INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH THE SON OF MAN [QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2021 EDITION] VOLUME 2 ON Sunday, 16th May 2021THE VOICE FROM GOD’S STUDIO @ THE BRIDAL LODGE, NSUGBE ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN THE URIM AND THUMMIN TRANSCRIBED BY DECON DAVID MOUA STUDENTS’ FELLOWSHIP
3Seek the Lord [inquire for Him, inquire of Him, and require Him as the foremost necessity of your life], all you humble of the land who have acted in compliance with His revealed will and have kept His commandments; seek righteousness, seek humility [inquire for them, require them as vital]. It may be you will be hidden in the day of the Lord’s anger.
Zephaniah 2:3 AMP
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
What made one to succeed and another to fail? I have examined this life and have come to the realization that lack of decision or indecision has been the main cause of failure in life. Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically every man or woman must conquer. Decision is the power of life. God enjoined us in time past to make decisions we know we can keep for decision is the power of life. ….
– THE SON OF MAN –
DECISION; Preached on 3th December 2007; Pg. 4 Paragraph 2 & 3
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YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY LIES IN YOUR DECISION
So, I read number 1. Pay attention!
QUESTION 1: You are highly placed and highly blessed My LORD, the Great Deity. My question is this: You brought me into the Faith, but my family is highly aggressive against my belief when I made it known to them.
2. They are demonstrating against my Faith and my form of fellowship or prayer I make and even threatened to disown me if I do not quit the faith.
3. But my Creator, I cannot go against the truth which I am. What do I do about it? Your Word is final. And You are my Father. What do I do, Your Majesty?
4. This question is a childish question. Anybody wo feels he is being persecuted by his people, his family, wife or children because of his belief, and he does not know what to do, I do not believe that person is convinced about his belief.
5. This is because anybody’s belief in Christ is non-negotiable. I do not want to talk from the natural law angle or civil law.
6. The civil law guarantees freedom of worship or freedom of religion to any individual. There is freedom of association, freedom of movement, but some movements may be restricted. Some speech may be restricted.
7. Those that are fake religions that indulge in evils like cultism, they are equally enshrined in the constitution so that you should not indulge in them.
8. So, pay attention. If you are being persecuted because of your Faith, you are not the only one.
9. PREACHING THE TRUTH FROM CHRIST; PREACHING SALVATION WITHOUT PREACHING PERSECUTION MEANS PREACHING NOTHING AT ALL.
10. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN REPENT OF YOUR EVIL WAYS, DENOUNCE YOUR EVIL ASSOCIATION, AND EMBRACE THE TRUTH BY FOLLOWING CHRIST WITHOUT THOSE WHO WERE WITH YOU RISING UP AGAINST YOU.
11. Christ made it clear that he is coming to set parents against their children because of their faith. Mothers against their children; Fathers against their children. Even children against their parents. Husbands against their unbelieving wives, and believing wives against their unbelieving husbands.
12. So, a sword has entered into that family. And that is the sword of the spirit, to tear things asunder.
13. ANYTHING PERTAINING TO FAITH OR BELIEF IS AN INDIVIDUAL AFFAIR.
14. If this writer is sure and convinced, he will say, “To hell with any other person.” Even if they like, let them disown him so that Christ will own him.
15. Until the blind Bartimeus was excommunicated from the family; from the congregation of the Jews, Christ never met him, for there has always been a union; a unification of the heathens against the truth.
16. So, truth has always been suffering persecution. I say, truth has always been suffering cruel persecution, mockery and imprisonment.
17. 30I and the Father are one.” 31Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” 33“We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” ….. 7The Jews insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” [John 10:30 – 33 & 19:7 NIV]
18. [8]Don’t ever forget the wonderful fact that Jesus Christ was a man, born into King David’s family; and that he was God, as shown by the fact that he rose again from the dead. [9]It is because I have preached these great truths that I am in trouble here and have been put in jail like a criminal. But the Word of God is not chained, even though I am.[2 Timothy 2:8 – 9 LB]
19. If I never taught you from the very beginning, you would not have endured till now.
20. So, this person, I believe must be a newcomer. This person must be numbered among those joined us at this latter times. He never counted the cost of discipleship.
21. You must count the cost of discipleship; what it will take you to be Christ’s Ambassador. We are not only called to enjoy life with Christ, but to suffer with him, for if you suffer with Him, you will reign with Him.
22. 11It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12IF WE SUFFER, WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM: IF WE DENY HIM, HE ALSO WILL DENY US [2 Timothy 2:11 – 12 KJV]
23. IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST AND PERSECUTION NEVER FOLLOWED YOU, YOU HAVE NOT BELIEVED. YOU ARE A COMPROMISER. THIS IS TRUTH.
24. There is no way you will believe and withdraw from the former association; from their former traditions, the type of life you were living in company with them without attracting persecution.
25. So, if you say that you have not been persecuted since you believed, one thing is there. Your parents must be believers. You are believing what they believe. So, they paid the penalty for you as per the family.
26. But out there, because you must leave the family, you are going to pay the price also. In your school, you must be persecuted. In your colleges, in your workplace, even wherever you want to live, you must be misunderstood.
27. That is why we arm you with this truth, that you might be strong in the knowledge of the truth. Preach what you believe and stand by it.
28. You may be flogged. You may be beaten. You may be arrested. You may be imprisoned. You may be denied of too many privileges.
29. But at the end, all those things, you must regain if you do not compromise by succumbing to their desires.
30. All of us passed through it, and it strengthened us so much. Because of what we suffered, we have reached a point where we can never think of drawing back, for when we draw back, we draw back unto perdition. So, we are now marching forward to the saving of our souls.
31. So, whosoever that asked this question, I believe you are new. Let your conviction uphold you. Period!
32. QUESTION 2: My LORD and my Saviour, thank You for this opportunity. My LORD and my God, I want to know my eternal destiny with You LORD.
33. My God, please grant me the grace to stand firm in You. My God, help me to build a godly home. Thank you LORD. I love you LORD.
34. Well, this is just an appeal. It is just an appeal. There is no question there. There is no single question I will entertain.
35. Concerning your eternal destiny, it is not a question. You say you want to know.
36. YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY LIES IN YOUR DECISION. PERIOD! EVERYMAN’S DESTINY IS HIDDEN IN HIS OR HER DECISION.
37. In the Message, DECISION [the power of decision], “IT IS YOUR DECISION AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION THAT DECIDES WHERE YOU WILL END IT IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE HEREAFTER.”
38. If you have decided to harden your heart against the truth, and live your life anyhow, without being regulated by the Word of God, it is leading you somewhere outside Paradise.
39. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IT IS LEADING YOU TO HELL, BECAUSE EVERY DECISION A HUMAN BEING TAKES, EITHER TAKES HIM TO GOD OR TO THE DEVIL.
40. If your decision is to obey God in all ramifications, to walk with God; and you say it and implement it, you have no case to answer now and in the end.
41. You simply walk into Paradise as an obedient and faithful child of God. And that is what God is expecting from us.
42. But where you have taken a decision that obeying God means promoting His course; obeying God means debasing yourself.
43. For that reason, you see obedience to the truth as a disgrace or insult, or as something that is dehumanizing you; or is hampering your self-ego. Well, I sum it up with pride.
44. Know that the pride in you has exalted you above God. The pride and arrogance in you has given you a picture of what you are not and will never be even till eternity, for there is no way anybody can outsmart God.
45. So, whatever might be your decision, watch over it. If your decision is not inclined to God, it is inclined to the devil. And that determines where you are heading to.
46. QUESTION 3: Dear sir, I have tried severally to contact You both by e-mail and WhatsApp. SON OF MAN, speak life into my life. I believe. Help my unbelief.
47. This one has an English name: Sylvester …. It is not even a Nigerian name, but he has English name.
48. Well, I love this one. It is not a question. It is a desire that is met. He said I should speak life into him, that he believes. He has been desiring to hear the voice of THE SON OF MAN, either through phone or WhatsApp, until now that God has come his way.
49. So, I believe he might be rejoicing now that he is privileged wherever he is to be hearing My Voice as I entertain his plea.
50. Sylvester! I do not know how to pronounce this your name o. It is a wonderful name. Whatever the case may be, your name is Sylvester.
51. You will live if you believe in Me. You said you believe in Me. If you really believe in Me, which means clinging to Me, obeying My Words, doubting nothing, I assure you most solemnly, wherever I settle down finally, there you will be.
52. But if you say it hypocritically, you will see My face in the Judgment Seat, but you will never enter Paradise, for I will disown you.
53. QUESTION 3: I know my God is a man in the person of Apostle Peter Odoemena [BBHMHN]. I know He dwells in us spiritually and also among us physically.
54. And I also know that Satan exists in the hearts of his children and followers. But does the devil exist as a man, living on this planet earth as a human being or does Satan only exist as a spirit like we were taught that spirits do not die? Thank you sir.
55. This is also an elementary question because I presume that this person must be a newcomer to the Faith also. If I reveal the devil to him, will he stand?
56. GOD IS A HUMAN BEING. THE DEVIL IS A HUMAN BEING. GOD HAS A NAME. THE DEVIL HAS A NAME.
57. In the beginning, the name of the person you call devil was Lucifer. Lucifer was a human being. Lucifer had angels who were with Him. All of them were together, angels of God.
58. Being a human being, they quarreled with God and came down here to impregnate daughters of men because they are human beings.
59. They married, impregnated their wives [daughters of men] and raised children who were giants, of whom too many stories are told till today.
60. [4]In those days, and even afterwards, when the evil beings from the spirit world were sexually involved with human women, their children became giants, of whom so many legends are told.[Genesis 6:4 LB]
61. SO THE GENERATIONS OF LUCIFER ARE STILL HERE. THE MAIN LUCIFER IS STILL HERE. GOD IS ON HIS OWN THRONE. LUCIFER IS ON HIS OWN THRONE.
62. The LORD has not punished him for his iniquity. He shall be punished in hell. Because of Lucifer, God decided to create something that was not there from the beginning. And that is hellfire. A place where Satan and his followers shall be tormented.
63. If God never came and revealed Himself to you, would you have known that God is a human being? He did it to His own only.
64. The same way, those that are worshipping the devil know him. They know the man, they equally know his ministers, whether they be modern ministers or ancient ministers.
65. Another person that knows him is the Almighty God. And He knows the name Satan put on in every generation. He [Satan] is the one that initiated crimes of all crimes, into the world.
66. And that throne, THE SON OF MAN has revealed it. I say, THE SON OF MAN has revealed the man; the present man. He has revealed the throne from where all those influences are going forth.
67. According to the Book of revelation, on that day he shall be tormented, put in hell with all that he deceived, “God is going to make an open spectacle of he that has been deceiving the whole world since the world began, and whose influence is tormenting all mankind, leading all mankind away.”
68. Like I am here. You are seeing Me here, live. But My influence has gone round the whole world influencing all that proceeded from Me. Did you get the Message? So it is.
69. I am here on My throne. I am in heaven and on earth at the same time. My influence has gone round. I can only influence those who are from me but anybody who is opposed to me, can I influence him? No!
70. So, God has influence over His own children. The devil has influence over his own. Children of the devil hear the devil speak to them, live.
71. The devil offers them gifts. The devil makes promises to them. All that the devil promises go to the children of the devil.
72. All that God promise must go to the children of God. Promises of God go to the children of God, while the promises of the devil go to the children of the devil.
73. You see, this person is an amateur fellow. He entered just very late. Those who were with Me from the very beginning will testify that I revealed the devil.
74. And they saw that the devil has power, even to destroy. He will only attack children of God, but he will not destroy them.
75. He will destroy his own, but the one that does not belong to him, he will only attack. That’s all! He will only attack.
76. There are too many people I delivered from the cruel hand of the devil, who saw devil as a human being, and then made covenant with the devil in human form.
77. The devil can be met along the way. If he is called “Ekwensu” is it not Igbo language. There are too many names given to the devil, depending on the language of the people.
78. So, the devil is a human being who reveals himself to those that worship him. And that is why, those that worship him by revelation of who he is. Oftentimes think he is the Almighty God.
79. He will deceive them into thinking that he is the Almighty when he is telling them lies. That is why, in the end, both the devil and those he deceived will share the same Fate in hellfire.
80. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. [Revelation 20:10 KJV]
Once you take in the Word of God, live by the Word of God, your life will bear witness that you are of God. This is because, all that God condemned, you must condemn them. All that God delights in, you must love them. Yes! Christ will bring old-fashioned life back on earth because the Word of God is old-fashioned to bring back old-fashioned life back on earth.
– THE SON OF MAN –
MARRIAGE: THE OLDEST INSTITUTION ORDAINED BY GOD VOLUME 1: Preached
on 7th November, 1993; Pg. 63 vs. 79 – 80
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MARRIAGE: THE OLDEST AND MOST DELICATE INSTITUTION [1]
QUESTION 4: Thank You for this wonderful opportunity to ask our mind-boggling questions. Daddy, if I decide to marry a childhood friend; and I know; and we understand each other right to the God I worship, as against a Sister in the Faith that I barely cannot say we understand ourselves aside Faith, will I be committing any sin in the sight of God?
2. And is it detrimental to my salvation? In essence, is my salvation tied to who I choose to love? Remain blessed my LORD.
3. It is another childish question. There is nobody who has paid attention to My Teachings concerning marriage that will ask this question again.
4. That is why I keep on saying that a man marries his character. You must marry somebody that believes what you believe. If you say amen, he or she will also say amen.
5. The moment marriage is mentioned to anybody outside this Faith, because marriage is now scarce, what is reigning now is “single father”, “single mother.” Mention marriage, even the devil will say I believe.
6. Men marry such devils as wives because they are either industrious or they have made wealth. Silly men will go after them. That is why they go after all these celebrities. And before you know it, the marriage will crash.
7. So, in marriage, which is the foundation of life, the number one thing which anybody who is going into marriage will concern himself with is his/her relationship with Christ, first.
8. Are you really a seed of God, worshipping God in spirit and in truth? If you are sure and certain you are maintaining a right relationship with God, go on your knees and pray to God. Tell God about your plans to marry. Do not have any idol in your heart or in your mind.
9. By mentioning childhood friend, you had already established an idol in your heart through carnal friendship which you will now want to metamorphose into marriage.
10. That is why when you want God to guide you and to lead you, you should not have anybody in your mind who you promised marriage or promised this and that. Allow God to guide you. Make sure you are in right standing with God. Go into prayers.
11. Pay attention! The first thing the LORD will lead you to is the family, the LORD will, first of all, lead you to that family where you will get acquainted with the parents of that lady and know everything they stand for, compare it with the desires of your heart.
12. If your desires are godly desires, and you are being led to a godly family, you will know. There is going to be a level of peace in your heart.
13. Even when you have not found any for a wife, continue in your prayers. Continue in your search. Do not talk to anybody. Do not reveal it that you are looking for a wife to anybody, even your Pastor. Do not tell anybody. It is an affair between you and your God.
14. This is because the world we are living in is full of deceit. Once you mention that you are looking for a wife to your Pastor, he will nominate an abandoned property in his own family to you. He will immediately nominate one that is not marriageable.
15. So, do not mention anything. Keep it to yourself. And then, begin your investigation. Know your capacity. Know your target.
16. Do you want somebody who will support you to worship God or who will support you in making money? Do you want somebody who will come and cook for you, raise children for you, and that is what you need?
17. This is because what you need is what you will present to God in prayers. Be sincere. This is where many are having problems.
18. Carnal desires led them into making choices of wives. Social life led them into it; Wealth and pride of place in the society. Only a few had godly consideration.
19. You heard it in My interview as if I knew there will be a question like this. When I made My prayers, I never asked for a princess, a wealthy fellow, an educated fellow or this and that. Of course, you know that.
20. Everything about My marriage, I made public right from 1990 till now. And I allowed all of you to investigate. I had nobody in mind, not until the LORD Himself gave Me the picture I will marry. I saw the picture, but where to find her became a problem.
21. When eventually I found her, the family was not a problem again because I had already been in the family for over ten years, not knowing that that is where My wife will come from.
22. I had already shown keen interest in the people when I had nothing called marriage in My mind, for I was still a young man coming up. I was more or less a houseboy.
23. I was a civil servant as well as a houseboy and a messenger to them because I was humble. I believed My director so much, and that he would not fool Me.
24. I never limited My obedience to civil service. As long as he was the one instructing Me on what to do, I never, for one day, queried him, “Why sending Me to your village? Why sending Me to your house? Why sending Me to hospital? Why doing this? Will you pay Me extra?” I never! And the LORD was watching
25. So, if you are the type that will glue yourself to one particular thing,; if you are called to be a watchman, you take it that it is your duty, “I am not called to sweep the compound. I am not called to come and be a messenger. I am not called to come and work in the kitchen.” That is stupidity. That is foolishness.
26. As long as you are there, your duty is to obey instructions from your superior officer. At the end of the month, he will pay you quite alright, but when you begin to classify the work you are going to do that is attached to your main duty, you will make mistakes.
27. Then the clause that is always there in the schedule of duty said, “And any other duties that may be assigned to you by your superior officer from time to time.”
28. It can be, “Boniface! Go to Sancta Maria and bring my children back from school.” “Boniface, take my children to the eye hospital.”
29. “Boniface, my junior brother had a motor accident. He is there at orthopaedic. Can you please follow me? When we get there, you will be there. As long as he is staying there in the hospital, be there. You job is protected. After all, I am accountable to the state and to the federal authorities concerning you.”
30. I will say, amen. I never queried it. They are all duties. So, if you do not have that spirit of obedience, you might be thinking that you are being overused. Who is overusing you?
31. You are rather developing yourself through obedience to instructions.
32. THE MOMENT YOU FORM THAT HABIT OF OBEYING INSTRUCTIONS, TRULY SPEAKING, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A LEVERAGE IN LIFE. A REAL LEVERAGE.
33. THERE WILL BE NO INSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE TOO HARD FOR YOU TO OBEY. AND THERE WILL BE NO WORK THAT WILL BE ASSIGNED TO YOU THE WILL BE TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO ATTEND TO.
34. He that has assigning those menial duties to you saw others and selected you. You are going to get your reward.
35. I was the youngest officer quite alright. But I was not the least in rank. We had messengers. We had cleaners. We had clerical assistants. I was a clerical officer. We had typists. Most of them from his hometown.
36. He scrutinized all of them, but there was not even one he found faithful to be used for domestic matters and official matters at the same time if not Boniface. And I humbly accepted all.
37. What is more? Even if I close late, he will take Me to My yard with his vehicle.
38. Through My relationship with him, he developed a strong relationship with My relations also. All My uncles here knew him. They became friends and they could pay themselves occasional visits.
39. Can you see that because of My good character in the office and in his home, it has now yoked everybody.
40. Yet, I never knew that in the end, it will be in that same family that God will direct Me to pick a wife.
41. And when the LORD directed Me there, I had nothing. I was a pauper. If there was anything I had, it was just the gift of wisdom. That gift of wisdom made Me to be industrious.
42. I had no money. I had nothing to boast of. Then, as is the custom of the people, when My name was presented to all of them, My Director, all the way from Bauchi, came down and put his thumbprint [Approval], “Once it is Boniface, please allow him to marry our sister. I know the young man. I equally helped in bringing him up. He will never let our sister down.”
43. So they continued consulting those that knew Me everywhere, and not even one person said No! Just a mere mentioning of My Name, they were mentioning two things:
44. [1] He is very very humble and loyal; and full of intelligence. He is a wise young man. Do not look at today. [2] He fears and honours God. He is not a rascal. He is different from all the staff.
45. I thank God that all of them are still alive till today, if not for Papa’s stand. They testified and the testimonies went rife. (very common or widespread) And the one who knew Me not heard the testimonies from his relations and siblings.
46. And that is the retired police officer, when he was in Lagos at the Advanced Police college, where he was a lecturer. He heard My testimonies.
47. The last in the family, Cletus, went there in person. And after interactions, they called home because their father had already visited Me. They knew Me from childhood.
48. He [the Police officer] gave us a letter and said that he has given his own approval, 99+%. So he wrote. 99+%. I laminated that letter, for that was the last we were waiting for.
49. And immediately that one came, we had that joy exceedingly that night. Then, we began to fix the date and everything.
50. Now, I want to say something. Marriage has put many into trouble. Wrong selection of a wife. Wrong selection of a husband. A man can make mistake in selecting a wife. A woman can make mistake in selecting a husband.
51. Pay attention! But there is one area we stand and say that there is no mistake in marriage, and that a man marries his character. We stand on the basis of the infallible Word of God.
52. I have the fear of God in Me, not created in Me by any religious sect or any denomination. If the fear of God in you is the one you inculcated by going to church, you have no fear of God.
53. If you were insincere in any of the denomination where you romanced, no matter where you go to, you must be insincere.
54. GOD HELPS PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF THE STATE OF THEIR HEARTS, FOR YOUR HEART WILL DETERMINE YOUR DESIRE.
55. Hear Me very well. When it comes to marriage, people refuse to seek counsel. And people begin to tell great lies. And it will take a liar to marry a liar.
56. But when they are coming together, no one will say he is a liar. The man will lie to the woman and the woman will lie to the man. That is where we stand and make our declaration that a man marries his character.
57. If the woman is truthful and the man is truthful; both are honest, and they come together, honesty becomes their watchword. The woman was not honest because of marriage or because of the man or because of the Church. No!
58. The woman developed herself in a very honest way. she came from an honest family. This is because, oftentimes, families exert dangerous influences on their children.
59. Where the husband and wife are hypocrites, what do you expect them to raise if not hypocrites. If they are dishonest, they must raise dishonest children.
60. If there be any that must walk right, he must leave that family and join another family where he will get a re-training. That is, if he is one who loves to be trained and who loves something that is good.
61. An Igbo adage says that the gin is used to the clicking sound of the trigger. So people are insincere.
62. If you yoked yourself with your childhood friend, and now you are in another Faith, and that Faith where you are now, you believe is the truth, the first person you will share the Message with will be your childhood friend.
63. When you share the Faith with your childhood friend, share it with truth. Give her that privilege to be on her own and then take her decision; and not when you had already mentioned marriage, you begin to present Faith. No! Faith must go before Marriage. That is what I am saying. Put your God first. Do not put marriage first and mean business. If that is not your Faith, rethink.
64. Concerning people in the faith, nobody is in the faith because He goes to Church or because he is born in the family where parents claim to be in the faith. Faith must be proved before you subscribe to it. All that glitters is not gold.
65. I will never in this life nor in the life to come allow Myself to be deceived into believing that all the families where the Message of THE SON OF MAN is claimed to be believed, that they are in the Faith of Christ. I will never believe that.
66. For I am sure and certain that many people are following the Messages of THE SON OF MAN with many different considerations and for many many reasons.
67. Only those who are believing because of eternal life, and are readily paying the price thereof, these are the people that belong to THE SON OF MAN.
68. And if you select a sister from this group, you have selected a sister, a mother, a companion and a wife. No regrets at all. I say, no regrets at all.
69. If you make your selection of a husband from this group of people, you have indeed married a son of God. You will not hear of any schism in that family, and their children will be like them, for whatever a snake produces must be a snake and must have all the attributes of a snake.
70. Though the colour may change or differ, but they must be long in stature. Will that which the snake produces fail to be long?
71. Are all the snakes of the same colour? Some are black, some are green, some are red while some are yellow in colour. Some are like check, yet all are snakes. But one thing that is common with all of them is that they are long.
72. Are their heads of the same size? But the eyes of every snake must be slanting.
It is because people do not speak the truth again. That is why a sacred institution is being messed up. Young boys rush into marriage without counseling. Our Prophet Branham said that it should be entered advisedly. YOU MUST BE ADVISED BY GOD. THE WORD OF GOD MUST TELL YOU WHEN YOU ARE UP TO STANDARD. You do not go because others are going. You do not marry because your age-mates are marrying. That is foolishness. All hands are not equal. If you age-grades are marrying, and you do not have the capacity to marry, wait. Otherwise, you mess it up.
– THE SON OF MAN –
MARRIAGE: THE OLDEST INSTITUTION ORDAINED BY GOD VOLUME 1: Preached on 7th November, 1993; Pg. 80 vs. 17 – 19
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MARRIAGE: THE OLDEST AND MOST DELICATE INSTITUTION [2]
So, what I am saying is that the spirit in you will decide where you will go. When you meet some who has the same spirit with you, you will know. Do you understand what I am saying?
2. Marrying a wife is not a project you initiate today and conclude it same day. Is it a good sickness that afflicts someone today and also kills the person today?
3. No matter the hypocritical side of the man or woman, it must be exposed. Within the time of the discussions to the time of the fulfillment of the whole traditions, you must be exposed.
4. That is why I do not subscribe to any of them. But when I know you are a social woman, and you are looking for a spiritual man, I will say no, for it cannot work.
5. IF YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL MAN, GO FOR A SPIRITUAL WOMAN. IF YOU ARE A SOCIAL MAN, GO FOR A SOCIAL WOMAN. SOCIALIZE YOUR FAMILY AND THEN LIVE IN PEACE.
6. We are talking about marriage. Now, to what extent will you socialize your marriage without going to hell? I know that there is no social family that will smell eternal life because socialization is a part of the world.
7. SOCIALIZATION AND SOPHISTICATION: THEY ARE A PART OF THE WORLD. SOCIALIZATION DAMPENS SPIRITUALITY.
8. SOCIALIZATION MEANS BECOMING A FRIEND OF THE WORLD AND ENEMY OF CHRIST. SOCIALIZATION MEANS GOING AFTER THE FASHION OF THE WORLD. IS IT NOT TRUE?
9. When you do things after the fashion of this world, you earn the world’s commendation; you delight yourself in the affairs of this world, become prominent and pompous, you will then become the talk of the town and the reigning personality, for that is what the world wants; the reigning thing, there is no way the Gate of Paradise can accommodate you. You make yourself either taller or bigger than the Gate of Paradise.
10. So, in marriage, a man marries his character. For that reason, anywhere you see any woman that possesses your nature for a wife, go for that woman, relationship notwithstanding.
11. By relationship, I mean, whether she is from your hometown or state; whether she is catholic or not. What makes somebody catholic is not catholic religion? What makes somebody Grace of God is not Grace of God religion.
12. WHAT MAKES YOU A CHILD OF GOD IS NOT BRIDE OF CHRIST MINISTRY. THERE ARE TOO MANY DEVILS AMONG US. THAT IS WHY THERE ARE TOO MANY I CANNOT RECOMMEND FOR ANY BROTHER FOR A WIFE.
13. AND IF A BROTHER GOES FOR SUCH PEOPLE, I WILL NOT SAY NO; BUT FOR ME TO RECOMMEND, NO!
14. THERE ARE MANY I CANNOT RECOMMEND TO A SISTER FOR A HUSBAND, BUT IF SHE GOES TO SUCH, I WILL NOT SAY NO. IT IS YOUR CHOICE.
15. Hear Me very well. The Bible said it is not good for a man to stay without a wife. He will give Him a wife meet for his condition. Good!
16. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. [Genesis 2:18 KJV]
17. If you read it in another translation, it said, “I will give you a wife according to your nature and your desire.” Did you get the Message?
18. Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for a man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him.” [Genesis 2:18 GNB]
19. The Bible said that Sarah had the nature of Abraham. I have taught you on that.Sarah had the nature of Abraham.
20. If you are claiming to be anything you are not, there is somebody God has already prepared who is behaving that same way from the opposite sex. Even if he or she is not found among us, God will also lead you to where that person is.
21. So, there is no mistake in the choice you want to make if you are spiritual fellow. The only way a spiritual man makes a mistake in entangling himself is whenever he lowers the standard of the Gospel of Christ he has believed.
22. The moment he lowers down the standard, he will enter into forced marriage to cover shame. Forced marriage to cover shame.
23. What is that forced marriage to cover shame? Impregnate and marry. I impregnated her.
24. In order to cover the shame, you marry somebody that is not your desire for a wife, for there are some who are good for friendship, but they are not good for husband or wife.
25. It is applicable to both man and woman. He is good for friendship, but not good for a husband. She is good for friendship, but not good for a wife.
26. You might be wondering why I am over-flogging this matter. This is the foundation of all human beings where the greatest mistake was made from the very beginning.
27. Even now that it is being corrected, how many are taking the correction serious? How many? This is because we are living in the world where people use too many things to seduce others into marriage.
28. A SPIRITUAL MAN THAT LIVES UNGUIDED [AND UNGUARDED] LIFE, CAN BE LURED INTO AN INCOMPARTIBLE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A WEALTHY WOMAN.
29. A WOMAN WILL USE HER WEALTH AND THAT OF HER FAMILY TO LURE A SILLY MAN INTO MARRIAGE, THINKING THAT THE WEALTH WILL BE TRANSFERED TO HIM. IT IS EAT AND DIE. EAT AND DIE! MANY HAVE MADE THAT SAD MISTAKE.
30. Another is empty promises. That boils down to telling lies. A flamboyant man living his life above his means, giving the impression that he has the capacity to nurture a wife, only for the wife to discover that the man is an empty barrel. Does it happen?
31. The same way a man can also be lured by the fake statements of account from the bank. It has happened in our Faith. I have seen it. I have seen it among the heathens.
32. My younger brother was lured into bringing in one foolish prostitute to Me. I said, “No! This lady is not marryable. She is a prostitute. The mother, a prostitute. A street woman. She is educated, but you are a stark illiterate. She will place you for sale.”
33. He retorted, “Brother, I want to marry her because she has already told me and I have seen her bank account. And the moment I marry her, I will become a millionaire.”
34. I then said, “Is that the reason why you want to marry her? What if at the end, the money is not found there?”
35. Play-play, play-play, play-play, the whole thing turned out to be fake bank statements of account.
36. But what if he married that woman because of money, and the money refuse to come out?
37. There are many! You will be hearing, “Fulfill your promise! Fulfill your promise!” So, you never married because of love. You married because of promise.
38. THAT IS WHY I SAID, “THERE ARE TOO MANY CONSIDERATIONS FOR MARRIAGE.” SO, BE VERY CAREFUL. DO NOT RUSH INTO MARRIAGE, AND DO NOT GO INTO IT UNADVISEDLY.
39. If you happen to be a young man and you are in this Faith; your parents are in this Faith, and you are maintaining a healthy family relationship, you have a treasure. You have a treasure.
40. Disclose your plans to your parents and allow them to lead you in the investigations, for they have gone through that path before. They will never lead you into error.
41. This is because there are many you will see and you call them children, but you do not know that they are great warriors; both men and women.
42. If you say that they are still young, do not worry. The young shall grow. There are some we had in this Faith. They were born into this Faith and they have grown into adolescence today. Can you not see them?
43. Check the parents and check the children. I will not mention names, for you know more than Me.
44. WHAT WILL DESTROY OUR YOUTHS ARE FOUND AMONG US. WHAT WILL DESTROY OUR YOUTHS ARE FOUND AMONG US. WHAT WILL SAVE OUR YOUTHS CAN BE FOUND OUTSIDE. CAN BE FOUND OUTSIDE. I KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING.
45. IF SOMEBODY HAS THE FEAR OF GOD, GIVE THAT PERSON THE WORD TEST, FOR BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, THE WORD TEST!
46. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO TEST A WOMAN TO KNOW WHETHER SHE IS WORTHY TO BE A WIFE. THERE ARE MANY WAYS YOU CAN TEST A MAN TO KNOW WHETHER HE IS AN IDEAL HUSBAND.
47. YOU DO NOT DABBLE INTO IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE PARENTS OR BECAUSE YOU LOVE THIS AND THAT. NO!
48. WATCH YOUR CHARACTER. WATCH THE CHARACTER OF THE PERSON YOU ARE POINTING AT AND KNOW WHETHER IT IS BEING FAKED. THERE ARE SOME FAKE CHARACTERS. FAKE!
49. And be very careful about exchange of gifts and unnecessary telephone conversations. Otherwise, the words of a wicked lady or a wicked man can eat your heart away. With telephone, your heart will be eaten away.
50. You think that you have captured something tangible, but you do not know that telephone conversation has adorned an evil woman or an evil man in your heart with empty promises that will never materialize till eternity.
51. No woman will ever tell a man that she is coming to trouble him. No woman will do that. And no man will ever tell a woman, “Come! I will show you fire!” and the woman will come.
52. All of them will pretend to be holy holy angels, but watch as they journey along. Their real colours will begin to come out.
53. The woman will be astonished and the man will also be astonished. Too many things will begin to happen.
54. THAT IS WHY YOU LOOK FOR YOUR CHARACTER AND YOU LOOK FOR YOUR NATURE. IF YOU ARE SPIRITUAL, THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN YOU WILL DIRECT YOU RIGHTLY.
55. IF YOU ARE NOT SPIRITUAL, YOU MUST BE SOCIAL. THE TWO MUST WORK, EITHER THE SPIRITUAL OR THE SOCIAL.
56. BUT WISE PEOPLE GO FOR SPIRITUAL QUALITIES, FOR THERE IS NO WAY SOMEBODY CAN BE SPIRITUALLY SOUND WITHOUT BEING PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY SOUND. DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE?
57. THIS IS SO, TO THE EXTENT THAT IF THE PARENTS ARE TRYING TO LURE HIM OR HER TO DO THE CONTRARY, HE OR SHE WILL SAY NO! TAKE NOTE OF WHAT I AM SAYING.
58. DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THIS FACT THAT SOME FAMILIES THAT HATE YOUR FAMILY CAN SET YOU UP WITH THEIR DAUGHTER TO ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION SO THAT THEY WILL ELIMINATE YOU, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY CAUSE YOUR PARENTS SORROW.
59. THE SAME WAY, THEY CAN SET A TRAP USING THEIR DAUGHTER OR THEIR SON TO PUNISH THE PERSON THEY WANT TO PUNISH AND SILLY ONES WHO TAKE SIDES WITH THEIR PARENTS WILL GO INTO MARRIAGE TO BECAME MURDERERS.
60. TOO MANY HAVE MURDERED THEIR HUSBANDS BECAUSE THEIR MOTHER HATED THEIR HUSBANDS AND THEN, INSTIGATED TROUBLE THAT LED TO THE MURDER OF THAT MAN. THEN, THEY RAN BACK TO THEIR MOTHER, ONLY TO REMARRY. THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THEIR MISSION. SO IT IS.
61. SOME HAVE EVEN TRAPPED SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER, WITH THE FATHER OR THE MOTHER INSPIRING THE SON TO KILL HER, EITHER AS A REVENGE OR TO PUNISH THEM BECAUSE THEY HATE THEM. SO BE VERY CAREFUL.
62. HEAR ME VERY WELL. THE MOST DELICATE INSTITUTION I KNOW THAT IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION HERE ON EARTH REMAINS MARRIAGE.
63. IT IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION AND THE MOST DELICATE. IT IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE, IF NOT PROPERLY HANDLED.
64. IT HAS CAUSED THE DOWNFALL OF MANY AND THE GROWTH OF FEW. THAT IS WHY I REGARD IT AS AN OBLIGATION THAT IS NOT MEANT FOR EVERYBODY I PRAY EVERYDAY THAT GOD WILL EXTEND MY DAY A LITTLE TO SEE AND WATCH OVER MY SONS AS THEY BEGIN TO PICK WIVES WHILE I AM ALIVE.
65. THIS IS BECAUSE, IF THEY BELIEVE THAT I AM THE ALMIGHTY AND THAT I KNOW ALL THINGS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE DIFFICULTY IN PICKING THEIR WIVES.
66. I had no difficulty picking My own. Why? I went to God. I did not go to any man. I never imprisoned Myself to a particular state.
67. I never gave God any specification except one thing. I do not care the place the person is coming from or the colour and any other thing.
68. THE PERSON I NEED IS ONE THAT IS GODLY THAT WILL HELP ME TO RUN THIS RACE YOU ASSIGNED TO ME FAITHFULLY TILL THE END. NO MORE! EVEN IF YOU DO NOT BLESS ME WITH CHILDEN, NO PROBLEM.
69. I know a man, a professor that lived with the wife for 65 years. No matter how they wanted him to adopt a child, he said no! To do this and that, he said no!
70. He said that he would not like anything to tamper with his soul, and that he is very much endeared to his wife, for they have lived together.
71. And he said that he enjoyed the life they lived together without a child than bringing somebody from outside because God made them barren. He said that he would not like to have it.
72. And the day the man died, he was highly celebrated. He was a professor in the University of Nigeria, Ibadan.
73. SO PLEASE, I AM APPEALING TO ALL THAT INTEND TO MARRY TO HUMBLE THEMSELVES AT THE FEET OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
74. REFRAIN FROM RASCALITY. REFRAIN FROM USELESS TELEPHONE CALLS. REFRAIN FROM ADMIRING SOCIAL MEN AND SOCIAL WOMEN.
75. LET YOUR DELIGHT BE ON PEOPLE THAT ARE SPIRITUAL FOR ANYBODY THAT DOES NOT HAVE SPIRITUAL QUALITY HAS NO QUALITY, BE IT A MAN OR A WOMAN.
76. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SPIRITUAL QUALITY, YOU ARE WORTHLESS. YOU ARE A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING MAN; A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING WOMAN.
77. If you are strong in providing food and shelter for the family, and you are not spiritually strong to bring your children to God in a godly way, your strength is from the devil. The man’s strength is from the devil.
78. THE SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF A MAN IS MEASURED BY HIS ABILITY TO BRING HIS ENTIRE FAMILY TO WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
79. So, if My ability is just to provide shelter and provide food, I have done nothing. Heathens do more than that.
80. Is there any offer somebody can give you as a husband or wife greater than helping you to attain eternal life? Is there any?
81. So, if you are talking about childhood friend and no childhood friend, I know that that language came from Onitsha, for that is their greatest achievement, and I know the individuals.
82. QUESTION 5: Sir, what if someone wants to marry you, but the person is not in this Faith [It is Onitsha], how possible can that be? And that is where I find my happiness.
83. I have already answered it. This is another one. It is like the first. This one, I believe was written by a woman, and the other one, a man. The two sat down together and wrote it. What I answered the man is what I answer the woman.
84. Anywhere you see somebody who has the same nature, the same character and the same spirit with you, whether in Assemblies of God, in Iyi-oji, in Amadioha or in the river, go and marry that person, for that is where you are assigned to.
11For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.13Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
Isaiah 8:11 – 13 KJV
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COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM AND BE YE SEPARATE
QUESTION 6: My LORD and Maker. You are eternally blessed My LORD. Without wasting time, may I humbly present my questions.
2. [1] I and my children bear my great grandfather’s name as our surname. The name has grown from a family to almost a compound.
3. From time to time, the relations who bear the name gather in the compound’s family house in the village to review and preview the progress of the relations, that is, the aged fathers, mothers, youth, children etc.
4. The first son of each kitchen or house that makes up the compound is allotted time for which he could sponsor the gathering, that is, providing drinks, native Kola and salads etc.
5. Membership is automatic for everyone that bears the name. Whether you are to attend the gathering in the village or not, all you need to do is to send money for those at home to sponsor the meeting.
6. My question, my LORD, is this: Can anyone in this Faith who bears the name and is the first son sponsor such gathering or not? Can he also attend if he wishes?
7. [2] Can anyone in Christ be a member of a non-governmental organization, especially that which has to do with the protection of human rights?
8. Amen! Two questions are there. Number 1 has to do with membership of family meetings. There is no body that does not come from a family.
9. As long as I live and the Almighty God liveth in it, COME OUT FROM AMONGST THEM AND BE YE SEPARATE, for there is no way you can befriend a leper and avoid his handshake.
10. I know more than you as far as this matter is concerned. It is in My family. I never subscribed to it and will never. They made it compulsory as it has always been the case everywhere.
11. In spite of the compulsory nature, I said no! My wife said no! Both at home and abroad till today.
12. They themselves even decided even to ostracize us in the township, stipulating a stiff penalty for anybody that visits us or shakes our hand.
13. We remained outcasts, but “Incasts” with the LORD Jesus Christ that time.
14. With time, they never wrote me any counter letter, but I started seeing them coming to Me, requesting for one aid or another.
15. They started coming in the night. From night, they started coming in the day, eating and drinking. I was laughing at them. They are heathens.
16. The thing continued. My father became the head of the family. They thought he would now come and carry the thing so that they will be holding the meetings.
17. He told them to bring whatever that formed that family gods and everything, and he set everything ablaze, and remained the only head that never called any meeting until he died. He said, “Go and worship God.” Finish!
18. Then till today, we are not indebted to them and they are not indebted to us. They were the people that ran back to Me. I did not compromise with them. When they saw My point of no compromise, they bowed down.
19. So, to My friend who wrote this, if you have not separated till now, you are a pagan.
20. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS WORSHIPPING GOD IS SEPARATION. YOU CANNOT SIT DOWN ON A CHAIR AND LIFT IT UP. CAN YOU? YOU CANNOT STAY IN AND CONDEMN THE PRACTICES. YOU MUST, FIRST OF ALL, COME OUT. THEN, YOU CAN TALK TO THEN.
21. YOU CAN NEVER BE DOING ALL THOSE THINGS WITH THEM AND BE TELLING THEM, “REPENT OR YOU PERISH.” So, that is what I have to say there. That one is a settled matter.
22. Concerning non-governmental organizations, well, you mentioned the aim as “protection of human rights.” Have you protected your own? What have you to offer in the non-governmental organization.
23. Since it is non-governmental, it is going to be self-sponsored. Government is not sponsoring it. And nobody is sponsoring it. This means that you will put your money together collectively which you will use to run the affairs.
24. We are living in a world which is full of corruption. Simply tell Me that you want to establish something and that you have already established something that does not exist in disguise because of unemployment.
25. This is a job you want to create for yourself. Tell Me that, and I will understand you because there is nobody that is in the Bride of Christ Ministry that has the capacity to establish a non-governmental organization, for he does not have the money to fund the secretariat.
26. How do you intend to fund the secretariat? Non-governmental organization must have a secretariat. It is a MUST. It must have an operating headquarters where all correspondences and visits must be channeled to.
27. If it is an existing one you want to subscribe to, you must be a financial contributor because you can never run it without money.
28. Whether protection of human right or any other thing, you cannot protect human rights without litigations, and you cannot prosecute any case, hiring lawyers without paying them.
29. Even the free Legal Aid Council, that is what they normally say, but you notice it is not free. By the time you fill the forms with money, and then have a case, they will advise you to go and hire a lawyer on a reduced pay.
30. So, I am saying that if you have the capacity to run one, go and run. But I know you do not have it. Rather, you are looking for a means of making money. Thank you!
31. There is one somebody gave Me. We know the person. He is living with us here. He has been living from hand to mouth, but now he is riding a very nice Jeep. He met Me at DMGS [Denis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha]. You can see that magazine upstairs.
32. He said that he launched a non-governmental organization. He launched it at Awka, with different photographs of all politicians inside.
33. He said that he came to My gate, but My gateman did not allow him in. He wanted Me to come and know how much I will give them.
34. I asked him “What is that thing?” He said, “Protection of child labour – NGO.” Chiemelie, you read it for Me here. It is still upstairs.
35. If I show you the man, you know him. He is here. You know him. Now he is riding a Jeep. He is already completing a storey building there with this NGO, for he succeeded in mobilizing both mechanics and people everywhere who carried the advertisement in magazine and things like that.
36. He laminated it and it was very fanciful, and watch the personalities he convinced with their photographs in the magazine. Do you know how much they paid for each photograph?
37. I was asking him, “If I should give you My photograph what is expected of Me?
38. He said that the cost is according to the space. Some spaces were going for two hundred and fifty thousand naira [₦250,000.00], some for one hundred thousand [₦100,000.00], but the highest there is five hundred thousand naira [₦500,000.00].
39. And this is just for placing My photograph in the magazine and writing My little profile. Why would he not make money?
40. Far be it from Me to indulge in that nonsense. You know the person I am talking about. He knows the person I am talking about.
41. So, what am I saying? Let us be careful. The devil is at work among the children of disobedience, roaring about and seeking who to devour.
42. QUESTION 7: Is it possible for the devil to impersonate and put on the express physical similitude or semblance of THE SON OF MAN to appear to Brethren in dreams while He THE SON OF MAN is still on the secret?
43. If Eli had brought out his two sons of Belial to be executed according to the demand of the law, would what happened to Israel and Eli happen?
44. If a servant of God finds himself in the same shoes of Eli in this dispensation of Grace, what will he do?
45. If it is discovered evidently that their mother is solidly behind them, what will the man do? END.
46. I hope we are following this questions. It is our interactive session. To God be the glory.
47. There is no being the devil cannot impersonate. Pay attention there. Even if he uses the face of THE SON OF MAN as revealed to you, his aim is to deceive you.
48. IT IS NOT THE PERSONALITY HE IS PRESENTING, BUT WHERE HE IS DIRECTING YOU TO. DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE?
49. If he is using the face of Prophet William Branham, where is he pointing you to. You said it is impersonation, and that is what it is.
50. Nobody is an impersonator greater than the devil who is the originator of all impersonations.
51. If he could impersonate the LORD Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures, it said, “How dare you think that his angels will not masquerade themselves as angels of righteousness? But by their fruits, you shall know them.”
52. 14And it is no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light; 15So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. [But] their end will correspond with their deeds. [2 Corinthians 11:14 – 15 AMP]
53. 16YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? [Matthew 7:16 KJV]
54. CHRIST IS IDENTIFIED BY HIS CHARACTERISTICS. THE DEVIL ALSO IDENTIFIED BY HIS CHARACTERISTICS. WHEN GOD SPEAKS, THE DEVIL WILL ALSO SPEAK.
55. ONE WILL COUNTER THE OTHER. SO, WHATEVER INSTRUCTION OR ADVICE THAT COUNTERS GOD’S OWN IS FROM THE DEVIL, FOR GOD CAN NEVER COUNTER HIMSELF. DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE?
56. THE DEVIL WILL ALWAYS LEAD YOU TO ERROR, FOR GOD CAN NEVER MISLEAD A PEOPLE, UNLESS THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY MISLED THEMSELVES BY SAYING NO TO GOD. FOR WHICH CAUSE, GOD HANDS THEM OVER TO REPROBATE SPIRIT.
57. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; [Romans 1:28 KJV]
58. So, there are too many impersonating spirits. If you say you have the spirit of Christ, which is the spirit of THE SON OF MAN, your action must be of Christ.
59. IF YOU SAY YOU HAVE IT, AND YOUR ACTION IS NEGATIVE, YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT SPIRIT. YOU HAVE IMPERSONATING SPIRIT. YOU MET A SPIRIT THAT IS LIKE GOD.
60. THE SAME WAY YOU CAN MEET A MAN THAT IS LIKE THE SON OF MAN. THAT PERSON IS NOT THE SON OF MAN.
61. THAT COCOYAM IS LIKE YAM, IS IT YAM? SO, PAY ATTENTION. IF IT IS NOT GOD, IT IS NOT GOD. IF IT IS NOT DEVIL, IT IS NOT DEVIL. IF IT IS LIKE DEVIL, IT IS NOT DEVIL. IF IT IS LIKE GOD, IT IS NOT GOD. SO, YOU MUST BE SURE AND CERTAIN.
62. You see why it is very necessary that you must be personally and practically acquainted with God with a view to knowing Him and His characteristics to avoid deceitful spirits that are at work.
63. If you watch the Bible carriers that call themselves ministers of the Gospel of Christ, among them have appeared at different times false Christs. True or false.
64. False Christs! False Messiahs! Some appeared with magic of different calibres, aiming at deceiving people, but no one appeared with the Word. No one has appeared with any doctrine or teaching that never countered the will of God.
65. 23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very Elect. 25Behold, I have told you before. [Matthew 24:23 – 25 KJV]
66. 15Beware of false prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves. [Matthew 7:15 AMP]
67. WHATEVER THE DEVIL DOES COUNTERS THE WILL OF GOD. SO YOU CAN KNOW THEM BY THEIR MANIFESTATIONS AND BY THEIR CHARACTERS.
68. Concerning Eli and His children, the sons of Eli made themselves vile by not obeying God. They obeyed the devil rather than God.
69. Their father was old and weak. He lacked administrative powers to discipline his children, just like David who never disciplined his son, Absalom and he became vile. (Extremely bad or Digusting)
70. [5]At about that time, David’s son Adonijah (his mother was Haggith) decided to crown himself king in place of his aged father. So he hired chariots and drivers and recruited fifty men to run down the streets before him as royal footmen.
[6]Now his father, King David, had never disciplined him at any time—not so much as by a single scolding! He was a very handsome man and was Absalom’s younger brother. [Living Bible. 1 Kings 1:5 – 6]
71. So, Eli himself was made vile (Extremely bad or Digusting) by his gross neglect and ineptitude. (lack of skoll) He was a powerless priest who could not discipline his children.
72. If he had disciplined them according to the law which he has been operating, he would have rolled away the punishment from his family. But his refusal brought upon him and his generations the wrath of God.
73. TODAY, IF ANYBODY REFUSES TO DISCIPLINE HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD BY MONITORING THEIR BEHAVIOURS, BY TEACHING, BY INSTRUCTING AND CORRECTING THEM, TRULY SPEAKING, THAT FAMLY MUST INCUR THE WRATH OF GOD.
74. If, in a family, the man is doing his best to discipline his children, and he is of the opinion that his wife is the one sponsoring the evil through the children, and the man allows the woman and the children to stay, definitely on the day of God’s visitation, the wrath of God must wipe them off, for the man must do something.
75. The Bible said, let the unbelieving partner depart. The Brother or Sister is not under obligation.
76. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. [1 Corinthians 7:15 KJV]
77. Concerning the evil children, since they are following their mother, wherever their mother is, let them go there. That’s all!
78. Whether the man is free to remarry or not is a matter of his choice. If he feels that he has need of a wife again, he can remarry.
79. But if he will accept My advice, it is better he stays as he is. Period! This is because it is better to stay alone and make heaven than to marry one million wives and go to hell.
80. Bringing out the children to be killed openly as it was in the days of the law [in the days of Eli] is no longer obtainable today.
81. The grace of God that bringeth salvation has appeared to all men teaching us to avoid all ungodly living and live righteously in this present world because God has slated a day in which He is going to judge the whole world in righteousness by THE SON OF MAN.
82. Seeing that the day God is going to exterminate (croipe out) wickedness is coming, nobody has any right to bring that person out and kill him. Leave him until that day, and then, the LORD will determine who is right or wrong.
You know My doctrine on Marriage. You know it is very strict. We do not marry anyhow in this Faith. We are not a denomination. We are not Pentecostals. We do not marry because you are advanced in age or you have money. You can have money but still you are a bomboy. Boys do not marry, but men marry. Girls do not marry, but women marry. That you have money does not qualify you to marry. That you are grey-haired or that your age-grade are married is not a qualification for marriage. You must be mentally developed before you can think of marriage. ….
– THE SON OF MAN –
CHOOSING THE GOOD PATH; [Enugu Meeting] Preached on Friday 30th May
1997 Pg. 102 vs. 79 – 81
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STRIVE EARNESTLY TO ATTAIN GOD’S NATURE
QUESTION 8: My LORD Sir, can my parents’ unbelief, unfaithfulness to the truth, disobedience to the truth and disagreement between each other both physically and spiritually affect we the children’s eternal destinies? OR can it hinder us from being saved at the end?
2. This is a pathetic question. A very pathetic question because the relationship between a man and his wife in marital relationship exerts a great influence on the children, negatively and positively.
3. In this type of family, children that are born in this type of family should be pitied.
4. The only hope for eternal life lies in separation. Deny your father. Deny your mother. Do not take sides with any of them. Take sides with Christ.
5. This is because in the cost of discipleship, anybody that is not ready to deny his father, deny his mother, and deny even his own life, he is not worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
6. If you speak to your parents and they are not listening to you, say bye-bye to them. That’s all!
7. STAY WITH CHRIST. AWAY WITH ALL OF THEM. LIVE AS AN ORPHAN. PERIOD!
8. If you cannot cope with staying in that same family with them, pack away. There must be a family that will be ready to accept you where you will be at liberty to worship God under godly influences.
9. But unfortunately today, how many people are desiring spiritually and physically in sincerity to receive the type of training Samuel received from Eli.
10. If there are people who by revelation are desiring to have a Samuel in their family, there is no way I will make a screen that I need somebody to come here.
11. Parents would have been coming, pleading that one or two or three or four be allowed to stay with THE SON OF MAN and His Family so as to groom them in the requirements of the priesthood; that they may have the hope of eternal life, not only for their sons, but for their family.
12. That is why, by revelation, Bishop Elijah Gaiya of Nasarawa or Zonkwa threw a party rejoicing and is still rejoicing till today that one of his seeds has found her way into THE SON OF MAN’s Family, although it is My extant family.
13. So, if you happen to find yourself in such a condition, where your parents are always in sharp disagreement, even if they are in the Faith yet they are manifesting unbelief, if you are not wise, your eternal life might be jeopardized, for there is no way you can live in that environment with them and manifest godliness. It is impossible. So do the right thing.
14. QUESTION 9: My Creator Sir, please expound my understanding to how I can attain the various spiritual realms, having attained the third, the fourth, fifth and sixth and seventh realm which You made us to know is the final, where the seven radiations of God shall overwhelm. It is the completeness and perfection. It is translation. Thank You for acceptance.
15. TO THIS ONE, THERE IS NO LADDER. THERE IS NO LADDER EXCEPT THE SON OF MAN. I AM THE LADDER. I AM THE DOOR. I AM THE SEVEN STEPS TO PERFECTION. I AM THE STATURE OF THE PERFECT MAN.
16. Your question is simple. My answer is: STRIVE EARNESTLY TO ATTAIN GOD’S NATURE. IT IS YOUR EXPRESS TICKET TO PARADISE. THE MOMENT YOUR NATURE CONFORMS TO THE NATURE OF CHRIST, YOU HAVE ATTAINED THE STATURE OF THE PERFECT MAN. PERIOD!
17. QUESTION 10: Daddy please, it is not in accordance with your teaching for a Brother to marry from outside the Faith of Christ. “Convert and Marry” and even when the Brother has taught the girl our teachings and what we believe, and she is willing to abide, You will still frown at it.
18. Please Daddy, I want to get a clearer knowledge on this issue on both sides. I mean, to a Brother’s side and to a Sister’s side.
19. To a Brother’s side and to a Sister’s side, you can never live a life higher than the teaching you have received. But at any point in time, you may live a life lower than that.
20. And when you lower it, confusion will set into your life. If the teachings of THE SON OF MAN are found in your character so far, you have no problem anymore.
21. By your character, you can identify any woman that has your character. By the spirit that is in operation in you, which determines your behaviour, anywhere you come into contact with one who behaves like you, you must know.
22. Anywhere you come into contact with one who reasons like you, acts like you, you must know. I do not care where you are meeting with that person.
23. If you say you do not know your character, you are telling a lie. If you say that you do not know the spirit that is in operation in you, you are telling a great lie.
24. So, what am I saying? Anywhere you see anybody, man or woman, depending on what you are looking for; wherever you see whoever that meets your needs spiritually and even physically, marry that person as husband; Marry as wife, with Christ as your consideration.
25. But where you have other considerations, they are all everywhere in the society. There is nothing you are looking for in any woman you will not see. There is nothing you are looking for in any man that is not in abundance.
26. If you are looking for wealth, it is there. It you are looking for beauty, it is there. Anything! If you are looking for social or you are looking for spirituality, they are all there.
27. So, the responsibility lies on you to choose according to the desire of your heart, and that will determine your eternal destiny. Thank you.
28. I have come to the end of all the question so far received, and I believe I have answered all of them perfectly well.
29. I want to conclude. Now, the totality of all to Me is a testimony. A testimony of the level of faith that is in the people that asked these questions.
30. If I consider these question from one angle, I will say that there is not even one that has any relevance to eternal life, if not that of marriage.
31. So, the only question that needed attention, which I have exhaustively attended to here is the one that borders on marriage.
32. IF YOU ARE NOT BAPTIZED IN THE TRUTH; IF YOU ARE NOT BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, THAT IS, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH; YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST; YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF DISCERNMENT; YOU ARE NOT A MAN; YOU ARE NOT A WOMAN, YOU SHOULD NOT MENTION MARRIAGE. IT SHOULD NOT EVEN COME INTO YOUR PROGRAMME AT ALL.
33. SO MY ADVICE TO ALL IS TO GO BACK TO THE MARRIAGE MESSAGES BEFORE YOU CAN VENTURE INTO IT, OR MARRY ANYHOW AND DIE ANYHOW. MARRY ANYHOW, DIE ANYHOW.
34. WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICE OF A WIFE, YOU HAVE HELPED ME TO KNOW WHERE YOU BELONG, FOR IT IS YOUR LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO THE RIGHT CHOICE OF A WIFE.
35. Thank you and remain blessed everybody. Shall we bow down our heads as we thank God.