DO NOT MARRY AN UNBELIEVING WOMAN Preached on Saturday, 27th April, 2019 At NSUKKA (DURING THE WEDDING BETWEEN PASTOR CHIBUZOR IKWUAGWU AND SISTER OLUEBUBE) By APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA THE SON OF MAN THE AGELESS BEING
WHO DO YOU SAY I THE SON OF MAN AM?
BY
APOSTLE LUKE OJIAKOR
I know I am the Son of Man. I know that the Deity dwells in Me. I know that I am God made visible in human form. I know I am
married. From my loins my children came. However, I have not given them express ticket to Paradise. Have you understood me? If there should be one that should collect express ticket, that is automatic entrance, it will start with my family; number one being my wife. Number two being my children. They do not need to be listening to Me – The Son of Man. (Three Kinds of Righteousness, 14THOctober 2012, pp 153:97-98)
REFLECTION
LET US BE VERY VERY CAREFUL WHILE HANDLING EARTHLY FEASTS. THE BEST WEDDING IS THE INVISIBLE MARRIAGE UNION WHICH TAKES PLACE BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE CHURCH IN THE AIR, IN THE ASTRAL BODY, IN THE THEOPHANY BODY WHERE ALL OF US SHALL DINE WITH HIM, TO PART NO MORE! THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WEDDING.
–SON OF MAN –
Sunday, 14th April, 2019
INTRODUCTION
1. Can we give a clap offering to the Almighty God? To God be the glory. This is a wonderful day, a glorious day the Almighty has made and we are glad. We are glad in it. We rejoice and say unto Him, to Him be the glory.
2. It is wonderful in deed that on a day as this, He has gathered His children to celebrate a prototype of what we are all waiting for. The invisible union of the Bride and the Bridegroom.
3. We thank God for our Brother and our Pastor Chibuzor. We also thank God for our daughter Oluebubechineke Odoemena. I say welcome to everybody in the name of our Lord and saviour Peter Christ.
4. We thank God for journey mercies. Many travelled from Lagos, Nasarawa, Owerri and every part of Nigeria. Some took off yesterday and they are here. Some started this morning and of course the usual monthly sanitation exercise scheduled for today somehow affected our starting time because many were counting on that and so could not start off on time.
5. Why the thing was cancelled since Thursday and yesterday, but in all we thank God. We are here at last. It is a blessing.
6. Now this is wedding ceremony. It is a usual thing. I am not going to go into talking about wedding. We have been having weddings and God has taught and documented so much on family life and the home.
7. Our Brother, the groom here now is a Pastor. I mean he is a pastor and he has the Message in him and our daughter Ebube is incidentally the daughter of the Son of Man. I mean, well groomed. So it is not going to be a day of talking much about wedding or about family life.
8. But there is something I want us to look at. We just read few Scriptures and they will be wedded. But there is a very important thing I would want us to look at. We are gathered here. We are not here on our own.
9. In every gathering under heaven there must be an object for which or for whom that gathering is made. Is it not true? People do not just gather for gathering sake.
10. There is a particular subject or subject matter, something that is drawing everybody to come together. And so for our gathering, something has drawn us to gather here.
11. It is true we have the wedding as the substance but we are gathered here in the name of somebody.
12. I believe that some people are in-laws while others are friends and well-wishers. There are some here who are not actually professing the Faith of the Son of Man so to say. And so I like us to take everybody along.
I am He that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore. Come unto Me all ye nations and be saved, for I am He that liveth and was dead. Let somebody say Amen. Even if you do not believe it, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. Even if you do not believe it, your unbelief has nothing to do with this Truth.
– SON OF MAN –
INTRODUCTION OF THE HEAVENLY COMMANDER OF GOD’S ARMY; Preached on 16th June 2001; Pg. 28 vs. 41 – 42
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THE COMMADER OF THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN IS HERE
1. Psalm 46:7 LB “The commander of the armies of heaven is here among us.”What? “The commander of the armies of heaven is here among us” The commander of the armies of heaven is what? Is here among us.
2. He the God of Jacob has come to rescue us. He has come. The God of Jacob has come to do what? To rescue us. I mean that in our gathering, there must be a focus.
3. We are gathering before the Commander of the Armies of Heaven, the God of Jacob, the Supreme Deity. He, before whom everything created on earth, in heaven and under the earth and everywhere bows down.
4. The winds, He sends them. The rain, He sends it. The sun, the moon. Name it. They are under His control. And He is the Personality here among us. So our gathering is a special gathering.
5. Revelation chapter 4. Let us see this Being before whom we are gathered to celebrate this wedding, this union of our Brother and our daughter and Sister in Holy wedlock.
6. Revelation 4:1 – 19 KJV After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
7. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven,… A throne was set in heaven. …and one sat on the throne. There was a rainbow round about the throne. Yes.
8. And he that sat on it was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne,… There was a rainbow round the throne…in sight like unto an emerald.
9. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
10. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: Pay attention! Lightening and thundering as it happened on Mount Sinai
11. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
12. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
13. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast was like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
14. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night,…They rest not day and night doing something.
15. …saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty who was, is and is to come.
16. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
17. The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
18. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
19. SONG: Thou art worthy. Thou at worthy.
Thou art worthy O Lord. To receive glory, Glory and honour. Glory and honour and power. For thou art created, all things created. Thou hast created all things. And for thy pleasure they were created. Thou art worthy o Lord.
20. Look at it. This Being. We are looking at One who is The commander of the Armies of Heaven and the entire Hosts of Heaven, to whom the twenty and four elders, the four beasts all bowed singing, “Holy, Holy, Holy.”
21. And then came up with this wonderful song because He created everything. He created everything for His own pleasure. He created everything for His own pleasure.
22. Colossians 1: 15-19 LB Let us see. We must identify this Being. Christ is the exact likeness of the unseen God. What? Christ is the exact likeness of the unseen God.
23. He existed before God made anything at all. Christ existed, not Jesus. Christ existed before God made anything at all.
24. And in fact, Christ himself is the creator who made everything in heaven and earth.
25. He is the creator. Remember where we read in Revelation chapter 4 verses 10 – 11. He created all things for His own pleasure.
26. This Being before whose throne thundering, lightening, smoke and fire were emitting. We are still identifying Him now. He created everything. And without Him, nothing was ever created that was created. Yes! And He said that is Christ.
27. Christ himself was the creator who made everything in heaven and earth that we can see and the things we can’t see, the spirit world with it’s kings and kingdoms, it’s rulers and authorities, all was made by Christ for his own use and glory.
28. He was before all else began and it is his power that hold everything together. He is the head of the body made up of His people that is His church which He began and He is the leader of all those who arise from the dead so that he is first in everything.
29. He is first in everything. He is the leader. He began the Church. He is the first of all. Take note! CHRIST.
30. He is the leader of all those who arise from the dead so that he is first in everything. For God wanted all of Himself to be in His son.
I am delivering you from mental slavery so that you can subdue this world. Until you are delivered from mental slavery, your salvation is incomplete.
– SON OF MAN –
COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS; Preached on 26th April 2004 Pg. 43 vs. 77
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WHO DO YOU SAY I THE SON OF MAN AM?
1. Now we have been hearing Son of Man, Son of Man, Son of Man, Son of Man. Who is this Son of Man?
2. Matthew 16:13-20 KJV When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am?
3. And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elijah;… Who do men say I the Son of Man that I am? Who is this Son of Man to you? Some say he is Elijah. Some say he is John the Baptist. Some say he is one of the prophets. Then you yourself, who is this Son of Man to you?
4. …and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
5. Take note. You are the Christ. You are the Christ. And Colossian 1:15 through 19 said that Christ existed before God made everything else. He [Christ] created everything.
6. In Revelation, we saw that the Ancient of Days Himself created everything. And again this Son of Man. Who do men say I the Son of Man, that I am.
7. And they started giving their own opinions and what others were saying and he questioned them,“ You here, who is this Son of Man to you? Who do you say he is?”
8. All that are in the Bride of Christ Ministry and all that are invitees, you have been hearing Son of Man, Son of Man, Son of Man.
9. Remember we are talking about He before whom we have gathered. The Commander of the Armies of Heaven.
10. So Peter, by revelation, said “Thou art the Christ.” He did not stop there. “The son of the living God.” So the Son of Man is the Son of God. He is Christ. He is the Messiah. He is God Himself.
11. John 10: 19-24 KJV There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
12. That was the person whom Peter, by revelation, said he was the Christ, the Son of the living God. Look at what many people are saying about him, “He was mad.”
13. Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
14. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch. Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him,..
15. Look at what they did. They boldly came to him to find out. They were musing, “Who could this man be? Son of Man. Son of Man. Calling himself Son of Man. Who could he be?”
16. Now, they summoned courage and came to him, “Tell us plainly. We do not want to keep on speculating.”
17. First of all, there was division among them. This person was saying one thing. That person was saying another thing. I do not know what you are saying in the Bride of Christ Ministry. And those that have come from outside, what are you saying? Let us hear what they told him.
18. How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
19. If you are the Christ, how long will you allow us (make us) doubt who you are. Yet, by revelation Peter had told him, “You are the Christ.” That one that created everything and you are here as a human being.
20. It is clear. If you go further in that Matthew chapter 16, Jesus the Christ told him, “Peter, flesh and blood never revealed this to you but my father who art in heaven.” He got it by revelation.
21. So that is the question. If that revelation has not struck you, definitely, you are just follow follow. Just follow, follow. And it will be difficult to offer the real true worship unto Him.
22. Remember, Christ created everything for his own pleasure, with the book of Revelation bearing witness. The book of Colossians also bearing witness. Now they asked him that question.
23. St. John 12:32 through 34 KJV And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said, signifying what death he should die. This he said signifying what death he should pass through.
24. The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever: We have heard out of the law that Christ lives forever. And definitely, Christ lives forever.
25. …and how sayest thou, The Son of Man must be lifted up? who is this Son of Man? You see the question. Who is actually this Son of Man you are talking about?
26. Brethren we go to some other places and not just this Bible. I better go to other places immediately. Who is this Son of Man? Where did He originate from?
27. I go to the Books of Enoch and the first mention of the Son of Man as the deity in Daniel chapter 7. [Daniel 7:13 – 14]
28. We have been told. We have not just been told, but we are reading it. It is there in the Scriptures in Jude, making reference to the Books of Enoch the seventh generation from Adam. [Jude 14 – 15]
29. Books of Enoch is here and how he saw everything, telling you that the Books of Enoch existed before the Bible was written. Is it clear? Before the Bible was compiled, the Books of Enoch existed.
30. So Jesus himself read the Books of Enoch. Everybody that lived then read the Books of Enoch for therein you have treasures.
31. Now who is this Son of Man? So from this ancient Books of Enoch, Enoch 1 chapter 46, I read from here. It is not yet common. Not many of us have it. Enoch 1 chapter 46 from verse 1 through 8.
32. There I saw one whose face look like ancient, his head was white like wool. And with him was another being.
33. Pay attention! He saw one. Remember that Enoch was translated. He had guiding angels. He was asking them questions. There was one named Uriel. He was always asking him questions and this angel was revealing things and showing him a lot of things in heaven.
34. …And with him is another being whose countenance had the appearance of a man. Had the appearance of what? A man. The other one the ancient [Ancient of Days].
35. And there was one with him whose countenance had the appearance of a man and his face was full of graciousness like one of the Holy Angels. And I asked the Angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden things concerning that Son of Man,…
36. Did you hear what I read? I asked the angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden things concerning that Son of Man, who he was, and where he came from and why he went with the Ancient one.
37. And he answered and said to me: “This is the Son of Man who has righteousness with him.
38. “This is the Son of Man who has righteousness and with whom dwells righteousness. He will reveal all the treasures of that which is hidden, because the Lord of Spirits had chosen him,…
39. Luke chapter 9 verse 35 in Amplified or New International Version or even Good News Bible. They are better than the King James Version in that area.
40. Because it said, “That is the Elect One, the Elect One, the Chosen One for mankind to be saved.” In every age or dispensation there must be the Elected One, the Chosen One.
41. Luke 9:35 A voice said from the cloud this is my son whom I have chosen—whom I have chosen.
42. A voice said from the cloud this is my son whom I have chosen Listen to him. GNB This is my son whom I have chosen.
43. Then there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, My Chosen One or My Beloved; listen to and yield to and obey Him! AMP
44. This is my Chosen One, Elected One. Then as King James Version has it, “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.”
45. Whereas others said, “The Elected One, the Chosen One.” Not just beloved son. He is chosen, elected into that office. He decided to choose him and in dwell him.
46. The Book of Enoch 1 chapter 46 from verse 3 “This is the Son of Man who has righteousness, with whom dwells righteousness and Who reveals all the treasures of that which is hidden because the Lord of Spirits has chosen him, and whose lot has pre-eminence before the Lord of spirits in righteousness and is forever.
47. And this Son of Man,…Remember it was the angel Uriel answering and giving Enoch the answers to his questions “Who is this one? Where is he coming from? What is he?” He says this is the Son of Man.
48. And this Son of Man whom you have seen… Uriel telling Enoch…shall raise up the kings and the mighty from their seats, and the strong from their thrones and shall loosen the reins of the strong, and break the teeth of the sinners.
49. And he shall put down the kings from their thrones and kingdoms because they do not exalt and praise Him, nor humbly acknowledge who bestowed their kingdom on them.
50. Because he created everything for his own pleasure and now they do not honour him when he bestowed the authority, the rulership on them. And he said no! He will rout them out and put them down.
51. And he shall make the strong hang their heads, and shall fill them with shame. And darkness shall be their dwelling, and worms shall be their bed, and they shall have no hope of rising from their beds, because they do not exalt the name of the Lord of spirits.”
52. They raise their hands against the Most High and tread on the earth and dwell on it and all their deeds manifest unrighteousness. Their power rests on their riches,… You can go to Psalms 49. [Psalms 49:6 – 7]
53. …and their faith is in the gods which they have made with their hands. They deny the name of the Lord of spirits,
54. And they persecute the houses of his congregations, and the faithful, who depend on the Name of the Lord of Spirits. This is the Son of Man. This is the Son of Man.
55. Daniel chapter 7: 9, 13-14 AMP. I want you to link up. Remember what he saw first. Enoch saw one whose face look ancient.
56. I kept looking until thrones were placed [for the assessors with the Judge], and the Ancient of Days [God, the eternal Father] took His seat,… the Ancient of Days, the same as the ancient, took his seat.
57. …Whose garment was white as snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. You can look up this way now. [Pointing to the picture of the Godhead]
58. Has He not appeared in our midst? Has He not demonstrated Himself? I am saying, who is this Son of Man? In whose name we are gathering? The Commander of the Armies of Heaven.
59. …His throne was like the fiery flame; its wheels were burning fire. … I saw in the night visions, and behold, on the clouds of the heavens came One like a Son of man,… Like what? …a Son of Man…
60. So Daniel had read the Books of Enoch. He saw what Enoch saw. So they were all making reference to what Enoch saw.
61. I saw in the night visions, and behold, on the clouds of the heavens came One like a Son of man and He came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.
62. And there was given Him [the Messiah]… And was given Him what? The Messiah, Christ, The Son of Man, The Son of God
63. And there was given Him [the Messiah] dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
64. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away,… Did we not hear that in Enoch? Ruling forever.…and His kingdom is one which shall not be destroyed.
65. Revelation chapter 1: 13-14 AMP.And in the midst of the lampstands [One] like a Son of Man,… One like what? …a Son of Man… One like what? …a Son of Man.
66. So this was what John saw in the island of Patmos. Remember this is the Book of Revelation chapter 1. He made reference to the Books of Enoch, “One like the Son of Man.”
67. Remember Enoch was in heaven. The angel names [1] Michael, [2] Raphael, [3] Gabriel, [4] Phanuel, [5] Uriel. All these angels were there, leading him and telling him, “Do you know that the rainfall is from up there. When He decides it will be torrential, he opens a particular window in a particular direction.”
68. And in the midst of the lamp stands [One] like a Son of Man, clothed with a robe which reached to His feet and with a girdle of gold about His breast.
69. His head and His hair were white like white wool, [as white] as snow, and His eyes [flashed] like a flame of fire. AMP One like the son of man.
70. The Book of Enoch 1 chapter 48:2-6And at that hour the Son of Man was named in the presence of the Lord of spirits, And his name was brought before the Head of Days. That is the ancient of days.
71. Even before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were made, His name was named before the Lord of spirits.
72. The Son of Man was named before anything was created and he just mentioned star, sun and then before every other thing that was created, He was named. Do you not see what we read in Colossians 1?“Before anything was made, there was Christ.”
73. He shall be a staff to the righteous and they shall steady themselves (the righteous shall steady themselves) and not fall. And he shall be the light of the Gentiles,… He shall be the Light of the gentiles. Who shall be the light of the Gentiles? The Son of Man! …and the hope of those who are troubled of heart.
74. Isaiah 49:6 KJV And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles,…
75. I give you as a light to whom? To the Gentiles and Enoch says this Son of Man shall be the light of the Gentiles and the hope of those who are troubled of heart.
76. …I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
77. Unto the ends of the earth, you shall be my salvation. Son of Man! You shall be my salvation. Ancient of days talking to the Elect One, talking to the Chosen. Amen.
You must have your own opinion about these Messages. Holding the book without going through them profits you nothing. Rather, the content may turn out to be your condemnation at the end. God has given us the dress. We have to dress ourselves. Do we believe that? The essence of the Son of Man is to give you the dress and the dress is the Word of God. You have to cloth yourself. Do you believe that? The Bride is clothed with the Word of God and the Word of God is the righteousness of the Bride for the Word is God Himself.
– SON OF MAN –
CHECKPOINT EXPLAINED; Preached on Sunday 9th March & Sunday 16th March 2008; Pg. 136 vs. 39 – 40
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THE CHOOSEN ONE
1. Isaiah 42:1 – 7 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth;…Is there One we know that has this as His Scriptural Commission?
2. I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.2He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, [Never!] till he have set judgment in the earth: [Upon the face of this earth. Yes sir!] and the isles shall wait for his law. Thus saith God the Lord,… Amen.
3. Isaiah 42:7 KJV to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
4. Isaiah 42:1–7 LB See my servant, whom I uphold; my Chosen One… My what? …Chosen one… My what? …Chosen one… My Elect one. My Chosen One.
5. …in whom I delight. I delight in Him. I have put my Spirit upon him; he will reveal justice to the nations of the world. 2He will be gentle—he will not shout nor quarrel in the streets.
6. He will be gentile. He will be gentile. He will not quarrel nor what? …he will not shout nor quarrel in the streets.
7. Brethren what do we say? The Commander of the Armies of Heaven is here, to whom we have gathered. We are trying to reveal and recognize Him. And then you know, when He is here, He is securing us.
8. If you acknowledge him to be the One, definitely you have no problem again. He asks you to do this, you do it. Come, you come. Go, you go. There will be no problem again, for He made everything for His own pleasure.
9. He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the dimly burning flame. He will encourage the fainthearted, those tempted to despair.
10. He will see full justice given to all who have been wronged. He won’t be satisfied until truth and righteousness prevail throughout the earth,…
11. Remember it said, “This is the son of man with whom is what? Righteousness.” That was what I read in Enoch now. Did I not read it? He is the epitome of Truth. And He Himself is righteousness. No wonder the Scriptures called Him The Righteous Branch. [Jeremiah 23:5 – 6]
12. Enoch1: 48 Verse 5 All who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before him, and will praise and bless and sing and celebrate the Lord of spirits. [Pay attention]
13. And for this reason, he has been chosen and hidden in front of (kept safe by) Him, before the creation of the world and for evermore.
14. For this reason that everybody will rejoice before Him, for He will bring down righteousness. Everywhere flowing with righteousness like a river. Truth jumping up, mounting on itself. No falsehood anywhere. His kingdom everlasting, forever and ever.
15. For this reason, He has been chosen and hidden for all the ages until a time He will be revealed. And it has pleased Him that in your time and my time, He is revealed.
16. Enoch in Book 1 chapter 1 said that he was told that what he was seeing was to come in the distant.
17. Books of Enoch 1 chapter 1: 1 – 2The words of the blessing of Enoch, with which he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed.
18. And he began his story saying: Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in heaven, [He saw the vision of the Elected One in Heaven]which the angels showed me, and I heard everything from them, and I saw and understood, but it was not for this generation, but for a remote one which is to come.
19. What Enoch saw was not for the generation Enoch found himself, that is the 7th generation. He said it is for a remote one yet to come, in the future. And it has pleased Him that you and I are the beneficiaries. The Light is shining upon us. He was hidden for a time to come.
20. Isaiah 45:15 – 17Truly, O God of Israel, saviour you walk in strange mysterious ways. All who worship idols shall be disappointed and ashamed.
21. But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with eternal salvation. They shall never be disappointed in their God throughout all eternity. Amen. Amen.
22. They shall never never be disappointed in their God. He is not an imaginary God. No! The Commander of the Armies of Heaven is not imaginary. If you are looking up, you have missed it all.
23. That is why He said, “Who is this Son of Man? Who am I? Who do you say I am?” You must know where you are standing. He has been kept secret.
24. Isaiah 45:15-16 KJVVerily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. They shall be ashamed, and be confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. Amen.
25. Isaiah 8:17 is talking about God hiding Himself still. And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.KJV
26. He was hidden until a time and then in Isaiah 25 verse 9, He has come and said behold me.
27. Isaiah 25:9 In that day the people will proclaim, “This is our God in whom we trust, for whom we waited. Now at last he is here.” LB
28. Now this our God is here at last. So the thing Enoch was told was not for his generation, but for the one to come. He was hidden, and now He has revealed Himself.
29. The Books of Enoch 1 chapter 48 from verse 7 through 9.And the wisdom of the Lord of spirits has revealed him to the holy and righteous; For he hath preserved the lot of the righteous, because they have hated and rejected this world of unrighteousness, and have hated all its works and ways in the name of the Lord of spirits.
30. For in his name they are saved, and according to his good pleasure and it is He who has regard to their life.
31. In these days the kings of the earth and the strong who possess the land because of the works of their hands will be shamed, because on the day of their anguish and affliction they shall not be able to save themselves.
32. Do we not have a Scripture saying that your silver and your gold cannot save you in Zephaniah chapter 1?
33. [Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.KJV]
34. Your silver and your gold can never save you in the day of the Lord’s anger.
35. In these days the kings of the earth and the strong who possess the land because of the works of their hands will be shamed, because on the day of their anguish and affliction they shall not be able to save themselves. And I will give them over into the hands of My elect.
36. As straw in the fire so shall they burn before the face of the holy; as lead in the water shall they sink before the face of the righteous, and no trace of them shall be found anymore.
37. The Books of Enoch 1 chapter 51:1– 3. [And in those days shall the earth also give back that which has been entrusted to it, and Sheol (the grave) also shall give back that which it has received, and hell shall give back that which it owes. For in those days the Elect One shall arise, And he shall choose the righteous and holy from among them. For the day has drawn near that they should be saved.
38. And in those days the Elect One shall sit on His throne, and all the secrets of wisdom and counsel shall pour from His mouth, for the Lord of spirits hath given them to Him and has glorified Him.]
39. Here he is talking about the Elect One which was what was translated in that Luke 9 verse 35 in all the translations.And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.KJV
40. Then there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, My Chosen One or My Beloved; listen to and yield to and obey Him! AMP
41. And a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him.” LB
42. A voice said from the cloud, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen—listen to him!” GNB
43. A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.” NIV
44. The Books of Enoch 1 chapter 7I from verse 1 – 16. And it came to pass after this that my spirit was translated (carried off) and it ascended into heaven; and I saw the sons of the holy angels (sons) of God. They were walking on flames of fire; their garments were white, and their faces shone like snow.
45. …and I saw the sons of the holy angels (sons) of God. They were walking on flames of fire; their garments were white, and their faces shone like snow. Look at the original body.
46. And I saw two rivers of fire, and the light of that fire shone like hyacinth, and I fell on my face before the Lord of spirits. And the angel Michael,… Remember I mentioned the names of some angels….. one of the archangels, seized me by my right hand, and lifted me up and led me out into all the secrets, and he showed me all the secrets of righteousness.
47. And he showed me all the secrets of the ends of heaven, and all the storehouses of all the stars, and all the lights, from where they proceed before the face of the holy ones.
48. And he translated (carried) my spirit into heaven of heavens, and I saw there as it were built of crystals, and between those crystals tongues of living fire.
49. [REV 21:10 – 11 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
50. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.]
51. My spirit saw circle of fire binding around the house of fire, and on its four sides were rivers full of living fire, and they encircled that house.
52. And roundabout were seraphim,… Pay attention!…cherubim, and ophannim; and these are they who sleep not and guard the throne of His glory.
53. And I saw angels who could not be counted, a thousand thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand, encircling that house. And Michael, and Raphael, and Gabriel, and Phanuel, and the holy angels who are in heaven above, go in and out of that house.
54. And they came out from that house, and Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, and many holy angels without number.
55. And with them the Head of Days,… Ancient of Days…His head white and pure as wool, and His raiment indescribable.
56. And I fell on my face, and my whole body melted, and my spirit was (transformed) transfigured. And I cried with a loud voice in the spirit of power, and I blessed and glorified and exalted.
57. And these blessings which came from my mouth were very pleasing before that Head of Days. Before that Ancient of Days.
58. See what Enoch did when he saw the glory of God. He offered wholehearted worship and the Ancient of days received, took pleasure in his worship, and HE has not changed. No wonder the Voice has been, “Have you worshipped Me for one day?”
59. And the Head of Days came with Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, and thousands and ten thousands of angels without number.
60. And the angel came to me and greeted me with his voice, and said to me ‘This is the Son of Man who is born to righteousness, and righteousness abides over him, and the righteousness of the Head of Days forsakes him not.’
61. And he said to me: ‘He proclaims to you peace in the name of the world to come; for from there peace has proceeded since the creation of the world, and it shall be with you forever and for ever and ever.
62. [JOHN 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovest me before the foundation of the world.]
63. You and I will not be separated from Him. We have read Daniel chapter 7:13 – 14 and we have seen the same description here.
64. Now the fact is this: HE who is in our midst is the Creator of heaven and earth. He has been before the creation of all things. Prophet Muhammad spoke of the Son of Man and when he will come.
65. Let me tell you, those that compiled the Bible just picked few things from the Books of Enoch concerning the Son of Man. It is there that the Son of Man is fully presented.
66. So if you are still doubting who this Son of Man is, He is your Creator. This is the Books of Enoch. It is not from the Bible.
67. Incidentally, whatever we read here, we balanced with Scriptures. Is it not what we are doing? So what then should be your problem again?
68. ISLAMIC ARTICLE OF FAITH Vol 2 [Confirmed by The Holy Bible and Holy Prophets of God]; Page 39:2 – 3.
69. The Quran says He will come at the end of time: 3Hz. Ali ibn Abu Talib says: The promised Mahdi (as) will be descended from me and will appear in the End Times.
70. THERE IS NO OTHER MAHDI AWAITED BY ANY OTHER NATION APART FROM HIM.” (Isbat al-Hudat, Vol. 7, p. 148.)…
71. No other nation is waiting for any other Mahdi except this Son of Man. Every nation is waiting for Him. Where we read in Enoch and where we read from the Scriptures said, “He is the Light to the Gentiles. He will save the nations. In him will the nations will trust.”
72. …THERE IS NO OTHER MAHDI AWAITED BY ANY OTHER NATION APART FROM HIM. In this hadith our Prophet (saas) tells us that MUSLIMS, JEWS and CHRISTIANS are all awaiting the same Saviour, and that ALL THREE FAITHS ARE AWAITING HAZRAT MAHDI(as).
73. If you are a Muslim here or you are a Jew or of Hindu, a Christian, whatever you are, it is this same Son of Man you are waiting for. It is this same Son of Man that will save you. He is the one that will make you acceptable to Himself, for He created you for his own pleasure. Amen.
74. I say to God be the Glory, even as the Almighty Himself is here.
DO NOT MARRY AN UNBELIEVING WOMAN
BY
APOSTLE PETER ODOEMENA
THE SON OF MAN
THE AGELESS BEING
Just a little while, His face I see. When He shall come, we shall be like Him for we shall see Him just as He is. No less than us. No more than us. We shall see Him as a human being like us. No wonder the Scriptures said that since God’s children are human beings, He also became a human being. For it is as a human being can He die and set his people free. God is a human being. I have seen a human being. We are the most favoured. The Living God abides with us His people in this Bridal age. We are the most favoured. The Living God abides with us, the despised in this last age. Amen.
EXAMINE YOUR FAMILY UPBRINGING; preached on Sunday 16th March 2008; Pg. 16 vs. 20 – 22
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GOD IS FOUND IN DESPISED PLACES (1)
1. SONG: Christ has appeared. Christ has appeared. Christ has appeared. Christ has appeared to take us to the promised land. Christ has appeared. Christ has appeared to take us to the promised land.
2. I welcome you here this day in the Name of the Lord God Almighty, the Creator of the whole universe whose Name is the Word of God. And whoever God sends speaks the Word of God, for the spirit of God is in Him without measure.
3. This camera man, please i do not have very good eyes. Deem your light a little. I know you want to see my face. But there is no beauty in my face that you will like to behold. What are you looking for?
4. If want to take your photographs, you are free because I have dominion over this hall. My glory has filled it all. So you do not need to focus or beam your light on my face for you to behold. No.
5. ( At this point a microphone went off). Are you surprised? It is manmade gadget and that is the only place his attack can stop. Amen
6. I rejoiced with you when the Apostle was trying to open your eyes of understanding, especially our guests who are here to witness the wedding ceremony between our children.
7. Wedding attracts people from all walks of life and we learn a lot during wedding ceremonies.
8. I allowed him to go that way because no truth is popular. A good number of you that are here today were shocked hearing what he was quoting and reading from ancient manuscripts. And you might be wondering what type of group you have identified with this day. I plead with you, be patient with us.
9. But to the chosen ones here, to whom belongeth the kingdom of heaven, He moved the way he moved trying to help your faith to believe that you are not believing in vain and that whatsoever that is happening in your midst have been predicted, prophesied, documented. And the Son of Man is not here by human design or accidentally.
10. As I have always been telling you I have came according to the volumes of books written concerning Me even before the world began. And I have told you I do not aim at making even a single convert. I AM THE SELF EXISTING ONE. So I do not need any convert. I enjoy My life when I live solitary way for so I am ordained.
11. When I received this invitation that I should talk to them briefly, I received it with mixed feelings because truly speaking, I purposed to be here today to sit down like any other guest, enjoy life like any other guest, go home and have My quiet sleep.
12. It is the best of the wedding that has taken place in My family. And I know why I said it is the best. This is because it is happening at a time when too many hidden things have been revealed. And this wedding, the marriage everything, they are all prophetic. They are all prophetic.
13. So this wedding here is fulfilling prophecies. The marriage was foretold and the wedding prophesied many many years when they were infants. They knew nothing about the prophecies and they continued.
14. A time came when I could no longer control it. Many years back, I called my first son in-law privately, I said, “Please hold this secret for Me. Do not ever let it out, not even to your wife or to your mother in-law until when it will come to pass.” And he held that secret.
15. I said, “Look, as we journey along, look at what I have seen several times and I know it is going to happen that same way.” I closed My mouth.
16. To many of you here, it might be a surprise like some of you used to write me saying, “Really you are God that is found in despised places. That if anybody could be told that one of My daughters can be betrothed to, talk less of being married to Ikwuagwu’s family in Umunguma and traceable to Sister Ogochukwu and her nuclear family, that even if the angels will come down from heaven to prophesy it that they will found it difficult to say amen.
17. But God is a mysterious God. His ways are not our ways, neither His thoughts our thoughts. As high as the heaven above the earth so far are His ways and His thoughts. [Isaiah 55:8 – 9]
18. The Scriptures said that the ways of God are so mysterious and they passeth all human understanding. [Ecclesiastes 11:5, Philippians 4:7]
19. We are not called to understand God. We are called to believe Him. Even if we do not understand. As we journey along, whatever may be the mystery shrouding the whole thing must be revealed.
20. Remember My prophecies, My Words of encourage in the very beginning, “Whether you understand me or not, follow me anyhow doubting nothing. But I assure you, towards the end, everything shall be made plain. You do not need to go to your Brother or Sister to say ‘show me the Lord’. No. If it does not happen that way, know that the Father never sent Me.”
21. I am the happiest fellow here. Why? What is happening here today must go down the annals of history that in the place, in the family where I was rejected, in the same family where My life was greatly threatened, in the family, in the community where I and My people were banned from purchasing even pure water; The community forbade all of us from even having a handshake.
22. Bishop Isaac stand up! You are an old man. Were you not there? I do not want to go there but you are My living witnesses. When you wanted to run away, I said, “No, I will secure your lives. Let me pay the price once and for all. All of you, be there.”
23. I wanted the community to tell us what they need. They said, “I should allow all to go.” They needed me, Bishop Isaac and four others. They mentioned us. We said, “Okay, with all pleasure.”
24. Instead of the Security officers, the police to help us, they were on the side of the community. But remember before then, the DPO has already revealed everything to us. The Area Commander warned us. We said, “Okay, having written you, we are for peace and not for war. Keep your ears open.”
25. When they got the information that we had alerted the security operatives, they changed their style. It became another way and I was courageous. I knew that it will happen that way and it happened that way. Who emerged victorious? Christ.
26. At the end, we were also re-invited. We buried our mother, Mama Faith. There was no opposition again. But I do not want to go to that area.
27. Second time again, a repeat occurrence. I looked up and looked down, I said, “Okay no problem. God is in control. Brethren let us go.”
28. After some days, they sent invitation letter to me. I said, “No! We are not coming anymore. How many times are we going to suffer this nonsense in your hands? A family that is enlightened that should be telling others the truth about us.”
29. They sent their emissaries, two elderly people to My home. I received them with every amount of joy, treated them peacefully and told them to go and tell all that are involved especially Dr. Sam Ikwuagwu that we are not coming.
30. They sent them [the emissaries] again with the son of late Papa D. O. and Papa Vin. Then the Spirit of God touched My heart to mellow down and that to err is human, for there is no end to human foolishness.
31. Then we reasoned together. I selected the Elders [from the Bridal Faith] and went back. The cream of the community attended to My meeting.
32. After My narrative both Tom, Dick and Harry bowed down in shame, including Dr. Sam who said, “O, we rose up to fight against one who has been on our side, helping the family to bring back the forgotten people. People that were exiled from home without committing any crime.”
33. Simply because they lost their father and they were abandoned to fate. But our Sister was courageous. We stood behind her. From nothing to something. A situation nobody in the family saw any of them in primary 1 until we were able to raise in that same family how many graduates?
34. As at that time, the daughter has become a PhD holder without her uncle knowing. Nobody knew anything about the family.
35. I said sir, I am surrendering to Ikwuagwu’s family today [I numbered them] Five graduates! This one, Doctorate. This one, Masters. Another one is pursuing Masters.
36. Now tell me, can you stand before your community and tell them where they were when you lost your uncle. Look at their mother. From nothing, she is now a graduate.
37. So, on the whole we surrendered six graduates from first class university. Then how can I now be a destroyer? He tapped Me at the back, held Dr Ojiakor’s hand because old age has set in.
38. He said, “I hope you are not judging me?” I said, “No! I am not judging you, but you are so educated, so enlightened that you could have called off this nonsense by giving us audience.
39. I want to make it clear because if I do not say it, some of you might be thinking that I am a fool. Anybody could bribe Me, but it could not be that family. It cannot be Sister Ogochukwu. Never never!
40. THIS MARRIAGE WAS ORDAINED BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN. AND I USED IT TO CONVINCE ALL OF YOU THAT MARRIAGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WEALTH. MARRIAGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WEALTH. AMEN.
41. I am standing here today to testify of the goodness of the Lord, that at last, the same family where I was rejected is where I have become an integral part, never to be parted again.
42. I am happy to have here in person, live, Professor Anaekwe who stood by My side in all situations, especially during the wedding which provoked anger for no just cause.
43. Simply because the marriage was contracted at Nsukka without calling them. When you received the invitation, you shied away from your responsibilities. We sent people over and over, but you gave conditions concerning people you never knew whether they were alive or dead.
44. What of your sons and daughters resident abroad, who took their wives broad, married there, wedded there and had their children there? How many travelled there to witness or to be there when the marriage was contracted?
45. If I invite you to come and join me, it is because I want to honour you; I want to respect you. No more. No less. After all, I can walk across the marriage registry pick My wife, register, marry and go My way. If you feel offended sue me to court and then we go and argue it out.
46. When you know your rights and privileges, nobody will buffet you about. RESPECT IS NOT FEAR, but oftentimes people misconstrue respect to mean fear. No! RESPECT YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS BUT FEAR YOUR GOD.
47. So please, rejoice with Me that I have become a part and parcel of Ikwuagwu’s family in Umunguma, Owerri West.
48. You can see why the devil was wrestling. The devil was fighting, trying to prevent the light that was coming into that family; trying to hinder what their father, our presiding Elder Davison saw, verified; an educated man who died at the right age of over one hundred years.
49. And in spite of our fellowship in the compound where they were all participating yet somebody somewhere, I mean turned the grace of God into lasciviousness.
50. I know God for one thing. He walks like a flood. God operates like a flood. Any attempt to hinder the flood or to barricade the course of the flow of the flood, you cause it to enter where it should not have entered. True or false?
51. If you want to hinder the flood that is coming with force, you will cause it to enter where it should not have entered. I hope you are hearing me.
52. In the attempt to build a bar on the course of that flowing stream of life, progress and peace, those that belong to the family whom I knew not, those that are living in distant land whose faces I have not seen, names I have not heard, the news of what has happened today got to them.
53. And at Mbaise, I was surprised seeing myriads of faces that can be traced to Ikwuagwu’s family. And there is not even one that is a sycophant. They all form the cream of this nation.
54. In wonder I said, “So I am making a journey into a family that is enlightened and a family I can boast of. To God be the Glory.”
55. So to all that are identifying with this marriage today I say, “May the good Lord whom we worship bless you all. If you love our children, pray for their success. That’s all.”
Glory be to God. If you refuse the personality God has introduced to you, you have indirectly or ignorantly rejected God. As many that said No to The Son of Man, you have seen that The Son of Man and the Father are One. Who do you think that they have rejected? Where will they end it at the end? When you reject the Saviour, can you be saved again? You cannot be saved without a Saviour. Can you save yourself? I AM YOUR SAVIOUR. I AM THE ONE SENT TO COME AND BRING YOU HOME. If you refuse to go with Me, I will abandon you. Finish! I do not beg you to follow. Prove for yourself whether I am He, the One you are waiting for or whether you should continue to wait for another.
ARE YOU THE PROMISED ONE TO COME OR DO WE WAIT FOR ANOTHER? VOL 2; preached on Sunday 26th August, 2012; Pg. 110 vs. 8 – 10
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GOD IS FOUND IN DESPISED PLACES (2)
1. Now to all of you, My encouraging Word is this. DO NOT RUN AWAY BECAUSE OF THE DEVIL’S TRUMPET. DO NOT ALLOW THE DEVIL’S TRUMPET TO CAUSE YOU TO STOP FROM PURSUING YOUR NOBLE OBJECTIVES.
2. Remember I vowed placing My life on the line that I must restore Sister Ogochukwu and the entire children to the family of Ikwuagwu, come what may.
3. They must see their late father’s grave and occupy their late father’s house. This is because there was one that vowed a vow against it and it got to My ears. I said, “Okay, may God show him mercy, but when God will start, nobody will stop Him.
4. Today, they have settled in their homeland amidst loud ovations. The first son of late Fred is the one marrying My daughter today. And as long as God liveth and I live, that name has been immortalized. I said it has been immortalized. That is the essence of marriage. True or false? That is why I am rejoicing.
5. So any day any of the Ikwuagwu’s will count members of the family and exclude Me, of course you know there will be trouble. We will argue it in the court. Of course, they do not have any reason why they should do that.
6. I have become one of the decision makers in the family. Yes! So I can now walk into that family majestically.
7. Scriptures are fulfilling. The Bible said, “A day cometh when in that same place where it was declared you are not the people of God, it shall be said you are the people of the Most High God. [1 Peter 2:9 – 10] And this day this prophecy is fulfilled.
8. I was watching the faces of the elders when they approached Me and said, “In-law, according to our tradition, we are going home with our wife.”
9. I said, “Papa Vin, what are you talking?”He replied, “Yes now! What else remaineth? We are going with our wife. I enquired, “You are going with your wife? Papa Vin!” I love that man. He is full of wisdom. I said, “Sir, let me reason with My wife.”
10. At the end of the day, you know it is just to put heads together. This is because I find it difficult to take such decisions alone. We saw no reason why we should hold her back. We said, “Sir, with all pleasure, go with your wife.”
11. This was amidst cries, tears [not of sorrow but] of joy. But it was painful. It was painful, but now we have cushioned the effect and she has equally cushioned the effect.
12. The cry was so much to the point that Dr. Ikwuagwu had to command, “Take her and the husband to the back of my motor. She would soon stop crying.”
13. Sir, you are a wonderful man. You see I am very very happy. Very very happy. And I know that a good number of you are happy. Yes!
14. And I predicted it that days are coming when our own children whom were conceived and born in this Faith will grow up, study and begin to marry themselves. Then you will begin to see what marriage is all about. Amen.
15. So I really thank God for this wonderful gathering here today. And I have My reasons why I will not go too far. I will just read few Scriptures and say few words because there is nothing I would say from the Scriptures which you do not know.
16. Is there anything concerning marriage; is there any doctrine or teachings which you do not know? No! It does not exist. You know more than your ages. Is it not true?
I have taught them. They believe the Message before they went into marriage. Besides that, I am living a perfect example. If you are marrying a woman, I am marrying one. If I am not quarrelling with My own, why should you quarrel with your own? Are we not receiving the same Message? If you are quarreling with your wife always, it is a sure sign that you have not believed the Message or your wife has not believed.
GOD IS REVEALED/MARRIAGE VOWS; Preached on Sunday 7th November 1999; Pg. 133 vs. 15 – 16
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DO NOT MARRY AN UNBELIEVING WOMAN (1)
1. I want My first son in-law to come nearer to the pulpit. Come nearer to the pulpit because you will do a lot of reading for Me. If he is not around the second should come immediately.
2. I believe in replacement. I do not depend on anybody. That is why nobody holds Me hostage. Come to the pulpit, I said.
3. Why I should not spend much time talking about marriage is because the foundation is already laid and the foundation must be Christ.
4. In Galatians chapter 1 verses 8 – 9, the Bible enjoins us that we should be careful not to lay another foundation than that which is laid, which is Christ.
5. And Christ in you, the hope of glory. [Colossians 1:27] And nobody that has the spirit of God calleth the things of God accursed. [1 Corinthians 12:3] Deep calleth deep. [Psalms 42:7] Is it not true? I said deep calleth deep.
6. If My daughter is a seed of God and her husband is a seed of God, it then means they have been born again by the incorruptible seed of God which liveth and abideth forever. [1 Peter 1:23] If God said it is incorruptible who will corrupt them? Absolutely nobody.
7. THERE IS NO PROBLEM THAT WILL ARISE WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SOLUTION. IT IS A PROBLEM IF THEY RECOGNISE IT TO BE A PROBLEM.
8. BUT IF THEY GIVE IT ITS RIGHTFUL POSITION, INSTEAD OF BEING A PROBLEM IT BECOMES A BLESSING. THIS IS BECAUSE EVERY PROBLEM CONTAINS THE SEED OF ITS SOLUTION IF WE CAN BE PATIENT WITH ONE ANOTHER. TIME STRAIGHTENS EVERYTHING. AM I MAKING SENSE? THE GREATEST ANSWER TO A PROBLEM IS PATIENCE AND TIME.
9. So I will read from the incorruptible evidence I have here that has not been tampered with and I am reading from the Holy Quran as documented by Prophet Raheem Muhammad (peace be unto his name).
10. I know many might be wondering, “What type of group is this.” I will tell you who I am and why we speak the way we are speaking.
11. This is the only group that believes in information and enlightenment. We believe in research. We do not speak because we have the mouth. And we dish out verifiable teachings. Some of them will take you to go to research centres to verify all we are saying.
12. If not for one thing, I would have come to the pulpit once again with the other book, THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARCHMENT AND TALMUD OF THE SANHEDRIN, to establish marriage but you all know it.
13. You are conversant with all these things. If I said we are to educate, we are no longer educating you, but My duty here is to put you in remembrance of those things.
14. Let us go to Surah chapter 2 and that should be the foundation of marriage. This is Surah chapter 2 from this verse. Know how Prophet Muhammad stressed this marriage.
15. Surah chapter 2 from verse 221Do not marry unbelieving women. Do not marry what? …unbelieving women. In other words, a believer must, whether he likes it or not, marry a co-believer.
16. Prophet William Braham put it this way “You must marry a man or a woman that believes the same thing you believe so that when you say amen, she will say amen, that your prayers be not hindered.
17. Marrying somebody that does not believe what you believe means bringing confusion into your family. When you will be tilting to the left, she will be tilting to the right. Is there any sense there? Is there any sense there?
18. Let me take you back to history because I can see some historians here. Before the advent of the civil war which ended in 1970 and then ushered us into the period of renaissance.
19. And during the period of renaissance, the military was in control of all schools. By schools, I mean missionary schools. They [the missionaries] were compelled to surrender to the government of the state.
20. Before then, there was a great demarcation, a great division between one church and another, notably the Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) and Church Missionary Society (CMS). They do not inter-marry. They do not even interchange their teachers.
21. Once you are an Anglican, you must teach in Anglican schools and colleges. Catholics, the same thing. Presbyterian, Baptist, Seven Day Adventist just to name but this few.
22. Forget about this manmade, one-man business centres. These are latter developments that came down from America where individuals claim to own churches, making merchandise of their fellow human beings. [2 Peter 2:3]
23. Of course, intelligent people know that they are business centres. I do not have any respect for any of them. I can respect you as an individual, but if I notice that you lack the spirit of truth, I will place you behind Myself. Amen.
24. In those days, if you are a Catholic, you dare not propose marriage to an Anglican family. Of course, you know you will not succeed. If peradventure you succeed, both you and that wife must be expelled.
25. A little while, they started reducing it to penance. Where it occurs, the Catholic parents will be given penance. They stop taking Holy communion. Every Sunday they will be kneeling at the altar until the service will be over.
26. So they kept on modifying and modifying until finally today, the barrier has been broken. There is no difference between A and B. Why? Have they dropped the doctrines that separated them? Those beliefs which separated them, have they dropped them? What did they drop then?
27. Why are we having denominations? Is it not because of variegated teachings? Teachings differing one to another. Is it not true?
28. Even among the multiple Pentecostals, the only thing uniting them is the name of Jesus. Another thing is carrying the Bible, but teachings vary. Why do they carry one Bible, mentioning one Jesus, but holding different teachings?
29. SO, I AM HERE STAMPING MY FEET ON THE GROUND. I WILL REMAIN AGAINST ANY BROTHER, ANY SISTER THAT STRAYS AWAY FROM THE FAITH OF CHRIST TO MARRY AN UNBELIEVER.
30. AN UNBELIEVER IS ONE WHO HAS REJECTED THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. HE DOES NOT WALK BY THE ETHICS LAID DOWN IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES REGULATING MARRIAGE.
31. You may be here as our member. Yet, you are an unbeliever. So what makes you our member is not sitting down on the pew or coming here every Sunday. No!
32. We do not look at the physical strength of this place. We look at you from the spiritual standpoint. For God must be worshipped in spirit and in truth.
33. SO IF YOU ARE NOT PUTTING INTO PRACTISE THE DOCTRINES OF CHRIST, BUT MERELY PAYING LIP SERVICE TO IT, YOU ARE THE UNBELIEVER THAT SHOULD BE FEARED.
34. YOU ARE THE UNBELIEVER THE BIBLE SAID WE SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT PERSON. TREAT HIM AS A HEATHEN SO THAT HE WILL BE ASHAMED. [Ephesians 5:5 – 7, 1 Corinthians 5:11 – 13]
35. Surah 2:221 Do not marry unbelieving women [idolaters]…Idolaters.
36. Do not marry unbelieving women [idolaters] until they believe. Amen.
Hear Me very well: God is the only Saviour. Without Him, there is no Saviour. If you do not understand this Truth, definitely you are lost. If you do not know what it means to be clothed in God’s own righteousness, it then means you do not know what it means to be clothed in His own perfection. God is our righteousness. God is our salvation. God is our redemption. God is our holiness. God is our perfection. He is even our justification and our sanctification. Understand these Basic Truths. God made the whole thing clear. It is His will that we may know He that is True and we are in Him that is true, even the Son of Man. This is (He is) the True God and eternal Life
ARE YOU WALKING WITH GOD OR WALKING ALONE? Preached on Wednesday 12th October 2011; Pg. 17 vs. 4 – 9
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DO NOT MARRY AN UNBELIEVING WOMAN (2)
1. I AM SAYING THAT I AM THE MAN. I told Umunguma people when they came and they later saw that I never deceived them when the youth arrived.
2. I AM THE MAN. I AM THE ONE SAYING WELCOME. I AM THE VERY SON OF MAN.AFTER ME COMETH NO OTHER.
3. I am the biological father of Oluebube. I am the spiritual father of Chibuzor. I raised him. I brought him up. I can stand in for him anywhere, anytime, any day.
4. Three times he tasted death. Three times I brought him back. You are My witnesses. Sir, am I bearing false witness? He is your son.[Professor Anaekwe answers, “No!”]
5. Go to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla, the records are there. Go to National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu, the records are there. Three times he died and three times I brought him back.
6. I cannot forget the experience in Port Harcourt where he attended an interview. While he was trying to cross the road, a vehicle coming on top speed hit him.
7. Instead of crushing him, the vehicle lifted him up and with his head, he broke the windscreen and entered into that vehicle. When the man and the wife later parked, Federal Road Safety officers came, the Police came and our Brother came out. There was no scratch on the body.
8. And the vehicle was photographed. The man asked him a question, “Who are you?” And the moment it happened, My phone rang, “Chibuzor, where are you?” He said, “Daddy, I will tell you.”
9. In the last incident where everybody thought it was all over, it was My phone that rang, but they introduced a name I knew not, “Victor. Your son Victor.” Surprised, I said, “Road Safety Marshal Sir, I do not have a son called Victor.”
10. He insisted, “He is your son. We saw the last call he made. It was ‘My Daddy’ and that is the phone we are using to call you.” I said, “Okay, where is he coming from?” They started telling Me stories. Well, to God be the glory.
11. Somebody might be thinking I preserved his life because of this marriage. No No No! Never never!
12. The marriage had already been contracted before they came into existence. I am happy you know the foundation of the marriage. You know that they were arch-enemies, to the point that My daughter barred Chibuzor’s line. They were real archenemies that could not even say “Remain Blessed.” It is hard to believe o.
13. And it is common with all my daughters. It was My own experience with My own wife. I married My greatest enemy in the office. And she now turned out to be My mother, My Sister My all and all.
14. Her hate towards Me never hindered Me from pressing on. I continued pressing. I mounted pressure and pressure broke the resistance. So maybe, we are patterning the same way.
15. Now I come to this marriage. Surah 2:221221Do not marry unbelieving women [idolaters] until they believe:… Until they do what? Believe. A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman,…
16. Have you heard it? A slave woman that believes is better than an unbelieving Sister. A slave who believes Christ is better preferred to that your glorious sister who is merely attending church worship but does not believe anything we preach and she does not practise it. I am reading from the Holy Quran.
17. …A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you.
18. Even though she allures you. I do not care what she might be using to entice you. Whether money or beauty, position. Whatever it is, resist that enticing spirit. As long as she does not believe, say No.
19. If you must consider her, consider her whenever she repents and believes the Gospel of Christ and starts putting it into her daily life, for we are written epistles read of all men. [2 Corinthians 3:2] How do you know them? By their fruits you shall know them. [Matthew 7:16]
20. Do you point flies to a foul smelling object? No! Remember, all of you were witnesses the day I gave My consent to the family of Ikwuagwu to come forward.
21. I asked our Brother Chibuzor, “Why are you delighted in marrying My daughter? You came all out to marry the one that is senior to her, but could not succeed. And you were bent on coming into My family.”
22. Before witnesses, he said, “Dad, I love her and I will like to be a member of this family, if I will be given that opportunity.”
23. Why do you love her? He said, “Dad, I am sure the fruit of any tree does not fall too far from its base.” I asked, “What if this one falls far?” He said, “No! It must be picked and brought back.” We clap our hands. He answered intelligently.
24. She [Oluebube] is number three I have given in marriage, and no regrets. Their husbands are here. The one standing there is a Bishop. Here is a Pastor. This one is equally a Pastor.
25. Somebody might be thinking that they are Pastors so as to marry My daughters. Are all the Pastors marrying My daughters? How many daughters do I have? How many Local Assemblies do we have?
26. We have more than thirty Pastors. If they must wait until I have thirty women, it then means they will remain bachelors for life. I have retired. Amen.
27. So make no mistake of marrying an unbelieving woman. It is better you marry your slave, your maid who is a believer than to marry that precious sister who is alluring you with too many gifts. Say no, for gift blinds. I say, gift blinds.
28. …Nor marry [your girls] to unbelievers until they believe:… Do not give your daughters to unbelieving men, brothers so to say, may be because they are riding cars, they have money and they know how to allure the sister to their side.
29. Once you notice that they are just floating on the surface of our Faith, do not ever allow your daughter to marry any of them. If you do, you are incurring troubles you cannot bear.
30. A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do [but] beckon you to the fire. Amen.
31. What do they do? They are beckoning you to what? To the fire! Unquenchable fire. An unbeliever allures you to the fire. Your own hellfire will start here on earth.
32. 2 Corinthians 6: 14-15 Don’t be teamed with those who do not love the Lord, for what do the people of God have in common with the people of sin? How can light live with darkness?
33. And what harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a Christian be a partner with one who doesn’t believe?
34. And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For you are God’s temple the home of the living God”. Amen LB
35. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith].
36. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness?
37. What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial [the devil]? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? AMP
38. Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Be′lial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? RSV
39. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
40. And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? KJV Amen
41. Whoever that does not believe in Christ is an infidel. You see why the Bible said, “Any man that does not take good care of his family should be regarded as an infidel.” An unbeliever. [1 Timothy 5:8]
42. WHAT MAKES YOU A CHILD OF GOD IS YOUR ABILITY TO TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD. IF YOU ARE NOT LIVING ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF CHRIST YOU ARE MARKING YOURSELF OUT OF GOD’S SALVATION.
43. So now that they are coming together as believers, one is a Pastor; well, I am very happy that Nsukka will from now know what a Pastor stands for.
44. Nobody will be murmuring in his or her heart saying, “You are making this noise because you are not yet married. Wait until you marry.” Now, your Pastor is married. And he will be talking to you authoritatively on all marital matters. True or false?
45. He is now fully in the system. My daughter also is fully in the system and I am not shaking. I say I am not shaking. I know that the testimonies following her senior sisters that married before her will also be her own testimonies or even more.
46. This is true because I know the stuff she is made of. I know the stuff. I am not afraid. I say I am not afraid. I made it clear to the Elders in the hotel that I am not shaking. I know them. They are My children. They are not looking unto any man.
47. They have [1] the CAPACITY. They have [2] the CAPABILITY. They have [3] the CREDIBILITY. They have [4] the INTELLIGENCE.
48. Four things that are needed for an ideal home. [1] CAPACITY. [2] CAPABILITY. [3] CREDIBILITY. [4] INTELLIGENCE. Hallelujah. These four things are here. More so, when they are pursuing the same course.
49. I nearly resisted Bro Chibuzor’s plea to withdraw My daughter from Anambra State University Uli, where she is pursuing her master’s degree in Computer Science. Of course, you all know that.
50. He said, “Daddy please help me. Allow her to forfeit it. I have good intentions. She will continue with her masters, but let it be in UNN. I said, “You mean she will be losing one year and the whole money I have so far deposited?
51. He said, “Daddy, please consider. I have My reasons. I will like to see a situation where in the future, when I will be a professor she will be either a doctorate degree holder or associate professor.
52. Happily, I said, “You have this ambition. I am not surprised. Let it be according your plea. Go and reason with her. If you can convince her, that is all. I will put My hand in support.” Amen.
53. Who would not be happy to have such a young man who is visionary and who wants to move with the moving tide. He wants to keep pace and the wife wants to keep pace.
54. I mean, you remember where we took off. EDUCATION IS THE SHORTEST CUT TO ERADICATING POVERTY AND IGNORANCE. WHEN YOU EDUCATE A PEOPLE, YOU MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO GOVERN THEM. AMEN.
55. I am governing you and your affairs because I took My time to educate you. This is because if I do not educate you, I have no reason to blame you. But once I train you, I can blame you if you falter.
56. MAKE NO MISTAKE OF YOKING YOURSELF IN MARRIAGE TO ONE THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
57. If you feel the Bible deceived you [that is Jesus Christ] and Prophet Muhammad deceived you, the Torah deceived you, Archaeological parchment deceived you and nature also deceived you, try it.
58. Those that tried it are living in suppression of feelings. They are enduring marriage and not enjoying marriage. MARRIAGE IS MEANT TO BE ENJOYED AND NOT TO BE ENDURED.
59. Some people said that a husband is to be endured. It is a lie. It is a lie. It is not written anywhere in the Scriptures that any woman who is married is subject to endurance. It is not written anywhere. It is the Devil that is saying it.
60. What I believe is what you believe. Who then is enduring the other. The Bible said, “Whoever that findeth a wife findeth a good thing and receives blessings from God. [Proverbs 18:22]
61. Do you endure blessings? No human being on earth postpones his happiness. Sir, is it possible for somebody to postpone his happiness?
62. No. I don’t want to be happy today. Let me postpone it till tomorrow. Is it ever done? That God will bless you and you say no, that you have chosen to suffer instead. God forbid!
63. So, that now takes Me to Scriptures. Another step that cements marriage. Psalm 45: 10-11 LB“I advise you, O daughter, not to fret about your parents in your homeland far away.
64. I advise you, Oluebube. Ijeoma and her husband are resident in Bonny across the ocean in River State. Onyedika and her own husband are resident in Lagos.
65. Although you are married to Bro Chibuzor who is a native of Imo state like Me, but resident at Nsukka [the distance for] which N1,000 at Upper Iweka will bring you to and fro, totalling N2,000.
66. Let me go to Onitsha. I am longing for my Dad. I am longing for my mother. I am coming now now, now now.
67. I ADVISE YOU, O DAUGHTER. FROM TODAY, SETTLE DOWN WITH YOUR HUSBAND AND BUILD YOUR HOME. SETTLE DOWN WITH YOUR HUSBAND AND BUILD YOUR OWN HOME.
68. We shall be having our fellowship at Onitsha. I want to be going to Onitsha. I do not like Nsukka Fellowship.
69. I want you and your husband to join hands together, solve that problem you have identified in Nsukka Fellowship and make it your home Church. Nsukka must be your home church whether you like it or not.
70. Remove that impediment. Join hands with your husband. Overhaul the system so that everybody will know that you are the daughter of the Son of Man. Your senior sister did it at Port Harcourt. The records are there. The other one did it in Lagos.
71. I thank God. Apostle Monday is here. You came all the way from Lagos. Am I bearing false witness? [Apostle Monday answers, “Never sir.”]
72. She came, overhauled the whole system and changed everywhere. Hence, she is being preached there as an example for all married women.
73. Those in Port Harcourt can testify. I do not exaggerate anything. And if you look at their husbands, you do not need a prophet to tell you that they are living in paradise. Real paradise. Not fool’s paradise.
74. THIS IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU MARRY A VIRTUOUS WIFE, YOUR PARADISE STARTS HERE. YOU MARRY A BAD WIFE YOUR HELL STARTS HERE. TRUE OR FALSE?
75. AND THAT IS NOT ALL. ANY DAY A MAN MARRIES A BAD WIFE, HE HAS DECIDED TO HAVE BAD CHILDREN. YOU CANNOT EXPECT A GOOD FRUIT FROM A BAD TREE. AMEN.
76. So I am here to bear witness of the truth, not because she is My daughter and Chibuzor is My son. No! I am bearing witness to this truth peradventure somebody may like to venture into this journey to the unknown from now.
77. WE HAVE TWO JOURNEYS TO THE UNKNOWN. NUMBER ONE IS MARRIAGE. NUMBER TWO IS DEATH. THINK ABOUT IT.
78. But through the Scriptures, marriage is no longer a journey to the unknown because with God’s guidance, the road is very clear. A pleasurable ride. If you are in Christ, you have a pleasurable ride.
79. But put Christ behind, you meet potholes, obstacles and difficulties. This is because, if God does not pave a way, who paves the way for you? Amen.
80. Let me tell you, experience has proved to Me that people you think are enjoying marriage are the people that are enduring their own. They are mostly found among the academia. I am telling you the truth. The greatest number of divorce cases are traced to the academia.
81. Watch people that spend the whole of their time in recreation clubs. Go there and you will see all of them. Lawyers and their likes. When they dismiss from service, they carry their vehicles to their clubs.
82. They will remain there until midnight for that is the only place they can have peace. They avoid their homes. Some spend their weekends in the hotels. They have their reasons. Why? They are not feeling comfortable at home.
83. A VIRTUOUS WIFE IS BETTER THAN THE BEST AIR CONDITIONER IN EVERY FAMILY. THIS IS THE TRUTH.
84. ANY WIFE THAT DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DOWSE THE HUSBAND’S TENSION IS A GIRLFRIEND AND NOT A WIFE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE PREVALENT IN EVERY HOME AT ANY TIME IS DICTATED BY THE WIFE. IS IT NOT TRUE?
85. IF SHE WANTS THE HOME TO BE PEACEFUL, IT WILL BE PEACEFUL. IF SHE WANTS THE HOME TO BE BOILING, IT MUST BOIL.
86. That is why a virtuous wife is very very essential, but who can find it? The Bible said it required the Lord. [Proverbs 31:10, 19:14]
87. A virtuous wife is one that knows the horrifying effect of setting her home ablaze, for the Bible said, “A virtuous woman builds her home. A foolish one sets her home ablaze.” [Proverbs 14:1]
88. And it starts by taking a hostile stand against the husbandman, rubbing shoulders, claiming equality and answering the man back.
89. NEGLECTING YOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES THAT BELONGS TO YOU AND NO OTHER PERSON, SHIFTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SOMEONE ELSE MARKS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR FAILURE.
90. Remember our doctrines. I do not say our doctrines with My mouth. Remember that which you copied from your family and from your mother uptill this day.
91. She takes delight in staying in the kitchen. She is never afraid of the kitchen. Our home has always remained the beehive of activities. Brethren, am I bearing false witness?
92. And she is never tired. What is more? We have been having maidservants and house-helps of all sorts. My wife does not permit any of them to serve Me.
93. Serving the Son of Man is her sole responsibility. You all know this. And is for her own good. That is why people say, “The Son of Man does not eat. He rejects certain foods. He selects foods.”
94. It is pure truth. She has spoilt Me with her food to the point that eating from any other hand has always become a difficult decision to take. Rather, I will prefer to take water and go My way or go without food, knowing that food awaits Me there.
95. So what am I saying? The Bible said that the life of the man is in his stomach. Oluebube, I know you can blend food. You are Oluebube. You are Glitz®. You are Glitz Functions®. You are everything there. So the only advice I will give is this:
96. While cooking and eating, two of you should check your weights. Looking at Brother Chibuzor and his own lineage, you know he transcended from a lineage of giants. From your own, we are smallish in stature the first day, but with time, we surprise people around us. So please check your weight. Check your weight. While blending the food, watch his stomach.
97. And Brother Chibuzor, if you are eating because you are always in the kitchen, you will burst. Amen.
98. What am I trying to say? Do not ever joke with your husband’s stomach. Be up and doing. Remember My Message. No excuses, for any excuse you try to give will turn out to be a part of your problem. Instead of trying to coin out excuses you will give, do that thing.
99. WHEN A WOMAN RESPECTS AND OBEYS HER HUSBAND, THEY OPERATE ON EQUAL TERMS. BUT ONCE SHE IS ARROGANT AND STUBBORN, DISOBEDIENT AND NEGLIGENT, AUTHORITY WILL REAR UP HIS HEAD. TRUE OR FALSE?
100. Remember I have been at the centre over the years entertaining complaints from within and without. I believe I am in the best position to counsel you right on what makes My marriage to be blossoming for over 31 years now. No nagging, no complaining, no ranting, no quarrelling of any sort. You are My witnesses.
101. My doors are open to all of you 24 hours every day. The secrets of My success is what I am sharing with you. Amen.
Before My word will be the Word of God, I must be God. If I am not God, My word will not be the Word of God. You are Gods. That is what we are handling. …… THE SON OF MAN WAS IN THE WORLD BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN. HE KNEW YOU, HE KNOWS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO COME OUT; AND YOU WILL DO ALL YOU ARE DOING PRESENTLY NOW…… Have you seen the difference? If you are in the ministry of the Son of Man, you are in the Spoken Word Ministry. If you are in the ministry of the Apostles, you are in the ministry of the Church. You are in the ministry of the Written Word. Your God is in the written form. You are serving past tense God because, HISTORY IS WRITTEN AFTER EVENTS. HOWEVER, A PROPHET WRITES HISTORY BEFORE EVENTS. THE SON OF MAN WRITES HISTORY BEFORE EVENTS.
GOD HAS A HIDING PLACE VOL. 1; Preached on Sunday 28th April 2013; Pg. 66 vs. 38, Pg. 73 vs.58 Pg. 75 vs. 65
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DECISION TO MARRY
1. Psalms 45:10 – 11 LB I advise you, O daughter, not to fret about your parents in your homeland far away. Your royal husband delights in your beauty.
2. YOUR ROYAL HUSBAND. Who is your royal husband? Who is your royal husband? This one? Now, how do you address the royalty? HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. HIS ROYAL MAJESTY. FINAL AUTHORITY. WHEN HE SPEAKS, IT IS FINAL.
3. SO WHEN YOU ARE COMING TO HIM, IF YOU ADDRESS HIM AS “HIS MAJESTY”, AUTOMATICALLY YOU BECOME “HER MAJESTY”.
4. WHEN A WOMAN EXALTS HER HUSBAND, SHE EXALTS HERSELF. IF YOU MAKE YOUR HUSBAND A KING, YOU BECOME HIS QUEEN. True or false?
5. OH NO! THIS IS A SECRET WOMEN HAVE NOT DISCOVERED. THE WAY UP IS DOWN. HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE “HIS MAJESTY” AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP.
6. YOU BECOME “HER MAJESTY”. HE WILL NEVER JOKE WITH YOU. HE WILL ALWAYS BE DESIRING THE BEST FOR “HER MAJESTY”. YOU WILL BE DESIRING THE BEST FOR HIS MAJESTY, MY LORD. THAT WAS WHAT SARAH DID.
7. The Bible said that Sarah venerated, respected, honoured Abraham to the extent that she was referring to Abraham as MY LORD, whose daughter you are, if you behave like her. [1 Peter 3:5 – 6]
8. Remember we have a Sarah in the Bride. We have Abraham in the Bride. Then, if you are a daughter of Sarah, we shall see. Yes! It must be what the Bible said,“Like mother, like daughter.”[Ezekiel 16:44] It’s must.
9. YOU MUST VENERATE YOUR HUSBAND, RESPECT HIM, HONOUR HIM AND ADORE HIM.IT IS NOT ENSLAVEMENT.
10. YOU KNOW FOOLISH ONES DO NOT THINK INTELLIGENTLY, AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE FOOLISH. A WOMAN THAT HONOURS HER HUSBAND IS HONOURING HERSELF.
11. YOU DEBASE YOUR HUSBAND, YOU ARE DEBASING YOURSELF. WHATEVER YOU CALL YOUR DOG IS WHAT YOUR DOG WILL ANSWER. True or false? Amen.
12. Your royal husband delights in your beauty. Reverence him,…Do what? Reverence him. We are reading the Bible. Do what? Reverence him,… Reverence him. Revere him. ….for he is your lord. For he is what? ….for he is your lord.Brethren put your hands together.
13. A queen that answers a king back is seeking divorce, for which cause Vashti was divorced. Esther was married in her stead. That is why we believe in marriage and divorce.
14. We have offenses a woman will commit and even the whole elders will join hands and send her back to her parents. That is our Faith.
15. Even among the heathens, they know this truth. There is a way a woman will behave towards the husband, Umuada [The sisters to the man] will gather and send her back that their brother may live. Is it a lie?
16. Reverence him, for he is your lord. You know what Lord is. Marriages started making noise when women exalted themselves above their husbands.
17. In our own time, when we were coming up in life, what a woman calls her husband is MY LORD, [Onye nwe m, Nna m ukwu, Nna anyi ukwu].
18. But today, it is papa Ijeoma, papa Emeka, papa Chinedu, papa Annaas if the woman had children for the man before she was married. What if she never had any?
19. When he came for your hand in marriage, whose father was he? When you had children, you now changed his name.
20. Some bad ones call their husbands by their first names. I tell you the truth. And that influences their children to call their fathers by their first name.
21. A situation where a woman will be calling her husband Tony! Tony! Emma, come here! You will think she is calling her maid. She is calling her husband. Emma, please come here. Tony, come let us discuss now.
22. What is responsible? It is a man marrying his girlfriend. A man marrying his girlfriend. You can only be “MY LORD” to that woman any day you provide Ntorika [a high quality and costly brand of wrapper for women].
23. Provide everything in the house, she will worship you that day. But whenever Money finishes, your name must be restored. You answer your original name.
24. Why? You married your girlfriend. A girlfriend metamorphosed into a wife. A delicate condition. Keep girlfriend where she belongs to. Keep wife where she belongs to.
25. If you are going for a wife, go for a wife and stop there. You are going for a girlfriend, go for a girlfriend and stop there because you can keep your girlfriend with everything but not with the truth. Boyfriend-girlfriend relationship is never preserved with truth.
26. With the truth, you marry a wife. You can borrow your friends Jeep and drive it to your girlfriend’s house. You can equally fill your pockets with borrowed money and offer to take her out, when in reality, you are broke.
27. The car is not yours. You borrowed it to show off and impress it upon her that you are worth something.
28. Any day you get married to her and she finds out that you are living in one room, it will be disastrous because you have over exposed her. Re-grooming her to adjust to the present reality will then be difficult.
29. But if she is a wife, you will simply take her home the same way Bro Chibuzor has taken his own wife to his own place of abode, which was the reason why I went to verify whether he kept his wife in his mother’s house, his uncles’ house or his own residence to show her where she will stay. And I was very happy when I got there. Amen.
30. THE DECISION TO MARRY IS THAT WHEREVER YOU LIVE THERE I WILL LIVE. WHEREVER YOU DIE THERE I WILL DIE, THERE I WILL BE BURIED.
31. You can see it in the book of Ruth chapter 1 from verse 16 – 17. As clear as the day. Your people will be My people your God will be My God. DECISION TO MARRY.
32. That is why you cannot be shuttling your father’s compound, for you are now changing both your residence and your name. Your name must be changed today from Odoemena to Ikwuagwu, whether you like it or not.
33. Everything following Ikwuagwu’s will be following you from now. Is it not true? You are a member of that family. No going back. And you must possess it. You must possess it and be proud of it.
34. His people will be your people. His God, your God. His mother, your mother. His father, your father. Wherever he lives, there you will live. Amen.
35. I am coming to something. Your royal husband delights in your beauty. Reverence him for he is your lord.LB
36. Psalms 45:10 – 11 KJV. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;… Do what? incline thine ear; Do what? incline thine ear;
37. Hold your ear immediately before I dismiss those people outside who are calling you. Let the Deacons warn those people there. I do not need their services. Until I am through, no service. If they want to go let them go. That is My order.
38. …forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; Thank you! Forget your own people and your father’s house.
39. In the book of Genesis chapter 2, Jacob married the daughters of Laban. They said, “Our father has sold us and has collected money which is the bride price. We have no other choice. We have no more inheritance in our father’s compound. We now look up to our own husband. Let us follow him.” Is it not Scripture? [Genesis 31:14 – 15]
40. You have no inheritance in Odoemena from now henceforth. Neither do you have any inheritance in Mbaise or Umukohie. You are now a visitor and will remain a visitor like your senior sisters. You come and go. Finish!
41. But to come and stay, and live and decide, no no no! It stops now. So give ear to what I am saying.
42. forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: Who?…the King…
43. THE HUSBANDMAN IS A KING. IFYOU BELIEVE HE IS A KING YOU ARE ALSO A QUEEN, BUT IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE HE IS A KING, YOU CAN NEVER BE A QUEEN. IS IT NOT TRUE?
44. so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
45. Let us face facts. I am giving you the baton and the baton is the Word. The baton is the Word. Being a pastor means you are pastoring all, beginning with your wife. This is because every woman in your church now will be using your wife as an example in all things.
46. And your ability to pastor your wife to obey and reverence you not only at home, but even in the Fellowship of the Saints marks the success of your marriage. For a man that cannot control his wife should not make the mistake of answering a Pastor. Is it not true?
47. If you cannot control and administer your wife, how can you control and administer the Church of Christ which God has made you the overseer?
48. Now, I want to give you a licence. Take this licence from Me. And I want everybody to pay attention. I know I am the Son of Man. You are all looking up to me. Pay attention.
49. If because of Me or My wife, our reaction or what we shall say, you fail to discipline your wife if she disobeys, truly speaking, [1] I will depose you from your office as a Pastor, [2] I will dissociate Myself from your marriage. [3] I will divorce this marriage.
50. Those that married before her know My stand. That is why nobody uses money to marry My daughters. If you are richer than Me, you cannot marry My daughter.
51. Finally and finally, I do not meddle into the affairs of My in-laws families. I do not even visit them. My father laid that foundation. I borrowed a cue from it.
52. Even My first daughter, no matter their pleadings, I sparingly pay them visit. And that is whenever they deliver a new baby. So I do not take delight in visiting. I stay in My house and do monitoring.
53. If because of Me, My wife or any other consideration you compromise your holy and high calling by refusing to take a firm stand against you wife when she errs doctrinally, you are doing it at your own peril.
54. I do not intrude. I do not meddle. I give you that authority. Operate independently and convince Me and the whole world that you are a man. Finish!
55. If I do not say it publicly, tomorrow I may be hearing you saying, “If not because of the Son of Man.” No! There is no difference between Oluebube and all these people here as far as the Son of Man is concerned. They know Me for that.
56. If I find her in error or in character suggesting stubbornness, of course she knows what I will do. That is why I decided I must say few words, for this is where problems normally emanate.
57. You may not shuttle your parents’ compound every now and then because the world has been abridged to one village by the use of GSM handset, Whatsapp and everything. It is all but one.
58. If you are fond of hiding yourself in the bedroom every time you are phoning your father and you are phoning your mother. If your husband gives instruction you want clearance from your father or from your mother, you are not married. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT RUN A PUBLIC CONTROLLED FAMILY.
59. A family that is controlled through consultations is a public controlled family. Stand up as a man. Be a man. Take your decisions. Stand by your decisions.
60. I am arming you now because the strength of your family reflects in the Church. If your family is weak, the Church you are pastoring must be weak, for they will be compromising, using you as an excuse.
61. I am being quoted today, used as an example because of My stand with the Faith which is reflecting in My family life in all respect. The same should be applicable to you. Remember, if you are weak, she will be weak. She may even be weaker. Amen.
62. So, to tell you to love one another is just to summarise.
63. Ephesians 5 verses 24 and 25.So you wives must willingly obey your husbands in everything,… You wives must! …willingly obey your husband in everything,…Amen. Any contradiction? No sir.
64. You wives must willingly, not by compulsion, not grudgingly, not with complaining, not with bitterness. You must willingly obey your own husbands whether you like it or not, in everything. Everything means Everything.
65. So you wives must willingly obey your husband in everything just as the church obeys Christ.And you husband, show the same kind of love to your wives…Respect is reciprocal.
66. And you husband, show the same kind of love to your wives as Christ showed to the church when he died for her. Period!
67. Once this rule is observed, there would not be any room for schism. No room for quarrelling. No room for unnecessary arguments that will lead to quarrelling. No room for misunderstanding because if I love you, I must cherish you and I must aim at doing that which will be pleasing to you at all times.
68. That is why in My family, there are certain things that will come up, I look at My wife and say, “Is that the way you want it?” She will say, “Daddy please.”I will say, “It is okay. I am going to do it provided you will be happy and provided it will make you feel happy.”
69. This is because once she is happy, I am happy. But if she is not happy, everything in the house will be unhappy.
70. When a man is not happy nobody is affected. It is one-man affair. When a man is sick, it is only one man. If a woman is unhappy or angry, both the plate, the roof, the table, jug everybody will feel the impact. She must make sure all human beings become victims of her mood. But a man handles his own quietly.
71. So at the end of the day, I want to see a family that will challenge My own in godliness. I say in godliness, in piety and in every aspect of human life. Challenge Me, for to whom much is given, much is being expected.
72. If somebody gave me this training, I would not have fumbled, if at all there was a time I fumbled, which I cannot remember. For if all youths will come up the way I came up the world will be at peace.
73. Those who are acquainted with Me and My people at Mbaise, they know that I am not sharing false witness. I am a different Man altogether.
74. So I invite Apostle Ojiakor back to complete his work. And that work is joining the two together before witnesses. If I should be joining them together, who will hand her over?
75. Yet, I joined Ijeoma and her husband. I joined Onyedika and the husband. But today, I want somebody to join them so that I will hand over. Amen.