DWELLING IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD! {DESIRE TO BE WITH GOD} PREACHED ON SUNDAY 18TH APRIL, 2021. BY BRO CHIDALU ONYEMA. APPROVED & AUTHORIZED BY THE SON OF MAN FOR OUR CHILDREN IN ALL OUR FAMILIES HE SAID DO NOT TRY TO DEFEND A LIE, FOR TIME WILL VINDICATE ALL THINGS. TIME HAS NOW VINDICATED THAT THIS PERSON YOU ARE CALLING THE SON OF PERDITION IS THE ALMIGHTY HIMSELF. DID HE TRY TO FIGHT OR DEFEND HIMSELF? NO, RATHER HE SAID, DO NOT DEFEND ME. THAT IS WHAT HE TOLD US, DO NOT DEFEND ME.
DO NOT ACT THOUGHTLESSLY, PREACHED ON 20TH NOVEMBER 2020 pg150 vs41 BY BISHOP JOE UKPONG
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DO NOT TRY GOD’S PATIENCE
Remain blessed brethren. We thank the almighty God whom in his infinite mercy has allowed us to be alive this first day of the week. It is wonderful, and we say may all glory and honour be ascribed to his most holy name forever and ever. Amen.
2. I am glad for this privilege God has given us to appear before him this morning. At least, if you do not have any reason why you should thank him, thank him for allowing you to be a part of what he is doing in this dispensation.
3. But I believe that we have no reason why we will not worship God; for the fact that we are alive till this day, sound and healthy is courtesy of his divine grace and steadfast love towards us.
4. Before I commence, I will like us to consider this scripture. I might not read any sermon book this morning. As you can see, I am not holding any; but I believe that God has something for his children. Let us follow the spirit leading and we shall all be blessed this morning.
5. Give me the book of Psalm 95:6-11 “O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
6. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart… Today, if we will hear his voice, we should harden not our hearts as the people of old did when they rebelled against God.
7. …today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart, as in provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
8. When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, it is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
9. Unto whom I swear in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.” KJV Amen.
10. Let us read from verse 6 in New Living Translation. “Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God.
11. Do any of us have any other God today? Who is our God? The almighty, Apostle Peter Odoemena [blessed be his most holy name], The resurrected body; He is the God of this dispensation.
12. He is the almighty God that has been appearing and reappearing in all generations. He has appeared in our own dispensation in the form of Apostle Peter Odoemena, the son of man.
13. …Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. we are the people he watches over, the flock under his care.
14. If only you would listen to his voice today! if only we will listen to his voice today, not tomorrow, not after; but this moment you are hearing the word of God, we should not harden our hearts. I repeat.
15. …If only you would listen to his voice today! The Lord says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness.
16. For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did. You see that unbelief is a very great disease? They tried and tested God’s patience even though they saw everything God did.
17. Let me tell you something, there is one thing that I usually say, wherever you are doesn’t matter, but what matters is your state, your heart; for that is where God and devil uses as an entrance into someone’s life.
18. They saw everything… Do you believe that somebody can be in the presence of the Lord, and still the devil will use that person to wreak havoc? Why? The person is in the presence of the Lord, but he is not in the Lord. The person is seeing everything; but still, he is trying God’s patience.
19. So it is with everybody now. You might be here thinking God is not here, but God told us that HE is in our brother, in our sister. We should treat our brothers and sisters the same way we will do to God. So, we should not try to test God’s patience.
20. We should not try to test God’s patience, because God’s patience will not endure forever; for there must be a day marked out by God, for God to bring everything into judgment.
21. …The Lord says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, they did at Massah in the wilderness. For there, your ancestors tested and tried my patience; even though they saw everything I did.
22. For forty years I was angry with them, and I said, they are a people whose hearts turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them. So in my anger I took an oath: They will never enter my place of rest.” NLT
23. You see why God said, “this God man that has revealed himself in our midst, we should never try to provoke him for he will not forgive us.” Amen.
24. Let me go to the book of psalm 91 from verse 1. That is where I will be taking my topic for today. Let us pay attention.
25. “HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High… Wait, he that does what? Dwelleth in the secret place of the most High. …HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” KJV
26. Shall abide where? Under the shadow of the almighty. Who can tell me where is the secret place of the most high? Where? In the word! He that abides in the word, and the word is nothing but the son of man; for he is the word made flesh. Amen.
27. Let me read it in this translation “Those who live in the shelter of the Most High… Does it mean you and God living under the same roof or house? No. You can be physically with God, but far spiritually.
28. …Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” NLT Will find rest in the shadow of the almighty God.
29. I will like us to go to this scripture, the book of Ephesians chapter 5 from verse 1-14. I will use scriptures too much in this Sunday school because in Roman 15:4, it said that “whatever that is written in the scriptures is written for our own good.” Amen.
30. Ephesians 5:1-14. “BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
31. But fornication, and all uncleanliness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
32. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
33. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
34. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes in darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of the light: (For the fruit of the spirt is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
35. Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
36. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” KJV Amen.
37. I will like to repeat verse 10 in new living translation. “Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead expose them.
38. We shouldnot take part in any worthless deeds of evil, but expose them. Let us not take it too far for it might be very simple. Maybe, when you know that the person is wrong, but because you have something’s you will get from there; you will then cover him, you will then support him.
39. Be it known to you that God will also hold you guilty. Though you do not participate in it; but for supporting those who do it, you are as well guilty as them. Amen.
40. …Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.
41. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light” NLT.
42. We have a message titled, “Awake thou that sleepeth for the night is far spent.” Remember my topic, “Those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High, shall be covered with his glory.” That’s my topic for this Sunday school.
43. Are you still dwelling in the secret place of the Most High? Were you dwelling in the secret place of the Most High? And where are you dwelling now? Are you dwelling in the hand works of evil?
44. Let me repeat this verse 10 again for emphasis. “Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness…” NLT
45. Where are you dwelling at this time? Remember that the end is at hand. The message we are considering this day is, “Are you the promised one to come, or do we wait for another.”
46. To be sincere, to be frank with all of you, He is the messiah, we are not waiting for any other person. But this same messiah is asking us, where are we dwelling now? in that messiah or are we still waiting for another?
47. Many of us might think that this message is not needful, but there Have we anchored our faith are some that are still hoping for another messiah. There are some that are still hoping for another kingdom to come, not knowing that the kingdom of God is here with us. Amen.
48. Where are you dwelling at this time? Are you still under the secret place of the Most High? And remember that once you are under the secret place of the Most High, you are secured from all harm; everything.
49. And for you to dwell there, you must continue to abide by the rules, by the rudiments that are stated for one to be there. If you flout any of them, if you fail in any of them, you will be punished; you will be thrown out.
50. That is why our pastor used electricity as an instance; that electricity is very needful, we need electricity in everything, but you must follow the rules, otherwise it will electrocute you.
51. Let me read this scripture. Ephesians 4:23-24 “And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” KJV
52. “Instead, let the spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. let the spirit of who? God. Remember that you should dwell under the secret place of the Most High where you will be covered with his glory;
53. For if the glory of God is not with you, the wrath of God will be upon you, because the glory is what covers the children of God. Those that are his children are covered with his glory because thy are dwelling under the secret place of the Most High day and night, protected, they are all secured.
54. Instead, let the spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God-truly righteous and holy.” NLT
55. You know that everything we are reading here is ending in this word. It is ending here. Do not be surprised at what God told us that 2020 is the declaration, and people will be saying that 2020 has passed and nothing happened, the world was not destroyed by fire, life is still going on; but they do not know that God has made the declaration, yes!
56. God has declared those that are his children. In the message “Temptation, trials of our faith” God named those that have been co-opted into his own family and some he did not call their names for reasons best known to him.
57. Some will be waiting for God to come and destroy the world immediately… There is something the scripture said, “the children of God will be translated, but that does not mean they will be taken away immediately.” They will be translated; they will still be in this flesh, in this world watching everything…
58. That is why if you watch the messages the Lord has been sending now, is he still preaching repent or you perish? Rather, you should try to retain your sanctified estate, because at that moment you are wearing your theophany body, God has the right to remove it and destroy you because you are still in this world.
59. The prophet Mohammed that prays all the time, and his wife asked him, “I thought Allah has promised to save you, then why are you still bothering yourself?” what was his reply, I am still a mortal and I am still in this world; because of that, I might be prone to fall spiritually so I will pray always so that I do not fall.
60. This man, God promised him that he will save him, but that does not mean he should go and relax. If you relax, the devil will come and grip you. So, as it stands now, let none of us ever think that everything is all over.
61. It is true you have been transformed, but we are still in human flesh; “if you know, you know” but do not loose the sight that the devil is still alive. Even in that your theophany estate… If the devil is not afraid to come and tempt the almighty God, then who is you?
62. Jesus had the power to even call thousands of angels, he did so much miracles, he even died and resurrected, yet he was under temptation by the devil; the devil tempted him. Then who am I, that the devil will not tempt me.
63. That is why I usually say this thing, “there is no reasonable excuse you have to disobey God” I usually hold this quote. You might think God knows why you did it, the temptation was too much… There is no reasonable excuse, there is no reasonable reason you have to disobey to the word of God, because God does not believe in excuses. Amen.
…THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR REDEMPTION EVEN THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SIN. FIND OUT WHETHER THE SPIRIT OF GOD HAS BEEN FULLY REVEALED IN YOUR HEART. BECAUSE IT IS THAT SPIRIT OF GOD THAT WILL NOW GUIDE AND LEAD YOU INTO ALL TRUTH. WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD GUIDING AND LEADING YOU, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PATH OF ALL TRUTH. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE DECEIVING YOURSELF.
ENDEAVOR TO RAISE YOUR SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS VOL.2 Page 24 vs.68-69
PREACHED ON WEDNESDAY, 2ND SEPTEMBER, 2020.
BY TEACHER JAMES NNADI
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LET THE SPIRIT RENEW YOUR THOUGHTS
Let me repeat this scripture again …Instead, let the spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God – truly righteous and holy.” NLT
2. We should put on our garment, that garment is our new nature. God said that some are still hanging their garments on the chair, while there are many without any garment.
3. You see, fulfilling the scriptures; that “if the righteous can be scarcely saved, what then is the hope of the ungodly.” You see that only few will be saved in this dispensation.
4. Do not be bothered to know who will be saved, but be bothered to know whether you are among those few. That should be our uttermost concern at this hour.
5. Ephesians 5:15-19 Remember, I am still handling the topic, “those who dwell in the secret place of the most high shall be covered with his glory.”
6. “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Repeat! See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Amen.
7. Our deacon (Deacon David Mbah) described the meaning of circumspect as vigilant, because the time we are in are full of evil. The psalmist prayed in the scriptures, that God should help me to number my days, so that I will incline my heart unto wisdom.
8. And God told us the meaning of wisdom; wisdom means obeying God; obeying God is wisdom. Like king Solomon was a wise man, are you a wise man? What made him wise? What has God told us that you will do and it will make you a wise man if not obeying him? Nothing more.
9. I can summarize this faith, this doctrine, everything we are hearing here in this pyramid (pointing at the stature of a perfect man). And everything you are seeing here are these two things, “faith” and “love”. Faith is the foundation, and love is the conclusion.
10. Watch, it is a triangle, but this triangle is not complete; but it became complete in love. True or false? Faith is the foundation;
11. there is no way you can have virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, or love without having faith. You must have faith that he is God. You must believe that he is a man and that he has the power to save you. Amen.
12. …See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
13. Wherefore be ye not unwise… Be ye not what? Unwise! Be ye not what? Unwise! Be ye not what? Unbelieving! How I wish I have the book of Mormon here with me, it explained this very well. Be ye not what? Unwise!
14. Do not be unbelieving, for the time we are in are full of temptation. God said that we should pray always from now on because temptation is coming everywhere, every time; wherever you are pray!
15. …Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. But doing what? Understanding what the will of God for us is. What is the will of God for us if not total obedience? You are not too far from heaven, but one thing remaineth, and that is obedience to the word of God.
16. …And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
17. giving thanks always for all things unto God and the father in the name of our lord Jesus christ.” kJV Amen.
18. At least you know who is our Christ now? Jesus was the messiah in that dispensation. Read it in new living translation.
19. “So be careful how you live… Be what? Careful, be diligent, be circumspect, be vigilant the way you live, because character is the separating line. What separates us from God or from the devil is nothing but character.
20. So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.
21. Make what? The most of every opportunity in these evil days. Opportunity, once you loose it, you cannot get it again; rather you wait for another opportunity. So, we should make maximum use of the opportunity we get; and you cannot get opportunity always. If you get it always, then it is no longer an opportunity.
22. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Do not act thoughtlessly, but understand what our Lord wants us to do.
23. God said in the new year message, whatever you want to do, you should think before you do it because God is not going to hear I am sorry this year. True or false? So, we should not act thoughtlessly. Let us think before we do anything.
24. That is why before we go out, we usually pray, “God please direct all our actions, all our words, all our footsteps, all our thoughts; let all be made acceptable in thy sight.” Amen.
25. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don’t be drunk with wine…” NLT Amen.
26. One thing is to know what God wants you to do, and another thing is to understand it, because there is no way you can do what God wants you to do without understanding it. you might have mere knowledge without understanding.
27. Yes, God said we should not do this… but did you understood what God meant by saying it? You did not. you are just saying God said, God said. What did God say? Can you explain to us? So, let us try to understand what God wants us to do and also put it into practice so that God will continue to retain us under his own glory.
28. For us to be in that secret place of the Most High where we will be covered by his glory day and night, we should not disobey any of the rules that God has set out for us to abide there. If you disobey it, what did God say that he will do to such person? He will throw you out.
29. Remember that the ark has been locked, but the window is still open; from the window they will fling you out. Amen.
30. Let us go to the book of Ephesians 4:13-16. “This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge… What? This will “continue” until we all shall come to the unity of our faith.
31. The secret of surviving in this faith is “constancy and continuity.” We should not be lukewarm. We should not be cold today and hot tomorrow. No. It is either we are hot or you are cold. If you are lukewarm, God will spit you out of his mouth. Amen.
32. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of christ.” NLT Amen.
33. We should be matured in the Lord, measuring up to the full standard of christ. Only one man is going to rapture, and that is Christ. And until you measure up to that standard, you are going nowhere.
34. Within yourselves, you know whether you are like Christ or not. Have you measured up to that standard that will make you to dwell in the secret place of the Most High where you will be covered with his glory? Amen.
35. Start from verse 12. “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of christ:
36. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine…
37. Please repeat that verse. That we be no more children, tossed to and fro by any doctrine. Anyone that comes, you will follow; anyone that comes, you will follow; you are not matured. One, you have not understood the faith first, that is why you should pray for understanding; spiritual understanding of the faith you are in.
38. Many are just following in this faith. Many are in this faith because their parents are in this faith, my brothers and sister are in this faith; and they are coming to fellowship for socialization, that is why God closed the general assembly. Everybody should go back to their homes, let us differentiate between the wheat and the tares, between sheep and wolves; and now many are dying in their families.
39. If not God sending messages, there is no way they will live. They will depend on their jotters which they are not sure it is what God said, because what might thrill you might be something that offends another person. Amen.
40. …That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro… tossed to and fro by any spirit, by any word that come your way. Do not be children, anyone they tell you; you follow. Anyone they tell you; you will believe. Why? You were not convinced. If you were convinced, there is no way you will be convinced against what you believed.
41. That is why you see many leave the faith, go out and start preaching another thing, living another lifestyle which goes to show that from the beginning, they were not convinced. If you are convinced, nobody can convince you against your conviction. Nobody! If you are sure that what you are convinced in is the right thing.
42. So, we should be convinced, understand, be balanced, be matured, and measure up to the standard of which he has laid for us to be in this faith, so that we will continue to dwell in his secret place where his glory will continue to cover us. Amen.
43. …That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine… and carried about with what? Every wind of doctrine!
44. …by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love… in what? in love! Speaking the truth in love…
45. The motive matters. You might speak the truth in hatred. Maybe, the reason you are saying the truth is for God to punish that person (the brother); is there any love there? No! But if there is love, you will first of all tell the brother the truth before the person will enter into error.
46. There is an Igbo adage that says, “I told you, is a good friend. But I could have told you, is a bad friend.” You should correct your brother before he enters into that error. Not when he enters into that error, God’s wrath will come upon him and you will become a miserable comforter; hey brother, I could have told you, and you will start saying the truth in hatred. It should not be so brethren. Amen.
47. …but speaking the truth in love, may grow up in to him at all things, which is the head, even christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part…” KJV Amen.
48. Repeat that verse that said do not be children, tossed to and fro… “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine…” KJV Amen.
49. Colossians 2:8-10 “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world and not after christ…” KJV
50. “Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies… do not allow anyone to capture you with empty philosophies, and that person is the devil; to take you into another captivity. It might not be your second captivity.
51. it might be your third captivity or fourth captivity, only you know. But do not allow anyone to capture you with empty philosophies. Do not be like children, being tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine.
52. Be sure of what you believe, be convinced and stand firm in the faith. Do not be ashamed of professing this truth, of living this life which you are called to do.
53. For you to dwell in the secret place of the Most High, you must count the cost, you must follow the rules and regulations that God has laid down for us to be there, which is nothing but obedience to his word. Amen.
54. …Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and spiritual powers of this world…
55. In the scripture it said, they know that God does not want them to do these things, God did not support it, and they started thinking vain things, thinking God to be like a four-footed animal, hands like this, like this, like this, like this. Why? Because they have been deceived.
56. So do not allow yourselves to be deceived, be very careful about being deceived because it can come from anywhere, so you have to be very careful, very conscious. Your brother can deceive you, your sister can deceive you, your father can deceive you, your mother can deceive you; anybody can deceive you if you are not conscious and careful.
57. At times God can put you to test, he can even use a pastor to deceive you to know whether you are convinced in what you believe.
58. It is in the scripture that if any one among you prophesy and it comes to pass, believe him. But if that prophet comes another time and tell you to turn away from this God, do not believe him for it is a test from God. So, deceit can come from anybody.
59. Do not say it will come from an outsider, at times the devil can sneak into the camp of the children of God as we saw in the book of Job, and sit down among them looking for who he will use to deceive an elect of God, it will be so grievous to the extent that if care is not taken, an elect of God might be deceived out of the way of truth. We should be very careful at this hour we are in. Amen.
The Scripture said that we should continue to abide in the truth. We shall continue to abide in the Word of God. We should not be waiting in vain. We should be waiting in the fear of God.
Something is expected of us now that we are waiting. It is now necessary that we should go back and re-introduce the Message we heard from the beginning to know the person we are having dealings with. Sure!
-THE SON OF MAN-
WHY THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT NEGOTIABLE (EXPLAINED) PREACHED DURING NIGHT ALTAR ON MONDAY 27TH JULY 2020 pg 30 vs 2-3
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CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THIS TRUTH
Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.
2. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.” For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.
3. Many are still being deceived into believing that God is a spirit, God is this, God is that. Well, to me; I am very happy for them. Because if there are no such people, there would not be children of God; the scriptures can never be fulfilled.
4. Whenever I see them, I glorify God for saving me from them, because if God never counted me worthy by putting me in this ministry, if God never called me into this most holy faith; I would have been like or worse than them.
5. So, whenever I see them, I glorify God because it is not of their own making, but because “many are called but few are chosen.”
6. Someone should please give me the book of Colossians 1:23. “But you must continue to believe this truth… but what? You MUST, I MUST, M.U.S.T continue to believe this truth for us to dwell in the secret place of the Most High God.
7. It is not believing today, and disbelieving tomorrow. This week you continue to believe, the upper week you will stop believing. No!
8. You must continually believe this truth for the salvation of your soul. Believing does not mean only professing with your mouth; to believe means what? Lord, according to your will. At thy word o Lord; being obedient to what you say you believe. I believe in this, for that reason I must put it into practice. Amen.
9. …But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Wait, wait, wait… You must continue to believe and do what? Stand firmly! You see that believing is almost the same with obedience for they go hand in hand.
10. If you believe without obeying, to start with you never believed; because when you have believed God, the next thing is obedience. If you do not obey, to start with you did not believe. Amen.
11. Dictate it. …But you must continue to believe this truth… I must continue to believe this truth …But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away…
12. Do not drift away! Do not drift to the right or to the left by vain deceits. At times, you can deceive yourself. True or false? The worst deceit is self-deceit. At times, the devil will come and use you to deceive yourself; it does happen. You will be doubting God’s word within you, you will be thinking of another way, questioning God, doubting Gods word; all these things happen within. That is what God called civil war in a man.
13. We should not allow ourselves to be deceived any longer. We should be no longer children, but we should be matured in the faith; stand firmly and measure up to the standard of christ, so that we will continue to dwell in this secret place of the Most High.
14. Hope you know that this secret place has come to be with us, and it is the SON OF MAN (Blessed be his most holy name). He is eternity, he is rapture, he is eternal life, he is everything to me. He is the ladder to heaven; without him you are going nowhere.
15. So, for you to dwell in him which is the secret place where you will be secured from all dangers, from all harm, from all temptations, from all destruction, you must abide by his laid down rules; otherwise you will not be there with him.
16. And for us to be there with him eternally, we should measure up to the standards to be like him, for people of similar character, similar identity will be together. Amen.
17. …don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the good news. We should not do what? Drift away!
18. Let us take note of this. We are at the dying minute, and it has always been at the end while we are waiting at the gate, when the end is about to come, that people drift away; that many drift away because of impatience; For all these attributes of a perfect man must be tested.
19. If you lack any you are not going inside; and we are facing what I call “final sifting,” final sieving!
20. You know God carried all of us to the gate so that it will be easy for him. Both the mixed multitude, everybody followed him marching. Brother, brother. Remain blessed, remain blessed. Brethren, brethren. Sister remain blessed. Brother remain blessed. What is He God doing now? He reached at the gate and said all of you wait.
21. We will wait for too long, not we might wait. We are going to wait for too long at this gate for no unbeliever will enter that gate. It was as if general assembly or gathering was deceiving many, giving the impression that they are in the faith when they are not. Because, once you are in Onitsha household, if they say Onitsha did this, both the unbelievers and believers will rejoice.
22. If they are condemning Onitsha, both unbelievers and believers will sorrow, but still God knows those that are his own. No matter how God is hammering on Onitsha household, God knows those few that are obeying him.
23. Do not think that your stay in this faith guarantees your salvation. Even, your stay in this faith will make your chances of salvation to be very, very slim. Because one, you have the knowledge; and because you have the knowledge, what God expects from you is obedience.
24. God said he can easily save an outsider because he is ignorant of the truth, but not one that have heard and confirmed it to be the truth but willfully disobeys it. You that have known and seen the truth, confirmed it to be the truth; then what is causing you to disobey the word of God?
25. Do not see your stay in this faith as the easiest way to get salvation if you refuse to obey the word you are receiving from this faith. Though it is the easiest way if you obey the teachings you are receiving from God; and it is also the toughest way if you refuse to obey the teachings you are receiving from God.
26. It depends on you to choose. If you choose to follow God, obey God, abide by his rules, it will be very easy for you. But if you try to play smartness, try to device another way which you will use to get saved; my friend, you are already doomed. Doomed till eternity!
27. So, let us take note of what God said, that in every nation; in what? In every nation, not exempting any. In every nation, whosoever that feareth and honoureth the Lord, that same person is made acceptable unto God.
28. So, do not be surprised if you will get there you might see one you call an outsider, a person that you have labelled a heathen there for salvation must spring surprises. Influential men and woman can hardly make it. So, let us start calming down and put these words into practice.
29. Let us humble ourselves. Not when you reach there you will start making noise… well, you know you cannot do that; because if you make noise, it is either you are not meant to be there or that God has brought in a misfit; but can God bring someone that is not meant to be there? Impossible! Amen.
30. …But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the good news…
31. we should not drift away from this great assurance. Christ is the assurance of your salvation. …don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the good news.
32. The good news has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, has been appointed as Gods servant to proclaim it.” NLT Amen.
33. Please go to the book of Hebrew 2:1-4. “So we must listen very carefully to the truth… so we must do what? Listen very, very carefully to this truth, to this rules, so that we will abide and dwell in the secret place of the Most High where we will be saved from everything that is happening in this world; for this world is full of evil.
34. God said we should expect nothing good from this world again. This world will never get anything better. Never, never! Rather, as days go on, it will become worse and worse and worse. Amen.
35. The topic of this passage is what? “A warning against drifting away!” A warning against drifting away. Drift not away at a moment like this. Do not risk your soul in a moment like this. …So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard… I love this passage.
36. We must, M.U.S.T; not you should or you will, but you MUST. For you to dwell there, you must listen carefully. …So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. Or we may do what? Drift away!
37. And drifting away takes place in the heart. A little doubt, just a doubt to the word of God, you have already drifted away. God might say something and you doubt it; “leave that thing he is saying, I thought he said 2020, let me just keep quiet” With this alone, you have already drifted away, and you do not know.
38. If God does not open your eyes to see that you have left the faith, you might still be shouting, jubilating, singing halleluiah; they will pray and you will say amen, you will still preach the message. You will be fulfilling dangerous scriptures as a joyful unbeliever in the camp.
39. But until God opens your eyes, you will not see that you have left the faith. You are just sitting there physically, but spiritually; God has moved away from you. You see why we should be very careful? We should always pray. We should always pray for this hour is filled with diverse temptations and trials. Amen.
40. …So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished.
41. So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation… what makes us think we can escape the wrath of God if we ignore, set aside this great salvation? If God did not pardon the people of old that after seeing all the things he did, they were still unbelieving, do you think he will pardon us?
42. Remember that God is still the same yesterday today and forever.
43. …So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?
44. And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the holy spirit whenever he chose.” NLT Amen.
45. Proverbs 3:3-7. “Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Never let what? Loyalty and kindness to leave you. For you to dwell in that secret place, you must be loyal; you must be humble, you must submit yourself to the will of God; that is Islam.
46. You must be a clay, and not dictating to the potter how he should mould you; you must submit yourself to the will of God. You must be a zombie; you must have that childlike faith for you to dwell in that secret place.
47. And once you are there, please continue to abide in him so that you do not drift away. For once you drift away, God will show you the way out.
WHEN WE WANT TO SEE THE EFFECT OF THE WORD, WE LOOK AT YOUR CHARACTER. IF THE EFFECT OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT SEEN IN YOU, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME. I AM HERE IN THE BUSINESS FOR MY PEOPLE.
ENDEAVOR TO RAISE YOUR SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS VOL.2 Page 48 vs.51 PREACHED ON WEDNESDAY, 2ND SEPTEMBER, 2020. BY TEACHER JAMES NNADI
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NEVER LET LOYALTY AND KINDNESS LEAVE YOU
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Tie them around your neck as a reminder, so that you will always remember what God said; do not forget it.
2. …Tie them around your neck as a reminder, write them deep within your heart, then you will find favor with both God and the people and you will earn a good reputation…
3. Then you will find favor with both God and the people, and you will earn a good reputation. We should live peacefully with everybody.
4. As a child of God, you are meant to live peacefully because where we are entering, or this secret place we are talking about now; which if you dwell in, you are protected from everything; we must learn to be peaceful.
5. If you are not peaceful, you cannot be there. You cannot enter there and start quarrelling with another person; it is not possible. And there is no way you will enter there and your life will change.
6. Some will be thinking that when that time reaches, God will do something and my behaviour will change… impossible! The same character you are manifesting now is the same character you will manifest there. So, start now to build your character.
7. If your character does not meet up with the standard of those characters that will dwell there, there is no way you can be there, for God has set a standard for those that will dwell inside that secret place. Amen.
8. …Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
9. Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Do not be impressed with your own wisdom, with your own righteousness, for we have different types of righteousness. We have self-righteousness. We have church righteousness. And we have God’s own righteousness which is the true righteousness.
10. You can be having self-righteousness; you have judged yourself and condemned others saying that I am better than everybody that is here. That our family is better than many families there; but what has God said concerning you.
11. Remember that what you know is what you are thinking about God, but you do not know what God is thinking about you. You will start condemning others, uplifting yourself, and God will humiliate you because you did not humble yourself.
12. So, do not start judging yourself and condemning others in a moment like this, rather you should watch yourself to know whether this word is still in you; to know whether you are still dwelling in this secret place of the most high.
13. If you are not there, make honest attempt by all means to find yourself in that secret place. In that what? Secret place. Can someone repeat that scripture again?
14. Psalm 91:1 “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty. I will say of the lord, he is my refuge and my fortress; my God; in him will I trust” KJV
15. I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and fortress, what harm can any man do to me. Who is that person? If God does not approve it, it will never happen.
16. If we shall abide under the shadow of the almighty, under his own canopy, under his own protection, under the shelter of the Most High God; we will be garrisoned in him where nothing, even the devil cannot come inside there to attack us, for he will first of all pass God.
17. If he succeeds in passing God, he will then meet us; for we are now abiding under the secret place, under the shadow of the almighty God. Amen.
18. …Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil” NLT Do not be impressed by your own wisdom, I am better than everybody here… no! God does not want self-righteousness.
19. Condemn yourself if possible; for if you do not condemn yourself, there is no way you can see your faults. Jehovah is right and I have been wrong all the while. Amen.
20. “Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
21. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. And do what? Lean not on your own understanding, for you have never gone this way before; you have never been in this place before, so we should follow our guide who is no other person but the almighty God.
22. Do not allow self-righteousness; I repeat, do not allow self-righteousness to sneak into you, for it is a very dangerous spirit. Before you know it, you will start seeing yourself as higher than people around you. I am more righteous than this family. You will start comparing yourself with people you are higher than, not knowing that God has a limit, God has a standard which you have not even attain one tenth, you have not even attained zero point, you are still under base level and saying that you are higher than these people.
23. You are comparing yourself with heathens, mixed multitudes in the faith thinking that they are brothers and sisters. I am better than this person. You will start condemning others. Amen.
24. …trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
25. Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones” KJV Amen.
26. Romans 13:10-13 “Love worketh no ill to his neigbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.
27. For now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. Seeing that our salvation draweth nearer now than when we first believed, when we first heard the word of God; we should rush back to that our first estate we were in when we first heard the word of God. That zealous estate we were in to do God a service, to obey God. Amen.
28. …the night is far spent, the day is at hand: Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
29. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and in drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.” KJV Amen.
30. “Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfils the requirements of God’s law. This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out.
31. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here.
32. So remove your dark deeds and dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. And put on what? The shining armor of right living.
33. Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarrelling and jealousy.
34. Instead, cloth yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge in evil desires.” NLT Amen.
35. Do not let yourself think about ways to indulge in evil sects, evil things, evil desires; all of them take place in the heart. Do not think about them and do not allow yourself to be deceived into thinking about them.
36. Someone should please give me the book of Ephesians 2:1-3. Remember I am still handling the topic; “Those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High, shall be covered with his glory.”
37. “Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil – the commander in the powers in the unseen world.
38. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
39. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (it is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)” NLT. Amen.
40. We were living that type of life before, but God has opened our eyes now; God has shown us mercy, he has given us another moment of respite, to know whether we will change and he will include us in his family, so that we will dwell with him in this secret place where you will be covered with his shadows day and night. So, for that reason, live the life of Christ!
41. Give me the book of Philippians 1:27 We were living that type of life before; but now God has introduced this secret place, this eternal kingdom of his which is no longer a secret, we should throw away all the sinful things we have done and emulate Christ from now on, so that he will put us into his own kingdom.
42. Remember that you might be living that type of life before, but once you have repented from it, changed from it, and got converted, God will include you. Prophet Isaiah told the people of Samuel, you have sinned against the Lord, but if only you will repent… someone should please give me the book of 1st Samuel 12:20-25.
43. We have done wrong but God has forgiven if we will now decide to run back to him this day we are hearing his word; we should not harden our hearts.
44. “Don’t be afraid, Samuel reassured them. You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the Lord with all your heart, and don’t turn your back on him.
45. Don’t go back to worshipping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you – they are totally useless. The Lord will not abandon his people, because that will dishonor his great name.
46. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his own people. As for me, I will certainly not sin against the lord by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right.” NIV. Amen.
47. Deuteronomy 28:9-10 “If you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways, the Lord will establish you as his holy people as he swore he would do.
48. Then all the nations of the world will see that you are a people claimed by the lord, and they will be in awe of you.” Amen.
49. Read that scripture. Philippians 1:27. “Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven… above everything, you must live as citizens of heaven; having little or no desire for the things of this world.
50. Have it as a dead man has, because whatever you have in this world shall be taken away. You acquire wealth which you are not sure you will be the one to enjoy.
51. You strive to get this and that, kill yourselves to acquire this which you are not even sure you will be alive to reap. Why not we decide today to emulate God, to obey God so that God will include us into his family, and we will dwell in this secret place of the Most High where we shall be safe from all attacks, from everything, and it shall be well with us for God is with us.
52. And remember that once you are in God, there is nothing good God withhold from you. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness, and every other thing shall be added unto it.
53. …Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the good news about Christ.” NLT Amen.
54. We should conduct ourselves in a manner that is worthy of the good news we heard from christ. I am rounding up.
55. Colossians 4:2 “Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.” NLT We should do what? Devote ourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
…AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO MAKE THE MISTAKE OF PERMITTING OUR EMOTIONS AND IMPULSES TO HAVE OVERRIDING INFLUENCE OVER THE WORD OF GOD. WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW OUR SELF-EGO AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE, ARROGANCE, TO EVER CREEP INTO OUR HEARTS, TALK LESS OF HAVING OVERRIDING INFLUENCE OVER THE WORD OF GOD. WE SHOULD EXALT THE WORD OF GOD IN OUR DAILY LIVING, BY LIVING A LIFE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL WE PREACH IN ALL SITUATIONS AND AT ALL TIMES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR DAILY LIVES DO NOT EMBARRASS GOD…
BE CAREFUL THAT YOUR DAILY CHARACTER DOES NOT COUNTER THE TRUTH YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT PAGE 36 vs. 5-7 preached on 29th Nov. 2020 By The SON OF MAN
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DO NOT ALLOW YOUR LIFESTYLE TO BLASPHEME THIS GOSPEL
Go to verse 5-6. “Live wisely among those who are not believers… we should live wisely among those who are not believers, so that we do not bring the name of God to reproach.
2. Do not allow your lifestyle to blaspheme this gospel, for this gospel is pure on its own. If you blaspheme it, or bring it to reproach; God will also bring you to reproach, because he will deny you before his father, he will deny you entrance into that secret place where you shall be secured.
3. And remember that any other place where you are apart from this secret place of the Most High God, you are already in doom; and whatever the world is facing, you will suffer the same fate with them.
4. I repeat, why not decide today to obey God? To enter into this secret place by following the laid down rules. Apply for the form. And once you apply for the form, you follow the rules, the laid down precepts, and God will include your name among them. Amen.
5. …Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.” NLT Amen.
6. Let me support it with the book of Hebrew 12:14-15 “Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life… and also work at living a holy life.
7. Let me tell you something; there are some people that, for you to live at peace with them, they will tell you to disobey the will of God. But this scripture explains it very well;
8. “Work at living in peace and also work at living a holy life” at the same time; they should go hand in hand. If disobeying God will make you to live at peace with somebody, tell the person no; that it is not possible.
9. In that case, it is not possible. Me living in peace with you will not be possible. My peace is not meant for you, and I will shun you with my last blood; for it will be to the detriment of my own salvation. For that reason, I will tell you capital NO.
10. Continue with your quarrel, while I stay on my own. Remember as it stands now, what a child of God is interested in is, “what is God’s mind concerning him or her” and not another person’s mind concerning him. Whether you are harboring anything against me or not, I do not care. But what has God said concerning me? If God say anything that is good, you will rejoice.
11. If an opponent or an outsider is talking another thing, that one is his right; it is his own business. So far your relationship with God is still cordial, and you are still maintaining your sanctified estate; pay deaf ear to whatever others are saying and continue with God. Amen.
12. …Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.
13. Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God.
14. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
15. Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birth rite as the firstborn son for a single meal.” NLT. Amen.
16. We should watch out that no poisonous and bitter root grows up among us for it will hinder us from entering into this unveiled and revealed secret place of the Most High God.
17. I want to read few points from this message; FIND OUT THE PURPOSE YOU ARE FULFILLING IN THIS MINISTRY VOL 2. PREACHED ON 3rd NOVEMBER, 2013 AT THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD, ONITSHA. BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA. THE SON OF MAN. Page 5
18. “We are in danger of being called to question. Check your bible very well; check this message; check your calling! Are you faithful to your calling man or woman?
19. If the Lord should rise up today and call you to question – man or woman – for your misbehavior, for your misconduct, what do you think will be your excuse?
20. If you read your bible, in the book of Saint Mark 4:12; you will see that willful disobedience is an unpardonable sin. In other words, willful rejection of the truth can never be forgiven.
21. And because it can never be forgiven, that is why God made it possible for them to look and look without perceiving.
22. Thus, when the truth is presented before you and you willfully reject it, you are doomed forever. God will hand you over to the spirit of delusion to start believing lies.”
23. You see why we must be very, very careful? We have received and acknowledged this truth to be the truth, and if we willfully reject it; God will hand us to the spirit of delusion to start believing lies.
24. I want to read another quote from chapter 5. The topic says, “DESIRE TO BE LIKE CHRIST.” Have that desire within you. Remember that everything starts from desire. Disobedience starts from desire. Obedience starts from desire.
25. Desire to be like Christ; and every desire should be backed up with action, so that God will help you. For faith without works is useless.
26. Desire to be in that secret place, to dwell with God, where you will always have God beside you, where you will always speak and God will come to your rescue. You will tell God something, and he will hear and answer you; and not when you speak God will pay deaf ears.
27. Do you have that desire to dwell with God till eternity? Some people believe that their heaven is here on earth; that once God blesses you here on earth, that you are in heaven. But they do not believe that there is a better world after this world – after this earth; that whatever you are seeing here is just temporary. Temporary things that will fade away with this world. Desire to be like Christ.Amen.
28. Chapter 5:54. “Be on the alert always to avoid the spirit of unbelief and deceitfulness of sin… we should be on the alert always to avoid the spirit of unbelief and deceitfulness of sin.
29. And remember that you cannot be deceived until you are confused. But there is nothing I see to be confusing about this faith if you are sure of what you believe. What is there to be confused about?
30. This is the almighty God. If He says this, amen, at thy word you will do it; nothing more. Infact, this faith is a very simple faith if you believe it. And it is a very hard faith if you believe it to be hard.
31. Anyone you believe in will work for you. If you believe it to be simple, it will be simple for you. If you believe it to be tough or hard, it will be very, very, very, very hard for you; and you must stumble or get tired midway and stop following God. And if you refuse to follow and obey God, there is no salvation for you. Amen.
32. …Be on the alert always to avoid the spirit of unbelief and deceitfulness of sin. When sin and its deceit is in operation in you… you see they go together? Sin and its deceitfulness!
33. That is why God said you should not allow anyone to deceive you into sin using vain knowledge, high sounding nonsense, human philosophies, traditions, rudiments of the world to deceive you; to toss you to and fro in this faith;
34. Rather be sure and anchor your faith in the word which you have believed. Be unshakeable!
35. …when sin and deceit is operating in you, you may think you are in heaven when you are in hell” You see why we must be very careful?
36. You might think that you are already dwelling in the secret place of the Most High, not knowing that you are in hell. You see why we should always pray that God will open our eyes?
37. God said that the greatest manifestation of love he will show you is for him to show you where you have gone wrong, and show you the solution; that is the greatest manifestation of love; that goes to show that God loves you.
38. Many will err, and God will overlook them; but any single misbehavior that you manifest, God will strike you; it is one of the sign you will use to know that you are a child of God, because God will never abandon his own, he will never allow his own to go astray, or else that one is not God’s own. Amen.
39. I go to chapter 1:15. “You must… I must, …meet all the conditions laid down for eternal life… laid down to enter this secret place of the Most High.
40. Remember that God has revealed and unlocked this secret place; it now depends on me, it now depends on you, to have that desire and back it up with action, so that God will admit us into this unveiled and revealed secret place where we will dwell with him eternally.
LIKE I HAVE TOLD YOU, WHATEVER GOD IS DOING IN OUR LIVES IS FOR OUR OWN GOOD, FOR HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US AT ALL TIMES. OFTENTIMES, GOD WILL ALLOW CERTAIN SITUATIONS TO CROP UP. HE WILL WATCH US FROM A GRAND STAND TO ENABLE HIM AND TO ENABLE US ALSO KNOW THE HEIGHT WE HAVE ATTAINED IN THE TEACHINGS WE HAVE RECEIVED. HE WILL TEST US AND KNOW THE LEVEL OF PATIENCE WE HAVE; THE LEVEL OF TOLERANCE OR ACCOMMODATION WE HAVE FOR THE WORD OF GOD AND FOR OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. HE MAY EVEN ALLOW US TO BE TRAMPLED UPON AND BE PROVOKED BEYOND MEASURE TO TEST OUR TEMPERAMENT. I MEAN, OUR TEMPER. HE WILL ALLOW THINGS TO COME OUR WAYS TO TEST OUR ABILITY TO FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER AS GOD HAS FORGIVEN US, WHICH IS THE GREATEST MANIFESTATION OF LOVE. THE GREATEST MANIFESTATION OF LOVE IS FORGIVENESS.
BE CAREFUL THAT YOUR DAILY CHARACTER DOESNOT COUNTER THE TRUTH YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT PAGE 39 vs. 12-15 Preached on 29th Nov. 2020 By The Son Of Man
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YOU MUST MEET ALL THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN FOR ETERNAL LIFE
You must meet all the conditions laid down for eternal life, or else you will be declared unqualified. For a student to be admitted into the university, he must meet all the conditions laid down for the course for which he is going to be admitted.
2. Heaven is not an open place…” Amen. Heaven is not an open place. It is a place that is meant for children of God, the saints of God; for the righteous, for God and his children. Amen.
3. As we are about to listen to the message God has sent which is no other one but, “Are you the promised one to come, or do we wait for another to come?” Please, while listening to this message; make sure that your heart is right with God, make sure that you have anchored your faith on God.
4. We should not be confused, that is why I read that passage that said do not be confused. Do not be unbelieving as to whether he is God or not; or are you still waiting for another, for many are still waiting for another till today. Rather, be sure, be convinced of whom you have believed.
5. We have a hymn that says, “yes I know whom I have believed, I am now persuaded that God is able…” Amen. I conclude with these two scriptures.
6. Hebrews 3:12-15. As we listen to the word, make sure your heart is not unbelieving. Because once your heart is unbelieving, there is no way the word can have its entrance into your heart, talk less of producing the right fruit. Amen.
7. Hebrews 3:12-15 “Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” …
8. we must do what? Warn each other every day, while it is still today. Make sure your heart is not unbelieving and evil. Let us warn each other. We should make sure that our hearts are not unbelieving and evil, for an unbelieving heart is not a heart where God can have his rest – where God can have his place of abode. Never, never.
9. Rather, an unbelieving heart is against God. An unbelieving heart is a heart God will condemn, God will destroy, for God hates unbelief.
10. …You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
11. For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to christ. Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.” NLT Amen.
12. Today you have heard his voice, do not harden your hearts. All has been heard, all has been said, the decision is now yours; it is now mine. Take that decision today and God will help you. Have that desire within you to be with God; for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
13. Someone should please give me the book of Hebrew 10:23 “let us hold tightly without wavering… let us do what? Hold tightly without wavering.
14. Do not be confused any longer, for all has been clarified. We are no longer confused. Do not be infants any longer; who will be deceived, tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, because God has already solidified us in the teachings of this great truth. Amen.
15. …Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, to the faith we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. For God can be trusted to keep his promise.
16. God said let it be an abomination unto me if I do not honour those who honour me. Have you decided to honour, and have honored God, and God did not honour you? Let us have that desire within us to honour God. let us have that desire to be with God in this secret place of the Most High.
17. …for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.” NLT Amen. This is the motivation!
18. This is the motivation! This is the love! If you are waiting for any other motivation, only you know.
19. So far as I am concerned, God has told us everything; God has concluded everything. The conclusion of the whole matter as can be seen in the book of Ecclesiastics, is that everything shall be brought before judgement when God shall judge everything.
20. Brethren, let me repeat it again, “we should hold tightly to the faith we affirm” do not profess it today, believe it today, and tomorrow you start talking another thing; but hold it tightly without wavering for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
21. “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised) for he is faithful! Faithful is he that has called us, so we have to be faithful. Be ye holy for our God is holy.
22. …And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.” KJV. Amen.
23. Finally, I conclude with this scripture; Philippians 4:8-9 “And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.
24. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me – everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.” NLT
25. Then the God of peace will be with you, and you will also be with the God of peace in that secret place of the Most High.
26. As for me, I have that desire since to dwell with God in that secret place of the Most High God. If you have that desire within you, let us back it up with action;
27. and in no distant time, all these things you are seeing in this world, all these buildings, all these luxurious things you are seeing, all of them shall fade away with this world, and we shall dwell with God eternally; where God will reign in righteousness with his children.
28. Thank you for giving me audience. Remain blessed brethren in him eternally. Selah.