PREACHED BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN THE INEXHAUSTIBLE FOUNTAIN OF TRUTH AT THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD ONITSHA ON SUNDAY 6TH JANUARY 2019
BE IT KNOWN TO YOU THAT THE SCRIPTURE SAID THAT GOD IS FAR FROM THE WICKED BUT HE HEARETH THE PRAYERS
OF THE RIGHTEOUS. ANOTHER SCRIPTURE SAID THAT THE EAR OF THE LORD IS ALWAYS ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. SO, DO NOT EVER DEVISE ANY OTHER GOD BESIDES HIM. DO NOT BE STUBBORN. GET RID OF STUBBORNNESS. IT IS IDOLATRY. GET RID OF COVETOUSNESS. IT IS IDOLATRY. DO NOT REBEL AGAINST THE TRUTH, IT IS IDOLATRY AND ALL IDOLATERS MUST FACE THE WRATH OF GOD THIS YEAR IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
2019 New Year Message Preached 1st January, Pg 51:9 and Pg 53:13
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IN ALL SITUATIONS, WATCH YOUR BACK
1. I thank God for the journey so far. I am very grateful; It gives Me joy that God gave Me the enabling stamina within and without; All that I needed He supplied, to hold the steering without permitting it to veer off the track.
2. Strictly maintaining the strictness of an Apostle from the very beginning till now without compromise, flogging My friends more than I flog My enemies because I am desiring that all of us will remain friends even till eternity. But what is more? After flogging them, I will pull My mask a little and then close it again.
3. LET THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SMITE ME. A masquerade that flogs you and pulls the mask a little backwards to reveal his face must surely embrace you. He was trying to talk to you.
4. Maybe you might be a non-initiate who does not know the rudiments and he was trying to tell you that there is a difference between a man wearing a mask and an ordinary man on the street. That is “Ogbodu” [Non-initiates].
5. Non initiates run away whenever they see masquerades, but all initiated members know the rule, they are a part of the whole thing. You may begin to demonstrate on the appearance of the big masquerade so that he will know that you know the whole thing. Amen.
6. I will talk to you in types if I want to, but I know every Elect will know that I am He. There is a man here I met at Enugu. For his sake, I pinned Myself in that area. For he fixed his eyes into My eyes, sitting by the side of Brother Ifeanyi Alozie.
7. Brother Abu was leaning on the window if you enter from the podium. I met him very close to the back with an oval face and fair in complexion.
8. The way he was watching Me, I discerned too many things and then I came closer, fixed My lens there so that he would scrutinize My identity fully and make the comparison to know whether My picture was exactly a replica of that which was revealed to him, for he was not looking at Me as one that never knew Me.
9. He was looking at Me as one that was trying to confirm something that was happening in him or something he heard, so I pinned Myself there. He is here today.
10. I met him sitting outside and I was very glad that he came. Whoever that brought him here is blessed and I gave him something for a memorial.
11. I would not share My testimony which I received from people. You are holding something greater than calendar which you do not know. Some do not believe what I said but those that believe do not joke with their calendar.
12. They do not even tear one out for every page is a miracle page. Many have rested their hands on the calendar and did as they were commanded.
13. Just rest your hand there. Place your faith. Just speak. Do not pray. Give a command. That is all. Go your way. Amen.
14. You think I am crazy, creating space and uploading the calendar? I am not crazy. I have never been crazy. I will not be crazy. Even if I am crazy, I am crazy after a Godly sort.
15. So, take it from me, I know what I am doing. I will like Bro Ojiakor to come and say thank you to this August concourse; August assemblage, he is worthy of saying it, for he has been standing behind Me all these years.
16. He gave Me four months in the End time. His daughter that was married last weekend or received authority to marry her spouse was born the same year he identified with the end time.
17. Four months after, I breezed in from nowhere. So, we are mates and gallantly, we have been fighting the war together.
18. That is why as a General, I would not like his head to roll, neither does he pray that My own will roll. This is because I am the Field Marshal and he is a General.
19. We have been working towards establishing the Faith of everybody in the Word of God. If we disagreed, it has never been in the Word. It has been where one attempts to veer off the track.
20. So, God has sustained him here when many gallant men can be seen no more. Some died naturally, some died accidentally, Some died spiritually and are moving about.
21. I was reading one of the sermon books the other day and I came across Late Bishop Columbus. The last words I spoke to him in My parlour, even biding him farewell. I rejected N10, 000 mint he offered to Me as the proceed of the work he did at Asaba.
22. I said, “No! I have nothing to do with idolatry. Your testimony about the Youths of Obosima, which you are now their chief, their president, everything; your testimony is frightening.”
23. “Bro. Columbus, I am not sure I will see your face again. I am sorry I would not touch this money. I have no need of it. Go!”
24. He knelt down in My parlour, cried and cried. I said, “My dear, this weeping is rubbish. If you are wise, go home, put things in order and then come back.”
25. He went home and even politicized the whole thing the more. He even named the area and named his crescent. Well, to God be the glory.
26. And he was coming to dine with Me at Onitsha. The Lord troubled the water on the high way. The vehicle had a problem when the driver ran into a pothole and only one of the front tyres burst,
27. The driver did not jump, nobody jumped, and the driver controlled the vehicle to safety, only to notice that Bro. Columbus jumped out from the back window.
28. Heathens were there. Everybody was secured, but he died there. The Angel of the Lord singled him out, for he was the one that committed the crime. He was like Jonah.
29. Let Me tell you, if you open your buttocks now and pollute this air, everybody will be waving his or her hand around the nose in an attempt to disperse the foul air, “What is happening? What is happening?”
30. Even if you join us in enquiring about what was happening, you know you are the one. You may be the one that is shouting “Who caused this thing? No! You are the one. You know you are the one.
31. Jonah knew he was the one troubling that ship. IF YOU ARE THE ONE TROUBLING YOUR FAMILY, YOU KNOW. IF YOU ARE THE ONE TROUBLING YOUR FELLOWSHIP, YOU KNOW. IF YOU ARE THE ONE TROUBLING THE SON OF MAN, YOU KNOW.
32. BUT WHAT IS MORE? YOUR OWN LIFE WILL BE TROUBLED MORE AND MORE. FOR GOD WILL NOT DESTROY THE RIGHTEOUS IN THE MIDST OF THE WICKED. HE KNOWS HOW TO PRESERVE THE RIGHTEOUS UNTIL THE DAY OF THEIR REDEMPTION. HE KNOWS ALSO HOW TO PRESERVE THE WICKED UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS FINAL DESTRUCTION.
33. REMEMBER GOD SAID, “THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HE IS ENDURING WITH PATIENCE, WAITING FOR THE DAY HE WILL DESTROY THEM. MAY I NEVER BE IN THAT NUMBER GOD WILL BE ENDURING.
34. WE SHOULD BE ENJOYING OUR FELLOWSHIP, OUR BROTHERHOOD, OUR SISTERHOOD, OUR FAMILIES, NOT ENDURING. IT IS A MARRIAGE AND A UNION OF LOVE.
35. NO MAN ENDURES HIS MARRIAGE AND EXPECTS THAT MARRIAGE TO SUBSIST. ANY MARRIAGE THAT IS ENDURED CAN NEVER SUBSIST FOR TOO LONG. SO, IT MUST FIZZLE OUT. MARRIAGE IS ENJOYED AND NOT ENDURED.
36. MARRIAGE; SOMETHING GOD MADE TO MAKE US HAPPY AND THAT IS THE UNION BETWEEN CHURCH AND CHRIST. THAT IS WHY I AM TELLING YOU, YOU DO NOT NEED TO COME TO ME ASKING QUESTIONS ANYHOW.
37. IF I AM NOT COMFORTABLE, AND YOU KNOW I AM NOT COMFORTABLE STAYING WITH YOU HERE, WHAT IS THE MIRACLE YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN THAT WILL MAKE US STAY TOGETHER IN PEACE? .THE GRAVE DOES NOT ALTER ANYBODYS NATURE.
38. CUT DOWN A CROOKED TREE. ON THE GROUND, IT REMAINS CROOKED. WHATEVER YOU WERE BEFORE YOU DIE IN THE SAME STATE YOU ARE RESURRECTING.
39. BOTH THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS MUST ALSO RESURRECT. IS IT NOT TRUE? IS NOT SCRIPTURAL?
40. SINCE YOU KNOW THE GRAVE CANNOT CHANGE WHO YOU ARE, IF THERE BE ANY REASON, ANY NEED FOR CHANGE, IT MUST BE WHILE YOU ARE STILL BREATHING.
41. AND I BELIEVE IT IS FOR US TO BETTER OUR LOTS THAT GOD ALLOWED US TO ROLL INTO A NEW YEAR.
42. THOSE THAT HAVE NO QUESTION TO ANSWER SHOULD CONSOLIDATE THEIR GAINS. AS WE SEE THE DAYS APPROACHING, WE ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER TO REMAIN STEADFAST, HOLDING UNTO THE PROFESSION OF OUR FAITH WITHOUT WAVERING UNTO THE END.
43. WE BEGIN TO PUT OURSELVES IN REMEMBRANCE. BUT TO THOSE THAT ARE TRAILING VERY MUCH BEHIND, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDS TO BUCKLE UP, TO SEE WHETHER THEY CAN LEVEL UP.
44. You are just like one who is in the university and you are expecting to come up at the end of your career maybe with first class or a second class upper or lower division.
45. Common sense is there that you rest at nothing until you monitor your GP [Grade Point] at every stage. If by the time you are nearing the completion of your career and your GP is not encouraging enough; maybe you have not come up to third class, you will notice that your aim is gradually defeated.
46. You are on the brink of going away sorrowfully. What do you do? Keep on monitoring. If you notice that you are not comfortable with what you have, you put in more effort peradventure you can level up before the time. Yes!
47. No mistakes about it, but do not ever deceive yourself. The secret lies in beating your judges hollow. Whatever might be the average GP, put it behind, aim at getting higher, for you do not know the criteria he will use.
48. You beat them hollow so that no matter the criteria they are using, you must get what you want or a little less, which also places you on a higher pedestal. Am I making sense?
49. I am using this analogy to tie what is about to take place now. In My family, I gave them a message titled, IN ALL SITUATIONS, WATCH YOUR BACK. WATCH YOUR BACK!
50. Do not be a fish that maggot has eaten every flesh inside and it is shining bright outside. Looking good outside only for the woman to open the fish intending to use it and you see maggots.
51. The fish shinning, very big, looking better and the woman is smiling thinking she is going to make a very good soup with it. Only to notice that there was nothing inside.
52. There is nothing I will not use to illustrate what is about to take place. I have used flamboyant flowers, cosmetic flowers that are very beautiful to be used in decorating our houses but they do not have the aroma. I mean the fragrance of a natural flower.
53. Even if you perfume it, it is not its natural aroma. It is a chemical aroma. Leave it there for five minutes, the whole thing will evaporate into thin air. Cosmetics!
54. Good in appearance. Looking like natural flowers, but the flavour of natural flowers are completely absent from them. I want to see natural flowers with natural fragrance. Am I making sense?
55. Let Me tell you. It is too late for you to crucify Me. You have crucified Me several times in your hearts. If God had judged Me the way you judge Me in your hearts, I would have been in the bottomless pit long ago.
56. Even, I would not be walking on this planet earth. But for the fact that I am still here. I mean, Sister Vin where are you? One man that wrestled with the entire human race in his day and came out victorious, announcing his victory.
57. THAT IS THE MISSION OF THE SON OF MAN: TO ANNOUNCE HIS VICTORY. AFTER JUDGING THE WHOLE WORLD, HE WILL ANNOUNCE HIS VICTORY OVER THE WORLD.
58. SISTER VIN SINGS: [The Commander of Hosts of Heaven, The Infinity, Our Own Guardian, The Chief Pilot, The Kinsman Redeemer, The Smoking Firewood has challenged the whole world and came out unhurt. Our LORD Son of Man has won the battle. Our LORD Son of Man has won the battle. The Greatest that ever lived has won the battle. He has been crowned King of Kings and the LORD of Lords.]
EXHORTATION
BY
APOSTLE LUKE OJIAKOR
HEAR ME VERY WELL, THE WAYS OF GOD ARE TOO HIGH AND THEY PASSETH ALL HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. HUMAN UNDERSTANDING MEANS NATURAL UNDERSTANDING. IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND GOD, USING YOUR HUMAN SENSES, YOUR NATURAL SENSES, TRULY SPEAKING, YOU WILL MISS GOD AND THIS HAS BEEN THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MISSING GOD. YOU EQUATE GOD TO MERE NATURAL MAN. NO! GOD IS SUPERNATURAL. ALTHOUGH HE IS VISIBLE, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN SEE HIM. YET, THE SUPERNATURAL ATTRIBUTES ARE THERE
Lean Not On Your Understanding Part 1 10th May 2015 Pg 43 Vs 20 – 22
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SUBMIT YOURSELF TO GOD
1. Shall we put our hands together for God. To Him alone be all glory. Brethren, God is wonderful. Look at how compassionate, how loving, how merciful He is to us. We heard it in the New Year Message 2019, “This is not the year to say ‘I am sorry’ or to plead with Me, saying, ‘It is a mistake’.”
2. A scripture came to me and that is Revelation 22:10-14 KJV.
3. SOM: Please let Me appeal to all and sundry. While the Message is going on, give your attention to the Message and allow Me to walk as I wish. Thank you.
4. Revelation 22:10-14 10And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still:…
5. For He that is unjust. Do not seal the prophecy. Put everything open. Do not seal. Time is at hand. And we heard it that the theme of last year [ the 26th Anniversary of the Bride of Christ Ministry Worldwide] said, THE YEAR OF JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD IS AT HAND. It said, “Do not ever seal. Leave it open.”
6. 10And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
7. 12And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
8. Do not seal. The hour is at hand. The final of finals. If you are just, remain just. If you are filthy, remain filthy. If you are wicked, remain wicked.”
9. 13I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
10. 14Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. KJV
11. But look! In His mercy, He illustrated just few minutes ago, “If you are in a class and you still want to make a good GPA [for those in school], what do you have to do? You strive to make it up.”
12. He has made provision again for you, for me and for anybody that is still dangling. He said, “Lift up the hands that are hanging down and strengthen the feeble knees.” God repositioning again.
13. I want us to go back to the New Year Message Page 4. The nugget there says;
14. We must be clothed with humility for God resisted the proud. It is only when you are clothed with humility that you will be able to come to the throne of Grace.Only when you are clothed with humility; Then you will be able to come to the Throne of Grace. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God.
15. Which God? This is where the problem is? Still, people are having imaginary god. This is where the problem is. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of the God that He may exalt you at the appointed time.
16. The God we are talking about is The Son of Man, The Great Mahdi, the Sovereign Spirit that has never left this earth, that has been coming, covering Himself with human flesh, hiding as a human being.
17. You see Him walking, you think He is a human being. He is hundred percent God, hundred percent man and you identify Him by His characteristics.
18. Are these things not clear to each and every one of us here now? Have these things not been cleared long, long time ago? If you are still doubting; it is still perplexing to you; a puzzle; you have not understood it, Pay attention.
19. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God. It is only when you have humbled yourself that God will exalt you. casting all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you
20. And I support this with the Scriptures. James 4:7-11. 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. It said what? SUBMIT YOURSELF THEREFORE. Hebrews 12 said, “Let us offer ourselves a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God. This is our reasonable service.”
21. 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. SUBMIT. I MUST submit to the Leadership of Almighty.KJV
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LEAN YOUR WHOLE PERSONALITY ON GOD (1)
1. SONG: [Now that Christ has come to take His Saints away on that Glorious day, as He has promised, will you go with Him? it’s a life question for you. Answer My dear Brethren.
2. I told you that one of these days, all these things you are seeing will fizzle away. This is because I told you that whatever the eyes can behold is temporary. Anything eyes cannot behold is Eternal. True
3. To buttress this fact, before our eyes, many have come and gone, and left whatever they have laboured for behind. The beneficiaries, they know not. Is there any wealth any man can acquire that will hinder him from dying when death strikes? No!
4. You see why a man’s smartness, a man’s cleverness, subtlety, craftiness can never save that person if God is against him. Once God is against you, begin to look for remedy. Do not try to play subtlety or craftiness.
5. How do you know when God is against you? You must hear it from His word. For God speaks to us in diverse forms. There is nobody here who does not have a conscience that speaks to him. If you are living the life of obedience, your life will bear you witness. If you have submitted fully to the will of God, you know. If you have not, you know.
6. That Scripture in James said, “Submit fully to God.” TOTAL SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD. Is it not true? You watch obituary notices, families published. They say “With total submission to the will of God.”
7. In other words, the man has no choice again that can be called his own. Whether he likes it or not, death has compelled him to submit to the will of Allah. That is why Islam means SUBMISSION TO GOD. SUBMISSION TO GOD. How many have submitted to God?
8. For that reason, I gave you a Message long ago titled, LOOSE THE COLT, for I am sure and certain that there are too many colts that are tied; Too many colts are tied to the stake.
9. Those that tied them do not know their value. They do not know their worth. Colt that could serve the interest of God and the interest of the Master. The Master has need of their services but their owners tied them there.
10. God gave a Message titled LOOSE THE COLT, and you thought I was talking to ordinary tree. I am not referring to an ass, I am referring to human beings.
11. There are too many human beings that are really desiring to serve God and to submit to the will of God, but they are tied to the stake as a colt through marriage, their husband tied them, their wives tied them, their children tied them, their occupation tied them and Their social status tied them.
12. William Branham said, “There are some, a good number of them who are elects of God who will not make it into Paradise. They will not be saved.” He said, “The reason is this: There is a strong nail that is holding them to the ground. When the super magnet will come and shake and shake and shake to pull them, no way. Why? They are strongly tied there.”
13. That is why the Bible made it clear to us to be very, very careful at all times concerning ourselves, our lives and everything. I gave you a message titled, MARRIAGE AS A CONDITION FOR HELL OR HEAVEN. God said, “He will save some through marriage. He will destroy some through marriage.”
14. If you happen to be here and your wife is here and your children are here, it will be a blessing if you are here spiritually and not carnally. This is because only spiritual people can understand the son of Man, for I am a Divine person.
15. I am a spiritual Man. I do not give any command by impure motive. For every action of God, every action of a man of God, there is God’s hidden secret. Even if I tell you to slap me, slap me. Do not examine My stature. Do not say, “How can I stretch My hand against a man of God?” Do you know what God is trying to achieve? Slap me! It is My command. At the command of the Lord, I can go naked everywhere.
16. At the command of the Lord, I can be a mad man. At the command of the Lord, I can be everything. This is because, once you are a child of God, you are everything in His hands. You are nothing but what He wants you to be, to achieve His own purpose.
17. Many are tied to the stake as colt. Jesus Christ saw the thing and sent His children to go there, “Go and tell the master of that colt or whosoever that owns that colt and tell him that THE MASTER wants to use this colt. And the man never hesitated. He released the colt.
18. To another man who never knew the value of his house; neither does he know the value of his parlour, “Go and tell the man that THE MASTER wants to use the parlour and cooking utensils for My last supper.” And the man provided everything without being a partaker. The good man of the house.
19. I gave you another message titled, CHOOSING THE GOOD PATH, which no man can take away from you. Mary and Martha. Martha encumbering herself with many duties, cooking and serving so that the Lord will not die of starvation.
20. But Mary chose the good path, sitting at The Lord’s feet, hearing His Word: The Word of Eternal Life, knowing that Christ is not a beggar. Neither is He a glutton or a drunk.
21. I know many might be wondering about what is going on around the Son of Man for some time now, He takes delight in drinking water everywhere. No matter what flourishes everywhere, He is not interested.
22. He is gradually divorcing Himself away from all of you. My family members can tell you what is happening. Since last year January 1, I told you that you are going to see a brand new Son of Man. Drop all figments of all those things you knew Him for and expect a new thing, it will come your way in a surprising manner.
23. Many are tied to the stake as colt. They are not useful and they do not want the colt to be useful. They are here, completely emasculated in the Faith. I mean, hiding themselves under the cloak of the Bridal Ministry, but they have wrong motives.
24. Let Me just give you one instance. A Brother, well known among you was in My house testifying among us, when we were discussing about our Brother who travelled abroad and came back and what he was passing through. People here do not know he was suffering there.
25. This is because when you see people from abroad, when they make their little earnings and come back here to exchange it with our naira, one Pound Sterling can be up to five hundred naira. But if it is there it is one-one.
26. Our currency has no value. One dollar will give you about three hundred and fifty naira [$1 = ₦350]. If you see them using that money here, you think they are just getting it anyhow there.
27. There is no part of the world where money is easy to come by. If you think it is easy to come by, go there and try. There is nowhere. Even those people you think that run to Malaysia or South Africa to push drugs or to do all illegal things, do you think it is easy?
28. It is not even easy to steal. Even here in Nigeria, is it easy to steal? So what am I trying to say? If for any reason you misbehave yourselves before a Brother and he says, “You are not My Brother”, you have nothing to query. You misbehaved yourself. You lost credibility before him. Until you regain it, then he will restore you to fellowship.
29. But the way he was giving the testimony did not sink well with Me. I had to pause and examine the whole thing to the letter and I said, “Now you might be thinking that the young man is crazy, but you are the one that has lacked that credibility.”
30. “If you are a Brother, why did you hide it away from the Son of Man? If the deal was right and approved in the sight of God; if your conscience was not chastising you, why did you hide it away from The Son of Man?”
31. “Even when the matter exploded, why did you hide it away from The Son of Man, even till this morning, not until he that was injured opened up and apologized that he never consulted Me before doing it.
32. And then you who were the recipient, who is eating and drinking with me in My house, having everything in common every evening, you swallowed it up as if nothing was happening. You never knew that I had everything on My fingertips.
33. By that act alone, you have lost credibility before that Brother and to give you a warm brotherly handshake will be the height of hypocrisy. So, I have to approve that Brother for being courageous enough to tell you, “You are not my brother.”
34. WHO IS MY BROTHER? Is it not My Message? I have given you a Message [I AM THE CHIEF DESIGNER; Pg. 28 vs. 23] that says, WHO IS MY BROTHER? WHO IS MY SISTER? It is he that fears, honours and obeys the Lord by loving the Lord and loving the Brethren. Is it not scriptural in the book of Psalms?
35. I have My standard. Even when we were holding the book of John, it said, “If any man should come to you without the truth from our Lord Jesus Christ, do not bid him “God bless you.”” If you say “God bless you” to him, you become a partaker of his evil.
36. WHY DO WE CALL OURSELVES BRETHREN IN LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH? I gave you another Message titled BE YOUR BROTHER’S KEEPER. O! Glorious Me. I gave you another one, IMITATE ME EVEN AS I IMITATE CHRIST. I gave you another one FOLLOW ME AS I FOLLOW CHRIST. I gave you another one, YOU ARE MY FRIENDS.
37. WHY DO I OPEN UP BEFORE YOU AND TELL YOU EVEN MY SECRETS? Just like that car that is parked out there. Is there any elder that comes to My house that does not know about that car?
38. From the day it was ordered, everything, until it arrived here. Did I keep it secret? Even while we were going to Enugu, Enugu brethren equally knew about it. Everybody praying it should arrive safely. What is that thing then?
39. I want to say it. Listen to Me. No matter how a casket is closed and the corpse is locked inside the casket closed, somebody owns that corpse. No matter what you use in sealing that casket, it must be opened before the owner. Export it from any part of the world, the recipient must tell you to open it. Did you get me?
40. I received the vehicle in good faith. The clearing agent who is My distant friend, though I have not seen his face for one day. But he is a man of God according to him. I took him on face value. I told him, “My brother said he kept so, so and so in that vehicle to enable Me bring it down to Onitsha so that he will collect it.”
41. He said, “Yes he was informed.” I said okay, “Take an exercise book. I want you to take the inventory of the contents of that bag and every other thing. Write it down so that whenever I receive that vehicle, I must check the contents so that when My brother arrives to carry it, I will give him the inventory I have. He can crosscheck with you so that if there be anything missing, it will be missing in your hands, not in My hands.”
42. He said, “Sir, do you go to this extent?” I said, “Yes! Why? I am running a conscience mission.” I said I am running a conscience mission and I want you to be void of offence before God, before man. After all, after everything, man must close his eyes in death and after that, judgment follows.
IF YOU CLAIM YOU LOVE GOD, YOU WANT TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF YOUR MINISTRY, PAY ATTENTION TO GOD’S INSTRUCTION. AND CARRY IT OUT TO THE EXTREME. DO NOT BRING IN YOUR OWN IDEA OR HUMAN FEELINGS. DO NOT BE SYMPATHETIC IN THE APPLICATION OF GOD’S WORD. IF YOU BECOME SYMPATHETIC, SURELY YOU WILL ERR AND GOD WILL DESTROY YOU.
Grace Abused 16th September 1999 Pg 49 Vs 28 – 29
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LEAN YOUR WHOLE PERSONALITY ON GOD (2)
1. Since I can never take a pin from here, of what use is covetousness? Of what use is unbridled penchant for materialism that will lead us to nowhere. I have scrutinized every aspect of human life. I have come to a conclusion like King Solomon:
2. All that are deceiving human hearts from trusting God, believing in Him, confiding in Him, relying on Him, depending on Him, having implicit faith on God, they are all things eyes can see and things that are temporary. All meant for temporary material existence. They fizzle out with time. They fizzle out even with the users. Things that perish with time.
3. Too many people have been here and their houses got burnt. Some collapsed. One collapsed in Port Harcourt. A seven story building. Some fell into the ocean and rendered human beings useless. Some collapsed and fell into the ocean and killed many people. Am I bearing false witness?
4. What can you say about vehicles? I told you, every vehicle is a moving casket until you come out of it. Aeroplane, moving casket. I told you, all these instruments science produced for mass transportation, they are for mass death.
5. A ship carrying over a thousand human beings capsized, all of them perished in the high sea. Am I making sense?
6. Can you not see that the devil lumped one thousand people in one casket? An Aeroplane carrying four hundred and twenty-seven passengers, Boeing 747, blew up in the air, and over four hundred got burnt there. The devil lumped them into a gadget God never manufactured.
7. A man lumped the entire members of his family into one motor. Some from different places entered luxury buses. And they plunged into the stream along Ore [Ondo State, Nigeria] during Christmas.
8. Who manufactured all these things? Human hands. Human hands! To ease frustration and make life a little easier but look at where we are ending it. We cannot, because of that, refuse to use them, for God is with us.
9. For My sake, God can save one million. For My sake, God can destroy a whole nation. Yes! He promised He will destroy the heathens because of His Elect.
10. So, try to be found in Him always doing His will. The book of James where our Brother read, before he came down touched My heart.
11. TOTAL SUBMISSION TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD. SUBMIT YOURSELF TO GOD TOTALLY. LEAN YOUR WHOLE PERSONALITY ON GOD. Is it not in the Bible?
12. We read it over and over again in the Book of Ecclesiastes chapter 12:13-14, “Leaning your whole personality on God.” And I gave you another Message titled LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. For any way that seemeth right in the eyes of a man, the end thereof has always been death [Proverbs 14:12].
13. And he that is often warned, reproved and yet he hardens his heart shall be met with sudden destruction and without mercy [Proverbs 29:1].
14. Hear Me very well. Commit-and-hide is evidence of willful sin. I hope you are hearing me. You know what sin is all about? Something is good because God says it is good. Something is bad because God says it is bad.
15. Whatever God has approved can you disapprove of it? When you are disapproving of it, you are challenging God. You are making the word of God of non-effect.
16. And when you refuse to obey and you did not stop there, you refuse others from obeying. Can you imagine? You are the one standing at the gate. You do not want to go in and you do not want others to go in.
17. Why are you then deceiving yourselves? That is why the Bible said, “Do not be hearers of the Word only, deceiving yourselves. Be doers of the Word.” [James 1:22]
18. HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE THE SON OF MAN WHEN YOU HAVE NOT FOR ONE DAY SUBMITTED TO THE WILL OF GOD CONCERNING YOU?
19. THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD CONCERNING YOU, EVEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION. WHO SANCTIFIES YOU? IS IT NOT THE FAITH OF THE SON OF MAN? IS IT NOT IN THE FAITH OF THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU ARE SANCTIFIED?
20. IF THE SON OF MAN SANCTIFIES YOU BY THE FAITH THAT IS IN HIM, TELL ME: WHAT ELSE CAN HE WITHHOLD FROM YOU? WHAT ELSE WILL HE WITHHOLD FROM YOU? WITHOUT THE FAITH THAT IS IN THE SON OF MAN, NOBODY HERE IS SANCTIFIED. NOBODY HERE IS MADE HOLY. NOBODY HERE CAN SMELL PARADISE. IS IT NOT TRUE?
21. In St. Paul’s day, all of them were sanctified by the faith that was in Him [Paul]. I was the One and I am still the One that is still opening your eyes of understanding, making your sacrifices acceptable in the Beloved.
22. That is why when God rejected the sacrifices from the Jews, Moses gave orders, “Let nobody ever collect their offerings, for God said no.”
23. FOR YOU TO BE MADE ACCEPTABLE IN THE BELOVED,DO YOU THINK IT IS A LIGHT THING? YOU MUST BE SANCTIFIED BY THE FAITH THAT IS IN HIM. YOU MUST BE A BELIEVER AND A DOER OF THAT.
24. I told you, if I give you any Message that is difficult for you to practice in any form or shape, do not bother yourself. Watch Me! Watch the way I do it. Let the guilt be upon Me, for God will not query you. He will query Me. Is it not true?
25. If you know who God is. Here is the Elohim. I am here because I am still doing His will. He that sent Me is still with me. My Father has not left Me for I do those things that please Him.
26. All these years, I have been trying to show you many things. In the latter days, Scriptures you have been overlooking, I opened them.
27. Luke 7:28.I have come to the end of everything, and I do not persuade you to believe Me again, for you cannot believe Me if you never believed Me before now. Whatever I am to you is what you are to Me finish.
28. Here is the judgment, “He that believeth not in Me is already condemned [John 3:18]. But if you have believed, you have passed from death unto life [John 5:24].
29. John 7:28-29 28So Jesus, in a sermon in the Temple, called out, “Yes, you know me and where I was born and raised, but I am the representative of one you do not know, and he is Truth. 29I know him because I was with him,… I have been with the Father from the very beginning. …and He sent Me to you.” TLB
30. And He did what? He sent Me to you. I am not a stranger. And when I shall meet Him, I would not meet Him as a stranger. I will never meet My Father as a stranger. He will never receive Me as a stranger, for we have been together, that I should carry out this assignment. Of all.
31. And My brethren were there. They left Me in the vineyard labouring for years. Hence, I have become dwarfed, and then My colour changed. My language changed and Everything! Now, I have learnt speaking My language. I am going back, whether you like it or not. I have been longing for My home.
32. I sang that song at Enugu, which I have never sang before; O My home, O My home. When shall I see my home, My country home. I have been desiring earnestly to go there. I have even overstayed in this horrible environment. Yes!
33. Where everybody was afraid to go. All that came, you killed all of them, maimed many of them, imprisoned many of them. Then I decided to be here as the last mission to gather the loosed ends. Let Me see why the elects will not follow me.
34. I do not care how long you have sojourned in the strange lands. They are hearing My Voice wherever they are. Yes! They are hearing My Voice, and they know Me whenever I pass through them. Yes!
35. A shepherd that went somewhere, allowed his sheep to mingle with that of other people. There was controversy over selection.
36. The man, knowing his flock said, “No! You do not need to bother about colours and things like that. Just allow Me to walk across the flock. Finish. All My flock will know me. Any flock that follows me, check, it does not belong to you.” The man entered and went away. All of them followed.
37. I know My sheep. My sheep knows me. My sheep heareth My Voice and they follow me [John 10:27]. The voice of a stranger they can never submit to [John 10:29].
38. But unfortunately, a good number of My sheep are tied to the stake as colt by strangers. Hence I told you in a Message, DO NOT LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF STRANGERS.
39. And I gave you the habit of every stranger, so that you will identify with the person who is living nearest to you; who is calling himself husband or wife or children. With this, you know where they belong to.
40. Will I kill Myself for you? I have given you all you need to identify who you are, where you came from and who your Father is. Tell Me if there be any Message I have not used to see whether I can help somebody to identify his way and then reconcile to the Deity?
41. This is because you wandered away for too long, roamed in iniquity and God stepped in to bring about this Message of reconciliation, bringing people back to God’s favour and now you are dishonouring the last favour.
42. You spurned Grace. You spurn the Law. What will I do? Will I kill Myself? Tell Me the way you want Me to go which I have not even attempted. All to no avail. Your impenetrable hearts coupled with the rope you used to tie yourselves to the stake.
43. Cursed is the person that refused to be liberated when the slaves were set free. The ears must be bored for the person to remain a perpetual slave.
44. I announced the period of Jubilee, how many made use of the period? They remained enslaved because they valued material existence more than eternal existence. They remained in the hands of their task masters who kept them in bondage because of their own selfish interest.
45. AND I TOLD YOU, IT IS JUST LIKE MARRIAGE UNION. FOR YOU TO MAKE YOUR CHOICE OF A WIFE OR A HUSBAND, MARRY YOUR OBJECTIVES. IF YOU DO NOT DO THAT, ONE WILL BE A SLAVE TO THE OTHER. ONE WILL SUFFER A GREAT DEAL OF SETBACK. ONE MIGHT BE CHEATED.
46. Somebody might be using you to achieve his personal gains, and you do not know it. In the end, two of you will perish. I could have done this if not this, I could have done this. Is that an excuse? You have no reasonable excuse.
47. You show Me your condition and I will read Scriptures. I will show you many who served God by dedicating their lives to God, not counting what it will take.
48. Did I take you unawares? Were you not given a message COUNT THE COST? You must count what it will take you to serve God; Because for you to serve God, you must love God above your life, above your work, above your wife, above your husband, above your children, everything!
49. This is because you cannot hold a cloak and look back and then count yourself worthy of the Kingdom. You count your own life even as nothing, for Christ’s sake.
50. Tell Me the excuse you will give and I will show you many who defied it and served God. And I will equally show you many that gave those excuses and God remained silent.
51. This is because every excuse you want to adduce, you discover, will turn out to be a part of your problem. For you are inexcusable O man [Romans 2:1].
LIFE OR DEATH IS A MATTER OF CHOICE
52. Everything pertaining to life and godliness have been entrusted into your hands. TWO EXPRESS WAYS. One leads to Hell. The other leads to Heaven. They are parallel lines. They are meeting at infinity.
53. As I am talking to you now, anybody who is on the high – way to Hell fire can only make it if he hears My Voice now and makes a U-turn.
54. That U-turn means you must go to the place where you took off and see whether you find a way and rejoin the other way; Or cause your vehicle to summersault into the other lane. Did you get what I am saying?
55. For there is no diversion. No linkage. There is a wide gulf between the two roads. But one thing is clear. The two are open and visible. If you are in this one, you will be seeing people on the other way.
56. God allowed it to be so as contained in the book of Isaiah and Ezekiel. There maggots will be there. Everything will be there. They will be screaming and they will be seeing people, But they will not die. They will be in the torment.
57. God allowed it to be open so that while going in and out of Jerusalem, for we shall worship Him eternally there; worshippers will be seeing them languishing in pains.
58. If there will be any bit of bitterness that will rise up in your heart while you are in paradise, Angels will catch you and put you there. For that is the only way iniquity can be sanitized. It is not a closed place. You will see it with your eyes.
59. So, what am I saying? You are on your own high – way. I am on My own high way. Everybody is on his or her own high – way, because right now, the wicked will continue in their wickedness and the righteous in their righteousness.
60. Wherever you see the end will lead you, take it. It is the choice you made. I highlighted these two in the beginning. Two things. I placed life and death before you and I guided you to make the right choice. Choose life that you may live.
61. But as many as hardened their hearts, made their own personal choices; they wanted to walk in their plans, not in the plans of God, God will never encumber you one bit. God does not impose anything on any man, but He persuades us to change our minds and do the right thing [2 Corinthians 5:11]. Check every Word of God. It is BELIEVE IT IF YOU CAN.
62. But where you do not want to believe, keep it to yourself do not attempt to hinder others. Do not attempt to hinder others. Amen.
I AM SAYING THAT THE SECRET OF YOUR SALVATION, CATCHING AWAY, LIES IN LIBERALIZING YOUR SOUL, YOUR MIND, YOUR MENTALITY, YOUR INTELLECT, EVERYTHING THAT IS IN YOU, HAVING THAT BELIEF THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS WHAT I BELIEVE. WHERE YOU ARE HEADING TO IS WHERE I AM HEADING TO.
Obedience to the Word of God Counts More 10th June 2018 Pg 54 Vs 16
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LOOSE THE COLT
1. So this time around Brethren, I want to give you a little good news because I want you to go. All these bottles here, I have sanctified them but to distribute them will be very difficult today. I have only given out two. I do not want to pour water on you to make you clean. No!
2. I have been pouring water on you but there is no way I can change the nature of a beast. I mean, a pig is a pig. As long a pig is under a protective custody, it will remain clean. Take it away from the protective custody, the nature will come out. LOOSE THE COLT!
3. I can stand here and give you not less than fifteen Messages I gave you for liberation so that you can serve God with purity of heart and with your conscience void of offence before God and before man.
4. When I came into this world, I never came with marriage. I never came with children. If I die, will I die with My wife? Will I be buried with her or My children? Can My wife be an obstacle?
5. That was why at Enugu I was the King of Kings when she was delivering her paper. I know some idiots among us that day might be thinking that the Son of Man had a hand there. Heaven is My witness I never saw it. She never even consulted me. Why must she consult Me, to begin with?
6. I was only jubilating because she is letting out the secret. But how many will buy her idea? It is easier for men to learn from their fellow men than for women to learn from their fellow women. Women believe that all women are equal. It is not so with me. Men are different all together. Men concede and acknowledge superiority.
7. We believe we are all human beings, but all heads are not equal, all Graves are not equal. All caskets are not of equal size. But it is not so with women. They are dangerously manufactured. Their mood is the worst mood. They are always wise in their own conceits.
8. Talk of people that have unteachable spirits, they are greatly found among women. But among them also, there are Godly ones. I cannot, because of the bad ones, write off the jewels I know. I know too many jewels in this Faith, physically and spiritually. They are rare jewels and they do not make any noise.
9. Let Me go to the Message I have for you which is My salutation. But I was provoked by the three salutations and I decided to join them together to form My piece which you will go home with.
10. Good news to all of you, I want to make it public because I want to be innocent of any man’s blood. Eh I would have made it but Daddy allowed Me to stay outside. No! God forbid.
11. The only people that will stay outside remain those people that left long, long time ago and they never came back at a time when we were handling Salvation Message. Now, what we are having is Confirmation Message, it can never save anybody.
12. My advice to such people is this: I love them with the love of God. That which they knew before they left, they should go back to that. They should repent with all their hearts, hold the little they knew before they left and begin to practice it in their homes, stay there undefiled.
13. The Son of Man knows them. He knows where to pick them. There is no need allowing them to be here for it will make matters worse. That is number one.
14. Regarding those we excommunicated, I do not know if there be any that is still outside. I started with Enugu by reconciling Bro. Henry and family unconditionally. I know the reasons why they were excommunicated and I approved it.
15. And I learnt they have been fully restored and reconciled to the Faith. Pastor [of] Enugu, confirm. Have you done that?Glory be to God.
16. There is joy in Heaven over a sinner that comes back home [Luke 15:7,10]. God is not willing that any should perish but that all should repent and come back to the knowledge of who God is and then see whether they can be saved [2 Peter 3:9] Amen.
17. Now, I did not stop there. I did not stop there. Remember that pardon is not pardon unless it is accepted. In Onitsha, I have long ago pardoned Ngozi Tobechukwu, but she refused the pardon. True or false? I made it clear here. True or false? Fine! So her blood will no longer be required from My hand.
18. Then, I moved out. I restored our former Bishop and Brother Justice in Lagos. I restored Pastor Vitalis and his flock back to the Fellowship at Obosima. I also restored Obosima Fellowship. They have resumed worship to enable the children get the needed Salvation, for you can never be saved outside where I said you should stay.
19. Then, I looked around and I remembered that there was one at Nsukka, our little daughter Uzorchi Onwudinjo. I restored her also. Nsukka confirm. [The Pastor of Nsukka confirmed] Good! And I pleaded with the family to welcome her again as their daughter. I do not know if there be any left.
20. There at Nassarawa, My cousin and her husband are there outside. I am not happy that they are still outside the Fellowship at Nassarawa, but they kept themselves outside. I have to testify.
21. Reason being that they have been suffering excommunication over and over. Brethren have been trying to help them and help their marriage to subsist.
22. Both the husband and wife are dastardly stubborn. They do not agree, even one to another. They are not living in peace. They carried it into the Fellowship. The heathens know about them. Brethren continued enduring them.
23. This time around, it became very unbearable, they were put out of the fellowship because they were engaging in series of fighting among themselves, blaspheming the name of God.
24. So, when they were put out, instead of repenting and asking for forgiveness, they are finding faults with their Pastor and with all the Elders, saying that the whole Brethren ganged up against them.
25. And I cannot believe that nonsense. You do not have money to eat. Brethren are still helping you. How can the whole Brethren hate you and your wife? For what?
26. Brethren, I investigated the whole thing only to discover that they were tired of serving God. That is My own conclusion. How can the church be wrong and you and your wife are right? Is there any good way of doing a wrong thing?
27. They have written Me several letters. Instead of apologizing, they are accusing the Elders. They are accusing the Brothers. They are accusing the mothers among them.
28. I do not know whether they are inviting My attention to come and settle dispute in their Fellowship that they are hated.
29. To worsen it all, Emeka is writing a different thing and the wife is writing another. Emeka accusing the wife and the wife accusing Emeka. And now, they will end it accusing the Brethren. Who can handle this nonsense?
30. That is the reason why they are outside. If they really want to reconcile, they should be sorry for what they did. They should be pleading for forgiveness, forgive themselves and then go to fellowship and ask for forgiveness. Then it may be extended to me. So, for now I do not know any other except these two. If there be any, put Me in remembrance.
31. Concerning Stephen of Obosima and the daughter of Pastor Vita, I do not know Pastor Vita’s daughter. She may know Me but I do not know her. I do not think she has come before Me. Their case is still pending.
32. They were not excommunicated and I will not excommunicate them because the case is a serious one that has to do with blood covenant. And I have facts to that effect.
33. The Pastor of the church, Brother Ikechukwu reported to Me attaching a document credited to Stephen, though it was not signed and which made Me to begin to make calls.
34. I called our Brother the son of Brother James Nnaemeka who has such a name, Chibuenyi. One Chibuenyi was mentioned there. Another Chidinma was mentioned there.
35. I thought the whole thing was happening here. I called Pastor Thomas and he could not even identify with them. I called Chibuenyi to know whether he could be the one, only to discover that those names belong to Obosima.
36. Now, My verdict there is this: The two must appear before Me. And Stephen will appear with that Chidinma, together with the wife of Stephen and the whole children of Stephen.
37. Stephen, his wife and whole children. Chidinma the daughter of Pastor Vita and Pastor Vita and then Pastor Ikechukwu. They will appear before me.
38. Before they should come, they should put Me in the know. It is not a matter of following their father to Fellowship. They must tell Me the day and I will receive them in this Fellowship hall. It will be on a Sunday. Thank you.
39. Can you remember any other person that is languishing out there? Echezona is not a Brother. He [Echezona] voluntarily resigned. Echezona voluntarily resigned. Nobody excommunicated Echezona. Echezona excommunicated himself.
40. He is living very close to My house. I can talk of Echezona more than any other.
41. I do not have a guy. I do not have a guy. I know the person he is referring to. He does not belong to us.
42. Where is Bro. Austin from Ogbunike? I have not seen his face here today. Is he here? Pray for him. I learnt he is sick. Pray for him. He is a happy Brother who enjoys Fellowship every first January. Is it not true? I learnt he is hospitalized. He called one of you who made it known to Me and I prayed for him. He will recover.
YOUR PERFECTION IS TO WORK WITH GOD. YOUR PERFECTION IS OBEYING THE WORD OF GOD; YOUR OBEDIENCE TO THE TRUTH IS YOUR PERFECTION. NO MORE NO LESS. TODAY, WHEN YOU HEAR HIS WORD, HARDEN NOT YOUR HEART, FOR TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. TODAY IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME. SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND. CALL UPON HIM NOW HE IS NEAR. LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAYS, THE UNRIGHTEOUS HIS THOUGHTS.
Be careful lest your advocate becomes your judge preached 21st Oct. 2018 pg 216 vs 48 & Rehearsal volume 2; preached on Sunday 31st December 2017 pg. 72 vs. 13 – 14
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NOW IS YOUR DAY OF SALVATION, HARDEN NOT YOUR HEART
1. Now, I want to go back to My seat and allow you to go. I want to read Scriptures you know very well. Having spoken to you elaborately, I want to narrow it down.
2. The same way Apostle Kelechi narrowed his own, Apostle Ojiakor narrowed, Apostle Peter Odoemena is narrowing His own also. Remember, I became Apostle Peter Odoemena before I became the Son of Man.
3. So, if you do not accept Me as the son of Man, accept Me as Apostle Peter Odoemena or accept Me as Brother Odoemena or Mr. Odoemena or the Devil. I am everything. I am everything. [Ephesians 1:23].
4. Anybody can be scared of any name, but not the Son of Man who has announced to the world that He is the visible Devil no man can avoid. The only Devil you cannot avoid.
5. It is your right; Criticize Me if you want. Poison Me if you want, Waylay Me on the road and If you destroy Me. Take the credit.
6. MY STRENGHT IS THE LORD. A SURE SIGN THAT I AM THE SON OF MAN THAT IS ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, WHOM THE FATHER HAS MADE STRONG FOR YOUR SAKE, THAT YOU MAY WORSHIP HIM RIGHT.
7. SO, YOU DO NOT ASK WHERE THE STRENGHT IS COMING FROM. MY STREGTH IS THE LORD’S, ALL FOR YOUR SAKE.
8. Now, get your Bible as I give you My own summary Message. 1 Samuel 12:20-25.
9. 1 Samuel 12:20-25 20Don’t be frightened,” Samuel reassured them…. Do not be frightened the Prophet Samuel, God’s own incarnate in his day, reassured all that put their trust and confidence in him; all that were serving Jehovah through him.
10. Remember he was the one Saul stretched his hand and the word went out of his mouth in anger, it could not come back void. Then the eyes of King Saul opened. He said “I have sinned against God.”
11. Who was the God before him? Samuel. He forgot the scriptures out rightly. “Touch not mine anointed, do My prophet no harm.” [Psalms 105:15]
12. …”You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the Lord…
13. You have certainly done wrong. You have certainly done wrong”.
14. …“You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the Lord with true enthusiasm… Make sure now that you worship the Lord with true enthusiasm. NOW IS THE HOUR. NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. WHEN YOU HEAR THIS FINAL WORD, HARDEN NOT YOUR HEART.
15. Apostle Ojiakor was talking under anointing, and he said “God has given you a little ease of life now.”
16. He [God] has stepped in again to tell you that there can be hope for the hopeless and that there might be light at the end of the tunnel for he that is hopeless. That this Good News should even be carried home if you know who is talking to you. MAKE SURE NOW!
17. …“You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the Lord with true enthusiasm and that you don’t turn your back on him in any way.
18. You do not turn your back on His Word in any form or shape. Do not allow the past to repeat. Guard against the repeat of the past because when the past is forgotten, it is bound to reoccur.
19. 21Other gods can’t help you… Going to other gods cannot help you. Am I making sense? Going to other groups, for there is no group that does not espouse you to a god. If you go to Catholic, they espouse you to a god. CMS, to a god. Deeper Life, to a god. Some will espouse you to three gods in one all at a time.
20. Running to other gods for refuge; other gods cannot help you.
21. 22The Lord will not abandon His chosen people… What? 22The Lord will not abandon His chosen people…
22. If you have been numbered among the chosen. You see, there is a remedy. Which means, this remedy is coming for the chosen who have been erring, thinking they will just be behaving anyhow. No! For God will not abandon His chosen.
23. 22The Lord will not abandon His chosen people, for that would dishonor his great name. Have you seen what He said?
24. He [God] said, “I have called you My people. It is not a guarantee that I will save you anyhow. If you sin, I must punish you, but I will not withdraw My love from you.”
25. And love is corrective. Whoever the Lord loves, him He corrects. Have you actually transgressed? Surely yes! Have you fared well all these while? No!
26. But now, you know you are now at the brink of falling away. A step is left between you and Hell fire, and God stepped in with these remedial measures, just to make sure that the chosen ones do not stumble into Hell because of foolishness and the stupidity that is found in them.
27. He made you a special nation for himself-just because He wanted to!… Who made you a special nation? God! Have I not been telling you that we are a nation in a nation? Who made you a special nation? God. For who? For Himself.
28. If you read Colossians 1:16, Colossians 1:16 16Christ himself is the Creator who made everything in heaven and earth, the things we can see and the things we can’t; the spirit world with its kings and kingdoms, its rulers and authorities; all were made by Christ for his own use and glory. TLB
29. Alleluia! All were made by who? Christ! For His own use and glory. At Nsukka, you were telling the whole world that you are Christ’s and that you belong to Christ. That you are Abraham’s descendants.
30. How can you be Christ’s and you are still on your own. You are like a woman that is married yet she is alone. Married but alone. How can you be tied to Christ and claim to be Abraham’s descendants and you are having your way and obeying God’s Word becomes difficult?
31. You are making a false claim. You are not even among the chosen, but you are thinking you are among them. You are not.
32. …He made you a special nation for himself-just because he wanted to!
33. Okay! Look at this people. From the same Living Bible. Ephesians 1:1 –
34. “As for me, I will certainly not sin against the Lord by ending my prayers for you; and I will continue to teach you those things which are good and right. “Trust the Lord and sincerely worship him; think of all the tremendous things he has done for you. But if you continue to sin, you and your king will be destroyed.” LB
35. Ephesians 1:1 1Dear Christian friends at Ephesus, ever loyal to the Lord:… Underline that statement. Ever loyal.
36. This is Paul writing to you, chosen by God to be Jesus Christ’s messenger. Chosen by God to be Jesus Christ’s messenger. THE RESURRECTED BODY.
37. May his blessings and peace be yours, sent to you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every blessing in heaven because we belong to Christ.
38. Long ago, even before he made the world, God chose us to be his very own… You were chosen of the LORD to be His very own. Is it not the Scriptures? As you claim. Why are you trying to be on your own? Have thine own way Lord. Have thine own way.
39. You are the porter. I am the clay. You are now the porter, while God is the clay. That is what you are telling God.
40. God took His people to the porter’s house and commanded them, “Watch the porter and how He is handling the clay and this is what I want My people to be in My hands.”
41. The clay could not query the porter and the porter had the authority to make the clay in different shapes and different sizes; some of honour and some of dishonor. Nobody raises any alarm.
42. I am giving you your true picture. What it ought to be, so that you go home and know whether you are what God said you should be and whether you have for one day submitted to the will of God. Whether for one day, you have allowed God to have His way in your life. Everywhere is calm.
43. You have been the ruler and controller of yourself. The Word of God had never controlled you for one day. So that person the Prophet said God is looking for can never be you. You are merely reading what is written, claiming it, but you are not a part of it.
44. THE PROPHET SAID GOD IS LOOKING FOR ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN, ONE CHILD HE WILL LEAD AND CONTROL BY HIS WORD. Are you the one? Has he found you capable? Credible? Has He found you having that capacity? Never! You are, oh No! Of course you know. Many are called. Few are chosen.
45. But to the chosen ones, there is no instruction, no command from God that is grievous, for God has given us His command and it is not cumbersome. It is not grievous to the chosen ones. And they are few. Many are called. Few are chosen.
46. Among the chosen ones, the Message went forth. They were the Brothers and the friends in the LORD who were ever loyal.
47. ARE YOU NUMBERED AMONG THE CHOSEN ONES? ARE YOU DOING THE WILL OF GOD OR YOUR OWN WILL? ARE YOU HAVING YOUR WAY OR IS GOD HAVING HIS WAY? YOU AND GOD; WHO DICTATES TO THE OTHER THE WAY THINGS WILL GO. WHO IS THE PORTER? WHO IS THE CLAY?
48. From the look of things, judge for your selves. I am seeing the picture where God is the clay and you are the porter. This is why God has found it difficult to trace people that have His nature.
49. For that reason, God came and married a wife. And He has been living with a wife for over 30 years without any trace of divorce. At least, He is not yet tired and will also take that same wife to Paradise, not desiring to marry another, just to prove to you that two people from different states, different languages and culture can also blend in Christ and live eternally in peace.
50. What can you say about those living under My roof? Are they not human beings? For any of them to have peace, that peace must emanate from obedience to My Word.
“Surely his salvation is near to those who reverence him”. You see it now, who were those his salvation was near to this morning? Those who reverence him. If you reverence him, his salvation is nearer to you. He said he is speaking peace to the people, only if they will never go back to their foolishness. When you forget all you have heard, you cannot put them in your mind, in your heart or put them into practice, hence you back to folly. Therefore, his wrath will be upon you.
Be careful lest your advocate becomes your judge preached 21st Oct. 2018 pg 171 vs 6; 8
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OBEDIENT TO THE TRUTH MEDICINE FOR SIN
1. When a woman obeys her husband, they become equals. Is not true? Since the Bride finds it difficult to obey her Bridegroom, the Bridegroom will find it difficult to give his oath of allegiance to that Bride.
2. Remember we are preparing for a wedding. Is it not true? It Is true sir. The wedding day is on the way and until that wedding day, we will not know how many we are.
3. I said, “Woe is Me if I should look at your face and say, “Go away! Go away!” Or call you this and that. No! This is because what will stop you will stop you and the thing would have stopped you before you get there.
4. Let Me tell you one trick with the Police. If you are driving without a drivers’ license or you are carrying some illegal items, on sighting the Police, the way you handle your steering will cause them to stop you. But if you approach them courageously as if nothing is in your booth, they will pass you. Okay thank you.
5. But God is not the Police. For that reason, He has planted something that will screen you because the heart is very deceitful and desperately wicked.
6. These people that were chosen of God, they knew what they were before God chose them, sanctified them, cleansed them and then gave their whole life to His service, esteemed Him more than their necessary food to the point that if you go to St Luke’s Gospel chapter 8 from verse 1, read till I ask you to stop. Give Me that Scripture. You have it there. Read it there.
7. Luke 8:1-3 1Not long afterwards he began a tour of the cities and villages of Galilee to announce the coming of the Kingdom of God, and took his twelve disciples with him.
8. 2Some women went along,… Some women went along, not some girls. Whether they be girls ladies or women, names are still withheld.
9. 2Some women went along from whom he had cast out demons or whom he had healed; among them were Mary Magdalene… Note! We have heard one name. (Jesus had cast out seven demons from her)
10. 3Joanna, Chuza’s wife… Second name! Joanna, Chuza’s wife. (Chuza was King Herod’s business manager…
11. King Herod’s business manager was not a believer, but the wife believed and joined the band. I do not know whatever that happened in her family, but there was no record that Chuza divorced her or hindered her.
12. (Chuza was King Herod’s business manager and was in charge of his palace and domestic affairs),… Was this man a very common man? King Herod’s business manager who was in charge of all business affairs must be a high profile individual.
13. God knows what He is doing. There is no place where you think you are where you cannot see such people there.
14. You say you are a Lawyer, I will show you Lawyers You say you are Doctor, I show you Medical Doctors. You are an accountant, I show you Zacchaeus. You call them engineers, I have engineers here (Sylvanus). I will show you all of them.
15. So, you can never use your work or status as an excuse. You are married, I show you a married man and a married woman. Your husband is rich, this one is also rich. You are a widow, I show you widows. You are an orphan, I show you orphans. You are a kid, I show you Timothy, Titus and the rest of them.
16. Tell me! God knows what He is doing. He is doing it to stop the mouth of all gainsayers and that anybody can be saved if he willeth. If you know the value of eternal life, nothing external, nothing temporary can hinder you, not even death.
17. To what extent have you submitted to the will of God? You want to submit when you die. You submit in the obituary poster written by the heathens? As if you walked your way into paradise before you died. “Gone to Glory.”
18. You can write anything in obituary paper. Anybody can write it, but God knows where you are. You know where you are because you prepared your way when you were here.
19. ….Susanna, and many others… And what? Many others. Names withheld. …Susanna, and many others who were contributing from their private means…
20. Note it. They were having their own contributions to support that same work. They were not tied to the stake. They were colts that noticed that the Master had need of them and that the vineyard needed their contributions.
21. To those God chose, He sanctifies. Those He sanctifies, He does what? He justifies, placing them in Heavenly dignity, no longer imputing their sins against them. And those He has justified, He does what? He glorifies.
22. Then, if God is with them, who can be against them? What did He use to sanctify them? He has sanctified them with His Word, for His Word is Truth. He sanctified them by the faith that is in Him, wherein their sacrifices are made acceptable in the beloved.
23. 1 Samuel 12:20-25 20Don’t be frightened,” Samuel reassured them. “You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the Lord with true enthusiasm, and that you don’t turn your back on him in any way.
24. 21Other gods can’t help you. 22The Lord will not abandon His chosen people, for that would dishonor his great name. He made you a special nation for himself – just because he wanted to! Just because He wanted to and not that you merited it.”
25. 23“As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord. …As for Me and My family, far be it from us. 23“As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ending my prayers for you;
26. and I will continue to teach you those things. I will continue. I will not be tired, whether you believe or not, to wash off My hand that I will declare that I am innocent of any man’s blood.”
27. …and I will continue to teach you those things which are good and right. 24“Trust the Lord and sincerely worship him…
28. Trust the Lord and sincerely worship Him, not hypocritically. Stop paying lip service. Stop using your senses. Be sincere to the core. God who seeth the heart and knoweth the hearts of all men must surely show you favour.
29. …think of all the tremendous things he has done for you. “Remember where you were coming from. Remember what you were before God came your way.
30. 25But if you continue to sin, you and your king will be destroyed.” LB
31. If you continue to sin, your name must be blotted out from the book of life. So God told Moses. I will not blot out your name from the book of life, but whosoever that continues to sin against me, the person’s name I must blot out of the book of life. Amen.
32. 1 Sam 12:20-25
33. 20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart; And turn ye not aside:
34. 21for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
35. 22For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
36. 23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
37. 24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things He hath done for you.
38. 25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. 13 1Saul reigned one year…. KJV
39. Saul reigned one year. I am not interested in the number of years he reigned before he died and then there was death toll in Israel for refusing to obey and turn back to God.
40. It is only in returning and waiting shall you be saved. Did I say so? Did I back it up with the scriptures? Okay. Now watch that Scripture you are holding there. Proverbs 28:13 – 14.
41. He said you have sinned quiet alright. Even if you said you have not sinned, unbelief is not in you, it is because you lack understanding. I say, “You lack understanding.”
42. As long as God does not have His way in your life, you are not doing the will of God, you are doing the will of the Devil. That’s all. You are fulfilling your own will which your father who is the Devil is behind.
43. Proverbs 28:13-14
44. 13A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful. But if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance. If he does what? if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance.LB
45. 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. KJV
46. He gets another chance. How can you acknowledge another chance when you have not acknowledged that you have failed? Somebody could say, “Does it mean all of us?” I say, “No! It can never be all of you.”
47. I KNOW THOSE THAT ARE REJOICING ALREADY, AND I KNOW THOSE WHO ARE OF A WILLING HEART, WHILE I KNOW THOSE THAT ARE HARDENED WITH INIQUITY. PLEASE CATCH ME SOMEWHERE.
48. A WILLING HEART, GOD WILL GIVE A HELPING HAND. ONE THAT HAS SUBMITTED ALREADY, GOD WILL GIVE COMFORT. ONE THAT IS HARDENED GOD WILL GIVE OVER TO REPROBATE SPIRIT, SO THAT FROM NOW HENCE FORTH, IF HE SEES ANYTHING FROM GOD, HE WILL CALL IT DEVIL. HE WILL SEE DEVIL AND WILL CALL IT GOD; SO THAT HE CAN NEVER MAKE A U-TURN.
49. Follow me as I go to my last Scripture. 2 Chronicles 30:17-20
50. 17,18,19Since many of the people arriving from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially impure because they had not undergone the purification rites, the Levites killed their Passover lambs for them, to sanctify them.
51. Then King Hezekiah prayed for them,… Have you heard it? They were not sanctified. The priests were there and that was the time God was using animal sacrifice.
52. These people arrived from different countries, and they were heading for that glorious feast which was meant for only those that were sanctified by the blood of the lamb.
53. The Levites were around and noticed that they were not sanctified. They were all impure. This means, they were not qualified for what they came. Look at what happened. A king, not even a priest:
54. Then King Hezekiah prayed for them and they were permitted to eat the Passover anyway, even though this was contrary to God’s rules.
55. But Hezekiah said, “May the good Lord pardon everyone who determines to follow the Lord… Note!
56. MAY THE GOOD LORD PARDON EVERYONE THAT IS DETERMINED TO FOLLOW THE LORD. DETERMINATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. They were willing. They were determined.
57. But Hezekiah said, “May the good Lord pardon everyone who determines to follow the Lord God of his fathers, even though he is not properly sanctified for the ceremony.” 20And the Lord listened to Hezekiah’s prayer… And the LORD did what?
58. 20And the Lord listened to Hezekiah’s prayer and did not destroy them. LB
59. As one He listens to, for he was the beloved of God, the man God placed before the eyes of everybody and said, “HEAR YE HIM”. He was God’s representative.
60. The man standing in the stead of God did something that was contrary to the law; something that was contrary to the Word of God. He stood in the gap, made a proclamation, prayed to the Almighty and He changed the mind of God. The Bible said, “The Lord answered and they went in and partook of the Passover.”
61. IF THE SON OF MAN SETS YOU FREE, YOU ARE FREE INDEED. IF THE SON OF MAN DECLARES YOU GUILTY, YOU ARE GUILTY. When you hear second chance, second chance, it is not for everybody.
62. 2 Chronicles 30:17-21
63. 17For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified:… There were many in the Congregation that were not made holy. They were not sanctified. Remember! God said, “You are sanctified by the Word which I spake to you. That is, if you believe it. Believing means, if you obey.” Is it not true? Hearing without obeying makes you the worst sinner.
64. Moreso, God said, “How can you escape, if you fail to listen to earthly Messengers.” But William Branham said, “He that is coming is a Heavenly Messenger.” John said, “He [Christ] is a heavenly messenger.” He said, “How can they think they will escape the Voice of He that spake to them from heaven?”
65. IF THOSE WHO DISOBEYED EARTHLY MESSENGERS WERE DESTROYED INSTANTLY, TELL ME WHERE YOU WILL RUN TO. I WILL NEVER CEASE FROM TELLING YOU THE WHOLE TRUTH.
66. Like Samuel told them, “Continue to harden your hearts. It will not stop me from telling you the Truth.” But far be it from ME and MY family to join hands with you to live in unbelief, to try to have our way.
67. That is why we came out here to sing an impromptu song;
68. [It is by prayers and love that we live. It is surprising to some as to why we are the way we are. We are here confessing it to all and sundry that it is God and God alone. This is the outcome of honouring and fearing God in our lives. There is nothing else.]
69. An Igbo adage says that the medicine against anger is “Please.” THE ONLY MEDICINE AGAINST SIN IS OBEDIENCE. THE ONLY MEDICINE AGAINST SIN IS OBEDIENCE TO THE TRUTH. Finish!
70. Refuse to obey and remain disobedient, you remain a sinner. You continue to sin, even when God has given you a second chance saying, “From now, do not turn your back against God. Be sincere. Mean business now by worshipping God with sincerity, honesty of purpose, fearing and adoring Him. He will save you, for He will never abandon His own, for His Name’s sake.”
71. Only then, will you be God’s own. If you are My disciples and you say you love Me, I have only but one thing. IF YOU LOVE ME, OBEY ME. KEEP MY WORD. How can you love God and disobey His Word? Are you trying to fool God? You fool yourself.
72. 17For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore, the Levites had the charge of the killing of the Passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.
73. They [the Levites] were the people that had the charge. Even them the Levites were also not sanctified. Even the priests and the congregation were all guilty of the same thing. Ministers! Not clean. Congregation! Not clean. A good number of them were not clean. Not all.
74. 18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written.
75. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one 19that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 21And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. KJV
76. There are many translations you can read them. Those that were willing, diligently according to the Amplified version of the Bible, the LORD showed them mercy.
77. But to those that are hardened up, God allowed them to destroy themselves in their unbelief because iniquity slays the wicked.
78. With these few scriptures, I welcome all of you into the New Year with lively hopes and lively expectations, having only but one thing; YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN TO EITHER ENTER PARADISE OR HELL. Thank you!
79. I invite the Pastor in-charge of Onitsha to come and dismiss us. On your way, may the Lord who brought you here take you home safely. Amen.
Remain blessed in Him Eternally