OUR UNIQUE IDENTITY REMAINS THE WORD OF GOD DWELLING IN US PREACHED ON 23RD JULY 2020 BY BROTHER TIMOTHY UKPONG AT THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD AKWA IBOM, NIGERIA. APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA (THE SON OF MAN) THE MPOSSIBILITY SPECIALIST & THE IDENTITY OF EVERY ELECT
Don’t ever sit down IN THIS FAITH THINKING that you OWN yourself. No! Somebody is placed as AN authority over you. More so, He the Holy Spirit, the Father has sent in His name for one purpose: To seal you and mark you approved or disapproved. He will mark you present or absent.
What if you are causing Him sorrow, causing Him grief, making Him sad by the way you live, in spite of all the warnings? You have already marked yourself out of the Kingdom of Heaven. That is why the prophet said, “It is not easy to go to Hell; a human being struggles his way into Hell.” You must reject the truth for you to accept a lie.
(I and My Family We Will Worship Christ Alone; PP 44 vs 20-21)
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IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO SERVE GOD
Remain Blessed My Beloved Brethren in Christ. I will like to begin this little exhortation by reminding us of something you should have discovered by personal experience.
I want you to understand that the greatest privilege any man can have in Life is to worship the True and the Living God.
No History book; Holy book or write-up or servant of God or saint of old ever wrote about a single disadvantage anybody encounters for serving the Lord; rather out of their wealth of experience, they tell of the eternal rewards and rich benefits of serving the Lord thereby persuading all men to do same.
Little wonder it is then, that every living human being delights in calling himself or herself a child of God. They are proud to state with all confidence that they are worshipping the true God.
This is common with all people irrespective of color, language or religion. This goes to show you that every living being is conscious of the fact that the highest honor and the greatest privilege on earth is to serve God and to be a child of the Most High God.
But the way to Worship Him, they know not. You must come to a personal realization of this fact before you can appreciate your inclusion and membership of this Bridal Faith which is the family of God and the only true Faith on earth.
It behooves on God alone to vindicate those who are really serving Him and are worthy of being called His sons and daughters and once He makes His choice, it is FINAL.
Natural things type the spiritual. A fine young man will be the desire of many ambitious young ladies until he makes His choice of a Bride.
The moment He picks a wife, all arguments and claim seizes for His choice is final and cannot be annulled.
Therefore, it is not enough to claim to worship God or to claim to be a child of God because you are a member of the Bridal Faith or any church or because you practice a certain religion.
It takes God to confirm His own and bestow upon them the power to be called the sons and daughters of God.
John 1:12 says, ‘[12]But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name–[Isa 56:5.]’ AMP.
One thing the world fails to understand which God opened our eyes to see, is that for the children of God to manifest, God must be on the scene, for without God there can never be children of God.
Hence, God must take flesh for his children are also made of flesh and blood.
Hebrews 2:14, ’14Since we, God’s children, are human beings – made of flesh and blood – he became flesh and blood too by being born in human form; for only as a human being could he die and in dying break the power of the devil who had the power of death’ LB.
Yes, only by becoming a human being can He save us. I do not intend to take us back to these basic truths that are a settled matter in the heart of every true believer and elect of God, but to remind us that it is upon this backdrop that we categorically and emphatically state without doubt nor mincing words that the only group upon the surface of the earth today to grace God’s appearance remains the Bride of Christ Ministry.
We are eye and ear witnesses, as well as partakers; of the supernatural vindications of all His attributes and the power and manifestation of His Word in His Tabernacle and vessel Apostle Peter Odoemena, The Son Of Man Blessed be His Most Holy Name; this man is the only One and True God.
Outside Him, all exercise to worship God acceptably ends in futility. All attempts in getting Eternal salvation ends in nullity.
There is no argument to be made neither in heaven nor on earth. Neither man nor force can attempt to, talk about succeeding in annulling it. It is stupidity to fight against the truth.
The scripture says in 1st Corinthians 13:8,'[8]For we can do nothing against the Truth [not serve any party or personal interest], but only for the Truth [which is the Gospel]’ AMP.
In Surah 53:28, it says, ’28And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth’ (Pickthall Translation).
’28But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against truth’ (Yusuf Ali Translation).
I have used these two witnesses to confirm it that any argument no matter how intellectual it seems made against the truth is an exercise in futility.
To this end, Paul warned us the saints in Colossians 2:8-9, saying,’8Don’t let others spoil your faith and joy with their philosophies, their wrong and shallow answers built on men’s thoughts and ideas, instead on what Christ has said.
9For in Christ there is the perfection of God in a human body’ LBT. ‘[8]See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense).
Following human tradition (men’s ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah).
[9]For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature]’ AMP.
He said in 1st Timothy 6:20-21, ’20Oh, Timothy, don’t fail to do these things that God entrusted to you. Keep out of foolish arguments with those who boast of their “Knowledge” and thus prove their lack of it.
21Some of these people have missed the most important thing in life – they don’t know God’ LB.
If you are carried away by any other voice outside that of the revealed Christ, The Son of Man you are blind and you will end up in Eternal destruction.
A child of God can never waver in his conviction of what he knows to be the truth. Only the truth shall set us free. The Word of God is the truth; truth is nothing but what God has confirmed, vindicated and authenticated to be the truth.
The Lord said in the message You Are Not Too Far From The Kingdom of Heaven But One Thing Remaineth vol 1 Preached on 15-12-2019, page 31:37-38, ’37THERE IS NO ARGUMENT THAT CAN REDUCE ME OR INCREASE ME. I HAVE COME TO STAY.]
I AM WHAT I AM. YOUR UNBELIEF, YOUR ARGUMENT, YOUR CRITICISM, YOUR FAULT FINDING, THEY MEAN NOTHING. AND I DO NOT NEED THE SUPPORT OF ANY MAN. CAN A MAN BORN OF A WOMAN SUPPORT GOD?
38SO DO NOT EVER THINK YOU ARE SUPPORTING ME. YOU ARE SUPPORTING YOURSELF.
I HOPE I AM MAKING SENSE? IF YOU ARE SUPPORTING ME LEST I WILL FALL , IF I FALL, WHERE WILL I FALL INTO? IF THE ELOHIM WILL FALL, WHERE WILL HE FALL INTO?
Apostle Peter Odoemena The Son of Man, Blessed be His Most Holy Name, is the self-existing one.
He does not solicit for man’s support rather all who have caught the revelation of this Divine Personality in the midst of the Bride, will be ready to die in other to remain obedient to this gospel truth.
for it is the grace of God counting us worthy to be a part of this glorious Faith where God has stepped down on the earth as a man to conclude the work of salvation in righteousness. He is the comfort of the saints.
We have a man. Yes! We have a man that can turn on the light. In the message Behold Your God Cometh preached on 08-06-1997 God said, ‘Any moment we succeed in getting a family, a Church, a group of people having this man, who cannot be found in sin, who cannot play with His words,
who is vindicated with this Shekinah Cloud around Him, who is not taking us back to the old genealogy, but opening our eyes to something we can call new doctrines,
One we can still look back on the scene, all we have to do is to say glory be to God, for our problem is solved’.
Indeed our problems are over as long as we can pin our hopes on Him and totally rely on Him.
We are eye and ear witnesses when the voice said (abridged), ‘I have anointed you with My Spirit, I have anointed you with My Power, speak My Word.
Fear them not for I will be with You, I have anointed you with My unction, Yes the Lord of Hosts has promised….
I have sworn that My Word shall not depart from thy midst forever, for it is My presence among you’ [Epistle 16 Chp 2 pg 401:21-23].
THE WORD OF GOD REVEALS OUR CONDITIONS. THE WORD OF GOD IS THE MIRROR THROUGH WHICH WE CAN SEE OURSELVES, ASSESS OUR PERFORMANCE. HOWEVER, THE WORD OF GOD WILL NOT REMOVE ANY. WE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL EFFECT CHANGE IN OUR CONDITION. IF I SAY CHANGE YOUR MIND, IT REQUIRE DECISION. WORDS ARE CREATIVE. THE CREATIVE POWER IN THE SPOKEN WORDS CHANGES ANYBODY’S CONDITION, EITHER FOR BETTER OR WORSE. IT DEPENDS ON THE WAY YOU APPLY IT.
From the message decision pg 135 vs 22 & fellowship pg 15.
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WE MUST CONFORM TO
THE WORD OF GOD
The Son of Man Apostle Peter Odoemena Blessed be His Most Holy Name, is the Word made flesh; and without the Word, we are like every other dead denomination or group of people under the sun.
Hence, our unique identity that marks us separate and makes us a stand out group from others remains the Word made flesh, Christ in our midst.
This Word that manifested in flesh is now been planted in our hearts that we may be like Him.
This is the difference between the Bride and any group of people who claim to worship God under the Sun.
Let me give you a practical illustration of this. In Economics, it is said that a company’s Brand (Branding strategy) would make it nearly impossible for any other similar product or close substitute to rival it in the industry or market.
Yes it has no substitute. This is true about the Faith of Christ. This is why the Son of Man has made it clear time without number that there is no other vehicle and ark of salvation apart from His own.
That He has giving His opponents a wide gap. Hence if you fail to get on board you are lost forever.
This is true because you can never find the word of God elsewhere but in the Bride where He has revealed Himself and has espoused us to the truth.
Heaven Made Possible Introduction Preached on 19-04-2020. Page 41:41-42, ’41If there is anything we have we can boast of, it is the presence of Christ in our midst. That is our only boast.
Without this, we are as worthless as worthless can be. Only Christ among us makes the difference. 42So, it takes a fool to ignore the presence of Christ. It takes a fool to ignore His Word, even His admonition and His outstretched hands to help us out of our deadly conditions’.
We could never have come out of our deadly conditions that was leading us to destruction without being espoused to Christ.
How could we have been espoused to Christ if He was not revealed? How can He be revealed if He is not made flesh?
Hence, the pride of every elect in the Bridal Faith must be His or Her complete obedience to the Word of God revealed to us for that is the only thing that makes the difference, counts us worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven and marks us as children of God.
From The Great Sermon; Stand Still and I will Show You the Word Of God page 83 Chapter 1:8, God says ‘8Every true elect of God must delight himself or herself in the Word of God at all times’.
Any member of the Faith that does not delight in the in-take of the Word of God is not an elect of God. He is a counterfeit that would be rejected on trial.
He has a wrong motive for being in the Faith of Christ and can never tarry till the end. He is among the tares that must be bundled into the fire for destruction.
We can never know the mind of God concerning us if we are not espoused to the Word. God sees us through the Word.
The scriptures in Hebrews 4:12 says that it takes the Word to reveal us for what we really are.
Hence without the Word of God no man can know his position in God at every point in time. He will be fooled by his own false and self-estimation of himself and in no distant time will plunge himself into abyss (self-destruction).
In the message, The Secret of Survival Lies in Christ preached on 21-02-2015. Page 38:22-23, God said, ’22When we hear that the thoughts of God towards us are thoughts of good, peace and progress and not of evil, to give an expected end, how does He make His thoughts manifest in us? It is through His Word.
23If you do not hear the spoken Word from God, you can never know what God is thinking concerning you. It is through the Spoken Word from God that you know the mind of God concerning you’.
Without the Son of Man who holds the Spoken Word, nobody can hear or know the mind of God concerning him or her or concerning this age.
Our experiences do compare favorably with that of our fathers of old for they received God’s Word through the vessel God had chosen in their day and from no other source.
They consulted no book neither did they work with the imaginations and feelings of their heart but rather they ran to the Prophets.
As many as failed to pay heed to the Words of the Prophets, paid the price dearly. They ended it in regret saying, ‘Had I known’.
The Son of Man remains the rallying point for every true elect. His voice can never be played with or taken for granted. His Word can never be a burden to them.
All who see His Words as a burden are already marked out of God’s program of salvation in this age.
How can we play with His voice when we know that God’s nature is our only ticket to paradise and there is no way we can have that nature without His Word; for His Word is the transforming agent.
The Secret of Survival Lies in Christ page 33:10 says, ’10THAT IS THE REASON WHY I ALWAYS WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO OTHER GOD’S POWER OF TRANSFORMATION OTHER THAN HEARING AND OBEYING HIS WORD. THE TRANSFORMATION POWER OF GOD LIES IN HIS WORD IF YOU OBEY’.
You must accept Him and obey Him for His Word to transform your old sinful nature and impact in you His nature; this is the only nature that is found in Paradise.
You AreNot Too Far From The Kingdom of Heaven But One Thing Remaineth vol 2 page 44:66-67, ’66GOD IS NOT GOD TO YOU UNTIL HIS WORDS BECOME YOUR FOCAL POINT, YOUR CONTROLLER, YOUR DECIDER AND EVERYTHING.
67IF HE IS YOUR GOD ACTUALLY, WHY IS HIS WORD NOT MAKING ANY IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE? WHY IS YOUR LIFE NOT CHANGING FOR THE BETTER? WHY ARE YOU STANDING WHERE YOU HAD BEEN STANDING EVEN WHEN YOU KNEW HIM NOT?’
You are still standing in your old obstinate way of life because God’s Word has never settled in you for one day. No patient can be healed without accepting the doctor’s prescription and taking his medication.
No student can pass his examinations without assimilating what he has been taught through intensive study.
No footballer or athlete can harness his talent and be successful without him accepting the guidance and instructions of his coach or instructor.
So also nobody can be saved without accepting and obeying the truth from God. I want you to remember that Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.
Nothing does the preparation than the Word of God. Then we can be like our Master and guide because we have become brand new individuals in Christ.
Old things are passed away for a new life has been regenerated in us. Until this becomes your testimony you are merely a spectator and stranger in the Family of God.
The Truth changes lives; the lives of those who believe and obey. You AreNot Too Far From The Kingdom of Heaven But One Thing Remaineth vol 2 page 79:29-32,
’29A wise man said, “Are you surprised and astonished? Do you not know they have been with Christ?” In other words, they have imbibed His nature and His life.
30And the new life has started controlling them in everything; controlling their mode of speech, their mode of eating, checking their movements, checking the thoughts and imaginations of their hearts, checking their dressing and checking their desires, and everything dovetailing to the life of the Master.
31You begin to see moderation. You begin to see humility. You begin to see meekness.
You begin to see restraint. You begin to see transparency. Everything Christ was known for was made visible in them as a sure sign that they belong to Him.
32You see why, if any does not have the life of Christ, He does not belong to God. He is a stranger to the Family. He is claiming what He is not.
Can you come to Me now and begin to claim that I am your father?’. Page 110:25 says, ’25You cannot carry your old life, a devilish life into the Family of God entrusted into the hands of THE SON OF MAN.
THIS VINEYARD IS UNDER MY CUSTODY. I AM IN CHARGE OF MY FATHER’S FAMILY AND I KNOW WHOM MY BRETHREN ARE. I KNOW MY OWN’.
You can never carry your old nature into paradise. It is a mission impossible. No cause of offence can get in there.
If your encounter with Christ has not wrought a change in you, it simply means you have never come into Christ for one day. The Word of God will be your condemnation.
This is why the Son of Man says that if He is not comfortable living with you here on earth, you should please forget about Eternal Life.
Your old being must be washed away by the indwelling of the Word in your heart.
God’s Nature Is Your Ticket To Paradise…As We See The Days Approaching preached on 09-01-2010. Page 59 verse 27. ’27I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT THE MESSAGE OF GOD IS BLEACH.
IT DOES A CLEANSING WORK. IT IS WATER THAT WASHES YOU AND PRESENTS YOU CLEAN, WHERE YOU ALLOWED THE WATER TO WASH YOU’.
It is optional. Where you do not allow the water which is the Word to wash you, it is a choice you made. Nobody makes the choice but you.
If you do not allow the Word to wash you clean, as white as snow, in the end blame nobody but yourself for rejecting salvation with your own hands.
Christ Nature Is Your Assurance of Eternal Life preached on 27th and 30th December 2016. Section 2 Chapter 2:12-13, ’12Our meeting point with God and with one another is the word, for His name is the word of God.
His name is the word of God, and that is the righteousness of the saints, if we hearken and obey. 13When you hearken and obey, it shall be unto you, your righteousness.
Is it not the message we received? Obedience is better than sacrifice, when you are not ready to obey, and do the right thing, stop sacrificing, stop laboring, for in the end, you will be disappointed’.
Who will cause the disappointment? It is you. David first of all offered himself before he offered all he had to God.
It was by revelation he offered, knowing that God owned him, God owned his life, therefore all he had belongs to God as well.
Hence, he was not compelled to give, neither was he doing it grudgingly rather he did it with joy and it was acceptable before God.
When you are not ready to obey, all you are offering to God becomes a temptation to God for there is nothing God cannot provide for Himself.
You offer joyfully because you are appreciating God for what His Word has done in your life.
But when you have never yielded to the Word and you want to offer to God, you are simply thinking you can use your material possession to bribe God in His Judgement against you.
You think you can use your money to cover your hypocrisy. Who are you? You do not know that you are coming before the Urim Thummim who catches the secrets of the heart.
In the tape of 20th July 2020; Trust God Even Unto Death by Pastor Wisdom Odoemena Moderated by The Son Of Man, the Lord said and I quote, ‘The Word of God can only change God’s own elect.
If you are not a seed of God, the Word of God cannot transform you; for it will never have a place in your heart from where it can begin it’s renewing activity in your Life.
The Word must be planted as a seed in the heart then it will germinate through prayers and admonitions’. We are talking about practical reality of the Faith now.
If obedience to the truth evidently set out before us is not your daily boast in Christ, you are not a part of the Son of Man; salvation must elude you in the end.
It is God’s will to save all for which cause He called us into this Ministry of Grace, and has never hindered any from having access to the engrafted, unadulterated Word of God.
Rather than do that, He lays down His life as a sacrificial lamb every day to make sure that the saints of God are well fed and nourished by the Word; believing that by injecting the Word into our hearts, we all will produce the right fruit and be saved.
But most of us choose to have our own way by closing the door of our hearts against the truth. We allowed immaterial things having no eternal value to stifle out the Word.
To help us further, God told us about the parable of the sower for us to understand that He is the sower and the seed is the Word. Our hearts are the field.
The Son of Man has planted nothing but the Word into our hearts. Your heart and my heart is the soil.
It is in your hands and my hands to either be [1]the person that allows the seed to be eaten by the fowl of the air. In other words, you were never serious with the Word for one day.
You shifted it to others. It is not for you, it does not concern you. Therefore you are naked and barren before God; for the Word of God is the covering of the Bride. It is the wedding garment.
It is the quickening agent that shall quicken this mortal flesh. You are therefore lost. [2] You could be the Rocky soil.
An obstinate, stiff-necked and unrepentant unbeliever. You are stubborn to the Word of God and stubbornness is idolatry. No idolater can smell paradise. You are always insisting on your ways and refusing to be guided and regulated by the Word of God.
You are equally lost. [3] What if you are the soil covered with thistles. These thistles are the cares of this life which you have placed ahead of the Word of God.
You want to catch the wind and acquire the whole wealth of the world. This cares of life have made you never to render an acceptable sacrifice to God; you are an erratic believer.
Today you show signs of life making all to believe that you are coming up, tomorrow you go back to your slumber. You go back to your vomit.
When temptation and trial of your faith comes your conviction begins to shake. You are a child of God only when the going is good.
You obey the Word when it favors you and acknowledge Son of Man as being good to you and not God to you. You are a fair weather believer because you have no deep root in Christ.
All shallow rooted believers must be shaken out of the Faith. Until you are fully converted, you are lost. [4] How many are sure and certain that they are that good soil?
The believing minority standing on their personal conviction of who the Son of Man is to them. They are in the minority.
They are the essence of His labor because they are fully surrendered to His Word saying, ‘Have your way in me Lord’. They have another spirit like Joshua and Caleb.
They are the true members of Christ’s Super Family. They shall never be disappointed in the end but will live to say, ‘Surely the Elohim dwelleth in the Son of Man’ for they shall be possessors of paradise and the first fruits of the Kingdom of Heaven.
You know where you belong, I know where I belong for the manifestation is the interpretation.
At the end of the day, no human being in this life will say Apostle Peter Odoemena Blessed be His Most Holy Name, the Living God, prevented him from entry into paradise.
If He wanted to prevent you, why did He call you? For no man can come unto God except He bids you come. Did you know the way before?
Why has He been laboring to espouse you to the truth if He wanted you to perish? You must be a hypnotized, self-deceived fool to think this way.
You must face the truth; you made the choice for yourself. You never trusted Him to save you neither did you believe that His Word could work in you and make you fit for the Kingdom of Heaven.
You saw His Word as a burden. You are a SAD NEWS to yourself. As Joe Allen says in his exposition As A Man Thinketh, I quote,
‘Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thoughts he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.
By the right choice and true application of thought, Man ascends to the Divine perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast.
Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is the maker and master.
Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this, that man is the master of thought, the molder of character and Maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny’.
He also said and I quote, ‘A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition’.
I am using this to point out that your end is not a fluke or manipulation of some sort by someone else, but a choice of the individual; you have decided the path you want to tow, hence, you have chosen the reward you shall receive.
Inotherwords, every man must go the way he is ordained.
It is perfect wisdom that a farmer who has labored well, should go into his farm at harvest and reap bountifully all he has planted and tendered into mature crops while discarding the tares.
This is a type of what The Son of Man must now do for we have come to the harvest time. He will only collect what He planted; those that bear the right fruit.
They are the reward for His labor all these years. They are the reason why He has remained in human flesh bearing all the cruel mockery and ridicule with patience and forbearance but the hour of reaping is now at hand.
You AreNot Too Far From The Kingdom of Heaven But One Thing Remaineth vol 2 page 79:33, ’33YOU CANNOT IMPOSE ANYBODY ON GOD.
GOD HAS HIS OWN GERM OF LIFE. GOD KNOWS HIS GENOTYPE’. Page 80:35, ’35THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO IDENTIFY WHO WE ARE. YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU BELONG TO, SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DYING FOR. AND WHEN YOU BELONG TO THE SUPER FAMILY, WITH YOUR FATHER WHO IS ALIVE WITH YOU, ANY PANIC?’.
There can never be panicking! Brethren I am saying that the Unique identity of the True Elect of God in all the ages remains the Word of God manifesting in them.
Glory be to God in the highest. Amen!
ONCE YOU TAKE IN THE WORD OF GOD, LIVE BY THE WORD OF GOD, YOUR LIFE WILL BEAR WITNESS THAT YOU ARE OF GOD. BECAUSE ALL THE THINGS GOD CONDEMNED, YOU MUST CONDEMN. ALL THAT GOD DELIGHT IN, YOU MUST LOVE
GREAT SERMON PG 4 VS 33.
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EVERY MINISTER IS A CUSTODIAN OF THE WORD
The unique identity of the elect of God remains the Word of God as evidenced in our lives Brethren. Every elect must be espoused to and delight in the in-take of God’s Word.
Therefore, every true minister of God called according to God’s own purpose and foreknowledge must of a necessity be up and doing laboring in the Word like our ever faithful, tireless, hardworking and persistent Master The Son Of Man.
Every true minister is a custodian of the truth. The flock of God entrusted in your care must never be neglected.
They must be well fed with the Word of God so that they can bear the right fruit and the efforts of the Redeemer, the Resurrected body will not be in vain, His efforts will not be defeated.
The edification of the body of Christ is the reason for your calling and ordination into any office as a minister.
If you have seen it with any other motive or idea you will become obsolete, tired, weak and unprofitable, for you will end up cutting yourself off from The Son Of Man who is the source of your strength.
You will sit down when the Master is still standing. You will lower down your rifle which is the Word of God and lose your guard when the battle is raging fiercest; at a time when we are at the end of all things.
You will be wearied down at a time when we are about to embrace Paradise. It is a sure sign that you have been cut off from the Master and Guide from where we must all draw our strength.
If the Lord is not your strength, you must surely grow tired no matter the office you occupy. Only God, The Son Of Man remains the Inexhaustible fountain, the source of life that can never run dry nor grow tired.
It is in Him that we derive our strength. Isaiah 40:28-31 says, ’28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.29. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.30. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;31.
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint’ NIV.
Apostle Peter Odoemena, the manna of life, blessed be His Most Holy Name can never be tired and weary.
Anybody; young and old that looks up to Him as his only hope must remain strong and alive spiritually and physically. He must remain productive and profitable in all things.
Anyone who fails to look up to Him as the author and finisher of our faith; young and old, man or woman, boy or girl can never in this life or in the life to come be profitable to himself, not to talk of being profitable to the ministry, helping the faith of the saints.
You must grow tired, young or old for you have detached from the source of life. You will wither. The message of salvation will become a burden you can no longer bear because you have been cut off.
You have lost your zeal and your heavenly vision if it was there ab initio.
The cares of this life has drowned you, taking you away from the Guide. What you fail to realize is that no man is indispensable in the sight of God.
One man’s loss is another’s opportunity. The greatest privilege you can have is to be coopted as a co-laborer in the vineyard of the Commander of Heavens Armed Forces in this last age to labor with Him in redeeming souls.
It is such a great privilege for God to repose confidence in you entrusting the care and wellbeing of His flock purchased by His precious blood into your hands.
Of all those to ever work with God in time past, the greatest favor has been received by those in this Bridal Faith which is God’s last move on earth, where God has come to conclude the work of salvation in righteousness.
Many Prophets, Saints of old wished they could be privileged to be coopted by The Son of Man to labor with Him in this last days yet it was not given unto them.
Hence, they wondered as to those that will be beneficiaries of this great privilege and it turned out to be you and I. What a privilege! Yet we are messing it up.
This should be a great treasure in the life of a true minister that you must always cherish affectionately and so highly. No one merited it.
No man ever went to school for it. God bestowed it upon you. There is no way you can recognize, appreciate and accept this God given responsibility, which is a rare privilege without rendering a selfless service to God.
No man can serve God’s interest when he places ‘Self’ first. Your office is not a title; one you must have merited. Your office is not an opportunity to wield unnecessary authority you do not have over God’s own flock but a call to serve; that is a selfless service to the glory of God.
Only then can God be pleased and bless your ministry and guide you against shipwreck.
For without the help and guidance of The Son of Man, every minister in this Faith is bound to make a shipwreck of his calling in the body of Christ.
He is the Commander in Chief of Heavens Armed Forces, yet He subjected Himself in so much humility and simplicity as to have served us all these years just like a slave, placing His life on the line on countless occasions for the sake of the Bride neither for His own sake nor even that of His nuclear family.
This should be a noteworthy example for any successful minister. He has never wielded a tenth of His power as God upon us lest we be destroyed.
Where then do you gain your example? Why wielding unnecessary authority over God’s own flock purchased with His blood rather than espousing them to the engrafted Word that is able to give them a place among the sanctified?
Why sowing seeds of discord in the hearts of the Brethren against the truth that came down from heaven? Why trying to introduce the Nicolaitan spirit in the Bride?
Can any man be above God’s Word? The commission we received said, ‘I have lifted My Word above every flesh for it is My power among My people’.
Who are you then to grow above the Word? Run for your life for God has marked you. You are the SAD NEWS in the Bride.
There is fire on the mountain. It is sad to note that the greatest reproach brought to the Faith has come from so called ministers and their families, those supposed to be brand ambassadors of this glorious Faith.
God told us long ago in the message Son Of Man Our Link To The Truth page 120, 1st and 2nd paragraph, ‘You say unbelievers within? Yes, there are still many of them in the Churches. Some of them are found among the ministers and their families.
Do not feel shocked about this because it is true and I know them very well and they too are aware that I know them. They must stand disappointed in the end unless they change their minds and redirect their hearts to this gospel truth.
If they have their ways, they will remove Me so as to establish their own self-styled doctrines. Unfortunately, the elect will not accept such persons and their human creeds’.
It is a known fact that the Son of Man has lamented his displeasure with many ministers who made themselves ancient and redundant. Is the development better today?
Are we really taking His Words serious? If you have not made any move to readdress your steps by now, the manifestation is the interpretation that you do not attach any importance to God’s Words, you do not feel restless whenever the voice of the Son of Man is against you until you make it right and find favor before Him again.
Inotherwords, He has become a noisy cymbal to you. You are indirectly digging your grave. At the beginning of the year the Lord Saluted us thus: From the message My Salutation preached on 31-12-2019 page 33:54 and 57,
’54Brethren, you know the evil of the old generation. They sat down when the Leader and Commander in Chief was still standing and vibrating, even when they did nothing.
I say, “They did nothing”. 57That they are tired goes to show that they are not waiting on the LORD. Whoever that waits on the LORD must renew his strength’.
Yes they did nothing. After all, it takes the Son Of Man to labor to give us the Word. All the ministers are expected to do is to give it to the flock.
Is that a burden to ask? How this ministry has been piloted from inception till date; to the point where we have now made exploits worldwide remains a mystery, a burden only shouldered by the LORD.
If you have shouldered it, tell us your contribution. Page 38:4 and 6 says, ‘4But do you know why I do not feel happy with them? By age, I am senior to all of them.
In domestic life, they have not seen My back. When it comes to social life, they are nobody.
What sapped your energy? 6Why are you tired? Why did you drop the gun when the battle is still raging? Why did you throw in the towel when your opponent is still standing there in the ring?
You claim you had become old because you married and God gave you children. Tell me what wearied you down. You stand to cover your faces in shame’.
What is your investment in this Faith? What purpose are you serving? Where is your labor of love in Christ? Ministers of God, it is time to arise from slumber for the night is far spent. Redeem the time for the hour is far spent.
Fulfill your holy and high callings in Christ and end your ministries with great joy. Be a selfless servant of God worthy of His confidence. When you forsake the flock of God entrusted into your care, your life can never give you joy.
This is the reason why fate has caught up with many; for your families are the first to bear the fruit of your negligence.
They become the dividend of your carelessness. Hence, all manner of evil reports will be emanating from the home of a man of God; a family that ought to be exemplary.
You can never forsake the Word of God and have peace. Peace and fulfillment comes by obedience to the Word of Truth we have received.
A true time tested minister who saw and witnessed the glory of God will stand on the truth at all times just like the elders in the days of Joshua and Caleb.
Joshua 24:31, ’31Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the LORD had done for Israel’ NIV.
If they were not holding unto the Word, if they were not up and doing, night and day, standing at their duty post, the scripture would not have recorded that Israel remained an obedient nation to God.
Israel would have gone wayward. They never lost sight of their heavenly vision. After all their experiences with God, they could not afford to see the young generation being misguided and going contrary to the truth.
They did not stop at saying we were there! We were there when so and so happened. No!They lived the life of obedience first and then imparted same into the people.
Now you can appreciate why God said no cause of offence will be found in Paradise. For God made sure that none of the erring elders crossed into the promised land.
All these elders recorded here in Joshua 24 that crossed over into Canaan with Joshua where of the same mind and spirit as Joshua and Caleb. Hence there was unity of purpose.
With these elders, coupled with the young zealous generation, Israel was a force to reckon with, they were able to land safely in Canaan. God was pleased.
This is what the Son of Man is producing now. With the few living ministers who are still holding onto the righteous branch coupled with the young army captains He has raised up, Paradise is sure.
The mind of a true minister is like that of the Psalmist in Psalms 71:17-18, ‘[17]O God, You have taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I declared Your wondrous works.
[18]Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not, [but keep me alive] until I have declared Your mighty strength to [this] generation, and Your might and power to all that are to come’ AMP.
This is what a true, time tested minister standing on his duty post should do; Guide the flock by the Word and encourage and espouse the young generation to Christ.
This starts with your family. You should not be found encouraging them in Iniquity, making them feel that worshipping God is a burden, obeying His Word is a burden by living a contrary life. How disastrous that is.
Stop encouraging and hiding their wrongs and errors instead of exposing them that they may be ashamed and repent.
This is not the example laid by the Masterpiece, The Son Of Man. Oh! We are a blessed generation through the Son Of Man. What could we have done without Him?
Absolutely nothing. I told you earlier that no man is indispensable in the sight of God. God is the Master planner hence no man can thwart or frustrate this move of God.
To this end, He has raised up the little ones many called feeble, He raised up these young minds He begat in the wilderness so that we shall know that we can never acquire Paradise by our own self striving; strength and might, it is all by His Grace.
He has used these youths to replace all worn out and obstinate unbelieving Elders or ministers just like Eleazar replaced Aaron.
This revival pioneered by His sons who have been a great blessing to the entire Bride of Christ worldwide can never die down.
They are not His son’s in the flesh alone but they are His sons in Christ and models for every godly youth in this generation.
They yielded to God and are striving daily to live the life of the message. He has raised these young David’s to join Him in anchoring this ship of the saved on the shores of paradise. They are prime movers.
Arise for it is your time to shine Oh Youth Minister of God. What a mighty privilege.
This must be the vision of every godly youth, male or female in this Bridal Faith of Christ to ensure that this glorious revival never dies down in our hearts, and to rise up and awake the sleeping parents.
A godly youth born or brought up in this glorious Faith, living the life of the gospel, can never take it lightly with the parents who are walking contrary to the truth God has committed into our hands; for this is the gospel truth that has brought us up to what we are today and is the only faith that will lead us into paradise.
Not every youth in this Faith will catch this revelation. It will take a godly youth to yield to God. We must know that this glorious gospel is a way of life and not just a message to preach.
The Son of Man has seen many preachers come and go. He is not looking merely for preachers but for those who have vowed to make this gospel a way of life thereby putting it into practice on a daily basis.
You cannot be a renegade, a cause of offence to your family and to the Faith and claim to stand for this truth or to preach this gospel.
Know it that any lifestyle you have inculcated for yourself from childhood will today become an unbending way.
The Heavenly bound youths surrounding the Son of Man today especially those of His nuclear family are great encouragements to the ministry of the Lord.
It never started today because they are on the pulpit but from their infancy. What they are preaching today is a confirmation and testimony of what has been manifesting in them right from childhood.
It has been a way of life in them. It never started today. Rome they say, was not built in one day. Let me show you from the message an illustration to confirm how this youths, the family of The Son of Man made His Ministry a success from inception till date:
Son Of Man Our Link To The Truth page 179, 3rd paragraph, ‘I must remain grateful to God who bestowed me with a peaceful, loving and dedicated Wife, with children whose godly composure have granted me an enduring and conducive working environment which made this book a reality’.
See it clearly for yourself. So it never started today. So even infants are involved in this message as well.
How you comport yourself in the home goes a long way in helping your parents fulfill that which has been committed into their hands. That is why in a family, only a child might be picked by God, it is because the all seeing eyes has seen this quality in such a child.
So infants also have their ministry to fulfil, drum it into the ears of your children for the leg of a small goat is also sold in the market. The Son of Man made this clear in the message The Good Shepherd, how the family of a man of God ought to be.
Have you ever for one day given your parents a conducive environment to perform that which God demands from them and end their ministries with joy due to your godly composure? Or are you the cause of their woes? Thou knowest.
The Son of Man is having absolute peace of mind today because from childhood his children where never rogues. They were great supports to this ministry from day one.
What is your own testimony? If you cannot comport yourself in accordance with the teachings of Christ we received, you cannot call your parents to order in the Word, you cannot be an encouragement to the Bride, and then declare to the whole world proudly your conviction in Christ.
The reason is because it is first manifested in your life before you can tell of God’s goodness to others. What we are preaching is the importance of the Word of God in a man’s life because we ourselves have experienced it firsthand.
This is what the sons of the Son of Man have produced. How many youths in the faith today are desiring earnestly everyday and practicing everyday to be like them?
If you are not a Heavenly bound brother or sister as they are, then you are definitely a hell bound one (brother or sister).
I am saying Youths rise up to the challenge! God cannot ask of us what we cannot give. It is the light of the gospel He has imparted into us all these years of our development that He is expecting us to radiate today.
We are taught to war against ungodly Youths. This war starts with all ungodly youths in this Faith who think that we are in a social club.
They are the ones to be feared more than the heathens out there whom already have their fate decided. They are trying to waste the efforts of our Redeemer.
We are saying an emphatic No! Not in this Faith. Hear the Words of the greatest advocate of youth empowerment and be wise.
My Salutation page 31:48-49, ’48SHOW ME OR GIVE ME THE CHURCH THAT IS ALWAYS IN THE REVIVAL. AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE CHURCH WHERE GODLY YOUTHS ARE PILOTING THE AFFAIRS.
49THE REVIVAL IN THE BRIDE WILL NO LONGER DIE DOWN, FOR IT HAS ENTERED INTO THE HANDS OF PRIME MOVERS, HORSES AND CHARIOTS THAT WILL RUN WITHOUT FAINTING.
HORSES AND CHARIOTS THAT WILL CLIMB THE MOUNTAINS WITHOUT FAINTING’. Page 42:14-19, ’14This is your time to shine. Godly youths waging war with worldly youths.
And I know you have already won. You are winners! Why? 15GREATER IS HE THAT IS WITH YOU THAN HE THAT IS SUPPORTING THEM. SO, YOU HAVE ALREADY WON THE BATTLE.
16The Bible said in the Book of 1 John, “I write to you young men, for you are strong. You know the truth and the truth abideth in you and you have overcome the evil one.”
[1 John 2:13] 17THE POWER THAT PROPELS EVERY FAMILY, EVERY NATION, EVERY GODLY ASSEMBLY IS VESTED ON THE YOUTH.
THEY ARE REVOLUTIONISTS. THEY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. THEY BRING ABOUT CHANGES AND THEY USE FORCE. IF YOU REFUSE TO CONCEDE TO THEM, THEY WILL HELP YOU CONCEDE TO THEM.
18I can now comfortably sit down and the children I begat in this Faith and in Christ will be nourishing My soul. I say, nourishing My soul. And I will no longer die again. No old age because My children have taken over My old age.
19I can sit down and the Word will be coming like the dew of Hermon [Psalms 133:3], penetrating My heart and the revival will always be around Me.
Why should I not give God the Praise? I must live to praise God. Amen’. Page 35:59, ’59YOU ARE SOLDIERS, TRAINED FOR THE BATTLE. I AM SURE AND CERTAIN THAT WITH THE YOUTHS, I AM ALREADY IN THE PROMISED LAND’.
We really thank God Brethren. God has done it again as the Psalmist said it in the scriptures, Psalms 8:1-2, ‘1O LORD OUR GOD, the majesty and glory of your name fills all the earth and overflows the heavens.
2You have taught the little children to Praise you perfectly. May their example shame and silence your enemies!’ LB.
I am so glad that I can say I am one of them. May we never repeat the mistakes of our fathers. Same message Page 41:11,
’11How do you do that? Settle down and find out why they failed. Were they not given the opportunity to succeed? Good! Do not allow what killed them to kill you. Find faults with them and refrain from such dangerous habits’.
This is the ultimate key to success to the youths. Distance yourself from the old obstinate way of the ancient ones that never helped them in maintaining a good and healthy relationship with Christ.
Become a Word addict. Lift the name of Christ high by living a life worthy of the kingdom of Heaven. Lift up a standard against evil.
To the ancient ones who are not ready to make a change, who are the SAD News to themselves, who are still resisting all the Masters attempts to inject life into them, I leave a proverb for you, ‘whenever a child points at an adult, there must be somebody close by standing behind Him from where he is drawing his strength and support’.
The source and sustainer of the power of the youth remains the God that raised them up for this final phase of the Faith, Apostle Peter Odoemena Blessed be His Most Holy Name.
Take their Words in good fate for they are doing the will of the Father. To the ancient ones with another spirit as Joshua and Caleb had, those who are still alive and on their duty post, do not faint do not be discouraged.
Walk with the Lord who is our sustainer and together with His young, vibrant army of heavenly bound angels, we will deliver our utmost goal; Eternal Life. We will end it successfully in paradise. This is true.
In football when a coach wants to create a formidable team, he will assemble young, energetic new talents who are hungry for the big stage and are ready to play with the opportunity accorded them, then he will blend them with the experienced older established team players who have not lost their football touch but are still very much at the prime of their game.
When he combines these two; experience plus youthful energetic and fast legs, he will produce an unbeatable team. This is what the Son of Man has produced.
Every true minister must be a custodian of the Word of God. Take this Word of encouragement from God: My Salutation page 26:33-34,
’33To those who are faithful, the same prayer. May you never stop your journey halfway.
34But as for this man, if He is the one that started the good work in you, I believe He will perform it till the end. Unless you have never been a part of Him.
The moment you are a part of God, there is no way you can stop Midway, for He [God] does not have any uncompleted project’.
STRIVE TO ENTRE THROUGH THAT NARROW DOOR [FORCE ASIDE UNBELIEF AND ATTRACTION OF SIN]; FOR MANY, I TELL YOU, WILL TRY TO ENTER [BY THEIR OWN WORKS] AND WILL NOT BE ABLE.
Luke 13:24 AMP
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THE GATE IS NARROW, STRIVE THAT YOU MAY ENTER
Brethren I am emphasizing that the Word of God manifesting in us remains our unique identity. As we round up this exhortation let us remind ourselves of some basic truths knowing the hour we are living in.
We Are Waiting For Time preached on 30-11-2011, page 41:1, ‘1We thank God who has made it possible for all of us to be in His presence in hope of the translation of our mortal body.
There is no other thing that we have the hope if not this particular matter for God told us about it’.
This is true. Every true elect of God at this present time is eagerly and patiently waiting for the fulfillment of this long awaited promise.
But remember we cannot receive the promise until our obedience to the truth is fulfilled, not before but after. So we are all looking up to Him who holds the key of heaven and of hell and that is the Son of Man.
Action Time Part 4 (Fix Your Eyes on Israel) preached on 01-01-1998 page 31:28-30, ’28I TOLD YOU THAT I WANT TO KEEP ON TALKING UNTIL I AM SATISFIED THAT YOU ARE ALL FULLY TRANSFORMED AND HAVE BECOME SPIRITS.
HOW WILL YOU KNOW? YOU ARE WALKING IN HUMAN FLESH UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS. PEOPLE AROUND WILL MARVEL AND SAY, “SEE THIS MAN.”
YOU YOURSELF WILL EVEN DOUBT YOURSELF. 29In a twinkling of an eye, we shall all be transformed. HOW DO YOU THINK THE TRANSFORMATION WILL TAKE PLACE? IT IS BY THE POWER OF THE WORD.
30THE WORD IS THE SPIRIT. THE WORD IS THE LIFE. Why are we enjoying this Message? The Life was first of all manifested. It is not preaching only. It was accompanied by life. I am preaching life and godliness’.
Brethren you can now see it clearly that the beauty of the Word is seen in the life of the individuals. It is clear that the Word of God is the power of God.
It was not Preached to us only but the life was first of all manifested. The Son of Man is the perfect manifestation of the messages we are receiving.
This is what He is expecting from us now, for therein lies our transformation. It is not just preaching the message that counts or hearing the message alone or echoing amen to the message but manifesting the message in our daily lives is what matters most.
God is looking for super believers of the Faith. Not super preachers of the Faith for you can preach the message without manifesting the gospel in your life thereby making it null and void and of no effect.
This is why the Son of Man is not happy with many, ministers and non-ministers alike. You can preach and defend this Faith but is your life worthy of the gospel you profess?
This is the matter at stake now. What is transforming us is our obedience to the truth we have received.
Everything from start to finish is done by the Word of God; this is why every elect must receive, take in and manifest the Word of God.
No matter how harshly it is coming, it is for your good and my good. Heaven Made Possible Introduction Preached on 19-04-2020 page 25:32,
’32That is why whenever the Word of God is coming to you, do not shift it to anybody. The Word is coming to you. Do not say it is because of so, so and so. It is because of me. It is because of you’.
You must abide by the Word and rest at nothing until your inclusion in the Bridal Faith is confirmed by Christ Himself who is no other person but the Son of Man.
You must know your position in the Son of Man before that day. Heaven Made Possible volume 1 page 49:22, ’22IT IS CHRIST THAT IS THAT STAMP. IF CHRIST DOES NOT STAMP YOU, GOD IS GOING TO REJECT YOU. CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY’.
If your selection has not been confirmed by God, you rest at nothing until you get your ticket. Examine Your Life In The Light of The Truth You Have Received preached on 24-03-2015 page 30:8,
‘8THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT GOD IS ABOUT TO DO NOW. FINAL SELECTION! AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE DOING THE SELECTION.
HE IS THE ONE THAT IS USING HIS HAND TO MARK PEOPLE IN AND MARK PEOPLE OUT’. Page 41:34,
’34All the Messages that are being preached today are about that last step: Last minute. Last step. Last step. That is where God is. And this last selection or last step where we are, it is the Holy Spirit that will declare who is in God and who is not in God’.
You see why I am emphasizing that the Word of God must dwell in us brethren. For a magnet can only attract a metallic object; that is it’s like term.
So also the Spirit of truth will only pick those that are settled in the Word. The Word is in them and they are in the Word. There is no partiality in God.
Your position in the body is not a criteria for being picked. Your acquaintance and relationship with the Son of Man is irrelevant except it is acquaintance in the Word. You must be resting in Christ for you to be picked by the Holy Spirit for only one man shall be in the rapture and that is Christ.
When He is lifted up, He will pull all that are in Him along. When the Headstone came down in our midst, it swallowed all.
The cloud will surely swallow all that are in Christ on that day and deliver us in paradise. Remember, when we talk about the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, you will be blind to begin to look into this sky.
It is a man and He is the Son of Man, the Urim Thummim. No man shall do the selection but the Son of Man. Amen. Why we must be careful at this hour.
In the message, Mystery of The Kingdom of Heaven, God told us clearly that rapture will spring surprises.
That those to whom the Kingdom was meant for will be left out while many from East, west, north and south will occupy their seats in the Kingdom.
Today we can see it clearly that it is fulfilled and is still fulfilling. People who never sat in this Faith for one day with us, people from all works of life all over the world have taken their seats already and have a place in the Son of Man.
These are those William Branham called the 11th hour workers. Yet many who labored from the beginning are hanging in the balance, they are yet to be rooted in the Son of Man after all these years while some are lost already.
This will only be the fate of one that is blind and foolish. Is there not a cause? There is a cause! You paid lip service to the faith, you never took God nor His Word seriously; you were a hypocrite to the faith who will be rejected on trial.
Brethren as we hear the Word today may we not harden our hearts as in the day of destruction for you and I do not know the day we will hear our last message and either sleep in death or role into eternity.
Examine Your Life in The Light of the Truth You Have Received page 83:8-11, ‘8WHEN OTHERS WILL ENTER INTO ETERNITY, WILL YOU BE AMONG THOSE THAT WILL ENTER? WILL YOU BE AMONG THOSE THAT WILL ENTER?
9These are the questions we should be asking ourselves. If you have this consciousness in you, nothing will make you forget yourself.
Nothing will make you forget the hour you are living in. 10Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, that consciousness will always be there.
You will always have limits in everything. You will not be the type of person that will overdo things.
You will have your limits which you can never cross; instead you will choose to die. You can never cross that limit, for Christ will always place a bar there, saying no!
11But anyone that does not know himself, he does not know the hour we are living in, he does not attach any importance to the teachings of Christ, he does not have the fear of God in him, he is not even bothered by all these things.
He is only waiting for Sunday so as to lead in songs, partake in clapping and dancing, even dancing more than every other person, thinking we are in the congregation of the saints for dancing’.
Today we are now in our homes according to the unction of the Lord, such a person whose revival only comes when he goes to the general congregation of the saints is now spiritually dead and in spiritually captivity by the devil.
Such people where only seeking cheap popularity or praise from the Son Of Man and the brethren, they had no vested interest in the faith nor did they intend to worship God. They never came for Eternal Life.
Today, the manifestation is the interpretation. But to us who are still conscious of the hour and are still alive in our respective homes, giving God the glory, please take this advice God has given us in this message we just read for therein lies the secret of your survival in this critical and delicate hour we have rolled into.
You must always have a limit in everything for the hour does not call for carelessness. The Word of God at this present time will only make meaning to the elect, it will be like water falling on the back of a duck to the non-elect.
Moreover we all are now in our homes where we have the monopoly over our actions. Heaven Made Possible Introduction page 78:29-30,
’29So, now that God is still talking, He is talking to people in the Ark, and not to people that have been sealed out because of their unbelief.
30These are the people that have patiently endured everything and followed THE SON OF MAN into the Ark. And He is now polishing them, furnishing them, strengthening them so that when He will empty them in Paradise, it will be peace, peace, peace, peace’.
This is where we are now. God is talking to the saved to get rid of any last trace of any cause of offense in them while His mercy is for those that are gasping for life.
But to those that are in the region of the lost due to their willful rejection of the truth, they are waiting for their destruction for by their action, they already stand condemned.
Christ’s Nature is Your Assurance of Eternal Life section 1 chapter 1:19, ’19THERE IS NOTHING THAT GIVES ME JOY MORE THAN THIS: THAT WHOEVER THAT IS CONNECTED TO HIM [THE SON OF MAN] HAS THAT ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE HE IS NOW A PART OF THAT BIG FAMILY OF ABRAHAM.
FAITH HAS CO-OPTED HIM INTO THE FAMILY. THAT IS WHY WE GLORIFY GOD EVERYDAY’. If you have been CO-OPTED in, this will remain the source of your joy. Identification of the Mighty Angel in Our Midst preached on 14-11-1999. Page 79:25-27, ’25THERE IS NO WAY THE CLOUD CAN GO AWAY WITHOUT YOU.
AS LONG AS THE CLOUD SURROUNDS YOU, WHEN IT IS PULLED BACK, IT WILL BE PULLED BACK TOGETHER WITH ALL ITS CONTENTS.
26Let me just put it this way: The family of God is surrounded by God’s Cloud and anybody that is outside the Cloud should count himself a candidate of Hell.
27We are coming closer to something; the Bridal Visitation before rapture’.
Brethren, you can see what God told us far back 1999. The Word of God is always alive and active indeed. To be under the cloud is to be in the family of God.
And you cannot be in the family of God without passing through the narrow way. You must strive to go in through the narrow way. Are you a part of Abraham’s Family? Are you in the ark of salvation?
Action Time part 4 (Fix Your Eyes on Israel) page 39:20, ’20If we have identified that small believing minority, and we are certain we are in that small believing minority, I think that will be the basis of our rejoicing’.
If your joy is not that you are a part of God’s family, the small believing minority through your total obedience to and dependence on God, then you are among those helping others to rejoice about what God is doing in our midst which you have no part in.
You are a mere supporter of the Faith. We Are Waiting for Time page 49:26-27, ‘The end has come. All the messages, teachings, doctrines which I received from the Father pertaining to the salvation have gone round the countries in the whole world.
They now have access to them and every true elect in the world over must be positionally placed where he will see his own day and the Message. I reserved nothing.
How did God accomplish it? Through the establishment of the websites. Through the websites, Christ has penetrated every family in the whole world.
I am happy to announce to you that many countries so far have accessed the websites, majority of them coming from Israel where God is known to be revealed in the Clouds of Heaven. It is finished. Amen’.
Brethren we are witnesses of how God has been laboring to take this Word round the globe and today many have become a part of what God is doing in their day having been connected through the web.
And they are praising God every day because they are now settled in Christ. See what He said far back 1998. Action Time Part 4 page 40:23, ’23WE WILL PRINT OUT ALL THESE MESSAGES IN BOOKLET FORMS, TRUSTING GOD THAT ONE DAY, THE ELECTS WILL LAY HANDS ON THEM AND THEN IDENTIFY WITH HIS BRETHREN.
I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY CONDITION IF I HAD MISSED THIS KIND OF FAITH’.
Brethren we give God the glory for today this prophecy has been fulfilled already. This is the God we worship, he that knows the end from the beginning and He that has no uncompleted project.
Singlehandedly He has carried this message to the ends of the Earth and He is not relenting. Brethren we must rally round our God at a time like this.
There is nothing He cannot do on His own but a true child of God will always be a part of what His father is doing. Today, many have seized this opportunity provided through the web and they have taken their place in the Son of Man.
Will you and I who are swimming in the ocean of salvation, we who are witnesses of the Glory and Presence of God in our day, then be the ones to be lost? It is in your hands and in my hands.
Let us pay attention to the Word; the warnings and instructions of God at this hour. Begin to take God at His Word. My identity and your identity remains Christ who is the Word living in us. Outside this, we are lost.
Examine Your Life in the Light of the Truth You Have Received page 44:1, ‘1LET US LIVE THAT LIFE THAT WOULD MAKE GOD SAY “WELCOME”.
A LIFE THAT WOULD NOT CREATE PROBLEM FOR US WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT IS THAT LIFE? USE YOUR HAND TO TELL YOURSELF THE NAKED TRUTH. SELF-EXAMINATION!’
Brethren this is why we received a message at this closing stage called Evaluate Yourself volumes 1, 2 and 3. The message is saying we should examine ourselves individually to be sure we are manifesting the life of the truth.
This is what is expected of us because the gate is about to be swung open. Page 27:1-3, ‘1We are giving God the Praise as many of us that have found this narrow way. We have found the narrow way.
One thing is to find the narrow gate, another thing is to strive to enter.2Have you entered through the narrow gate or will you stop at the gate? For God has carried us to the narrow gate. We have stopped at the gate but the gate has not opened for us to go in.
3He has carried us to the gate but the gate has not been opened for us to enter. And God made it in such a way that when we shall go in, nobody will go in with another person. It is one after the other’.
We are going in as individuals. You must stand on your personal revelation of who the Son of Man is; for He is that narrow gate that you have to strive to enter into.
He is the narrow gate. He is the Ark of salvation. Do not be fooled, outside Him, we are lost.
Are you sure you are striving to enter through this narrow gate? To come in is to take Him at His Word; then when the Word has clothed you, you are then covered in His righteousness thereby resting in the Rock of Ages.
We Are Waiting for Time page 34:20, ’20As we see the day approaching, our duty is to keep on glorifying the Name of the Lord.
Do not allow what is happening to disturb you one bit. The hand of the Lord is behind every action of Man, bringing His words to pass whether they be good or bad’.
What is left, only God can accomplish it. Hence whether good or bad, all must work according to the plan of God to fulfill His purpose and for the glory of His Name because whatever the Lord does is a good news to and must favor the elect but it is a sad news to and will never favor the non-elect.
All things work together for good to them that love, believe and obey the Lord. It is the manifestation time. Where do you belong?
Action Time Part 4 page 59:37-38, ’37THIS IS THE WILL OF MY FATHER THAT ALL HE HAS GIVEN TO ME, I WILL PRESERVE THEM TILL THE END. I WILL GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE AND THEY WILL NEVER PERISH FOREVER. 38THIS IS THE WILL OF MY FATHER.
SO THAT YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY, YOU ARE HERE FOREVER. YOU ARE HERE FOREVER, BECAUSE HIS HAND IS NOT TOO SHORT THAT HE CANNOT REACH YOU’.
I conclude by reading Christ’s Nature is Your Assurance of Eternal Life section 2 Chapter 3:21-30, ’21If I should have My final word, I will tell you to save yourselves from this untoward generation. Strive, that you may enter.
THE GATE IS NARROW BUT STRIVE THAT YOU MAY ENTER. 22You won’t say you don’t know the road, it has been revealed to you.
No matter how narrow, no matter how hidden, it has been revealed to us. 23Conditions for entering have been made clear, than ever, more than any other generation.
God came down and confirmed the whole thing, before many witnesses, with something our hearts can no longer deny, so even if something is tempting me to do otherwise, there is another thing superior to that thought that will tell me to calm down.
24Who has ever seen these or since, you read it in the scriptures, who has ever said, “We were there, we photographed, we saw Him, He walked in our midst, we heard His footprint, we did that… who has ever? Nobody!
25You see, we are a glorious people, a chosen generation, a peculiar people unto God, but we can forfeit our birthright, if we are not careful.
26If we are not careful, we are likely to forfeit our birthright. Our inordinate ambition, our mad crave for materialism, unbridled tendency for corruption and corrupt practices can deny us this promised Eternal Life.
This is the much I want to share with you. 27Be on guard, be on guard. Gird up your loins.
Awake Thou that Sleepeth, for the night is far spent, for our salvation is closest, even at our door steps, now, than when we first believed.
28There has never been a generation that counted money in millions, trillions more than this generation.
29I remember, when the federal government was making a budget of two point something billion Naira, from million Naira to two point something billion Naira, but now, we are in trillions Naira budget, before you know it, if time permits, we will go into quadrillions.
30Begin to see, the end is imminent, how ready are you? Behold, the Bridegroom cometh, if you are wise, trim your lantern, if you are unwise, allow your lantern to go off. Amen’.
If you are wise, trim your lantern, if you are unwise; allow your lantern to go off. A word they say, is enough for the wise.
Our Unique Identity remains the Word of God dwelling in us. Our dressing, our garment as the Bride of Christ remains The Word of God.
I summarize it in the message Who Has Been God’s Counselor? Preached on 26-03-2017. Page 106:57-58, ’57ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT YIELDS HIS LIFE COMPLETELY TO THE WORD OF GOD MUST BE EXAMPLARY IN EVERYTHING.
58IF I DO NOT SHOW YOU WHERE YOUR PROBLEM LIES, I WILL BE FAILING IN MY RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS YOU’.
Brethren, the Word has spoken. We are in the hour of the spiritual/invincible union of the Bride and the Bridegroom.
May God keep us from falling till that day is my prayer as we earnestly continue to persevere in Christ.
Remain Eternally Blessed as you remain in your sanctified estate.