these are the things that inform our characters.
3. YOU MUST KNOW THE HEIGHT YOU HAVE ATTAINED SPIRITUALLY BEFORE YOU WATCH THE TELEVISION OR BEGIN TO LISTEN TO NEWS FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA. OTHERWISE, YOUR LIFE MAY BE INFLUENCED WRONGLY.
4. SO, YOU MUST BE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SPIRITUAL HEIGHT WHERE YOU CAN BE IN A POSITION TO DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD, WHAT CONSTITUTES WRONG INFORMATION AND WHAT IS RIGHT INFORMATION BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE INFORMED AND ENLIGHTENED RIGHTLY, YOU WILL ACT RIGHTLY.
5. OFTEN TIMES, OUR MISBEHAVIORS CAN BE CREDITED TO MISINFORMATIONS. SOMETIMES, THEY ARE INFORMATIONS WE GATHERED FROM OUTSIDE OUR FAITH.
6. For there is no information we received from God that will mislead us unless we have run into the hands of miscreants, renegades, sycophants, never-do-wells, who will try in one way or the other to spoil you with vain philosophy.
7. BUT AS LONG AS YOU ARE GLUING YOUR EARS TO THE UNADULTERATED WORD OF GOD WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOU, SAVE YOUR SOUL AND GIVE YOU A PLACE IN PARADISE AND YOU ARE SINCERE WHILE HOLDING IT, TRULY SPEAKING, YOU WILL NEVER ACT WRONGLY.
8. If there be anything wrong influence, you will notice it. There is nothing that will take you unawares because you are conscious; You are always on the alert.
9. So, tell Me how the devil can overtake you when you are constantly on the move. The move is on. We are moving with the moving tide.
10. UNTIL YOU STOP SOMEWHERE AND YOU BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THE WORLD, THE DEVIL WILL NOT MEET YOU THERE AND OVERTAKE YOU.
11. THE MOMENT THE DEVIL MEETS YOU AND THEN OVERTAKES YOU, HE BLOCKS YOU FROM MOVING FURTHER. HE (THE DEVIL) PUSHES YOU BACK.
12. Watch what happened to the young prophet.
13. 20And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, 22but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
14. 23And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass. [1 Kings 13:20 – 24 KJV]
15. The young prophet from Judah God sent to Jeroboam in Bethel to go and proclaim woe to the altars Jeroboam built – one in Bethel and the other in Dan – to hinder people from coming to Jerusalem, the approved place of worship as at that time.
16. He wanted to make for himself a name. He wanted to be popular. God hated the two altars he erected, telling people that it was too far to travel from Bethel to Jerusalem, – “After all, God is everywhere”.
17. GOD CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE. GOD MUST BE FOUND IN HIS CHOSEN PLACE OF ABODE. GOD HAS A HOME. GOD HAS A TABERNACLE. AND THAT IS WHERE WORSHIP TAKES PLACE.
18. ANY PLACE WHERE GOD MUST BE WORSHIPPED MUST BE A PLACE CHOSEN BY GOD AND APPROVED BY GOD FOR HIS WORSHIP. OTHERWISE, IT IS WORSHIPPING AMISS. THE WORSHIPPERS ARE WASTING THEIR TIME.
19. Watch the young prophet. When he was going back, he was going back in disobedience; following the route he was forbidden to follow. He equally disclosed his secret there because he thought disclosing it will make the people to help him more.
20. 16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: 17for it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. [1 Kings 13:16 – 17 KJV]
21. He was having his eyes on money – what he will collect from the people after doing what the Lord said. When God commanded him not to eat or drink or enter anybody’s house and not to follow the route he followed while going. He disobeyed all!
22. While going home, he (the young prophet) saw an oak tree along the road, sat down there pretending to be weak. Bible said, “His mind was meditating on the promises he abandoned.The good will of the people which they wanted to shower on him.”
23. He started regretting why he was going home empty-handed. While he was meditating on that day, the ancient prophet; the abandoned prophet; the expired prophet met him there, overtook him and then turned his ass. Discussion or conversation ensued.
24. 13And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. 15Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. [1 Kings 13:13 – 15 KJV]
25. In the process of the conversation, do you know what happened? The old prophet succeeded in turning him back. The Bible said that the old prophet now carried him (the young prophet) in his (the old prophet) own ass.
26. He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. [1 Kings 13:18 – 19 KJV]
27. I can imagine the man sitting at the back of the horse while the old prophet was throttling back. That is what the devil does.
28. THE MOMENT THE DEVIL MEETS YOU ON THE WAY, HE WILL TRY TO OVERTAKE YOU AND THEN BLOCK YOU; ENGAGE YOU IN A DISCUSSION THAT WILL MAKE YOU TO GO BACK WITH HIM.
29. Then, you will begin to discover errors that never existed; things you could have done which never existed. You will be painting a rosy picture of what you will gain if only you will agree to go back with him.
30. Before you know it, you will become a stammerer. You go there! Who has ever tried it and came out of it safe? Nobody. There is no record of anybody who attempted it and came out alive. It does not exist in the Scriptures or in history.
31. SO, THE SECRET OF THIS JOURNEY LIES IN CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT. KEEP ON MOVING FORWARD. DO NOT LOOK BACK. MOVE WITH THE MOVING TIDE. THAT IS ALL.
32. BUT ANY DAY YOU WANT TO GO BACK, EITHER IN THE SPIRIT OR IN THE FLESH, YOU WILL NEVER COME BACK AGAIN. YOU WILL NEVER COME BACK AGAIN.
33. That is why the Bible said that when somebody who believed this faith, repents of his evil ways and embraces this truth; any day he goes back, his condition then will be worse than his former condition when he knew not the truth. His wild life will be uncontrollable. He becomes a naked devil’s incarnate.
34. 43But when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through dry [arid] places in search of rest, but it does not find any. 44Then it says, I will go back to my house from which I came out. And when it arrives, it finds the place unoccupied, swept, put in order, and decorated.
35. 45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there. And the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. So also shall it be with this wicked generation.
36. And that is why the person will perish in that iniquity. For he knew what he is doing, he has been shown the right way, the truth evidently set out and he deliberately abandons the truth and goes back to what he vomited. His condition becomes worse.
37. So, with these few words of encouragement, let us go to the message proper – WHY THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
38. You either do it as the Lord commands or leave it.
39. 5Follow the LORD’s rule for doing His work, just as an athlete either follows the rules or is disqualified and wins no prize. [2 Timothy 2:5 LB]
40. You do not begin to negotiate with your brother or your sister the way it will be done; whether it will be half-implemented or fully implemented. No!
41. 15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, 16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; IMMEDIATELY I CONFERRED NOT WITH FLESH AND BLOOD: 17neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; BUT I WENT INTO ARABIA, AND RETURNED AGAIN UNTO DAMASCUS. [Galatians 1:15 – 17 KJV]
42. 15But when God, who set me apart from
birth and called me by his grace, was pleased 16to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I DID NOT CONSULT ANY MAN, 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, BUT I WENT IMMEDIATELY INTO ARABIA AND LATER RETURNED TO DAMASCUS. [Galatians 1:15 – 17 LB]
43. If you want to implement, implement all. You want to abandon, abandon all.
44. So, let us open our ears and we will hear something tonight that will help us to sleep very well.
45. This is because when you go to bed with the Word of God, your dream will tell you really that you had an encounter with God. Meditations in your heart will keep you alive spiritually even till daybreak. The experience will linger. Amen.
46. So, without mincing words, we allow our Apostle to read it for us. Everybody, give him ears.
……God has made it impossible for people to know Him by means of their own wisdom. Hence with your own wisdom, you can never know God. How do you know God? Do you know God by your own wisdom? If there is any God you can identify by your own wisdom, that is the devil. That God can never be the Almighty God.
AS WE WAIT AT THE GATE OF PARADISE VOL 2; preached on Sunday 3rd April, 2011; Pg. 43 vs. 9 – 10
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THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD
This morning, as we are waiting for the promise of God to materialize… it is now this night …we shall not be idle.
2. The Scripture said that we should continue to abide in the truth. We shall continue to abide in the Word of God. We should not be waiting in vain. We should be waiting in the fear of God.
3. Something is expected of us now that we are waiting. It is now necessary that we should go back and re-introduce the Message we heard from the beginning to know the person we are having dealings with. Sure!
4. It is also necessary that we should know the manner of God we are having dealings with so as to know what is demanded from us.
5. This morning, we are going to open the message, THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. The message titled, THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD.
6. We want to consider few things to know exactly what God said in the time past, to know what is expected of us at this time of the year.
7. [THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD; Preached on Saturday, 16th June, 2001 at the household of God Obiakpu Egbema by Apostle Peter Odoemena, THE SON OF MAN]. 19 years ago!
8. We are going to read from chapter one, starting from verse one.
9. “I have authority. All the authorities in heaven and on earth have been conferred to Me. Whatsoever I bind here on earth is bound in heaven. Whatever I loose here is loosed in heaven. If you like believe it, if you do not like, do not believe it.
10. Know that wherever you go to, you will be pointed back to Me. You search the Scriptures; you think in them you have eternal life: but they testify of Me.
11. You do not know Me, but the Scriptures will testify about Me. God is omnipotent and omnipresent. His eyes runneth to and fro all over the earth. He knows what is happening everywhere.”
12. We still go to the same message. Pg. 19 verse 10. It is quoted here.Psalms 137 from verse 7 through verse 12 GNB.…Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence?
13. If I went up to heaven, you would be there; if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there. If I flew away beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west, you would be there to lead me; you would be there to help me.
14. I could ask the darkness to hide me or the light around me to turn into night, but even darkness is not dark for you, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and night are the same to you”
15. Can you see the nature of God we are worshipping? Whether it is in the darkness or night, it is the same God. It means nothing to Him.
16. Which means the eyes of the Lord is seeing everything that is happening here on earth. If you like, hide in the remotest part of the world. God is seeing you there. Did you get the Message?
17. So, if you want to hide; if you know that place where the eyes of God cannot get to, that is where you can hide and be safe, then, that place does not exist. It does not exist.
18. You see why when God will judge, He will judge righteously, for He will now play back; He will see the playback. You see yourself there and you will see exactly what you did and how you did it.
19. That is why God is a just God. Nobody comes before Him in judgment and wins any case. And He does not call anybody as witness.
20. God is an expert in playing back.When God plays back, you will see what you did in secret place. You will see what you did in the open place. You will see all your actions x-rayed. The whole world will see it at the same time.
21. That is why we are doing our best to make sure God will judge us and set us free now, so that we shall not be judged with the world when they will file to watch all their evil deeds as we watch television.
22. ANYBODY WHO FAILS TO REPENT FULLY AND BE CONVERTED, DEFINITELY, WILL BE A SPECTACLE TO THE WHOLE WORLD, FOR THE BIBLE SAID THAT HE IS GOING TO MAKE AN OPEN SHOW OF THE DEVIL AND ALL THAT THE DEVIL DECEIVED ON THE WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT.
23. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. [Colossians 2:15 NIV]
24. So, people that we might be calling “Good good Brother, Good Sister” and everything, if they happen to be hypocrites who are hiding under the cloak of the Faith of THE SON OF MAN, on that day, the world will see them.
25. They will be given a place with the devil that deceived them; showcased in the air. Not on the screen. You will see everything.
26. 22And Shaitân (Satan) will say when the matter has been decided: “Verily, God promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me (Satan) as a partner with God (by obeying me in the life of the world). Verily, there is a painful torment for the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).”
27. The saved, the redeemed, will be in their theophany bodies and watch them. Remember, theophany body will make the supernaturals to dwell with the naturals. We will be watching them as spectators.
28. Page 33 of the same message THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD, verse 47. We want to trace the God we are having dealings with to know what should be our attitudes towards Him.
29. I hope nobody is doubting what I am saying? Do not doubt it. The people that went to Lot, they went in their theophany estate vested with the power to make people blind. Is it not true?
30. What did they use to close the door which the people could not force open, for God is the one who closes a door, and no one can open it?
31. Was that door constructed that night? The Bible said that the people thronged there and were hitting the door intending to push it down. But they could not succeed because the hand that locked that door was not an ordinary human hand.
32. Remember, they were pursuing them as if they were pursuing human beings. Not knowing that they were supernaturals. They were angels. They were in their theophany estates. I hope you are taking the Message seriously?
33. Pay attention. I am saying that all of us that will be privileged to be clothed with immortality shall be watching from a grandstand as sinners will be dancing the music God will be playing for them.
34. Who will be playing the music for them? The Almighty God they ridiculed. The Almighty God they scoffed at, laughed at and sneered at.
35. On that day, the Almighty God will be beating a drum which they will be dancing to. Today, they are beating the drum for us, but on that day, we shall beat the drum for them.
36. Psalm 11 verse 4 LB. But the Lord is still in His Holy temple; He still rules from heaven. He closely watches everything that happens here on earth.
37. Let me continue the reading from pg. 33 verse 48 of the Message, THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. “God is in His holy temple. His sanctuary, His dwelling place and still rules from heaven, and watches whatever that happens here on earth. This is the God you are worshipping.
38. HE SAID I AM NOT THE GOD THAT IS IN ONE PLACE. I AM IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH AT THE SAME TIME. THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS HERE. THE HOME OF GOD IS HERE.
39. THE INDIVIDUAL WHERE GOD IS DWELLING IS HERE WITH US. FROM HIM, GOD TRAVELS ROUND THE WHOLE WORLD. AFTER TRAVELLING, HE COMES BACK THERE.
40. Like we left here in the morning, but at the end of the day, did we not come back here? God has a home; a dwelling place He made without hands. He made it for Himself.
41. At this point in time, who is asking THE SON OF MAN whether somebody is in Him or not? Who is asking whether the Deity is in THE SON OF MAN? Is there anybody in doubt about this? That was a promise.
42. So, even if you do not say anything, you will say, “SURELY THE ELOHIM DWELLETH IN THE SON OF MAN.”
43. Is anybody in doubt as to whether the Elohim is dwelling in THE SON OF MAN? Anybody who is in doubt is a serpent seed and has no hope of eternal life.
44. Even if you are a transgressor, all you have to do is to acknowledge your sin, and ask Him for mercy. But do not say that He is fake or He does not exist. You cross the divide immediately. And it becomes unpardonable sin.
45. You know where He is dwelling. You know His sanctuary from where He grew out of Himself.
46. If you are asked to point where God is dwelling, His temple, His sanctuary, are you sure you can take somebody there? Are you sure you can get to His temple where he is dwelling…
47. 2001 message! 19 years ago! We are indeed in a prophetic Ministry. As at that time, we had only but the Pillar of Cloud photographed. The rest were unknown. We were anticipating the rest.
48. When David’s feet nearly slipped away, he never knew he had already strayed away until he got to the Holy Sanctuary, he heard what made him to chill: That the prosperity of the wicked is a great temptation to the righteous.
49. Is it not what we are suffering from today?
50. We are tracing this God. We continue our reading from page 41 from verse 8.
51. “If I know that the all-seeing eye of God is on me, I dare not behave myself unseemingly before Him or before anybody. Because I know he is seeing me, He understands me more than I understand myself; Truth!
52. …Even if I try to fool myself, I dare not fool him. When a man has this type of revelation within him, don’t you know that his attitude to life will change? Don’t you know that?
53. He would not need any man to come and compel him to go to church or obey the Lord or do things he knows he should do by personal revelation.
54. Nobody is monitoring you again because you know that you are under the strict monitoring eyes of God. There is an All-seeing Eye watching all of us, and seeing us.
55. Page 45 of the same book, verse 19. “Self-examination is the best examination. Self-inventory; Examine, test, and scrutinize yourself. Do not say, “God knows my heart. God examine me.” No man knows what is in your heart except you. The next person is God.
56. “God knows my heart.” Yes! God knows you as an unbeliever. He knows you as a hypocrite.
57. WHEN A MAN WANDERS OUT OF THE WAY OF TRUTH, HE COMES BACK AND SAYS, “GOD KNOWS MY HEART.”
58. God knows your heart that you are stubborn and disobedient. It is sure and certain because He reads everything in your heart.
59. FOR EVERY DISOBEDIENCE, THERE IS A DEFENSE. Put it down at the table of your heart.
60. MAN IS ALWAYS FULL OF EXCUSES, AND GOD REJECTS ALL HIS EXCUSES, FOR YOU ARE INEXCUSABLE ON MAN; FOR THERE IS NO REASONABLE EXCUSE BEFORE GOD.
61. No defense for evil act. Is there any good way of doing a wrong thing? Is there any convenient time for doing a wrong thing?
62. After all, Eve had a good reason why she disobeyed. Adam had good reason why he listened to the voice of the wife. Don’t you know that Judas had good reasons why he betrayed Christ?
63. There is no man that has no good reasons why he acts in one way or the other. The question arises: How many of those reasons has God ever considered to be very reasonable enough so as to set the culprit free? Not even one.
64. CHECK YOUR SCRIPTURES. TO GIVE EXCUSE IS MAN, TO REJECT EXCUSE IS GOD. IF GOD ENTERTAINS ONE EXCUSE, HE MUST ENTERTAIN THE REST. THUS, IF HE MUST REFUSE, HE MUST REFUSE ALL.
65. Did you get it? Because He has not entertained one excuse, He will not entertain.
66. Hebrew chapter 4, verse 13 [Living Bible]. “He knows about everyone, everywhere. Every-thing about us is bare and wide…
67. King Saul gave excuse that the enemies, the Philistines, surrounded him. For that reason, he disobeyed the instruction given to him by Samuel by rendering a sacrifice instead of waiting for Samuel.
68. When he gave the reason that he was hearing the noise of the battle, “this and that”, the voice said; obedience is better than sacrifice. Is it not true?
69. Aaron had reasons why he molded an image and commanded the people to worship. If you look at the excuse that the people mounted pressure on him; that they wanted to kill him and that they needed something they could see and call it their god. Did God spare him?
70. Hebrew chapter 4 verse 13 [Living Bible]. “He knows about everyone, everywhere. Everything about us is bare and wide open to the all-seeing eyes of our living God; NOTHING CAN BE HIDDEN FROM HIM TO WHOM WE MUST EXPLAIN ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE.”
71. To whom we must explain all that we have done. Hebrew chapter 4 verse 13 [Living Bible].Writeit down in your jotters.YOU MUST GIVE ACCOUNT OF ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD. YOU MUST! WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
72. So, God knows about everyone, everywhere.
……If you are intelligent, you will know that “One” greater than the head of state is in the Bridal Faith. How do you know? By divine revelation. What the entire world is looking for, the reason why they are running to and fro is here amongst us. We are just like little children that are given something that is greater than them. That is exactly what we look like.
ENVY AND JEALOUSY, EVIDENCE OF ACCEPTANCE OF FAILURE; preached on Sunday 25th May, 2008 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 32 vs. 12 – 13
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GOD HAS FULL KNOWLEDGE
OF ALL THINGS
Let us go to Surah chapter 49 verses 16. The Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation Says: ‘What! Will ye instruct Allah about your religion? but Allah knows all that is in heavens and on earth: He has full knowledge of all things.”
2. ALLAH HAS FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THINGS BOTH IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. HOLY QURAN!
3. Allah has full knowledge of all things. Allah knows all things.
4. Surah 96 verses 3 through 5.“Proclaim! and thy Lord is most bountiful- He who taught (the use of) the pen- taught man that which he knew not”.
5. So, the same Allah teaches man that which he does not know for Allah knows all things.
6. He taught the use of the pen for He was the number one that wrote the law on the tablets of stone. Is it not true? Jesus wrote on the ground.
7. We saw the handwriting on the wall in the days of Nebuchadnezzar. And then, He taught human beings how to write with pen. Allah knows all things. Amen! God is great!
8. He has knowledge of all things. His knowledge is limitless. He knows everything. There is nothing you can teach Allah.
9. The same thing Quran is saying is the same thing Bible is saying. Both of them are bearing witness of the type of God we are worshipping.
10. We go to page 69 of the same message, THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD. I repeat the same Hebrew 4 verse 13,
11. “He knows about everyone, everywhere. Everything about us is bare and wide open to the all-seeing eyes of our living God; nothing can be hidden from Him to whom we must explain all that we have done.
12. Verse 20; “That is exactly what I want to get. There is a man you must explain all you have done in this flesh to. If it is not today, it will be tomorrow… Sure! Whether we like it or not. Our unbelief can never change it.
13. Andsince you know that He knows everything about you, and He calls you for explanation, what do you think you will say?
14. This is Somebody you will come before Him to narrate your dream and He will remind you areas you forgot in your dream.
15. You are telling Him your dream. And after everything, He will give you the interpretation: “Hold your peace. Look at what you saw which you forgot to tell Me. Look at the way it happened, look at it. You forgot this one.” You reply, “Na true ooh!” then He will explain the interpretation.
16. Sure!!! I say Sure!!! There was something that happened this night. One happened before Me this night. Who read the dream? You read it. Chiemelie, this night you read it. Then He started talking.
17. I am serving the God that revealeth secrets. If you are not ready to worship this God in spirit and in truth; not in spirit and in dishonesty, but in spirit and in truth, please, let us agree now and ask Him to go. It is not late yet. What!
18. That was the day Obiakpu Egbema Fellowship was confirmed. On that day, I escaped death by whiskers because the entire community rose up against Me.
19. Their youth rushed into the Fellowship Centre looking for Me. When they could not penetrate, they went and waited for Me along the way.
20. And as God would have it, I did not go with My own vehicle. I went with Bishop Isaac’s vehicle; a yellow-coloured Volvo.
21. So, when they saw Bishop Isaac and they saw Me, the boys then concluded that they must go to the boundary for there was no way we could leave Obiakpu Egbema without passing through that narrow bridge.
22. They went there and they were waiting for that vehicle to come. Immediately I entered that vehicle, all of them were running in front.
23. Bishop Isaac sighted them afar and was suggesting to Me that I should go back. Then I said, “Staying back till night will make matters worse. It is better I pass.”
24. He said “Sir, how would you pass? Look at them by the left. Look at them. And I replied “Sir, do not worry. You will see what will happen now.”
25. I came down from the vehicle, with My safari suit. I was heading there. I told Bishop Isaac, “Stay there. Pretend you are getting something there.”
26. I went ahead of time. While I was moving, I changed My nature, changed My face, changed everything, passed through their midst. I trekked for almost a mile and then waited for Bishop Isaac.
27. When he finally got there, they halted him, looked into the vehicle. Nothing. They told him to open theboot. He opened the booth. Nobody.
28. Then, quarreling ensued among them. They said, “We saw the man. He entered this motor.” He (Bishop Isaac) said; “Which motor? My own motor?” One said, “Let’s go back. He is still there.”
29. Brother Isaac zoomed off, and saw Me where I was standing and then I entered the vehicle. We continued. In the day!
30. It also happened in Jos. In that of Jos, we were 7 in number including this Evangelist Anayo. We passed through them. Brethren did not see us.
31. We got to their Fellowship Centre and started calling them. And we saw them. We saw them.
32. They were waiting for us. We saw them. All of them. We passed through their midst, trekked down to fellowship and nobody saw us, including Brother Joe Ukpong.
33. When they heard that we were in the Fellowship, they said that it was not true. They said that there was no way we could have passed without them seeing us.
34. Moreso, we were many in number. They said, “How manage? Even if you used a vehicle, it is impossible.”
35. But this time, we never used any vehicle. We came down from the vehicle, a station wagon, and then carried our bags and passed through them.
36. I was in front and I instructed Brethren, “They are waiting for us.There was an argument between them before they came here. They came here to escort us to that Fellowship. We are going to pass through them. Do not say “God bless you” or “Shalom” to anybody. Just keepquiet. Hold your bags in your hands while I go in front.”
37. I was moving. Apostle Ojiakor was in the number also. They filed behind Me. We passed them. Nobody noticed us. In the day, not in the night!
38. Brother Joe Ukpong was sitting on his Vespa® motorcycle with his sweater because that time was harmattan.
39. We passed through them including Martin Orji, Weston Fihala and Ben Adiukwu. Notable elders. They just came down there. That is what God does.
40. That is what is written here. So, any time you are tired of worshipping God, what do you do? You quit.
41. In short, I pity Bishop Isaac. If in the end he perishes, it then means he suffered everything he suffered in vain. This is because the experience I had on the day he wedded his wife at Obosima is on record. That made Me to find My way using his own vehicle again. Where the assassins came for Me in the Fellowship and surrounded everywhere.
42. When they left, they waited for us at ADAPALMS. I was monitoring everything. One climbed a tree and Okechukwu Painter nearly killed that one. I was in the pulpit and they were peeping in and out.
43. They (the assassins) were hired from Aba by End-timers to come and fulfil the prophecy of Jeremiah, that God will cut Me down like an oak tree.
44. When God could not kill Me, the date he gave passed, all of them took counsel together, went to Aba and hired criminals to come and waylay Me on the road.
45. I bypassed them while we were going. Then, when they waited and waited and they could not see me, they traced us to Fellowship and saw Me preaching.
46. They were wandering how I managed to leave, but it beat their imaginations hollow. Then, we left after the wedding, Bishop Isaac helping Me with that motor.
47. They were expecting Me to come with My own.I did not go with My own. I went with that of Nnamdi Ogbogu. All of us followed Oforola-Umoola-Obirinze route,burst out at Port-Harcourt road. Then he took Me to the motor park; Arugo park.
48. I told the Brethren to follow Nnamdi in that 504 and go back to Onitsha. Bishop Isaac left and I entered 608. 608! That was the vehicle I used. I entered and joined the other passengers. Nobody knew Me.
49. Look at one funny thing. I arrived at Onitsha before those who were using 504; entered My house and was in My house for over one hour before Brother Kelechi, Nnamdi Ogbogu and the rest came back.
50. And I told them I used 608. If not Bishop Isaac who saw Me when I entered 608, they would not have believed it.
51. We went to Umuguma for burial. Bishop Isaac Igwe was among the people. We were held hostage inside the house where they poisoned our drink.
52. They served us drinks that were poisoned. Immediately we took it, because they forced us to take it, they pushed all of us out. And they were jumping and jubilating that we will perish before we get to Owerri.
53. Bishop Isaac and Myself in My station wagon with Joshua Akpe, Apostle Kelechi and the rest. We drove down to his (Bishop Isaac’s) house at Owerri at Ikenegbu layout.
54. We passed the night there. We were there when the phone call came from Sister Ogoo asking where we were. We said that weare safe, hale and hearty. She shouted, “Praise the Lord!”
55. The following morning, we left his house for Onitsha.All of us are still alive. Only Joshua Akpe died, and that was just recently.
56. If Bishop Isaac will suffer all these things, had all these experiences all in vain, of all, he will be the most miserable. He will the most miserable because I believe he has had enough experiences that should have sustained him.
57. The same message, “THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD” page 78 from verses 45: Every man must go to his original source.
58. Every man must go to his original source. Amen!
59. WHEREVER YOU COME FROM, THERE YOU MUST GO BACK TO. YES, ALL THINGS ARE NAKED, EXPOSED AND DEFENSELESS BEFORE GOD.
60. ALL THINGS ARE NAKED, EXPOSED AND DEFENSELESS BEFORE GOD! IS GOD REFERRING TO ANIMALS? HE IS REFERRING TO HUMAN BEINGS. WE ARE DEFENSELESS. SO, THERE IS NO NEED BUILDING UP A DEFENSE.
61. Why building a defense or an argument you know you cannot win? I think the best thing for us is to go on our knees before the Lord. Peradventure, we may obtain mercy.
62. But to stand up and begin to argue with God, heads will roll. Who has ever stood up and argued with God and got away with it? That person does not exist.
63. EVERY MAN MUST GO TO HIS ORIGINAL SOURCE. WHEREVER YOU COME FROM, THERE YOU MUST GO BACK TO.
64. IF I CAME FROM THE DEVIL, I WILL GO BACK TO THE DEVIL. AND IF I COME FROM GOD, I WILL GO BACK TO GOD.
65. The Bible says, “We came from heaven and we are going back to heaven.” That is why we are called heavenly beings.
66. Yes, all things are naked, exposed and defenseless before God. But all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
67. When we are worshipping this type of God, the Great Jehovah, the Great I Am, withthis great revelation of the personality of God, who has revealed Himself in the personality of a man; who could work, could go to warfront, could also go to His people, wearing dress, talking with them and discussing with them, standing here on earth, His voice being heard everywhere;
68. If you are worshipping that type of God, who you know that He knows everything about you, by revelation, would your attitude not change? If you have this type of revelation, would you not change your life?
69. LET ME TELL YOU, THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN SERVE GOD ACCEPTABLY WITHOUT HAVING THIS AS A REVELATION FROM THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SUCCESS JOURNEY IN YOUR MINISTRY. Pure truth!!!
70. ONCE A MAN OF GOD, A TRUE SEED OF GOD, HAS THIS REVELATION AS PERSONAL, HE CAN NEVER WALK IN A WAY THAT WILL OFFEND GOD. He can never walk in a way that will offend God.
71. If time had permitted Me here, I would have shown you something; I would have shown youthat you are worshipping a God that takes record of sins.
72. That He does not punish you today does not mean that you have escaped. He takes record of sins, and He will not tell you how many times He has purposed to take your own record.
73. There is no equality in His record. He can decide to pardon this brother on ten occasions; after ten times, He will not spare him again. He comes to this sister, He will say, “After three times, the fourth time, I will not spare.” We heard it the other day.
74. 3Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: ….
75. 6Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: …
76. 9Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:…
77. Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever: … [Amos 1:3, 6 & 9 KJV]
78. Thus, if you say brother has committed sin nine times and you come and join him so that your own will reach nine and you did not know that your own is three, that means you have destroyed yourself.
79. Or you will be quoting seventy times seventy. Go ahead quoting, and then I will show you that Adam committed only one. Aaron committed how many? Aaron committed two.
80. You can see why God told us that we should not be concerned about why people are behaving the way they are behaving. But we should concern ourselves with our relationship with God. We should not look at people whether they are believing or not believing.
81. FROM all these revealed truths about human beings, is there anybody confused or astonished, by the way people behave especially when they abandon the faith of Christ? Can you now agree with me that there is no amount of preaching that can transform a dog into a goat?
82. God created all human beings to fulfill special purposes in their lives. You should concern yourself to finding why God created you, and not on why people behave the way they behave. [THE GREAT SERMON AND HOLY-SPIRIT INSPIRED REVELATIONS AND EPISTLES; REVISED EDITION 2019; Pg. 317 vs. 1 – 2]
83. BE MINDFUL OF YOURSELF. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. EVERYBODY IS NOW ON HIS OR HER OWN. MORESO, WHEN WE ARE NOW IN OUR HOMES.
84. Whatever you want to build in your home, build. Whether it is Christ or not Christ, time will tell. Is it not true? Everybody now is a master-builder. Period. Fire is coming to test all we are building. Is it not true?
85. 12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 14If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. [1 Corinthians 3:12 – 14 KJV]
I am not sent to everybody. I am sent to the lost sheep of Israel. I am not sent to everybody. I am not a worldwide Minister. I told you that. I came in search of My own. Anywhere I see that My own, I will make noise, he will embrace Me. My sheep heareth My Voice. They follow Me. The only thing that will attract them is My Voice. Once I speak, they will follow Me.
BE CAREFUL ABOUT LAST MINUTE MANIFESTATION OF UNBELIEF (FOLLOW ME AS I FOLLOW HIM [THE CLOUD] REVIEWED); preached on Sunday 8th September, 2013; Pg. 75 vs. 28 – 29
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A SEED OF GOD CANNOT RESIST GOD’S WORD
I go to page 133 starting from verse 48 of the Message: “Here is the Pillar of Cloud, see the Pillar of Light; see the rain, showers of rain from above. See the Godhead. See everything.
2. There is nothing in the Scripture we have not witnessed with our eyes. See the fullness of the Elohim displaying Himself in judgment.
3. Thus, the Judgment of God is real. And He judgeth with no other person but THE SON OF MAN; the only instrument He is using since the world began.
4. 22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: … 27and hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is THE SON OF MAN.
5. The frightening side of it has come. The frightening side of it has at last come. This year is the year of the faithful and the Lord would prove the faith of the faithful from now, no matter who you are.
6. THE ONLY THING GOD WOULD NOT USE TO PROVE THE FAITH OF THE FAITHFUL IS SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST. IT IS A COVENANT I MADE WITH HIM.
7. It is a covenant I made with Him. From that time the Message went forth, “THE YEAR OF THE FAITHFUL”, He said, “From now…” He did not say how it is going to end or when it is ending.
8. AND WHAT GOD WILL NOT USE TO PROVE THE FAITH OF THE FAITHFUL IS SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
9. Which means He will use everything.He will use death. He will use calamities and use many many things. After all, the highest thing that can befall a man in the flesh is death. And God will use death to prove it.
10. What the Lord did in the wilderness before the Israelites is that they might believe Moses forever and ever.
11. THE LORD IS CONFIRMING MY WORDS WITH ALL THESE SUPERNATURAL SIGNS BEFORE YOUR EYES TO ENABLE YOU BELIEVE THAT I AM HE.
12. To enable you believe that I am He. IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I AM HE, WHY NOT BELIEVE THAT GOD SENT ME?”
13. Let us continue. We go to the message MINISTERS’ MEETING, Volume 4, preached on Sunday, 27th December, 2015 at The Household of God Onitsha by Apostle Peter Odoemena, THE SON OF MAN Page 30 from verse 6:
14. The book has been closed and then sealed not today. Like we read in our previous Message, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MAKING SURE WE SYNCHRONIZE OUR HABIT, CHARACTER AND CONDUCT WITH THE MESSAGES WE HAVE RECEIVED.
15. I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT THE WORD OF GOD REMAINS THE ONLY REGULATORY INSTRUMENT WITH WHICH HE REGULATES HUMAN ACTIVITIES.
16. AND ANYBODY WHOSE LIFE CANNOT BE REGULATED BY THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT A SEED OF GOD.
17. WHOSOEVER THAT HARDENS HIS HEART AGAINST THE TRUTH IS NOT A SEED OF GOD, FOR A SEED OF GOD CANNOT RESIST GOD’S WORD.A SEED OF GOD CANNOT RESIST GOD’S WORD.
18. The same message, page 61 from verse 20: …WHEN YOU HAVE THE FEAR OF GOD IN YOUR HEART, NO HUMAN BEING POLICES YOU ABOUT. Amen.
19. You are always on your duty position. You become your own police man.
20. The moment you err, something in you arrests you on the spot. You will hear an Inner Voice querying you, asking you why?
21. Before you know it, you become angry at yourself. You will be demonstrating against yourself because you know better. That is the truth.
22. Sometimes, you will feel like the land should open so that you will fall into it. If you do not see it this way, re-examine your conviction in this faith. Amen. RE-EXAMINE YOUR STANDPOINT IN CHRIST.
23. It is the revelation you have about God that will cause you to do everything as unto the LORD, in the fear of God.
24. The revelation you have about God will make you to be doing everything as unto the Lord. You are not doing it for any man. You are doing it to yourself also. For the credit will go to you. The reward will go to you.
25. [22]You slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not only trying to please them when they are watching you but all the time; obey them willingly because of your love for the Lord and because you want to please him.
26. [23]Work hard and cheerfully at all you do, just as though you were working for the Lord and not merely for your masters, [24]remembering that it is the Lord Christ who is going to pay you, giving you your full portion of all he owns. He is the one you are really working for.
27. [25]And if you don’t do your best for him, he will pay you in a way that you won’t like—for he has no special favorites who can get away with shirking.
28. God who will reward every man according to his works. He will not reward you with My own. He cannot reward Me with your own. Even if you die, your works will follow you, according to the book of revelation.
29. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. [Revelation 14:13 KJV]
30. 12And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 13I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. [Revelation 22:12 – 13 KJV]
31. SO, YOU CANNOT ESCAPE. THAT WHICH I KNOW I CANNOT ESCAPE, IS THERE ANY NEED DODGING IT? I HAD BETTER TELL MYSELF THE TRUTH.
32. NOBODY CAN ESCAPE GOD’S JUDGMENT. WHETHER IN THIS LIFE OR IN THE DEATH, MAN MUST ACCOUNT FOR ALL HIS DEEDS BEFORE THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
33. Whatever we do, God is seeing us and it is this God that everybody should give account to. That is why we have to be very, very careful because whatever we do today, God is watching us.
34. [12]So then EVERY ONE OF US shall give account of himself TO GOD. [Romans 14:12 KJV]
35. God is equally watching our motives whether we are suppressing our feelings or whether we are doing it because of the fear of God.
36. Our motives must be judged.Even the thoughts of our hearts, according to the book of Ecclesiastes, the thoughts of our hearts, our imaginations, feelings, motives must come to judgment.
37. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. [Ecclesiastes 12:14 KJV]
38. For God will judge us for everything we do, including every hidden thing, good or bad. [Ecclesiastes 12:14 LB]
39. WHEN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING AS A RESULT OF THE FEAR OF GOD, YOU DO IT GLADLY, JOYFULLY. YOU WILL BE HAPPY DOING IT.
40. IF YOU ARE OBEYING YOUR PARENTS, YOU ARE OBEYING YOUR PARENTS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
41. Let us go to the message, ARE YOU A CHURCH GOER OR A TRUE WORSHIPER OF GOD? Preached by THE SON OF MAN, Apostle Peter Odoemena, at the Household of GodOnitsha. Let us go to page 30 verses 36.
42. “A churchgoer; his reward is from man. If you refuse to pay him back for any good deed, he will forsake and divorce you.
43. A true worshiper knows that his or her reward is from God, whether he is being noticed or not. Whether or not he is being praised, he knows that it is between him and his Maker. It does not concern anybody else. This is his decision and determination with his God.
44. A churchgoer is full of eye service. For he seeks the praise of men, not the praise of God.
45. Page 33 of the same Message: “THE CHURCHGOERS VERSUS THE TRUE WORSHIPPERS” from verse 1: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF A CHILD OF GOD LIES IN HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD. HIS UTMOST CONCERN IS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, AND NOTHING ELSE.
46. Anytime his conscience convicts him of iniquity before God, he loses his peace of mind until he has made it right.
I am here. Why are you going to Heaven? Do you know the way to Heaven? There must be One who will come and take you there, because you do not know the way. You have never been there before and nobody has ever been there before so as to show you the way. You will only depend on He that came from there. Any day that He is going back, you will just follow Him, if you want to be there. If you want to go alone, go!
LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS VOL. 3; Preached on 30th April 2000; Pg. 41 vs. 6
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WITHOUT GOD, WE CAN DO NOTHING
Let’s go to page 84 starting from verses 10: “Whatever anyone wants to do in this Faith, either work or trade, if you are a seed of God, you will place worship first before you.
2. Why did I not accept the job offered to Me? Is it not because of this Faith? Was there any other reason I gave?
3. I said, “Once I go there, there must be trouble, because where I would be, you cannot come to Me there. It is only money that I would get there.” Yes now!
4. THIS MONEY THAT WILL STOP ME FROM WORSHIPPING GOD OR FROM WORKING FOR GOD SHOULD GO BEHIND ME.
5. But today, God is still proving that He is God. He did not allow Me to deny this Faith. He is standing solidly behind Me. No shaking!”
6. He never allowed Me to deny this Faith because of money, for people were flagging the money. What if I accepted it, and now the economy has crumbled? I would have missed the money and missed salvation.
7. Failing to get the money that will now be exhausted for life and also making a shipwreck of My calling in Christ. It would have been the greatest disaster.
8. But God guided Me perfectly well to ignore that money, ignore that work and ignore the offer. It never started today.
9. When I was coming up in life, newly married with only but two children, Baptist convention came with their idea to bundle Me to America under the Nigerian Baptist convention which was established in 1914.
10. Then I would be a representative in America like Okoye, the man who died and was brought back as a corpse. I was going to take over from him in America.
11. And they were mounting pressure on Me, telling Me how much I will be making almost every week and how I will be taking good care of My family and things like that. I then said, “After money, what next?”
12. Look at it! This offer never came until I embraced End-time Message and when I had already received an Audible Voice from God.
13. While I was coming back from Baptist church one evening, along Iboku street [Onitsha], just in front of Madonna hospital where there were flowers there, I heard the Audible Voice loud and clear. It was not the first time. It was not the second time. And it was not the third time. I came back and told My wife.
14. While I was searching for that place, this offer came. Can you imagine? This offer to go to America came with scholarship and everything. Why did it not come before then?
15. It is when the Ministry was about to start in 1990. Can you imagine? The offer came. And the Lord used it to prove Me. I dumped the whole offer. I said NO! Even the passport I prepared, I never renewed that international passport till today. It is there.
16. So, where we read is the decision SON OF MAN took when He was disengaged in the civil service. This is another trial.
17. He considered God first before any other thing. And because of His consideration for God, He rejected the job that could have earned Him much money.
18. SO, ANYBODY THAT IS WORSHIPPING GOD MUST SACRIFICE SOMETHING. You must be a self-sacrificing individual.
19. Your problem is: instead of you to trust in God and hope in Him, you trust and hope in man. You will fix your eyes on someone who you think can help you out. What can men do for you without God? Without God, the help of man is in vain.
20. 11Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. [Psalm 60:11 – 12 KJV]
21. Some trust in their strength. They do not know that the strength of man will fail him. Nobody has ever succeeded in life through his own strength. Never!
22. He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. [1 Samuel 2:9 KJV]
23. It is God that will help you to succeed. If God does not come to your help, you will labour and die. You die in penury and die in abject poverty, living from hand to mouth.
24. 5Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. 6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.” [Haggai 1:5 – 6 NIV]
25. Watch people that labour extensively. Do they make money the way they labour? Some labour more than us. They labour more than any other person. Yet, to eat is very difficult. To pay their house rent is very difficult. To pay school fees is very difficult.
26. Yet, they labour extensively simply because they are laboring outside the will of God. That means challenging God, “I will not depend on God. Let me just prove to God that I can do it without Him.”
27. WITHOUT GOD, WE CAN DO NOTHING. But if you feel you can do something without God, go ahead. At the end, we will know what you have done; where it has led you.
28. Without God, the help of man is in vain. Even the Bible said it, “The help of man is vain.” I gave you a message that says, “LEARN FROM ME.” Anybody who does not learn anything from his experience is a goat.
29. ANOTHER THING IS THE COVETOUS NATURE OF MAN… The covetous nature of man. IT DOES NOT ALLOW MAN TO THOROUGHLY WORSHIP GOD. At all. Both man and woman.
30. A little business you will start, you will expect to become a millionaire over two years.
31. Because of the covetous nature of man. Idolatrous nature. Covetousness is idolatry.
32. 5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, AND COVETOUSNESS, WHICH IS IDOLATRY: [Colossians 3:5 KJV]
33. You are filled with high expectation of the amount of money that will come out of it, but you fail to remember that some people have been there for the past ten years, MOVING GRADUALLY. But you want to hit the sky at the shortest period of time.
34. That fellow is looking for a rushing river, but does not know that it goes dry fast.
35. It is not realistic, unless you will steal.”
36. You must steal to make your expectations become reality. You will dip your hands in all forms of nefarious activities, both man and woman alike, even an infant.
37. You must put your hands in ungodly and sharp practices that will make you to backslide from the Faith of Christ. Then you will lose the hope of eternal life.Or you incur debts you cannot pay up in this world.
38. Yes! You incur debts you cannot clear till you die. When God said, owe no man nothing but love, you will incur debts you cannot even pay.
39. Page 86 from verse 16. ‘HOW TO FOLLOW GOD’: “A worshiper of God is patient, trustworthy. You must be patient with God. You do not follow God by force.
40. Just like a farmer waits patiently for his crops to germinate. This is how to follow God: gradually picking it, one kobo at a time; even half a kobo at a time.
41. 7Now, as for you, dear brothers who are waiting for the LORD’s return, be patient, like a farmer who waits until the autumn for his precious harvest to ripen. [James 5:7 KJV]
42. ALSO, HAVE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND AVOID LIVING ABOVE YOUR CAPACITY. DO NOT LIVE ABOVE YOUR CAPACITY, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PUT PEOPLE INTO TROUBLE.
43. You want to maintain a social class when you do not have the wherewithal. You have your eyes on a social class. Will you not steal? Will you not do unimaginable things that will humiliate you and damage your reputation?
44. WHEN YOU START TO LIVE A LIFE HIGHER THAN YOUR INCOME, YOU HAVE PUT YOURSELF INTO CONFUSION. Pure confusion!
45. We go to the message; PATTERN AFTER THE PERFECT GUIDE; Preached on 20th May, 2001, at the Household of God Onitsha by Apostle Peter Odoemena, THE SON OF MAN. 19 years ago. Page 28 from verses 7:
46. “For now, this world is still under the power and control of Satan. That is why every Elect of God does not prosper concerning the wealth of this world since you are sure and certainthat Satan is the owner of this earthly kingdom.
47. What is more? Before Satan gives you wealth, you will bow down to him and obey him. But you as a child of God, are not ready to obey him. How then do you think he will allow you acquire this wealth?
48. HEAR ME VERY WELL. THERE IS NO WAY A MAN CAN BE RICH IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT STAINING HIS HANDS.
49. You see one that is rich and you envy him. Did he tell you how he climbed the ladder?
50. It is said that if a poor man is told what it takes to be rich, he will rather prefer to die poor. If you tell a poor man what it takes to be a rich man, he will prefer to remain poor all his life because the price is too much to pay. Amen.
51. IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, AND YOU ARE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD, YOU WILL KNOW WHAT CONSTITUTES YOUR NEEDS.
52. AND THE DESIRES OF THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE GRANTED BECAUSE THE RIGHTEOUS GO FOR THEIR NEEDS, BUT NOT THEIR WANTS.
53. GOD GIVES US OUR NEEDS AND NOT OUR WANTS. But any day we begin to walk by sight, follow heathens to get things anyhow, one may get it at the detriment of his soul.
54. That is why you can see many people today, they are pursuing wealth anyhow.
55. Solomon in his own day said, “Vanity upon vanity, all is vanity.”
56. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun? [Ecclesiastes 1:1 – 3 KJV]
57. Because at the end of the day, you will die and abandon all those things. Women will abandon their cloth boxes, makeup boxes and everything. The living will gather the weave-on and the wigs and set them ablaze.
58. WHATEVER YOU PURCHASED WITH MONEY IS A PART OF THE WORLD. IS IT
NOT TRUE?
59. ANYTHING THAT IS MADE WITH HUMAN HANDS AND IS GOTTEN BY SWEAT MUST END HERE ON EARTH.
60. IT CAN NEVER GO BEYOND THE EARTH. IT IS EARTHLY. IT IS SENSUAL. IT IS TEMPORARY. AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THE DEVIL USES TO TIE PEOPLE DOWN AND THEN CAUSE THEM TO OFFEND GOD.
Verily verily, I say unto you, rely not on your powers, rely not on your strength. Boast not on your wealth or on your buildings. Boast not with your friends or anything else. Depend on the Lord God Almighty. Depend on His grace. Depend on His Mercies. Do not depend on what you can do, for without Him, you will achieve basically nothing. The help of man is vain. Look unto Him all the end of the earth and be ye saved, for HE is the Lord God Almighty, your Saviour. And beside Him, there is no other Saviour.
BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION; preached on Sunday 21st November, 2010; Pg. 116 vs. 39 – 40
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ANYTHING GOD DOES NOT PERMIT WILL NEVER HAPPEN
Let us go to the message titled; GOD MUST PROVE THE FAITH OF THE FAITHFUL, preached on 16th February 1999 by Apostle Peter Odoemena, THE SON OF MAN at The Household of God Onitsha; Page 62 from verse 18.
2. “God is now in the business of visiting men every morning and night, trying you every morning and night. That is good.
3. Thus, if God should talk to you now to try you morning andnight, is it a new thing? If God visitsyou to test you morning and night, is it a new thing?
4. …I am trying to say something. The Lord at times will come to prove you, He may not even give you time, He may not even hear you but He will turn to a roaring voice just only to achieve one thing: to instill His fear in you.
5. No matter the way He is coming, remember that the end is God and not Devil, for if in the beginning it was God, it can never be Devil in the end. I have never seen where God started a journey and Satan ended it. Put your hand in the Scriptures, it is not there.
6. God can permit Satan to come and tempt you. In other words, Satan from God will come to you. Don’t you believe that evil spirit is in God?
7. But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. [1 Samuel 16:14 KJV]
8. Lying spirit is also in God. God led lying spirits to deceive the prophets of Israel and they prophesied lies to the people of Israel.”
9. 20And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
10. 22And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
11. 23Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee. [1 Kings 22:20 – 23]
12. WHETHER IT IS GOOD SPIRIT OR EVIL SPIRIT, ANYTHING GOD DID NOT PERMIT WILL NOT HAPPEN.
13. WHENEVERGOD WANTS TO DESTROY SOMEBODY, HE WILL ALLOW EVIL SPIRIT TO REST ON THAT PERSON SO THAT HE WILL MISBEHAVE HIMSELF BEFORE GOD TO ENABLE GOD DESTROY HIM.
14. Let us go to the message. JUDGEMENT DAY IN THE CAMP, preached on 18th January, 2009, at the Household of God Onitsha by Apostle Peter Odoemena, THE SON OF MAN. Page 42 from verses 32.
15. …NO MATTER YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ME, AS LONG AS YOU REFUSE TO OBEY ME, YOU ARE AN OUTSIDER. YOU HAVE NO PART INME.
16. Who are My brothers, My sisters, My mother, My friend or My wife? It is those people that hear and obey Me.
17. IF THE WORD OF GOD CANNOT CHANGE YOUR LIFE, IT CANNOT CORRECT YOU, YOU ARE A BEAST, YOU HAVE NO PART IN ME.
18. In every revival, there must be people that will pay lip service to the Message. They will be in our midst, giving the impression that they are one of us.
19. They are notably found among the Ministers, milling around Him and hearing Him. After hearing the Word, of God, they will go out and behave anyhow.
20. They have their personal interpretation of every Message, for the interpretation you give a Message is your life.
21. YOUR CHARACTER REFLECTS THE INTERPRETATION YOU ARE GIVING TO THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST.
22. I do not know whether I am right, but I believe I am right. Amen.”
23. Let us go to the message, “THE STATE OF THE NATION” VOL. 2, preached on 17th October, 2010, at the Household of God Onitsha by Apostle Peter Odoemena, THE SON OF MAN; Page 44 verses 35.
24. …He that is sent to round off the programme is still with you and the only way to make it easy for Him is what He is doing.
25. So, God knows what He is doing.
26. If THE SON OF MAN was not sent; if He is not sent in your midst heaven will remain an impossible road. The road to heaven can only be made possible through the Message of THE SON OF MAN.
27. Even the Grail Message said, “THE SON OF MAN; when He appears, He makes heaven a possibility.
28. Jesus spoke of THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN AS THE LAST POSSIBILITY OF SALVATION, and also pointed out that with His Coming the Judgment would commence and that those who are still not willing, in other words, who, because of their own stubbornness or indolence, are not ready to accept enlightenment, would be irretrievably cast out. … [IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH; The Grail Message by Abd-Ru-Shin; Page 294 – THE SON OF MAN – Paragraph 6]
29. I have come to introduce the possible road to heaven. Before my appearance, both you and your fathers were walking on an impossible road to heaven. If it is true, why not say Amen!
GET READY FOR YOUR FLIGHT
30. Let us also go to the message, SON OF MAN OUR LINK TO THE TRUTH preached by THE SON OF MAN in 2001, (19 years ago) Page 121. Starting from the second to the last line. I read.
31. “Glory be to God who has given us His Son in our day who has liberated us from the bondage of law and sin through the preaching of the gospel of the Grace of God. Hence, we now stand justified by our faith in Him and not by stopping this or stopping that.
32. Once you are in Him (have believed on, trusted in, relied on, adhered to, and confided in Him), the precious blood of Jesus Christ covers you and nothing is filthy or unclean under the blood.
33. It is a thing of joy to note that God does not see any of us, but He hears our voices from under the cover of the blood because WE ARE IN HIM WHOM HE HAS SENT.
34. BE QUICK TO HEAR AND SLOW TO SPEAK. BE VERY CAREFUL THAT YOU DO NOT FORM AN OPINION ABOUT EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF YOUR FEELINGS TOWARDS EACH OTHER, FOR THAT WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS. HUMAN FEELINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROVED TO BE WRONG BEFORE GOD.
35. Form opinions with what you experience with each other with the love of God in your heart and not with your hateful feelings or hearsay.
36. OFTEN TIMES, THINGS OR FACTS ARE MISREPRESENTED THROUGH HEARSAY BUT LOVE HANDS DOWN THE RIGHT JUDGMENT.
37. On this note, I say remain blessed in Him eternally. From Evangelist Anayo, House Hold of God, Enugu.
38. To God be the glory. You see at this point in time, what we need is one thing; Putting ourselves in remembrance of all those Messages we received concerning the hour because we are in a Prophetic Ministry.
39. We should be putting ourselves in remembrance of the things we heard in the beginning and we were thinking they would come to pass immediately.
40. That was when we were coming up – We were infants. We were babes in the Faith. But now, I can say that we are matured believers. We have learnt to follow God by His Word, for He watches over His Word bringing it to fulfilment.
41. Hence, we are now living at a time when the prophecies we heard in the beginning are fulfilling very rapidly before our eyes. Is it not true? This is a time we should be very, very careful more than ever.
42. Shall we bow our heads and thank God.
43. Song: To God be the glory. To God be the honor. To God be the glory, great things He has done. (x2)
44. We give You all our praises. We give You all our honour. We give You all the glory. Great things You have done!
45. To God be the glory. To God be the honor. To God be the glory, great things He has done.
EPILOGUE
PRAYER
Our heavenly Father, we give You the glory, honour and praises for the great things You have done. Moreso, transforming our lives for the better.
2. Father, we thank You, for giving us, O God, the courage and believing hearts, the patience, Father, to stay and listen to this glorious Message that put us in remembrance of things we have forgotten in time past which are fulfilling rapidly before our eyes right now.
3. Bless Brother Anayo, the evangelist. Refill him, O God, with Thy Holy Spirit. And help him to remain a blessing to himself, to his family, to the Ministry and to all humanity.
4. The same way we pray for other Ministers that are labouring, O God Father, to make fullproof of their ministries. Give them a helping hand.
5. All of us that heard this Message tonight, Father, as we go to our beds, may this Message, O King of glory, go to bed with us.
6. Let all our meditations, O Lord, centre around the Word. May we never have bad dreams. May our dreams, O God, emanate from what we have heard.
7. Reveal to us through dreams and visions of the night our various positions in You and what lies ahead of us.
8. If they be good, Father, open all of them, let us see and give us the patience to endure until we get there. If they be evil, Father, show us a way of escape.
9. We make this solemn prayer on our behalf here and on behalf of all the entire Elect of God scattered all over the world. May this prayer be their portion as well.
10. Every plan of the devil against us tonight, Father, we pray You cancel all.
11. May nothing, O God, wrestle with the Word in our hearts. Let this Word have a dwelling place; a permanent home in our hearts.
12. To Your Name, O Lord, we give the glory once again, the praise and the honour for hearing our prayers for Your Name’s sake. Amen.