I HAVE FOUND THE MAN WHOM THE LAW AND PROPHET SPOKE ABOUT VOLUME 3 Preached ON
Sunday 5th June 2022 AT THE VOICE OF GOD STUDIO Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria BY Apostle Peter Odoemena THE SON OF MAN
Transcribed by Deacon David Mbah Students’ Fellowship, MOUAU Abia State
[3]And everyone who really believes this will try to stay pure because Christ is pure. [4]But those who keep on sinning are against God, for every sin is done against the will of God. [5]And you know that He became a Man so that He could take away our sins, and that there is no sin in Him, no missing of God’s will at any time in any way. [6]So if we stay close to Him, obedient to Him, we won’t be sinning either; but as for those who keep on sinning, they should realize this: They sin because they have never really known Him or become His.
1 John 3:3 – 6 Living Bible
DO NOT DESPISE THE MESSENGER OF YOUR DAY
(This is the Condemnation)
Preached ON Friday, 3rd June 2022 BY Bishop Chidubem Jonathan [Now] Household of God, Onitsha
MODERATED BY THE SON OF MAN
I am saying that for you to have been adopted into this great and wonderful Family, it is a wonderful privilege. Recognize the point of your adoption into this Family. In time past, you were enemies to this Faith. You were enemies to this Family. But today, you are not only friends but members of this Household. And you now share in all inheritances in this Household. Why? There is One that appeared in Whom you have your way into this Family. If I did not come your way, you would have remained enemy till now. All that have not come My way by the preaching of this Gospel truth, have they found themselves into this Family? Now, have you recognized the point of your adoption into this Family?
– THE SON OF MAN –
GOD HAS COUNTED ME WORTHY, PUTTING ME INTO THIS MINISTRY; Preached on Sunday 13th August, 2000; Pg. 89 vs. 8 – 9
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THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION
Whoever God sent in any generation is THE LIGHT OF GOD FOR THAT GENERATION and believing him is the only thing one needs to do in order to satisfy God who sent him. He has the Light, like a Torchbearer in a very dark environment.
- Imagine you are in a large hall filled with a crowd in the night and all of a sudden, power went off unexpectedly. And eventually, only one person had torchlight with him there. Automatically, every other person has to depend on him to find their way to safety. Sure!
- John 12:37 37Even though He had done so many miracles before them (right before their eyes), yet they still did not trust in Him [Never!] and failed to believe in Him [Sure!] AMP. An unbeliever is a burden to himself.
- I will keep on revolving around these words: DESPISE NOT THE MESSENGER OF YOUR DAY: THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION. LIGHT CAME TO THE WORLD AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAT LIGHT; WHILE I AM IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
- In Matthew chapter 9 verse 1 through 6, a similar thing happened and the religious leaders accused Jesus of blasphemy for claiming He could forgive sin.
- 1And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
- 3And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. THIS MAN BLASPHEMETH 4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
- THEY DID NOT OPEN THEIR MOUTHS. THEY WERE SAYING IT IN THEIR HEARTS. and it was ringing bell in the ears of the almighty god – the lord jesus christ.
- that the thoughts of your hearts ring bell in the ears of god more that the words you expressed, that is why he is the one that teaches and monitors.
- if you are receiving his words, he knows. if you are resenting it and pushing it back to him, he knows.
- and whatever you are saying, he hears all. if he says you are demonstrating against it, you are demonstrating, for when he spoke to the crowd, he knew those that believed and those that did not believe – all in the same place. yet, they never opened their mouths to say, “I do not believe”, but their hearts were resisting the message.
- i know you do not have that evil heart of unbelief here. of course, you know that you cannot hide. i must find it out. i must find it out.
- that was what they were doing in the old. And the Lord said, “I know all the evils you have been saying against me in your hearts.
- I will use a hook and hook you on your nose. drag you out and seal up your mouth with chain and drag you back to where i picked you” [2 Kings 19:27-28]
- he said that he will drag you with a hook on your nose and bridle your mouth with a chain and take you back to where he picked you. people are not afraid.
- Matthew 9:4 “Blasphemy! This man is saying he is God!” exclaimed some of the religious leaders to themselves.” BLASPHEMY! THIS MAN IS SAYING HE IS GOD!” EXCLAIMED SOME OF THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO THEMSELVES 4Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked them, “Why are you thinking such evil thoughts? LB
- CHIEMELIE, ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION? Are you paying attention? Let Me ask you that question again!
- In 1 Corinthians 5:4, he said, … 4 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 to deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus KJV.
- … and MY SPIRIT, that is Paul talking about his own Spirit as should the Spirit of God. SURE! THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
- In first Corinthians 4:16 he said, “Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.” KJV “So I beg you to follow my example and do as I do.” LB “So I urge you, be imitators of me [just as a child imitates his father] AMP
- IS THIS NOT THE BONE OF CONTENTION? IS IT NOT THE BONE OF CONTENTION?
- Paul was the light given to them. The Light He met on his way to Damascus abode in him. Sure! The Light that introduced himself as Jesus whom He was persecuting chose him as the vessel to transmit him and that makes the difference. AMEN!
- If you look away from Him you stumble in darkness. Sure!
- Surah 15:30-35. 30So, the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together. 31Except Iblees (Satan), – he refused to be among the prostrators. 32(Allah) said: “O Iblees (Satan)! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?”
- 33(Iblees (Satan)) said: “I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being,… CAn you see the devil? whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.” CAn you see the devil querying god and queryng god’s works?
- 34(Allah) said: “Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajeem (an outcast or a cursed one).” CAn you hear what is gong forth? do you hear it? pray that you do not fulfill it today or tomorrow.
- When you hear that God is not a partial Judge it stems from the fact that He uses ONE STANDARD, ONE PARAMETER, ONE CONDITION, for His judgement. The same condition He applied to Iblis, the same condition He applies to all: THAT LIGHT CAME INTO THE WORLD BUT …. THAT IS THE CONDEMNATION!
- The only way Iblis could have remained faithful to God was if he had honoured the Man, Adam, the Light of his day. Amen.
- Surah 23:31-36. 31Then, after them, We created another generation. 32And We sent to them a Messenger from among themselves (saying): “Worship Allah! You have no other Ilah (God) but Him. Will you not then be afraid (of Him i.e. of His Punishment because of worshipping others besides Him)?”
- 33And the chiefs of his people, who disbelieved and denied the Meeting in the Hereafter, and to whom We had given the luxuries and comforts of this life, said: “He is no more than a human being like you, he eats of that which you eat, and drinks of what you drink.
- 34“If you were to obey a human being like yourselves, then verily! You indeed would be losers. 35“Does he promise you that when you have died and have become dust and bones, you shall come out alive (resurrected)? 36“Far, very far is that which you are promised.
- Can you imagine the devil countering? The devil was speaking in them. The devil speaking through them, countering the Word. It never started today. It never started today.
- 37“There is nothing but our life of this world! We die and we live! And we are not going to be resurrected! 38“He is only a man who has invented a lie against Allah, but we are not going to believe in him.”
- 39He said: “O my Lord! Help me because they deny me.” 40(Allah) said: “In a little while, they are sure to be regretful.” 42Then, after them, We created other generations. 43No nation can anticipate their term, nor can they delay it.
- 44Then We sent Our Messengers in succession, every time there came to a nation their Messenger, they denied him,…
- look at them in the churh ages. every church age has a messenger. the same treatmeNt was meted to all of them. see the seven church age messengers [Saint Paul, Irenaeus, Martin, Columba, Luther, Wesley and Branham].
- … so We made them follow one another (to destruction), and We made them as Ahadeeth (the true stories for mankind to learn a lesson from them). So away with a people who believe not.
- They will be used as a lesson for other people. But people are not ready to learn.
- To Noah they said Shall we believe in you, when the meanest (of the people) follow you (Surah 26:111)
- what followed noah were nonentities, never-do-wells. for that reason, they said they will not believe noah’s message, for people without understanding as they judged them – foolish things of that generation were all that could listen to noah. for that reason, they said they will not follow.
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 – 29, Amplified version. 26For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth.
- 27[No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame.
- 28And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are, 29So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorying and] boast in the presence of God.
- Living Bible. [26]Notice among yourselves, dear brothers, that few of you who follow Christ have big names or power or wealth.
- [27]Instead, God has deliberately chosen to use ideas the world considers foolish and of little worth in order to shame those people considered by the world as wise and great.
- [28]He has chosen a plan despised by the world, counted as nothing at all, and used it to bring down to nothing those the world considers great, [29]so that no one anywhere can ever brag in the presence of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 – 21, NIV. 18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- 20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
- To Ad they said This is no other than the false-tales and religion of the ancients (Surah 26:137)
- To Saleh, the people of Thamud said, You are but a human being like us. Then bring us a sign if you are of the truthful (Surah 26:154)
- To Lot, the people of Sodom threaten to drive out (Surah 26:167)
- To Shuaib the people of Midian said, YOU ARE ONLY ONE OF THOSE BEWITCHED! (Surah 26:185)
- Can you imagine? Messengers that God sent. Look at the way they were all rejected and treated. You think your own is an exemption.
- There is nothing you are manifesting now which somebody had not manifested before. So, you are a representation of the spirit either to obey or to disobey.
- There is nothing that you will manifest that will be strange to THE SON OF MAN. He has seen 99. 100 means nothing.
- We are coming closer to you and your own day which is today. It is your turn to say something.
- it is your own turn to manifest your own. manifest your own. it is your turn. this is your own day. this is your own generation. the son of man is waiting to hear from you. and he has been hearing from many, even from this family from the onset.
- so they have been coming and going, man and woman alike. there is nobody that will come into my family that will be the last until i leave the scene.
- They come. they go. yet, i have not seen one manifesting christ, learning of me and learning of my family, because they are hooked neckdeep into the traditions of their parents. not even one is ready to change. and they feel uncomfortable whenever they have gotten the desires of their heart. from that time, watch their reactions.
He has left His Throne. Wherever His Throne is, it is no longer what He is after. He has humbled Himself and has taken the nature of human being. Now He is with us. God is with us. How many identified Him? How many even recognized even His emergence in our midst. Nobody. Did anybody recognize Him as God?….. Moreover, He is the One that is to come, the Lord God Almighty. He is the Alpha and the Omega. The Beginning and the End.
– THE SON OF MAN –
LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS VOL. 3; Preached on 30th April 2000; Pg. 54 vs. 3 – 5
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DO NOT DESPISE THE MEESENGER OF YOUR DAY
Will it be different from what others have said in their day? Thou knowest!
- Human beings are interested in inventing their own way. When Noah called out to one of his sons to embark with them on the Ark, his son [that is his first son] said I have a way, I will betake myself to a mountain, it will save me from the water. (Surah 13:43) He felt he knew more than the father and he was drowned.
- The reason has always been the same: thou art a man and maketh thyself God to lord it over us. Who do you think you are? You are mad, you have a demon. the likes of chiemelie who said i am mad and that i have a demon.
- The same from Garden of Eden with Adam through Jesus’ time. Has the trend changed today? never never!
- Who, out of the aforementioned from Adam was not a man? all of them were human beings. It has always been a man,… see the seven church ages. they were all human beings. Yes! A mortal man. A man of like passion. A man that can eat, drink, cry, suffer pain, marry, have children and so on just as it is written in Surah 21:7-8.
- The Bible says that Elijah was a man of like passion. He did not fall down from space. Jesus did not fall down from space. The Son of Man was not expected to fall down from space. Sure!!!
- The same God that sent them also made wives for them. Was He not the one that made wife for Adam when He said it is not good for the man to be alone?
- All had the opportunity to marry except Jesus whose own opportunity for marriage and having offspring would be when He returns as the Son of Man. sure!!!
- 38And indeed We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW), and made for them wives and offspring. And it was not for a Messenger to bring a sign except by Allah’s Leave. (For) each and
every matter there is a Decree (from Allah). (Surah 13:38) sure!!! sure!!! - The hadith says, “… that the earth, the world will not be devoid of a hujjah, a proof of Allah, a representative of Allah, … upon the creation … until the Day of Judgment.” SURE!!! SO SHALL IT BE.
- The second part of the hadithsaysthat “Whoever dies, not recognizing the Imam of his time, has died a death of ignorance.” SURE!!! [Jahiliyyah).” Ahmad b. Hanbal, al-Musnad, p. 96.]
- HE DIED WITHOUT RECOGNIZING GOD – A REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD IN YOUR DAY. AND YOU PERISH DUE TO IGNORANCE – A SELF-INFLICTED INJURY. A DELIBRATE MISFORTUNE.
- THE BIBLE SAID, “SUCH PEOPLE, CLAIMING TO BE WISE, THEY BECOME FOOLS.” THEY WILL BE THINKING OF THEMSELVES AS WISE PEOPLE, NOT KNOWING THAT THEY ARE ALL FOOLS. TO BE WISE IS TO KNOW GOD.
- In another Hadith it says: “Whosoever dies without recognising the Imam of his age dies the death of a pagan, heathen, infidel.” SURE!!! DEATH WITHOUT KNOWING GOD – THE MESSENGER OF YOUR DAY.
- This is true because a day is coming when all human beings will be gathered and required to stand by their respective messengers according to their nations and dispensation. SURE!!!
- LET ME THEN SEE THE PERSON YOU ARE GOING TO STAND BEHIND. YOU HAVE NO OTHER PERSON YOU STAND BEHIND. YOU WILL BE FLOATING IN THE AIR. HENCE, YOU WILL BE CAST INTO HELL.
- THIS IS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT STAND BEHIND SOMEBODY YOU DO NOT BELIEVE. CAN YOU STAND BEHIND THE SON OF MAN, TAKING HIS HUMILITY WHEN YOU DO NOT EVEN BELIEVE IN HIM? YOU DO NOT EVEN TAKE HIS WORD SERIOUSLY. YOU KNOW MORE THAN HIM.
- THEN YOU HAVE YOUR OWN MESSENGER. WHEREVER HE IS, GO THERE. GO!
- If you were ashamed of the Messenger of your own day, He will be ashamed of you on the day of resurrection; SURE!!!
- If you rejected Him, He will equally reject you. If you despised Him, He will also despise you. If you recognized Him, He will recognize you.
- No matter how good, pious, righteous you may be; if your righteousness could not attract the Light (Messenger) of your day to you and you die without recognizing him you died the death of ignorance, the death of a heathen. The death of a pagan!
- If Cornelius’ righteousness alone was enough to save him the Spirit would not have sent Saint Peter to him. SURE!!! If Ethiopian Eunuch’s righteousness and uprightness was enough to save him Philip would not have been sent to him.
- Remember that it is not their physical presence that matter but how you take their Word which they spoke to you and how you patterned your life after their example. SURE!!!
- This is the condemnation. This is the one and only basis of condemnation. We have a message, Recognize your Day and its Message. Everyone has his own day of visitation.
- The criminal that was crucified with Jesus utilized the very little opportunity he had and got salvation, while the centurion recognized that He was the Son of God when He had given up the ghost already. What a pitiable situation: believing when it could not help him anymore.
- 37And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 39And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. (Mark 15:37-39 KJV).
- THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED AT ABUJA. BOTH DOCTORS AND NURSES WERE ASTONISHED. THE FEMALE CONSULTANT, A MUSLIM WOMAN EXCLAIMED TO MY HEARING, “THIS WOMAN IS INDEED A DAUGHTER OF ALLAH.”
- AND I BEHAVED AS IF I DID NOT HEAR. SHE CAME FORWARD AND SAW ALL OF US. THEY WERE DISUCSSING AMONG THEMSELVES. SHE ENTERED THE PLACE AND EXAMINED MY WIFE.
- I WAS SITTING DOWN THERE TOGETHER WITH MY CHILDREN, AND THEN SHE TURNED TO US AND SAID, “YOUR MOTHER IS A GODLY MOTHER. YOUR MOTHER IS A GODLY MOTHER.” THEN SHE WENT AWAY.
- WHO AMONG US WILL COMMAND THIS, EVEN AT THE POINT OF DEATH AMIDST TROUBLE IN THE FLESH. YET, THE FACE WAS VERY BRIGHT.
- THAT IS WHY MY UNCLE WAS SAYING AT MBAISE, THAT I BURIED MY WIFE TOO QUICKLY. HE SAID THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LYING IN STATE TILL [AT LEAST] EVENING, AND THAT HER FACE WAS LOOKING AS IF SHE WAS ASLEEP. NO CHANGE! I WEPT MORE. I WEPT MORE.
- ALL OF YOU THAT WERE PRIVILEGED TO GO THERE, WAS IT A FALSE WITNESS? DID ANYBODY NOTICE THAT THE BODY WAS IN THE MORTUARY FOR OVER THREE MONTHS? NO CHANGES! WITH THE SAME FACE AND EVERYTHING, AS IF SHE WAS ASLEEP.
- AT NSUGBE, THEIR PEOPLE COULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO CLOSE THE CASKET. THEY WERE STILL SAYING THE SAME THING, “JULIE, WHY NOT GET UP. JULIE, GET UP!” NO CHANGE!
- I THANK GOD FOR WHAT I WITNESSED AND IS STILL WITNESSING AROUND ME, EVEN TILL THIS AFTERNOON.
- IT GIVES ME JOY THAT I AM NOT ALONE. I HAVE A SUPER COMFORTER WHO IS SUSTAINING ME. AND THE SAME SUPER COMFORTER IS SUSTAINING MY CHILDREN.
- HENCE, WE ARE BEARING EVERYTHING WITH JOY, IN THE HOPE OF THAT RESURRECTION DAY WHICH IS IMMINENT; WHICH IS AROUND THE CORNER.
- THE MOCKERS OF THIS FAITH WILL WEEP. THE WORST THAT WILL WEEP WILL BE THOSE THAT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING INTO THIS FAMILY, PASSING THE NIGHT WITH ME, HEARING THIS WORD FROM MY MOUTH.
- Truly, this man WAS the Son of God. Recognizing when he could not receive pardon any more. YES!
- FOR HE WAS A MOCKER BEFORE. A PERSECUTOR! HE WAS OPPOSING THE TRUTH BEFORE. THE IMPACT OF THE REVELATION HAS HIT HIM, AND THEN CONFESSION WENT FORTH.
- 54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. Matthew 27:54 KJV
- BELIEVING GOD WHEN IT IS TOO LATE; WHEN YOUR BELIEF AND YOUR CONFESSION OF YOUR FAITH CAN NO LONGER EFFECT A CHANGE IN YOUR DESTINATION. YOU ARE ALREADY HEADING TO HELL.
- ACKNOWLEDING HIM WHEN IT IS TOO LATE. BELIEVING HIM WHEN IT IS TOO LATE. WHAT DOES IT PROFIT YOU? AS THEY BELIEVED NOAH WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE, SO SHALL THEY BELIEVE THE SON OF MAN WHEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
- AS THEY BELIEVED JESUS CHRIST WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE, SO SHALL IT BE IN THE DAY OF THE SON OF MAN. AS THEY BELIEVED LOT WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE, SO SHALL IT BE IN THE DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN.
- AS THEY BELIEVED RAHAB WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE, SO SHALL THEY BELIEVE THE SON OF MAN IN HIS OWN DAY.
- Many others present could not go beyond sympathizing and even crying for Jesus. Many people at Golgotha were pouring out tributes and beating their chests for Jesus – men and women alike. THAT WAS WHERE THEY ENDED IT.
- Even His disciples lost faith, denied Him, thought that everything about the message was over, they retired to their homes. SURE!!!
- The Son of Man is still here, the Light is still here. Apostle Paul said that although he was in chains, the gospel, the authority, the Light was not in chain. NEVER NEVER!
- So, God knew ahead of time that the people can hardly believe or recognize the messengers who bear the Light meant for them in their dispensations. THIS IS TRUTH STANDING ERECT!
- In Surah 14:4, it said, 4And We sent not a Messenger except with the language of his people, [SURE!!!] in order that he might make (the Message) clear for them. [SURE!!!] Then Allah misleads whom He wills and guides whom He wills. [SURE!!!] And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
- Today people choose the churches they want to attend based on what they want to hear. They are only interested in where they are being entertained. Churches have turned to amusement centres ranging from drama, music, talk-show to all forms of fables and extravaganza: as long as it will bring about increase in membership. If you come with the truth, you will be tagged a prophet of doom, that you don’t want people to be happy.
- DO YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE NOT OPENED THIS MESSAGE? IT IS unbelievable, BUT IT IS TRUE.
- I have told you that if you have the Spirit of Christ, no matter where you are, we must speak the same thing on one matter.
- WHO WILL BELIEVE THAT I HAVE NEVER OPENED THIS MESSAGE? BUT WATCH! WORD FOR WORD. WORD FOR WORD ON THE SAME MATTER AND ON THE SAME ISSUE.
- AND SOMEBODY WILL BE IN THE MIDST OF A PLACE LIKE THIS, THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD HIMSELF AND BEGIN TO DEVELOP THICK WALLS, DEAF EARS AND THEN BEGIN TO PUSH AWAY THE TRUTH.
- SUCH A THING CAN NEVER BE IN THIS FAMILY. I AM IN CHARGE. IT CAN NEVER BE. AND DO NOT EVER PERMIT IT TO HAPPEN.
- Satan is always sneaking in, in the minority. Before you know it, minority will conquer the majority.
- William Branham the Prophet said and I quote, “Satan will never allow you to remain like this. From time to time, he will bring in or shoot up one renegade, one good-for-nothing human being from among you who he [Satan] will use to offset the Faith of others” in the Message entitled, “THE seed of discrepancy.”
- AS FAR AS EVIL IS CONCERNED, IT HAS NO AGE. IT HAS NO AGE. AN INFANT CAN BEWITCH AN ADULT. AN ADULT CAN BEWITCH AN INFANT.
- GO TO THE MESSAGE TITLED, “BEWITCHED” – A BEWITCHED CHURCH. WATCH THOSE THAT ARE BEING USED BY THE DEVIL TO BEWITCH FAMILIES. SOME OF THEM ARE MAIDSERVANTS. SOME OF THEM ARE LITTLE LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF INFANTS IN THE FAMILY. THEY WILL BEWITCH THE CHILDREN. THEY WILL BEWITCH THE MOTHER. THE WILL BEWITCH THE FATHER.
- I HOPE NOBODY HAS A BEWITCHING SPIRIT HERE. EVEN IF YOU HAVE IT, THE LORD WILL SHOOT YOU OUT. I SAID, “THIS FAMILY HAS ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ANYBODY THAT DOES NOT HAVE RESPECTFUL FEAR OF GOD IN HIS HEART – REVERENTIAL FEAR OF GOD.
- YOU MAY SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT HERE TO WORSHIP GOD. THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE. IF WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE IS NOT TO WORSHIP GOD, WHY ARE YOU HERE? TELL ME! IF THERE BE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION OTHER THAN SERVING THE INTEREST OF GOD, YOU HAVE MISSED IT. YOU ARE GOING BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE.
If they believed His prophesies, they would have recognized that by the words of the prophecies that I am the fulfillment of the words of the prophecies. The thing is certain for he (William Branham) saw My day and rejoiced. He pointed everybody to Me; pointed the whole world to Africa, told them clearly how the Lord met Him and pointed the whole world away from America; away from India, pointing everybody to Africa. He said, “Expect Him coming from there (Africa), from one of the jungles. I can see Him this time as a Black Sheep.” That is their problem.
DAYBREAK IN AFRICA; Preached on Sunday
25th October 1998; Pg. 63 vs. 23 – 25
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GOD IS A MAN
In 2 Timothy 4:3-4, Apostle Paul said, 3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;…
- HAVE YOU HEARD IT? NO ONE WANTS TO ENDURE TRUTH FROM GOD BECAUSE TRUTH IS HEAVY. NOT EVERY SHOULDER CAN CARRY IT. AND THAT TRUTH YOU ARE REJECTING IS THE TRUTH THAT WILL DELIVER YOU FROM THAT EVIL SPIRIT – FROM THE HAND OF THE DEVIL. TRUE OR FALSE?
- WHEN YOU SEE WHERE MEDICATION IS BEING ADMINISTERED ON A MAD MAN, THE MAD FELLOW EVEN INJURES THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. HE DOES NOT KNOW THAT HIS LIFE IS BEING SAVED.
- When you look at HIM, you will notice that his eyes haS turnED red, and he will fight more than any other. Sometimes, the mad man will refuse to take the drug, even looking for any stick so as to injure anybody around him. he will be violent like Chiemelie. Violent snake. Quiet in appearance, but violent in action.
- 3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. KJV
- They do not even care to know whether it is the truth or not. Pure truth! When you refuse to recognize the true Guide sent by God in your day, you are bound to follow your misguided ideas and idiosyncrasies. SURE!!!
- You know where he came from. You know where He was born. You know His mother and father. He even has brothers and sisters. The questions they should have asked themselves are: Did Moses drop from the sky? Was he not born of a woman? Was he not flesh and blood like his brethren? EVEN ABRAHAM!
- Did Moses have brothers and sisters? Why were they expecting a sort of superhuman on the outside? This is where the Jews lost it. They rejected the messenger and message of their day. Have we escaped it today?
- John 16:10, LB. 9The world’s sin is unbelief in me; 10there is righteousness available because I go to the Father and you shall see me no more;
- YOU SHALL SEE ME, THE MAN JESUS, NO MORE SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE ONE THAT IS COMING, HE IT IS THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE FULL PACKAGE. HE SHALL GUIDE YOU TO THE WHOLE TRUTH.
- Thus, if Moses was a man born of a woman [and] Jesus was a man born of a woman, what will the Holy Spirit then look like? Invisible?
- Then they are no longer in agreement. He will still be a human being like Jesus and Moses. SURE!!!
- Although Paul was a light to the gentiles, he confirmed that he was still waiting for Him, the Perfect One, the Perfect Guide that will guide to all truth. SURE!!!
- 1 Corinth 13:9 AMP. 9For our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect).St Paul’s teachings were fragmental? And imperfect!
- Where then do we get the whole truth if it is not contained in Jesus’ teachings and it is not also contained in Apostle Paul’s teaching? Can imperfect and fragmental teachings make one perfect? Impossible!
- Thus, their message could not perfect anyone. They all entered the waiting list. I mean waiting for He, the Holy Ghost that shall lead all God’s children to the whole truth. He is the One to bring down Godhead on earth. He is the One to open the gate of Paradise. sure!
- We have seen the Pillar of Fire, we have seen the Light, we have seen the Cloud, we have seen the Resurrected Body, we have seen even the GodHead which no other dispensation from Adam was privileged to see. All these Supernatural vindications [are] around one Man – Apostle Peter Odoemena, the very Son of Man.
- Have you seen the Almighty before? If no, then, whatever picture you have in your mind is nothing but mere imaginations borne out of superstition.
- He has enveloped Himself in a human body, laminated with human flesh so as to comfortably stay with human beings. SURE!!!
- Daniel 7:9-13. 13NEXT I saw the arrival of a Man—or so he seemed to be—brought there on clouds from heaven; he approached the Ancient of Days and was presented to him.
- 14 HE WAS GIVEN THE RULING POWER AND GLORY OVER ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, SO THAT ALL PEOPLE OF EVERY LANGUAGE MUST OBEY HIM. HIS POWER IS ETERNAL—IT WILL NEVER END; HIS GOVERNMENT SHALL NEVER FALL.
- Hundreds of millions of people stood waiting to be judged in the court of the Almighty. They were waiting for the Judge to arrive so that proceedings would start. When everything was set the judge arrived; as what – A MAN. He is the Judge of all the earth.
- HE CAME IN THE CLOUDS FROM HEAVEN. HE IS NOT EARTHLY. HE IS FROM HEAVEN. HE WAS GIVEN THE RULING POWER AND GLORY OVER ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD SO THAT ALL PEOPLE OF EVERY LANGUAGE MUST OBEY HIM – the MAN.
- Remember – This is the Condemnation. This is the Basis of the Condemnation. Condemned and Awaiting Execution. Why you should not despise the messenger of your day for on him the Father place His seal.
- He will be a One-Man squad – the ministry of A MAN that will prove the whole world wrong. They are wrong about sin, that sin is unbelief in Him whom the Lord sent in their dispensation; they are wrong about righteousness and how a man can get God’s righteousness by believing in the Messenger of their day; they are wrong about judgment because he that believes not is condemned and awaiting execution.
- This is why Jesus exclaimed, when the Son of Man shall come will He find Faith on earth? All tables are full of vomit. So, it is very clear that the coming Holy Ghost will be no other person but the Son of Man whose mission is a continuation of Jesus’ mission.
- In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message Volume 2 by Abd-Ru-Shin; Chapter 50; THE SON OF MAN. The Mission of the Son of Man on earth is the continuation and completion of the Mission of the Son of God, as the Mission of the Son of God could only be a transient one. Hence this continuation and completion is at the same time a consolidation of Christ’s Mission!
- Isaiah 53:7-10The Lord says, “It was my will that he should suffer; his death was a sacrifice to bring forgiveness. And so he will see his descendants; he will live a long life, and through him my purpose will succeed GNB
- Rev. Pearry Green (1933-2015) in his book The Acts of the Prophet (Branham) said, ‘If I speak of Paul, Peter, James, John, or even more recently Luther, Wesley, or Calvin – people take no offence.
- Even to bring to remembrance those who were known for their evil deeds, like Judas, Herod, Pontius Pilate, Pharaoh or Satan himself – it still brings no offence; because to most people they are just historical figures having little or no influence in today’s world.
- People accept, respect and applaud them for what they were. But to speak of a contemporary in the same manner brings out the opposition in full strength – exactly as it was in the days when the disciples witnessed about Jesus. SURE!!!
- Rather than recognize, and accept a “contemporary” figure whom God “singles out” for a specific fulfillment of prophecy in the present Age, most professing Christians (especially the religious leaders) will strongly oppose it. SURE!!!
- People can easily claim to believe what God did in time past, profess faith in messengers, prophets or apostles that appeared in previous generation even to the point of killing their fellow human beings in their defense; anticipate and express hope for what He would do, Messengers, Prophets or Apostles that would come in the future, preach it with passion and even ready to give their life for it;
- but only a few care to know what God is doing in their own day, God’s Messenger and Message meant for their own day let alone recognizing or believing and putting their trust in him to save them.
- They keep pointing to the future and making reference to the past. It is not that the Messenger, Prophet or Apostle of their day ceased from warning them but they have their reasons why they fail to recognize him or put their trust in him as mentioned earlier.
- Similarly, after the death of the early Apostles, He sent Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and gave him a book (Holy Quran) like Moses as a guide for a people to whom no messenger had been sent. SURE!!!
- God continued to send other Messengers – Reformers, Khalifas, Revivers – from time to time pointing everybody to the Last Day when He will return as – Mahdi (Guide), Messiah (Saviour), Jesus’ second coming – THE SON OF MAN – to execute judgement on earth and reward everyone.
- Then, just before His appearance, He sent a type of Elijah (Prophet William Marrion Branhan) to prepare the way also for Elijah must come first as Jesus assured His disciples.
- In His first advent He, the Light, the Lord God Almighty brought Moses and Elijah together. So also, in His second advent He is expected to bring the two together, doing the same things He did before. He will be the uniting point of all the children of God irrespective of religion, ethnicity, nation, race, Jew, Gentile, colour, etc.
- Moses spoke about His first appearance. Elijah spoke about His first appearance. Now Let us hear few words from both Prophets Muhammad (pbuh) and William Marrion Branham whose messages were to forerun the ministry of the second coming of Jesus as the Son of Man just as Moses and John the Baptist foreran His first coming.
- http://www.al-islam.org/awaited-saviour-ayatullah-sayyid-muhammad-baqir-sadr-ayatullah-murtadha-mutahhari “A FIGURE MORE LEGENDARY THAN THAT OF THE MAHDI, THE AWAITED SAVIOUR, HAS NOT BEEN SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. THE THREADS OF THE WORLD EVENTS HAVE WOVEN MANY A FINE DESIGN IN HUMAN LIFE BUT THE PATTERN OF THE MAHDI STANDS HIGH ABOVE EVERY OTHER PATTERN.
- HE HAS BEEN THE VISION OF THE VISIONARIES IN HISTORY. HE HAS BEEN THE DREAM OF ALL THE DREAMERS OF THE WORLD. FOR THE ULTIMATE SALVATION OF MANKIND, HE IS THE POLE STAR OF HOPE ON WHICH THE GAZE OF HUMANITY IS FIXED.
- THE SAVIOUR IS ALREADY HERE AND WE SIMPLY HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE DAY WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE RIPE FOR HIM TO APPEAR AND BEGIN HIS GREAT MISSION.”
- THE MAHDI IS NO LONGER AN IDEA. HE IS NO LONGER A PROPHECY. WE NEED NOT WAIT FOR HIS BIRTH. HE ALREADY EXISTS ACTUALLY AND WE ONLY WAIT FOR THE INAUGURATION OF HIS ROLE. HE IS A SPECIFIC ENTITY LIVING AMONG US IN HIS REAL HUMAN FORM AND SHARES OUR HOPES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS AND OUR JOYS AND GRIEFS.”
- In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message Volume 2 by Abd-Ru-Shin; Chapter 50; THE SON OF MAN.“Whereas the Son of God was born directly into His earthly Mission, the Son of Man had to traverse a far wider sphere before He could enter upon the beginning of His actual Mission. As a condition for the fulfilment of His task, which in comparison to that of the Son of God was more terrestrial, the Son of Man, coming as He did from the highest Heights, also had to descend into the deepest depths; not only in the beyond but also here on earth, so that He might personally “experience” all the misery and suffering man is heir to. Only then will He be in the position, when His Hour comes, to intervene effectively in their shortcomings and help to bring about changes!”
- “The Holy Ghost that will guide us to the whole Truth is a specific entity living among us in His real Human Form and share our hopes and disappointments and our joys and griefs.”
- http://www.al-islam.org/awaited-saviour-ayatullah-sayyid-muhammad-baqir-sadr-ayatullah-murtadha-mutahhari “HE WITNESSES ALL THE ACTS OF OPPRESSION AND PERSECUTION WHICH ARE PERPETRATED ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, HE HIMSELF IS AFFECTED BY THEM. He is anxiously awaiting the moment when he will be able to extend his helping hand to everyone whom any wrong has been done and be able to eradicate injustice and oppression completely.”
- (Al Mahdi – the White Horse Rider by (author) Hassan Shabazz) “Abdullah ibn Abbas (HWON) reported that the messenger of Allah (God), May Allah bless Him and grant him peace, said, “THE MAHDI IS THE PEACOCK OF THE GARDEN.” ALLAH WILL GUIDE HIM TO GUIDANCE, MAKE HIM FIRM IN IT, AND SUPPORT HIM WITH ARMIES IF NEEDED, HE IN TURN WILL GUIDE THE COMMUNITY TO THE PATH OF MIGHT, RIGHT AND FIRMNESS. HE WILL BE CALLED THE MAHDI BECAUSE HE WILL GUIDE TO SOMETHING HIDDEN AND WILL BRING OUT VOLUMES OF THE (ORIGINAL) TORAH AND THE (ORIGINAL) GOSPEL…”
- HAS IT NOT COME TO PASS? HAS HE NOT BROUGHT THEM OUT?
- Psalm 40:7, KJV. 7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of Me, 8I delight to do Thy will, O my God: yea, Thy law is within My heart.
- Hebrews 10:7, KJV. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me) to do Thy will, O God.
- Shaheed Baqir Sadr in the book “The Awaited Saviour” states the following concerning the Mahdi: “The Mahdi is not only an embodiment of the Islamic belief but HE IS ALSO THE SYMBOL OF AN ASPIRATION CHERISHED BY MANKIND IRRESPECTIVE OF ITS DIVERGENT RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES.
- He is also the crystallization of an instructive inspiration through which all people – regardless of their religious affiliations – have learned to await a day WHEN A HEAVENLY MISSION WITH ALL ITS IMPLICATIONS WILL ACHIEVE THEIR FINAL GOAL AND THE TIRING MARCH OF HUMANITY ACROSS HISTORY WILL CULMINATE SATISFACTORILY IN PEACE AND TRANQUILITY.
- We are also of the belief that the Mahdi is a Muslim Imam first and foremost; HE IS NOT A SUPER HUMAN AS SOME BELIEVE. HE IS FLESH AND BLOOD HUMAN BEING GUIDED BY ALLAH.
- HE WAS OF A NATIONALITY WITH FEATURES RESEMBLING MIDDLE EASTERN, LATIN, INDIAN, AFRICAN OR AFRICAN AMERICAN. A BLACK MAN!
- Based on His features, His nationality, His country of origin is Middle East, Latin, Africa or African America. It is thus clear He is not of white background but a Black Man. DESPISE ME NOT FOR I AM BLACK.
- This is the much we can take from this expository. Whatever that remains, you will read it from the book whenever it is published. Fold the remnant for Me.
- On this note I say, thank you for being patient with Me. I believe that if you really paid rapt attention, you learnt something today. To God be the Glory.
- Shall we bow down our heads.
CONCLUSION
PRAYER
Our Heavenly Father, I pray that we do not receive this truth from You to our condemnation because of unbelief. Help our unbelief.
- As we think about what we have received today, mediate and pray, help us to discover where our faults lie; and then make necessary amendments without delay.
- Take away that unbelieving spirit. Give us a new heart that will say Amen and then act on that Amen. May we never be hearers without putting what we have heard into action, thereby heaping condemnations on ourselves.
- Thank you for all these souls that have assisted Me here today in searching the Scriptures and in reading the Messages. Replenish their strength and use them the more O God to disseminate Your Message.
- But speak to them O God, I pray that it will be a disastrous thing for them to help in saving souls when they are lost at the end.
- I therefore pray. That thing which is O God, making them not to be stable in the Faith, if it is doubt, settle the doubt in them. Father, I pray Thee. If it is ordinary distracting of attention, whatever that is doing it in them, let it stop today, for we have received the truth from You which we cannot cancel. We cannot deny, for we have no substitute. And we have no better place we can go to receive this truth if not in Your presence.
- The world does not know what is happening. We are not having a common experience with You. This is a superhuman and supernatural experience, simply because You love us and You do not want us to perish. Father, help us never to abuse this wonderful opportunity.
- I make this solemn request on behalf of these souls that are here and those that are in distant lands.
- As many O God as are called by Your Name [Father] who will be privileged to be positionally placed where this Message will come to them directly – audio or in book form – use it O God [Father] to revive them.
- Reconcile and restore them to Yourself alone. This is My solemn prayer.
- The remaining activities we have for today, Father be there for us. May we enjoy this Message privately. As we finish first stage, may we continue with the other stage until we are sure and satisfied that we are not guilty of despising the Messenger You sent to us.
- May Your Name be praised forever, for hearing our prayers and encouraging our Faith. For Your Name’s sake O LORD, we pray. Amen!