PREACHED ON SUNDAY, 6TH APRIL 2020 32nd Anniversary of The Son of Man’s Marriage @ THE BRIDAL LODGE, NSUGBE ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN THE AGELESS BEING
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COVET NOT THIS WORLD’S VAIN RICHES
A Sister was clamoring to vie for a celebrated position because she feels she is qualified. And really, academically, she is qualified to hold that office. She is even over qualified. She started campaigning for it.
2. The first step she took landed her in the offices that God hates. Vying for that position started exposing her to dangerous men and women which God cannot permit us to have dealings with.
3. Can you now imagine? God’s enemies now volunteering to be helping her. Immediately the Spirit of truth arrested her, fear gripped her that danger was lurking, for she was vying for a political office that is not meant for children of God.
4. She called Me, but before then, she hid it away from Me. When she called, she tried to explain herself to me. Then I said, “I heard it long ago. And I have been watching. Have you wondered why, when you sat down in that office with that man there and whoever that led you there, it was that time that My phone call came to no other person than the person who led you there?” He shouted, “Daddy!”
5. I said, “Where are you? Who is there with you?” He chilled. [Bro] Promise, you were there that day. Oh, you were there also.
6. He chilled. “Daddy, I am in 82 Division Headquarters, Enugu.”I demanded, “With who?” He said, “I am here with Sister.”
7. I also demanded to know, “Which sister? Who invited you?” He said, “Daddy, I am sorry. I am sorry.”I then asked, “Is she there with you? I have finished with you. Thank you.”
8. Sister heard it, ran home and called immediately. I said, “Well, now you want to know the Will of God. I am going to reveal the will of God because of love. Your love for the family of God where you belong to, your love for Me and My family, your love for the Faith of Christ.”
9. I told her, “Besides it, I would have hardened My heart. That is why I am revealing it to you. I would have given you your heart’s desire. You have been campaigning secretly, thinking that I knew it not. I never took it serious until you got there.”
10. I went further, “Now, I decided to tell you that I am always with you. Bothyourself and the person who took you there, all of you are guilty. You want to know the mind of God? Give Me 24 hours and I will give you a remedy.”
11. Precisely 24 hours, I called, “Do you want to know the mind of God?” She said, “Daddy, at Thy Word.” I said, “Okay. Pay attention. Steer clear from vying for that office. Steer clear from everything that is associated with that office in ESUT, and even in other places.
12. Otherwise, you will go where your husband went to. What killed your husband will kill you. I am stopping you because I do not want you to go the way of your husband. There is no way you can continue without dying. Vie for it and they will kill you. You will be an easy prey in their hands.”
13. She shouted, “Praise the Lord! Daddy it has been revealed to me. My heart has been battling that I have not heard from God. I do not know the mind of God and this thing has been ringing bell in my heart that this office I am vying for has taken the heads of too many people. It is a dangerous and delicate office to compete for.”
14. I said, “Do you know the people you are going to compete with? Diabolic people who can go to all lengths to get rid of their opponents. It is an office that may even take you to Aso Rock and take you to all the Governors. There is nowhere it will not take you to,including places, offices of sin, celebrated places of sin.
15. So you are no longer satisfied with the office God has given to you? What is in that office you have not seen? Were you not a Head of Department (HOD)? Were you not a Dean?
16. Only one remaineth. And that is the VC. When you were the Dean, you were also the DVC, holding two offices at a time for two tenures, and you were not satisfied? Well, “It is eat and die.”
17. I closed My mouth. The following day, she wrote elaborately to Me, thanking and appreciating what God did with her thanksgiving, which she supported with her one-month salary in appreciation to God.
18. I am making it public because I do not know who is somewhere desiring such devilish positions. A position that has become worthless. What made it worthless? God is not there. There is no iota of godliness in that position.
19. SO WE BETTER BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE DESIRES OF OUR HEARTS. THE DEVIL MAKES SIN AND SIN-PLACES LOOK VERY LIGHT AND VERY ROSY.
20. What will you earn in return? I am the Vice-Chancellor. After that, you become the Vice-Chancellor in hellfire. What does it profit a man, a woman, if you will gain the whole world and lose your soul? [Mark 8:36]
21. I have exposed this matter in this Message, THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, to enable her make her choice, and any other person, and to convince all tom, dick and harry, and everybody in this Faith, that THE SON OF MAN has never compromised with anybody. I have remained strict and faithful to My calling.
22. And if I never made it open and public, those who knew about that secret thing they were doing might not know that I was the One that caught them red-handed. They were hiding it away from Me.
23. The same way I upbraided her, “When you were working with Brother John Onyia, he helped you to purchase a bus, Volkswagen bus, for the school without My consent. Two of you hid it away from Me until trouble ensued.”
24. The vehicle engine knocked. Then the two of you went and used Police to arrest somebody from Onitsha where I am living without telling Me. And the man was justified. You lost your case with the man who bought the engine.
25. You paid him, whether the engine was functional or not. And many things happened that time for which cause she refunded the money that was used to purchase the vehicle. And Brother John tendered apology.
26. That was why I warned My son, Wisdom, “Your name is Wisdom. No matter how friendly you are with Brother John, watch Brother John from the Message, from the teachings and doctrines. Anywhere you see him veering off, do not ever subscribe to it.”
27. OVER-EXPOSURE TO SOCIAL LIFE; OVER-EXPOSURE TO BUSINESS LIFE WILL LEAD YOU ASTRAY. BE OVER-EXPOSED TO THE THINGS OF GOD, AND NOT WORLDLY THINGS THAT WILL OFFER YOU TEMPORARY MATERIAL COMFORT BUT CANNOT GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE.
28. There is something in following somebody, in learning a business from somebody. If you are not spiritual, you may be influenced to go the wrong way.
29. Moreso, when the person is a celebrated Elder. That does not make him to be a ticket holder to Paradise, for God does not save a man because of the office he occupies.
30. After all, Judas occupied an office. True or false? Hymenaeus, Philetus and Alexander, were they not Apostles? What of Barnabas? What of John Mark? What of Diotrephes? Am I making sense at all?
31. What can you say in the Old Testament? Their litany is endless.
32. That is why, when you want to follow any human being or associate with a human being, whatever position he occupies notwithstanding, use the eyes of the Scriptures, for without the eyes of the Holy Scriptures, you can hardly notice when an Elder has gone astray.
33. That is why I love his testimony at this closing hour. He has been praising God. He sat down for the first time with his family, quarantined himself with the Word of God. And now, his confession is changing for the better. No business again. No running around again.
34. He confines himself at home, listening to the Word. Something he could not do before. He could stay in the house now, listening to the Message from morning till night. Something he could not do before; for doing it means preventing him from business contacts.
35. Where will the business lead us to? Where will the money lead us to? Money is the root of all evils. That is if you go after money at the expense of your soul; meaning going after money to the disregard of God’s teachings.
36. It lands you into hellfire where your money cannot save you. Your motor cannot redeem your soul. When death strikes, will your money save you?
37. Let us be very careful. I have observed these cases, knowing that I will judge them in the flesh, for if I do not judge these two cases, it then means the cases will follow them to judgment throne where they will lose eternal life and go to hell.
38. And then they might be labelling Me a wicked man when I am not wicked, for I have been pointing them to the truth. Now, by making it public, I have washed off My Hands.
39. THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – INTRODUCTION; Preached on 8th January 2017;Page 53 from verse 21.
40. 21COVET NOT THIS WORLD’S VAIN RICHES WHICH WILL EVER DECAY. What? COVET NOT THIS WORLD’S VAIN RICHES WHICH WILL EVER DECAY. You mean it?
41. The greatest mansion must go into ashes whether we like it or not. Somebody might be thinking that I read this Message.
42. You know I can never deceive you. I can never tell lies. I ordered that I would like to handle this Truth. They were brought to Me last night around 9o’clock, only for Me to instruct Wisdom to go and put one in circulation, THE BACKGROUND for consideration by every Elect worldwide.
43. And then, as for Me and My family, I will know where I will start. And I started where the topic was written this morning with our Evangelist here. I saw the topic. I folded it and said that we would start from there in the INTRODUCTION.
44. Then while paying attention to what is happening, the anointing now rested on Me where God was extoling Me and at the same time, admonishing Me that HE is keeping watch over Me 24 hours and that I should not make the silly mistake of compromising this truth by being unfair to Brethren by withholding judgment against evil.
45. If I withhold judgment against evil, it then means they will call Me a wicked Minister. And God will remove Me. And I thank God I never withheld this judgment. I had already judged it, but I am making it open so that the devil will stop accusing them.
46. Now, it has gone global. It is today that two of them are free from the two crimes I registered against them. And now, look at where our brother is reading, “COVET NOT THESE WORLD’S VAIN RICHES.”
47. Look at how God guided us, as if I got there and stopped. And you are My witnesses that we never got to that point; and I have never read this Message. I do not know what is coming from there.
48. Covet not these world’s vain riches which will rapidly decay and rapidly vanish away. These are the things the devil is using to mount undue pressure on us, to make us prominent in our communities and to project us before our communities as popular people. And our names will be ringing bell everywhere.
49. If not for this Faith, too many traditional rulers would have emerged from this Faith. Notable politicians would have emerged.
50. BUT IF YOU ARE A TRUE ELECT OF GOD, I KNOW GOD FOR ONE THING. HE WILL NEVER ALLOW YOU TO ACHIEVE YOUR AMBITION THAT WILL MAKE YOU DEPART FROM HIM. HE WILL ALWAYS FRUSTRATE IT.
51. WHEN YOU COME CLOSER TO ATTAINING IT, HE WILL HALT IT; FOR IF HE DRIVES IT TO YOU, YOU ARE TOTALLY LOST. THE DEVIL IS PRESENTING IT AS ATTRACTION, BUT GOD IS THERE TO FRUSTRATE IT. FOR WHATEVER GOD HAS APPROVED FOR EVERY ELECT MUST COME TO YOU.
52. IF IT HAS NOT COME, IT IS BECAUSE THE TIME FOR IT IS NOT YET COME. YOUR DUTY IS TO WAIT FOR IT. BUT THAT WHICH YOU WANT TO GET BY YOUR EFFORTS, GINGERED BY THE DEVIL, WATCH! GOD WILL STOP IT. ALL THE EFFORTS WASTED AND THE MONEY SPENT WASTED.
53. THAT IS WHY, WHATEVER THAT GOD DISARMS US OF WHILE WE ARE RUNNING THIS RACE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT HELP US TO ATTAIN THE STANDARD GOD WANTS US TO ATTAIN. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HINDER US FROM ENTERING PARADISE.
54. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL DENY US ETERNAL LIFE, FOR YOU CANNOT ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD AND ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF HEAVEN. NEVER! YOU CAN NEVER EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT.
55. 11COVET NOT THIS WORLD VAIN RICHES WHICH WILL EVER DECAY. The greatest mansion must go into ashes, whether we like it or not.
56. Even when we are alive, we see too many of them going into flames. Gigantic structures going into flames, while the owners are alive. Brethren, is it not true?
57. Have we not been seeing structures within and without, even outside Nigeria, going into flames? In Jos last week, you saw what happened? CBN Headquarters in Jos went into flames, and 12.6 trillion naira wasted.
58. You saw what happened in Abuja and how many buildings that were gutted by fire; all of them, Federal Government structures?
59. A lot of international markets have been ravaged by fire, both in Nigeria and abroad, where goods and properties worth trillions of naira were wasted? I hope I am making sense?
60. You see why God enjoins us to store our treasures in heaven, where moth and thieves cannot break through, and where fire cannot ravage. For wherever a man’s treasure is, there his heart is. Wherever a man’s treasure is, there his heart is. [Matthew 6:19:21]
61. What was saint Paul’s treasure? The care of all the churches. He said, “Of everything that will fail me; of everything, nothing gives me sleepless night except the care[C.A.R.E.] of all the churches. [2 Corinthians 11:28]
62. Saint John said, “Nothing gladdens my heart more than hearing that my children whom I have begotten in Christ are doing very well in Christ. They are prospering spiritually and also materially.” [3 John 1:1 – 4]
63. Material prosperity generated by spirituality is acceptable in the sight of God. But material prosperity generated by carnality leads straight to hellfire. Do you believe it to be true?
64. There are certain material prosperity that do not proceed from God. They are carnal. They are sensual. They are devilish. And that is where the devil is operating.
65. BUT WE HAVE SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM: GOD PROSPERING YOU MATERIALLY AS A REWARD FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL UPLIFTMENT.
66. AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT ONE? YOU WILL USE IT TO SERVE GOD. YOU CAN NEVER BE PUFFED UP WITH PRIDE.
67. YOU CANNOT BOAST WITH IT, FOR YOU KNOW IT IS A GIFT FROM GOD. IT WILL ALSO MAKE YOU TO BE HUMBLE MORE AND MORE.
68. CARNAL PROSPERITY WHETHER IN THE OFFICE OR IN EVERY FORM OF LIFE GENERATES PRIDE IN A HUMAN BEING. THE POSSESSOR IS ARROGANT AND NAUGHTY. THE POSSESSOR, [OH NO!] CAN HARDLY BE SOBER. THE POSSESSOR CAN HARDLY REFLECT THE THINGS OF GOD.
69. AND WATCH WHERE THE MATERIALISM LEADS HIM TO. IT WILL ALWAYS LEAD HIM TO PLACES OF SIN, WHERE HE WILL USE THE MATERIALISM TO GRATIFY THE DEVIL AND NOT GOD. A SURE SIGN THAT THE WEALTH IS GOING WHERE IT CAME FROM.
70. THE DIRECTION WHERE YOUR WEALTH IS GOING; THE DIRECTION WHERE YOUR ENERGY IS GOING WILL TELL YOU WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. ARE YOU GETTING WHAT I AM SAYING?
71. IF MY HELP IS COMING FROM HEAVEN, I WILL USE THAT MY WEALTH FOR THE THINGS OF HEAVEN? IS IT NOT TRUE? I WILL USE THAT WEALTH THAT REACHES ME FROM HEAVEN TO SERVE HEAVEN’S INTEREST, AND NOT TO SERVE THE DEVIL’S INTEREST.
72. Even if I want to do it, God will not permit Me. He will halt Me because He prospered Me for His own use and purpose. Is it not true?
73. WHATEVER GOD USES TO PROSPER A CHILD OF GOD IS FOR GOD’S OWN USE AND PURPOSE ONLY. WHATEVER THE DEVIL HAS USED IN PROSPERING A MAN MUST BE FOR THE DEVIL’S USE AND PURPOSE ONLY.
74. 22God has ear-marked this world for fire. The riches, everything here must fizzle out. They must, whether we like it or not. Your unbelief can never change it. Your doubt cannot alter it.
75. 23That is why you must be sensible the way you approach the world’s affairs. …
76. YOU MUST BE SENSIBLE AND SPIRITUAL WHEN APPROACHING THIS WORLD’S AFFAIRS. YOU MUST BE HIGHLY SPIRITUAL AND HIGHLY SENSIBLE WHEN YOU ARE PURSUING THE THINGS OF THE WORLD BECAUSE THE WORLD’S AFFAIRS DIMINISHES YOUR SPIRITUALITY.
94O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of Allah, investigate carefully, and say not to anyone who offers you a salutation: “Thou art none of a believer!” Coveting the perishable goods of this life, with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you His favours; therefore, carefully investigate. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do.
The Holy Qur’an: Surah 4:95
[Abdullah Yusuf Ali Translation]
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GOD IS DOING A SEPARATION
THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – INTRODUCTION; Preached on 8th January 2017;Page 54 from verse 23.
2. 23That is why you must be sensible the way you approach the world’s affairs. Be very, very sensible and sensitive. Be what? Be very very sensible and sensitive. …
3. BE SENSIBLE. BE SPIRITUAL. BE SENSITIVE, DISCERNING WHAT YOU ARE VYING FOR, DISCERNING THE HOUR YOU ARE LIVING IN AND DISCERNING WHERE IT IS LANDING YOU, FOR ANY DECISION THAT IS TAKEN BY A MAN MUST HAVE FUTURE CONSEQUENCES.
4. 23…Do not give your wholesome life into the affairs of this world. Otherwise, you will regret.
5. 24We have come to the end of all things. … Period! We have come. Remember when we took off, He said, “I am devoting much time now to the Elect more than to the world. My whole work among the Gentiles [the heathens] right now is to identify those who are with Me and those who are not with Me.”
6. In other words, I am sifting. I am doing placement. How do I do it? I am giving you the Word-test. I am weighing all your actions, your character, your pursuit and everything. I am weighing them on the balance of the Word of God for the hour.
7. That is My plumb line. That is My yardstick. And it can never change. It has remained God’s plumb line since the world began.
8. So when I weigh you in the balance of the Word and you are weighing nothing, I know you are mere chaff. You are a cosmetic flower, only flamboyant.
9. A decorative material people will see and think responsible people are in the Bridal Faith. This is because what they see is a gorgeous appearance; a bogus appearance. They are not seeing the spiritual level of that person.
10. SO LET US BE VERY CAREFUL NOW. PLACEMENT IS GOING ON AND THERE IS NO MISTAKE IN PLACEMENT, FOR THE SON OF MAN IS THE ONE DOING IT.
11. IN THE BIBLE, HE SAID, “I AM SEPARATING THE GOAT FROM THE SHEEP.” PERIOD!
12. 24We have come to the end of all things. If you do not know, the hand writing is already on the wall. …Sure!
13. No matter the size of a goat, it cannot be a sheep. No matter the size of a sheep, it can never be a goat. Nothing will make a cow to be a horse. Did you get the Message?
14. I do not care about their sizes. A cow is a cow, and a horse is a horse. And a horse is not a donkey. Did you get the Message? A horse is not a donkey. A donkey is not a cow. A goat is not a sheep. A sheep is not a goat.
15. God is doing a separation right now. Your character does the placement for the Word reflects in your character. Whatever you have believed so far, your character will tell God who you are.
16. This is because, by your fruits, you are going to place yourself where you belong. By their fruits, ye shall know them (Matthew 7:16). Am I making sense at all? I hope you are with Me? Are you with Me?
17. No mistake, for God has decreed it. People of identical character must be parked in the same place. People with good hearts will be parked in one place. People with evil hearts, evil place. No mixture. The two cannot mix together.
18. So that is the essence of the work God is doing now, for God carried everything along including the mixed multitude, and promised in the same Message, MIXED MULTITUDE, that He must separate all of them towards the end.
19. GOD SAID THAT HE WILL REVEAL TO THEM WHERE THEY BELONG TO AND THAT YOU CAN NEVER STEP INTO PARADISE ANYHOW. EVERY BROTHER, EVERY SISTER, TOM, DICK AND HARRY; EVERYBODY MUST KNOW HIS OR HER POSITION BEFORE THAT DAY.
20. There are some that will not dare go near that gate for they know they do not merit it. And nothing will ever make them to go near because by the standard of the Faith, they are below par. They did not come for eternal life. They have gotten what they really came for, not eternal life.
21. And these are the people that are constituting obstacles; those who came to hide their wickedness under the umbrella of the Faith.
22. ALL EVIL DOERS, EVIL PLANNERS, HYPOCRITES, ALL OF THEM WITH ONE CHARACTER MUST GO TO ONE SIDE; GODLY PEOPLE, ONE SIDE; NO MISTAKE.
23. As the Word is going forth, do you not know who you are? Do you not know what is happening in you? Do you not know what you are manifesting? Do you not know your desire? Do you not know what has been fooling you all these years?
24. Do you not know whether you have really recognized THE SON OF MAN as God, believed Him as God, revered Him as God, trusted Him as God, confided in Him as God, worshipped Him as God or not?
25. Do you not know whether you have been seeing Him as “a mere man like yourself” or “as a man who is claiming to be God?”
26. LET ME TELL YOU. GOD KNOWS WHATEVER WE ARE. NO ONE IS HIDDEN FROM HIM. AND GOD MAKES HONEST ASSESSMENT OF EVERYBODY.
27. I SAY, THE ALMIGHTY GOD DOES NOT MAKE A MISTAKE IN ASSESSING ALL HUMAN BEINGS, FOR HE KNOWS ALL ACTIONS, THE FEELINGS OF OUR MINDS, THE THOUGHTS OF OUR HEARTS. [Psalms 44:21]
28. He knows every word we have spoken both in secret and even in our hearts. All unuttered words, unuttered thoughts, feelings, imaginations, He knows all. [Psalms 94:11; 1 Corinthians 3:20]
29. He knows every of our suspiciousness, selfishness, self-materialism and aggrandizement. He knows all.
30. I can tell you that you are a proud man, and you doubt Me; but God knows that you are proud.
31. A man is never proud because he has money or has anything. There are some people that are empty-handed. They have nothing to boast of. They do not have anything that life entails, but their hands and their shoulders are always high. Is there truth there?
32. This type of people love to present a proud look before everybody. He will tie all and put on a red cap. He will tie round his neck and then he will become a decorated fool; A decorated poor man.
33. SO LET US BE VERY CAREFUL. CHRIST REVEALS HIMSELF IN TRUE HUMILITY AND IN TRUE SIMPLICITY.
34. That is why I gave you the Message, DO NOT ALLOW YOUR MIND TO BE CORRUPTED BY THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST.
35. DO NOT ALLOW THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN THIS MESSAGE, AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN THE VESSEL GOD HAS SENT TO YOU BEARING THE NAME OF GOD TO BLIND YOU, FOR WHOEVER GOD HAS EVER SENT IN ANY DISPENSATION WITH A MESSAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SIMPLER THAN THE PEOPLE HE IS SENT TO.
36. The Bible recorded concerning saint Paul and said, “When he writes, his writing will be so terrifying, and you will be wondering that he will be a colossus. But when he comes, look at a sleeky person. Is it this small man?”
37. Just like Brother Friday at Abuja. You hear his voice in the tape, you might be wondering. You hear the voice of Brother Ben Okezue, you might be wondering.
38. But when he comes, you say, “O man! Is this the person we are having dealings with? Is it this poor man that is making this noise?”
39. YES! GREAT THINGS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD APPEAR SIMPLE. VERY SIMPLE! SOMETIMES, THEY LOOK VERY COMMON.
40. SO, I AM NOT SAYING THAT TO BE A GIANT IS EVIL. NO! BUT DO NOT BE A GIANT SINNER. DO NOT BE A GIANT SINNER.
41. IT IS BETTER TO BE A SMALLISH, SIMPLE, RIGHTEOUS SOUL THAN TO BE A COLOSSUS, A GIANT SINNER, A GIANT UNBELIEVER AND A BIG FOOL.
42. 24We have come to the end of all things. Note it. Brethren, true or false? Looking at the way the world is heading to. Is there anything left?
43. Even if God stops at this Coronavirus, I mean, by permitting it to gradually continue ravaging the world, and by the measure so far taken, when do you think the entire world will recover from this economic recession?
44. This is because we have rolled into the worst form of economic recession and at the same time, spiritual recession, academic recession. Am I making sense at all?
45. Nigeria’s crude oil yesterday was priced 5 dollars, when Nigeria proposedone hundred and fifty dollars [$150] per barrel, and made a budget. The oil has dropped to 5 dollars per barrel. American oil has dropped to -$3. Below the zero level.
46. Can you imagine? -$24 now! That is the price of American oil. In Venezuela that is 100% dependent on oil like Nigeria, all of them are now refugees, not because of Corona, but because nothing is there again.
47. Unemployment in America now is at its peak. In UK, in China and elsewhere, the economy of the whole world has crumbled.
48. The economy of the whole world has crumbled, education has crumbled. Everything is at a standstill. Going by the way the world is, when do you think the entire world will come out of this global recession? The end is not in sight.
49. Which means, after the ravaging of the Corona, the post-Corona problem, I say the post-Corona problem, will be another trouble. Many countries are going to retrench workers. Mass retrenchment.
50. Pay attention. I am telling you God’s truth. Many banks will wind up activities.
19On the Day that the enemies of Allah will be gathered together to the Fire, they will be marched in ranks. 20At length, when they reach the (Fire), their hearing, their sight, and their skins will bear witness against them, as to (all) their deeds. 21They will say to their skins: “Why bear ye witness against us?” They will say: “(Allah) hath given us speech,- (He) Who giveth speech to everything: He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to return.
THE HOLY QUR’AN: SURAH 41:19 – 21 [Abdullah Yusuf AliTranslation]
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Many banks will wind up activities. Right now, nobody is paying in money, for there is no meaningful economic activity. Many banks will fold.
2. Education is now a thing of the past, for it will take amazing grace for there to be a resurrection in the educational sector. How are you going to revive it when there is no money? I want you to begin to see what the future now holds for the entire world.
3. Then you that are being taught by the Word of God which is the Almighty God Himself, who reveals the future, for truth brings the future closest, God wants to prepare us ahead of time so that we can cushion the effect of God’s judgement upon the world which He said we must get our own fair share, but we can never be the worst hit.
4. People are crying wolf when there is no wolf. The real wolf is on the way. I am telling you God’s truth. The reason why some are relaxing their measures is because God has spoken. And then wait and see. They will close it again.
5. They will close it again because something will take place. They will run fast and begin to close it again, “It has come o! It has comeo! This thing has started again o.”
6. They will behave like China. “See o, this thing has started again o. It has come back. It has started again. It is just started now o. Lock up all the doors. Begin to close the doors. Lock everything.”
7. You see? That is why I am not happy with the Brethren in the Northern States in Nigeria. I am not happy. Since this trouble started, they found it difficult to call My line.
8. Maybe they are waiting until I call them. Well, they will only receive the last call. They will only receive the last call and that is the final call. And when they are not expecting it,thatis the time when it will come. And let Me know whether they will drag Me to court.
9. Covet not this world’s vain riches that will decay rapidly, for the world holds nothing good for any human being again. You go back to the Message God gave us long ago. He said the world will not get any better from now henceforth. The world will not get any better from now henceforth. ACTION TIME! 1997!
10. He said, “From now henceforth, the world will not get any better. It will be from one trouble to another. Expect harder times ahead.” Pay attention. I hope you are with me.
11. 24We have come to the end of all things. If you do not know, the hand writing is already on the wall. THE MORE YOU STRIVE TO GRAPPLE THE SITUATION, THE MORE YOU ARE FAILING. …Is it not true?
12. … No man has the remedy again. And it is not peculiar to your nation alone. It is a global phenomenon. It is global. Who has the solution to the global problem?
13. It is what? A global phenomenon. When was this Message handled? [8th January, 2017]
14. The more you strive to grapple the situation, the more you are failing. No man has the remedy again and it is not peculiar to your nation alone, it is a global phenomenon. It is global. Who has the solution to the global problem?
15. 25A woman professor, Professor Nwoye, spoke elaborately recently, and I said that this is My type of woman; who came out, criticizing the federal government of their deceiving programme.
16. 26How can you alleviate poverty in Nigeria by giving out a misery pittance. I say, a misery pittance of five thousand naira (₦5000) to the poorest of the poor.
17. What was the yardstick? What was the measuring rod used in measuring the poorest of the poor?Ihope you are paying attention. Is it not happening now?
18. Tell Me, who stratifies human beings in Nigeria according to the level of acquisition of wealth?
19. 27This is another way of enriching the rich, for the rich are given the responsibility to disburse to whosoever they think is the poorest among the poor….
20. Halleluiah! 2017! Fulfilling in 2020 to the letter. Who stratified them? What was the measuring rod for the stratification? Who went from village to village? Who went from local government to local government to identify who is the poorest of the poor there?
21. Who is ready to transport the relief materials to them? Who is the one to collect the five thousand naira (N5000) each and then distribute it?
22. How do you get it across to a poor man who does not have a bank account? 2017! God said it is a deceitful program of the government. Do not take them serious over such a thing.
23. Now they want to cushion the effect, the disastrous effect of corona by giving a family 5 cups of rice. A family of seven will be given 5 cups of rice, 1 bottle of oil and then five hundred naira (N500) for telephone.
24. Then, that is eat and die. They did not give them money to buy tomatoes, buy fish, buy vegetable to cook. Do you not know it is better if they had given them one tuber of yam?
25. Then another thing they are giving them now is Indomie® (instant noodles). One carton of Indomie® (instant noodles) for three families. One carton of Indomie®. So Indomie® has now become essential commodity. I mean, makers of Indomie® are now advertising their product.
26. Those people that are distributing, are they eating Indomie®? Are they eating Indomie® as food? Are their children eating Indomie® as food? Who made Me poorest of the poor?
27. That is why nobody among us will desire a gift from the devil. Nobody! Politicians are using it to advertise themselves, waiting for another political period so that the areas they visited, they will go there and campaign.
28. It has become a political campaign program ahead of time. That is why they hijacked it.
29. 27This is another way of enriching the rich. For the rich are given the responsibility to disburse to whosoever they think is the poorest among the poor.
30. How do we know the poorest? How many are they? Where are they? What and what are their names? Where are their locations?
31. 28Do you know their contact addresses? For some of them are under the flyovers in Lagos, in Upper-Iweka [and] everywhere.Is it not true?Some are sleeping in the gutter, without any contact address.
32. 29Who is the poorest of the poor? Who is the poor? Who is the poorer? Who is the poorest? How many of them belong to each local government? How much is doled out to alleviate that poverty?
33. 30Inspite of all the poverty alleviation programmes, where have we arrived at? At nullity!We have become even more miserable now than ever. Halleluiah!
34. We have become more impoverished now than ever. Let the whole world be liars. Let only God be the truth.
35. 30Inspite of all the poverty alleviation programmes, where have we arrived at? We have become even more miserable now than ever. They are mere gimmicks aimed at fooling the foolish, the poor.They are mere gimmicks aimed at deceiving the foolish and the poor.
36. 31Granted there could be such people that can accept that they are the poorest of the poor, tell Me, to what extent can five thousand naira [₦5,000] a month alleviate the person’s condition; I mean [a] terrible condition?
37. Page 60 from verse 38. 38I am telling you that every effort we are making will fail. Even the Omnipotent can never implement this policy.
38. No man born of a woman can implement this policy in the third world such as ours. Not even in the advanced world. Nobody has ever succeeded in implementing it.
39. 39Where do you recline your faith then? To the Almighty God. No more. No less. If God does not save you from your condition, definitely you will die in that miserable condition. This is why you are to look unto God as the Author and Finisher of everything in your life.
40. 40If you are depending on human beings, you are failing. Do not be surprised that many people will travel to Abuja to collect five thousand naira. They will spend fifteen thousand to collect five thousand.
41. 41If it is done in the local governments, people will strangle one another because of five thousand. Many will die. Many will die because of five thousand Naira- ridiculing the nation?
42. 42Brethren, pause a little. What type of government is this? This is the best they have come out with in the year 2017. To God be the glory. Amen.
43. And it was never implemented until 2020 because of corona. Yet, it is not well implemented. We do not know whether anyone has received it.
44. Page 64 from verse 4.
45. 4EVERY OFFICE IN THE CHURCH IS WHAT? COMPETITIVE. EXCEPT THE OFFICE OF THE SON OF MAN WHICH IS NOT A CHURCH OFFICE. HE IS DESIGNATED INTO IT.
46. 5Yes! That is why I do not seek membership. I do not go about seeking membership of this Faith because I have no competitor. I have no competitor.
47. 6Who is My competitor? Nobody! [This is] because I am a Divine Instrument. To work with Me, he must work himself into Me first, be worthy of My confidence, [and] then he will work with Me.
48. For anybody to walk with God, you must walk into the Man Whom God has sent, and who bears the Name of God. Walk into His heart first. Be worthy of His trust. Be worthy of His confidence.
49. For He is the One that will introduce you to the very Elohim. He is the One that will take you to Paradise, for the Elohim dwelleth in Him. You must be worthy of His confidence, and worthy of His trust. For anybody, you see your qualification for walking with God?
50. That was exactly what God said that day and it is scriptural. Saint Paul was predestinated into the office of Apostle and he became the Messiah of his day.
51. Watch all he recommended that had their names written in the Lamb‘s Book of Life. He called them My Yoke-Fellows. My co-labourers. [Philippians 4:3]
52. Watch all that laboured with Jesus Christ in the same vineyard. They first of all walked themselves into His heart. You must walk yourself into the heart of that Man God has sent. Be approved of Him.
53. I said be approved of Him. Remember He is the One that recommends you to the Father. He is the One that marks you either present or absent in the day when salvation shall be made complete. [Ephesians 4:30]
54. He is the One that places God’s seal of ownership on you. Mark of ownership. [2 Corinthians 1:22 NIV]
55. IF HE REJECTS YOU, YOU ARE REJECTED. IF HE ACCEPTS YOU, YOU ARE ACCEPTED. IF HE SETS YOU FREE, YOU ARE FREE. IF HE DOES NOT SET YOU FREE, HE DOES NOT DISCHARGE AND HE DOES NOT ACQUIT YOU
56. It is just like I discharged Sister Umezulike, discharged Brother John Onyia today, acquitted them and absolved them of those two grievous offences. Otherwise, they would have remained guilty.
57. That would not stop Me from nourishing them, embracing them and helping the much I can. They will be coming to Me with all kinds of gifts.
58. I will be accepting everything because they are enjoying My gifts. Are they not alive? Are they not enjoying life? Are they not breathing? Are they not sleeping and waking up, even enjoying the rain and enjoying sunshine? Will they get it in vain?
59. Whether you believe or not, I must use your service, but that is not eternal life. Your service is the reward I am getting from you for what you are enjoying from God, but not eternal life.
60. This is because the sun goes to the wicked and to the righteous. The rain falls to the wicked and to the righteous. Is it not true? He breathes in the same air.
61. God showers the same material blessings, gives them children and gives them houses in the same way, but that is not eternal life.
62. So, if you are basing your eternal life on “I did this for you. I bought a vehicle for you. I gave you money”, you are doomed to eternity. You will be disappointed.
63. See My two hands are up. My hands are lifted up. You must know the truth and the truth will set you free. [John 8:32]
64. IF THE SON OF MAN DOES NOT SET YOU FREE, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME. THAT IS WHY LOVE MEANS SHOWING ME THAT WHICH WILL HINDER ME FROM MAKING PARADISE. IF I FAIL TO REMOVE IT, THE GUILT NOW IS ON ME.
65. AS YOUR WATCHMAN, IF I SHOW YOU DANGER AND YOU REFUSE TO AVOID IT, YOUR BLOOD WILL BE REQUIRED FROM YOU.
66. THE SON OF MAN has come to show you the right way that leads to Paradise and to reveal to you that which will hinder you. And then reveal to you that which you will do and be a partaker of eternal life with Him.
67. Page 66 verse 10, 12. 10I hope there is no one outside? Okay. That person would have received a state pardon today….
68. Look at o! On the day it was handled some people got state pardon. Today again, some people have gotten state pardon.
69. You see why you do not know the day God will visit your case. You do not know the day you will have total freedom from the hand of the devil and the day the devil will stop accusing you.
70. 12If you are not living right, there is no way you can handle this Message. Even to read it in the general public, you will be afraid.
71. And that is a Brother who was attempting to read the Scripture while I was handling this Message. He was holding the Scripture in his hand, but his heart was in the main market.
72. Like Elijoe was holding his own to wave away whatever THE SON OF MAN might be saying on the matter, only to tell Me, “What You are saying now is what I am reading here.”
73. So, it was that time I was ministering that he now learnt he should be studying His Great Sermon. When I paused, he continued.
74. So, whatever I might be saying does not concern him. A way of shelving it away. To him, it is a cock and bull story. He sees it as Mike Ejiagha’s story. It is cock and bull story because he is an arch-catholic.
75. 12If you are not living right, there is no way you can handle this Message. Even to read it in the general public, you will be afraid. The pulpit itself will be frightening you for you know you are not worthy to be there.
76. [Bro] Promise, I hope you are taking note. You have made two attempts and you failed. Can you see the reason now?
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THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN [1]
THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN [THE BACKGROUND]. A Background Message preached on the same day Sunday 8th January 2017. I want you to give him attention.
2. The mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven. The mysterious things about the Kingdom of Heaven. Lest you enjoy the Kingdom of this earth which is the church and miss the Kingdom of Heaven, for the Kingdom of God prepares people for the Kingdom of Heaven.
3. The church is earthly. That is why when you repent and you are baptized, you are added to the church. In the church you now continue in the Apostle’s doctrine. [Acts 2:41 – 42]
4. The Apostle’s teachings can only be received in the church. What and what are the teachings? What and what are the purposes of the teachings? To prepare you and me for the Kingdom of Heaven.
5. SO THE CHURCH AS THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS THE PREPARATORY GROUND. THAT IS WHY THE CHURCH WILL DELIVER WHATEVER THE CHURCH HAS GATHERED INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
6. THERE IS NO ETERNAL LIFE IN THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH IS COMPOSED OF MIXED MULTITUDE, BUT HEAVEN IS ONLY FOR RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE. NO MIXED MULTITUDE IS THERE.
7. Everybody has the right to go to Church, including the devil. The devil goes to Church. True or false? Is it not Scripture? [Job 1:6; Luke 4:33 – 34]
8. BUT THE DEVIL CAN NEVER SMELL THE GATE OF PARADISE. THE DEVIL CAN NEVER COME NEAR THE GATE OF PARADISE.
9. IT IS FOR RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE, HOLY PEOPLE WASHED BY THE WORD OF GOD IN THE CHURCH AND DELIVERED INTO THE KINGDOM. Did you get the Message?
10. HEAVEN IS LIKENED TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES. CHURCH IS THE INNER COURT. THE WORLD IS THE OUTER COURT. WHEN YOU BAPTIZE BY WATER, YOU CROSS THE WATER OF SEPARATION AND YOU COME INSIDE THE CHURCH.
11. THAT IS WHY YOU COME FROM THE WORLD STRAIGHT INTO THE CHURCH. WHEN YOU LEAVE THE CHURCH YOU GO BACK TO THE WORLD. Did you get the Message?
12. WHEN YOU ENTER HOLY OF HOLIES, YOU CANNOT COME OUT AGAIN. PERADVENTURE SOMETHING PUSHES YOU OUT, YOU ARE NOT LANDING IN THE WORLD. YOU ARE LANDING IN THE CLEANSING AGENT. WHICH WILL GET RID OF THAT SAME FAULT.
13. BECAUSE IT IS IN THE INNER COURT THAT THE BLOOD IS SPRINKLED. THE BLOOD IS IN THE INNER COURT – THE BLOOD THAT WASHES AWAY OUR SINS, MAKING US WHITER THAN SNOW THEN PUSH US THERE.
14. FOR THAT REASON, ONCE YOU ARE IN THERE IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES, YOU ARE IN YOUR SANCTIFIED ESTATE. YOU HAVE TO RETAIN IT.
15. PERADVENTURE IT STAINS, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DIP YOURSELF A LITTLE IN THE BLOOD AGAIN, FOR THE BLOOD REMAINS WHAT MAKES EVERYTHING RIGHT. Did you get the Message?
16. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY TO SLIP FROM HOLY OF HOLIES TO THE WORLD. HE MUST HAVE CROSSED TO THE INNER COURT BEFORE HE WILL COME TO THE OUTER COURT. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS NOT EASY. Did you get the Message?
17. ONCE YOU ARE IN PARADISE, YOU ARE IN PARADISE, BUT WHEN YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO PARADISE, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. So, pay attention.
18. It is better you stay in the world, than to come into the Church and refuse the teachings of Christ that are able to qualify you and to give you a place among those that are sanctified by the Word of Truth wherein God had made them partakers of eternal life.
19. So, that is why in the church, when you yield to the Word of God by doing the Lord’s will, you do it in the hope of eternal life which God has already promised, if you will hold on to the profession of your faith without wavering unto the end.
20. THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN [THE BACKGROUND]; Preached on Sunday 8th January 2017; Page 20 verse 1.
21. 1Now you have come to the end of all things, necessity is laid on Me to give you this Message. …Pay attention.
22. Page 26 verse from 18. 18No man is adequate to interpret the holy writing if not the writer. He that inspired the writing is in your midst. Be it Holy Quran or Bible, He owns all. He is the link between the Moon and the Star.
23. 19That is why sons and daughters of Abraham must acknowledge Him. Whether they be of Ismaila (Ishmael) or of Ishiaku (Isaac), they wind up in Me. Why worrying? Why the fuss?
24. 20Am I not the owner all of them? I am the One that married their mothers. I am the One that even married the concubines.
25. 21Why quarreling over inheritance when I have enough that is more than sufficient for all of them, even if they be like sand in the ocean.
26. AS AT THIS TIME, THERE WAS NO HOLY QURAN AMONG US. 2017!
27. Page 29 verse 29. 29I AM THE SOLE SIGNATORY TO THE PASSPORT TO HEAVEN. ALL THAT WILL ENTER MUST PRESENT THEIR PASSPORT BEARING MY NAME.
28. I DO NOT HAVE ANY ASSISTANT. I HAVE NO DEPUTY. YOUR PRAYERS CAN NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT MY SIGNATURE….
29. Halleluiah! God does not partner Himself with anybody. His glory He shares with no man, not even with a graven image.
30. Page 35 verse 21 – 23. 21…What shall it profit you to enjoy all you have been enjoying so far in this Faith, see all you have seen and heard all you have heard, only for you to miss Eternal Life in the end?
31. 22If people missed it before, people will miss it again. …Note it. Be careful there, for what happened in time past may happen again.
32. … God was not referring to outsiders. He was not referring to heathens.
33. He was referring to the people He called His own, [whom] He brought out, [and] He took care of, [but] along the way, their carelessness, their stupidities, caused them Eternal Life.
34. 23BY THIS, I AM SAYING, “DO NOT EVER JUBILATE TOO MUCH. BE HUMBLE, BE SOBER [AND] CONSTANTLY RE-EXAMINING YOURSELVES…What?
35. BE HUMBLE, BE SOBER AND CONSTANTLY REEXAMINING YOURSELF.
36. … Be humble, be sober [and] constantly re-examining yourselves to know whether you are holding unto the Faith and progressively producing the fruit thereof, for only then shall you be counted worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
37. It is on the condition that you progressively hold on to the Faith of Christ without wavering, steadfastly unto the end, progressively bearing the fruit thereof.
38. The manifestation is the interpretation. Progressively, you are producing the fruit thereof.
39. When they came to John the Baptist asking for baptism, saying that they were children of Abraham and they had repented, John The Baptist told them clearly, “I am not doubting whether you are Abraham’s children or not.
40. Neither am I doubting whether you have repented or not. But I want to see a clear evidence that you have repented. Bear ye fruit meet for repentance.” [Matthew 3:7 – 9]
41. BEAR THE FRUIT, EXHIBIT CHARACTER THAT SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE REPENTED. LET YOUR CHARACTER CONVINCE ME AND ALL THAT KNOW GOD THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR MIND.
42. LET YOUR CHARACTER CONVINCE ME AND ALL THAT KNOW GOD THAT YOU HAVE CHANGEDFROM YOUR EVIL WAYS, EVIL THOUGHTS THAT LEAD YOU TO EVIL ACTION.
43. LET YOUR CHARACTER CONVINCE ME AND ALL THAT KNOW GOD THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED AND HAVE DROPPED ALL YOUR STUPIDITY, ALL YOUR IGNORANCE AND STUBBORNNESS.
44. LET YOUR CHARACTER CONVINCE ME AND ALL THAT KNOW GOD THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED FROM ALL YOUR STIFF-NECKEDNESS, ALL YOUR OLD WAYS OF LIFE, AND THAT YOU ARE NOW REFLECTING CHRIST IN ITS ENTIRETY. THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
45. I do not want to hear, “I am a Jew. I am a Gentile. I belong to so, so and so tribe. We are children of Abraham.” No! No! No!
46. In Christ, there is no Jew; there is no Gentile; there is Barbarian; there is no Arabian. In Christ, we are one, for Allah is One and His people must be One. [Galatians 3:28, Ephesians 2:11 – 22]
47. DO NOT TELL ME THAT YOU BELONG TO SO, SO AND SO GROUP. YOU BELONG TO ISLAM OR YOU BELONG TO CHRISTIANITY. NO NONO!
48. IN ALLAH, THERE IS NO RELIGION. WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE IS YOUR TOTAL SUBMISSION TO HIS WILL, WHICH IS THE MEANING OF ISLAM.
49. HAVE YOU TOTALLY SURRENDERED YOURSELF TO THE WILL OF GOD SO THAT YOU WILL BE DOING THE WORK OF GOD AT ALL TIMES AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING TO GOD, WHERE YOU WILL NO LONGER BE INJURIOUS TO YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AND ALSO TO YOURSELF?
50. YOU WILL NOW LIVE A LIFE OF MERCY AND COMPASSION. YOU WILL BE TOLERANT. YOU WILL BE OBEDIENT TO GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS; LOYAL AND FAITHFUL.
51. THEN, THE WORLD WILL BEGIN TO SEE YOUR RIGHTEOUS DEEDS. AND THEN, THEY WILL GLORIFY THE ALMIGHTY GOD FOR DOING SUCH A WORK IN YOUR LIFE.
52. ONE THAT WAS HEADING TO HELLFIRE HAS NOW BEEN TURNED TO THE WAY OF PARADISE. THAT IS WHAT REPENTANCE WILL GIVE YOU. REPENTANCE WILL SAVE YOU FROM ETERNAL HELLFIRE AND BRING YOU INTO ETERNAL LIFE IN PARADISE WITH GOD.
53. So, saint Paul knew it. The Apostles knew it that if any man is in Christ, he is a changed person within. His old life has passed away. Behold, a new life has started. And that is the life of Christ. [2 Corinthians 5:17]
54. 23By this, I am saying, “Do not ever jubilate too much. BE HUMBLE, BE SOBER, CONSTANTLY RE-EXAMINING YOURSELVES TO KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE HOLDING UNTO THE FAITH AND PROGRESSIVELY PRODUCING THE FRUIT THEREOF, FOR ONLY THEN SHALL YOU BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
55. 24YOU MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND MARKED OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.What?
56. 24YOU MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND MARKED OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
57. Was it not what I rehearsed few minutes ago that somebody may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, but unworthy of the Kingdom of Heaven?
58. IT THEN MEANS YOU ARE HOLDING TO CHURCH RIGHTEOUSNESS. Whatever your church will tell you to do, you will do it so as to get promotion or get recognized by the members of the church.
59. When you die, they will bury you. If you are in trouble, they will come to your rescue. If you are making merriment, you invite them. They will come and enjoy life with you and give you money and give you gifts.
60. So it iswith anything called religion. Religion is a social club. And that is why when people are immersed in religion, they can never fulfil God’s righteousness again.
61. Their hearts and minds will be covered with ecclesiastical veil – rules and regulations made by men to keep them in the church and to keep them in their religion.
62. That is why God must break the barrier. God appears to break the barrier. If you cannot submit totally to God, there is no way the barrier can be broken in your life.
63. You will be limping between two opinions. One leg with God and one leg with devil because you are uncertain. You do not know whether God can save you. You do not know whether the devil can save you,“Well, let me take the two. Anyone that saves,let him save.”
64. Can a man serve two masters at a time and be faithful to two of them? You must serve one. You must serve one, from where you expect your reward.
65. And any one you are serving, whether God or devil, you must be totally submitted to that one for you to get a reward.
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THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN [2]
THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN [THE BACKGROUND]; Pg. 46 vs. 24.24YOU MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND MARKED OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
1. A good Brother in the church. A good Sister. Precious Brother. Precious Sister. One that helps the poor and the needy, unlike every other person. He attends to the Brothers’ needs.
2. Whenever we need money, we go to him. Whenever work arises he will assume responsibility for every work. He works relentlessly.
3. He comes to church early. He sweeps the premises. He provides for the Pastors and then the Apostles. He does this and that. And that will be his righteousness.
4. But when the Word of God is revealed, wherein lieth eternal life, he will shake his head. He will turn his back against it. When God will display signs to approve and to confirm that He is speaking the truth, he will call it magic.
5. He will not accept supernatural signs sent by Almighty God to confirm the Messenger and the Message. He will turn his back. He sees the One sent by God, but instead of hearing His Word, he will say, “Well, why should I hear Him? He is a Human Being like me.” [2 Corinthians 5:16]
6. Prophet Muhammad Raheem [Peace be unto Him] highlighted it more in the Holy Quran. And this devil is still bedeviling people till today. [Surah 14:10; Surah 26:154, 186]
7. Do not allow yourself to be bedeviled outside the perfect will of God for you, for this is the will of God for you. Even your sanctification. So that you will become Holy. [1 Thessalonians 4:3]
8. 24YOU MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND MARKED OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
9. YOU MAY ENJOY THE FELLOWSHIP IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITH CHILDREN OF GOD BUT AT THE END, YOU WILL BE GIVEN A PLACE AMONG THE UNBELIEVERS. WHAT WILL IT PROFIT YOU? AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
10. That is where we are now. Even by 2017. That is where we are now.
11. 25I AM NO LONGER TALKING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I AM TALKING TO THE BRIDE. And there is no better time I should come to you this way than at this point where you are watching and waiting with societal pressures on you. With what? Societal pressures on you. Brethren true or false?
12. Let Me tell you. God knows all we are passing through. There is nothing we are passing through which God’s eye does not catch. That is why we sing it in our song.
13. SONG: [There is not a friend like the lowly Saviour. No, not one. No, not one. No sinner comes that He will not take him. No, not one. No, not one. No friend like Him that is meek and lowly. No, not one. No, not one. My God knows all about my struggles. He will guide till that day is done. There is not a friend like the lowly Saviour. No, not one. No, not one.]
14. If God failed to come to guide us, we would have been like other people elsewhere. We are what we are, [1] A PECULIAR PEOPLE, [2] CALLED OUT, [3] SEPARATED UNTO HOLINESS BEFORE THE LORD because we are not walking alone.
15. He assigned a Guide to guide us perfectly in this pathway of truth which is not easy, but faith in Christ makes it easy. Though we are going to encounter difficulties, but it is just for a little while. It would not last long.
16. He sent a Guide so that we will have little or no difficulties on the way, for a Guide goes in front, and we follow Him behind. We would not be asking people, “Show us the way that leads to Paradise”, for the Guide knows the way to Paradise.
17. That is why Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) said, “Whenever He is revealed in human form (that Great Mahdi), embrace Him, swear your oath of allegiance to Him, walk close to Him. Do not draw back. Abandon whatever you are doing, follow Him strictly, for He is the one that leads you straight to Paradise.” [(1) Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 51, p. 65; Al-Hurr al-Amili, Ithbat al-Hudat, Vol. 6, p. 382 & (2) Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 252]
18. DO NOT ALLOW THE SPIRIT THAT ANOINTED THOSE THAT WENT ASTRAY TO ANOINT YOU. OTHERWISE, YOU WILL GO ASTRAY.
19. When you make for yourself, a guide outside God’s ordained Guide, He will lead you astray, for there is only but One Way and One Guide that leads to Paradise.
20. 26When the tendency is there for people to go after worldly affairs, thinking that once they have come to the gate, they have arrived. Not knowing they have not been clothed with immortality.
21. 27The prophet said, “If you are not careful, all you have been labouringfor all these years, Satan will destroy all in one second.”
22. It is not a big deal. It does not require disobeying the whole Messages. One [Message] you flagrantly disobey counts you out, [and] marks you out.
23. Hebrews 4:1 – 3. Amplified version of the Bible. [1]Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still holds and is offered [today], let us be afraid [to distrust it], lest any of you should think he has come too late and has come short of [reaching] it.
24. [2]For indeed we have had the glad tidings, [Gospel of God] proclaimed to us to us just as truly as they [the Israelites of old did when the good news of deliverance from bondage came to them]; but the Message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith (with the leaning of the entire personality on God…
25. They did not mix the Message with THE LEANING OF THE ENTIRE PERSONALITY ON GOD! The only evidence that you love God.
26. Hear, O ye people of Israel! Hear O ye mankind! The Lord your God is one. Only Him shall you worship with all your heart, with all your might, with all your strength, and with all that is in you. [Deuteronomy 6:4]
27. Leaning your entire personality on Him. Making sure you do not partner any other god to Him. [Surah 6:41]
28. The second is like the first. Loving your fellow mankind as you love yourself. When you have done all these, the scripture says, you have fulfilled all commandments. [Romans 13:8]
29. He said, “If you love Me, obey My Words.” [John 14:15]
30. THE ONLY WAY GOD WILL KNOW THOSE THAT LOVE HIM IS BY THEIR CONTINUAL OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD, THAT IS REVEALED TO THEM IN THEIR DAY, THROUGH GOD’S MESSENGER THAT IS SENT TO THEM IN THEIR OWN DAY.
31. YOU MUST RECOGNIZE YOUR DAY AND YOUR OWN MESSENGER, WHO CARRIES YOUR OWN MESSAGE.
32. That is why the Bible asked the question, “What must we do, that we may fulfill the will of God for our own day?” He said, “Believe in Him, trust in Him, confide, rely, depend on He, Whom the LORD has sent in your day.” [John 6:28 – 29]
33. Anything contrary makes you God’s enemy and places you in opposition, no matter who you are. No matter the interpretation you want to give it, it is your right. But whatever God says is final. Remember in the end, what counts is what God says, and not what you think.
34. 36With the leaning of the entire personality on God; you lean on God. LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
35. They refused to apply faith. Faith would have compelled them to depend on God, rely on God, trust in God. They could not do that. They trusted in themselves, they depended on their efforts, they could not lean their entire personality on God.
36. LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN SENSES; ADULT SENSES, “The way I see it. The way I know it. The way I feel. The way I think. If I should say,… I suggest… Can someone no longer express him or herself?
37. That is not where God is. If God wanted you to say your own, He would have invited you when the world was without form.
38. Then when the world came into being, you would have been numbered among the angels that became human beings. And then, you say your own.
39. WHEN GOD SPEAKS, IT IS FINAL. Whether it goes contrary to your own opinion or not, it is rubbish. We will have our different feelings opinions and thoughts about some issues, but when God speaks, everybody will bow down. Is it not true?
40. He that continues to speak and continues to argue when God has spoken, He is the devil himself. He is the devil himself, for he is the one that answered God back in the garden of Eden. He is the one that resists the truth, for he abides not in the truth.
41. The manufacturer of all lies is the devil. Was he not the one that asked God the question? He was the one that reproduced himself, through intercourse that took place in the garden of Eden. He reproduced himself and answered Cain.
42. Cain became the first liar, the first deceiver, the first human being that committed murder. Is it not true? [Genesis 4:8 – 9]
43. It was the serpent that became a human being, for human beings then appeared. The devil became a human being. What he produced became the first human being that assumed the name of earthly human beings, “Cain”.
44. He was the one God asked the question, “Cain where is your junior brother?” He answered back, “Why asking me this stupid question? Am I my brother’s keeper?”
45. God told him that what he did in the secret, He saw it. Adam never knew. And Eve never knew that their first son had murdered the second one whom he deceived, tricking him by saying, “Brother, escort me to the farm”, simply because he was envious of the junior brother, who obtained favour from God for he had a good heart, he had integrity.
[Genesis 4:5 – 7]
46. THAT IS WHY IT TAKES A CAIN TO PERSECUTE AN ABEL. ANYBODY CAN BE A CAIN. CAIN IS A SPIRIT. ANY SPIRIT THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH IS CAIN. ANY SPIRIT THAT OPPOSES THE TRUTH IS CAIN. EVERY DECEITFUL SPIRIT IS CAIN.
47. EVERY WONDROUS SPIRIT IS CAIN. EVERY STEALING SPIRIT IS CAIN. CRAFTY SPIRIT AND SPIRIT OF SUBTLETY, FOR HE WAS THE CHIEF OF ALL CRAFTY PEOPLE. THE CRAFTIEST ANIMAL IS SATAN, REPRODUCED IN THE MAN CALLED CAIN.
48. God now revealed his secret, “Cain, the blood of your junior brother, Abel whom you slew, whom you murdered in the farm and buried under the tree so that your parents will not know what happened, his blood is crying to My ears, in My throne in Heaven.” [Genesis 4:10]
49. That which he did in secret, God caught him. You see why in the end, we shall account for all our secret deeds, for God will query all of us. Am I making sense? There is no darkness with God. God is full of brightness. Am I making sense?