THE MEMORIAL VOICE OF THE QUEEN OF PARADISE VOL. 2

THE MEMORIAL VOICE OF THE QUEEN OF PARADISE VOL. 2 Preached ON Sunday 10^TH APRIL, 2022 AT THE VOICE OF GOD STUDIO

The Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria

BY APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN THE ETERNAL ROCK OF AGES

Transcribed by Sister Ifunanya Okoh Household of God, Enugu

Interlude By Pastor Chizoba UDOCHUKWU Moderated by THE SON OF MAN

Interlude

MODERATED BY THE SON OF MAN

A round of applause to the Almighty God. Remain blessed Brethren. You are blessed Brethren. We thank God for that Voice.

If you did not hear your name this morning, you are not in God’s program. Pure truth!
If you never heard your name this morning, I say, “You are not in God’s program. Sure!!!
You are not in God’s program for salvation.
Please permit me to read a portion of the Scriptures; Psalm 17:15 in Living Bible.
^[15]But as for me, my contentment is not in wealth but in seeing you and knowing all is well between us. Sure!!!
I rewind. But as for me, my contentment is not in wealth… It is not in properties. It is not in liquid cash. And it is not in anything eyes can behold.
…my contentment is not in wealth, but in seeing You… This means, seeing the Almighty God. Sure!!! …and knowing all is well between us… Knowing that all well is between me and God.
Nothing in between
And when I awake in heaven, I will be fully satisfied, for I will see You face-to-face.
Psalm 17:15, Amplified version. As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You].
New International Version. As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
King James Version. As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Good News Bible. But I will see you, because I have done no wrong; and when I awake, your presence will fill me with joy.
So, when the Lord was highlighting the qualities of our mother whose voice we shall soon hear, it was her connection to the Almighty God that made her what she was and what she still is.
If she did not obey God, follow God and make God the King of her life, she would never be the Queen.
So, when you follow Christ, the highest thing that will happen to us; the best thing is to follow God and be identified with him.
Remember, when I married her, she knew nothing. Nothing! She never knew how to turn the pages of the Bible. And she acknowledged she knew nothing. She had not gone that way before.
When I was introducing her to different denominations and groups of people who were religious, she could not contend, she could not contest and she could not argue, for she knew nothing.
And she was very much willing to learn. She was willing to know. She became an enquirer who can never miss her ways. And when I saw her willingness to learn, I stooped very low and then rubbished her with the fundamentals of serving God.
I gave her what it takes to obtain favour from God. I gave her what it takes to walk with God and be perfect, for no man ever walked with God without being perfect.
Abraham walked with God and was perfect. Noah walked with God and became perfect. Job walked with God and became perfect. So it is. The servant ought to be perfect like the master according to Gospel of Christ in saint Luke.
Reference: Luke 12:47, King James version. The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

If you are willing to learn, God will teach you. Who will he teach to understand knowledge and wisdom? According to prophet Isaiah, he that is weaned from her mothers’ breast and is willing to learn of him.
Reference: Isaiah 28:9, King James version. Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

For Jesus said, “Learn of me. Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly.
Reference: Matthew 11:29, King James version. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

How will He teach that person? Line by line, precept upon precept, a little here and a little there. In other words, patience is required. Humility is required. Peace is required. Obedience is the watchword.
So as for us that are with God now, see what the psalmist said. His whole attention and his whole will is not wealth, not any other thing but to make sure that he is in the right standing with the Almighty God.
In an attempt to please God, you will become what you never expected, but when you pursue other things and leave the vital issue, nothing will ever reach you. Even eternal life will elude you.

MEMORIAL VOICE OF THE QUEEN OF PARADISE [ABRIDGED]

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE WIFE OF A MAN OF GOD by Mummy Nzubechi Joy Odoemena, The Queen of Paradise; And Moderated by THE SON OF MAN.

A Paper Presentation on Saturday 29^th December, 2018 during the Seminar Session of 26^th Anniversary of The Bride of Christ Ministry Worldwide at the Conference Hall of the CEMC, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
[Transcribed by Sister Stella Akparanta, Students Fellowship, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike]
Chapter 1 [THE SON OF MAN’s introduction] verse 4 – 5. ⁴To domestic housewives, some of them are blind illiterates, not stark. They are blind illiterates because they have chosen to be blind in an enlightened world. Yes!
⁵If when light is shinning, you refuse to come out and make use of the light, you take delight in groping in darkness, is it not your choice? Sure!
¹⁷18…when you educate a people, to lead them becomes very easy, but you refuse to educate them. Truly speaking, you are indirectly raising insurgents against yourself, [Sure!!!] for no man is easily deceived more than one that does not have both conventional, [regimented] and unconventional education. [Sure!!!]
²¹So, I want you to know that there can be age in everything but there is no age limit to education. [Sure!!!] It is a matter of personal decision.
²²I want you to agree with the paper that truly, an educated woman will motivate the family to higher heights than one with little or no education for she finds it difficult to understand.
Chika’s mother was encouraging him to get involved in digging foundation and molding blocks so as to give her money.
²⁷Remember, if your wife refuses to be educated, she will stand against educating her children. … That is pure truth!
³¹A woman without sound education is a woman without vision. … A married liability.
Chapter 2 [A WIFE MAKES A MAN COMPLETE by The Queen of Paradise] verse
²⁶If He is actually a real man of God, an ordained man of God and not a self-acclaimed man of God. If He is actually a real man of God, He is actually the best if you can understand Him, you will discover at the end that He is actually the best.
²⁷FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I STAND TO TESTIFY THAT THIS IS TRUE. IT IS NOT EASY TO MARRY A MAN OF GOD. IT IS NEVER EASY.
²⁸BUT IF YOU CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND HIM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU, YOU MUST ACTUALLY DISCOVER IN THE END THAT HE IS ACTUALLY THE BEST.
What can we derive from there? We can derive from what she is saying and the Son of Man is saying that it is not easy to sojourn and to live with a man of God, if he is actually a man ordained of God for the work of God here on earth; a Man that is bearing God’s own Name; God’s own express image.
He is the image of the Deity. He is the Tabernacle where the Deity dwells. In other words, He is the mask that is used to cover the Deity which is the invisible Supreme Spirit dwelling in Him.
He is a Man that is harboring a Being that is mightier than Him, much more superior than Him, much more powerful than Him.
Let me ask this question: Whoever that is inside a man, and the mask, which one is adjudged more powerful and superior? Which one dictates the movement of the other? Is it not the one inside?
You know what a masquerade is. Every masquerade is what it is because of who is inside the mask. That’s what makes it a masquerade.
The mask is ordinary net prepared with human hands and sold in the market. It is a lifeless material.
It is just like you have your shirt which you are wearing. You are mightier than the shirt you are wearing. Is it not true? You are the one that decides where your cloth will go, and not your cloth taking you where you will go. You have every right to discard your cloth. If you feel uncomfortable living in that cloth, you set it ablaze. True or false?
A man of God is one whose activity are under the power and control of Almighty God. All his decisions are under the power, scrutiny and control of the Almighty God.
He does not speak because He has the mouth. He does not act because He thinks He can do it. He does everything after the counsel of He that is dwelling in him.
In the days of Jesus Christ, they were requesting Him to perform one miracle or the other, but He said, “No! You are mere earthly human beings. You have the whole time with yourself. You have the time to do whatever you like, but it is not so with Me. I can do nothing of Myself. But whatsoever He commands Me to say or to do, that I will do.”
References: John 5:30, King James version. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
He is a difficult man to marry in the sense that He does not succumb to the will of man, but the will of He that is in Him and Who speaks to Him and communicates to Him directly without anybody by the side knowing or hearing it.
He may decide to have a good time with His wife, but the Voice speaking to Him will say, “Take your bag. In the next one hour, I want to see you at the airport. Head to Abuja.”
The pleading of the wife cannot stop the movement. The crying of the children will not change the decision because He that is in Him has the final say. Once He speaks, every other tongue becomes silent. He decides everything around that person.
In other words, the wife can never own Him so as to command and dictate and direct as she wishes. The same is applicable to the children.
That is why the wife must [first of all] sit down and understand how God moves with the Vessel He has chosen to bear His Name to enable her pass the knowledge on to the children otherwise, there must be misconception.
And that is where Nzubechi Son of Man comes first among all her equals. In Latin, I refer to her as Primus inter pares [First Among Equals]. She has no equal. First among her equals.
Hence, I documented it in the great sermon. She is in a class of her own: an incomparable living example of a godly woman; if you know what it takes to be godly and to be contented.
She understood the meaning of godliness and contentment which [to her] is great gain and then helped in giving her the supreme virtue.
You can understand the mind of God if only you will, and if only you will desire. You can live with God eternally, if only it will be your desire.
If your desire is to live with God eternally, you are indirectly telling yourself, “That which You tell me, I will do. Wherever you send me, I will go. When you speak, I will obey.”
We sing it in our song: [When we walk with the Lord in the Light of His Word, what a glory he sheds in our way. While we do His goodwill, He abides with us still and with all who will trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy with the Lord, only trust and obey]
There is a stanza that says, “Where you send us, we will go. Whatever you tell us to do, we will do”, for that is the only way we can find favour with Him and dwell with Him eternally.
Mary, the mother told the disciples, “Whatever He commands you to do, do it.” Finish!
This is because, when you do it, you are in his good books, but the contrary will place you in opposition to His will. You will be His greatest enemy, for you are on the opposing side of the will of God. And that makes you the devil´s incarnate. One that is opposed to God’s revealed will.
“This is the way I want it”, and Nzubechi will say, “Thank you Lord. Nnam ooo! I will do it.” “This is what I want to eat.” “Nnam, consider it done!”
“Nzubechi! It is unfortunate. All we planned we shall accomplish this weekend, set all of them at naught. I am under instruction to go to Eha-Amufu this morning, and to be back whenever, I do not know till my mission is accomplished. she will say, “At thy will my Lord.”
By the time I will talk of taking My bath, she had already loaded My Missionary bag with all My books there. She will only put the snack I will eat there and along the way, for she knows very well when the situation will warrant serving Me food and when it will warrant putting snacks into My bag, for there may not be time to eat that food, lest I go late.
How many will do it without nagging and without presenting list of what is lacking in the family?
And knowing that there could be such situation, I committed the running of the family into her hands. I entrusted the whole money in the family into her hands so that she will have access to everything.
By so doing, I was able to control the Ship of this Ministry without wavering up till this day, for she never encumbered Me with frivolous requests for this and that because I had already prepared her to know that she must bear the responsibility of running the family as far as finances are concerned.
And the only way it could be made easy and possible for Me and for her was to allow her access to wherever the money might be. And it became a huge success. A privilege she never abused until she left the planet. And she passed the same honour and the same thing to her children.
³¹This understanding will now help her to back up her husband so that the both will fulfill their Ministries with joy, for when God calls a man, He calls His wife; and behind every successful man, there must be an intelligent woman behind Him.
Remember, we are listening to The MEMORIAL VOICE; The Memorial Voice, The Golden Voice, The Velvetone Voice of the Queen of Paradise. The Soft-Spoken Voice of Mummy Nzubechi SON OF MAN.
³³She must also have the wisdom and understanding to see Him beyond her husband. … Sure!!! ³⁴Every wife, you are married to a man of God… Sure!!! It applies to every woman called a wife. … Sure!!!
It also applies to those who are willing to marry. It applies to every man; young and old. Once you have a manhood, you are a man of God.
³⁷Remember, we are here to be educated by God. I believe God has a purpose for gathering us and giving us this education. He said that He is fortifying us for what lies ahead next year.
³⁸Remember, we are here to be educated by God. I believe God has a purpose for gathering us and giving us this education. He said that He is fortifying us for what lies ahead next year.
And what lies ahead resulted in saying, “Go home! Everybody! Worship God at home.” Whatever you have is what you will now be offering your family.
⁴⁷A woman that is stubborn to her husband will cause the love that the man has for her to be dying every single day. Sure!!!
Chapter 3 [Feminine Qualities and abilities for Achieving Success in Marriage – Part 1] ¹⁷There is wisdom in submission, [Sure!!!] in showing subordination to existing arrangements whether humanly or divinely made.
³²No woman wins the heart of her husband more than a submissive wife….
⁴⁶It is only when a woman surrenders her life to her husband reveres and worships him, that she becomes really beautiful to him.
⁴⁷Somebody can say that this is not true. But try to be disobedient. Try to be stubborn, and your husband will never never see anything good in you. Even if you are the most beautiful woman in Africa or in the whole world, it will mean nothing to the man.
⁵⁰When a woman submits to her husband, she becomes very beautiful, she becomes a priceless JEWEL, the glory of feminism, a real woman, a total woman that is highly cherished and respected.
⁵¹You become a Queen. A Queen to your husband even if you are the shortest and the ugliest, that man you respect and honour; that man you obey will see you as a Queen. Sure!!!
Chapter 4 [Feminine Qualities and abilities for Achieving Success in Marriage – Part 2]. ⁵⁸A wife of a man of God is expected to be her husband’s manager, confidant, chief executive, wife, sister, sweet heart and best friend.
⁷¹A true daughter of God must really develop prayers as her own quality, to the point that when you do not pray, you will feel incomplete. Sure! You will see yourself that actually, you are lacking.
Chapter 5 [Feminine Qualities and abilities for Achieving Success in Marriage – Part 3]. ³THE SOCIETY IS BAD BECAUSE MOST FAMILIES ARE BAD. Is it not true? We are talking about society being bad. We talk about all the evils in the society, the moral decadence and juvenile delinquencies.
⁴We are seeing all those things because the families are bad. Very bad! And they are raising bad children. IF FAMILIES ARE NOT BAD, THE SOCIETY WILL NOT BE BAD.
⁶When we as women take our roles seriously and return our focus to the home, the society must actually improve. Sure!!!
⁷Even as a Household of God, when we as wives recognize our position, we take our role as mothers and as wives seriously, we are going to see that our households, our families are going to improve for the better. That is truth!
⁵⁰If a mother is rebellious and stubborn, her children will follow her example to their ruin. That is pure truth!
⁵¹A wife of a man of God must therefore be a true mother by being a living testament and a consistent example of the type of person she will like her children to become.
⁵³If you will not take the trouble of training your child, when he or she is still a little boy or girl; if you cannot take the pain to train them when they are very little, they will give you a great deal of trouble when they grow up. That is truth! That is truth! Pure truth!
⁶⁰The duty of training of the children lies mostly on the mother [on the wife]. That is pure truth!
⁶²Mothers! We should treasure this principle, apply it and uphold to it. The training of the children to a greater extent is the responsibility of the mother. Why? This is because mothers are the closest to their children. Sure!!!
⁶³God made us to understand that any woman that neglects the training of her children must reap the whirl wind. … Have you seen it? She will then raise criminals.
NUGGET preceding Chapter 6 [Feminine Qualities and abilities for Achieving Success in Marriage – Part 4].
From: THE WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM Part 2 [From the papyri found in Egypt 1831 and Translated by John Bryant]; Chapter 86 verses 1 through 5. ¹SARAH also rose up, full of the Holy Ghost, and danced and sang before the Lord. ²And this is the song of Sarah: In Thee, O Lord, will my soul be raised up for Thou hast bestowed upon me Thy grace whereby I am restored to Thy presence for I have entered into thine holy house and received the sacred rites of Thy presence.
³Surely in my tent at night I will sing songs of joy unto the Lord as I am overshadowed by the priesthood and lifted up in the foreshadowing of eternity.
As Mary was overshadowed by angel Gabriel, and she conceived and gave birth to the Lord Jesus Christ. The Priesthood that overshadowed Sarah was Abraham, the servant and friend of God, in whose hands Sarah obtained her salvation, and ticket into Paradise.
⁴Surely in receiving Thy Spirit through the overshadowing of the priesthood, I have received salvation. Sure!!!
⁵Wherefore, in the midst of Thy people, those who reverence Thine Holy Name, I will praise Thee and glorify Thy Name forever.”
¹Another quality I will like us to take is that the wife of a man of God must be a lover of peace. She must be a lover of what? PEACE. Yes!!
²The impact and the influence of the woman in building a happy home cannot be over emphasized. A peaceful home.
⁷The atmosphere in the family is set by the wife. And your home reflects what you are. When people come around or come in and see your home, it reflects what you are as a woman.
¹²… And what you are doing as a wife is what will either push your husband away or keep him inside. Sure!!!
¹⁶No sacrifice is too much to pay to ensure that peace is achieved in the home. Not temporary peace, but lasting peace.
³¹…It takes that woman that desires peace to always agree with her husband. Sure!!! SOM: It takes a woman that desires peace to always agree with her husband to give peace a chance.
³⁸Some of us have that inherited habit. Somebody that came from a very troublesome home; maybe somebody the mother or the father are not seeing eye to eye. And the person will now bring it to her own home.
³⁹If it is your own problem; if that is what is causing problem in your marriage, please please, surrender it today. Say no to it today.
⁴⁰If it is your money [Sister and my fellow wife], whatever it maybe; if it is money, say no to it, because when you neglect that peace and the importance of peace in your home, you are destroying your lives. Sure!!!
⁴³…Sisters! Pursue that peace. Seek that peace in your home. Pursue it and enjoy it. Sure!!!
⁴⁴Nothing compares to a peaceful home. The price of family stability is not a cheap one. Sure!!! It will cost you a lot of things.

my wife is the first among all her equals

Closing Remarks by the son of man

⁶I believe Nzubechi son of man, is competent, knowledgeable and adequate enough to talk on matters pertaining to marriage.
⁷All that are wise and understanding should learn something. She said she was revealing a little secret to you. ⁷I said I have my reasons why I will not talk because she has been your counsellor all these years, both wife and their husband even their children.
⁹She has been your consultant even at a time when I will be waving you off my house, all of you will be trooping to her. Let me just put it the other way round, she is the first among all her equals.
¹⁰Sincerely speaking, we went to Nsugbe yesterday and I thank God our Deacon John was there with us. ¹¹There in her father’s home, they hold her to a high esteem. Her late mother used to refer to her as the mother of her brothers and her sisters, both young and old.
¹²The most senior sister regards her as their mother and that is what she is. Her senior brothers and their wives can never do anything without consulting her. The senior sisters, the same thing and when she speaks, that is final!
¹³Some said she has imbibed the husband’s wisdom and I said yes, it is a must whether she likes it or not, she must pattern after her husband in all things pertaining to life and godliness.
¹⁴Is it any wonder that while she was pregnant, she single-handedly undertook the proofreading of the great sermon?
¹⁵The twenty-one Epistles, she did the proof reading and
crosschecking of all scriptures in all the translations making sure they were accurate which even Ministers who are men could not accomplish.
But it is worthy to note that on the 22^nd of November, 2021 when she was gasping in the hospital, what preoccupied her mind, her heart was the care of the brethren and the work of the ministry.
Hence, she could send her contributions financially to Deacon Vin, and of which Deacon Vin testified few days ago before Elders, how he received a bank alert from Mummy who was dying in the sick bed at Abuja. And that was her contribution for the burial of the mother in-law of Elder Loveday at Egbema.
Pastor Thomas also rose up and confirmed when he received his own bank alert of Mummy’s monthly contribution to the publication and the work of the Ministry. Who can believe this? Somebody who was battling with death in the bed in the hospital.
While we were lamenting and sorrowing, we never knew that she was already away from us. Who is saying this?
And that has helped us to know that her delight has always been to do the will of God; to play that supportive role in the Ministry of the son of man, which is also the Ministry of the Saints from the beginning till the end.
Then on the 10^th December, she waved bye to the Saints here on earth, and proceeded her journey unto eternity with her records following her.
What is more? While we were searching for the atm card, to see whether we could operate that account, we later noticed that the account was restricted by the order of the owner with the list of names and account numbers of the benefitting Brethren.
The list also included names of some students and individuals and some other heathens we know not. She established that account just to help the needy, the destitutes outside, and the needy Brethren.
We discovered the list that was attached, and I had to go to GTB with every relevant document, only to be told that it is impossible that an order has already been placed there by the owner of the account.
The order was such that nobody should transfer or withdraw a dime from that account except by her order.
I said, “Does it mean that now, we cannot do anything.” She said, “Sir, there is no need troubling yourself. You can see it on the screen. Go to probate and get letter of administration.”
I came back disappointed, and then called My children, “Thank you very much for labouring to find out the code and everything. Look at what I encountered. So, we will suspend it till further notice. Finish!
¹⁶Let Me confirm it that her prayer life was what she inherited from her late mother. … Sure!!!
²⁰Let Me tell you something. If you are virtuous, it is a treasure! It is a treasure! If you are not virtuous, of course, you know you have marked yourself out of the kingdom of heaven.Pure truth! If you are not spiritual, you are worthless. I say you are worthless.
²²If you are a man of God, do not consider a woman because of her face-value. Consider her on the basis of her spiritual value, and you know you have a treasure. Sure!!!
²⁴I think I make bold to declare that my wife is the best! If she is not the best, why should the Almighty God set her as a standard for all women.
²⁶To the men, she cannot be what she is, if I was not in front. If you want your wife to behave like Nzubechi SON OF MAN, strive to behave like THE SON OF MAN. This is the secret. Sure!!!

RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION TO MERCY

To God be the glory! Great things He has done. All these things are of God. We can never boast of accomplishing anything without God. I will say that they are amazing. They are equally praiseworthy.

There is no man with godly quality if he is not filled with the spirit of God. I believe that the spirit of Christ in every human being decides the character of that person, for the spirit in a man controls him. The spirit in every woman controls her.
That is why we must live that spirit-controlled life as children of God who are being controlled by the spirit of Christ, for the Bible made it clear that if any is not controlled by the spirit of Christ, that person does not belong to God.
Any human being, whether you are a child or an adult, no matter who you are, as long as the spirit of God is not what is controlling you, it is a sure sign that you do not belong to God.
And the moment you are being controlled by the spirit of Christ, there is no condemnation that awaits you.
There is no condemnation that awaits anybody who is in Christ, for the spirit of Christ in that person has set him at liberty with the spirit of the world. You cannot be controlled by the spirit of the world and the spirit of Christ.
Remember, at any point in time, note it, if Christ is not in you, you must be in crisis. Wherever there is absence of Christ, crisis must be there.
When we talk about family, we are talking about the individuals that make up that family. When the individuals in that family are filled with the spirit of the devil, crisis will have its home in that family.
But if Christ has filled and dominated the lives of the individuals, there must be peace in that home.
When Christ is in the family, it becomes a happy, happy home. When the devil is in the family, and is in the individuals, it is trouble everywhere. Crisis everywhere, fighting, killing, every kind of evil will be in that family.
Then who welcomes Christ into the family? It is you. Who welcomes the devil? It is you.
The moment you reject the truth from God, you have rejected Christ, for He is the word of God. Once you reject Christ, you must accept the devil. You cannot reject the truth without accepting a lie. Am I making sense at all?
So, the crux of the matter is: Any spirit you have welcomed is the one that will rule your life, be that spirit of Christ or of the devil.
So, do not begin to ask Me what you must do to escape from the grip of the devil, for you are either under the grip of the Almighty God or you are under the grip of the devil.
The devil has stronghold in many people’s lives, especially those he has completely taken captive. When they reason, they reason the evil way. When they act, they act the evil way. When they speak, they speak the evil way.
When you try to give them the truth that will set them free from the hand of the devil, they will either be sleeping or they will be absent minded. They will engage in mind wandering.
You think they are with you, but they are not with you. They are bodily present but spiritually, they are far away from what is being discussed because there is a super spirit in them.
The devil has made their hearts its own home, a strong hold, and is not ready to let them free. Why? They love to be in that condition.
In a family where the parents delight fighting in front of their children, what are they doing? They are impacting the knowledge of fighting into the children.
There is no way you can grow up in a troublesome home and be a peaceful fellow, unless Christ has arrested your life and changed your vision; changed your mind, and you become a brand new fellow.
That is why I believe that 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 is a reality. “If anyone be in Christ, he becomes a brand new person within. Old life has passed away. A new life has begun immediately.
The essence of this Message we are receiving now boils down to one thing. We are ambassadors of Christ bringing these good tidings to you, aiming at reconciling and restoring you to mercy with God, so that you can have the hope of eternal life because time is against all mankind.
Time is no longer on the side of any human being. You that have this privilege; this last-minute opportunity, make use of it.
Hear me very well. William Branham gave a Message titled, “even if man riseth from the dead.” Even if a dead man rises from the dead and speaks.
In the illustration in the book of Matthew and Luke concerning the rich man who dwelt in riches; who enjoyed riches so much that he forgot God;
And then, he used the illustration of Lazarus, a poor fellow, poor in the things of the world but very rich in the things of Christ.
A man [a human being] is not poor because he has no money, but He is poor because he does not have the spirit of Christ. That’s all.
This is because once you do not have the spirit of Christ, you are dead already. You are completely dead.
That is why the Bible says, “He that rejects Christ, while he is alive, he is considered to be dead. He is dead and the conscience is dead.
He does not have shamefacedness. Even after quarrelling and fighting with the family and so on, he can even come out and be bragging; have the guts to move with the heathens, to drink to exhaustion and come back and request for food.
That goes to show that he is dead. His conscience is dead, and completely seared with a hot iron.
So, you are offspring of such families, and God brought you here at this dying minute to see whether there can be a soul that will be saved in your family.
You might be here all these years. As long as the Son of Man has never seen you bearing fruit meet for repentance, you are still standing on your own old platform.
You may enjoy the goodies of His Family, enjoying this truth from Him and still stumble into hellfire. Who will you blame? Who will you blame?
God is giving us this last minute, for time is not on the side of anybody. I am not trying to frighten you.
That illustration went thus: The man who dwelt in wealth; fully immersed in material wealth to the neglect of God, stored his treasure here on earth. His delight was here on earth: Money, money, money! Material things! But the Lazarus of a man stored his treasures in heaven.
Blessed are the poor in spirit for they shall see God. He was poor in spirit; that is humble in spirit. That is what it takes to be poor in spirit.; to be very humble.
Every day, he was seeking the face of God because he said, “Ask and it shall be given to you. Knock and it shall be opened. Seek and you shall find”, in keeping with the Message, Matthew 7:7.
If you do not ask, you will not receive. If you do not knock, the door will not be opened. If you do not seek, you will never find.
So, you do not need to fold your hands. It is your time to knock. It is your time to ask. It is your time to seek.
I gave you the Message, that you sow your seed in righteousness that you may reap it in mercy. Break up the fallow grounds, for it is time to seek the Lord. It is the time to tell yourself the last truth for we are summarizing.
What happened at last? The rich man died and found himself in hell. Lazarus died, and saw himself in the bosom of Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob, enjoying life in paradise.
And then the rich man was requesting for water. He said, “Just dip your hand in the cool water, touch my lips and touch my tongue, for my tongue is blistering because of the intense heat I am passing through.”
But the man Lazarus said, “There is a wide gap between where you are and where we are, for we cannot come where you are. And you cannot come where we are. And your tongue cannot extend to where we are. Although we are pitying your condition there, we cannot help you sir.”
He cried to the lord. He said, “Please, permit me to go back to the earth and appeal to my brethren who are still there on earth, peradventure, they would listen to the testimony of my horrifying condition in hell and repent immediately.
The Lord said, “No, I will not grant your request because I know them. Even if one will rise from the dead and talk to them, they will not agree to that person, for they have made up their hearts never to change. They have become obstinate, powerful and unrepentant sinners, who are rebellious and hostile to the truth. I still have my prophets and messengers that rise up early hours of the morning who are still on earth, if they do not listen to them and repent, surely, they must come to where you are. They must suffer the same fate with you.”
Today, one has risen from the dead, and has spoken to everybody. He has spoken to the women folk, to their children and to their husbands.
So, do not call me a crazy preacher, I have My reason why we must listen to the voice; direct voice. The direct voice of the Paradise Queen.
So, by this voice that talks like the Son of Man, which was handled in no other place but the University of Nigeria Auditorium, Enugu campus amidst hundreds and thousands of partakers, you have no excuse whatsoever.
Moreso, when you have justified and given your testimonies concerning her, of how she lived her life in the booklet; the book commendation.
I would like you to read just mere introduction I saw somewhere concerning the commendation book. It was not documented by Me. I want us to see it. Some of the memories of the greatest Amazon. We will just read the introduction.
Though one riseth from the dead and speaks to those people whose hearts have become so stony and impenetrable; so obstinate and so powerful that they can no longer change, they will still remain what they are.
But the voice has gone forth, so that if there be one who is at the brink of falling away, he can find his way back so that families that neglected the Messages and neglected her counsel, will hear from her once again that, in life or in death, she abides with her truth. And the truth from God reacheth unto the clouds.
Why is it here? Forever O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven. And we are all here, sitting in this heavenly place with this truth around us.
We can do nothing against the truth. We are for the truth. I pray that this Message will not rise up to testify against many families, not only in Nigeria, but the whole world. I do not know whether you saw yourself in the picture.
If there be any who fails to see himself or herself in the picture of this Word, that person is the living dead.
Before I go back to My seat, get Me Living Bible. I want to read that same portion again. Psalm 17:15, Living Bible. Give Me my own.
Psalm 17:15 ^[15]But as for me, my contentment is not in wealth but in seeing you and knowing all is well between us. And when I awake in heaven, I will be fully satisfied, for I will see You face-to-face.
Not when I awake in hellfire. I do not know what your satisfaction is all about. That is why the Psalmist made a prayer to God, pleading that God should help him to esteem obedience to the Word of God higher than making money.
Help me to prefer obedience to the Word of God to making money because, money can never save a man when death knocks at his door.
There is nothing you have in this life that has the power to ransom your soul. And that is the same money for which cause many have fallen away from the Faith while pursuing it.
Amplified version. As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You].

SPECIAL MEMORIES OF THE GREATEST AMAZON WHO LIVES TILL ETERNITY Complied By PASTOR MELCHIZEDEK OKOH Household of God, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria Moderated By THE SON OF MAN

the bride and the bridegroom must HAVE a healthy relationship

To God be the glory. We thank God greatly for all he is doing. Joy has returned or is gradually returning. Whenever I hear the voice of The Son of Man, it makes me happy because, I know what it is. I thank Him greatly.

He knows what it is. He knows what the Son of Man is passing through because he lost his own wife at a tender age also, about nine years ago.
You can imagine how old the wife could be; and how old Pastor Melchizedek could be ten years ago. So, he knows and understands the plight of The Son of Man.
Being a widower for 9 years, it has not been an easy thing. Within this little period, I see how He has recovered, speaking to us and admonishing us.
Something that takes men years to recover from, it has just taken Him few days. I give Him the glory and honour till eternity.
You see, after the burial, I took my time to have an in-depth study of the Book of Commendation of Mummy Nzubechi SON OF MAN, all of us together and individually.
I took my time. I read it over and over. I took special record of every comment every individual made concerning the Amazon.
I am not good at attending ceremonies, but I am better attending burial ceremonies. And when I go to burial, I try as much as I can to get the brochure or the program because it gives me a great opportunity to study the profile of the person being buried.
I always take my time to read burial programmes. People always throw away burial programmes, but in my own case, I take the opposite. I take my time, once people’s profile is concerned.
Because of time, and bearing in mind that we are not having too lengthy Messages now, I would have read too many parts of this Book of Commendation.
To Me, it is more of a Sermon Book than a burial programmes. Sure!!! Too many eulogies people wrote here, starting from the immediate family to the brothers.
I went through what the Brethren wrote, what her colleagues in the office wrote, what her mates in school wrote, her teachers and the world at large.
And all pointed to one thing. A GOOD LIFE LIVED HERE ON EARTH.
I believe that we did not come globally to have a meeting to speak good concerning her. People in their different places wrote according to the contents of their hearts, led by the Holy Spirit. And it is truth.
So, each time I read it, it motivates me to look inwards into my life, and then look forward to what could be said about me if I happen to leave before translation.
Honestly, what people wrote; what the Holy Spirit said concerning the Amazon is nothing but the truth, and it is commendable in the sight of God.
It gave me joy when I saw that all or almost all the letter-headed papers had a uniform, apart from some. I was thinking whether there was a time a circular was given to all the Local Assemblies to design their letter-headed papers using one pattern. Honestly, there was none, but the Holy Spirit led us all to one format.
I know, if all the Brethren all over the world sent their own using letter-heads, it will still take the same format.
If you go through it, in Page 17 of the Book of Commendations of Mummy Nzubechi Odoemena, you will see the picture of the Star and the Moon, the picture of the Nigerian Flag, and then the picture of the Elohim.
If you continue, in Page 21, you will see that of the Household of God at Onitsha, and you will see that same picture. On Page 23, you will see that of the Publication department. The same thing.
One will say, “Well, these ones are in Onitsha. May be they initiated the same thing.”
If you come to Enugu Household, you will see the same supernatural pictures: The Godhead and the Original Body. One may still say, “Well, Enugu is not far from Onitsha. Apostle Ojiakor is always going to Onitsha. That is why they used the same thing.”
If you move to that of the Household of God at Port Harcourt, you will see the same supernatural pictures.
You will still see the same thing on Page 27, the Household of God at Obosima and The Household of God at Nsukka, you will also see the same thing: The Moon and the Star in the same places.
You go further to the Household of God Umuahia, you will also see the same thing.
On page 30 however, you will see that of Household of God, Umuokanne, Ohaji does not have it. Esen Household and Lagos Household do not have any of the supernatural pictures. It is just a plain letter-headed paper.
Please this is not an indictment to any Local Assembly. It is a personal observation.
In the Household of God at Mbaise, you will equally see the supernatural pictures. The Michael Okpara University Students’ Fellowship, the same thing.
It continued to Egbema, the same. At the New Aba Household, led by Pastor Moses, the same.
On Page 36, you will see the Youth. The letterhead is also the same thing. That of Zonkwa, the same thing.
If you continue to page 39, the Household of God at Akwa-Ibom, you will also discover supernatural photographs.
The same is to Abakiliki Household. That of Owerri, Nassarawa, Bayelsa, Opi and Jos, all have the supernatural pictures.
We thank God so much. So, by merely seeing these letter-headed papers, you will see that it is the same spirit of God at work in all where the children of God gather to worship Him. It is the same thing.
There was never a time a circular was given from the Office of THE SON OF MAN commanding every Local Assembly to have the same letter-headed paper.
You see that things are shaped in the same spirit. What you see at Nasarawa, you see it here in Abakiliki. You see it everywhere.
Today, I just want us to touch on the special memories of the greatest Amazon; Lives till eternity.
Why do I want to touch on this? It is because the Message the Almighty God has given to us, I believe, is the content of the life of Christ. That is the same Message God used to raise up His Amazon, who put all the Messages into practice, lived the life of those Messages, and today, she is seated in Paradise.
I believe that the Messages God gave in Marriage is the same Message she practiced.
That is why, to me, I feel we should refresh our memories. It is just an integral part of the marriage Messages the Almighty God gave to us long ago.
It will help us because, if we do not know what He used in raising His Family, we cannot align ourselves to that of His Family.
Now, Mummy is gone. It is left for us equally to use what she used that she is highly honoured. If we do not know that she is highly honoured, take your time and go through this Book of Commendations and see what people wrote from their hearts.
The Message I want us to go through isEXAMINE YOUR FAMILY LIFE – MARRIAGE, THE SWEETEST RELATIONSHIP ON EARTH; A Supernatural Book By A Supernatural Human Being, Apostle Peter Odoemena, The Fountain Of Truth, The Son Of Man; Undated.
I want to deliver it verbatim. That is to say, reading it. This is just a little of marriage Messages. If I should start picking at random, I will not deliver the content of My heart as it is in this Book because this is what God used in His relationship with His wife in His house. It is not limited to this Message alone.
Mind you, they are scattered in several Message. It is one-tenth of the iceberg and a bit of what our mother left behind for us as a legacy.
I want us to start from Chapter 5 on page 74 He titled, HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR FAMILY? “A woman dresses to please her husband. If you dress in any other way to please other people, it means you are a prostitute… Every woman must make sure that she understands the husband. The same way also, every man must make sure that he understands the wife because marriage is based on mutual understanding. — Son of Man.”
¹Any family where there is no good rapport between the husband and wife is merely existing; it is not living. There is no life there.
²There can never be life without lively activities. When we say “MAINTAINING A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP,” how healthy is your relationship with your husband? How healthy is your relationship with your wife?
³What is the Bride of Christ if not husband and wife? Can there be a bride without a bridegroom? There must be a healthy relationship between the bride and the bridegroom,… Nothing between them!…and you are the physical representation of the bride and the bridegroom as a family. Sure!!!
⁴When I enter any family, I am looking for the bride and the bridegroom, finish! The children will come after. How healthy is that relationship? Can there be a healthy relationship when the value of one is grossly underrated? I say, when the value of one – the value of your partner whether man or woman is grossly underrated, can there be a healthy relationship?
⁵You underrate your wife; you under rate your husband. Some even subject their wives to the state of slaves; they have no say.
⁶Moreover, I said that this is prominently visible in Onitsha, even among the Ministers – the Elders, Pastors, Teachers, Bishops, Evangelists, Deacons, then the entire congregation will borrow a cue.
I am coming to something with time. For that reason, it is very imperative for all and sundry here to personally scrutinize our claims; claims as wives, claims as husbands and claims as families.
⁷Are we really families? Are we really husbands and wives? To what extent do we see ourselves? How do we relate to one another? These are pertinent questions we must have to answer, if we must move forward. Why mentioning “investment” when the ground is not even fertile? I mean, the playground has not been made level.
⁸The family must be conducive enough for any meaningful investment to be made. There must be absolute confidence, trust and mutual understanding between husband and wife. …
And the greatest investment any family can make, the Almighty God says it is the training of their children in the fear and admonition of the LORD.

How can the husband and the wife that do not obey God cause their children to honour and obey God? Are they not the leaders of the children? If the children follow the footsteps of their parents, are they committing crime?
Who now lays the bad example for the children to follow? Husband and wife. Who destroys the homes and turns around to blame it on the society? Husband and wife.
Who destroys the children and blames it on destiny? Husband and wife. This is because it takes husband and wife to begat children.
… Now, since the positive wire cannot generate light alone; the negative wire cannot generate light alone, it then means, if there must be light, there must be consultation; the two must consult, the two must bridge the gap, the two must be connected to the terminals. Are you getting me?
⁹For it must take the two terminals to be connected for light to come. … Chika, is it a lie?
I mean, the negative terminal must be connected to God and the positive terminal connected to God and God is that super battery, what will come? Light. And that Light is the life of men.
The Light of the family will manifest for the product of the man and the wife will be showcased in the characters of the children. True or false?
That is why, God made it clear that all the children from all families are the image makers of their families. You are the public relation officers of your families. You are the ambassador of your family. You are representing the interest of your family wherever you find yourself.
That is why, in all your misbehaviourS, the blame will go to you and to your family. You will be blamed. Your mother will be blamed. And your father will be blamed.
If it is a curse, you will be cursed and your parents cursed, for not bringing you up in a very godly way. But parents that have not tried to bring up their children in a godly way will try to deny.
The crux of the matter is that, there is no way husband and wife can understand themselves, live in harmony and then live the life of obedience to God and the children will have reason to do otherwise.
Wherever you have children that are disobeying, go and look into that family very well. Carry out in-depth study of that family. They are either hypocrites or one of them is a hypocrite.
One is pretending to be obeying when he or she is not obeying. The man may be in obedience, but the wife in disobedience. The wife can be in obedience, but the husband in disobedience. Both can also be in disobedience.
So, there is no way the land can be fertile, well-watered, loamy soil and that seed is planted there, and it turns out to be another thing. Impossible! I say, impossible!
I was talking to some Brethren the other day, I made them to understand what it takes to have a Royal Seed in their families.
There is nobody God just created and said, “You are evil.” You are the one that will make yourself evil.
Hear me very well. Even if that land refuses that noble and royal seed, and that land is fertile, the seed geminates and starts growing, the owner of the farm has a great responsibility to put a stake and then begin to lead the plumule of that yam to the stake.
Anyway you roll it is the way it will go. You roll it to the left, it will go to the left. If you roll it to the right of the stake, it will climb to the right. Did you get the message?
If you ignore it and then it will be rolling on the ground, the heat on the ground automatically, will smolder life out of the whole thing. It will turn yellow and then, that is the end. Did you get what I am saying?
Was the seed a good seed? Yes! Did it spring up? Yes. What happened? The owner did not take care of it, for he did not know the value of the good seed. Am I making sense?
So, this is what is happening here and there. This is what is happening here and there.
It is not getting a good specie that counts, but your ability to take care of the good specie. Only then will you get the desired result.
if you Ignore that best specie, It will never give you the desire of your heart. if You want to have what I have in My family, Be ready to do what I did to My own seed, for the same seed that was planted in your own heart is the one that was planted in the hearts of My own children, not another seed.
The one that is being planted in the heart of your wife is what I planted in My wife. And when I saw it germinating, I continued working on it. I did not relent until I was sure and certain that she has started producing fruit. Amen.
Let us read few more lines and call it a day.
⁸The family must be conducive enough for any meaningful investment to be made. There must be absolute confidence, trust and mutual understanding between husband and wife.
Now, since the positive wire cannot generate light alone; the negative wire cannot generate light alone, it then means, if there must be light, there must be consultation; the two must consult, the two must bridge the gap, the two must be connected to the terminals. Are you getting me?
⁹For it must take the two terminals to be connected for light to come. But where they disconnect, light will never come. Sure!!! The light of the family is measured by the economic welfare or well-being of that family.
The level of economic wellbeing you enjoy in your family will tell us the level of light that is there. There can be light but it can be half current…
And that Message we heard from the Blessed Queen of Paradise made it clear that a wife [the woman] is the light of the family.
Hence, she is automatically the husband’s manager that manages the husband’s finances and manages the husband’s time. Everything around the husband is being managed by the wife.
Hence, they can enjoy a healthy life, sound economic life, peace, progress and then longevity.
On this note, we say, bye for today. Thank you and remain blessed in him eternally.

CONCLUSION

PRAYER

Our Heavenly Father here we are with our hearts filled with joy and appreciation for Your wonderful visitation today. Lord, we cannot express the level of joy and peace we are enjoying now, hearing this type of teaching, this type of lecture from the Queen of Paradise, who is the blessed mother of this Faith. Father, it gives us joy.

May all the Brethren far and near have the vision that the dead has spoken, and that one has risen from the dead to talk to them again as if she is alive.
And I believe O God, she is alive, for You said that whosoever that believes in Christ will not die, but has passed from death unto life. So it is applicable to her. If she is dead, we would not be hearing her voice. Her voice lingers throughout all eternity.
May we never make fool of ourselves by claiming we have mastered everything when we are empty. Teach us O God to number our days according to the Voice we heard from You this afternoon, that time is no longer on the side of anybody.
Father, teach us O king of glory to be wise unto the things of God and place ourselves right, put our families in order and put our lives in order so that we will never beat our chest and say, “If we had known.”
May we never be numbered among the rejects and the castaways. May we be numbered among those who will have easy ride into Paradise. May the Gate of Paradise never close against any of us.
Help us to pattern our lives after what we have heard from You this day and we have been hearing. May we never, for any reason, permit the devil to teach us contrary to this truth.
May we never permit O LORD anything that will run contrary to that which have been evidenced before our eyes to ever come into our memory.
We say thank You once again for today’s Worship Service, for making us glad, for reviving our mortal souls and for showing us O God that there is going to be Light at the end of the tunnel, if only we can remain steadfast and immovable, and get there safely.
Give us the helping hand, for we cannot achieve it without You. We look up to You. We depend on You. We are taking refuge in You. And we believe we are secured from all alarm, now and forevermore.
Thank You for hearing our prayers. The rest of the day’s activities, we hand over to Your care. Take control of all our activities.
Even the days that lie ahead of time, father, if we shall still have time to spend here on earth, may we spend it with You and You alone.
Back us up O Lord, so that the devil will not have any hand in all our affairs from now till the end of our journey here on earth. Thank you for answering us. For Your Name’s sake O LORD we pray. Amen.