FIND OUT WHAT WILL HINDER YOU FROM GETTING ETERNAL LIFE AND COMPLETELY AVOID THEM VOL. 1 PREACHED ON THE 7TH APRIL 2020 @ OBOSIMA HOUSEHOLD OF GOD. BY EVANG. BEN. OKEZUE. A BOOK IN THE DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN
“THOUGH HE HAS A BADGER SKIN WHICH HE PREPARED BY HIMSELF, FOR HIMSELF AND FOR THIS PURPOSE, which nobody gave Him such a counsel for there is no other way He can meet Human beings and save His own people whom He foreknew before the world began. Having then put on human flesh, He, Himself will come in human form to save them, for without Him, they cannot be saved.”
(KNOW THE PERSONALITY WHOSE VOICE ROARED ON YOU,
25th November, 20; Page 137 verse 27, 12)
1
RESURRECTED BODY
Remain blessed brethren; we thank God Almighty who is Apostle Peter Odoemena, the Son of Man, and the revealed Christ of our day.
His great love and truth which He is using to save and preserve us in all situations even in this period of God’s judgment upon the children of disobedience is evidently proved among us.
He has given us all we need to be like him through his message that is well delivered, well vindicated and well documented, Amen.
The prophets of old, the Holy Scriptures, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Apostles and Prophets predicted His coming as the Savior and the only way of escape from God’s judgment and condemnation and event made it clear that God will surely Judge the world through Him, the Son of Man- (Acts 17:30-31)
“And the times of ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead”. KJV
(Acts. 10 vs 42-43) “And he commanded us to preach the gospel to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God had appointed Judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in Him will have their sins forgiven through the power of His name” GNB
(II Timothy 4 v 7-8) “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing ” KJV.
(John 5: 26 – 27) “For as the father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the SON OF MAN” KJV Who will set us free?
(John 8 vs 32 and vs 36) “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” Vs 36 – “If the Son of Man sets you free you are really free” GNB
(Romans 8 vs 1) “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit” KJV.
It is evidently clear that we are at the end because the scriptural and prophetic signs are here with us more especially the
APPEARANCE OF THE SON OF MAN. Jesus the Christ predicted it in the book of (Luke 17:24-37 24 For the Son of Man in his day[a] will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.
25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.
32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.” NIV
Mathew 16 verse 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done NIV.
Luke 21:27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory NIV.
Rev 1:7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds, ”and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him” NIV. So shall it be! Amen.
Let us consider (Math 26:64) “Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: Nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of Heaven” KJV.
From the above scripture, we have seen clearly that the judgment of God is committed into the hand of A MAN.
We have seen that the Christ of all ages, the Ancient of Days is here with us as the RESURRECTED BODY ordained to save God’s people and also execute judgment on both the living and the dead.
He is vested with the authority to set any man free for He is the Son of Man, but this will not happen until the person truly believes in His power to save him or her, trust in, rely on, confide in and obey Him, with complete surrender to the revealed Christ of all ages.
Every true elect of God must experience this true and only saving power of Christ revealed even in our day, He sets us free from the condemnation of God’s word.
Glory be to God in the highest. Let’s hear the Son of Man’s comments on this great work of God in our midst, even the comprehensive manifestation of God in our midst.
Follow me to the message – The LORD shall JUDGE and VINDICATE HIS PEOPLE preached on 11th February, 2018 Vol. 1 Page 94 vs 17-23 “Now, I have come to the end of everything. I have brought down the Headstone. I have brought down the pillar of cloud.
I have shown you the rainbow. I have shown you thick darkness. I have shown you the Original Body.
I have shown you the Lilies. I have shown you everything. What else do you want to see again?
You have seen the power of His resurrection at work even in your life”. What is more? I have espoused all of you to the unfailing WORD.
If you say you have come across a man speaking like this, you are a lair. Mention the name of that Man. Are you surprised? Russia saw Him, Halted, America, halted UAE, halted. Kingdom of Arabia, halted. The whole world standing up for one Man.
You should be astonished and wonder “What type of Man this Man could be?”
He that walked in the land of the spirits the spirit being that speaks and still eats what human beings eat. For we know him that said “Vengeance belongeth to me, for I must recompense” Must! I must pay back.
I even announced it ahead of time that I am waiting for all of you at the end. Both your rebellion, your evil-speaking, everything, that I have taken note of all that I will give you my reply in one day.
But to those that have taken solace in me, go ahead. I promise you, you will never be disappointed, but you will rather say, “SURELY, THE ELOHIM DWELLET IN THE SON OF MAN.”
If he is not dwelling in me, where is he dwelling from where are all these things coming out?” Did I mince words from the beginning while introducing myself: “I AM HE?”
Having established the hour and the faith of salvation given to us through Christ, Let us consider our topic, FIND OUT WHAT WILL HINDER YOU FROM GETTING ETERNAL LIFE AND COMPLETELY AVOID IT!
(Luke 18:18-27) “A Jewish leader asked Jesus, Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?” GNT.
This rich young ruler came to enquire what will qualify him to get eternal life without being ready to forsake or avoid what will disqualify him.
For you to know what will give you this eternal life means also that you should know what will hinder you and avoid it.
Some will be qualified while some will be disqualified. Jesus the Christ supplied the answer to His question but instead of accepting and obeying, he sorrowfully got offended because God have touched his no-go-area thereby was disqualified because the giver of eternal life answered contrary to his belief and cherished lifestyle which he was not ready to stop.
The absolute interest one has in anything determines the extent he or she will show concern in preserving and protecting it. Wherever any man’s treasure is there the heart is.
Everybody must have an interest or a course he or she is pursuing on daily basis. Until it is actualized, the person’s purpose will not be fulfilled.
Some are working hard to achieve worldly things, earthly thing that has no eternal value, while very few elect of God are working towards the promise of God that is eternal. Whichever one is aiming at determines the direction he/she will be going to.
However, the fact that there must be an opposing force cannot be over emphasized. While God is helping His people to get eternal life, Devil is also helping his own people making sure they miss eternal life because he and his supporters have already been sentenced and condemned to eternal destruction, eternal hellfire and damnation.
For this reason devilish forces are against real children of God who are destined to Eternal Life using and presenting all God hates knowing very well that all that listen to and obey him will be disappointed on that day when everything will finally be decided.
That is when there will be no chance again to repent and be saved for by then all children of God must have been completely redeemed and clothed with immortality and have become heavenly being, saved and secured eternally, spending eternity with God.
For God to achieve the salvation He had already promised his children, He always provides a way through the Divinely Chosen Vessel for that age or generation.
The revealed Christ of every age comes with the message from God that saves God’s people. Only those who are heavenly bound and predestinated by God before the foundation of the world will get it for God will certainly teach, guide, protect and empower them to get His promised eternal life come what may.
God has the power to disarm His people from every falsehood and from all the devices of the devil one. For this reason God manifests in human flesh to save His people from the wicked and deceiving hands of the Devil.
The devil and his angels knowing what they lost swore to make sure they hinder God’s true elect from inheriting God’s promise of eternal life using all his amour and devices but thanks be to God who has always made a way of escape for his people.
For this reason, every elect of God must of a necessity find out whatever the devil placed on his/her way to hinder him or her from getting this wonderful and unfailing promise of eternal life.
Follow me as we consider the Holy Quoran, the Holy Scripture and the Documented Spoken Word of the very Son of Man who is the Revealed Christ of this age (Apostle Peter Odoemena) blessed be his Holy Name, as He is fulfilling all that was prophesied Concerning Him through the Holy Prophets of God.
He also has manifested God for He is the Lord God Almighty Himself. In Him was the Father Revealed, He is also the True God and Eternal Life.
The Holy Quran (Surah 1:4-7), we see the way of those who wander in error and are not guided to the Truth and also those God guides to His True Way.
“The Only Owner (And the Ruling Judge) of the day of recompense (i.e, the Day of Resurrection)– You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) We ask for help (for each and everything)” “Guide us to the Straightway Way” “The way of those on whom you have bestowed your Grace, not (The Way) of those who earned your Anger (i.e. Those whose intentions are perverted: they know the truth, yet do not follow it) nor of those who went astray (i.e those who have lost the (True) knowledge so they wander in error, and are not guided to the truth)”.
It is very clear here that only God can deliver anyone from error which leads to destruction. No error will enter paradise because the Son of Man has come to tie all the loosed end, restore and correct all things and has presented Christ the only Source of Life.
The Holy Scripture revealed what sin or unbelief does to those who follow after it.
(St. John Chapter 8:34 – 36) “Jesus said unto them, I am telling you the truth: Anyone who sins is a slave of sin a slave does not belong to a family permanently, but a son belongs there forever.) If the Son sets you free, then you will be really free” G.N.B. Sinners fall Short of God’s Glory – (Rom. 3:23).
Let us understand that the Kingdom of Heaven or Eternal Life is for those who are free from Sin. It is also Worthy to note that Christ, the Son of Man Only Can Set one free from this condemnation of sin.
See (Romans 3:24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus NIV.
John 8:31-32 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” NIV.) Anyone who will dwell with God eternally must be free from anything called sin.
“(1 John 2:3-6) “If we Obey God’s commands, then we are sure that we know him. If we say that we know him; but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us but if we obey his word we are the ones who love for God has really been made perfect.
This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God, if we say that we are in union with God, we should live just as Christ did” GBN.
Lets also consider the scripture in (1John 3:4-10) “Whosoever commiteth sin transgreseth also the law, for sin is the transgression of the law. And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: Whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knows him. Little children, let no man deceive you; he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous.
He that committeth sin is of the devil, for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit Sin, for his seed remaineth in Him, and he cannot sin, because He is born of God. In this, the children of God are manifest, and the children of the Devil; whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither He that loveth not his brother” K.J.V.
Truth that can transform your life, transform your vision that is the type of truth we deliver in this faith. Truth that can save, truth that can transform; truth that encourages; truth that abides forever.
One generation planted the tree, another enjoyed the shade. Preached on 26th February 2012 pg. 11 vs. 4
2
NO GRACE SAVES WITHOUT TRUTH
Brethren, the true picture of what I am saying and will still say revolves around this scripture we have just read in (1John 3 : 4 – 10). We must note the following for better understanding.
Whenever sin is mentioned, remember that it means unbelief to the revealed will of God for your day through the revealed Christ of your age. For us in this age, we are no longer obligated to obey or keep the Laws of Moses for that was for that day.
The revealed Christ of our day, came with Grace and Truth which brings the true Salvation (John 1:17 – 18 ) For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known NIV.
Titus 2 : 11 – 12 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age NIV).
No grace saves without Truth, no truth saves without Grace, so they are inseparable.
He, Christ, the Son of Man, Apostle Peter Odoemena, came to take away our Unbelief (Sin) because He is the only one born to Righteousness, He knows the way to paradise and in fact the giver of Eternal Life.
There is no sin in Him and through Him we have known those things that will hinder us from making Paradise.
By the power of his word, He has transformed us from the kingdom of darkness into His own Kingdom of Light –
(Col. 1:13–19) For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him NIV.
Acts. 26:18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me NIV’).
Something is bad because He said it is bad; something is good also because He said it is good. Doing the will of God in our day lies in obeying whatever He says. He, the Son of Man also is the only one that destroys all Satan’s traps and devises militating against our getting eternal life which is our earnest expectation.
When you are convinced that the Son of Man is the only way out in all matters of Eternal life believing, trusting, obeying, abiding in Him (His Word) will be easy for you.
We should always remember the message “Sixteen Secrets of retaining our sanctified estate”, “The Righteous Branch” and other Godly massages given to us by Him.
In those messages lies the overcoming Faith of God’s elect. However, everybody that disbelieves in the Son of Man, (Apostle Peter Odoemena) the very Christ and the great Mahdi will surely be captured by the devil and will also miss eternal life for he or she has rejected the only God’s provided way of salvation in this generation.
The above Scripture in (1 John 3 vs. 7) refers to God’s people as little children that should not be deceived by the ravaging and destructive ADULT SENSE which have misdirected and seduced some away from Christ the Messiah.
Let us remain what God called us, “LITTLE CHILDREN” who have pure heart, faithfully and always believing in the ability of their parents to save them to the utmost.
However, those that do not believe that the Son of Man is born to righteousness will never be covered by His righteousness. They will keep trying their luck, struggling to please God and to escape His wrath which has no godly assurance because it is a MISPLACED FAITH. Real children of God have ABIDING FAITH IN HIM and IN HIS WORD even HIS PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
In vs. 8 of the same scripture, anyone who cannot find out what will hinder him/her from getting Eternal life continues in sin and is deceived by the devil.
For that reason, the purpose why the Son of Man came cannot benefit him for he or she refused and rejected God’s power in His Word which God has used to destroy all the works of the devil in the lives of all His elect who truly believe and trust in His power to do so.
This is because the Son of Man came with the Gospel, Message that changes lives (Titus 1:1-2) From Paul, the slave of God and the messenger of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to bring faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know God’s truth—the kind of truth that changes lives—so that they can have eternal life, which God promised them before the world began—and he cannot lie LB.
So if the message and faith of the Son of Man did not change anyone who hears it, it is because that person is ordained to perish and he/she accepted to perish.
Note it in verse 9 of (1John Ch. 3) that whosoever is born of God does not make a continual practice of sinning, why because the incorruptible seed of God abideth in him or her.
This is in line with (1Peter, 1 Vs 23) “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever” K.J.V.
Marry it with (John 1 : 1 – 14) Before anything else existed,[a] there was Christ,* with God. He has always been alive and is himself God. 3 He created everything there is—nothing exists that he didn’t make.
4 Eternal life is in him, and this life gives light to all mankind. 5 His life is the light that shines through the darkness—and the darkness can never extinguish it.
6-7 God sent John the Baptist as a witness to the fact that Jesus Christ is the true Light. 8 John himself was not the Light; he was only a witness to identify it.
9 Later on, the one who is the true Light arrived to shine on everyone coming into the world. 10 But although he made the world, the world didn’t recognize him when he came.
11-12 Even in his own land and among his own people, the Jews, he was not accepted. Only a few would welcome and receive him. But to all who received him, he gave the right to become children of God.
All they needed to do was to trust him to save them.[b] 13 All those who believe this are reborn!—not a physical rebirth[c] resulting from human passion or plan—but from the will of God.
14 And Christ[d] became a human being and lived here on earth among us and was full of loving forgiveness* and truth. And some of us have seen his glory*—the glory of the only Son of the heavenly Father! LB.
And Hebrews 4 : 12 For whatever God says to us is full of living power: it is sharper than the sharpest dagger, cutting swift and deep into our innermost thoughts and desires with all their parts, exposing us for what we really are LB).
No one truly born into God’s family will be corrupted by any falsehood for it is against his/her nature. A child of God is part of God. God produces God, Christ produces Christ and the reason why the elect will not be deceived is because they are the same with the Word and are also dressed in His righteousness alone.
The Holy scriptures confirmed it in (Mathew 24 : 24) For false Christs shall arise, and false prophets, and will do wonderful miracles so that if it were possible, even God’s chosen ones[a] would be deceived LB.
Rev. 19 : 8 and 13 She is permitted to wear the cleanest and whitest and finest of linens.” (Fine linen represents the good deeds done by the people of God… He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.) Amen.
Do not allow yourself to stumble at the WORD MADE FLESH in our day, even the Son of Man. Those who do so are fulfilling dangerous and damnable prophecy in (1 Peter 2:7 – 8) Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.”[b] They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for NIV).
The revealed Word of God in our day is a supernatural battery charger to every Living Soul which in turns transform and translate children of God into the Supernatural State of God’s nature.
Children of God have God’s righteousness while the other is unrighteous.
The same scripture in verse 10 of (1John Chapter: 3), children of God are manifested as well as children of the devil. The fruit each person now manifests proves where he or she belongs.
After all, it is eternal life, it is not negotiable, it is personal, and it has no second chance. You miss it, you have missed it. For that reason you do not gamble with your eternal destiny. Now I go further. Follow me gradually; don’t be in a haste because I am taking my time, believing one thing, that eternal life is not negotiable. It is going to be a very costly mistake for one to allow himself to be fooled or deceived at this closing hour we are in, when we know time is no more.
Do not Despise the Days of Small Things preached on 6th January 2002, pg. 48 vs. 32; Who Knows what will be my Righteousness Before God Vol. 2. Preached on 3rd May 1998, pg. 21 vs. 3.
3
GOD’S PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE IS TRUE AND REAL
Before we consider things that are very likely to hinder one from getting Eternal Life, let us confirm this promise scripturally:
“In hope of Eternal life, which GOD, THAT CANNOT LIE, promise before the world began” (Titus Chapter 1:2 – K.J.V),
You may as well consider verse 3 – “But hath in due times manifested his Word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour” (K.J.V).
It is heartwarming to note that this promise is made to every elect by God Himself. Because God can’t lie, it is a sure promise especially when He sealed it with covenant.
It is so serious to God that He sent Prophets and Apostles to confirm it. To crown it all, God came Himself in the person of the Son of Man to confirm the same promise of Eternal Life.
The law cannot annul Gods promise as we can confirm in (Luke. 1:70 – 75 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant, the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days NIV.
Galatians 3:15 – 18 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.
Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[a] meaning one person, who is Christ.
17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.
18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise NIV).
Remember that this promise is confirmed in Christ and Christ is revealed in our day even the Son of Man. Another thing to remember is that Abraham our father did not stagger in unbelief as long as God’s Word is concerned. We that believe in Christ are Abraham’s children and children of God by our faith in Christ –
(Gal. 3:26) For now we are all children of God through faith in Jesus Christ LB).
Any promise the Son of Man did not confirm for our day is not for us. Instead of not confirming it, He the Son of Man affirmed that it is the main reason why He came and it is the only thing He has come to give God’s children. Infact, Eternal Life and Immortality is revealed in the Son of Man. Immortality is brought into focus by the Son of Man.
Follow me to the Holy Scriptures as a way of remembrance in the book of (1John chapter 5 Vs 11 -12) “And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His son”.
Vs 12 – “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life”
Verse 20 – “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life”. (K.J.V).
From the above scripture, it is very clear that the Son of God or Son of Man is the source of eternal life.
Through the message of the Son of Man, the RESSURECTED BODY we have been given an understanding of who the true God is and even the life he gives.
Don’t forget the three Sonship Titles of Christ;
Son of God – The Saviour who paid the price of sin.
Son of Man – God in Human Flesh and the Judge of the whole Earth.
Son of David – King of kings and Lord of lords.
The same personality of the Godhead at different stages and missions occupy these sonship offices. He died to save us, He came to redeem us and also execute judgment on earth and rule in Eternity as King of kings and Lord of lords. Amen.
More confirmation in the same book of (1John 2:25) “And this is the promise that He hath promised us even eternal life” K.J.V.
Also (John 5: 39 – 40 “You search the Scriptures, for you believe they give you eternal life. And the Scriptures point to me! 40 Yet you won’t come to me so that I can give you this life eternal! LB),
It was very clear that people don’t know where eternal life is or the giver until Jesus the Christ indicted them for pursuing shadow instead of believing the very eternal life standing before them in their day.
Verse 40 made the matter very clear “And you will not come to me, that ye might have this life eternal…” they were playing religion, worshipping amiss, neglecting the essence of worship, standing before them.
This is also what people are doing today looking unto Jesus when the resurrected body of Christ is already here doing as it was written of Him.
More reference is made to (John 6:25–29 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent KJV.).
Let us consider verse 27 “Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you, for him hath God the father sealed” K.J.V.
“Do not work for food that spoils, instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God the father has put his mark of approval on him (G.N.B)”
Those that understood Jesus the Christ in verse 28 ask what they will do to please God or do His works. No other reply was given if not “BELIVE ON WHOM GOD HAS SENT”. Although, they disbelieved because they reason His statements using their adult senses.
Please note, only those that truly believe and have faith in the revealed Christ, the Son of Man will inherit eternal life. On the contrary unbelievers must have what will hinder them.
What will hinder them is the unbelief in their heart and their unfaithfulness and lack of trust in God’s Power to save them through the Son of Man.
Saint Paul who saw and knew the importance of eternal life, he said in (2Timothy 4 Vs 18) “And the Lord shall deliver me from evil work, and will preserve me unto his Heavenly Kingdom: to whom be glory forever and ever Amen”. K.J.V.
To Timothy, he said in (1Timothy 6 : 19) “Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life” K.J.V.
Saint Paul also in (2Timothy 1:9 – 10 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel KJV).
He emphasized that life and immortality is brought to light through the preaching of the Gospel.
In our own day, the Son of Man, (Apostle Peter Odoemena) did not only affirm it but also predicted that He will bring down the head stone and show his original body. This he evidently fulfilled to the letter even in our midst, Amen.
St. Paul also in (11Cor. 1: 20) had the revelation that God’s promise of eternal life is yea and Amen – “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen unto the glory of God…” This was why he counted whatever will hinder him from getting eternal life as nothing knowing full well that the two can’t work together.
See how serious Eternal life is that St. Paul regarded it as a race that has a reward (1Cor. 9:23–27) “All this I do for the gospel’s sake, in order to share in its blessings.
Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then in such a way as to win the prize.
Every athlete in training submits to strict discipline, in order to be crowned with a wreath that will not last: but we do it for one that will last forever. That is why I am like a boxer who does not waste his punches.
I harden my body with blows and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest” G.N.B.
Also let us consider the book of Revelation 3:11–13 “behold, I come quickly; hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of Heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches” K.J.V.
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him KJV.
It is always encouraging for any serious minded and focused person to confirm that he or she is not deceived or awaiting the promise of God in vain. That is why Apostle Paul said that if there is no resurrection, our faith is vain.
Let’s consider (1Cor. 15:12-20) “Now, since our message is that Christ has been raised from death, how can some of you say that the dead will not be raised to life? If that is true, it means that Christ was not raised; and if Christ has not been raised from death, then we have nothing to preach and you have nothing to believe.
More than that, we are shown to be lying about God, because we said that he raised Christ from death – but if it is true that the dead are not raised to life, then he did not raise Christ.
For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is a delusion and you are still lost in your sins. It would also mean that the believers in Christ who have died are lost.
If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more, then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world.
But the truth is that Christ has been raised from death, as the guarantee that those who sleep in death will also be raised”. G.N.B.
From the above Scripture we have seen how St. Paul used resurrection of the dead in Christ, just as Christ resurrected to prove his faith and hope of the preaching of the Gospel.
He was very sure that he was not believing and preaching in vain, using it as an encouragement to the brethren.
In our day, the revealed Christ of our day (Apostle Peter Odoemena) the Son of Man is confirmed by God to be the resurrected body of Christ who brought the promise of immortality and eternal life to focus by revealing the original body as photographed on Sunday 19th August, 2012.
This he did after revealing the Original Body of the Headstone (Christ) in the midst of the bride on Sunday, 8th April, 2012 during worship evidently photographed among us.
Also as if they were not enough, He re-introduced himself again by revealing His original body as a fulfillment of His promise of visiting families, individuals and local assemblies.
This was fulfilled on 13th October, 2019 in the household of God at Zonkwa Kaduna State Nigeria during worship of the King of Kings.
We need no argument to confirm that every promise of God even eternal life and immortality is real and true.
Let us consider (St. John 6:67 – 69) “Then said Jesus unto the twelve, will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou has the Words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God” K.J.V.
In verse 63 of the same chapter 6 of (St. John) “It is the Spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing, the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. Amen”.
Having traced and believed Christ as the only source of all we are expecting even eternal life, we have also traced and seen that all that have believed God in the times past and even present are sure and certain that the promises of God are sure and certain.
Let us also consider what the revealed Christ of our day, even the Son of Man said about this promise of Immortality, eternal life and the kingdom of Heaven before considering what hinders people from inheriting and benefiting from this great and wonderful promise of God.
From the message of the Son of Man titled “YOU WILL RETURN AND I WILL BE LEFT ALONE” preached 11th December, 2000 page 21 vs 19 – 20,
“If the wrath of God is swiftly coming upon the children of disobedience and then we become partakers let it be known to you that we have been fooled. I say we have waited in vain.
Thus, I am expecting the translation any moment; any second every day. That is why I am always conscious of my environment, making sure I examine what I believe so that I will not believe in vain”.
What will He leave you for? His work is incomplete until you are clothed with immortality. And then you will be like Him. Together you will be caught up together with Him in the air…. Page 47 vs 37 – 41, sincerely speaking, we are rounding off the period that is allotted to us; we are coming to the end of it anytime from now.
In other words, if we are really wise and we don’t want to labour in vain, we should be putting everything together, making sure we conform to all the doctrine we have received so far. If God is the judge, if God will condemn, surely, He will not condemn me because of what I have done.
6He has given me everything pertaining to godliness that I may attain His Divine nature and He asked me to keep my eyes upon Him as my daily example. And He warned that I should never live a life that will embarrass Him.
Thus, if I do what he says, surely he will not condemn me. If I do what He says, surely he will not condemn me. If I carry out his instructions, He will not condemn me, but if I do not carry out His instruction, He will surely condemn me. Thus, God will condemn me if I do not carry out His instructions.
Page 36:6-11“Did you see that God has a program for the Gentiles! The moment the complete number of Gentiles comes to God, the time that is allotted to the Gentiles is over. God goes away with the redeemed from the Gentiles”.
Remember he promised I will go away, I will come back and take you to myself that wherever I am, you will be. If he didn’t come in person to take you there, do you know the way? When He is going away, remember He is going there to introduce Himself.
Introducing Himself means the people acknowledging the same faith you now hold. That is why in Christ, there is no Jew and there is no Gentiles.
When we have the same faith, we can walk together, on discrimination again. This is the essence of the Church.
IT IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE ALL THE SAINTS ON EARTH CAN BE UNITED. It will be a Kingdom of the saved; both Jews, Gentiles, Greeks, Barbarian, they are all one in Christ.
So, When He is going away to reveal Himself according to Revelation 11, surely He will reveal Himself with you.
He cannot leave you here. What will He leave you for? His work is incomplete until you are clothed with Immortality. And then you will be like Him. Together you will be caught up with Him in the air.
Please note it, that God did not cut off the Jews permanently. It was temporary that He might use the Gentiles to provoke them to jealousy and that, He has now achieved.
“For it is unheard of that the shekinah cloud be made mention of in a Gentiles nation. It is unheard of, He has now provoked them to jealousy and the work was then accomplished.
If you are wise, you should know what you should be doing by now”.
(1st Corinthians 15:51) read it in living Bible translation there, But I am telling you this strange and wonderful secret: we shall not all die, but we shall all be given new bodies; just underline it.
That is exactly what I want to get. It is this new body that is your translation. It is your Immortal body; when this mortal body shall be clothed with immortality. That is what I am expecting; that is what I preach.
I don’t preach that I am flying away to any nation or any country or hanging in the air like that No! I am preaching that I am going to be in a state where I will appear and disappear; where I will put on my Theophany body and I will die no more.
(1st Thessalonians 4:17) “Then we who are still alive and remain on earth will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with Him forever”.
“Did the Bible say we shall be caught up with Him in the Heaven? The Bible said he ascended into heaven, the same Bible said He was received in the cloud and when He cometh, he cometh in a Cloud and we shall be caught up with Him in the air and we shall be with Him forever.
When we attain the supernatural estate; the immortal estate, we can fizzle into the thin air; we can come out from the thin air. What else do you need?
The Bible didn’t say you are hanging somewhere in another country no! The Bible said that your bodies shall be changed. That is what I am expecting now. I am not talking about eternity”.
Pg 59:6-7 “These bodies will never be sick again. These bodies will never die again. When you attain it, what else do you need again? This is my earnest expectation. I am tire of wearing this suit, but there is nothing I can do to help the situation for it will not come until it will come.
Will the new Body come? Yes! How sure are you? “I am as sure as I can see you sitting down there knowing that I am in the right place that is meant for the new body”
Pg 62:17-23 (KJV) “Wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of the promise, the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us”
Living Bible: “God also bound Himself with an Oath, so that those He promised to help would be perfectly sure and never need to wonder whether He might change His plans” You See, because He want you to be perfectly sure, He bound it with an Oath, So that you would not leap between two opinions doubting whether He is able or not.
He said you don’t need to wonder whether He will change His mind or not; No! let that fizzle out of your mind immediately.
“He has given us both his promise and his oath, two things we can completely count on, for it is impossible for God to tell a lie”.
He has given us his Promise and his Oath, two things that make it impossible for God to tell lies. Who made these promises? God. Who told you he will give you new bodies? God. Can he tell lies? No.
when did He make the promise? Before the world began. You see, people do not know how to follow God.
Many do not know how to follow God. Every true seed of God Follows God according to His revealed word, Amen.
When faith comes and abides, troubles cease. When I am talking about faith, it is abiding faith, not faith occasioned by circumstances, faith occasioned by your condition. When he comes your way, by answering your prayers, faith is created momentarily. Momentary faith solves momentary problems, but God is demanding abiding faith.
Who has been God’s counselor? Preached on 26th March, 2017;
pg. 7 vs. 6-7
4
ABIDING FAITH THAT ENDURETH TO THE END (1)
When you want to wait for God, you wait for God in His revealed Word. You will say, Father, I know you said it and I know you can never tell lies. My duty is to wait there”.
Follow me to the message “BE ON THE ALERT”, preached by the Son of Man, Apostle Peter Odoemena, the supreme Judge, preached 09/02/2014 Page 19 Vs 3 – 7 – “The Lord said, “I am going to hit the whole World below the belt”. He will take the whole World by surprise.
That this long awaited promised translation or Rapture or whatever you may call it is going to be a sudden event. It is going to strike as a surprise to the World – a Secret and Sudden event.
Recently, the prophets told us how it would happen. At the end of it all, people will be going about saying? I think the prophet said things that will happen before this.
When this thing did take place and we didn’t notice it?” They will hear, “He has come, and he has gone. And the rest will wait for the great tribulation. It is on right now”. He equally told us in that message that,
“We are already here being translated gradually, Spontaneously; That the thing is already on, that the word you are hearing is transforming you already from within that you do not know what you purpose even right now”
He said, “Wait until that hour. When it strikes, then you will know that you have already been transformed; He said, many have already been transformed fully but they are waiting for some others”.
The same massage, Page 17Vs10–11 “Nothing gladdens the heart, nothing is more encouraging as recognizing that you are not deceived”…..
God outlined what you must watch out for. And said, so that when you see these things fulfilling, you will know how to conduct yourselves. Is it not in the message? Then you know the hour you are in.
MY FLIGHT IS REAL. YOUR FLIGHT IS REAL FOR THE TIMETABLE IS CLEAR. ANY EVENT WHOSE TURN COMES WILL LINE UP.
The same message, Page 86 Vs 3-6- This is why, even our former Bishop who was a Prophet prophesied, “Once you leave this faith, he said, straight on to hellfire”.
He said “No remedy for you again. He said, “Look at me; I want to tell you in the name of the Lord. Any day I abandon this faith, I will remain doomed for life.
I will remain an accursed person. He said, why should we abandon it when we have seen the truth that Christ Himself is the one”.
No man is above false anointing. Assuming you are in his position and you are somewhere hearing and seeing what is taking place.
Something you had already subscribed to, prophesied, helped people to believe and now, you are missing the reward. It will be better for the person to commit suicide.
Assuming you are the one that is outside and hearing what is happening, you will even jump the window and come in.
LET US PAUSE HERE BRETHREN. THIS FACT OF FINDING OUT WHAT WILL HINDER ANYBODY FROM GETTING ETERNAL LIFE, PARADISE OR IMMORTALITY IS VERY CRUCIAL, IMPERATIVE AND PERTINENT TO AVOID FULFILLING DANGEROUS PROPHECIES.
WE SHOULD ENDEAVOUR TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE FALL AWAY AND FALL SHORT OF THE PROMISE OF GOD’S ETERNAL SALVATION AS THOSE WHO BECOME CARELESS AND STUPID FALL PREY OF THESE THING THEREBY MISSING OR FALLING BEFORE HIS OR HER TARGET, IF HE OR SHE HAS A TARGET AT ALL.
WE SHOULD REALLY WATCH OUR TARGETS, BECAUSE THE REASON WHY ONE COMES TO CHRIST IS WHAT HE OR SHE WILL GET.
IN THE OTHER HAND, LET US ENDEAVOUR AS A MATTER OF UNAVOIDABLE NECESSITY TO FIND OUT WHAT WILL REALLY HELP AND ASSURE US OF BEING QUALIFIED FOR THE UNFAILING PROMISE OF GOD’S SALVATION TO ALL WHO OBEY HIM.
SOME COME FOR DIFFERENT REASONS BUT GOD IS ONLY INTERESTED IN SAVING THOSE THAT REALLY COME FOR ETERNAL LIFE.
THE TRUTH IS THAT AS MANY AS HAVE COME TO GOD FOR ETERNAL LIFE MUST, BELIEVE GOD WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS, OBEY HIM, TRUST IN HIM, RELY ON HIM HAVE FAITH IN HIM, (ABIDING FAITH THAT ENDURETH TO THE END) AND WILL ALWAYS LIVE TO REPRESENT GOD’S INTEREST, DOING HIS WILL AT ALL TIMES IN THE UNFAILING HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE, AMEN.
When we consider what hinders people and what qualifies people for this wonderful and sure promise of God, what do we do? The answer and attention we give to this question determines how we should treat and respond to the word of eternal life preached to us by the Revealed Christ of our day.
Let’s consider these scriptures to confirm the points made above-(1) Matthew 24: 1-13
“And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love many shall wax cold. But he that endures unto the end, the same shall be saved “(K.J.V.)
1 Pet.1:9 – Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls” (K.J.V.)
John 6:1-58 Sometime after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.
3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. (4) The Jewish Passover Festival was near. (5) When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up,
9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” (10) Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there).
11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”
13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself. Jesus Walks on the Water
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum.
By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. (19) When they had rowed about three or four miles,[b] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened.
20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.
23 Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. Jesus the Bread of Life
25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” (26) Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” (29) Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[c]”
32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.
37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. (38) For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[d] Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.
51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.
57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”NIV
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. and the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one where into his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.