OF GOD’S ARMY Preached OnSaturday, June 16th, 2001At THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD ONITSHA By APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENATHE SON OF MAN “THE SUPREME INTELLIGENCE”“Truth has no substitute”
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GOD IS A MAN!
You see, because of your immaturity, before I could open the Word, your minds have gone somewhere. But the Word is here. The Word will unfold itself.
2. Let Me tell you something about Me. WHAT YOU ARE DESIRING IS NOTHING. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE TRANSLATED BECAUSE OF THE WORD YOU HAVE. I SAY, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE TRANSLATED OR CLOTHED WITH IMMORTALITY BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE WORD YOU HAVE IN YOU. NO, I SAY NO.
3. You are going to be clothed because He wants to clothe you. You are going to be clothed because He (the Son of Man, The Supreme Judge, The Holy One, God en-morphy, blessed be to His Holy Name, Selah) has shown you favour. And the only thing He expects from you is to praise and worship Him, that is all. Nothing gives Him joy more than that. You can pack the whole scriptures in your heart and still perish. That is why you must find out His delight.
4. I want to show you what you are doing. You are fulfilling scriptures. Every step you take, once you are in Me, it must agree with the written Word. Anything you do, once you are in the real body, you are fulfilling scriptures. Are you getting what I am saying?
5. William Branham the prophet said, “When a man of God, sent by God, confirmed by God, vindicated by God appears on the scene, you see scriptures repeating themselves again.
6. “When a man of God appears on the scene, if He has the Spirit of Christ in Him, He will read before you all the scriptures that were written concerning Him.
7. “For Christ will be on earth in thelast days walking in the Church, having love affair with His Church as a human being.But the problem they will have is how to identify Him in a very big population of people. But the word of God will declare who He is. For Christ is identified by His characteristics.”
8. If you know Him by the mark on His palm and leg, you have missed Him one million miles away. If you are among the people that are looking up to the sky, thinking that God’s meaning is of the sky, the Hindus are doing it more than you. Even the Hindus are better than you. For that is the little they know. Every day they watch the sky. I hope there is nobody that is watching the sky in our midst.
9. Do not look at the sky, look at the sparrow.
10. Hebrews chapter 2 verse 11 through 12. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the Church will I sing praise unto thee. KJV.
11. In the midst of what? Church. Will I do what? Sing praise. So, God can sing praise? Yes sir!(Selah) In the midst of the Church. You see the meeting point between God and man. Thus, God can sing praises.
12. No wonder the Bible said in the book of Matthew that when they were assembled together, Jesus led them in a song. They sang a hymn, and they departed. In the midst of the Church will I sing praise. (Amen).
13. For He said, “I WILL DECLARE YOUR (the Father’s) NAME TO MY BRETHREN (believers), IN THE MIDST OF THE WORSHIPPING CONGREGATION…
14. In the midst of the worshipping congregation.
15. I will sing hymns of praise to you.” Amplified.
16. I will do what? Sing hymns of praise to you.
17. Brother Philip and those in the P.A system, do not be dormant there. Recording should not consume much of your time.
18. Hebrews chapter 2 verse 14, Living Bible translation. Since we, God’s children, are human beings…
19. Since we, God’s children are what? Human beings.
20. …—made of flesh and blood—he became flesh and blood too by being born in human form; for only as a human being…
21. For only as what? A human being.
22. …could He die and in dying, break the power of the devil who had the power of death.
23. Halleluiah. (Amen)God is a man. God is a man. Do you believe that God is a Human Being? Yes sir. (Selah).
24. If He does not change, He is the same from everlasting to everlasting. (Selah). If in the beginning He was man, our fathers saw Him as man, in our day, shall we see Him as wind? No sir! Only as a man can He sing praise with His brethren.
25. Only as a man can He lead even in the hymn of praise. In the worshipping congregation, He will be leading in praises.
26. When revelation strikes you, you are no longer the same. How many believe that Jesus Christ was Almighty God? The person looking at Me, Do you really believe it? I thank God for that. I say, I thank God for that.
27. CHRIST IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD REVEALED AS A MAN
Second Timothy chapter 2 verse 8.Don’t ever forget the wonderful fact…
28. Do not forget this wonderful fact,…DO NOT EVER FORGET THIS WONDERFUL FACT, THIS WONDERFUL TRUTH. Fact means truth. It is not ordinary truth, not ordinary fact but wonderful truth.
29. Song: “It is wonderful to know My savior died for Me wonderful, wonderful to know”.
30. His name is wonderful. (Selah). Do not ever forget this wonderful fact…
31. Don’t ever forget the wonderful fact that Jesus Christ was a man…
32. Was what? A man. Did it say, a woman? No sir! A man!A Human Being and the Bible said in Hebrews13:8, that HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER.
33. What is more, He said, “Lo, I will be with the Church even till the end of the world.”
34. Has He forsaken the Church? No sir. My husband is alive. The Church of Christ can never be a widow. THE HUSBAND IS ALIVE! THAT IS WHY THE CHURCH IS SUPER NOURISHED.
35. The Church(the Bride) is looking good every day. Looking pretty beautiful. Because the Husband is always around her, caressing her, furnishing her with the right food,with the ministration of life. Not ministration of death.
36. Let Me tell you, every man must resemble his god. Those that worship idol are like idol. You are the true image of the God you worship. Once you are refreshed, that is the nature of your God. If you are happy, your God is always happy.
37. Watch people that worship idol in ignorance, see how they look like. Very fearful, very violent. If you are living in the yard with them, you will hate Bible. You will hate going to Church. Very violent, very troublesome. No rest in them. It is the image of the God they are worshipping.
38. It is easy for people to worship devil in the name of Christ. People worship Satan in ignorance; worship Satan in the name of Christ. It is difficult to believe but it is truth. We are sure we are worshipping the true God.
39. I want to say few things here.Don’t ever forget the wonderful fact that Jesus Christ was a man,born into King David’s family; and that he was God…
40. And He was what? God. A man was called God. Stop there, stop there, stop there, do not go further.
41. Song: “I am He that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore. Come unto Me all ye nations and be saved, for I am He that liveth and was dead. Let somebody say Amen.”
42. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IT, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. Even if you do not believe it, your unbelief has nothing to do with this truth.
43. You see, when He was declaring this truth to them, they were filled with wrath. And He said to them, “Except you kill Me, you will not recognize that I am He.”
44. Is it not scriptures? When you shall kill the Son of Man, many shall know that I am He. While I am alive, to many, I am not He.
45. A man of God is only recognized and acknowledged as a man of God by God’s people in His day. The rest acknowledge Him to be a man of God after he leaves the scene that is after his death.
46. Jesus was not God to the people of the Jews in His day, there in Middle East. Only His converts saw Him as God. But immediately He left that place, everybody saw Him as God.
47. Now, I want to tell you the problem people are having. They believe recorded past event but they neglect what is happening at the moment before their eyes.
48. It is very easy for people to believe that John the Baptist was Elijah because Jesus said so and it was recorded in the Bible. To some End-Time Believers, they believe that William Branham was John the Baptist, that He was also the very Elijah. In other words, they believe in reincarnation.
49. Now, who reincarnated as Jesus (Christ)? If Elijah the forerunner reincarnated, the person he foreran, where is He? If Elijah went to Heaven, the Bible said Elijah went to Heaven, from Heaven he reincarnated.
50. Jesus went to Heaven, where is He? Did He not tell you, “I will not leave you comfortless; I will come and be with you.A little while, the world will see Me no more, but you will always see Me. Because I live, you shall live also.”
51. He restricted Himself from the world and entered into Heaven. The Bible said thatHeaven will hold Him captive until the restitution of all things. And then He will reveal Himself to the world.
52. That is why Judas asked the question, not Iscariot, “Master, why is it that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
53. He replied, “Unto you it is given to understand the mystery of who God is. Christ is the mystery of God revealed. Where is He revealing Himself? In His Church.
54. Who are privileged to receive that visitation?Those that were predestinated for that purpose even from the foundation of the world. Halleluiah!
55. I know you have earlier believed. I am not here to preach any sermon, rather it is to encourage you to continue in the Faith you have already believed. Amen.
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THE HEAVENLY-COMMANDER OF GOD’S ARMY
Before I go further, I want to introduce to you the Personality(The Heavenly Being, The Supreme Being, The Arch Angel) that is before you. Let us see whether there is anything the Bible said about the Personality (blessed be to His Holy Name, Selah) we are hearing His Voice.
2. Joshua chapter 5 verse 13 -14.As Joshua was sizing up the city of Jericho, a man appeared nearby with a drawn sword.
3. Did it say that a fowl came out? Did it say wind appeared? What came out? A man, a man, a man, a man. Not a woman. A woman does not go to war. A man.
4. Joshua strode over to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”“I am the Commander-in-Chief of the Lord’s army,” he replied.
5. Joshua fell to the ground before him and worshiped him and said, “Give me your commands.”LB.
6. Remember that people thought that it was Joshua that led them to war. While the war raged, Joshua saw a high ranking army man in uniform. If the man was wearing the colour of that of their opponent, he would not have asked him any question.
7. But when they saw that He (The Man) was unique. Joshua looked at the man and saw that he was wearing the uniform of a “General” in the army.
8. Joshua was wearing a uniform of a General, the man was equally wearing that of a General or Field Marshal.
9. Yes, I, the Son of Man, I am the Field Marshal. (Selah).
10. Joshua saw that the man was holding a double-edged sword. He saw that the man was fully equipped. He (Joshua) confronted the man, “Mr. Man, who are you? Are you with us or against us?”
11. The man looked at him and laughed; told Joshua to drop his arms (weapons), and look at him.
12. Joshua said, “Now I know that the Lord of Hosts is indeed a Warrior. I can now see the man that has given us the victory.”
13. “I heard, now I have seen.” That is the testimony of Brother Frank at Aba. A people must call upon their own God. Is that not Bible?
14. ANYWHERE YOU ARE AND YOU ARE BEING THREATENED BY CIRCUMSTANCES OR EVEN HUMAN BEINGS, WHO DO YOU CALL? IS IT NOT GOD? YOU CALL YOUR OWN GOD TO COME AND RESCUE YOU. (Selah).
15. Gideon told his people clearly; “Stop making cases for your God. Stop persuading these their so-called gods. Leave them alone! If they are strong enough, they will defend themselves.”
16. When Pharaoh was trying to ridicule the God of Israel, asking Moses, “Who is this your God that I do not know? Why should I permit you to go to the wilderness to worship your God? Who is this your God?”
17. Moses said, “Ok, you will see My God. Let us go there, there will be cry in your city, even in your own family. You will know that the God I serve is the only One and True God.”
18. KNEEL DOWN SOMEWHERE, JUST MENTION THE NAME OF YOUR GOD, IF HE DOES NOT DELIVER YOU, GO TO CAPTIVITY. BUT HE WILL DELIVER YOU.
19. Thatwas why the three young men of Babylon said, “Oh king, you have changed our name for you have the power to do that, but you can never change our conviction about our God. Let it be known to you, come what may, we will never bow down to this your god. Even if our God will not deliver us, but He will deliver us.”
20. Run to God, incline unto Him, He will never allow you to fall before your enemies. For the scriptures said that God is ready to sacrifice over a million heathens in exchange for His son. Is it not Bible?
21. Jehovah said, “I must sacrifice the lives of the thousands of the heathens in exchange for your life. Why should the heathens rage and the nations imagine vain things?”
22. When you threaten the life of a child of God, you are threatening the life of God. The Bible said that we are the apple of God’s eyes.
23. Thus, when you are pointing at my eyes, you are pointing at God’s eyes. God will take up the challenge immediately.
24. “I know this is not an empty threat, if I leave you like that, you are going to carry it out. I will stop you in your bed tonight, for the report of My son has reached Me and I have investigated that you have a wicked heart. If I allow you to see tomorrow, you will carry it out. So, stay quiet in the grave.”
25. I will read few scriptures that will help you believe what I am saying. You will see that the Man that was in the warfront was no other person than the Lord Himself: The Commander-In-Chief of the Armies of Heaven.
26. If we have Commander-in-Chief, that is the Head of States, He cannot be the Minister Of Defense. He cannot be minister everywhere. He must have ministers. He must have governors. He must have special advisers. He must have ambassadors.
27. You are too junior for this message. Let Me halt it here. Because the government must be upon His shoulder. And He will not rule alone. He will rule with ten thousand of His Saints.
28. Is there any Head of States that has ten thousand rulers around him?
29. God is going to command the greatest rulers around Himself. That is why you do not receive equal glory. There is one glory of the Star, another glory of the Sun, another glory of the Moon. And the age differs from the other. And those that rule people to righteousness shall shine as the Stars of Heaven. Amen.
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THE COMMANDER OF THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN IS HERE AMONG US AS A MAN
We have recognized the man that went to war. And He had the victory. Let us continue with the living Bible; let us know who is here with us today.
2. Psalms 46 verse 7. “The commander of the armies of Heaven is here among us.
3. What? Nobody heard it.
4. The commander of the armies of Heaven is here among us.
5. Who is here with us? You should know the Personality that is in your midst. That is why I told you that the community does not know what is happening.
6. If these people, as seen by this community, will vanish here, there will not be any change in the movement of the people. Obiakpu will remain Obiakpu. It is not even noticeable.
7. Do you think it is easy for people to believe your testimony, that somebody will go out after this meeting and say, “I saw the Commander in chief of the armies of Heaven. He came into our worship and we worshipped with Him”. They can believe that Obasanjo, the Head of State worshipped in the Baptist Church, worshipped in the Grace of God, worshipped in Deeper Life, but to believe that the Head of State will come to this tattered place, despised and rejected place. It will take a despised and rejected head of state to appear here. This is our kingdom. Repeat that place, let us see who He is.
8. The commander of the armies of Heaven is here among usHe, the God of Jacob, has come to rescue us.
9. The Commander in Chief. Now we know the man that is here. Notice what I have said: “Now, we have known the man that is here, if we really believe He is here.”
10. How many believe that Jesus Christ was Lord God Almighty? When He was in the womb of Mary, was He God? So, the world was without God. When He was in the womb, was He controlling the world? Did He appoint anybody to represent Him while He was in the womb? No sir.
11. You will understand what I mean by and by. On the day He resurrected from the dead, the Bible said lots andlots of people that died resurrected with Him and they marched into Jerusalem. Many eyes saw them. What happened to them?
12. Did they die again? Did they vanish away? If they vanished, did they vanish before Jesus or after Jesus? Because Jesus said that nobody has ever been there except He that came down from there:“Nobody has ever ascended unto the Father except He that came down from there.”
13. Those people, where are they? Can you attemptanswering the question?
14. Ok. Is it possible for one believed to be a human being to have handshake with his relation that died maybe two, three years ago, and he will be coming here, yet resurrection has not taken place? I say, the man’s grave is here with us, resurrection has not taken place, and the man is being seen walking about. Is it possible? Has it happened?
15. Then, what can we say about the loved ones that died? How do you think this resurrection would take place? Because you are having imaginary picture of resurrection, when those that died and were buried will come out.
16. Do you know how many people that have been buried here, I mean here, where we are standing now? Do you think nobody has been buried here? Do you know when this land here started existing? Do you know how many people that have lived here before your fathers inherited it?
17. What am I trying to say? If you are waiting for a day where you will be seeing open tombs here and there, you have missed it all. What of those that were not buried, I mean, those that have no graves?
18. What of those that were eaten by human beings? What of those that were set ablaze?
19. I know you are expecting Me to preach a message. I am here to arouse rapturing consciousness in you. You have already believed that God sent Me. You have heard much of My messages. You have all of them. I have nothing to tell you than to say that you should continue in the message you have received, knowing the manner of Person who gave you the message.
20. You know the source of the message; My duty is to encourage you to continue there. That is why I am here. There is no other reason why. But if you are expecting a great sermon, you will be disappointed.
21. But I will raise things that will help you believe that you do not know God, but God knows you. Can you attempt that question? Amen.
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WE HAVE AN ALTAR (A PERSONALITY)
William Branham in His message said, “Souls at the Altar”. Who and who constitute those souls? Which altar? Do you know we have an Altar?
2. Yes, that Altar is the only altar God knows and I believe My soul is there, your soul is there. Is that scripture? Let us search for it.
3. Hebrews chapter 13 verse 10: “We have an altar…
4. We have what? We have an Altar. When William Branham is saying, “Souls at the Altar”, you know what the Bible calls altar. Altar is not the place everybody runs to. Altar is something. It is more than this platform.
5. We have an Altar, that is, Somebody, a Personality (a Divine Being). We do not have altars. Only AnAltar. The same way we have a Mercy Seat. One Mercy Seat. We have an Altar.
6. We have an altar—the cross where Christ was sacrificed—where those who continue to seek salvation by obeying Jewish laws can never be helped…
7. Have you now seen that if I never appeared, William Branham is lost? If God never sent Me, William Branham is lost. Because they are all going to be made perfect by Me. without Me they are not perfect. They all died with little light they received.
8. While he liveth, he was looking for salvation by continuing to obey Jewish laws. Check all that he raised.Are they not holding unto Jewish tradition? Are they not holding unto the Ten Commandments of Moses?
9. Go to the End Time, his products, you will see it. They are holding it thinking that there is salvation there. And that is what they received from their prophet.
10. But now, look at the Altar (The Son of Man). You see the True Altar? Let Me tell you what I mean. There is a place we crosscheck all these things.
11. Isaiah chapter 8 verse 20.To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.KJV.
12. Another translation.“Check these witches’ words against the Word of God!”
13. Check these witches’ words.
14. …“If their messages are different than mine, it is because I have not sent them; for they have no light or truth in them. LB.
15. They have no light or truth in them. Have you now seen that apart from this Bride Ministry, every other message on earth is message from witches? For there is no one that you can measure with the Word and it will agree.
16. Every half-truth is a lie. Hence, whosoever that has a teaching that is not in line with the Word, that teaching is from witches. The man that is teaching is either a witch or a wizard. Now, you can number how many witches and wizards we have.
17. Now, it is these same witches and wizards that will preach against witches and wizards. “You witches and wizards, I tie you, I cast you into hell!” Yet witches and wizards will be going about.
18. Can you use evil spirit to fight evil spirit? A kingdom can never be divided against itself. Thus, when you leave this place (the Bride Ministry), you enter into witches’ congregation. That is why, when you leave here, you will find yourself in the congregation of the dead. No pleading there.
19. But while you are here, your leaves are refreshed every day. Because you are in the only place God has chosen and placed His Name. That is all! And His eyes are always upon the Church. I say, His Church. Not yourChurch, not My Church, but His Church. His Church. Selah.
20. Apart from this place (the Bride Ministry, The True Church), every other place is either “my Church, our Church, their Church”.
21. Check, aside this place, there is no denomination that has no owner. Our own has one that owns it. We know who He is, and that is why we are always happy here. Amen.
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THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE LORD’S ARMY
Now, this Commander-In-Chief of the Lord’s Army, Who has revealed Himself among us; whether He is in the womb or in the grave, anywhere, His glory covers the whole earth. He is Omnipresent.
2. Whether He is a human being or not, you must acknowledge His omnipresence. That is where many people die. The omnipresence of God normally creates suspicion in the hearts of the make-believers: “Sir, they cannot understand you.”
3. How I wish Brother Ben will improve. He can speak in their language.
4. I say, the omnipresence of God is what creates suspicion in the hearts of hypocrites in the Church. Who is a hypocrite? It is one that says he believes with his lips but in action he denies what he believes. That is a hypocrite.
5. When we say that God is omnipresent, we mean that wherever we are, He is there. Even if we dig grave and enter there, He is there. That is what we mean.
6. Hear Me very well. If He is omnipresent, it will take a real seed of God by revelation to adjust himself. If he does not do so, he will be suspecting his fellow brothers and sisters.
7. What am I trying to say? From time to time, you will hear discussion you held in your room even with your wife alone, you discuss in the night, in the morning, you go to the Sanctuary of the Lord, you hear what you discussed, you will start suspecting your wife. The wife will start suspecting the husband.
8. If you had discussed with a brother or a sister somewhere, before you know it, you come to the Sanctuary of the Lord, you will hear exactly word-for-word what you discussed.
9. And then, if you are not a seed of God, you will lose confidence in your brother who you discussed that thing with. Satan will tempt your heart into saying, “There is no way the Son of Man can just rehearse all these things, he must have told Him either in writing or telephoned Him. After all, we discussed this thing at Aba”.
10. Then, you will start suspecting those that travelled from Aba to Onitsha within the week. This thing must have been discussed in one way or the other. It is a sure sign that you do not believe that He is Omnipresent.
11. IT IS THIS OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD THAT HELPS THE CHILDREN OF GOD TO HAVE REVERENTIAL FEAR OF GOD. When I know that wherever I am, God is there, there is an all-seeing eye watching me.
12. This Commander-In-Chief of the Lord’s Army, when Joshua left for that battle, did He come out before Joshua and said, “I will go with you?” No.
13. But He just commanded Joshua on what to do and said, “Fear not, the Lord of Hosts is with you to give you victory. Go, I will go with you.”
14. Joshua went, expecting that He will come spiritually, but fortunately, he saw a man. He saw a man. How did He manage to be there? Now, we go to scriptures again.
15. Nehemiah chapter 9 verse 12 through 13. KJV.“Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
16. Thou camest down also upon Mount Sinai, and spakest with them from Heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: KJV.
17. God came down upon Mount Sinai, He spoke to them from Heaven. That somebody is on Earth and his voice was heard from Heaven. And this is where those that have died have died.
18. “Since you said that Jesus was Almighty God, how was He on earth and a voice was heard from Heaven saying, “This is My well beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him”.
19. WHO WAS THE ONE SPEAKING? THEY NEVER KNEW THAT HE THAT WAS STANDING SAID IT WITHIN AND IT WAS HEARD FROM ON HIGH.
20. For He is the Controller of Heavens and Earth. He came down from Mount Sinai, they saw Him. Remember they ate with Him there, they discussed with Him there.
21. The Bible said that the seventy elders of Israel ate and drank with Him at Mount Sinai and nobody died. And this was happening at a time when they were thinking that no man could see God and live. The Bible said so that no man will see God and live.
22. However, eyes saw God and remained alive. Is that not Bible? Even the people that were told,“No eyes will see God and live,” they were the people that saw God beginning with that same Moses. Yet God does not change.
23. If God does not come to help you, you will hold the letters (Bible) and go to hell.
24. The letter killeth. No man can understand the truth in the word of God until the Son of Man comes His way. For He is the Spirit of Truth (the Perfect Guide) that will guide you into the knowledge of all truths.
25. God standing on the mountain, everybody watching Him there. He did not shout. While He was standing, clear voice came from on high, people heard it.
26. This is the Commander-In-Chief of the Lord’s Army that is here. That is why about 1994, during one of our meetings, before many witnesses, we had something that took place, aSupernatural Pillar of Light in the night and quenched electricity, stopped the P.A system, people fell flat on the ground.
27. It was hanging, almost four feet by height.While they were beholding, a Voice roared from on high, “Thus, it behoveth the Son of Man to fulfill all righteousness”.
28. Some said they heard something like thunder blast, some said they heard gunshot, some heard the message. I was there. Brother Ben was equally there. We are no longer kids.
29. That is why when Joshua wanted to go away, he warned the people of Israel to be very, very careful, that they do not abandon their God and go into idolatry.
30. One of the elders stood up and said, “Joshua, hear us, I am representing all of them. As long as we are alive, we elders that saw God and His glory,if at all it will happen, it will not happen in our day until the last elder who saw your glory, your splendor dies. Israel will only go into idolatry when the last elder dies. If there remains one who saw your glory and your splendor, as long as he is alive, it will not happen.”
31. It pays to be an eye witness. But blessed is he that seeth not yet he believeth. You believeth the testimonies of your brethren, for no lie is of the truth.
32. As at that time, nobody knew who the Son of Man was. There was nothing called “the Son of Man,” nothing! It was not even imagined. You know we had a prophecy that time, “Why are you despising the Son of Man in your day? Don’t you fear God?”
33. We never knew who the Son of Man was. I thank God we have not followed cunningly devised fables. Amen.
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THE MAN (PERSONALITY) WHOM WE ARE HAVING DEALINGS WITH IS EVERYWHERE
Now, we want to know how this God works. It will help us. So that whatever comes your way, you do not suspect your Brother or your Sister, lest you commit presumptuous sin.
2. When David was praying, he said,“God, save me from committing presumption sin.”
3. You look at your brother, you look at your sister, you presume he is responsible for your trouble. No. you have presumed wrongly. Although you are wrong innocently like that, yet your soul is guilty. Your soul remains guilty until you make it right.
4. We want to look at God again. THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD MAKES US TO HAVE REFERENTIAL FEAR OF HIM.
5. Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 23 through 24.“I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only.
6. I am what? A God. I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only. How many believe this? If God is not everywhere, He is not omnipresent.
7. When I know that God is everywhere, there is no place I can think I will run and hide myself from Him. Anybody thinking that he can hide from Him is deluded and has deceived himself. He has even overthrown his dynasty.
8. I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only. No one can hide where I cannot see them. Do you not know that I am everywhere in Heaven and on earth? GNB.
9. Living Bible translation. Am I a God who is only in one place and cannot see what they are doing? Can anyone hide from me? Am I not everywhere in all of Heaven and earth?LB.
10. Am I not everywhere in all of Heaven and earth? God is in Heaven and in earth at the same time. Please, meditate on these things. I say, meditate on these things.
11. That is why at times, He deals with us according to the level of our infirmities. He knows everything about us. He knows our weaknesses. If He should descend on us in His might, in His fury, we shall melt.
12. Believing God means believing His word. Believing His anointed servant. That God is even in your bedroom. When you have this revelation, you will appear perfect before God. Because once you open your mouth, He heareth.
13. Even the thoughts of your heart, He monitors. There is no word in your mouth which He does not know. Even if you do not utter it, He will even compel you to speak and free yourself. I have nothing to do with mortal flesh for I cannot contend with flesh. Speak it and free yourself.
14. You see, there is one of the Epistles that said something, that the way people conduct themselves, one can interpret it to mean, that they think they can drag God to court and win God there. Then, you flex your muscles, you come face-to-face before God. And you have the mouth even to utter out a word, so that God will be declared guilty and then you will be justified.
15. You have killed yourself, you have published your obituary, you have attended your funeral service. Who has ever done that and succeeded? Tell Me. Who?
16. The best question and your answer in your sight is the most foolish in the sight of God. I said, the most reasonable question in your sight, in your heart, the most intelligent, the craftiest, it is the most foolish in the sight of God.
17. The wisest man on earth is the most foolish man before God. I am saying, a PhD (Doctor of philosophy) holder in academics, a doctorate degree holder in academics is an illiterate before God.
18. A specialist in his own field is a nonentity, a novice in that field before God. That is why as many as knew Him by revelation told Him clearly, “Now we know that thou art God and have no need that any man should teach you. For now, we are sure that you know all things.”
19. The only person that knows all things is God;the only person that has no counselor, nobody has ever counseled Him. Check the Bible, who has ever been His counselor? He takes counsel from nobody. He does everything after the counsel of His own will. And He does that which seemeth right in His own eyes, not in your own eyes.
20. FOR YOUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS IS GOD’S UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, AND GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS IS YOUR OWN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. MAYBE YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT GOD MOVES TO THE RIGHT WHILE YOU MOVE TO THE LEFT. IT IS WHEN HE WANTS TO SAVE YOU THAT HE BRINGS YOU FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT.
21. There is no man that walks in the right way. That is why when the psalmist noticed it, he said, “God, You have known me, You have known everything about me and it is not in the hand of man to direct his ways. Come and guide me”.
22. Let us accept this truth. The man whom we are having dealings with is everywhere. If He is not everywhere, how did He severe Obiakpu all the way from Onitsha and told you all you must experience here starting from accommodation, feeding, water, everything; and prepared you. Even your transport problem, Henarrated everything ahead of time, contrary to the impression you were given concerning this place.
23. Because He was told that the place is located along PortHarcourt Road, you will just board a bus at Upper Iweka, it will take you to the Local Government Headquarters and stop you. I knew it was not the truth.
24. When I searched the earth, I located Obiakpu. I saw there, I said “No, look at what you have to do. Please, walk with Me, let us arrange for it. We will be there by and by.”
25. There is nothing we shall encounter which we never knew. Even your water scarcity. That is why we feel comfortable wherever we go.
26. 2 Chronicles 16 verse 9. “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,…
27. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth. The first day I handled this message was the day I commissioned the Church at Ohuba, and it is contained in the message “The God your Bible reveals”.
28. Nobody goes into error until he forgets the doctrines he has received. I know that this message has fizzled out of the hearts of many. Why? Wine, women, song,… Brother Ben is laboring day and night because he has nobody to substitute him from it.
29. Brother Leo is around. Why is he dodging? Maybe he wants to smoke Indian hemp. I will even want him to smoke it in my presence or else he is a hypocrite. If he does not want to smoke it in My presence, he should forget about it. If he is a child of God, he should come before Me, wrap it and smoke it. I want to see him saying “Hey men! Hey men!’”
30. Now he has purchased a motorcycle, I can see the keys here. After smoking Indian hemp, please, donot go to the highway for we do not have money to buy your casket. We do not have the money, unless you want to be a state corpse.
31. Brother Leo, get ready to relieve Brother Ben. For your people said that Indian hemp gives strength. Hence, with Indian hemp and kaikai, you have enough strength now. Come and use the strength and establish the word. Good! Combine it with Holy Spirit. Let the whole thing push you about. I said, let the whole thing push you about.
32. I do not know whether the story is correct. Somebody was testifying somewhere.He said, “Now, he has understood how ministers behave in their Churches”.
33. A young man in a Pentecostal Church here in Onitsha went and took his normal Indian hemp and then took some bottles of something.
34. Unfortunately, he became very hungry.He ate a plate of rice with stew, he was staggering and came to the pulpit, and he was sharing his false testimonies on how the Holy Ghost will open doors for people.
35. Before they knew it, he told them, “It is too much on me! It is too much on me! I can see, I can see, I can see it”. Before they knew it, the thing pushed him and pushed him, they thought that he was just pushed by the Holy Ghost.
36. While he wanted to kneel down, he opened his mouth and vomited everything. Holy Ghost has caused him to vomit. The stenchof wine and Indian Hemp, everything mixed up and filled the whole hall. If you were there, what would you do?
37. So, they were watching the man, in his suit, he was rolling on the thing. Some wanted to hold him, he started answering unknown call. He was answering unknown call.
38. Brother Leo, I am saying all these things because of you.Is your wife here? (Yes Sir). Madam, where are you! Stay there.Has he stopped it? Are you sure?
39. It is a lie. You think I will punish him, and you think he will punish you when you get home. The man never stop am, finish. He dey take am small, small. He dey take am but not too much. Not as before. So, he deytake am now in the Holy Ghost. But if you say he no dey take am, na lie. He sabi say he dey take am small, small.
40. The people from this area will not run away from Indian hemp until they drive away ADA-Palm from this place. As long as ADA-Palm is here, the thing must remain here. Because they hide under the protective cover of palm tree. Even their women take it. Do not worry, I will tell you things that follow that thing.
41. IF YOU WANT TO DESTROY YOURSELF, IT IS IN YOUR HAND. GOD CANNOT DESTROY YOU, YOU WILL DESTROY YOURSELF. I AM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH I KNOW IN CHRIST. GOD WILL NOT STOP YOUR JOURNEY TO ETERNITY. I MEAN THE ETERNITY IN HEAVEN.
42. WHEN I SAY HEAVEN, I MEAN PARADISE. THAT IS THE PLACE OF REST MEANT FOR GOD’S PEOPLE. GOD WILL NOT STOP YOUR JOURNEY; YOU ARE THE ONE THAT WILL STOP YOUR JOURNEY. I SAID, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT WILL STOP YOUR JOURNEY.YOU CAN STOP IT IGNORANTLY. YOU CAN USE PLAY, PLAY, PLAY AND STOP IT.
43. THIS FAITH IS A DELICATE FAITH. IT IS A FAITH WHERE YOUR JOURNEY WILL STOP AND YET YOU REMAIN IN THE CHURCH. I AM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH I KNOW ABOUT THIS FAITH.
44. AFTER ALL, YOU HAVE NEVER GONE THIS WAY BEFORE. DO YOU KNOW THEY WERE IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS; GOD CAME AND SAID, “WITH MANY OF YOU, I AM NOT PLEASED”.
45. THOSE PEOPLE THAT GOD WAS NOT PLEASED WITH, WERE THEY NOT IN THE CONGREGATION? IT IS NOT STAYING IN THE CONGREGATION THAT MATTERS, BUT MAKE SURE THAT GOD IS PLEASED WITH YOU. IF GOD IS NOT PLEASED WITH YOU, FIND OUT WHY. DO NOT RESIGN YOUR FATE TO NATURE. Amen.
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DESPISE GOD’S WORD AND FIND YOURSELF IN TROUBLE
The eyes of the Lord run to and fro all over the earth.
2. 2 Chronicles 16:9,For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
3. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. KJV.
4. The essence of the eyes of the Lord running to and fro is to help His people. But as many as refused instruction, he said, from that time, “You will have trouble.”
5. For the eyes of the Lord search back and forth across the whole earth, looking for people whose hearts are perfect toward him, so that he can show his great power in helping them.
6. So that He can show His great power in helping them. Who do you think He will help? He is helping those whose hearts are perfect towards God. They have no wrinkle, no blemish. WHEN YOUR HEART IS RIGHT, GOD WILL HELP YOU.
7. THERE IS NO OBSTACLE GOD WILL NOT REMOVE FROM YOU. BUT IF YOUR HEART IS NOT RIGHT, DO NOT RELAX. FIND OUT WHY. GO AND SETTLE IT IMMEDIATELY. THEN YOU START RECEIVING GOD’S HELPING HAND. ONCE YOU ARE STILL BREATHING, YOU CAN REMEDY IT.
8. Unless pride which is Satan’s instrument in weakening a child of God;unless there is pride in your heart. And you say, “Well, whatever I see, let me take it”. You will die like Eli the High Priest who God proclaimed doom. Instead of saying God, please I repent.
9. Rather he said, “You are God, do whatever you want”. And God did it, Heaven did not fall. Where is he today? He is completely banished from the presence of God till eternity. Till eternity. Because as many as died under the law shall be judged with the law.
10. As many that died without the law shall be judged without the law. After all, there is no law greater than your conscience. Yet, your conscience cannot be your guide.
11. Your Guide is He that is talking to you. You are going to be judged according to My gospel. I said, all of you will be judged according to My Gospel.
12. If you say you believe in Me, then you will be judged by what I have taught you. For He that has taught us has the right to blame us. He can punish us at any time if we fail.
13. What am I saying? IF YOUR HEART IS RIGHT WITH GOD, HE WILL HELP YOU. BUT WHEN YOU NEGLECT GOD, YOU HAVE DONE FOOLISHLY. AND FROM THAT TIME, TROUBLES AND WARS WILL BESIEGE YOU.
14. And that will lead Me to Proverbs chapter 13 from verse 13 through 14. Living Bible.“Despise God’s Word and find yourself in trouble.
15. If you despise God’s word, you find yourself in trouble. Is it true? Despise the word of God, you find yourself in trouble. Maybe the word of God you know is the one written in the Bible.
16. The word of God is what you are hearing every day. Because God in sundry times and in diverse ways spoke to us using prophets. But in these last days, He speaks to us directly through His own Son Who He has appointed heir of all things.
17. And the Bible asked a question, “Who is this very Son of Man that you are very mindful of Him. That you have committed into His hand all that make You God?
18. Do you not know that God judgeth no man, but He has committed judgment into the hand of HisSon for He is the Son of Man. Yes! Despise God’s word, you find yourself in trouble.
19. Let Me tell you, you can never believe this until it has happened to you. As many as have despised God’s word at one time or the other, they are sure where it landed them.
20. If you want to learn a lesson, go to the ants. I believe there are many that have suffered what we are reading now. To some people here, it is mere letter in the Bible.
21. To many here, it has become an experience. Despise God’s word, you find yourself in trouble.
22. Despise God’s Word and find yourself in trouble.Obey it and succeed.The advice of a wise man refreshes like water from a mountain spring.
23. Advice from who? Advice from a wise man, not a foolish man. Not a wise man in the things of the world. When you receive advice from a wise man of God, it nourishes you like somebody that is being nourished at the sea shore.
24. It will refresh you because it is Godly counsel. It refreshes the heart, it renews, it encourages, it builds strength. Advice from a wise man.
25. Those accepting it become aware of the pitfalls on ahead.
26. As many as accept the advice from a wise man, they see pitfalls ahead. They see danger; they see defeat ahead, because they have received the counsel of a wise man.
27. But as many as reject it, they will be blind. They will never notice the future until they enter into it.
28. Even if you warn them, “Do not go that way. Do not go that way” like mumu,you will enter into the trouble. It is only then that their senses will be correct, and they will realize all they were taught before the incident.
29. Then, they will be shouting, “Had I known. I have become the architect of my own woe. If I had paid attention, I would not have fallen into this ditch.” Amen. You know once you are building a house, it takes you time. But to destroy a house is very easy. Do you know that?
30. Hear Me very well. It is more difficult to stand up than to fall down. Or put it this way. It is easier to fall down than to stand up. For you to stand up, you have to conquer gravitational pull, the contrary forces. There are forces acting on you because you are at the base already.
31. For you to come up, you have to conquer forces that are pressing on you. And then, you stand up. Standing up means conquering gravitational pull.
32. I am saying this. Throw an object to the sky, watch the speed by which it gets to the height.Then drop that object from that height, it comes down faster because it is responding to the call of gravitational pull.
33. To climb a tree will take you an hour, but if you want to come down from that tree, less than two seconds, you are on the ground. That is why the Bible warned us, “He that thinketh he standeth, should be very careful lest he fall. Because when you fall down, it is not easy to rise up.”
34. I know a righteous man can fall down ten times and still get up ten times. But go and ask him the rigors he passed through.
35. When you fail in a class, your classmates are promoted and you are left there, more brilliant students will come there, even those you punished, they will meet you there. If you are not careful, they will displace you again.
36. What will cause it? The shame, the radicle which you will face, because you are in the same class with your junior students. You are starting all over.
37. If you are not careful, you may not even go beyond that class again. You will be running down there until you go to your parents and say, “I am tired of staying in this school. I better go and learn one thing”. That is the end of school.
38. Some will even say, “Well, I will go out. Let me go out. I will be sitting as external candidate. If you could not make it when you were a regular student in the classroom and were being helped by your teacher and fellow students every day in the class, how do you think you can make it from outside?
39. If you are not attaining perfection in the Church where you are hearing the word of God, being nurtured by the fivefold, how do you think you can make it when you are outside the Church and then, you are your own fivefold minister, you are your teacher, your Apostle, your Evangelist, your all and all? Is it possible?
40. I am trying to help you, so that you do not play with the place where He has placed you. For if you dare play with it, you have endangered your success. That is why St. Paul warned his disciples saying, “Be very careful that nobody takes away your crown”. If there is no danger ahead, there will be no need for warning.
41. Jesus the Christ said to His converts that if they were not careful, that they would be watching even there, people would come from the East and West who were not promised the kingdom, they would come and take their place. Those that are bid for the kingdom will be cast away. Is it scripture?
42. Do not say, “Once I know I am for the kingdom, I am for the kingdom”. It is a lie. Have I not been telling you, I can save the heathen without (outside)!
43. On this note, I say remain in your sanctified estate, remain blessed in Him eternally. Amen.