ARE YOU SURE AND CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE IN THE NUMBER SAVED BY GOD’S ELECTION OF GRACE? Volume 2 of 3

ARE YOU SURE AND CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE IN THE NUMBER SAVED BY GOD’S ELECTION OF GRACE? Volume 2 of 3 Preached ON Sunday, 19^th March 2023 AT THE VOICE OF GOD STUDIO Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria BY Apostle Peter Odoemena THE SON OF MAN The Real Teaching Priest

Transcribed by Deacon David Mbah Students’ Fellowship, MOUAU, Abia State

²⁸We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labour] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. ²⁹For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the Firstborn among many Brethren. ³⁰And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. ³¹What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]

Romans 8:28-31

Amplified version

Let Me tell you. Do not blame anybody that does not believe. It is easy for you because you have forgotten that it was difficult for you in the beginning. It is not easy to carry the truth. Truth is very heavy. ……. Every human being is an idolater unless God steps in. All of us were worshipping idols. It will take God to open your spiritual eyes.

THE SON OF MAN

BRIDAL WATCH! ISRAEL AND PALESTINE IN PROPHESY VOL 3; preached on Sunday 6^th April 2014 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 166 vs. 28 & Pg. 167 vs. 32

FLEE FROM IDOLS

I want to know the full dictionary meaning of TABERNACLE, SANCTUARY and temple, one after the other.

Meaning of TABERNACLE [from www.dictionary.com] [1] Any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.” [2] A portable sanctuary in use by the Israelites from the time of their wondering in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt to the building of the Temple in Jerusalem by Solomon. [3] A canopy niche or recess as for an image or icon [4] A temporary dwelling or shelter as a tent or hut.
[www.definitions.net] [1] Any portable dwelling, a hut, tent, booth. [2] The portable tent used before the construction of the Temple, where the Shekinah glory of God was believed to dwell. [3] Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship. [3] A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meeting. [4] Any abode or dwelling place especially of the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
Repeat that one again. [5] Any abode or dwelling place especially of the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life. That is all we need.
SONG: [LORD prepare me, a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true. With thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you] 2x
Whether you call it TENT, ABODE, HOUSE, TABERNACLE, whatever whatever, it culminated into one thing. The LORD said that He does not live in a mansion, a temple made with hands, but in a Body he has prepared for Himself. You can search it out there. It is in the Acts of the Apostles. It is equally in the Old Testament that our God does not live in a temple human beings made with their hands or made with bricks. No!
Reference: [1] Isaiah 66:1. However, the Most High does not dwell in houses and temples made with hands; as the prophet says, AMP
[2] Act 7:48. However, the Most High does not dwell in houses and temples made with hands; as the prophet says, AMP
[3] Acts 17:24. The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines. AMP
[4] Hebrews 10:5. Hence, when He [Christ] entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me [to offer]; AMP
SONG: [O How I love You! O How I adore Thee! My Great, My Sunshine! My All in All. The Great Jehovah is now My Kinsman, and all God’s Fullness dwelleth in Him]
God dwelling in a body He made for Himself – A Vessel. And in the House of God, there are not only vessels of honour, there are also those of dishonour. But if you can purify yourself, then you become a vessel of honour meet for the Master’s need.
What makes it a special Vessel. It is because of the content. The content of a bottle makes it a special bottle. That is what it is designated for. Is it a lie?
Beer is beer, but there can be a special bottle designated for a special purpose. Every ornament in your house is not for everyday use. Some are for everyday use, while some are for special occasion. Are these illustrations not in the Scriptures? God knows who is who.
I go back to the Scriptures. Who declares the end from the very beginning? Who tells us what will happen in the future and it will come to pass? Who said that all He had already said MUST surely come to pass?
Reference: 2 Timothy 2:20-21. ²⁰But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also [utensils] of wood and earthenware, and some for honourable and noble [use] and some for menial and ignoble [use]. ²¹So whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honourable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work. AMP
[2] ^[20]In a wealthy home there are dishes made of gold and silver as well as some made from wood and clay. The expensive dishes are used for guests, and the cheap ones are used in the kitchen or to put garbage in.
^[21]If you stay away from sin you will be like one of these dishes made of purest gold—the very best in the house—so that Christ himself can use you for his highest purposes. LB
Which means, the resurrection of the dead is real. It is a common belief in every religion, including pagan religion—the resurrection of dead and the judgment of every human soul. There is no religion that does not believe in that judgment—eternal destruction in hell.
When the Sadducees could not believe, the LORD spoke with them. Their eyes of understanding opened. Then they repented and believed that resurrection is real.
Reference: Matthew 22:23-33. ²³The same day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and they asked Him a question, ²⁴Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.
²⁵Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died, and, having no children, left his wife to his brother. ²⁶The second also died childless, and the third, down to the seventh. ²⁷Last of all, the woman died also. ²⁸Now, in the resurrection, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her.
²⁹But Jesus replied to them, You are wrong because you know neither the Scriptures nor God’s power. ³⁰For in the resurrected state neither do [men] marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven.
³¹But as to the resurrection of the dead–have you never read what was said to you by God, ³²I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead but of the living! ³³And when the throng heard it, they were astonished and filled with [ glad] amazement at His teaching. AMP
Now, this resurrection, we will say something there again. Let us go to Prophet Isaiah.
Isaiah 41:21-24, Amplified version. ²¹[You idols made by men’s hands, prove your divinity!]… Is there any divinity in idols?
[You idols made by men’s hands,… Idols are made by men’s hands. …prove your divinity!]… Then tell us you are from everlasting to everlasting.
…Produce your cause [set forth your case], says the Lord. Bring forth your strong proofs, says the King of Jacob.
²²Let them bring them forth and tell us what is to happen. Let them tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them and know the outcome of them; or declare to us the things to come.
²³Tell us the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; yes, do good or do evil [something or other], that we may stare in astonishment and be dismayed as we behold [the miracle] together!
²⁴Behold, you [idols] are nothing, and your work is nothing! The worshiper who chooses you is an abomination [extremely disgusting and shamefully vile in God’s sight]. Sure!!! AMP
Shamefully vile in God’s sight. How can you say that you abhor the idols of your people and you still promote their course, promote their power, believe in their power to arrest “sinners” [I mean] in your own interpretation?
Anybody who says he belongs to Christ and he still obeys the dictates of the gods of their land, the traditions and customs of his people, has he embraced Christ? He has never embraced Christ. And that is what is disturbing too many among us. Too many are heathens. And they know they are heathens.
They are always promoting their village tradition and customs, and promoting the powers they think the idols of their village possess.
Hence, a good number of them are caging both their wives and their children. True or false? They are intimidating and frightening them, and embarrassing them. They are always telling them what the gods of their land will do to them if they behave contrary to the traditions of their people.
Then the question arises. Which one do you believe? If you still believe that the traditions of your people, the gods of your people which is that idol which they are worshipping; if you believe that they have power, why can they not tell you what will happen in the future and let them happen?
Why can they not perform wonders, signs and miracles? Why can they not speak and let us hear them?
There is no life in them. No life! And anybody who is recognizing them to the point of even using them to harass, intimidate and instill fear into any human being is an idolater. Such a fellow is a worshipper of that idol. He is obeying the course of that idol. True or false? Check yourselves man and woman to know whether there is an atom of idolatrous belief or idolatrous practice that is traceable to you.
The LORD Jesus met people like that in His day. He said in the Book of Mark, “You have a clever way of setting aside the Word of God that you may obey the traditions of your people.”
A clever way of setting aside. When it comes that side, they will tell you, “Aaaah! Whether you go to church or no church, it does not get there. Church does not affect that one. If you try it, you will see what will happen.”
This is the basis for Igbo people being involved in making ritualistic atonement for things that are adjudged abominations in the community. Then, the question is, “What abomination are you atoning for? Are you making the atonement to the Almighty God or to idols?”
The idolaters will tell you that it is for idols and even insist that God exists and idols equally exists. You worship God and at the same time you worship idols. Is there any other place?
“The idols of our community will do it. The culprit will make confessions. The person must go to make confessions. The person will be dragged to the idols of our community and he or she will make confessions.”
Who is going to confess? What is the confession? Did God say you should take the person to the idols of your community? And you still come back and sit down in our midst in this Faith, covering up and answering Bishop, Elder, Pastor, Apostle, Deacon and everything without any form of shame.
And look at what God said, “Whoever that recognizes such existence of those useless, headless and inanimate gods is an abomination before God.”
Too many people are abominations in the sight of God. It is the lack oF separation from idols that is making many of our Ministers unproductive.
Is it any wonder why, from time to time, we receive a report of a “Brother” either taking his wife to a shrine in their village or people taking a “Brother” to a shrine? “Brothers” taking “Brothers”; “Sisters” taking “Sisters” to shrines.
You begin to wonder, “Which one do you believe in?” If the shrine is your god and will give you satisfaction, and give you the needed eternal life, go to the shrine.
IF GOD IS GOD, LET US WORSHIP HIM. IF YOU BELIEVE GOD CANNOT SAVE YOU, WORSHIP BAAL, NOT ONE LEG IN THE DEVIL’S ALTAR AND ONE LEG WITH CHRIST’S ALTAR.
Watch such people. If they are men, there is nothing they preach in their family but bondage. Anything that will instill unnecessary fear into their wives, their children, their maidservants and things like that, that is their area of preaching.
Reference: Mark 7:7-9. ⁷It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were My laws! ⁸You set aside God’s command and obey human teachings. ⁹And Jesus continued, You have a clever way of rejecting God’s law in order to uphold your own teaching. GNB
⁷In vain (fruitlessly and without profit) do they worship Me, ordering and teaching [to be obeyed] as doctrines the commandments and precepts of men. ⁸You disregard and give up and ask to depart from you the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men [keeping it carefully and faithfully]. ⁹And He said to them, You have a fine way of rejecting [thus thwarting and nullifying and doing away with] the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition (your own human regulations)! AMP
⁷They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.’ ⁸You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.” ⁹And he said to them: “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! NIV
⁷There worship is a farce, for they claim that God commands the people to obey their petty rules.’ How right Isaiah was! ⁸For you ignore God’s specific orders and substitute your own traditions. ⁹You are simply rejecting God’s law and trampling them under your feet for the sake of tradition. LB
⁷They act like they are worshiping me, but they don’t mean it. ⁸They just use me as a cover for teaching whatever suits their fancy, Ditching God’s command and taking up the latest fads.” ⁹He went on, “Well, good for you. You get rid of God’s command so you won’t be inconvenienced in following the religious fashions! MSG
Let us be very careful.
Isaiah 41:21-24, Amplified version. ²¹[You idols made by men’s hands, prove your divinity!] Produce your cause [set forth your case], says the Lord. Bring forth your strong proofs, says the King of Jacob.
²²Let them bring them forth and tell us what is to happen. Let them tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them and know the outcome of them; or declare to us the things to come.
²³Tell us the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; yes, do good or do evil [something or other], that we may stare in astonishment and be dismayed as we behold [the miracle] together!
²⁴Behold, you [idols] are nothing, and your work is nothing! The worshiper who chooses you is an abomination [extremely disgusting and shamefully vile in God’s sight]. Period!
Let that idolater who is hiding continue, but be it known to you wherever you are that this day, the LORD has searched you out. You are an abomination; extremely disgusting in the sight of God.
This is the reason why they have become unprofitable to the Ministry they received from God. A good number of them are in our midst to frustrate, while a few are in our midst to help.
Are you surprised at what is happening? Let us use the Message Bible and see whether we have a Message to share.

I am laying a background for something. I want to touch on something that is hindering you from addressing your minds to the entirety of the Word of God, because most of you came from places where worshipping of God is alien. Completely foreign. You came from idolatrous communities where you join hands in worshipping idols in diverse manners, ignorantly, until the whole thing permeated into your systems. To get rid of it has become a problem. That is why, when God appeared in our midst, December 30, 1992, the first Voice said, “If we must get along with God, we must drop all preconceived ideas about God. Two: we must yield ourselves to be flushed by the Word of God, because the amount of the Word of God that comes into your life displaces the same amount of unbelief, ignorance, stupidity, foolishness that has been in you.”

THE SON OF MAN

DIDN’T OUR HEARTS BURN WITHIN US VOL. 1; Preached on Sunday 30^th April 2017 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 34 vs. 58 – 61

NO HIDING PLACE

2 Thessalonians 3:1-2, Message Bible. ^1-3One more thing, friends:… I call you friends because we are sharing everything in common. I hide nothing from you. You hide nothing from Me. We stay together unsuspiciously. No fear of any alarm. Why? We are born by one Father.

Does it not amaze you that we are having one Father? Does it not amaze you that we are members of one Family? Does it not amaze you that we are pursuing only but one thing which is our goal—Eternal life? Does it not even amaze you that by spirit and all intent, we are one. We cannot harm ourselves. We mean well to ourselves. We serve one another respectfully. Does it not amaze you?
Why trying to bring confusion? Why trying to bow to idols? Why recognize idols again? These are disgusting things we discarded. Why trying to bring the Babylonians garment back.
It is evil! It is sin upon you and your family that will accept and harbour this gross iniquity, having another god with God; partnering Allah with another god.
^1-3One more thing, friends:Pray for us. Pray that the Master’s Word will simply take off and race through the country to a ground-swell of response, [Amen!] just as it did among you.
And pray that we’ll be rescued from these scoundrels who are trying to do us in. …
Pray that God will rescue us from the hands of fellow Ministers, so called, who turned out to be scoundrels among us, answering Bishop and Deacon, Elders and this and that, as if it is a ticket to Paradise, when they are scoundrels.
They are abominable things; disgusting things, giving their allegiance to things that are no God; giving their allegiance to the gods of their lands and merely mocking God.
Mockers of God, hiding under the cloak of Bride of Christ Ministry to perpetrate their wickedness; their stinginess to their families, to their relations and the people around them, even to the entire Brethren.
… I’m finding that not all “believers” are believers. … You should find out for yourself, the presence of these scoundrels among us, making it clearer for us to believe that not all that say they are believers are believers. Not all that claim to be children of God are children of God. Too many are counterfeiting. Counterfeits! Rejects that will be disapproved and thrown away at the end.
Do not worry. We have already come to the end. And you will know who they are. They will even cover their faces even with eternal shame. The Bible said, “God is going to disgrace them with everlasting shame and torment.”
The world will know that they were merely hiding under the cloak of the Ministry of Christ, and that they never changed their minds, their visions and their beliefs in the power of the gods of their lands that cannot redeem anybody; that has nothing to be credited to it.
Tell Me if there be any good thing that has been credited to any god outside the great God of Israel. Is there anything? Molech can never save. Amadioha can never save.
No matter the name you give them, the idol or shrine of your land can never save anybody. People just use them to inflict wickedness upon their fellow human beings.
And then, who does these things? Wicked people. This is because wicked people are known for perpetrating wickedness. And the greatest wickedness is using falsehood to put people in bondage by recognizing something that does not exist. Thank you!
As we journey along, follow Me.
…But the Master never lets us down. He’ll stick by you and protect you from evil.
2 Thessalonians 3:2, Amplified version. ²And that we may be delivered from perverse (improper, unrighteous) and wicked (actively malicious) men,… [and women found among us] …for not everybody has faith and is held by it. Sure!!!
Not everybody among us has faith. “Sister remain blessed” or “Brother remain blessed” does not make you a believer of Christ. It is not faith. So when you showcase your faith, everybody will know that you are not one of us. We are already in it.
I told many that they have many questions to answer, but they have not addressed it even till this morning. Some do not even know their fate. They are only basking on one thing; “Anywhere I see myself, I will take.” You should know your fate.
There is no student who laboured to pass examination that does not know his fate before the results are published. You must come to a point where you will say, “I do not care where my script is marked. I do not care about the standard that is used. I know I passed this course. Take it anywhere. I must make a resounding success there.” This is because he knows his worth and what he has done.
So you must say to this Faith and to this eternal race. Do not say, “It is uncertain”. I am here with you. I am here. You cannot fool Me. My eyes runneth to and fro all over the earth, no matter where you are.
You can only run from Me. You cannot hide. I say, you can only run away. You can never hide, for there is no place to hide. You have no place to hide where the eyes of God cannot search you out.
You can run away from Nigeria to Germany, but you cannot hide. Run from Germany to America. That is the much you can do. You relocate. Can you hide? No! Even if you like, relocate to your village. You cannot hide in your village. Amen.
God is all out right now to put an end to all things. Let us go to the prophecy where He foretold.
The Book of Isaiah Chapter 26, from verse 19 through 21. Amplified version first. ¹⁹Your dead shall live [O Lord];… All that died in Christ shall live again, O LORD. You see! This is the prophecy of old. It is not that of Daniel, and it is not that of Ecclesiastes. See Prophet Isaiah. Your dead ones shall live.
Job asked a question, “Shall we meet with our dead ones again alive?” He said, “Yes, we are meeting with them.” Job asked again, “When?” The reply was, “I know my Redeemer liveth. He will come and stand upon the earth in the last days, judging the whole earth. And I will behold the faces of my beloved ones who departed ahead of me. I will behold them once again. And I will meet God, live, as a friend, not as an enemy.”
Reference: Job 19:25-27. ^[25]“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth at last. ^[26]And I know that after this body has decayed, this body shall see God! ^[27]Then he will be on my side! Yes, I shall see him, not as a stranger, but as a friend! What a glorious hope! LB
David said, “My consolation is, ‘My daughter is there.’ I can now eat my food, knowing that I am going that same place where she is. And in the end, I will hold her by my hand again when my LORD shall bring me out again from the dust of the earth where I will lie silent, but for a while.” The stammering lips will lie silent in the grave, only but for a while. Not permanent.
I do not want to read the Holy Qur’an. I do not have time here. [1] The resurrection of the dead. [2] The judgment of the wicked. [3] The acquittal of the righteous. I am coming to something.
Isaiah 26:19-21, Amplified version. ¹⁹Your dead shall live [O Lord]; the bodies of our dead [Saints] shall rise. What? …the bodies of our dead [Saints] shall rise. …
Including Nzubechi, who was a Super Saint. SHALL: Future tense. Who are you to doubt or to discredit? Moreso, we read from Revelation Chapter 21 from verse 1 through 6, all affirming the same thing. When you go to the resurrection of the dead, it is littered in the New Testament. True or false?
Do I begin to preach it that the dead in Christ shall rise? Do I begin to preach it again? I am showing you that before of old, the LORD had already said something about it.
But why can you not believe when He had already demonstrated it by laying down His life and taking it again, telling you that resurrection from the dead is real?
Reference: Luke 24:36-46. ^[36]And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them, and greeted them. ^[37]But the whole group was terribly frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!
^[38]“Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why do you doubt that it is really I? ^[39]Look at my hands! Look at my feet! You can see that it is I, myself! Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost! For ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do!”
^[40]As he spoke, he held out his hands for them to see the marks of the nails, and showed them the wounds in* his feet. ^[41]Still they stood there undecided, filled with joy and doubt.
Then he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
^[42]They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ^[43]and he ate it as they watched! ^[44]Then he said, “When I was with you before, don’t you remember my telling you that everything written about me by Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must all come true?” ^[45]Then he opened their minds to understand at last these many Scriptures! ^[46]And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah must suffer and die and rise again from the dead on the third day; LB
What can you say about those that He met dead and commanded them to come back to life, and after which they died again? This is because the time we shall live in His presence eternally is yet to come. Now, the hour is here. The hour is here.
…You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For Your dew [O Lord] is a dew of [sparkling] light [heavenly, supernatural dew]; and the earth shall cast forth the dead [to life again;… Sure!!!
The mouth of the LORD has guaranteed it. We read it before and the Scriptures recorded that the LORD said, “Whatever I have said, I will do it. Who are you now to doubt or to say, ‘It will not happen’?
Before your eyes, many will say, “If I had known”.
… For Your dew [O Lord] is a dew of [sparkling] light [heavenly, supernatural dew]; and the earth shall cast forth the dead [to life again;…
Knowing that we are here temporarily, even if we die, it is temporary. We are coming back again to give account of all we have done. Is it not enough to help us to begin now to address the truth as it pertains to living the right life as prescribed by God Himself?
He does not want you to perish. He came down because of you, became one of you, only to teach you again, for you had already forgotten completely what you were before you came down here, for you were with Him there as a holy angel.
Then, through birth, you died. You got resurrected after birth and forgot all experiences, even the lifestyle. He now came to restore and to reconcile. And then he started grooming you again so that you will have no difficulty when you get in there.
Concerning your language, it shall be changed the same way with the mortal body in one second. You do not need to learn the language. The language is heavenly. It is spiritual. It is supernatural. It is tied to the supernatural body which you will put on.
For all of us, no matter the country where you were drawn, must speak one language. And that is Hebrew. Hebrew!
…for on the land of the shades of the dead You will let Your dew fall]. ²⁰Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you;…
Come My people and do what? Enter your houses. Shut your doors behind you. No more open worship. Go ye into your compound. Go into your families and close the door. Remain there. You would not stay for too long.
²⁰Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the [Lord’s] wrath is past.
²¹For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place… The LORD is doing what? Coming out of His tent, His abode, His tabernacle. He is showcasing Himself anytime from now.
²¹For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place [heaven] to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;…
He is coming to punish the inhabitants of the earth because of their iniquity [Knowing that which is right, but fails to do it and indulge in evil]
…the earth also will disclose the blood shed upon her [Thank you!] and will no longer cover her slain and conceal her guilt. Amen.
Isaiah 26:19-21, Living Bible. ^[19]Yet we have this assurance:…. Yet, we have what? This assurance. Those who belong to God shall live again. Those that belong to God, though they die, SHALL [future] live again. Brethren, this is a wonderful assurance.
SONG: [Blessed assurance. The LORD is mine. Oh! what a foretaste of glory divine. Heir of salvation. Purchased of God, born of His spirit. Washed in His Word.
This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the day long; This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the day long.]
^[19]Yet we have this assurance: Those who belong to God shall live again. Their bodies shall rise again! …
Not only their bones. Ezekiel said, “Their bones shall rise again.” Now, the entire body made up of the blood and everything. When the LORD Jesus came back to life, did He leave anything behind? Only the clothes. Their bodies SHALL rise again. Future.
… Those who dwell in the dust shall awake and sing for joy! Amen! For God’s light of life… L.O.L: Light of Life shall fall upon them like dew.
…For God’s light of life will fall like dew upon them! ^[20]Go home, my people, and lock the doors!…
Admit nobody! Know yourselves. Groom yourselves. Make yourselves a ready people. In all your locations, go home. Enter your houses, for worshipping God started in the home and must end in the home. Lock your houses.
And the punishment is with us already, from country to country. Am I making sense? From person to person and from family to family in diverse forms. The judgment is on. Punishment has been initiated globally. I say, globally.
Only those whose eye salve are cleansed will notice what is taking place. The rest will only believe when fire from the face of the Almighty has gutted the remnant; the residue of men. Then they will be under severe torment. That is the one they will believe, like Mike Emmanuel.
But now, God is saying, “Escape! Run for your life!” Where did He say you should run to? Run to your house; to your home. Lock up your doors. Remain there. Remain there. No more wayward worship. No more crusade and every kind of nonsense that never helped anybody. Be quiet and worship God in quietness. Obey Him and it shall be well with you.
We never realized the essence of worship until God said, “Go home. Go home! You will not be at home for too long.” Watch the way prophecies have been fulfilling since we went home, even till this morning. Watch the speed. Watch the frequency.
When you heard it during the new year, you thought it will be in the next ten years. But before you knew it, you opened the new year with it. Who will tell you what will happen in the future and it will happen?

In Me lies the mysteries of creation, life, death and hereafter; I am the only Being that can tell you the beginning and the end of the whole universe. Believe it if you can……

THE SON OF MAN

DAYBREAK IN AFRICA; Preached on Sunday 25^th October 1998 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 3

WE HAVE A GOD WHO SEETH AFAR OFF

Can’t you give Me that Message I gave you yesterday? The Message of 3^rd June 2011 [Original Life]. I want to have it. Fine!

We were talking about idols. Tell Me the idol that will speak, telling you the future and it will come to pass. Let me just use this particular one that we are holding now because I call it Ebeano [present stage].
THE BOOK OF REVELATION FULFILLING. Is it any wonder that I opened this morning’s Message with the Book of Revelation which is also fulfilling? See how God is doing the connection.
the Book of Revelation fulfilling; preached on 3^rd June 2011 at the Household of God Onitsha by THE SON OF MAN, the Almighty God Himself; Pg. 199 vs. 8-11. ⁸Have you heard that the same government that is serving your interest has signed into law non-cash-purchase? …
When there was nothing in existence. But in 2011, God had already seen the signing of an agreement in the making. The agreement was in the making. It was a proposal in the minds of the authorities as that time.
By 2011, Buhari was not there. Jonathan came in 2012. By 2011, he was concluding the administration of late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
By 2011, everywhere was calm. Insurgence never existed. Insurgence started in 2012 as Boko Haram. Even the banditry was unknown except in the Niger Delta where there were pipeline vandalization and kidnapping of expatriates, not for ransom, but compelling them to do the work beneficial to the societies where they were located.
By 2011, life was normal. You were going to your banks and cashing money, and doing your business as usual. True or false? No regulation of currency. But look at what God saw.
Can the god of your land see afar off? Can he declare the future to you and cause it to happen? Let the person that says he is the Almighty perform that which makes him the Almighty. The mouth of man keeps saying that God is not a Man. Life here on earth can only get better through God.
Without God, can we escape this hour? If our world is being bettered; if we are not the worst hit, is it not because we have a God Who seeth afar off and Who guided us perfectly well before the danger came?
Hence none of us is was taken unawares, for we had already adjusted our jackets to meet the demands of the hour. Why? God is in our midst.
The Philistines were confused. Whenever they were fomenting plans to attack Israel, Israel will know everything. they began to contend among themselves that they might be harbouring some saboteurs who were spying on their plans and who were giving it to their enemies, Israel.
But a wise man said, “No! We do not have any spy. Neither do we have a saboteur. We should all acknowledge that the God of Israel placed a Prophet among them. There is a Prophet of God among Israel who monitors everything we are doing or we are planning against them. Hence our plans cannot work. Make your plans and the LORD will foil it.” You can run but you cannot hide.
⁸Have you heard that the same government that is serving your interest has signed into law non-cash-purchase? …
Who heard it? God heard it. God heard what they were harboring in their minds and what they were planning to do by 2011. Emefiele was not there. I mean, this current CBN governor was not there.
But God saw this thing afar off, and then told you what He has heard, “I have heard that the Tabernacle of God is now among men. And look at what He wants to do among men. Wipe away their tears. Then end their sufferings and usher them into a new world—a new heaven and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
The kingdom of this world, turning out to be the Kingdom of God and His children. Look at God telling you, “Even if you die, you are a child of God. You have not died.”
Did the LORD Jesus Christ not say so? If you believe in Me, even if you die, you will rise again. Is it not true?
Reference: John 11:25. ²⁵Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; NIV
Why then do people doubt God’s promises and believe the devil. People fear the devil more than God. They respect the devil more than God. They honour devil more than God.
Tell these wicked men and women among us that somebody summoned them to their village shrine, you see them panicking. Secretly they will go there. Some go by night.
They will be having excuses, “My father is sick. My mother is about to die. Let me rush home”, telling lies in hypocrisy. They have a good reason they normally give so that they can be excused, but does God know them? Yes! For the foundation of God is not shaken one bit. It is a firm foundation.
⁸Have you heard that the same government that is serving your interest… How did He hear it? He is a silent listener to every secret conversation, for the words spoken by people in their hearts speak loudest on the Throne of God, even more than the words of their mouths.
The Inner Voice. An idea they were trying to mute out had already been captured by God.
And He knew that when that law will come into existence, it must affect His children adversely. He started preparing them ahead of time so that when the thing will come into effect, they will remember that they had already known about it.
Go and tell people out there that you knew about this since 2011, they will ask you, “How? Blatant liar! When did you hear it? This is how you go about peddling lies. Tomorrow, you will say that it was prophesied by a Prophet. Where is that prophet and the world is deteriorating? There is hardship on the land, but He is keeping quiet.”
⁸Have you heard that the same government that is serving your interest has signed into law non-cash-purchase? That is, non-cash-purchase law. You will not be carRYing money about again. If you go to any bank, the highest amount they will give you at the counter is one hundred and fifty thousand Naira. What is more, they will give you this money in horrible denominations. You will go with Ghana-must-go bag to collect fifty Naira, hundred Naira, ten Naira, five Naira and so on.
Has it come to pass? Did any of the gods of your land predict it? Where were they when these people muted out this idea that is tormenting everybody except the Elect?
⁹Assuming you want to make a business of five hundred thousand Naira, and the rules says that you will only go to bank once in a day;… Is it not the rule today? You go to bank once in a day.
…they now say you will come to the bank with the people you are buying something from, they will fill the forms, put their account numbers in their various banks and go away for the bank to transfer the money into their accounts.
Have you seen it? TRANSFER. Using “transfer” to settle bills. God saw it ahead of time. And there was no ATM that time.
… By the time you finish all these things, it will take two to three days.
¹⁰Assuming you want to do a cash transaction of one million Naira that requires paying cash on the spot, it then means you will stay in that place for ten days. Everyday, you go to the bank until you complete the money.
¹¹What is non-cash-purchase? You will be moving about with credit card. You will be moving with what? Credit card. It is about to be introduced. 2011. Credit card which Nigeria knew not. It is about to be introduced. 2011. 3^rd June.
Who will see all these things afar? Today, what happened. On the same day they launched cashless policy, they launched credit card.
Brethren, God does that which He says He will do. If God has spoken, your duty is to say Amen and wait for it. It will never come back void.
[The LORD spots one who is overtaken by sleep] This corpse of a human being has taken the position that will make him sleep. He is now gazing like a goat. Go ahead. Let God continue to talk against you. Keep on heaping judgment upon your head.
Brethren, what I am trying to establish is this. Seeing that among us here, we are not only eye and ear witnesses. We are beneficiaries.
Is there anybody here who cannot stand up and tell the whole world what God has spoken concerning him or her? Or of situations since you embraced this Faith which have dovetailed word for word.
Has there been anything evil and the LORD has not announced it ahead of time? That Buhari became a president could be a surprise, was it a surprise to us. We knew. We were told of how many times he will contest, and that he must be there at last.
When he entered, the day he was sworn in, we were told everything we must expect from him. And then, in the end, he will plunge Nigeria into chaos. Are we not having chaos today?
Who will declare the end from the very beginning? Almighty God. Does He make noise on the street? No! Is he numbered among the Nigerian recognized prophets? No! His Voice is unheard. He is a small Voice.
Now I want to go to the Message proper.
Isaiah 26:19-21, Living Bible. ^[19]Yet we have this assurance: Those who belong to God shall live again. Their bodies shall rise again! …
Do you belong to God? This is an everlasting consolation. Why you must behave right so that you become a partaker of the first resurrection among those second death will have no power over; among those who will not go to White Throne Judgment.
^[19]Yet we have this assurance: Those who belong to God shall live again. Their bodies shall rise again! Those who dwell in the dust shall awake and sing for joy! For God’s light of life will fall like dew upon them!
^[20]Go home, my people, and lock the doors! Hide for a little while until the Lord’s wrath against your enemies has passed. ^[21]Look! The Lord is coming from the heavens to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide the murderers. The guilty will be found. Amen!
Acts of the Apostles Chapter 17 from verse 29 through 30. Amplified version. ²⁹Since then, we are God’s offspring,… Since we are God’s offspring; God’s children, we ought not to think that the Godhead [Look at the Godhead—the Almighty God] is like the idols of your people or the idols of the nation which people are using to intimidate their families, and then put their families in bondage. Yet, claim to be children of God or offspring of God.
²⁹Since then we are God’s offspring, we ought not to suppose that the Deity (the Godhead) is like gold or silver or stone, [of the nature of] a representation by human art and imagination,… such as your fathers introduced you to because of the ignorance and the blindness of their hearts against the truth. …or anything constructed or invented.
³⁰Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people [everybody] everywhere, to repent [No exemption!] (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins), Sure!!! Why? He has fixed a day. Who fixed that day? Almighty God. In the Book of Habakkuk, He said, “That day will not exceed even by one second.” It shall be as the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
³¹Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man… By Who? A man. Not the gods of your land. Not the traditions of your people. Not any idol but by a Man.
All the translations of the Bible give credence to this truth. A Man!
SONG: [God has been a Man right from creation. In every generation, God has always been a Man. In our generation, God is a Man, giving us His Message that we may be saved]
If He does not give us His Message, we are lost. We will be like other people. The difference between you and I, and the other people, is it not what we have received from God? If you have received the Message I have received, no difference. You live the way I live, no difference.
But if there be anything short of it, you are a pagan. You are an abomination. You are a disgusting person before the Saints and before the Almighty God. So, know whether your presence is a disgusting one or a pleasurable one before God and before His people.
³¹Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible… He has made this assurance credible [believable]. …and given conviction and assurance… He has given what? Conviction and also assurance. …and evidence [infallible evidence] to everyone by raising Him from the dead. The Resurrected Body. Amen.

Please pay attention. If you miss it, you have missed it all. This is the last visitation. After Me cometh no other. If another will come, which shape will he assume? What will he preach? For nothing is left but the translation of this immortal body which will take place in a twinkling of an eye. ……. Remember we have too many dreams, we have visions, you have heard audible voices concerning that Gate. I am the Door. I am the Door. Nothing defiling will ever cross it. Nothing spotted, nothing with blemish will ever cross it.

THE SON OF MAN

CHRIST IS THE IDENTITY OF EVERY ELECT; Preached on Sunday 8^th February 2015 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 84 vs. 44 & Pg. 93 vs. 26

IT SHALL BE ONE DAY KNOWN UNTO THE LORD

We thank God. If we go to that Message again, I think it should be Acts of the Apostles Chapter 1 verse 2 through 3. God made statements there.

²Until the day when He ascended, after He through the Holy Spirit had instructed and commanded the apostles (special messengers) whom He had chosen.³To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion (His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many convincing demonstrations…
To prove to them that He is the Resurrected Body; that the same that was crucified was the same that came back to life. No other person.
He closed the mouths of all doubting Thomases when He said, “Come with your cameras, and you will behold; you will see He that has been having dealings with you all these years, to banish unbelief.”
Before your eyes as you continued in this Faith, He said, “I must bring down the Godhead so that you stop thinking that the Godhead is like silver or gold or metal molded in one form or the other, as your fathers used to do and believe in.”
Were you disappointed on the day you came with your cameras? You saw Him wrapped in a Cloud, with a Rainbow over His head. You saw many diverse things that happened. Thirteen different displays in the day, not in the night amidst hundreds of witnesses.
On the day He pulled down the Godhead, the Godhead swallowed everybody in the Sanctuary of over a thousand two hundred people. And not even one appeared. His presence filled all in all.
He went further, “Whenever I want to magnify Myself among My people, I will show them My Original Body.” And then, with your eyes, you have seen the Original Body.
He said I am making a trip. Let Me connect all the Local Assemblies to the Godhead. I am moving to Kaduna. Before your eyes, he went there and showcased Himself above the Congregation and perched on a handset screen that was switched off.
It is just like what happened in the house of Bro Kelechi Eze. In the same place where he was disowned, in the same place, he is declared God’s own son because he turned away from wickedness, and then helped the family to recognize the truth.
And the Prophet said, “Wherever the truth is preached and believed unadulterated, the supernatural presence of God must be the vindication.”
I mean, if there could be anything that could cause Bro Kelechi to rejoice exceedingly, it is that one. He should now walk towards consolidating it.
But he should have known more than that before now, that from the day I personally delighted Myself in carrying him and his wife in My vehicle for the first time. Instead of asking them to go down on the way, I took them directly to the entrance of their house, but refused to step My feet into their house. No matter how they cried and begged, I resisted it.
That should have been the day he should have reckoned that whatever that will compel THE SON OF MAN to ask them, for they never requested. I was the One that asked them, “Are you going home?” They said, “Yes.” I then said, “Enter the vehicle.” They entered.
From this compound, I took them. It is not that they requested that I should carry them. After all, I did not bring them.
It happened at a time I frustrated him for a while by parking his vehicle because of the ungodly meeting he called in December in his hometown with pretense.
I allowed him to go with the vehicle, and I parked it there so that he will trek for some months. And he did the trekking.
I was the One that made it impossible for it to be repaired at Nsukka. All the mechanic attempted but their efforts were all in futility. Until I told him the person that will carry it.
He went to My mechanic who went there and carried it down. Yet, without effecting any repairs at Nsukka. He drove it down. The vehicle that was not moving moved from Nsukka down to Onitsha. Then he repaired it.
He never knew I was there when the vehicle arrived. I was there when it was repaired. I was there when he came to carry it. Yet, he did not see Me.
I just give God the glory for what He is doing among us.
³To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion… After His manner of life. Is it a lie? He is not the type of person that walks in secret. He showcases Himself. After His passion, He re-introduced Himself to His Apostles again.
³To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion (His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many convincing demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible proofs],…
Are we sure that these unscrupulous people among us, scoundrels found among us, notably among our Ministers are not querying the supernatural presence of God in the midst of the Bride?
May be some are believing because since then, they have not heard or seen it any other place, while some are believing because at last, the entire world has bowed down to the revealed Christ, even the pope of Rome, acknowledging Him. May be that is the reason.
May be it is because Israel is now in the forefront, followed by UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. All of them have lined up. Those who were jumping and crying on how THE SON OF MAN will be arrested and killed by the Muslims are now seeing the Muslims clustering around Him.
Then the Dajjal [the anti-Christ] finally submitted to the superior Authority Whom He [Christ] has destroyed with the Word of His mouth without firing a shot.
He [the dajjal] bowed down and proclaimed, “Let everybody know of a surety that the LORD Jesus Christ has returned upon the earth long ago. He must be somewhere in a small splint group, favouring a small group. Let us hold on tenaciously to our faith as catholics, believing that towards the end, maybe we shall all be there with Him. Maybe.”
Now they have found Him through the website, go to Italy and see what is happening there. Nobody is disproving again, for they knew from the onset that there must be a halo over the head of a Saint.
Hence, whenever they canonize anybody, they will use artistic impression to make a halo like a rainbow over the head of that person.
All the reverend fathers that paid Me a visit, when they saw the calendar, they all bowed, including the knights. I mean their knights: knights of saint John, Mulumba and saint Gregory. All of them bowed down in submission to God’s perfect will. Then who are you? Who then are you?
Is it because He is not making noise on the street or because He is not working the way you anticipate He should work? This is because what people thought He will do whenever he comes back, runs contrary to what he is doing, for they do not know Him. They do not know His ways. They have always misunderstood the ways of God. The ways of God are grossly misunderstood. True or false?
That is why if you do not know how He behaves and how He acts, He may come your way and you call Him devil. You may not call Him devil with your mouth, but with your heart, you will conclude that this Man must be a devil.
So they did that time, calling Him devil with their hearts, but calling Him LORD with their mouths because He was walking contrary to their expectations.
³To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion (His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many convincing demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible proofs], appearing to them during forty days and talking [to them] about the things of the kingdom of God. Amen. Amen!
May be because you have not seen the resurrection. The resurrection is taking place generally and globally in one day. It is not even a day’s affair. It is a one-second affair. And that is what every Elect of God is expecting right now.
If you are expecting any other thing other than the resurrection of the dead and your immortal body, it then means you are blind to the hour you are in. Nothing is left except these two. And these two will take place in a twinkling of an eye—in one second.
Do you need further preparations? No! Why? He has given to you all things pertaining to life and godliness that you may be able to attain His divine nature. He has showcased His divine nature. He has been living with you all this while.
Through His Message, He has made His requirements known to all mankind. You are without excuse. No further notice shall be given. We have received enough notice. True or false?
Have we not received enough notice? Have we not seen more than our fathers saw? In this our generation, who has ever witnessed what we have witnessed or heard the level of truth we have heard? Infallible truths, prophecies going forth and fulfilling. All at the same time. Too many things because He is doing a quick work which He is going to wrap up in righteousness.
Now when is it going to take place? Zechariah 14:7. It shall be one day, known unto the LORD.
Amplified version. ⁷But it shall be one continuous day,… Note that word “continuous”. One unending day! One unending day! On that glorious day we will meet Him, we know no parting. It shall be an unending day.
⁷But it shall be one continuous day, known to the Lord–not day and not night, but at evening time there shall be light.
When every hope is lost; when many have grown tired; when prophecies have been ridiculed; when the prophets must have been laughed at and mocked at it. Evening time.
All these years, he promised He will do this and that, He even promised He will return. What is holding Him? What is He waiting for? Please you people should forget about this thing o. It will not happen again.
When everybody has grown tired of waiting, the Bridegroom will appear. Only those whose hearts are made ready will enter. The rest, no matter how virginous they might be; how sanctimonious they might be, they will be declared unqualified. Whatever might be your reason, it is unacceptable. Once you miss it, you have missed it. Narrowly can never kill a bird.
Knowing that no other notice shall be given to you, what is expected of you and I is nothing but to be ready at all times, for at a time when you least expected, it shall be all over.
Remember, He that is watching over you with tender mercy, tender kindness, tenderly love, knows when He is going to wrap it up. He is watching everybody’s reaction and everybody’s movement. He is not too far from us. Is He too far from us?
God is only far from those wicked people, malicious people and hypocrites among us, for they are wicked. God is far from the wicked.
Now, why should I bother Myself? I should not because I have only but a little people in number. I am not assigned to save the whole world.
Now, put down as the title: ARE YOU SURE AND CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE IN THE NUMBER SAVED BY GOD’S ELECTION OF GRACE?
ARE YOU SURE AND CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE IN THE NUMBER SAVED BY GOD’S ELECTION OF GRACE? You will know why it is a question.

You see, faith cometh by hearing. We talk about faith, you see, it is not a big mountain. Faith means simply trusting in what you heard, believing that the person that is talking to you is God’s mouthpiece sent to you for your own salvation. ……. Obedience to God’s Word is your salvation, depending on the Word of God that has come to you, for the Word of God that has ever come to man for salvation has always been opposed to the man’s desire. This is why you must have your revelation of who is talking to you.

THE SON OF MAN

EXAMINE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST VOL. 2; preached on Sunday 22^nd June, 2014 at the Household of God Onitsha; Pg. 61 vs. 45 & Pg. 64 vs. 52

SALVATION IS BY FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE

Turn with Me to Romans Chapter 9 from verse 6 through 7. Different translations now. Anybody can read.

⁶However, it is not as though God’s Word had failed [coming to nothing]. For it is not everybody who is a descendant of Jacob (Israel) who belongs to [the true] Israel.
⁷And they are not all the children of Abraham because they are by blood his descendants. No, [the promise was] Your descendants will be called and counted through the line of Isaac [though Abraham had an older son]. Amen.
Be sure you read where I quoted and stop where I say you should stop. No euphoria. Do not tell Me, “My own is joined.” If it is joined, get Me exactly the portion I need.
Romans 9:6-7, Living Bible. ^[6]Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promises to the Jews? No! For these promises are only to those who are truly Jews. And not everyone born into a Jewish family is truly a Jew!
^[7]Just the fact that they come from Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say that the promises apply only to Abraham’s son Isaac and Isaac’s descendants, though Abraham had other children too. Amen.
Be seated. You can only stand up if you want to read.
Pause a little. How does it look like if Abraham married your mother, fulfilled all the marital demands of your people, impregnated your mother, and she begat many children, of which you happen to be in the number?
And other wives also were legally married by Abraham. They begat children for Abraham legally. And at the end of the day, they were not numbered among the Jewish descendants of Abraham, simply because they were born outside spiritual wedlock.
Spiritual wedlock is not physical wedlock. Others were born through marriage contracted naturally, and they begat children naturally, but one was begotten supernaturally. One was gotten after due time. One came according to the promise of God. But the rest came according to the desires and passions of the flesh for marriage. Did you get the difference?
When a man picks a wife for Himself, the next thing is that he begins to reproduce. All the children belong to that man and the woman. No sin is imputed.
Hear Me very well. If the woman’s womb, along the way, develops problem and conception stops for a very long time, and the woman and the man have lost every feeling for each other;
Maybe because of one incidence, the LORD came to the family and says, “Madam, it is true you have been barren for years now. Your last child is so so and so number of years. You do not have the desire for a child and your husband does not have. Drop that idea. Now, Thus Saith the LORD. You will conceive after the passion of all men and give birth to a child to commemorate the day I visited this family.”
That particular child becomes a different child altogether. That child automatically become a child of promise, away from the rest.
I cannot shun to declare that I have two of them in Bishop Nnachor’s house, which blindly both him and his wife cannot recognize, talk less of his children. And for that reason, they allowed those God-given gifts to become wild in their hands. Instead of constantly reminding them how they came into existence.
If it were to be in the olden days, they would have been dedicated to the temple of God for service. They would have remained temple servants-temple maids.
So, there is always a great difference between one that is born of promise and one that is born according to the desire of the flesh. Anybody that is born according to the flesh must persecute one that is born of the promise, which is a spirit.
You can find it in Galatians Chapter 4 for he that is of the flesh persecutes one that is of the spirit.
Reference: Galatians 4:29. ²⁹But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. KJV
²⁹Yet [just] as at that time the child [of ordinary birth] born according to the flesh despised and persecuted him [who was born remarkably] according to [the promise and the working of] the [Holy] Spirit, so it is now also. AMP
We are not talking about your physical birth now. We are talking about the spiritual birth, for we are not following God mechanically like the Jews. We now follow God spiritually.
Anybody that is not born with the spirit of Christ does not belong to God. And he that is born of God doEs not make practice of sin, for the Seed of God abideth in him. He that is born of Christ reflects Christ’s nature.
For if you say that you are a child of God, but your life does not reflect the life of Christ, you are a blasphemer, and you are a hypocrite.
So, we are now talking about being born again by the spirit and not by the flesh, for by one spirit all of us entered into one Body. And that is Christ.
And if any does not have the spirit of Christ, he is cut off from the Kingdom of Christ and His dear love. He is not a partaker of the life that Christ gives.
So, if you are born of the spirit of truth, you must acknowledge the things of God, for no man that is born with the spirit of Christ calleth the things of God accursed.
There is nothing God will be doing that will be abomination before you; that will warrant criticism, for you cannot criticize what your spirit is equally acknowledging, for Deep calleth deep. Did you get the Message?
If you cannot hear and understand, and practice the teachings of Christ, it is because you are a counterfeit. You are not born of the spirit of Christ. Amen.
Romans 9:29-33, Amplified version. ²⁹It is as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us a Seed [from which to propagate descendants], we [Israel] would have fared like Sodom and have been made like Gomorrah.
Who was that “A Seed” and not seeds? The Messiah Jesus Christ was the Seed, from where truth was reproduced. In your own day, Who is that “A Seed”? He is One that was preserved by God. He is THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH that was promised would come and guide you in the knowledge of all truths. He that will come in search of Faith.
When THE SON OF MAN shall come, shall He find faith? And when He came, He met apostacy. That is why He sat down to begin to re-introduce the faith of the fathers—the Apostolic Faith to enable you begin to contend for it because apostacy reigned.
When He introduced the faith that was introduced to the Apostles, you now became contentious of that Faith. Hence people started contending for the Faith which was once and for all delivered unto the Saints.
In His Faith, you are now sanctified. In His Faith, you are now made acceptable, even your sacrifices, for He is now the go-between between you and the Father. You that were aforetime lost, living without God, has He brought close to God by reconciling you to God.
Hence, He came with the Ministry of reconciliation, putting men in right standing with God by mercy so that their sins will no longer be inputted upon them. He became the Ambassador and Representative which He committed into your hands the Ministry of reconciliation.
God was in Christ reconciling us to Himself, no longer imputing our sins upon us, but instead cancelling them. 2 Corinthians 5. I think we better go through it. Look at verse 19 through 20.
2 Corinthians 5:19-20, Amplified version. ¹⁹It was God [personally present] in Christ,… It was Who? …God… Who? …God… personally present in Christ. Look at God. See the Elohim. See the Deity personally present in THE SON OF MAN. [The LORD pointed the Brethren around Him to the picture of the Original Body]
Hence, He did not go to any Bible college or any Theological institution to be taught of whatever He is giving to you, for they are divinely oriented.
If God never became a man, there was no way you could be instructed by God personally, having Him as your Teacher.
¹⁹It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favour with Himself,… NOTE! Restoring and reconciling the world to favour with Himself.
…not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the Message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favour).
²⁰So we are Christ’s ambassadors, [Sure!!!] God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives]…
But some are devil’s representatives. Some are Mammon’s representatives. Some are Satan’s representatives. Satan personified. Some are representing the idols of their people.
When you are wielding strength with the idol of your community, are you not representing its interest? Find out whose interest you are representing.
²⁰So we are Christ’s ambassadors, [Sure!!!] God making His appeal as it were through us. … Those people are devil’s ambassadors. … We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favour [now offered you] and be reconciled to God. Amen.
Look at Gideon. In the days of Gideon, people were making cases for their gods, but Gideon told them, “Why not leave your idols to defend themselves? If I have desecrated your idols, why not go your way and allow your idols to arrest me? Allow your idols to take me and judge me. Why are you representing the idols by arresting me and by accusing me?”
Are you the idols’ representatives and God’s representative at the same time? Can you serve two masters at the same time.
It is unfortunate, sorry to say it, that almost all our Ministers, except a few, are personal representatives of the idols of their communities and also claiming to be God’s representatives.
I do not owe anybody any apology concerning My statements, which I know what is prompting it out of My mouth. You might not be guilty here, but somebody is guilty out there.
And they know themselves, especially Enugu and Nsukka in the South East. Enugu and Nsukka or call it the entire Enugu State. They love going to church, but they do not worship God. They are idolaters. Naked idolaters!
There are places where you dare not open the Bible and talk to a family. They decreed the Bible out as an abomination, but you can hold cross and hold chaplet. They will allow you in. Once you are holding the Bible, they will decree you out.
Some are merely holding Christ with their mouths. Their hearts are too far away from obedience to the truth. They are compromisers. In secret, they compromise with their people. In the day, they mill around us as if we are one.
Reference: Surah 2:8-14.⁸And of mankind, there are some (hypocrites) who say: “We believe in God and the Last Day” while in fact they believe not. ⁹They (think to) deceive God and those who believe, while they only deceive themselves, and perceive (it) not!
¹⁰In their hearts is a disease (of doubt and hypocrisy) and God has increased their disease. A painful torment is theirs because they used to tell lies.
¹¹And when it is said to them: “Make not mischief on the earth,” they say: “We are only peacemakers.” ¹²Verily! They are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive not.
¹³And when it is said to them (hypocrites): “Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him, Al-Ansâr and Al-Muhajirûn) have believed,” they say: “Shall we believe as the fools have believed?” Verily, they are the fools, but they know not.
¹⁴And when they meet those who believe, they say: “We believe,” but when they are alone with their Shayâtin (devils — polytheists, hypocrites, etc.), they say: “Truly, we are with you; verily, we were but mocking.” [Hilali-Khan Translation]
⁹Of the People there are some who say: “We believe in Allah and the last days:” but they do not (really) believe. ¹⁰Fain would they deceive Allah and those who believe, but they only deceive themselves, and realize (it) not!
¹¹When it is said to them: “Make not mischief on the earth,” they say: “We are only ones that put things right.” ¹²Of a surety they are the ones who make mischief, but they realize (it) not.
¹³When it is said to them: “Believe as the others believe:” they say: “Shall we believe as the fools believe?”—Nay, of a surety they are fools, but they do not know.
¹⁴When they meet those who believe, they say: “We believe;” but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say: “We are really with you; we (were) only jesting” [Abdullah Yusuf Ali Translation – Transliteration in Roman Script with original Arabic text]
Do not worry. They have run away from My house because I have made it uncomfortable for all those heathens. You cannot see them frequenting My house anymore, or calling My line anymore, for they know that I am now in a deadly mood, for whatever that has been withholding My anger has been rolled away. They have recognized that.

Who no know go know. We are not what people think we are. If they had known God, they would have known us. Thus, do not be amazed at what you are witnessing. The Scripture said that we are of God, we are children of God. The rest of the people around us are under the power and control of the evil One. If you do not want the Devil to control you, to be under his power, remain in Christ. Abide in Me and I will abide in you. The Lord said, “When you abide in Me and My Words abide in you, ask whatsoever you will!” What a blank cheque. If you can have faith in Me, abide in Me, allow My Word to abide in you, ask whatsoever, there is no limit. It is like giving you a blank cheque and telling you to write the amount you need or you want, whichever.

THE SON OF MAN

GIVE YOURSELF A PLACE WHEN YOU ARE ALIVE; preached on Friday 27^th November, 2015 at the Son of Man’s Family Altar, Mbaise; Pg. 43 vs. 26 – 29

BEING JUSTIFIED BY FAITH,

WE FREELY HAVE ACCESS TO GOD

Romans 9:29-33, Amplified version. ²⁹It is as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us a seed [from which to propagate descendants], we [Israel] would have fared like Sodom and have been made like Gomorrah.

Stop a little. Now what if THE SON OF MAN was not revealed in your midst? Will you escape where others were trapped. What makes the total difference between you and others? Is it not the presence of THE SON OF MAN Who has led you to the true God, for He is the true Teaching Priest?
He came and removed your blindness, and cured you of the incurable disease called ignorance – a self-inflicted injury. A calamity which someone inflicted upon himself.
³⁰What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not follow after righteousness [who did not seek salvation by right relationship to God] have attained it by faith [a righteousness imputed by God, based on and produced by faith],
³¹Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law… ever in pursuit of the law which they were not even obeying. Watch all those people among us. Heathens! Unscrupulous elements that put their families in bondage.
They do not want to be saved and they do not want any of their family members to be saved, but they are hiding under the cloak of the Ministry to perpetrate wickedness, denying their people what they ought to do for them, all in the name of “My faith said no! I will not do that which is against my faith.”
When it comes to discharging his responsibilities, he will tell you that his faith abhors that, but when it comes to indulging in iniquity, his “faith” will permit him. Hypocrites! Liars!
You can run, but you can never hide. I have seen you. I have seen you. All these years, you have been running. Now, your running is coming to a halt. You will see your legs crippled anytime from now. You cannot limp and you cannot jump. You will be in one place, moping like a drone, for your senses will be gone.
The LORD is going to disarm all. Watch from now what is about to take place in the Bride. Today is 19th [March 2023].
³⁰What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not follow after righteousness [who did not seek salvation by right relationship to God] have attained it by faith [a righteousness imputed by God, based on and produced by faith],
³¹Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law [for the securing] of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law.
³²For what reason? Because [they pursued it] not through faith, [Good!] relying [instead] on the merit of their works [they did not depend on faith but on what they could do]. They have stumbled over the Stumbling Stone. [Sure!!!]
³³As it is written, Behold I am laying in Zion a Stone that will make men stumble, a Rock that will make them fall; but he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] shall not be put to shame nor be disappointed in his expectations. Sure!!!
By the works of the law has no flesh been ever justified. Now, see the gentiles who accepted God by faith, and they are walking by faith. They have received their justification, but Israel is still under condemnation.
That is why they have gladly welcomed Me now, for their eyes of understanding have been illuminated. They are receiving their God Who is coming now from afar in the fashion of the Gentiles, Whom they despised.
In the same place it was said to the Gentiles, “You are not mine”, in that same place again, they are proclaimed the people of the Most High God, for God used them to provoke Israel to jealousy.
When the first wife starts bragging because she was wedded first, the man, in order to call off her bluff, will go for a second wife much more beautiful than her. He will throw his weight around that second wife so that the heart of the first will be burning with jealousy.
And with that jealousy and not willing to depart, she will start crying. Before you know it, she will realize her foolishness and then kneel down, pleading, “I will not do it again. Please pardon me. Please pardon me.” The man will shout at her, “Get out from here!”
She will insist, “No, I will not get out. Remember how we lived before. Remember.” The man will shout again, “Get out! Were you not the one that was telling me that there are many fishes in the ocean? I have dived into the ocean and I have gotten another fish better than you. Your own is small. I am now holding a big one. A choice specie. That is what I am holding!”
After much pleading and begging, the man will say, “Ok. Carry your bag and put it in one corner there.” Shamefully she will carry the bag and put at a corner and be rejoicing that, at last, she has a place in the palace. At last, I have gotten a place in the palace again.
So that is the thing. Watch what God is doing, using the Gentiles to provoke the Jews to jealousy, having His eyes on the Jews that he will never cut them off completely. It was for a season.
Romans 9:29-33, Living Bible. ^[29]And Isaiah says in another place that except for God’s mercy all the Jews would be destroyed—all of them—just as everyone in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah perished.
^[30]Well then, what shall we say about these things? Just this, that GOD HAS GIVEN THE GENTILES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ACQUITTED BY FAITH,…
Not only discharged but acquitted, but discharged and acquitted by faith which they have expressed in the One the LORD sent. What must we do that we conclude, do everything and meet the demands of God’s will?
He said, “By believing in Him; by accepting Him, accepting Him, believing Him, depending on Him.” Oh! That is all that is needed. That is all that is needed. Yet, he remains a Stumbling Stone to others wherein they stumble saying, “Thou art a man and maketh Thyself God.”
^[30]Well then, what shall we say about these things? Just this, that GOD HAS GIVEN THE GENTILES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ACQUITTED BY FAITH, even though they had not been really seeking God.
^[31]But the Jews, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping his laws, never succeeded. [32]Why not? Because they were trying to be saved by keeping the law and being good instead of by depending on faith. They have stumbled over the great stumbling stone.
^[33]God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said, “I have put a Rock in the path of the Jews, and many will stumble over Him (Jesus). THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM WILL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED.” Amen!
Believe in the revealed Christ of your day. No fear of disappointment. You can never be put to shame, for the Faith has already justified you. Being justified by Faith, we freely have access to God.
That is why the Bible said that we should be careful, for this is serious. If you are counting on your obedience to the ten commandments of Moses, observance of Jewish laws and rituals and things like that in making yourself right with God, the Scripture said, “Christ can never save you.”
IF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BASED ON YOUR OWN SELF ACCLAIMED OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS OF THE JEWS, YOU ARE LOST. CHRIST CAN NEVER SAVE YOU.
And you cannot say or begin to query yourself, “What if after believing this truth, at the end of the day, I discover that it cannot save me”.
He said, “Never say such a thing or think such a thing concerning our LORD and Master Christ. Rather we shall be found to be transgressors if we begin to rebuild the old system of trying to be saved by keeping those useless and unprofitable laws wherein there is no life. We make ourselves God’s enemies.”
Continue with that translation—Living Bible. I say, continue with that translation—Living Bible. I am handing over to you. Be very careful.
Romans 11:5-8, Living Bible. ^[5]It is the same today. Not all the Jews have turned away from God; THERE ARE A FEW BEING SAVED AS A RESULT OF GOD’S KINDNESS IN CHOOSING THEM.
^[6]AND IF IT IS BY GOD’S KINDNESS, THEN IT IS NOT BY THEIR BEING GOOD ENOUGH. For in that case the free gift would no longer be free—it isn’t free when it is earned. ^[7]So this is the situation: Most of the Jews have not found the favour of God they are looking for. [Yes!] A FEW HAVE—THE ONES GOD HAS PICKED OUT…
The ones God Himself decided to personally pick out. Those whom God personally picked out. Many are called; few are chosen.
Just like when I came here to reside with My Family. They were twelve in number. Out of the twelve, I allowed others to go. I sacked some. I said, “Chika must stay”. My Family said ok.
And of all those people, Chika was the worst, for he knew absolutely nothing. Picking Chika means picking an infant, starting from the cradle to teach him how to bath, how to brush teeth, how to read and write, how to cook and how to do everything.
That one is better preferred. We can say we groomed him by changing his orientation. We decided to take that longer way to make sure we will stay with him, instead of taking those people who were wiser than us and moreknowledgeable than us like Chibuzo Ukasanya who was equally among them, Echezona and John Ekwueme. There were many of them.
We did not know how to begin to correct them, lest they will beat us up. Moreso, they had developed thick wall. And they came all out for one thing, which is not to serve God, but to make money. They preferred making money to worshipping God, until Chibuzor Ukasanya mentioned his own, “I came to Onitsha to make money and not to do any work F-O-C [free of charge].” We did not know what F-O-C means.
He never knew that God captured the statement. And today, he is still in the work of making money. If money does not kill an Ngwa man, and women do not kill him, I do not think there is any other thing that can kill him in this world.
When you make this money what do you do with it. You share it among prostitutes and go home empty-handed. That is all. It is not that the person will make the money for achieving a noble goal.
So he was doing until I had to invite his father to come and see how he is wasting his life, his money and everything. His father came and saw with his eyes.
So, I really thank God. No regrets in whatever God is doing. He knows what He is doing.
^[7]So this is the situation: Most of the Jews have not found the favour of God they are looking for. [Yes!] A FEW HAVE—THE ONES GOD HAS PICKED OUT... Who picked them out? —but the eyes of the others have been blinded. Thank you!
^[8]This is what our Scriptures refer to when they say that God has put them to sleep, shutting their eyes and ears so that they do not understand what we are talking about when we tell them of Christ. And so it is to this very day.
Romans 11:5-8, Amplified version. ⁵So too at the present time there is A REMNANT (A SMALL BELIEVING MINORITY),… Hand-pickedby God. Hand-picked! Are you among this small believing minority? It is a spiritual affair, and not a carnal affair.
Do not look at your number here. Consider our number globally in comparison to the population of the world. Check every country and how many people that are respondents. From some countries, you see 10. Some, 5. Some, 8,000. Some, 7,000.
Do not look at the number only. Consider that number that is responding weekly in comparison to the population of that country. For example, Russian Federation, China and Nigeria. What is our population? How many respondents are we having there?
Anytime we have 10,000 we begin to jubilate. It is infinitesimal when compared to the great population of Nigeria—the giant of Africa.
⁵So too at the present time there is a remnant (a small believing minority), SELECTED (CHOSEN) BY GRACE (BY GOD’S UNMERITED FAVOUR AND GRACIOUSNESS).
God stretched out His hand and reached out for those people, for reasons best known to God alone. But how many have accepted it?
That is why God said, “I have stretched out My hands to save a rebellious nation. Yet, they will not welcome my hand, for they are stiff-necked and stubborn to a fault.”
⁶But if it is by grace (His unmerited favour and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless].
⁷What then [shall we conclude]? Israel failed to obtain what it sought [God’s favour by obedience to the Law]. ONLY THE ELECT (THOSE CHOSEN FEW)…
ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NUMBERED AMONG THAT SMALL BELIEVING MINORITY CHOSEN BY GOD’S ELECTION OF GRACE?
ONLY THE ELECT (THOSE CHOSEN FEW) obtained it, while the rest of them became callously indifferent (blinded, hardened, and made insensible to it).
8As it is written, God gave them a spirit (an attitude) of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, [that has continued] down to this very day. Sure!!!
No matter how you preach and no matter how you teach, they remain the same, year in year out.
On this note, I invite our Pastor to the pulpit to over-labour him the more. Let me make it easier for him. Read the Message on the platform.