DO NOT LOWER YOUR HANDS PREACHED @ SUNDAY, 26TH JULY 2020 AT THE BRIDAL LODGE, NSUGBE ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN THE AGELESS BEING
CHRIST CANNOT BE SAYING A [ONE] THING AND THE CHURCH IS SAYING A DIFFERENT THING. WHEN CHRIST SPEAKS, OUR DUTY IS TO SAY AMEN. WHATEVER WE WANT IN THIS CHURCH, WE MUST GET IT FROM CHRIST. WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO, WE MUST CONSULT HIM. HE WILL APPROVE OF IT. IF IT IS NOT APPROVED IN THE SCRIPTURE, HE DOES NOT APPROVE IT. WE WOULD NOT CARRY IT OUT. THUS, CHRIST, THE WORD, DIRECTS THE MOVEMENT OF THE CHURCH, DICTATES THE HABIT OF THE CHURCH, HAS FINAL SAY IN ALL MATTERS. Nobody can challenge it.
ACTION TIME PART 1 (HUSBANDS AND WIVES) CAMP MEETING; PREACHED ON TUESDAY, 30TH DECEMBER, 1997 AT THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD ONITSHA; PG. 32 VS. 35 – 37
INTRODUCTION
PRAYER
Our dear Heavenly Father, here we come before You this morning as Your own people You consecrated and set apart for Your own use.
2. We were nothing, and You made us something. We were just in the dustbin. You picked us and cleansed us, washed us whiter than snow, presented us unto Yourself as holy vessels because of what Christ has accomplished for us, O God, not what we have achieved.
3. Father, we bow before You and reverence You because of Your wonderful love, mercy, grace, extravagant grace we are enjoying in Your hands.
4. From the day we were born till today, we have been enjoying extravagant love, extravagant blessings, extravagant protection, extravagant grace, even extravagant salvation, which is not by our merit, but simply because You wanted to.
5. Father, we bow down before You. We reverence and adore You. We exalt Your Most Holy Name, the King of kings and LORD of Lords. The Great Jehovah that ruleth over the affairs of men, and in whom there is no variableness.
6. Father, to You belongeth the victory, the glory, the honour, the praise, the worship, thanksgiving, adoration and majesty, now and throughout all eternity for Your Name’s sake.
7. You are the most merciful, most compassionate, most loving, most caring, most understanding, most patient and the most tolerant God.
8. Besides, You are the most faithful, most Holy, the most righteous, perfect in all Your ways. The God of the judgment day. To You we have come today, bowing our heads down before You.
9. We say, Lord, let Your mercy and love project towards us. We do not want Your judgment, but we want Your mercy.
10. Father, in Your judgment, remember mercy. In Your judgment, remember mercy. In Your judgment, remember Your mercy, for You said that Your mercies are from everlasting to everlasting to those that fear and honour You.
11. We are here because we fear You, we honour, we respect, we revere Your Most Holy Name for there is none to compare to You in Heaven and on earth.
12. Anybody You want to destroy, You will destroy. Anybody You want to keep alive, You will keep alive.
13. Father, we are praying that You keep us in the number that will stay alive and survive these evil days we are in.
14. Do not hand us over to destructive spirits. May we never, O God, succumb to any of the whims and caprices of the devil. May we always stay true by Your enabling power and graciousness.
15. With Thy arms of salvation, O God, keep us faithful till the end. We are depending on You, standing in Your righteousness, covered by Your glory.
16. See us through the blood of Christ. The blood that maketh atonement and propitiation for all our shortcomings even unto eternity. The advance payment that was made, placed here, O God, for those who will believe.
17. Father, we have believed and in Him, O God, we believe we are justified and free from all those guilts which we could not have been justified if we were to live our lives under the laws of Moses.
18. Hence, You have come again to confirm that same promise and make it effective even towards Your children.
19. For I am sent by You as a sign of the covenant between You and Your people. That they might be, O God, partakers of the covenant which You entered into with our fathers and sealed it with THE SON OF MAN’s coming.
20. Father, I am here at last because You sent Me and You are with Me. I have manifested You before all mankind and they have believed that I am not an impersonator.
21. I am Your own direct personal representative, standing here upon the earth in these last days, bearing Your name for salvation and for judgment.
22. Father, I really thank You. Of all men in the world, I happened to be the One chosen from nowhere. One that had no name. There is no beauty in Me that anybody can desire.
23. I have nothing to offer mankind than that which You have already predestined that I should offer them whenever I will be on the scene. And that is what I am offering the whole world.
24. I have no money to give. I have no material to give. I do not seduce the heart of any. I have given them Thy Word that they might know that I proceeded from You; The Word of eternal life which they will, O God, get from the Word, if they will believe in Me whom Thou has sent in this generation.
25. Help Me to stand true to this commission. Keep on encouraging Me as You have always been doing.
26. I raise My hands towards the sky. May You never permit My hands to grow weak. As long as I raised them up towards the sky, keep on giving Me victory.
27. Whenever the hands become weak, Father, please, let there be somebody. Let there be Caleb and Joshua who will help put the hands up that the hands will not drop down until victory is won.
28. Father, I thank You immensely. We are consecrating this new pulpit. We constructed it, O God, for Your service to help us stand up and then read the Scriptures and read the Messages, instead of stooping our heads low, which is becoming painful.
29. Bless our son, the Pastor in charge of this family, Pastor Wisdom Odoemena, who came up with this idea and constructed it, O God, without consulting anybody but You. And it has suited the purpose of this fellowship in the family.
30. Father, bless him immensely, protect his life and protect his ministry. Keep him from falling and keep the rest of the youth.
31. All the youth who are working with THE SON OF MAN, all the fathers, mothers, infants that are working with THE SON OF MAN, keep them safe and secured from the evil one.
32. Father, do not allow any to make shipwreck. On that day when salvation shall be made complete, may I see them surrounding Me, O God Father, in My throne. Do not allow any to be a cast away. Remember their labours of love.
33. The same way he came up with the idea that it is not good for us to be using what we were using. Single handedly, O God, he brought this loudspeaker we are using and the microphones, all to Your service. Father, we thank You.
34. Seeing that he has this type of indebt knowledge, vision and discernment and everyday thinking of what he will do to impact positively in the hearts of the brethren that he is not following his father in vain, Father, please give him a helping hand. Do not allow the devil to have his way in his life.
35. Father, always lift him on high. Help him to be a blessing to himself, to humanity and to You in particular, O God. When this life is over, remember him for good.
36. Father, I really give You all the praise. As we consecrate this pulpit, O God, it is made of wood, fine wood, the best I have ever come across. Father, we give You the glory, the praise for the best of everything belongs to You.
37. Thank You for giving him the revelation that he should not use ordinary wood but a very expensive wood. Father, we thank You. We thank You. We thank You. May Your presence never depart from this pulpit.
38. Whoever that will stand beside this pulpit, let Thy glory cover him. Let Thy anointing rest upon that vessel so that he will speak as an oracle of God.
39. Close the mouth of that person to anything that is not of Thee, but whatever that comes from the throne of Your grace, help him to voice it out without looking at anybody’s face.
40. Even this morning, as we consecrate it to Your service, so we consecrate our lives, re-dedicate our lives once again and the lives of all who will hear the Messages coming here from today.
41. Help them, O God to be a part of this family by living the life of the inhabitants of this family, for this family is a Kingdom with a King over His domain.
42. Whoever that finds it difficult to adjust to the lifestyle of this family, keep on exposing that person, keep on troubling that person until he goes to where he belongs to.
43. Father, we give You the praise. We give You the honour. Sweep over the camp. Sweep over our souls.
44. May we never rest; May we never retire until we see ourselves being clothed with immortal body. Until then, keep us on our knees. Keep us praying. Keep us waiting. Keep us watching.
45. May we never relent. May we never draw back. Give us a helping hand for we can never do anything without You.
46. Every plan of the devil against us in this family worship, against our Brethren in their various families, against the Elect of God globally, Father, resist all. Do not allow any evil to befall them.
47. To the wicked, O God, You have already stretched out Your arms, Father, to judge and to destroy all wickedness upon the earth, to institute the righteous reign upon the earth where You will reign as King of kings over us.
48. Father, we give You the praise for that. Spare no wicked in Your judgment. Spare no wicked man, no wicked woman, no wicked youth, no wicked infant, not even the ones that are yet unborn conceived in wickedness. Spare them not.
49. In the days of Noah, You never spared any. In the days of Lot, You spared nothing. In Jericho, You never spared them.
50. In this our day, Father, do not spare them even those that are yet unborn lest wickedness be reproduced in the land of uprightness, in the land of righteousness, in a Holy land.
51. Do not allow that to happen again. Spare nobody, O God. Father, here we are, depending on You and on You alone, believing in the Messiah You have presented to us.
52. We are sure and certain that You are the One that is troubling the waters. You are the One that has stirred troubles of all sorts upon the earth making this particular world a very uncomfortable place for us to live. Hence, we are now desiring to depart.
53. Father, meet the desires of our hearts for our desires, O God, is to depart and be with You forever. We are tired of this sinful world.
54. Give us the grace to remain true and faithful so that this evil world will not have any grip over us.
55. To You, O Lord we give the glory, the victory, the praise, the worship, the honour and reverence, exaltation for hearing our prayers which we have prayed, O God, this day, not only for ourselves but for all Your children scattered all over the world. For Your name’s sake, O Lord, we pray. Amen.
I stand to be corrected using my doctrines which are not mine but that of He that sent me. Whosoever that is acquainted with God can discern for himself whether I speak the Word of God or the word of man, [and] whether my life, my character has never for one day contradicted my teachings but confirms it. I am not striving to live my life in conformity with the doctrines I have given to you for, they are my characteristic-features, they are my nature. But because you do not have my nature, you can query me.
GOD DELIGHTS IN REPEATING WHAT HE DID BACK YONDER VOLUME 2; Preached on Sunday 3rd September 2017; Pg. 41 vs. 8 – 9
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YOUR ACTION REFLECTS
YOUR BELIEF
Be seated everybody. Amen. To God be the glory. Great things He has done. I thank all of you who are here with Me and those who are out there in distant lands away from here in the sight, but with us out there working together.
2. The Lord knows all who are with Him, and those who are against Him, no matter where they are located.
3. WHOEVER THAT IS NOT WITH GOD IS AGAINST GOD. WHOEVER THAT IS NOT GATHERING IS SCATTERING. WHOEVER THAT IS NOT HELPING IN BUILDING UP IS HELPING IN PULLING DOWN. AM I MAKING SENSE AT ALL?
4. You have to make your choice of the path you want to go. Whether you be among those that will be on the Lord’s side or on the opposing side. Amen.
5. FOR YOU TO LEARN THE HABIT OR THE CHARACTER OF ANY PERSON, NUMBER ONE IS THAT YOU MUST BE PERSONALLY AND PRACTICALLY ACQUAINTED WITH THAT PERSON.
6. It Is just like an apprentice who wants to learn a job from his master. He stays close to his master. Whenever his master is doing a very important job, he is always there. When he is doing a minor job, he is always there.
7. He learns the master’s character; the way he responds to the work and to the customers, even his communication skills. He learns the way the master eats and the way he drinks.
8. THIS IS BECAUSE LEARNING THE WORK FROM THE MASTER ENTAILS UNDERSTUDYING YOUR MASTER IN EVERYTHING SO THAT WHEN YOU COME OUT, YOU WILL BE A REPLICA OF YOUR MASTER.
9. You will know the way he negotiates with customers,. You will know the way he handles them. That is what it takes to understudy somebody.
10. You must be practically and personally acquainted. You must work close. You do not distant yourself from him.
11. AND THE MOMENT YOU HATE YOUR MASTER, THAT IS THE END OF LEARNING THE JOB.
12. THE MOMENT THE MASTER HAS DISCOVERED THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO WANTS TO HAVE YOUR WAY, AND THAT YOU HAVE COME TO TEACH YOUR MASTER, HE WILL TEACH ALL OTHERS, BUT YOU. HE WILL NEVER TEACH YOU, FOR YOU HAVE UNTEACHABLE SPIRIT.
13. When you come with the spirit that you know everything, of what use is the master? Go and establish your own workshop and handle your customers the way you want.
14. And these are the categories that do not stay and complete the period of apprenticeship. They are impatient.
15. If they learn how to clean the plug or drive the vehicle about, that is all, they will jump out. They will tell you they have finished. We are through.
16. They will go and open a workshop by the side, only to spoil people’s vehicles until they will be imprisoned by the owners of the vehicles. So it is in every craft.
17. Now, I am using natural things to type spiritual. Amen.
18. The Scriptures said that we should look unto Christ who is the Author and Finisher of our faith. Is it not true?
19. 2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. [Hebrews 12:2 KJV]
20. He said, “Let Christ be our example.” He is our Instructor, our Guide, our Counselor and everything.
21. Who is instructing us in this way of life? Who is instructing us in this pathway of truth? Who leads us to Paradise? Is it not Christ?
22. And the Scriptures said in the book of 1 John chapter 2 thus, “If you are a seed of God, and you want to tell God you are a child of God, you must comport yourself, work and do everything as Christ does His own.” Is it not the Scripture?
23. 19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. [1 John 2:20 NIV]
24. How can you do it if you begin to find fault with Christ? When you begin to think you are holier than Christ, can you learn from Him again?
25. Even the Words He speaks cannot have any effect in your life because you are holier than the Holy God. You know better than Him and that is where you stop.
26. The next thing is that you will be dismissed completely, lest you begin to corrupt others. This is because a corrupt fellow is a canker.
27. A CORRUPT FELLOW IS A DISEASE THAT IS INFECTIOUS. ONCE THE HEART IS CORRUPT, THE CHARACTER IS ALSO CORRUPT.
28. That is why in every family, do not harbour any corrupt person. Somebody who will hear the Word of God and live contrary, is he not a corrupt person? His life is another doctrine altogether.
29. OUR CHARACTERS ARE REFLECTIONS OF THE MESSAGES WE ARE RECEIVING. SO, YOUR CHARACTERS SHOULD BE THE REFLECTIONS OF THE TEACHINGS YOU HAVE RECEIVED.
30. Then, when you are receiving the teaching and manifesting something contrary, you are now laying a doctrine for others to copy. You are teaching them something, for character teaches more than any other thing.
31. Then, what you are teaching them is false doctrine. Then, you are the temple God will destroy.
32. For the Bible said, “If any man will destroy, defile the temple of God with false doctrine, him will the Lord hand over to destruction.”
33. 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. [1 Corinthians 3:17 KJV]
34. IN MANY WAYS, WE CORRUPT THE TEMPLE OF GOD, FOR YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD. YOUR WHOLE BODY; YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS A REPRESENTATION OF GOD’S DWELLING PLACE.
35. IF CHRIST IS NOT DWELLING IN YOU, OH! TRULY SPEAKING, THE DEVIL IS DWELLING IN YOU. YOU HAVE NO HOPE OF RESURRECTION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE.
36. It is Christ in you, the hope of Glory. The hope of resurrection unto eternal life.
37. 26even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27to whom God would make known what is THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE GENTILES; WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY: [Colossians 1:26 – 27 KJV]
38. For He said, whoever that believeth in Me, even if He dies, he will rise again unto everlasting life. For he has crossed from death unto life.
39. 24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. [John 5:24 KJV]
40. 25Jesus said unto her, I AM THE RESURRECTION, AND THE LIFE: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: [John 11:25 KJV]
41. OUR CHARACTERS ARE THE DOCTRINES WE ARE PREACHING. I HAVE TOLD YOU TIMES WITHOUT NUMBER THAT THERE IS NO PREACHING THAT MAKES THE GREATEST IMPACT MORE THAN YOUR CHARACTER.
42. DO NOT PREACH ME A SERMON, BUT LIVE ME A SERMON. SO, YOUR ACTION IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
43. …And you know the old saying, “Live me a sermon is better than preaching me one,”… [from the message, WITNESSES; Preached by William Branham on Sunday evening, 5th April 1953 at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A; Paragraph 5]
44. If your character is not reflecting the teachings of THE SON OF MAN, it then means you want THE SON OF MAN to believe in your own. You are teaching people contrary to the Message for your life conveys a message.
45. If you are stubborn, it is not written on your face. It is your character that makes people to call you a stubborn fellow. Is it not true?
46. Is it not character that people see and call a man a mad man? It is your character that makes people say that you are mentally deranged or that you are out of your senses. It is your character that showcases you as a proud fellow or as a dirty fellow. Am I making sense?
47. If your character depicts wickedness, you are a wicked fellow. Is it not true?
48. So, believe what I am saying that the Message we are preaching is a practical message, which is purely empirical.
49. Jesus the Lord said, “You will know those that believe by their characters, by their fruits, by their actions not by what they are saying.”
50. 15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20WHEREFORE BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. [Matthew 7:15 – 20 KJV]
51. So, can God now preach and do contrary? If your life is not dovetailing with the Message you are hearing, you are corrupting the temple of God which you are. Did you get the Message?
52. EVERY LIFE EVERYBODY IS LIVING IS THE MANIFESTATION OF A TEACHING [DOCTRINE]. Is it not true?
53. We have received doctrines from God that will help us to live like Christ, for Christ is identified by His characteristics. The Devil is also identified by his characteristics.
54. Through your character, I will know what you believe, and I will know your standpoint immediately.
55. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW YOUR STANDPOINT IN THIS FAITH, WATCH YOUR CHARACTER; WATCH YOUR MANIFESTATION; AND WATCH THE WAY BRETHREN ARE REFERRING TO YOU, FOR YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE FAITH.
56. Like we are many in this family. If I am picking on one person, like I am picking on Promise, I am not picking on him in vain, every one of you know why I am picking on him.
57. He knows why I am picking on him, for he wants to bend everybody to his side. He does not want to repent. He does not want to change his habit. And we are not ready to follow the minority. It is impossible. Impossible!
58. Instead, I will send him away. I would have done that yesterday, but I am respecting My wife’s absence. He knew it and saw it. This morning, he came and knelt down with crocodile tears again.
59. HEAR ME VERY WELL. FOR ANYBODY TO FEEL COMFORTABLE IN ANY HOUSE, IN ANY FAMILY, IN ANY ASSOCIATION OR CONGREGATION WHERE YOU FIND YOURSELF, NUMBER ONE IS THAT YOU MUST COMPORT YOURSELF LIKE THEM.
60. YOU MUST BEHAVE AND ACT THE SAME WAY THEY BEHAVE AND ACT. THEN, YOU WILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN PEACE. ANYTHING CONTRARY, YOU WILL BE MARKED OUT. IS IT NOT TRUE?
61. There are many ways you can talk to a man. Without using your mouth, your eyes can communicate. The look on your face can communicate. Even the way you walk.
62. If I send you on an errand and I watch the sluggish way you are moving, I know you are grumbling, I know you are grudging, I know you are complaining.
63. If I see you wearing a sullen face for no just cause, I know you are demonstrating inside. Very clear!
64. When I see you absenting yourself from certain domestic work, I know you are demonstrating. What are you demonstrating against?
65. Is it because somebody pointed out your error? Is it because somebody told you that what you are doing is wrong?
66. Is it because somebody told you that at your age [at 26 or 27years], there are certain things that should not be mentioned around you? Then, an infant will correct an adult and you get offended. AN Igbo adage says that the forest that abhors baskets should not allow mushrooms to growth therein. Amen.
I told you the Source of the Message. The Source was clearly introduced using sufficient time to come out fully from the cocoon. If you are shaking your head, you are shaking your head into the Kingdom of hell, because He can never handle it with respect of persons. Neither is He going to lower the standard.
ACTION TIME PART 1 (HUSBANDS AND WIVES) CAMP MEETING; preached on Tuesday, 30th December, 1997 at the Household of God Onitsha; Pg. 120 vs. 83
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YOU MUST BE A CARBON COPY OF CHRIST
This family is the family of God devoid of evil. No matter where evil is found, even if it is found in THE SON OF MAN, I will stand up here and make it right before all of you.
2. If I see it in My wife, I will cause her to know that she is evil until she repents of that evil.
3. No matter who you are, you do not come here to bring in another lifestyle. It cannot work. You will only hear, “Sit up.”
4. IF YOU WANT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND GET SAVED; [NUMBER 1] YOU MUST BELIEVE IN THE MESSAGE OF THE SON OF MAN. STUDY HIS DOCTRINES, UNDERSTAND, GET CONVINCED THAT HE IS WHAT HE IS CLAIMING TO BE, AND THEN BELIEVE IN IT.
5. [NUMBER 2] BEGIN TO UNDERSTUDY HIS LIFESTYLE; THE WAY HE TALKS; THE WAY HE ACTS; THE WAY HE SPEAKS THE WAY HE EATS AND EVERYTHING HE DOES. UNDERSTUDY ALL, HAVING ONE AIM; TO BE A REPLICA; TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE; TO BE A CARBON COPY.
6. ANYBODY WHO IS NOT A CARBON COPY OF CHRIST IS GOING TO HELL. BE IT KNOWN TO YOU THAT YOU MUST BE A PHOTOCOPY OF CHRIST FOR YOU TO FIND YOURSELF RESTING IN PEACE IN PARADISE.
7. THIS IS BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT IS NOT A PHOTOCOPY OF CHRIST CAN NEVER DWELL WITH HIM IN PARADISE. FORGET ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE. AMEN!
8. Can a man dwell with his enemy and feel at peace? You can never be at peace with your enemy. Am I making sense?
9. SO, ANYBODY THAT IS HAVING OPPOSING SPIRIT, LIVES A LIFE THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE LIFE WE ARE EXPECTING FROM THE MESSAGE.
10. Because Jesus knows the type of seed he is planting, and He knows the type he is expecting from what he planted, if another thing begins to come up, He will know that it is not His own. It is the enemy that has done that. Amen! Or an enemy has infiltrated secretly and crept in into his family unnoticed.
11. 27“The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ 28“‘AN ENEMY DID THIS,’ HE REPLIED. … [Matthew 13:27 – 28 NIV]
12. In many ways, we bring our enemies into our homes thinking that they are coming to help so that we might help them.
13. HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR ENEMY? WILLIAM BRANHAM SAID, “IF ANYBODY HATES THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, HE IS GOD’S GREATEST ENEMY. HATE THAT PERSON WITH PERFECT HATRED.”
14. DO NOT EXPECT ME TO BEGIN TO PAMPER ONE WHO IS OUT OF THE WAY OF TRUTH; ONE WHO IS NOT READY TO LEARN, AND IS NOT READY TO SUBMIT.
15. Who are you? That is the only way you can tell your master, “I am tired. Send me back to where you picked me.”
16. And that is where I am right now. I have spoken enough. And I am giving you a certificate of dismissal.
17. This is because I can never send you away without giving you a certificate which you merit for the period I tested you, tried to reform, revive and make you a new fellow. Why? I have not seen any positive change.
18. WHATEVER THAT HINDERS A CHANGE FROM TAKING EFFECT IN A MAN’S LIFE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PERSON’S HEART. INSINCERITY OF PURPOSE. DISHONESTY OF PURPOSE.
19. It is better you declare the reason why you are here. Tell us your motive. If we can accomplish it for you, we do it.
20. Tell us, “It is not for eternal life. I came for something else, but I met another thing. I am not interested in all these things. I want to live a free life. I want to go back to Aba and then continue with Enyimba boys and then catch up with the wind.”
21. We will say, “Goodluck”, and then do a very good send-forth party on your behalf. We will love you. We will cherish you. We will help you the much we can.
22. Eternal life is not for everybody. Woe unto he that will come to this family and then perish in the end. Your own punishment will be the worst, for you were privileged to come to the home of God, slept with God, and had everything in common with God.
23. And that God saved people who are far and near, but you who dwelleth in His home got lost. What a pity! It is like a David raising an Absalom [2 Samuel 15:1 – 10] or a Jacob raising a Diana for a daughter.
24. 1NOW DINAH daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, WENT OUT [UNATTENDED] TO SEE THE GIRLS OF THE PLACE. 2And when Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he seized her, lay with her, and humbled, defiled, and disgraced her. [Genesis 34:1 – 2 AMP]
25. May it never be associated with this Family. If you are wise and understanding and you know I co-opted you from another family, behave like Samuel. Samuel was a child handed over to the Priest, Eli.
26. Eli trained Samuel in the fear of the Lord. Samuel became a prophet and the ruler in Israel and ruled in righteousness throughout his reign.
27. But the two sons of Eli were the children of the Devil, children of Belial in that they became despondent and dastardly incorrigible. Amen!
28. 12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. [1 Samuel 2:12 KJV]
WHEN GOD IS OUT TO SAVE, NOTHING STOPS HIM
29. So, what am I saying? At this point in time, there must be a Moses on the scene whenever the water is troubled.
30. When we read Psalm 105 yesterday, you saw it there. A time came in Egypt when there was population explosion amongst God’s people [the Israelis] even in Egypt.
31. The Lord now noticed that they were ripe enough to go back to their home land. Then having loved Egypt more than they loved Canaan, they were not ready to depart. THEY CAN NEVER DEPART UNTIL EGYPT IS TROUBLED.
32. The Bible said, “The Lord Himself troubled Egypt and turned the hearts of all Egyptians against the people of Israel.”
33. They started tormenting the people of Israel whom they regarded as one with them.
34. 24There [the Lord] greatly increased His people and made them stronger than their oppressors. 25He turned the hearts [of the Egyptians] to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. [Psalms 105:24 – 25 AMP]
35. Then, the Lord Himself started punishing Egypt that helped His people to survive, paying them back with evil to enable His people be saved. Punishing His enemies, the heathens for the sake of His people. Is it not scripture?
36. 27They showed His signs among them, wonders and miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt). 28He sent [thick] darkness and made the land dark, and they [God’s two servants] rebelled not against His word. 29He turned [Egypt’s] waters into blood and caused their fish to die. 30Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, even in the chambers of their kings.
37. 31He spoke, and there came swarms of beetles and flies and mosquitoes and lice in all their borders. 32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning like flaming fire in their land. 33He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the [ice-laden] trees of their borders. 34He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, and that without number, 35And ate up all the vegetation in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground. 36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the beginning and chief substance of all their strength. 37He brought [Israel] forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen upon the people. [Psalms 105:27 – 38 AMP]
38. That He will destroy ten thousand heathens for the sake of one soul. One soul that belongs to God is worth more than ten thousand heathens.
39. GOD CAN DESTROY TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR YOUR ESCAPE, FOR YOUR RELEASE. WHEN GOD IS OUT TO SAVE, NOTHING STOPS HIM ON THE WAY.
40. What happened? He stirred up the waters. Trouble ensued where there was peace.
41. Will there be evil in the city and the Lord has not done it? In short, trust the LORD for good. He can do all things. He is the Almighty.
42. Then he said, God sent His personal representative in the person of Moses to go and be their deliverer.
43. 26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. [Psalms 105:26 AMP]
44. Remember that God told them, “I have heard the cries of My people in Egypt. I have seen all their afflictions. I have come to deliver them.”
45. 9Now behold, the cry of the Israelites has come to Me, and I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. 10Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth My people, the Israelites, out of Egypt. [Exodus 3:9 – 10 AMP]
46. When they were expecting Jehovah, Moses became the Jehovah, who was raised in Egypt, and who learnt all the tricks of the Egyptians. He knew their weaknesses and everything. Is it not true? Married even there.
47. I am telling you something. Pay attention. I am not talking about their deliverance. I am talking about what happened in the wilderness.
48. There were too many elders that had no vision. What ensued along the way with the Philistines, the Bible recorded that Moses was a stout man, strong, of a heavy weight. He was not tall. Of an average height like Me.
49. What am I saying? Pot-bellied. Very strong and stout. Robust legs according to the Scriptures. Like we can see the description of THE SON OF MAN in the ancient prophets, with very robust legs like that of Wisdom, My son.
50. With stout body. With big belle. Of average height. Full of strength, for the Lord has always been the strength of His people.
51. From Yahya ibn Nufal, indeed Musa ibn Ja’afar (as) raise his hands and supplicates after Asr prayer, I inquire from him saying, to whom did you offer prayer for? He said: to Al-Mahdi among the family of Muhammad (saas) and said: HE IS HAVING BIG STOMACH, his eyebrow very close, HIS LEGS ARE VERY ENERGETIC, HIS SHOULDER IS WIDE [Bihar al-Anwar: 86-81].
52. Humran bin A’yân says: To Imam Muhammad Bakir: “… Your Lord Hazrat Mahdi (As) will have a wide stomach …” [Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Nomani, al-Ghaybah al-Nomani p. 253].
53. He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] is a young man of medium stature and with a beautiful face … the radiance of his face shines like day in his hair, beard, and the blackness of his head, and gives him greatness. [Al-Uqayli, Al-Najmu Al-Saqib].
NO SUCCESSFUL MAN OF
GOD WORKS ALONE
54. In that war, the Bible said, Moses who commanded them to go to war was there with them in the battlefield. The war was raging, very fierce but the heads were not rolling on the Israeli’s side. Enemies were being massacred.
55. Then, Moses raised his hands toward the sky. When he raised his hands toward the sky, what happened? The people continued chasing and pursuing the enemies. Then, when he lowered his hands, the enemies will come back again.
56. He raised his hands up, the enemies will be on the run. The same soldiers will pursue them very far. Whenever he lowered the hands, the enemies will come back again. If the battle continued that way, who will win?
57. Please, get the message along the line.
58. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR LIFE WHENEVER YOU LOWER DOWN THE STANDARD OF THE MESSAGE? THAT WHICH YOU CHASED AWAY IN YOUR LIFE WILL COME BACK. AND THAT IS WHAT PROMISE IS SUFFERING FROM.
59. Second captivity. He does not remain steadfast with his confession. He can change because he does not want to be sent away from the family. But he does not remain steadfast.
60. So many are staying in this Faith temporarily for a while. They are erratic. They are not stable. They are shakable. Shakable, shakable things.
61. And whenever the wind blows, oh no! What will happen? Those things that have no taproot, the shakables will be shaken away. Then, the unshakables will stand.
62. That is why he does not resist anything. He is porous to everything. I do not want to make a very sad statement this morning because once I make it, it will follow him till eternity. He will never see a way to see life again. Let Me just hold it. It is just by mercy.
63. Watch Moses. While Moses’ hands were up, victory was sure. A time came, when the Bible said, because of his heavy weight, evening was come.
64. 11As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. [Exodus 17:11 NIV]
65. Joshua made a proclamation that the sun and the moon must stand still. That the enemies must be gunned down.
66. 12On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” 13So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. 14There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a man. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel! [Joshua 10:12 – 14 NIV]
67. While the hands of Moses were growing weaker and weaker, he was lowering the hand. When they noticed what was happening, Joshua rushed and Caleb rushed.
68. 12When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up-one on one side, one on the other-so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. [Exodus 17:12 – 13 NIV]
69. One held the right hand up. The other held the left hand up and commanded the soldiers to go ahead fighting that the Lord will keep the sun and the moon stand still until the enemies are seen no more, for the victory is won.
70. STAND UP! STAND UP! STAND UP! YOU CAN NEVER SIT DOWN AND WIN A BATTLE. AM I MAKING SENSE?
71. YOU MUST BE VIOLENT. YOU MUST BE SERIOUS. YOU MUST BE COMMITTED AND DEDICATED. YOU MUST BE DEVOTED TO AN HONEST CAUSE.
72. “I MUST WIN!” should be the slogan of every true soldier. I am fighting to win. I am not fighting to lose. Amen!
73. What am I saying? These two supporters came and held the two hands up.
74. There is no man of God that does not get to the point where the hands will grow weak and the legs will grow weak. He became tired.
75. One that was fighting from morning till night. He remained in the battle front at that old age with his hands towards the sky. He needed a help.
76. The two came. Nobody invited them. They saw the need. They saw the urgency. They responded without Moses beckoning anybody. Moses never sent them away.
Let Me tell you something: you want to see the proof of God speaking through Me. Is it not a Message here? By now, is anybody seeking the proof of God speaking through the Son of Man? It means that if you are in this Faith, if you have been following, I want to say it, make it crystal clear, drum it into your ears for the last time: Anything pertaining to God and Godliness, His attributes, His characteristics, both visible and invisible qualities have been made known to the Bride and all of them emanated from One Man, not two sources. One Source.
EVERY SIGN FROM GOD IS A STOP SIGN; Preached on Sunday 25th June 2017 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 54 vs. 10 – 11
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SUBDUE AND OCCUPY
At this point in time, what has been piloting this Faith from the very beginning till now? All the people I thought would have been Caleb and Joshua have failed.
2. If the hand of THE SON OF MAN is lowered now, what will happen? We will go into captivity again.
3. Because the hands of THE SON OF MAN have remained up, He has retained and maintained, sustained the tempo of the Faith, making it grow from glory to glory, and from strength to strength, for He is always standing. He is always standing with the two hands raised towards the sky, without any support.
4. Now, at this dying minute, the war is about to be determined, look at His two hands in this Pillar of Cloud. See His two hands up. They remained up and the Lord is still giving Him the victory.
5. Now, because He does not want to lower His hands, when all had forsaken Him, He raised some from His family. From His own family.
6. From His own biological family, He raised a Pastor; He raised an Apostle; He raised an Evangelist for one reason. To support His hands, for they know that the failure of THE SON OF MAN is the failure of the family.
7. The success is the success of the family. Every evil report goes to the family. Every victory goes to the family. Everything goes to the family.
8. And then all that are adopted to this family for them to be partakers of the salvation of this family, responsibility is laid on them.
9. [1] They must be personally, practically acquainted with THE SON OF MAN and His family and His family order, family principle, family character. EVERY FAMILY HAS A CHARACTER.
10. Naturally speaking, two families can never be the same. Naturally speaking, two individuals can never be the same, but spiritually speaking, hundred families can be the same.
11. ONE MILLION PEOPLE CAN BE THE SAME, FOR WE ARE ALL BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST BY ONE SPIRIT, NOT ANOTHER SPIRIT.
12. We have one body, one spirit, one Father, one Lord, one God. Everything, one! One family, one kingdom, one eternal life, one doctrine or teaching. Everything one! One language.
13. For in the end, we are not going to speak many languages. We are going to speak only but one language. But for us to speak one language, we must have one character. Character necessitated by one doctrine; One teaching.
14. That is why if you go to the net [internet], all the countries in the world are there. What are they believing? One teaching, one message, one man, one God, one name.
15. And by that character, they are a part of the family. They are a part of what God is doing.
16. That is why, encouragement is needed more when the battle is about to be decided, for it is never fierce until it is coming to an end. It is never tough and rough until it is coming to an end.
17. And when the going becomes very rough and tough, then you see rough and tough people manifesting to crush every rebellion to crush every opposition and to surmount all obstacles. They are the leadership friends.
18. Watch Joshua and Caleb. They said, “We will never go back to the barracks. This battle must be won today. Oh Lord, our Father, we pray, hold forth the sun. hold forth the moon until we hand put an end to our enemies. Until they are no longer in sight.”
19. They did not only do that. They brought a seat. The Bible said they brought a seat and told Moses to sit down, while they held the two hands up.
20. A man that has been standing from morning till that hour. By revelation, they discerned what he needed. They gave him a seat because of the bulky weight and stout legs that has been standing and giving them victory. A general that went to war front.
21. That was why God picked Joshua when Moses died. There were too many elders, but He picked Joshua and picked Caleb.
22. God said, “I am putting the two of you in the position of Moses and Aaron. Continue with the battle. Remain strong. As I was with Moses, so shall I be with you.”
23. 5No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. 6“Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. [Joshua 1:5 – 6 NIV]
24. This is because they were playing a very important role. They were not hypocrites. They were very pragmatic and very practical in their support.
25. They held the two hands and then the Bible said, “The people of Israel, the armies of Israel exterminated the enemies.” The enemies were chased out of sight and then the people occupied.
26. 13So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. [Exodus 17:13 NIV]
27. YOU MUST CONQUER THE DEVIL BEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR REST. CONQUER AND OCCUPY. SUBDUE AND OCCUPY.
28. IF YOU DO NOT SUBDUE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOU, IT WILL OCCUPY YOU. FOR YOU TO SUBDUE, YOU WILL WAGE A WAR WITH ANYTHING THAT IS WORKING CONTRARY IN YOUR LIFE WITH THE DETERMINATION TO OCCUPY WHEN YOU FLUSH THEM OUT.
29. When you flush them out, you begin to refill yourself with the knowledge of God, with the knowledge of truth, with the decision that my legs will not shake. And my hands will not shake. I will consider nothing again!
UNDERSTUDY CHRIST
30. WHAT AM I SAYING? VICTORY IS IN THE HANDS OF ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SUCCEED. BUT ANYBODY THAT DOES NOT WANT TO SUCCEED, THE FAILURE IS ALREADY THERE.
31. WHAT AM I SAYING? YOU MUST FIRST OF ALL UNDERSTUDY THE PERSON [YOUR EXAMPLE]. GOD SAID YOU SHOULD FIX YOUR AFFECTION ON HIM. KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM. UNDERSTUDY HIM.
32. If you read the acts of the Apostles, in Antioch, they were not preaching. They were not teaching. They were going about their normal life.
33. And the Bible said people saw them in Antioch, the way they were behaving themselves both among themselves and among the heathens and they said, “These people are Christians. They must have been with Christ.”
34. 25Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. [Acts 11:25 – 26 NIV]
35. That is Christ-like. When you say you are a Christian, it means you are Christ-like. Is there anything anybody can see in you or in your character and say, “This man has been with THE SON OF MAN”, which is not reciting the Message.
36. You can hold the Message of THE SON OF MAN, but you are not a part of THE SON OF MAN, for the character of THE SON OF MAN is absent in you.
37. WHAT HINDERS YOU FROM COPYING HIS CHARACTER IS BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A BETTER LIFE THAN HIS OWN. This is the truth. And that was why Peter could not copy the character of Christ.
38. Not even the apostles copied the character of Christ except saint Paul and saint Luke and some other young men saint Paul brought from the Gentile world. [Romans 16:1 – 24]
39. Look at Luke. Luke was not a Jew. Luke came from Caesarea Philippi and was sojourning in Judea when he believed the Gospel. He was not an Evangelist. He was not an Apostle.
40. Check the twelve Apostles. Luke was not there. But he was a missionary. One who was desirous of doing the work of God without restraint.
41. 13When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated Apostles: 14Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 16Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. [Luke 6:13 – 16 NIV]
42. Look at saint Steven. Steven was not a Jew. Steven was a Gentile. A Deacon who preached the greatest sermon. A Deacon and Evangelist living the life of Christ.
43. 3Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
44. 5This proposal pleased the whole group. THEY CHOSE STEPHEN, A MAN FULL OF FAITH AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. …….
45. 8Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. ……..
46. 15All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel. [Acts 6:5, 8, 15]
47. Watch the way he defended his Faith, defended the messenger, Christ and then heaven opened. He saw heaven. He saw his position. He went home in glory.
48. 51“You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
49. 52Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—
50. 53you who have received the law that was put into effect through angels but have not obeyed it.” 54When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.
51. 55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and THE SON OF MAN standing at the right hand of God.”
52. 57At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
53. 59While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep. [Acts 7:51 – 55 NIV]
54. Before saint Paul departed, heaven opened. He saw his position. But Peter never saw his position, for Peter left the Faith before the end. I do not know about you.
55. God is looking for somebody with discerning mind, discerning spirit, who will read the written word of the hour; who will understand the symphony of the Message of the hour and who will know that the battle is over already.
56. For the prophet said, “The moment this Message reproduces Christ in human form and the Elohim showcases His Original Body in the midst of a people, nothing is left but the burning of the world as it happened in the days of Noah and Sodom and Gomorrah. The world is going into flames.
57. 26″Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of THE SON OF MAN. ……. 28″It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. ……. 30″It will be just like this on the day THE SON OF MAN is revealed. [Luke 17:26, 28, 30 NIV]
58. Today, have we not seen the Original Body of God? Have we not seen Christ in human form, talking to us and living with us? Is the tabernacle of God not among men? Are we looking for the tabernacle again? It is now among men.
59. What is left? The burning of Sodom and Gomorrah which is the world we are in now. This world will not get any better tomorrow. It is from bad to worse, and from worse to worst.
60. Since you were born, and from history, has the world ever come to this stage where we are? Not even in the first and second world wars. Crosscheck history. The world has never arrived at this point.
61. But by prophecy, we know we must come to this point. God told us ahead of time through the mouths of all the ancient prophets, what we must expect as we journey along. Things we will see and we know we have come to the end of everything.
62. Do not allow going to bed and waking up to deceive you. Do not allow commercial activities to deceive you. They are doing their own in their own way. We are doing our own according to the command of the Lord.
63. We are not tying our lives to what we are doing. Our lives are tied to the teachings to make sure we are obeying, and that we are living the life.
64. Our lives are not tied to education. No! We are placing education where it belongs to. Whether they want to reopen school, let them reopen. If they do not want, no problem.
65. Let naira fail, God will not fail. Let commerce fail, God will not fail. Let industry fail, God will not fail. Let the economy fail, God will not fail.
66. God’s economy does not know what is called failure. God has His own economy, while the world has their own economy. We are in the world of our own, ruled and controlled by Christ, the Messiah. Amen
67. YOU MUST BE PRACTICALLY, PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH CHRIST REVEALED IN YOUR DAY SO AS TO UNDERSTUDY HIM. EVERY BIT OF HIS LIFE MUST BE SEEN IN YOUR LIFE. Amen!
Now, the revealed Christ in our midst is our perfect example and He is saying that if we suffer with Him, we will reign with Him. He is our perfect example. He said that the suffering of this present time is nothing compared to the glory that we will receive when we shall leave this place. He that has this kind of hope can never be sad and he can never deny God.
BE READY TO ANSWER EVERY MAN THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU; preached on Sunday 15th January 1995 at the Household of God Onitsha; Pg. 94 vs. 94
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LET CHRIST RULE YOUR LIFE
Christ in you, the hope of glory. The hope of resurrection. The hope of eternal life. If the grave never held Him captive, grave can never hold you captive.
2. If He is in His theophany body because iniquity was not found in Him, so shall you be with Him, for iniquity is not found in you.
3. WHAT IS INIQUITY? THAT WHICH YOU KNOW YOU OUGHT NOT TO DO; THAT WHICH SHOULD NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU AS A CHILD OF GOD AND THAT THING IS RULING YOUR LIFE.
4. LET CHRIST RULE YOUR LIFE. LET THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD OF GOD RULE YOUR LIFE AND CONTROL YOUR BEHAVIOUR. Amen!
5. He that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him is sin. Evil!
6. 17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. [James 4:17 KJV]
7. And no sinner will enter the kingdom of heaven.
8. 9KNOW YE NOT THAT THE UNRIGHTEOUS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. [1 Corinthians 6:9 – 10 KJV]
9. What am I saying? THE GREATEST PREACHING THAT MAKES THE GREATEST IMPACT IS OUR CHARACTER. NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING WITH OUR MOUTHS.
10. IF YOUR CHARACTER DOES NOT REFLECT YOUR TEACHINGS, YOUR DOCTRINES, YOU ARE PREACHING A FALSE DOCTRINE. YOU ARE DEFILING THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH FALSE DOCTRINE.
11. And God will destroy you, and hand you over to destruction. How many people are guilty of this? Preachers everywhere. Ministers, their wives, their children. Who can stand before THE SON OF MAN and say, “Who can accuse me of unbelief? Can anybody accuse me of unbelief?”
12. How many of them can stand before Me and make such a statement? Amen!
13. How many walk close to THE SON OF MAN? How many take time to understudy Him? How many take His Words serious?
14. How many use His teachings to pattern their lives? How many encourage their children to pattern after them? I mean, because they are patterning after Christ?
15. I have given you the Message; IMITATE ME. FOLLOW ME AS I FOLLOW CHRIST. Whatever I have taught you, if you do not know how to put it in practice, do not disturb yourself. Watch Me the way I do it. Do it that same way and God will be pleased with you.
16. Anything contrary, you are a sinner before God and before THE SON OF MAN. I have given you the Message; LEARN OF ME, FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY. I am not a proud Man. I am not haughty. I am not overcharged with eating and drinking.
17. Material things of this earth do not inform My decision. Neither do they inform My actions at all.
18. Go to the streets and present Me as the Lord God Almighty standing upon the earth. Nobody will believe you.
19. Tell them that I am THE SON OF MAN. Nobody will believe you. Even when you go out and tell them that I am the one living here, nobody will believe you.
20. But I know there are too many among us who are filled with pride. Some are filled with hating. Some, jealousy. Some, malice. Some, hate. Some, variance. Some, carelessness and stubbornness.
21. Pride goeth before a fall. 18Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. [Proverbs 16:18 GNB]
22. I was admonishing the Elders yesterday in My house and I appreciated the way they comported themselves. But at the end of the day, what I said came true. They finished the three basins of garden eggs.
23. Initially, they were pretending. Taking it one-one, two-two. I said, “Yes! You are hypocrites. I know you will share it. You will carry some and put into your pockets today. I know that it will happen.”
24. Then, we started talking of another thing. Immediately we said bye-bye; till tomorrow, all of them rushed to the tables, grabbing them until everything emptied. Full basket!
25. Brethren, am I telling lies? You saw the way they rushed it? Hypocrites!
26. THAT WHICH YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT DO IN MY PRESENCE, DO NOT DO IT IN MY ABSENCE. YES!
27. I FEEL HAPPY WHEN YOU OBEY IN MY ABSENCE THAN WHEN YOU SEE ME, THEN YOU BEGIN OBEDIENCE. BUT IF I GIVE WAY, YOU REVERT TO YOUR OLD NATURE.
28. You must have a testimony of a change God has wrought in your life. Things you were found doing before and you notice that they are offensive to God. And for the sake of Christ, not for anything, you abandoned them.
29. You must know when that change has taken place in your life. Mere suppression of feeling is not a change.
30. When you have opportunity to do it even secretly, you will do it. Outside, you will be angel. But you know that what you are doing is wrong, and that you are not supposed to do it. Amen.
31. Let us be very careful at this point in time. We have come to the end of everything. What the prophets foretold we must see at the end and the next thing will be destruction, is here with us.
32. Now, I want to reveal this to all of you. Remember, God promised to give us the early and latter rain. The early rain was for the planting of the Word, while the latter rain was for harvest.
33. The early rain was for planting, for supporting the crops to grow and bear fruits, while the latter rain is for harvest.
34. And this is harvest time. No farmer plants from January to December. Even with basic irrigation, we do not do it. Amen!
35. There is a time for planting. And there is a time for harvesting. THE SON OF MAN has thrust in the sickle. He is now harvesting the earth according to the command of the Father.
36. He said in Ezekiel, “SON OF MAN, withhold the sickle.” In the book of Revelation, the Voice said, whenever He appears, the voice will roar again, “SON OF MAN, thrust in the sickle and harvest the earth.”
37. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. [Revelation 14:15 KJV]
38. This is the latter rain that saves nobody. What you are seeing now is the latter rain.
39. TO THE BRIDE, WHAT IS HE DOING? HE IS PUTTING YOU IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT ALL THESE YEARS SO THAT THOSE THAT HAVE LEFT THE FAITH WILL FIND THEIR WAYS BACK. THOSE THAT HAVE BACKSLIDDEN WILL NOW BE RESTORED AND RECONCILED.
40. Then to the entire world, nobody will embrace this Faith now and get saved. Nobody, except those I will place on the reserve bench.
41. If I notice they have good hearts; they have obedient hearts; they have teachable hearts, I will gather them one side, give them a pastor who will take care of them, like I did at Aba.
42. I did it at Aba. And I warned that no old member of Aba should go there except Pastor Moses and family who are there to keep watch over them only. I am the One supervising. I am the One monitoring. They are in My reserve bench.
43. What am I saying? Most of them are better than all these people that are sitting, watching Me every day saying they are old people. That they were there from the very official beginning.
44. It is not being there from the very official beginning that matters. What is your experience? What can you showcase as your experience as one who was there from the beginning?
45. Pascal of Enugu was there from the beginning. What is he showcasing? I will use only Pascal, but I have over a hundred of them who are like Pascal.
46. I love him. I brought him up from the house of Bishop Okoh when he was lying on the bed only to take pap. Sister Okoh was feeding him three times a day.
47. He was doing nothing to earn a living. I woke him up from slumber through the teachings of Christ. I showed him the way to live.
48. His brother, a medical doctor, gave him one hundred thousand naira [₦100,000.00] which he used to establish a business center. I told him it would not work. Your brother will not give you money and tell you what you will use it for. It will not work.
49. Before our eyes, the money fizzled out. He sold off everything. I told him to go and learn a craft. He enquired of Me what he will learn.
50. I said, “Go and learn how to mold blocks. From molding of blocks, you can go into culverts, bricks, interlocking and many other things.”
51. So, he went, obeyed Me in the beginning, followed Me strictly in the beginning.
52. When he was molding his blocks at home to build his house, I was the only one that knew about it. He told Me not to tell Bishop Okoh.
53. He was in bishop Okoh’s house, claiming he had no money when he had completed molding the blocks at home. Bishop Okoh was borrowing money to feed him, but he was building his house at home.
54. Even when he got his chieftaincy title, Bishop Okoh knew it not. He bought his pickup, that was the time he packed away. He became Igwe of their home town in Achina, with his chieftaincy and everything.
55. When his brother was persecuting him because of this Faith, I told him to ignore him, “He will later come to you begging food from you.” A medical doctor! And it fulfilled to the letter.
56. The brother came back from Philippines empty handed. A medical doctor! And was carrying brother Pascal’s vehicles.
57. Brother Pascal was feeding and nurturing him [the medical doctor], and became number one that raised a structure in his father’s compound where all of them are running to, both young and old.
58. He is the greatest in the community now but where is he in Christ? He forgot everything. Everything fizzled out and he does not consult God in whatever he is doing right now. And God is not interested. I am using him as example of one who is still alive but dead.
59. Hear Me very well. It is for people like him that THE SON OF MAN is going back to the very beginning peradventure; [1] Some of them that have strayed away because of the things of this world can find their ways back.
60. [2] To regulate the activities of those whose seats are about slipping off because they are seeing and admiring the prosperity of the wicked. And they think they can make up with what they lost before. Some may be saying, “This is my own daybreak.”
61. If this is the time you call your own daybreak to be materially rich, you are lost. You are blind. You are poor. You are miserable. Even if you want to start something, how much is needed to start it?
62. Where will you get the money to start? Even if you start, who will patronize you?
63. That is why we are taking our time in whatever we are doing right now, which is not to get money to enrich ourselves, but to make sure we are doing something to keep body and soul busy as the Lord commanded.
64. God will fill your heart to overflowing with the Word of God, with the knowledge of God so that your cup will run over. That you might be able to withstand the spiritual squeeze that is increasing in its effect every day.
65. We have come to the point where it is increasingly difficult for somebody to profess Godliness.
66. To live a Godly life now, oh, check the clergy. Check everywhere. Check the Imams in charge of the Mosques. Everywhere! All tables are full of vomit!
67. 5In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 6and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. 7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. [Isaiah 28:5 – 8 KJV]
68. Check our children. Check the horrible stories in your social media. Check what is happening among the clergy, among the laity, among the pagans and among the heathens. Everywhere! No place to hide.
69. WHO WILL ESCAPE? ONLY THOSE WHOSE CUPS ARE FULLY FILLED AND ARE RUNNING OVER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND POWER.
70. Behold, I give you power to overcome this world. To subdue it. To escape. Where others are victims, you become victors. Amen.
71. 19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. [Luke 10:19 KJV]
72. You need the arm of the Lord. You need the strength of the Lord. That is why the Word of God is the strength of God’s people so that in the end, you will say that God is my strength.The joy of the Lord is My strength.
73. AND THE JOY OF THE LORD IS THE JOY OF YOUR SALVATION. THAT YOU HAVE ESCAPED. THAT THIS WORLD IS NOT HOLDING YOU CAPTIVE AGAIN. THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER A SLAVE TO SATAN.
74. YOU ARE NOW A SLAVE TO CHRIST. YOU ARE PURSUING THE THINGS OF CHRIST. YOUR EYES ARE FIXED TOWARDS PARADISE, YOUR FOCUS.
75. I can see the glory covering everywhere as it happened last week. Look around again. This is because God is here.
76. Jehovah Sharma! God is here vindicating this new pulpit, vindicating the message and vindicating the desires of our hearts. Amen!
….All and sundry in this Faith will bear witness that THE SON OF MAN, Apostle Peter Odoemena (Blessed be to His Holy Name) has maintained the strictness of an Apostle. From the inception of this Faith, up to this very moment, I have never for one day compromised the strictness with anybody because of your relationship with me. The highest thing that you can give Me is money and food, or provide shelter for Me, or buy a car for Me. I have never for one day, because of all those material considerations lowered down the standard by pampering. Rather, at that time you are rendering the services, that is the time you must be extremely careful; for I must prove the spirit. And that is why this Faith has remained alive till this day.
I AM THE STANDARD FOR JUDGMENT TO ALL MEN VOL 2; Preached on Sunday 9th October 2012 at the Household of God, Onitsha; Pg. 79 vs. 19 – 21
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DO NOT LOWER THE STANDARD OF THE GOSPEL
This is the time for what is needed. God is looking for one man, looking for two people, looking for women. Like I was asking the Brethren, “What purpose are you fulfilling in this Ministry, man and woman, young and old? What is the purpose you are fulfilling?”
2. And I was telling them that marriage is an obligation that is not meant for everybody. If my wife’s purpose in the Ministry is to cook for Me, deliver children, make sure I look neat, do all domestic chores so that I feel comfortable, help Me in other duties, has she done anything which heathens do not do?
3. Heathens do more than that! She is not doing it because she is serving God. She is doing it because it is marital obligation. But there must be something that will be credited to her which will be her reasonable service to God. Am I making sense?
4. I gave them examples. Look at the woman they did not even know where she lives – Dorcas. Dorcas had something she was doing without everybody directing her to do it. She assumed the responsibility to sow and amend the dresses of the missionaries.
5. When she died, the Bible said that Apostles and Missionaries gathered around, lifted their dresses up and said “God, do not allow sister to die. She has been taking responsibilities over all our dresses, sowing and amending them.”
6. The Bible said God considered their pleas with pity and compassion. The woman rose up immediately to continue in her duties.
7. 36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor. 37About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.
8. 38Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!”
9. 39Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
10. 40Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.
11. 41He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called the believers and the widows and presented her to them alive. [Acts 9:36 – 41 NIV]
12. William Branham had such experience and said “This is the type of fellowship where I will like to identify myself, where the love of God will compel people to be doing something that they will be remembered for.”
13. What will you be remembered for? Will you only be remembered for troubling THE SON OF MAN, for troubling the homes and for troubling the Message? What purpose are you fulfilling?
14. You could see them in St. Luke’s gospel chapter eight. Luke who was an eye-witness and wrote verbatim of a chronological account of what transpired in the days of the Lord Jesus Christ.
15. And he stepped further to write the Acts of the Apostles because he was there with Paul in everything. When you go to Acts of the Apostles, some people might be thinking that it was St. Paul that documented it. St. Paul had no time.
16. It was Apostle Luke (saint Luke the Doctor) that did the documentation of Acts of the Apostles, the greatest of all the synoptic writers. Amen!
17. He was there as one who was there from the very official beginning, but was playing a very silent and quiet role, that has turned out to be the most important role; guiding people against error by streamlining the messages, the doctrines, everything. Amen!
18. 4[My purpose is] that you may know the full truth and understand with certainty and security against error the accounts (histories) and doctrines of the faith of which you have been informed and in which you have been orally instructed. [Luke 1:4 AMP]
19. TO GOD BE THE GLORY! WHAT AM I SAYING? WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN THESE LAST DAYS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE UPLIFTMENT OF THE FAITH AND FOR THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL.
20. We can do it in diverse ways. You can do it in diverse ways. You can do it through prayers. You can do it through your materials, you can do it in any form you are being led, but in all, you must do something.
21. In the book of saint Luke chapter eight, saint Luke recorded what happened there. Watch all the women. He said, “Many women.” He named some, and said “Many others.” They went beyond their marital obligations towards their husbands.
22. The names of their husbands were not documented there, and there was no record that their husbands persecuted them or fought them. Maybe their husbands were equally a part of the ministry and we knew it not.
23. 1SOON AFTERWARD, [Jesus] went on through towns and villages, preaching and bringing the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God. And the Twelve [apostles] were with Him,
24. 2AND ALSO SOME WOMEN who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had been expelled;
25. 3And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager; and Susanna; AND MANY OTHERS, who ministered to and provided for Him and them out of their property and personal belongings. [Luke 8:1 – 3 AMP]
26. Many left their husbands. For the Bible made it clear that in this last minute; let the unbelieving partner depart.
27. 15But if the unbelieving partner [actually] leaves, let him do so; in such [cases the remaining] brother or sister is not morally bound. But God has called us to peace. [1 Corinthians 7:15 AMP]
28. If your hand is going to lead you to hell, cut it off. If your leg is not helping you, cut it off.
29. 29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. [Matthew 5:29 – 30 NIV]
30. Anything that is an obstacle to you, it is better you remove it and get eternal life than to carry it and go to hell.
31. IF YOU LOVE YOUR HUSBAND MORE THAN GOD, YOU ARE GOING TO HELL WITH YOUR HUSBAND. IF YOU LOVE YOUR WIFE MORE THAN GOD, YOU ARE GOING TO HELL WITH YOUR WIFE. IF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN MORE THAN GOD, YOU ARE GOING TO HELL WITH THEM.
32. Look at Job. Job was alive having seven sons and three daughters who were disturbing Job; Even the wife disturbing.
33. God Himself locked all of them into one house and pulled the house down, buried them alive.
34. 18While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 19when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” [Job 1:18 – 19 NIV]
35. Seven sons and three daughters, so that if the man’s boast is on the children, God has taken them away. If the man’s boast is on the wife, God has taken her away.
36. 9His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!” [Job 2:9 NIV]
37. YOU HAVE NO WIFE EXCEPT IN CHRIST; NO HUSBAND EXCEPT IN CHRIST; NO CHILDREN EXCEPT IN CHRIST, SO THAT ALL OF YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME SPIRIT, THE SAME PRINCIPLE, THE SAME LIFE, THE SAME GOAL, PURSUING ONE THING.
38. That was what helped Noah. Look at Noah. Look at the wife. And look at the three sons and wife. They were in unity, in perfect harmony spiritually and physically. No schism, no backbiting and no grumbling. Nothing at all.
39. That was why he became the righteous one in that generation.
40. 9This is the history of the generations of Noah. NOAH WAS A JUST AND RIGHTEOUS MAN, BLAMELESS IN HIS [EVIL] GENERATION; Noah walked [in habitual fellowship] with God. [Genesis 6:9 AMP]
41. For that course this pulpit is dedicated to God with this inscription “AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSEHOLD, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD!”
42. Say it with Me: “AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSEHOLD, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD!” And I add, “IN LIFE OR IN DEATH. TILL ETERNITY!”
43. That is why I said that the Glory is here! Look at the hall. Look outside, look at the hall. Who will tell Me that God is not with us. It is like we are going to use another light, but there is light.
44. It happened one day in the fellowship. The glory came down. Apostle Ojiakor was in the pulpit in the day, recently. We brought lantern. We brought touch for him to read the Scriptures.
45. Brightness outside, but the glory was so much that he could not see the words of the Scriptures. And these are the things he will forget before he will roll away into idolatry.
46. YOU MUST FORGET YOUR EXPERIENCES FOR YOU TO BACKSLIDE. NOBODY CAN BACKSLIDE OR ALLOW HIMSELF/HERSELF TO BE CAPTURED BY THE DEVIL AGAIN, UNTIL HE FORGETS HIS/HER EXPERIENCES.
47. REMEMBER, ONCE YOU ARE STANDING AND HOLDING YOUR RIFLE, FIGHTING, YOUR ENEMY IS ON THE RUN. ANY DAY YOU LOWER IT, THE ENEMY WILL COME BACK. TRUE OR FALSE?
48. WHEN YOU LOWER THE STANDARD, YOUR ENEMY WILL COME BACK. RAISE UP A STANDARD, THE ENEMY WILL RUN.
49. That is why when temptations come like a flood, because your cup is running over, the spirit of God in you will raise up what? A standard against it.
50. 19So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. WHEN THE ENEMY SHALL COME IN LIKE A FLOOD, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL LIFT UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM. [Isaiah 59:19 KJV]
51. But when there is nothing in you, to everything, it is, “You are happily welcome. You are welcome to my heart today. You are welcome to my presence.”
52. Before you know it, it will consume you. You become dumb. You become lazy. You will be dragging your feet. You will be claiming ignorance of something you know very well. Is it not madness? Amen!
53. You must know why this Voice is roaring on you, for God does not roar in vain. When the lion roars, everybody must be in fear. Am I making sense?
54. THIS IS THE END-TIME WHERE IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT, VERY TOUGH FOR ANYBODY TO MAINTAIN HIS CONFESSION OF FAITH FAITHFULLY TILL THE END.
55. We knew about it. The Bible said that in the end-time, tough times must come, very tough times. Paul warned Timothy.
56. 1BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear]. [2 Timothy 3:1 AMP]
57. And I warn all of you like Paul warned Timothy because I am desirous of living with you eternally in Paradise.
58. Come and go with Me to My Father’s house. It is ready. Everything is ready. You are bid to come without paying any price. The only price you can pay is to forfeit iniquity, forfeit evil practices, evil thoughts and evil desires.
59. Surrender your lives to Christ. He owns you and owns everything you have. And then, let God be your Controller. Lean your entire personality on Him, on Christ and Christ alone. Amen!
60. 4For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus [THE LEANING OF YOUR ENTIRE HUMAN PERSONALITY ON HIM IN ABSOLUTE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN HIS POWER, WISDOM, AND GOODNESS] and of the love which you [have and show] for all the saints (God’s consecrated ones), [Colossians 1:4 AMP]
61. SONG: [He is everything; He is everything to Me. He is everything to Me; He is everything to me. He is My Father, My Mother, My Brother, and My Sister, He is everything to Me] Amen!
62. SONG: [The Word of God has set Me free from sin and sorrow; The Word of God has set Me free. THE SON OF MAN has set Me free from sin and sorrow; THE SON OF MAN has set Me free.] Amen!
63. The title of My exhortation is “DO NOT LOWER YOUR HAND!” DO NOT LOWER YOUR HAND! DO NOT LOWER YOUR HAND! DO NOT LOWER YOUR HAND!
64. WHENEVER THE HAND IS LOWERED, THAT MEANS THE FAITH IS LOWERED. THE ENEMY WHOM YOU DROVE FAR, WILL COME BACK. DO NOT EVER LOWER YOUR HAND. AMEN!
65. Let the Word of God be your supporting arm. Let the Word of God be your supporting arm. Joshua and Caleb are representations of the old and the new testaments. Am I making sense?
66. A representation of the two pillars that supported the hands of the Moses. Who are the two pillars supporting THE SON OF MAN today? Only God knoweth! The next person is THE SON OF MAN.
67. He knows the two pillars which volunteered themselves. They volunteered themselves. Nobody invited them. They saw the need, they saw everything and they were desirous of winning the battle.
68. SONG: [When the battle is over, I shall wear a crown. We shall wear a crown, I shall wear a crown. And when the battle is over, I shall wear a crown in the New Jerusalem.]
69. SONG: [We are victorious! Yes, we are victorious. Glory be to God who has given us victory. Hallelujah! We are victorious. Yes, we are victorious. Glory be to God who has given us victory.]
70. SONG: [We are able to go up and get that city, to possess the land from Jordan to the sea. Though the giants may be on our way to hinder us, God must surely give us victory.]
71. [Only move on to the righteous side. Move on to the righteous side. Move on to the righteous side of God. Only move on to the righteous side. Move on to the righteous side. Move on to the righteous side of God.]
72. There is no way you can go and possess that city without seeing the Anaks.
73. 28Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: AND MOREOVER WE SAW THE CHILDREN OF ANAK THERE. 29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
74. 30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; FOR WE ARE WELL ABLE TO OVERCOME IT. [Numbers 13:28 – 30 KJV]
75. The devil must be on the way to hinder, but God said that He must surely give us the victory. For He said, “Go, I am with you. As I overcame, so shall you overcome.”
76. 10FEAR NOT [THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR], FOR I AM WITH YOU; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. [Isaiah 41:10 AMP]
77. 33“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. BUT TAKE HEART! I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.” [John 16:33 NIV]
78. And I declare that we are more than conquerors through Christ who has strengthened us this day, for with the arms of flesh can no man prevail.
79. 37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. [Romans 8:37 KJV]
80. 9He 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]
81. BUT WITH THE ARMS OF GOD, WE HAVE DERIVED OUR STRENGTH. AND THE ARM OF GOD IS THE WORD OF GOD WHICH IS THE STRENGTH OF HIS PEOPLE.
82. On this note, I invite our Brother, the Apostle, Chukwudi Odoemena to the pulpit for the Sunday school.
83. My own was just a topic titled; “DO NOT LOWER YOUR HANDS!” DO NOT LOWER HANDS! H-A-N-D-S. DO NOT LOWER THE STANDARD OF THE GOSPEL. DO NOT LOWER YOUR CHARACTER. DO NOT LOWER YOUR LIFE.
84. Let your life be strengthened by the Word of God. Then be ready to combat your enemy. After which you stand sure and settled. He that fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
85. DO NOT BE A VICTIM OF THE WAR. BE A VICTOR. BE COURAGEOUS AND WIN THE BATTLE. Thank you everybody for giving Me audience. Amen!