The Seven Doctrines of Christ PDF
The Seven Doctrines of Christ PDF
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CONTENT
Preface 5
Introduction 7
Repentance from dead works 20
Faith in God 104
Baptisms 166
Laying on of hands 195
Resurrection of the dead 218
Eternal Judgment 223
Perfection 236
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PREFACE
Titus 2:1 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for
sound doctrine (NKJV)
The foundation of a building is very crucial to its standing and
perfect stability. Such is the life of anyone that wants to live an
excellent Christian life in Jesus Christ, after accepting Jesus Christ
as his or her Lord and Saviour. Colossians 2:6-7 As you therefore
have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and
built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been
taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Though called the
basic or the elementary principles, they are the approved and
established foundation The Almighty God had ordained to be the
foundation upon which every individual and ministry in Jesus
Christ should be built; called the doctrines of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 6:1a Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ….(KJV) It was the doctrines learned from The Lord Jesus
Christ and practiced by the foundational Apostles and Christians
in the beginning of the church age; this is the reason it was also
referred to as the apostles’ doctrines. Acts 2:42 And they
continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,
and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. (KJV) They are Seven in
numbers and crucial for the life of every believer and every
ministry in Jesus Christ. 2 John 1:9 Whoever transgresses and
does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He
who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the
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Son.(NKJV) Both the prophets and the apostles of Jesus Christ
agree on them; it is a foundation that Jesus Christ affirms, Himself
as the cornerstone, that is; it has the seal of the approval of Jesus
Christ. Ephesians 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief
corner stone. (KJV)When Jesus Christ stood before the council of
the Sanhedrin, they asked Him about His Doctrine. John 18:19 The
high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
(KJV) They are doctrines every true believer in Jesus Christ must
obey. 1 Timothy 4:16Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine.
Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself
and those who hear you. (NKJV)
These doctrines are listed in the book of Hebrews and are crucial
to the life of every ministry and every individual in Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 6:1-2 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward
God. Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and
of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (KJV). In
this book you will have a perfect understanding of what you have
to know to be an excellent Christian in Jesus Christ. It is a must
read book for everyone that calls upon the name of The Lord
Jesus Christ.1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come; give attention to reading,
to exhortation, to doctrine. (NKJV)
You are blessed as you read in Jesus name.
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INTRODUCTION
DOCTRINE
DOCTRINES are set of rules set to achieve an aim. The core and
the foundation of every life and ministry in the body of Jesus
Christ is their doctrine; and these doctrines will guarantee or mar
the making of the Heaven of God Almighty by a believer in Jesus
Christ. You can never be better than the doctrine you are exposed
to. Doctrine has the power to save or to destroy. 1 Timothy 4:16
Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for
in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
The doctrine a man or woman is exposed to will make him or her
to take certain actions and this determines such an individual’s
lifestyle. The basis for sound doctrine is the word of God. 2
Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction
in righteousness:”
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Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of
God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is
at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." The gospel of the
Word of God is released through the medium of preaching and
teaching. Romans 2:21 You, therefore, who teach another, do
you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not
steal, do you steal.
There are four categories of messages being preached and taught
in the church and these are contained in 1 Corinthians 14:6 Now,
brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I
profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by
knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine.(KJV). They are
1) Revelational Message, whose core preaching and teaching is
based on revelations based on the Word of God. Ephesians
3:3 how that by revelation He made known to me the
mystery (as I have briefly written already.
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Acts 15:32 Now Judas and Silas, themselves being prophets
also, exhorted and strengthened the brethren with many
words.
4) Doctrinal Message, whose preaching and teaching is based
on the five tenets of the principles of God Almighty, and
these are, His approved inheritance; Laws; Commandments;
Ordinance and Judgments.2 Chronicles 19:10 And what
cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell
in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and
commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn
them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath
come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye
shall not trespass.(KJV)Out of the four types of messages,
doctrinal messages are the most formidable, for it has the
power to save the preacher and those that hear him or her.
1Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the
doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both
save thyself, and them that hear thee. (KJV). Doctrinal
teaching affects every area of a Christian’s life and even the
way an individual dresses. The reason the Word of God
instructed that Elders who labour in the word and doctrine
should be counted worthy of double honour.1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double
honour, especially they who labour in the word and
doctrine. (KJV)The day Jesus Christ stood before the council
of Israel, before His crucifixion, Jesus Christ was questioned,
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based on His doctrines. John 18:19 The high priest then
asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.
There is therefore the need to verify the authenticity of
every doctrine, for it is crucial to, the state of and the
security of, the soul of every believer in Jesus Christ. There
are six ways to judge and ascertain the authenticity of a pure
doctrine, and these are, Searching; Inquiring; Diligent Asking;
Beholding to ascertain its authenticity; Checking if it is true
and confirming its Certainty!!Deuteronomy 13:14-Then shalt
thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and,
behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain... (KJV)
The foundational doctrines for every believer in Jesus Christ are
seven. It is called the doctrine of Jesus Christ or the Apostles
doctrine. Acts 2:42 “And they continued stedfastly in the
apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread,
and in prayers. The seven doctrines of Christ are stated
Hebrews 6:1-2 “Therefore leaving the principles of the
doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying
again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of
faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying
on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal
judgment.” These doctrinal messages also cover four areas of
life, which are, Family and social platform; Political platform;
Religious platform and Economic platform.
Doctrine is carried by four agents called winds upon the earth.
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These are the four vehicles of doctrines on the earth. Daniel 7:2
“Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold,
the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.” These
four winds are: Religious doctrine that defines an individual’s
faith and what he or she believes. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the
only authentic religious doctrine; any other doctrine outside Jesus
Christ is false. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
Me.
Political doctrine covers the three arms of government and they
are; the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislators. Isaiah 33:22
For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is
our King; He will save us. What you believe is what you carry to
your political platform; political wind has a way of impacting on
the true worship of God Almighty in every society and nation.
Economic doctrines are the laws that God Almighty has instituted
to guide the financial and economic dealings of every believer in
Jesus Christ; for example every financial and economic activity
must be done with absolute honesty. Proverbs 11:1 dishonest
scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His
delight.
Social and Family doctrines are the doctrines that guide the way
and manner in which a family should be led, and these ways must
be according to the established Word of God. Genesis 18:17-20
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And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,
since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I
have known him, in order that he may command his children
and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord,
to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to
Abraham what He has spoken to him." The family is such a
powerful unit that any agenda that has to be done on the earth
must have to go through a family. The son of God, Jesus Christ
had to come through the family of David to execute the
redemption plan for humanity. Matthew 1:1 The book of the
genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
The doctrines of most churches have become byway doctrines,
byway doctrines are crooked doctrines. God Almighty wants His
church and His children to keep sound and pure doctrines,
maintaining their walk and life’s journey on the Highway of
Holiness. Isaiah 35:8-9 “And an highway shall be there, and a
way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall
not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any
ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there;
but the redeemed shall walk there:” There was a time in Israel
that the people deserted the highways and started going through
the byways in the days of Jael. This represents a doctrine of
compromise. Judges 5:6 "In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,
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In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the
travelers walked along the byways. There are two types of
Doctrines; the sound doctrine and false doctrine.
SOUND DOCTRINE
The message of sound doctrine is always presented with purity
and with gravity attached to it. A sound doctrinal message comes
with sincerity. The Kingdom of God message must be preached
with all sincerity. Titus 2:7 “In all things shewing thyself a pattern
of good works: in doctrine shewing incorruptness, gravity,
sincerity,” The message of sound doctrine must be preached with
dignity. Sound doctrine affirms that when God Almighty wants to
bless a man or woman, He gives such an individual a sure Word to
run with, and God Almighty will surely bring the promise in the
Word to fulfillment. Habakkuk 2:2 Then the Lord answered me
and said: "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he
may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries,
wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. And while
the believer in Jesus Christ is waiting for the fulfillment, sound
doctrine enjoins the attitude of patience until the promise is
manifested. Hebrews 10:36 For you have need of endurance, so
that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the
promise. Sound doctrine also affirms that anyone running the
race of Christianity should be fully aware that there is an end
point, and that end point is to make the Heaven of God Almighty.
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God Almighty will prosper you here on earth, but this is not the
ultimate, the ultimate goal is to make the heaven of God Almighty,
therefore you must be
Heavenly conscious.1 John 2:25 “And this is the promise that he
hath promised us, even eternal life.” Sound doctrine does not
permit the harbouring of demons in the life of a believer in Jesus
Christ. The intensity of God’s light in every believer is dependent
on the kind of doctrine he or she is exposed to. What guarantees
pure and perfect light, is sound doctrine. John 1:4-5 In Jesus
Christ was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
It is a legendary question as to whether a true believer in Jesus
Christ can be possessed by an evil spirit, and the answer is YES. A
woman called the daughter of Abraham was possessed of an evil
spirit of affliction. Luke 13:16 (BBE) And is it not right for this
daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for
eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath.
Long after Simon Peter had encountered Jesus Christ, he was
found with an evil spirit of dissimulation, which is hypocrisy:
Galatians 2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with
Peter; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their
dissimulation. There are two dark spots that can give a foothold
to demonic possessions in the life of a believer in Jesus Christ. The
first stronghold is a false belief or a strange philosophy. Most
present day Christian philosophies are deceptive fantasies and
commercial marketing that are carriers of dark spots; they are
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concepts that venerate worldliness. 2 Corinthians 10:4, 5 (MSB)
The tools of our trade aren't for marketing or manipulation, but
they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture.
We use our powerful Godtools for smashing warped
philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of
God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into
the structure of life shaped by Christ. The second foothold, which
is mostly overlooked, is any unanswered life question. Many
Christians, have questions about deep life issues, but do not ask
the Holy Spirit, through the Word, neither do they ask their
Pastors.
Jesus Christ, who is all-knowing, promised to send the Holy
Spirit who will answer all the questions of life. John 14:26 (ISV)
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
name, will teach you all things. Apostle Paul brought Apostle
Peter to the knowledge of the truth on this issue of hypocrisy and
it was never recorded that Apostle Peter manifested the spirit of
dissimulation afterwards. Galatians 2:14 (NET) But when I saw
that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the
gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all. Always ask The Holy
Spirit point blank life questions, but be a faithful reader of His
Word, for there, The Holy Spirit will establish His counsel. Also,
ask your Pastors point blank life questions; it is their job to make
sure you get the perfect answer established in the Word of God.
The woman referred to as the daughter of Abraham, never knew
her inheritance of freedom as a daughter of Abraham, until the
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Chief Shepherd brought it to her knowledge. Thereafter, the dark
spot gave way and she was set free!! The light of right answer will
never give room for dark spots that act as strongholds for
demonic possessions. John 1:5 (ISV) And the light shines on in
the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.
FALSE DOCTRINE
False doctrine is a message that has its root in the compromise of
the integrity of the Word of God by false preachers and teachers.
It is called satanic doctrine or doctrine of demons. 1 Timothy 4:1-
2 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will
depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and
doctrines of demons. Any doctrine that promotes indulgence in
sin and worldliness of the soul is satanic. A doctrine that exalts
money above God Almighty is a false doctrine. Messages of
pastors that do not focus on the person and character of Jesus
Christ is false. Acts 28:30-31 Then Paul dwelt two whole years in
his own rented house, and received all who came to him,
preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which
concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one
forbidding him. The perfect standard of true Christianity is to
measure up to the stature of Jesus Christ. Ephesians 4:13 till we
all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the
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Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of
the fullness of Christ.
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positively on the outside. A gospel that will make a believer half
sheep and half goat is a perverted gospel or worship.2 Kings 17:41
So these nations feared the Lord, yet served their carved images;
also their children and their children's children have continued
doing as their fathers did, even to this day.
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that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”. For In the
book of Hebrew it is stated that it is a living high priest that
collects tithes. Hebrews 7:8 Here mortal men receive tithes…
(NKJV) Therefore when a believer in Jesus Christ pays tithes, he or
she is affirming that his or her high priest-Jesus Christ is alive!!
Hebrew 7:8 “And here men that die receive tithes; but there he
receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.” It is an
established truth that our high priest as Christians is Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly
calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession,
Christ Jesus. False doctrine is synonymous with emboldening the
flesh to bring about corruption. Everybody that loves the truth
will always find a place where the truth is preached and taught.
False doctrine always fronts perverted message and perverted
priesthood. John 3:20-21 For everyone practicing evil hates the
light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be
exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that
his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.
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CHAPTER ONE
REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS
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in the dark. But when the light of God’s Word comes in, every
darkness is exposed. Psalm 18:28 “For thou wilt light my candle:
the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.” Believers who are
not reading their Bible, which is the Word of
God, are operating in darkness. If in a year you do not read your
Bible from Genesis to Revelation as a believer in Jesus Christ, you
cannot effectively withstand nor resist the devil. The devil will
want to ensure that you do not read your Bible as one of his
greatest weapons is ignorance of the Word of God. The target of
the devil is to wipe out light so that darkness can cover the earth.
Isaiah 60:2 “For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and
gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee,
and his glory shall be seen upon thee.” But with the power of the
Word of God, this evil agenda of the devil is cancelled. John 1:5
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not
comprehend it.
A true believer in Jesus Christ avoids dead works. There is a war
between the Spirit of God and dead works. Dead works resist the
work of the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:17The sinful nature wants to
do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And
the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the
sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting
each other… (NLT)
One of the greatest agents of dead works is Worldliness. This is a
dead work that entails taking the things and practices that pertain
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to the unbelieving world into a Christian life. Those who imbibe
the things of the world and ingrain them into the things of Christ
are called adulterers and adulteresses. James 4:4-5 “Ye adulterers
and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is
enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in
vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
In the Word of God there are three classes of adultery –
1) The first form of adultery is the marital adultery as stated in
Hebrews 13:4 “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed
undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
2) There is also the adultery of idol worshipping. Anyone who
makes an image to aid them in worship of the Living God Almighty
or makes an image to bow down to it is classified as an adulterer
or adulteress. Placing anyone or anything in the place of God
Almighty is also called an adulterer. Jeremiah 3:89 “And I saw,
when for all the causes whereby backsliding
Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a
bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but
went and played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the
lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and
committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”
3) The third type of adultery is worldliness, when a believer in
Jesus Christ brings in the worldly pattern of behaviour and
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lifestyle into his or her life and in the worship of God; Jesus Christ
can never have any relationship with the devil. These worldly
lifestyles can be in association, dressing, values and relationship
or business dealings. For example a true believer in Jesus Christ
must not give or take bribes. James 4:4 “Ye adulterers and
adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is
enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God.”
One of the manifestations of worldliness or dead works is through
community sins. In the seventeenth chapter of Ezekiel, God
Almighty was addressing Jerusalem and talking about the sins of
Sodom and Samaria which Jerusalem has participated in; they
were guilty of community sins, you do not join the group of the
unrighteous just because many are in such group. Ezekiel 16:2, 46,
49-51 “Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that
dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at
thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness
of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her
daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and
needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination
before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. Neither
hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast
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multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified
thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.”
Christians practising divorce, lying, tattooing, occultism, indecent
exposure and all manner of corrupt practices are manifesting
worldliness. You can look well, feed well, and drive a good car
without bringing in worldliness into your life. Run away from
anything that has to do with worldliness; do not make yourself an
enemy of God Almighty. All who practice worldliness cannot make
the heaven of God Almighty; rather their end is in the fire of hell if
they do not repent. You cannot describe the fire of hell. Luke
16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Eighty percent (80%)
of the battle many believers are fighting in the present day church
is against worldliness. A worldly man or woman of God who is
performing miracles, signs and wonders will get results because of
the covenant between God the Father and The Son Jesus Christ.
The covenant is not made with the name of that Minister of the
gospel but God’s covenant is with the name of His Holy child Jesus
Christ. Acts 4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that
signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child
Jesus. For God Almighty has highly exalted the name of Jesus
Christ, that at the mention of the name of Jesus, every knee must
bow. Philippians 2:9-11 “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted
him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at
the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven,
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and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.” Thus men and women of God who are working
miracles, signs and wonders and are still practising worldliness
need to repent, because they have made themselves enemies of
God Almighty and such cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Remember God’s gift and calling are without repentance, but a
worldly Minister has moved in the realm of the spirit into the
office of a perverted priest operating under the perverted
priesthood.
DIMENSIONS OF WORLDLINESS
There are five dimensions of worldliness.
1) Egypt – Representing Sin and Iniquity
2) Babylon – Representing compromise
3) Persia – Representing excessive pleasure
4) Rome – Representing corruption
5) Greece – Representing worldly wisdom
Egypt – Sin and Iniquity
Sin is missing the mark, while iniquity is living a crooked life, and
these are what Egypt stands for. The world will always want to
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draw you into sin or iniquity saying, everybody is doing it, why not
do it too. The thing that everybody is doing that is not right, if you
do it as a believer in Jesus Christ, it will harm you. Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Sin is a wicked fighter; it does not give up as long as you are on
this planet earth. Sin assaults the mind of humanity on daily basis.
The devil can tempt you on a daily basis on one particular sin for
many years. But sin had been conquered by The Lord
Jesus Christ, so that a believer in Jesus Christ can live a life free of
falling into the trap of sin and iniquity. There are practical ways
you can avoid falling into the trap of sin and iniquity. These were
demonstrated when sin came to tempt Joseph through Potiphar’s
wife in Egypt, Joseph did two things as stated in Genesis 39:10 So
it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed
her, to lie with her or to be with her. 1) Joseph refused to listen
to her (2) Joseph refused to be alone with her. What these will
entail are; not accepting the command of sin and iniquity and not
keeping the item or articles of sin. You must never get used to the
sight of sin and iniquity, because once you get used to the sight of
sin, you will begin to tolerate it and whatever is tolerated will
soon be accepted and practiced. Let the sight of sin be a cause of
unhappiness to your soul like it was to the soul of righteous Lot. 2
Peter 2:7-8 (MNT) “and he delivered righteous Lot who was
worn out by the lascivious life of the wicked (for that righteous
man, living among them, tormented his righteous soul in seeing
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and hearing, day after day, their lawless deeds),”Do not follow
people or even Pastors that will flatter you with lies or half truth;
follow people and Pastors that will tell you the truth of The Word
of God.
When you give your life to Jesus Christ, the sinful spirit that
controls your old sinful nature leaves: but that spirit had
influenced your flesh or body by leaving in it the nature of that
spirit which has left. What then begins to happen is that, that sin
and iniquity nature will start urging you and even beg you to do
those sinful acts you were used to doing as a sinner. This is where
the real battle lies. If that sin and iniquity nature, comes to beg a
thousand times in one day, you must learn to say NO one
thousand times. Do not be discouraged, for as you say no to the
sinful pull of sin and iniquity, the sinful natures are mortified.
Romans 8:12-13 Dear brothers and sisters, you have no
obligation whatever to your old sinful nature to do what it begs
you to do. (TLBP)
You cannot however say NO to the nature of sin and iniquity,
without the help of the Holy Spirit, and the reading, studying and
meditation on the Word of God. The help of God’s Holy Spirit has
been given to us, that is why the bible says that sin shall not have
dominion over you. Romans 6:10-12 “For the death that He died,
He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to
God. Likewise, you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to
sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore, do not
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let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its
lusts.” The reading and studying of the Word of God will guide
you on how to stay free from sin and iniquity. John 17:17 Make
them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
(NLT)
That sin and iniquity nature, wants you to yield to its urging and
pleadings; DO NOT yield, as yielding will mean becoming a servant
to sin; but rather obey righteousness in the Word of God and you
will break the power of that nature of sin and iniquity. That sin
and iniquity nature wants to take the saved soul back into
bondage, DO NOT let it. Romans 6:13 And do not present your
members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present
yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your
members as instruments of righteousness to God. When the
children of Israel left Egypt, that is being born again and forsaking
sin, Egypt pursued after them again trying to bring them back into
bondage of Egypt which are sin and iniquity, but the children of
Israel cried out to God and they were completely rid of their sin
and iniquity, which is Egypt. Exodus 14:9, 27-28 “So the Egyptians
pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his
horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea
beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon. 27And Moses stretched
out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the
sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing
into it. So the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the
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sea. Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the
horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea
after them. Not so much as one of them remained.” The more
you say NO to any pull or prompting of sin, the more that sin and
iniquity nature becomes weaker and weaker until its domination
is totally destroyed.
Babylon – Compromise
There are two major pull of Babylon:
1) Financial Resources
2) Garments
When the children of Israel entered into the Promised Land, the
first city they conquered was Jericho and everything was to be
hallowed and as such to be completely dedicated to God
Almighty. One of them called Achan could not resist a Babylonish
garment and a wedge of gold and these caused him to
compromise the Word of the Lord and the divine instruction, he
ended up being destroyed with all that he had. Joshua 7:2021, 24-
25 “And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned
against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
When I saw among the spoils a goodly
Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a
wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and
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took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of
my tent, and the silver under it. And Joshua, and all Israel with
him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the
garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters,
and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all
that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
And Joshua said, why hast thou troubled us? The LORD shall
trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and
burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.”
Achan surrendered to the pull and demand of the corrupt nature
of Babylon in garments and gold which represent financial
resources, Achan acquired them in a compromised way and paid
for it with his life.
The first thing that is used to identify a man or a woman in the
spirit is the garment he or she wears. Before a man or woman
dresses in a particular manner he or she must have been so
dressed in the spirit. Babylon will want to make sure a person
compromises in dressing; the devil likes indecent exposure and
rags. The devil makes people to wear torn clothes and call it
fashion. The devil even gives them strange names such as “ragged
or crazy” to attach as names, to such clothes and yet some people
agree with the devil, by making, buying and wearing such clothes
and call it the fashion trend. If they call the clothes they are
wearing “ragged” and “crazy”, it becomes very mind burgling,
knowing that the name of a thing will live to manifest itself. The
devil makes people to wear clothes that will expose their
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nakedness and deceive them to call it liberty and freedom; this is
not liberty but bondage. The devil pushes people to choose
shame deceiving them to call it fashion. DO NOT LET THE DEVIL
DRESS YOU UP. When Adam and Eve allowed the devil to dress
them up by obeying him, they were ashamed and hid themselves
and eventually lost their beautiful dwelling in the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 3:7 “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and
they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves
together and made themselves coverings. The devil knows that
God Almighty made human in His own image and the devil is not
happy about this, and as such, the devil tries everything to make
humans offend God Almighty so that God Almighty will turn His
face from man. Each time a person exposes their nakedness in the
public by practising indecent dressing, God Almighty is not
pleased with such action, it actually makes God Almighty to turn
His face away from such a person. Babylon will make people wear
what will provoke God Almighty. Ezekiel 23:18 (RSV) “When she
carried on her harlotry so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I
turned in disgust from her, as I had turned from her sister.” The
offer of Babylon has not changed; it is compromise in dressing
and financial matters. Babylon wants you to compromise your
stand. As soon as a child of God compromises in the area of
garments and financial matters, the lady Babylon in the spirit will
begin to drink their blood. Revelation 17:5-6 “And upon her
forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and
with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I
wondered with great admiration.” Achan was a believer in God
Almighty, for he came out of Egypt which is sin in the exodus, but
in the book of Joshua chapter seven, Babylon caught up with
Achan, and he and his entire household were destroyed. You are
not to embrace Babylon. There are certain things that Babylon will
want an individual to believe and do.
1) Babylon wants people to believe that what they have
acquired in riches and possessions are strictly by their own effort.
This belief is the root of stinginess, arrogance and hatred towards
the poor and the needy. Nebuchadnezzar practiced this and was
severely judged. Daniel 4:28-30 “All this came upon the king
Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the
palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, is
not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the
kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my
majesty?” While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice
fell from heaven: "King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the
kingdom has departed from you! And they shall drive you from
men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field.
They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall
pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the
kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses." If a
person knows that God almighty is his or her source of prosperity,
he or she will not disconnect from God Almighty.
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2) Babylon will want a person to be worrying about what to eat,
what to wear and also will give them the task of looking for
financial resources in a compromised way and thereby weary
them. Jesus Christ warned against falling into this trap. Matthew
6:25 “"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what
you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what
you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more
than clothing” If you have to compromise your faith in Jesus
Christ to get anything, then let that thing go instead. Many have
compromised on the journey to the kingdom of God: many
Christians and churches have become enmeshed in this way of
compromise and this way can never lead to the Father’s Kingdom.
Proverbs 16:25 “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Many children of
God Almighty, just like it was in the days of Deborah, have
abandoned the highway of holiness and mapped out crooked
paths or byways for themselves. Judges 5:6-7 “In the days of
Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways
were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways. The
inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until
that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.”
Jesus told us that in His Father’s house there are many mansions
and He has gone to prepare a place for us and He will come and
take us to that place. JESUS IS STILL THE ONLY WAY TO THE
FATHER. Never use a message of compromise to attract the
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people as that will be preparing both them and yourself for
eternal destruction. Pay the price of standing on the integrity of
the Word of God; do not shift the ground.
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uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among
you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking,
nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of
thanks.
It does not matter the Nation or Country on earth where a
believer in Jesus Christ finds himself or herself, that Nation or
Country, should not have the power to change a believer in Jesus
Christ and cause him or her to depart from the right ways of the
Lord. Babylon could not change Daniel. Egypt did not change
Joseph. Persia did not change Esther. Be careful of pleasure; do
not let anything worldly take you away from church.
Excessiveness of pleasure breeds demonism.
The spirit of Persia will tell you that you worked for it, so use it for
your own excessive pleasure, do not obey this prompting. A
person who can control his or her appetite in pleasure as a
Christian is a godly man or woman. When the spirit of Persia
enters a person’s life it attacks in three areas; it attacks with Luke
warmness, Indulgence and Obsession
Lukewarmness
Lukewarmness makes a Christian to be negatively heavy spiritually;
thus this attack of Lukewarmness is directed against the spirit of
that person. Anytime you do not feel like doing your personal
fellowship with God Almighty, when you do not feel like reading
your Bible or praying, it is the attack of Persia wanting to replace
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true worship of God Almighty with worldly pleasures. Do not
divert the excess of good resources you have to worldly pleasure,
but rather divert it to the worship of God Almighty. Revelation
3:15-18 “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I
would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and
have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched,
and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to
buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and
white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame
of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye
salve, that thou mayest see.”
Indulgence
Indulgence is the workings of the spirit of Persia that prompts the
soul to take anything indiscriminately in excess for the purpose of
giving worldly pleasure to the body. The Pharisees were over
indulging themselves, as they were guilty of excessive pleasures
among other things, and this brought a curse upon them.
Matthew 23:25 “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the
platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.”
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Obsession
The spirit of Persia attacks the soul and the body with obsession.
This is the craving for bad and immoral things. The body in this
situation will be plagued with uncontrollable craving for certain
bad or immoral things; it could be material or habits. Those that
are obsessed will need the power of Jesus Christ to break this
demonic stranglehold, for such a person to be free. King Solomon,
though, he was a King that God Almighty had endowed with
wisdom, became so obsessed with strange women that His heart
turned away from God Almighty.1 Kings 11:1-3 “But king
Solomon loved many strange women, together with the
daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,
Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning
which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go
in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they
will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto
these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and
three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his
heart.”
Rome – Corruption
Corruption starts with possession by evil manners and ends with
obsession for immoral and bad things. Corruption is a mixture; it
is putting in a little black inside the white. Anybody that takes the
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things of God Almighty and mixes them up with the things of the
world is practising corruption. The image that Nebuchadnezzar
saw in his dream that had feet of clay mixed with iron represents
Rome which is corruption. Daniel 2:42 And as the toes of the feet
were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be
partly strong and partly fragile.
Iron is denoted with impurities; demons are the iron and human
beings are the clay. Thus corruption simply means demons mixing
with men or women by possessing them and thereby producing
all manner of evil acts.
Corruption is what entered Adam and Eve the moment they ate
the forbidden fruit; from that point, lying and murder came in.
Corruption is the vehicle through which sin and iniquity moves.
Any time you are having thoughts of sin that is a demon trying to
mix. Resist such thoughts by the Word of God and the Blood of
Jesus Christ and these demons will flee away. When that thought
is entertained and the act of sin is perpetrated, that person has
allowed the demon to enter into him or her, thus the person
becomes corrupted. One of the areas where corruption enters so
easily into humans is through the area of sexual sins. The book of
Numbers 5:27 talks of rotten thighs for a woman who has been
defiled sexually, this rottenness is corruption. Numbers 5:27 “And
when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to
pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her
husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into
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her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh
shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.”
In the book of Ezekiel 23:3, it states that when a woman who is a
virgin allows her breasts and nipples to be pressed and fondled by
a man that has not married her, she has become disvirgined. From
the word of God, it is through the breast and the nipple that a
woman gets disvirgined first; the breaking of her hymen in her
virginal, if she is not married, opens an avenue for evil blood
covenant. Ezekiel 23:3 “And they committed whoredoms in
Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were
their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their
virginity.” God almighty does not want men or women to enter
into marriage with the spirit of a whore corrupting their marriage.
Hebrews 13:4 “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed
undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
God Almighty desires godly offspring to be brought forth into the
world and not corrupted offspring. Malachi 2:15 “And did not he
make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore
one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore, take heed to
your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of
his youth” When marriage is entered into where there has been
sexual defilement prior to the marriage and the persons involved
have not repented and gone to God Almighty to obtain
forgiveness and cleansing by the Blood of Jesus Christ who is
ready to sprinkle them clean, then the offspring would be
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corrupted. Corruption is a ruthless demon, which is ready to
corrupt the offspring even at conception and birth. Psalm 51:5
“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother
conceive me.”
Never entertain corruption, no matter how small it is. Putting
tattoo marks is defilement or corruption. Those that were putting
it on in Canaan were doing it for the dead, and God Almighty does
not want His children to defile themselves. Leviticus 19:28 “Ye
shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print
any marks upon you: I am the LORD.”
In the book of Genesis when God Almighty saw that all humans
had corrupted themselves, God Almighty destroyed the whole
then earth with the flood and only eight people, Noah and his
household were saved. Genesis 6:13 And God said to Noah, the
end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with
violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the
earth. Corruption takes a person into bondage and its final aim is
to destroy that person, which is why it is a dead work. The whole
creation in the earth is under the yoke of corruption, but the Lord
Jesus Christ has paid the price on the cross to set all free from the
bondage of corruption. Romans 8:21 “Because the creature itself
also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the children of God.” The massive corruption
you are seeing right now is a sign of the end times; Jesus Christ is
coming to put everything back in perfect order.
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Arteries of Corruption
Corruption spreads through two main avenues:
1) Doctrines.
2) Tradition which consists of customs and beliefs
Once you get born again through Jesus Christ, you have to be
decontaminated of all that had hitherto been a corruption in your
spirit, soul, blood and body through the traditions and doctrines
you had held unto that are not according to the Word of God.
DOCTRINES
Doctrines are rules set to achieve an aim. If a General Overseer of
a Ministry for instance is occultic or worldly, such a General
Overseer will look for doctrines in the scriptures to legitimize his
occultic tendencies. As a believer in this end time you have to
beware of doctrines of byways or doctrines of compromise.
Doctrine is carried by four winds upon the earth; these are the
four vehicles through which corruption travel throughout the
whole earth. Daniel 7:2 “Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision
by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon
the great sea.” This sea mentioned here by the Prophet Daniel is
the Sea of Humanity and the four that strive over humans are the
four winds of doctrine. It is the same scripture that is in the book
of Ephesians 4:14 “That we henceforth be no more children,
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tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie
in wait to deceive;”
These four winds are the vehicles through which corruption
comes to humans.
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2) Political Wind is another platform through which corruption
can enter into the life of an individual, community and nation.
It is a platform that covers the three arms of government and
they are the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislators.
Isaiah 33:22 For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our
Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us. The kind of
laws and regulations promulgated by these three arms of
government goes a long way to affect the quality of lifestyle
of the citizens. Nations that passes sodomy and other
immoral laws will produce a corrupt lifestyle among its
citizens. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah allowed by law
the wicked acts of homosexuality, and these led to the
eventual destruction of their citizens. Ezekiel 16:49-50 Look,
this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her
daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of
idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor
and
needy. And they were haughty and committed abomination
before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit. A true
believer in Jesus Christ must not bow to corrupt laws that are
against the holy Word of God. When a law forbidding any
person from praying was passed in Babylon, Daniel refused
to obey such a law but he prayed to God Almighty. Daniel
6:7-10 All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators
and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted
together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm
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decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty
days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, so
that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the
Medes and Persians, which does not alter." Therefore King
Darius signed the written decree. Now when Daniel knew
that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his
upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he
knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed
and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since
early days. Daniel was arrested and placed in a lion’s den,
but God almighty preserved him from the fangs and claws of
the lions. Daniel 6:20-22 And when he came to the den, he
cried out with a lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke,
saying to Daniel, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your
God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you
from the lions?" Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live
forever! My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths,
so that they have not hurt me, because I was found
innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no
wrong before you."
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benefit. The devil tries to corrupt these economic doctrines,
making people believe and hold on to certain lies that keep
them in an economic low state. For instance, over the years
many people have held on to the belief that there are not
enough resources on the earth for every human being at any
point in time; and as such one has to go through a lot of
struggling and hardship to be able to get enough.
Competitions for economic resources stems from this satanic
belief that there are not enough resources for all. This is
contrary to the word of God that says the earth is full of the
riches of God. Psalm 104:24 “O LORD, how manifold are thy
works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full
of thy riches. There is more than enough for you to have and
to give to others.
Genesis 33:11 Please accept the present that was brought
to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I
need." And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.(NIV)As
a believer in God Almighty whose riches fills the earth, never
speak from the perspective of insufficiency, either in your
house or in your life. Do not leave your house with the
mentality that you are going out there to struggle, but rather
that you are going out to collect your own portion of the
riches of the earth through a legitimate work or business.
Stop struggling, by the help of the Holy Spirit locate where
your allocation or portion has been kept for you and go and
get it. Esau relocated from Canaan and moved to Mount Seir,
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whereas the land of Canaan was their allocation and portion.
Esau cut himself off from the covenant of Abraham by
leaving Canaan and moving to Seir. Genesis 36:6-8 “Then
Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the
persons of his household, his cattle and all his animals, and
all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan,
and went to a country away from the presence of his
brother Jacob. For their possessions were too great for
them to dwell together, and the land where they were
strangers could not support them because of their livestock.
So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.” The end of the
story of Esau or
Edom is that they have paled into oblivion whereas Jacob or
Israel that remained in their land of allocation is still there.
God Almighty will always meet with you economically where
He has allocated to you. Resources and the riches of the
earth will always answer to you where God Almighty has
placed you.
The corrupted economic doctrine that resources are scarce is an
ancient deceptive doctrine. As far back as the time of Abraham,
this corrupted doctrine of not enough resources and land was
held by the people, as shown in the case of the strife between the
herdsmen of Abraham and the herdsmen of Lot. Genesis 13:5-9
“Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.
Now the land was not able to support them that they might
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dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they
could not dwell together. And there was strife between the
herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's
livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the
land. So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife
between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your
herdsmen; for we are brethren. “Is not the whole land before
you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go
to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
This theory of scarce resources is meant to cause strife: as two
other Nations were also occupying the same land of Canaan at the
same time that the herdsmen of Abraham and the herdsmen of
Lot were striving over the land space. When the strife sets in, in
order to outwit each other, they then begin to employ underhand
means, which is corruption. A true believer in Jesus Christ should
not engage in any form of economic corruption, bribery or kick
backs should not be done by a true believer in Jesus
Another avenue through which the devil brings in corruption,
using economic doctrines, is to cause people to have love for
illegally earned money, and this kind of money is called mammon.
There are three natures of God Almighty that mammon wants to
compete with, and any person in love with mammon will
unconsciously begin to carry and exhibit these traits, these
qualities are:
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1) Omnipresence – Mammon always competes with the
omnipresence nature of God Almighty, as money can take an
individual anywhere in the world, but mammon cannot
guarantee safety in the journey. Many had travelled to
certain places and did not come back alive.
2) Omniscience – Mammon will tell you anything you want to
know or have knowledge of, you can pay for it. Many had
spent money on knowledge that eventually destroyed them.
3) Omnipotence – Mammon will tell you it can get anything you
want for you through might. Many also had used the force of
mammon to get whatever they wanted, only to regret it later.
A true believer in Jesus Christ should not be found to be
making money through illegal means, this illegal act is simply
bowing to mammon, and the person behind mammon is the
devil. Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for
either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he
will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot
serve God and mammon
The moment you begin to worship money; that is making it to
take the place of God Almighty, it moves from ordinary currency
to mammon. You must not buy into this doctrine of worshipping
money for all things are yours and this includes money.1
Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all
things are yours.
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Money is the price for blood. Matthew 27:6 “And the chief
priests took the silver pieces, and said, it is not lawful for to put
them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.” When a
person has expended energy on any form of labour, he or she
goes to replenish this used up energy by eating food. The food
that the person has eaten is eventually converted to blood which
goes to build up the person’s body. Thus money is represented in
the realm of the spirit by blood. It is not physical currencies of the
world that is the means of trading or exchange in the realm of the
spirit, it is blood. This is one of the reasons God Almighty
commands you to pay your tithe as it will hand over your money
to Him, give Him the authority over your finances to rebuke the
devourer from it; this way mammon will not be able to deceive
you into worshipping him. Malachi 3:10 - 11 “Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine
house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I
will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I
will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy
the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit
before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.”
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father and became mighty and till today, those three are an
eternal reference.
Any family law that is not in line with the word of God will end up
corrupting the children. The Laws that are made and operate at
each family level, is what will produce either good children or bad
children, godly or ungodly children. It is what the father or mother
permits, that is operational in the family whether he or she is the
originator of it or not: for any and every law that is made and
allowed to operate at the family level, it is the father that God
Almighty will hold responsible because he is the head of his family.
The mother in the house may even be a chief executive officer,
prophetess or bishop of an assembly and even be more
knowledgeable in the Word of God than the father, yet the father
will be held responsible for those laws made by her at the family
level, for God Almighty has made the man to be the head of the
woman.1 Corinthians 11: 3 “But I would have you know, that the
head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the
man; and the head of Christ is God.” The father and the mother
will each, at the end of the day, reap the harvest of the laws he or
she made at the family level and ultimately render an account to
God Almighty for them. Therefore parents should ensure that the
laws and regulations in their homes should be just and righteous.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when
he is old he will not depart from it.
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LAWS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL The Laws that a community
permits, or makes becomes the lifestyle, of the people in that
community. God Almighty does not allow His children to abide by
or follow any community law that is contrary to His word. Any
community laws that hold fast to false superstitious beliefs are
easily enslaved by the devil and will keep them in bondage.
In Genesis 29, Jacob succumbed to the community law of the
people of Padanaram that permits the marrying of two sisters.
Genesis 29:25-28 “And it came to pass, that in the morning,
behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast
done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore
then hast thou beguiled me? And Laban said, it must not be so
done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service
which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. And Jacob
did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his
daughter to wife also.” But this is contrary to God’s word in the
book of Leviticus. Leviticus 18:18 “Neither shalt thou take a wife
to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the
other in her life time.”
LAWS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL This is the third level of law
making in any society in a Nation. Every national law has an
impact on you so long as you are in that Nation. When a society
permits wickedness like homosexuality and bestiality, it weakens
the soul of its citizens, and shuts down the spirituality of that
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society. A Nation that has a law of quota system, a system that
rotates important and sometimes even sensitive jobs that even
affects the national security and productivity, on ethnic basis and
not on merit, will breed mediocrity. In the book of first Samuel
some base and vile men wanted David to make a base and vile
law just to suit them but David refused. 1 Samuel 30:21-25 “Now
David came to the two hundred men who had been so weary
that they could not follow David, whom they also had made to
stay at the Brook Besor. So they went out to meet David and to
meet the people who were with him. And when David came
near the people, he greeted them. Then all the wicked and
worthless men of those who went with David answered and said,
"Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of
the spoil that we have recovered, except for every man's wife
and children that they may lead them away and depart." But
David said, "My brethren, you shall not do so with what the
LORD has given us, who has preserved us and delivered into our
hand the troop that came against us.” For who will heed you in
this matter? But as his part is who goes down to the battle, so
shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share
alike." So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute
and an ordinance for Israel to this day.”
Corruption cannot fester without the vehicle of these four winds
or four doctrinal platforms. We must make sure that any agent of
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corruption is not allowed into our lives. We must not compromise
our stand even in the minutest detail.
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The devil likes to bring corrupt doctrines into the family, because
once the family is corrupted, that corruption easily spreads into
the society. The confine of the family is where good or evil can be
brought up. Do not allow any evil thing to enter your family either
through physical items brought in or through the internet.
In the family, the father has his own part to play, likewise the
mother and the children. There are four pillars of maturity
supplied at the family level: The Father in the family must
deliberately supply CONFIDENCE and IDENTITY. The mother in the
family must also supply REALITY and EMPATHY deliberately. All
must be based on the Word of God. These are the four pillars on
which maturities of every individual are built at the family level
and they are the banks from which a child will draw from, for the
rest of his or her life, and it is supplied within the first twenty
years of the children’s life. No single mother can supply the Pillars
for the Father and no single father can supply the reality and
empathy of the mother. Lacking them does not stop a man or
woman from getting to the echelon of career, but he or she is
going to be negatively affected as an individual and even cause
harm to others.
If they are not deliberately supplied at the family level, the only
place that such can be remedied is the church; the only family of
God Almighty that can correct wrong pillars and emotional
foundations. Whatever you are now is the accumulation of words
that your father and mother spoke into your life.
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CONFIDENCE SUPPLIED BY THE FATHER
Confidence is when a person feels certain about themselves and
they are bold. This trait is supplied and nurtured in the children by
the father. If a father consistently affirms to a child “do not
underestimate yourself, you can excel in any given assignment or
field” and the father backed it up with definite assessments and
ensures that he or she delivers; the boy or girl on growing up will
have a robust confidence. Implications will be that he or she will
not be unstable emotionally in dealing with others as he or she
works in various places of assignment because he or she already
has a balanced emotional pillars and foundations deliberately
supplied. The deliberate supply of confidence is crucial in
emotional balance, and if it is not deliberately done, it will be
obvious. The first solution is the acceptance of the truth. Lot
destroyed the emotional reaction of his two daughters when he
chose to offer them to the braying perverts. Genesis19:8 “Behold
now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I
pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good
in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore
came they under the shadow of my roof.” From that day, they
lost their confidence, and to cover the gap, they developed
emotions based on false premise and eventually committed incest
with their father.Genesis19:31-35 Now the firstborn said to the
younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to
come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. Come, let us make
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our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may
preserve the lineage of our father." So they made their father
drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her
father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she
arose. It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the
younger, "Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him
drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we
may preserve the lineage of our father." Then they made their
father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay
with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she
arose. So lack of confidence will be covered by some with
defensive posture on every matter, cold silence, explaining things
away, suspicious response, victim mentality, superior or inferior
complex, and with these at the background, such persons’
emotions cannot be balanced, and it will reflect in speech and
body language. If confidence has not been deliberately supplied at
the family level, the first thing is the acceptance of the truth that
there is a need for a correction.
There are three ways to correct a faulty emotion based on lack of
confidence bank.
1)The first way is the supply of confidence by a spouse, who has it,
for corrections involve daily impact, it is made easy because just
as at the family level, there is continuous daily interaction
between spouses.
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2) The second way is to locate a pastor that understands the need
for the supply of confidence, and his ministry is grounded in this
matter, with clean interactions and messages in the church, tailor-
made for such and with time, it will be resolved. 3) The third way
is to personally rely on the Holy Spirit to help through His Word. 1
Samuel 30:6: “Now David was greatly distressed, for the people
spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was
grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David
strengthened himself in the LORD his GOD.” In this case, you
must identify the wrong ways you have been acting emotionally,
do a list and be honest with yourself. You also get a perfect
scripture to correct them, and make sure you daily renounce the
wrong emotional reaction identified and confess the right ones.
Do it at least three times daily, it will be excellent if you do so
standing in front of a mirror.
Confidence needs to be supplied by the father in various aspect of
the child’s life.
SUPPLY OF SPIRITUAL CONFIDENCE
David supplied the spiritual confidence as a father; he told his son
to be strong and of good courage and do it. 1 Chronicle 28:20
“And David said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and of good
courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD
God-my God-will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake
you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the
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house of the LORD.” Do not seek confidence through vices; it will
make you vulnerable to manipulation. You are to show confidence
as a father to your children sexually by living a life of integrity
sexually. Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the
bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. A
strong man or woman is the one that can abstain from every form
of sexual vices. The LORD turns away from any believer, being a
child of God that flaunts his or her nakedness. And when the
LORD turns away from a believer, the door becomes open into
their life for demonic possession. Ezekiel 23:18 “She revealed her
harlotry and uncovered her nakedness. Then I alienated Myself
from her, As I had alienated Myself from her sister.” There is a
difference between the spiritual confidence that a father will
supply and that which the mother will supply. The one supplied by
the father is deeper. Timothy’s father was a Greek, and his faith in
God was built up by the mother and grandmother; 2Timothy 1:5
“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee,
which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother
Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also” but it was until
Paul, who is Timothy’s spiritual father came, that the needed
deep spiritual confidence was supplied to Timothy.1Timothy 4:12
“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the
believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith,
in purity.” The way you serve God Almighty through Jesus Christ is
the determinant of the spiritual identity that you supply to your
children. You should be faithful with your church attendance and
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your service to God Almighty and your worship of God Almighty,
both privately and publicly.
The stand you take on matters that pertain to God Almighty, His
Kingdom and His Ministers will also determine the spiritual
identity of your children, so make sure you do these according to
the Word of God. You must introduce the reading and studying of
the Word of God to your children at an early age. Once a child
grows up in a home that does not have correct spiritual identity
that is potential disaster walking on two legs; as the greatest
disaster is for a man to live on the earth as a successful man and
end up in the eternal inferno of the lake of fire. The father is to
supply spiritual confidence. As a father, read the Bible in the
presence of your children. Men and women that Jesus Christ
produced are confident and holy.
SUPPLY OF PHYSICAL CONFIDENCE
Another confidence that the father supply is physical confidence;
you must be able to tell your child “you can do it right and
perfect”. In Judges Chapter eight, when Jether was afraid to kill
the enemy, his father Gideon did not supply the needed
confidence by encouraging Jether that he can do it. Judges 8:20-
21 “And he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise, kill them!" But the
youth would not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he
was still a youth. So Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself,
and kill us; for as a man is, so is his strength." So Gideon arose
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and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent
ornaments that were on their camels' necks.”
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Identity can be conscious or unconscious. It was the Heavenly
Father that personally supplied the identity to His only begotten
Son, Jesus Christ. Matthew 3:17 “And suddenly a voice came
from heaven, saying, "This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.” It is better to discipline a child than to call the child bad
names when they have done things deserving of discipline. A child
does not know who he or she is until the father tells them who
they are, do not make them believe a lie by calling them bad
names. Your real father is God Almighty and God Almighty
declared that you are good. Genesis 1:31 “Then God saw
everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So
the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
The identity of the body of Christ is the Apostolic doctrine or the
doctrines of Jesus Christ as stated in Hebrews 6:12Therefore,
leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let
us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of
repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the
doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of
the dead, and of eternal judgment.
SUPPLY OF FINANCIAL IDENTITY The way you talk about money is
the kind of financial identity that you supply to your children. Do
not supply the wrong financial identity to your children, like the
prophet who supplied the financial identity of debts and financial
slavery to his children. He died and left the family in debts and the
children at the risk of becoming financial slaves. 2 Kings 4:1“A
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certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out
to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you
know that your servant feared the LORD. And the creditor is
coming to take my two sons to be his slaves." Money is so easy
to make that the blind, the cripple, the uneducated are making
money. Part of the financial identity that a father needs to supply
to the child is to have an understanding of the purpose of having
money: it must be to serve God Almighty and advance His
kingdom here on earth; to help the poor and those in need; to
pursue the course of good justice and to feed the hungry. The
father must supply the child the financial identity of never using
the finance he or she has gotten to offend God Almighty. Solomon
used his money to build strange altars for demon gods. 1 Kings
11:7-8 “Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the
abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and
for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon. And he
did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and
sacrificed to their gods. Solomon did not follow his father’s
financial identity. His father David before he died used his money
to advance the purpose of God’s Kingdom, by preparing for the
temple and giving all to God.1 Chronicles 29:3 "Moreover,
because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have
given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have
prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold
and silver.
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SUPPLY OF ETHICAL IDENTITY Ethics is the expression of principle
through lifestyle and conduct. The way you behave is what will
form your children’s ethical identity. The way you dress is part of
the ethical identity you supply to your children. Nakedness being
flaunted makes God Almighty to turn away from you, therefore
nudity is unethical. Ezekiel 23:18 “She revealed her harlotry and
uncovered her nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I
had alienated Myself from her sister.” If the ethical identity you
have are not good, begin to delete by the help of the Word of God
and the Holy Spirit all such wrong ethical identities you have been
supplied with over the years. The ethical identity of the
Ishmaelites is that of a wild man, whose hand is against everyone.
Genesis 16:11-12 “And the Angel of the LORD said to her:
"Behold, you are with child, and you shall bear a son. You shall
call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your
affliction. He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every
man, and every man's hand against him. And he shall dwell in
the presence of all his brethren."
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subject. Letting the world supply your children with sexual
identity will give them a wrong sexual identity. The sexual identity
of Jacob and his family was that of sexual purity; you can see the
outrage felt by Jacob’s sons when their only sister was sexually
defiled by the prince of Shechem; a town that a rapist was
considered to be a man of honour. Genesis 34:7 “And the sons of
Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men
were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful
thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing which
ought not to be done.” The correct sexual identity in line with the
Word of God supplied by the father to the children will go a long
way in curbing vices such as incest, masturbating and any form of
sexual defilement among the children. A father should strongly
insist on sexual purity and show such stand with his own life
defined by sexual purity. Lot allowed the society he lived in to
supply the sexual identity of his children. In the period when he
was isolated from people around him, his daughters defiled
themselves sexually with him and brought forth children of incest
for him. Genesis 19:34-38 “It happened on the next day that the
firstborn said to the younger, "Indeed I lay with my father last
night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and
lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father."
Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the
younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she
lay down or when she arose. Thus both the daughters of Lot
were with child by their father. The firstborn bore a son and
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called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this
day. And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name
Ben-
Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.”
Supplying the right sexual identity to your children can determine
whether or not they will enter Heaven or not, as nothing that is
sexually immoral can enter that city. Revelation 22:14-15“Blessed
are those who do His commandments that they may have the
right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the
city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral
and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a
lie.”
EMPATHY SUPPLIED BY THE MOTHER
Empathy is the ability to identify with a person, it is the ability to
anticipate, analyze and understand the feelings of others before
reacting. The one empathizing is able to evoke a feeling of
understanding or compassion with the other person on issues.
One of the pillars supplied by the mother is empathy and it must
be deliberately shown, practiced and supplied to the children.
Mothers that have link to polygamous background are mostly
deficient of empathy, for to survive in such settings requires little
or no employment of empathy. The children of Jacob grew up in a
house where the mothers even though sisters related with each
other without empathy. Leah never prayed for her sister to be
fruitful, she was only interested in proving a point. Genesis 29:32
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So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name
Reuben; for she said, "The Lord has surely looked on my
affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me. This is the
scenario that gives a scriptural definition of empathy: not proving
a point before arriving at the understanding of the feelings of
others. Ability to Biblically and patiently understand other
people’s feelings before reacting is true empathy. Reacting before
showing understanding is lack of empathy. True empathy is very
important to emotional stability; lack of it is the foundation of
emotional instability. As a mother you are to supply empathy to
your children; you are not to be harsh or ruthless. When a mother
shows concern about the need of a child and is moved in
compassion to seek God’s face over the issue, it is a sign of the
mother’s empathy.
Hagar, in Genesis chapter sixteen, showed empathy to Ishmael’s
need. Genesis 16: 16-18 “Then she went and sat down across
from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to
herself, "Let me not see the death of the boy." So she sat
opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept. And God heard the
voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of
heaven, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for
God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. "Arise, lift up the
lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great
nation." Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water.
And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a
drink.” A sign that a person has been rightly and properly supplied
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empathy is that such a person is able to equally empathize with
others. They are also able to show empathy on different occasions.
On the other hand, a person that has not been duly supplied with
empathy will be hard and more likely to be insensitive to others.
The story of the two Harlots that came to King Solomon for
judgment shows clearly one woman that has empathy and
another woman that has no empathy. The woman that made a
swap of the dead baby for the living baby showed a lack of
empathy for the living baby, she asked King Solomon to kill and
divide the living baby; while the real mother of the living baby
showed empathy for the living baby, she was ready to forgo her
son so as to keep him alive.1 Kings 3:25-27 “And the king said,
"Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to
the other." Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the
king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said,
"O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!"
But the other said, "Let him be neither mine nor yours, but
divide him.” So the king answered and said, "Give the first
woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his
mother."
REALITY SUPPLIED BY THE MOTHER
Reality supply of mothers has two dimensions: Assessment: how a
person or things or life are defined and; Sexuality: description of
the configuration of individual patterns of expressions based on
gender values. The reality supply of the mother is very formidable
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and crucial; this is the reason why it has to be supplied
deliberately and must be Bible based. The reality dimension
supplied by the mother is consciously and unconsciously supplied.
SUPPLY OF SEXUAL REALITYAND ASSESSMENT Sexuality will
define your sexual feelings, thoughts, reactions, attractions and
behaviors and also your intimacy and socialization with other
people. Leah; one of the wives of Jacob supplied her children with
a sexual reality that is skewed; she called her sister; Rachael, a
husband snatcher and supplied a reality that sex could be paid
for.Genesis30:15- “And she said unto her, is it a small matter
that thou hast taken my husband? And wouldest thou take away
my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, therefore he shall lie
with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.” You just have to see
the impact on Reuben who was to see in his assessment his
father’s wife Bilhah as a woman he could go to bed with. Genesis
35:22 And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that
Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and
Israel heard about it. Judah also could give all in order to sleep
with a roadside prostitute for he saw his mother’s assessment
that sex could be paid for. Genesis 38:15-19 When Judah saw her,
he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.
Then he turned to her by the way, and said, "Please let me come
in to you"; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.
So she said, "What will you give me that you may come in to
me?" And he said, I will send a young goat from the flock." So
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she said, will you give me a pledge till you send it? Then he said,
"What pledge shall I give you?" So she said," Your signet and
cord, and your staff that is in your hand." Then he gave them to
her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. A wrong
sexuality supplied will make a child on growing up to find it
difficult to react in a balanced way to issues as actions will firstly
be viewed with mistrust causing an unstable emotional reaction.
It will also cause the child to be unstable in his her views
especially as pertaining to the importance of sexual purity, many
adults that are sexually reckless today are victims of a wrong
sexual identity. But this abnormality can be corrected by the help
of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.
Lemuel’s mother on the other hand supplied a perfect sexual
reality to him; Proverbs31:3-5: “Give not thy strength unto
women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. It is not for
kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes’
strong drink: Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the
judgment of any of the afflicted.” How you assess every issue
that comes up is critical to your emotional reactions. Any reality
assessment that always leads to resentment and arguments
shows a red flag. Lemuel’s mother deliberately supplied a
balanced and perfect view of sexuality to her son in Proverbs 31,
correctly describing the kind of women to avoid and virtuous
women to relate with. It was a polygamous society, but Lemuel’s
mother did not allow this to influence her deliberate supply of a
perfect sexuality reality. A mother married to a man who is a
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coward for example may influence the children to be aggressive
and they will react negatively in their emotions when they
perceive that someone they are relating with is not pushy or
aggressive enough. A mother married to a philanderer may
influence her children to be mean to the opposite gender. A
mother married to a man she doesn’t really love may influence
her children to be selective in liking people. In the family, the
children manifest what the father and mother supplies. If the
father and mother supplied a corrupted or wrong identity,
confidence, reality and empathy, that is exactly what the children
will manifest. For a correction of wrong reality supplied, one will
need the help of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. A study of
Joseph by a male and a study of Abigail by a female are
recommended. Abigail was the only senior wife of David whose
son did not go the way of the first three children of David; Amnon,
Absalom and Adonijah, who all perished in rebellion. Deliberately
deleting the wrong reality supplied and replacing it with the right
one is recommended. It is a process though.
Tradition
Tradition is another avenue through which corruption can enter
into the family and the society. Tradition simply means the way of
life of a people. Tradition is in two parts; it is comprised of
customs and beliefs.
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Customs and Beliefs
Customs are the practices that a people have been carrying on
over time and it is now considered to be a way of life, they are
established ways of behaviour. Beliefs on the other hand are
convictions the people accept as right that make them carry out
the practices they do.
Customs
One of the battles that Christianity fights is customs.
Christianity is expected to change ungodly customs. There are
demonic and perverted customs that have spread among
humanity. When you see a person holding on tenaciously to
certain unbiblical and ungodly customs, despite the fact that such
a person professes Christianity, then he or she is not ready to be a
Christian. The moment you come into Christianity and still insist
on some matters contrary to the word of God, saying this is the
way our people do things, then, you have not started as a
Christian. Do not buy into strange customs. As has already been
defined, customs are simply the way of life of a people; you
should always trace who started a particular custom, and if it is
not rooted in the holy Word of God, it must be rejected.
Christianity is geared towards changing your way of life to
conform to the Word of God. One of the purposes of
Christianity is to cancel evil customs. Any time a person chooses
to stand with their ungodly or worldly custom instead of the Word
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of God; the Word of God will be of no effect in such life and that
person will not grow spiritually. The destiny of everyone is
contained in the word of God; the implication is that, the person
who takes a stand with their customs against the Word of God will
never locate nor fulfil their God given destiny. Check the customs
of where you come from and any evil or worldly one you observe,
delete it out of your life. Christianity is a way of life that conforms
you to the image and nature of The Lord Jesus Christ and a true
believer in Jesus Christ does not entertain evil customs.
Way of life of the Shechemites The Canaanites hold and practice
a lot of demonic and perverted customs which have been
transported over the centuries to various part of the earth. Then
the Shechemites, who are Canaanites, had the custom of raping a
woman before marrying her. It is this custom that Jacob’s
daughter Dinah, fell prey to in the book of Genesis chapter thirty-
four. Genesis 34:2 (BBE) “And when Shechem, the son of Hamor
the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took Dinah
by force and had connection with her” Genesis 34:4 (BBE) “And
Shechem said to Hamor, his father, get this girl for my wife” This
evil custom of the Shechemites is still in practice in some parts of
the world, where a man will capture a young girl and keep laying
with her until she gets pregnant before he will go and pay her
bride price. In Japan and in South Korea, they have a custom of a
man that fails or loses, committing suicide. Demons cannot be
controlled by modernization or development, as Japan and South
Korea are developed countries. In the United States of America,
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on Friday, the 26th of June, 2015, the Supreme Court of that
country, approved by ratio 5:4 judges, the practice of
homosexuality throughout the 52 states. This country, with the
approval of this custom, has made themselves, enemies of the
Most High and the Supreme Judge. The devil likes to corrupt the
customs practiced by people all over the world.
The way of life of Sodom was very grievous before God Almighty.
Genesis 18:20 “And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against
Sodom is very great, and because their sin is very grave”. In the
book of Ezekiel chapter sixteen, the sins of Sodom were outlined.
Ezekiel 16:49-50 “Look, this was the iniquity of your sister
Sodom: she and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and
abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the poor and
needy. And they were haughty and committed abomination
before Me; and I took them away as I saw fit.” If as a person, you
cannot control what and how you eat, it is most likely; you will
not be able to control your sexual appetite.
Customs can be transported and imported. The purpose of
Christian custom based on the Word of God is to wipe out every
evil custom. Majority of the customs were instigated by demons,
with the intention of pitching men against God Almighty. An
example of another group of people in the Word of God that
practiced evil way of life or custom are the Cretans as recorded in
the book of Titus. Titus 1:12-13 “One of them, a prophet of their
own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons”
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This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, that they
may be sound in the faith” Check your way of life. Correct
yourself immediately from customs that are not right. You can
never separate a people from their way of life. The ancestor of
Iran, Iraq and Germany is Nimrod; he was a mighty warrior before
the LORD. Thus anytime these nations come in possession of
weapons, the natural instinct in them is to go to war, that is their
way of life. Genesis 10:8-12 “Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be
a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the
LORD; therefore, it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty before the
LORD,” And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech,
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. From that land, he went
to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen
between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city)”
The Yoruba people in the southwestern part of Nigeria in west
Africa has a way of life of giving reverence or honour to their
parents and to elders. So when they get born again, they
automatically transfer this honour to God the Father. The worship
of the Father who is The Almighty God is the epitome of Christian
worship. John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know
You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. To
correct any wrong way of life after you are born again through
Jesus Christ, ensure you join yourself to a sound Bible based
Church, where the pure word of God is taught and practiced as a
way of life.
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Custom is so powerful that it can cast a spell over the people. The
people of Padanaram had a custom of polygamy and Jacob,
whose father Isaac told him to go and get a wife, fell prey to this
custom. Genesis 28:1-2 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him,
and charged him, and said to him:” You shall not take a wife
from the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the
house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take yourself a wife
from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
Jacob came back to his father as a polygamist. Genesis 29: 25-28
“So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah.
“What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I
served you? Why then have you deceived me? And Laban said,
“It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger
before the firstborn, fulfill her week, and we will give you this
one also for the service which you will serve me still another
seven years.” Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week, so he
gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also. Evil custom can never
get you into Heaven. Every strange custom of evil contract in
marriage is destroyed in your life in Jesus name. The land that
God Almighty promised the Patriarchs was the whole land of
Canaan, and yet Abraham who received the promise forbade his
servant from marrying a wife from Canaan for his son Isaac.
Genesis 24:2-3 “So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his
house, who ruled over all that had, “please put your hand under
my thigh, and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of
Heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife
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for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I
dwell” This is because the Patriarch Abraham lived among them
and knew their customs or way of life; he had seen that their
customs were not the ways of the LORD. Let us look at some of
the customs of the Canaanites.
The Customs of the Canaanites
Every custom that is strange all over the world can be traced to
Canaan. As a Christian, once the Word of God Almighty becomes
effective in your life, it becomes your way of life; then all customs
and beliefs that do not exhibit the reality of the Word of God
must give way.
Canaanite Custom of Doing Business The word Canaan means
“The Merchant”. Canaan was a merchant country, where a lot of
business activities were carried on. Merchants used to traverse
Canaan from all parts of the then world; it was the centre of the
earth. We will be looking at the Canaanite way of doing business
from two dimensions; the types of business they got involved in
and the manner they cut their business deals.
Strange Business: Canaanite customs make people to do strange
businesses. Such strange businesses as being professional
mourners or being beer or alcoholic drink sellers and distributors.
For alcohol carries strange spirits, like the spirit of immoral sex.
Lot took alcohol and slept with his own daughters and had
children by them. Genesis 19:31-33,3536Now the firstborn said
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to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man on the
earth to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. Come, let
us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we
may preserve the lineage of our father." So they made their
father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay
with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or
when she arose…Then they made their father drink wine that
night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did
not know when she lay down or when she arose. Thus both the
daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
Alcohol carries the spirit of curses; Noah took alcohol and cursed
his own grandson. Genesis 9:24-25 So Noah awoke from his wine,
and knew what his younger son had done to him. Then he said:
Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his
brethren." A man that is intoxicated with alcohol will be moved to
do wrong things, whereas, a man who is filled with the Holy Spirit
will be moved to do the right things. God Almighty does not want
you to take alcohol. Ephesians 5:18 “And be not drunk with wine,
wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit”
Business Dealings: The Canaanite way of doing business is
through cheating and even violence is involved. When God
Almighty warned His children against using unequal measures in
doing business, He was letting them know that the Canaanite way
of doing business was not approved by Him. Leviticus
19:35-36 “You shall do no injustice in judgment, in
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measurement of length, weight, or volume, you shall have
honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest
hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt.” In Canaan, they mix business with occultism. They always
dedicate their crops before planting to Baal, a demonic being. In
the interviews of business successes, the so called successful
people in the world will never disclose the spirit that is backing
them up because they know the spirit backing them up is not of
God Almighty.
The security for every Christian in business is to live a holy and
righteous lifestyle, pay your tithes and give offerings. Every tithe
you pay and every offering you give generates power, to help you
to prosper in your business. Deuteronomy 8:18 “And you shall
remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power
to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He
swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” If anyone says he or she
is a Christian and is not tithing, he or she must be employing a
strange spirit whether he or she is conscious of it or not. When I
was working in a bank, I always paid my tithe on my gross income;
and on several occasions, the Lord Jesus Christ did not allow me
to suffer loss.
Canaan custom of Mixed ReligionAs Christians, the religion we
practice is called The Way or Hodos in Greek. Acts 24:14But this I
confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect,
so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are
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written in the Law and in the Prophets. When Jesus Christ says I
am the way, He is saying, I am the custom. You cannot be holy
with evil and worldly customs. You cannot be holy with your old
way of life. You are to receive The Way and you are to practice
The Way and this Way is Jesus Christ. Mixed religion is when
people want to practice The Way of Jesus Christ and at the same
time practice some other ways that is not based on the sound
doctrine of the Word of God. Mixed religion is when a person
wants to house the Ark of God and at the same time house the
half goat – half human demon called Dagon as it happened in first
Samuel chapter five. 1 Samuel 5:2 “When the Philistines took the
Ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by
Dagon. And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the
morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before
the Ark of the LORD. So they took up Dagon and set it in its place
again. It is calling the name of Jesus while at the same time doing
fetish practices of darkness. Zephaniah 1:5 Those who worship
the host of heaven on the housetops; those who worship and
swear oaths by the Lord, but who also swear by Milcom. Mixed
religion takes people backward. The tribe of Dan, where Samson
came out from, practiced mixed religion. When this tribe sent out
spies to go and search out a place for the tribe to settle in, the
spies lodged in the house of Micah, who had become an idol
worshipper. When the whole tribe eventually went to settle in the
searched out land, they collected all the idols and graven images
of Micah and set them up as their own. Judges 18:30-31 “Then
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the children of Dan set up for themselves the carved images; and
Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, and his sons
were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of
the land. So they set up Micah’s carved images which he made,
all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. This tribe
practiced mixed religion until they went into captivity. That is why
God told Joshua that when they get to Canaan, they should
completely obliterate the inhabitants of the Land so as not to
expose Israel to a false worship through mixed religion.
Any Pastor or Prophet that asks you to bring money or an item
before he or she prays for you is occultic. Every spiritual help we
render is without money and without price. The tribe of Northern
Israel practiced mixed religion, they followed idolatrous practices
and whenever they are in trouble they will cry to the Living God. 2
Kings 13:4-6 “So Jehoahaz pleaded with the LORD, and the LORD
listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, because the
king of Syria oppressed them. Then the LORD gave Israel a
deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the
Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.
Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them; and the
wooden image also remained in Samaria.” Do not mix darkness
with light; there is no agreement between both.2 Corinthians
6:14-16Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.
For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And
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what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has
Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an
unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with
idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God,
and they shall be My people.
Canaanite Custom of Bestiality The evil custom of bestiality as a
way of life makes humans to have sexual relations with animals.
Bestiality was part of the evil customs of the
Canaanites. This shows that the sexual custom of the Canaanites
is corrupted and perverted. There are countries where this
Canaanite custom is practiced. Some countries have even
legalized this wrong way of life, thus encouraging the corruption
of their citizens. Leviticus 18:23-25 “Nor shall you mate with any
animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand
before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion. Do not defile
yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations
are defiled, which I am casting out before you. For the land is
defiled; therefore, I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it,
and the land vomits out its inhabitants.”
The Canaanite Custom of Pornography
Pornography is an animalistic nature as it is only animals that have
sex in the open. Studies have shown that pornography affects the
human brain by damaging or shrinking it, in areas of learning,
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memory, pleasure and reward. Such persons, who are involved in
pornography, after a while, will begin to develop one form of
dysfunctional character complex or the other, as the conditioning
of the brain will begin to shrink to the level of animals.
The Canaanite Custom of National defilement
Another way of life of the Canaanites is national defilement. This
is when a nation permits evil customs as a national way of life.
Leviticus 18:30 “therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye
commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were
committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein:
I am the LORD your God. Leaders that do not feed their people
well expose them to corruption and strange behaviors, which is
defilement. Food security is a crucial national policy for any
country. Saul did not allow the people to feed when they were
hungry and they became weak.1 Samuel 14:28“Then one of the
people said, “Your father strictly charged the people with an
oath, saying, cursed is the man who eats food this day” And the
people were faint. When the people got so hungry, they started
defiling themselves with blood; that is by eating meat with the
blood not drained from it; this was a national defilement. 1 Sam
14:32-33 And the people rushed on the spoil, and took sheep,
oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the
people ate them with the blood. Then they told Saul, saying,
"Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the
blood!"
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People should be able to eat three times a day if they so choose.
Canaanite Custom of Hoarding National Resources Another evil
custom of the Canaanites is that of hoarding the national
resources. Leaders packing and hiding national resources are
practicing Canaanite way of life. Leaders are to declare their
assets; David did this in 1 Chronicles 27: 25-31; this makes way for
transparency, justice and righteousness. This is why David was
able to govern the nation with righteousness and justice. 1
Chronicles 27:25-31 And Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the
king's treasuries; and Jehonathan the son of Uzziah was over the
storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the villages, and in the
fortresses. Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the
work of the field for tilling the ground. And Shimei the
Ramathite was over the vineyards and Zabdi the
Shiphmite was over the produce of the vineyards for the supply
of wine. Baal-Hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and
the sycamore trees that were in the lowlands, and Joash was
over the store of oil. And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the
herds that fed in Sharon, and Shaphat the son of Adlai was over
the herds that were in the valleys. Obil the Ishmaelite was over
the camels, Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys,
and Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks. All these were the
officials over King David's property. Even at the family level, you
are to declare your assets; for the real worth of the man is not in
cash but in assets.
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Canaanite Custom of Ascension to the throne How one get to the
throne is irrelevant in Canaan; it can be done through any crooked
means. When Israel broke up into Judah and Northern Israel,
Northern Israel started practicing this form of ascension to the
throne. They started assassinating themselves to get to the
throne. 1 Kings 16:10 “And Zimri went in and struck him and
killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and
reigned in his place.” David was prevented from shedding blood
before getting to the throne. 1 Samuel 25:31. “That this will be
no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you
have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged
himself. But when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then
remember your maidservant” You must run away from the
shedding of blood. Do not shed other men’s blood to ascend the
throne set before you; do not shed innocent blood, as this is the
way of the Canaanite. If you shed another human’s blood to
ascend the throne, that blood will speak against you. Psalm 9:12
“When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not
forget the cry of the humble” Every individual and nation that
shed blood will be judged and condemned for it.
Canaanite Family Custom: Leading of Family Worship Rebecca
protested against the Canaanite wives of Esau for a good reason.
Genesis 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life
because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the
daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land,
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what good will my life be to me. This is because in Israel, the men
lead the family worship assisted by the women. You will not read
anywhere in the Bible that Rebekah or Sarah, raised any altar.
However in Canaan the family worship was led by women. In our
days a lot of families have adopted the Canaanite custom of
family worship, where the women lead the worship; many
Christian husbands in our days have handed over the family altar
to their wives. The role of a man is not just to bring money home
but to lead the family worship unto God Almighty. A woman can
be head in any organization, the Chief executive officer, and even
the President of a Nation, there is nothing wrong with that, but at
home she cannot be the head, it is the man that God Almighty has
given that headship role in families to. 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I
want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head
of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. For anybody
that marries a Canaanite woman, the woman takes over the
family worship. At home, Jezebel was in charge spiritually; she
had prophets that ate at her table. 1 Kings 18:19 “Now therefore,
send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four
hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred
prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table” God Almighty
will not by pass the man as the head of the family, when it comes
to passing instruction concerning the family. So in families, where
the man has handed over the family worship to the woman, a lot
of information that Heaven has downloaded for that family will be
hanging in that family; as God Almighty will not break this
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principle. Everyman should take over the spiritual leadership of
his family; whether or not the wife is more spiritually sound, she
can always assist him to grow spiritually by encouraging him as his
helpmate. God Almighty is very much interested in family worship;
for every nation is led by a family. Solomon married all these
Canaanite women who delight in leading family worship and of
course, they led him to worship, and build altars, for demon-gods
and Solomon’s heart turned away from God Almighty who had
appeared to him. 1 Kings 11:7-9 “Then Solomon built a high place
for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of
Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of
Ammon. And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burn
incense and sacrificed to their gods. So the LORD became angry
with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the LORD God
of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. The one who leads
spiritually is the leader; the woman’s attitude to spiritual things
may sometimes be deeper, even though it is so, allow and
encourage the man who is the head in the family to lead. The men
of old in Bible times had wives who were very spiritual, but it is
the men that were raising the altars. The wife and the children are
secured spiritually, when the man takes charge in the spirit.
Canaanite Family Custom: Formation and Making Process There
are three processes that every human must go through.
Creation - Creation is the working of God Almighty to bring forth a
creature or a thing. Hebrews 11:10 “for he waited for the city
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which has foundations, whose maker and builder is God”. Every
human being was created by God Almighty, the body, the spirit;
the blood and the soul were supplied by God Almighty.
Formation and Making–The two other processes that every
human being must go through are the process of, being formed in
beliefs, that will guide and shape the person’s life, and the
process of being made or becoming fully what that person is in
the society. It is at the formation and making stage, that values
that will make the person are instilled into his or her life. The
formation and making of a man or woman is at the family level. In
Canaan, formation and making is left to the society. In Israel,
formation and making is at the family level. Parents that allow
society to form their children have no compassion on them.
Values are formed in the child’s life in various aspects, for
instance, religious-wise, financial-wise and marriage-wise.
Formation and making religious-wise for a child, is based on what
religion the family practices. Every father and mother that
introduces their family to wrong religion will be judged.
Christianity is the only religion that repairs your soul and imparts
upon your soul to transform it to the image of Jesus Christ; and
God Almighty wants this religious belief to start at the family level.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me. Whatever you
become is as a result of the formation you received in life at the
family level. Esau was a man formed by society, while Jacob was
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formed at the family level. Genesis 25:27 “So the boys grew. And
Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the fields; but Jacob was a
mild man, dwelling in tents.” Jesus Christ’s formation and making
was at the family level. Luke 2:51 “Then He went down with
them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His
mother kept all these in her heart. Do not disregard the
formation and making at the family level. The two structures
represented in the city of New Jerusalem are two families: the
family of Jesus Christ and the family of Israel. Revelations 21:10-
14 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high
mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God.
Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear
as crystal. Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates,
and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them,
which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on
the south, and three gates on the west. Now the wall of the city
had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb.
In Israel, formation and making is at the family level and we are
the Israel of God. In Canaan, the formation and making of children
is left to the society. We are to impact the society with the beauty
and integrity of the Word of God.
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Canaanite Family Custom: Their Women’s Mannerism The
mannerism of the Canaanite women was quite opposed to the
manner that God Almighty had prescribed for His own daughters.
There was competition between the daughters of Canaan and the
daughters of Zion. The daughters of Zion started conducting
themselves and wearing clothes like the daughters of Canaan.
This was because the daughters of Canaan started threatening the
daughters of Zion, by alluring and captivating their men, God
Almighty therefore reprimanded the daughters of Zion. Isaiah
3:16-24 “Moreover the LORD says: “Because the daughters of
Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton
eyes, walking and mincing as they go, making a jingling with
their feet, therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of
the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover
their secret parts.” In that day the Lord will take away the finery:
the jingling anklets, the scarves, and the crescents: the pendants,
the bracelets, and the veils; the headdresses, the leg ornaments,
and the headbands; the perfume boxes, the charms, and the
rings; the nose jewels, the festal apparel, and the mantles; the
outer garments, the purses, and the mirrors; the fine linen, the
turbans, and the robes. Instead of a sweet smell there will be a
stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of a well-set hair,
baldness; instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and
branding instead of beauty.” Some Christian men like Samson still
love Canaanite Women, even though God
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Almighty is very clear on His position of complete separation of
His children from such women. Do not ignore it, strange women
are on the increase. Samson a minister of God went for Delilah.
When you see a recurring matter in the Bible, you should take
note of it. Many Ministers of the gospel are involved in marrying
women with Canaanite nature and lifestyle. In the book of
Numbers chapter twenty-five, when the whole nation was
mourning before God Almighty, for going after strange women,
Zimri brought a strange woman into the Israelite camp to have
sex with her, they both perished. Numbers 25:6-8, 14 “And
indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his
brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the
sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were
weeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Now when
Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it,
he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his
hand; and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and
thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman
through her body. So the plague was stopped among the
children of Israel. Now the name of the Israelite who was killed,
who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of
Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.”
SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THE ISRAELITE MEN OR CHRISTIAN
MEN LIKE CANAANITE WOMEN ARE:
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Enhanced beauty– these women of Canaan have enhanced
beauty. Women that do this come out after the cosmetic
treatment, to have their beauty enhanced. It is this type of
enhanced beauty that God Almighty referred to in the book of
Isaiah as branding. Isaiah 3:24...And branding instead of beauty.
Israelite women are not so; they marry based on covenant or
what you will call marriage based on the will of God Almighty.
Sexual prowess– these women are known for sexual prowess,
they go in the night and come out in the morning. Esther 2:14 “In
the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the
second house of the women, to the custody Shaashgaz, the
king’s eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to
the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her
by name” The Israelite or Christian men that go after these
women think that these women are offering them sex that their
wives are not offering them.
They flaunt their sexuality– In the Word of God, the first time the
word prostitute was mentioned was in respect to a Canaanite.
Genesis 38:15-16 Judah noticed her and thought she was a
prostitute, since she had covered her face. So he stopped and
propositioned her. "Let me have sex with you," he said, not
realizing that she was his own daughter-in-law. How much will
you pay to have sex with me (NLT) They stand by the way and
flaunt their sexuality to seduce gullible men for sex. A true
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believer in Jesus Christ either male or female should not be used
as a vessel of sexual immorality.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STRANGE WOMAN ENTERS INTO A
FAMILY.
Reduction The first thing that happens is that one will begin to
see reduction in peace, finance and spirituality. Solomon caused
the kingdom to reduce from twelve tribes to just two because of
the entrance of strange women. Solomon that was at the zenith
of power was reduced from ruling over twelve tribes to two tribes
and God Almighty started calling him a prince instead of a king. 1
Kings 11:11 “Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, because you
have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes,
which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom
away from you and give it to your servant.”
Destruction After reduction and there is no correction done, the
end point is destruction. The mission of strange women is to
destroy homes and lives. Proverbs 31:3 “Do not give your
strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings”
God Almighty in first Peter chapter three, encourages us to be
chaste in our conduct.1 Peter 3:2 “When they observe your
chaste conduct accompanied with fear.” When a woman is
faithful, appreciate it. When a woman shows concern, when she
points out faults quietly and politely, appreciate her. We have
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seen that the women’s mannerism in the Canaanite family custom
is quite opposed to what God Almighty recommends
for the daughters of Zion, God Almighty wants His daughters to be
chaste in conduct and in outward appearance, 1 Peter 3:3 “Do
not let your adornment be merely outward- arranging the hair,
wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel- rather let it be the
hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a
gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of
God.”
BELIEFS
As has been stated already, we have doctrines and traditions,
through which the devil spreads corruption. Also we have learnt
that tradition is in two parts, namely customs and beliefs. We
have gone through customs, where we learnt that every corrupt
custom in the world today originated from Canaan. Now we move
on to beliefs. A belief is a firm opinion and acceptance of
something by someone. This agreement or acceptance is with
certainty about that thing’s existence. Satan over time has tried to
corrupt humanity by reason of what they believe. We will now
take a look at some beliefs that the devil has used to corrupt
humanity.
The Belief that there is no God The Bible says that even the
demons believe that there is God Almighty and they tremble.
James 2:19 “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even
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the demons believe –and tremble.” However, the devil has been
selling this belief to some who call themselves Atheist that God
Almighty does not exist. This kind of belief is held by fools. Psalm
14:1 “The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who
does good. This belief that there is no God makes such persons to
be corrupted. This particular belief is an abomination and
whatever such persons do can never be classified as good. God is
and is a rewarder of all who seek Him diligently. If you seek Him,
you will find Him. Hebrew 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible
to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him”
The Belief that you cannot approach God Another corrupted
belief that the devil sells out to people is that, even though God
Almighty exist, He cannot be approached by humans. The devil
lies to humans that any one that attempts to approach God
Almighty by himself or herself will die. It was this erroneous belief
that made Manoah to fear that he and his wife were going to die,
after seeing an angel of God, who was representing the Living God
Almighty. Judges 13:22 “And Manoah said unto his wife, we shall
surely die, because we have seen God. The enemy sells to them
that the mode of approaching God Almighty is through proxy;
either through angels or through the dead. When King Saul could
not hear from God Almighty by himself, he decided to go and
approach God Almighty through the dead by trying to summon up
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the soul of the prophet Samuel who had died. 1 Samuel 28:11
“Then said the woman, whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he
said, bring me up Samuel. Pastors are not to become your God;
but they are to point out to you, how to approach God Almighty
directly. The Pastor will lead you there and you will master it and
apply it in every area of your endeavours. King David removed the
Ark from the tabernacle and built a tent for it. David commanded
twenty-four hours’ worship of God Almighty; and David himself
will come into the presence of God
Almighty in the tent to worship God Almighty.2 Samuel 12:20
“Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed
himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of
the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and
when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
Thus the belief that a man or woman cannot approach God
Almighty directly is not biblical. Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore
come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy
and find grace to help in time of need.
The Belief that God cannot speak to men Another erroneous
belief from the devil to corrupt humans is that God Almighty
cannot speak to men and women. God Almighty said you cannot
see my face, not that you cannot see my form or hear my voice.
We see God Almighty in the form of Jesus Christ; and we hear His
voice. You cannot see God Almighty in His glorious form on this
earth, because the glory will be too much for your flesh to bear.
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God the Holy Spirit speaks. You can hear His voice from your spirit
once you are born again. However, His voice can never contradict
the Word of God. Acts 13:2 “As they ministered to the Lord, and
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, separate me Barnabas and Saul for
the work whereunto I have called them. God Almighty was seen
by Abraham and He spoke with him. Genesis 18: 13 “And the
LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, shall I
surely bear a child, since I am old?” When God speaks to you, His
voice will never lead you to sin or iniquity. Every erroneous
religious belief is humans trying to help God Almighty.
Greece – Worldly Wisdom: Wisdom is a formidable virtue that
cannot be ignored; but when the term wisdom is heard, the first
thing that may come to one’s mind is application of experience
and knowledge one has gathered, or common sense or ability to
be prudent in matters. Some even restrict the meaning of wisdom
to the ability to speak wisely. All these are part of what wisdom is,
but there is more. First and foremost, wisdom is a person and that
is the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:24 “But
unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the
power of God, and the wisdom of God. The other dimension of
wisdom is in action; this is the accurate application of experience
and knowledge one has gathered or common sense or ability to
be prudent in matters, leading to a profitable result or outcome.
Wisdom can be imparted by God Almighty to a person as He did
for Solomon and Bezaleel. 2 Chronicle 1:12 “Wisdom and
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knowledge is granted unto thee…. Exodus 36:1 “Then wrought
Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the
LORD put wisdom and understanding….”The wisdom of God
Almighty is pure and holy, but there is another dimension of
wisdom called worldly wisdom, a wisdom that spreads corruption
through worldliness, this worldly wisdom is called Greece. The
aim of Grecian wisdom is to corrupt humanity through worldly
wisdom; it is a form of wisdom that makes some churches to
teach the philosophies of men and of the world as the doctrines
of God Almighty. The wisdom that Greece seeks is corrupted
wisdom or worldly wisdom.1 Corinthians 1:22 For Jews request a
sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom. The original name for
Greece is Javan, the fourth son of Japheth and one of the
grandsons of Noah. Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth were
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
When Noah and his family came out of the Ark, two sons of
Noah; Ham and Japheth were placed under Shem. Genesis 9:26-
27 And he said: Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, and may
Canaan be his servant. May God enlarge Japheth, and may he
dwell in the tents of Shem; and may Canaan be his servant.
Javan, a son of Japheth, questioned this order and decided to
unplug himself from under the tent of Shem and forge out a
different path for himself. By doing this He rejected the Divine
order and the wisdom of God Almighty; he went ahead to create a
different kind of wisdom for himself, he formed his own
philosophy, which is the foundation of western ideologies and
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western education today. The fourth son of Japheth, Javan means
deceiver or one who makes sad; the fourth son of Ham is Canaan,
meaning merchant; while the fourth son of Shem is Lud, which
means strife. The battle before now had been a territorial battle,
represented by Canaan. This was fought and won as the children
of Israel conquered the land of Canaan. The battle between
Nations to conquer the geographical territories of other Nations is
no longer the vogue. The battle has shifted from territorial to
ideological warfare, this is represented by Javan. It is now a battle
of wisdom. Javan brought a new ideology of shifting away from
the tent of Shem, which operates under the wisdom of God
Almighty. Javan which is Greece formed the obnoxious doctrines
or philosophy of making Zeus his god instead of YHWH who is God
Almighty Himself; he set up new Patriarchs like Aristotle and
Socrates. It is this Zeus that appears in various forms as god in
various cultures and among various people and group. Javan
formed economic philosophies which were all based on Mammon
as opposed to God’s own, which is Bible based. All the present
world economic textbooks are based on Grecian wisdom. Javan’s
economic theory states that there is lack of resources, but the
Word of God states that God Almighty satisfies the desire of every
living thing and that the earth is full of the riches of God. Psalm
104:24 “O LORD. How manifold are thy works in wisdom hast
thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. God Almighty
said He is going to raise up the sons of Zion against the sons of
Greece or Javan; the people that can counter effectively the
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ideologies of Javan or Greece are the sons of Zion. Zechariah 9:13
“When I have bent Judah for Me, filled the bow with Ephraim,
and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons’ O Greece, and
made thee as the sword of a mighty man. In conclusion, the only
wisdom that is superior to and can conquer the wisdom of Greece
is the wisdom of Zion or the wisdom of God Almighty mined from
the Word of God, this is the wisdom that the tent of Shem
operated with.
We have seen that one of the doctrines of Christ as stated in
Hebrews chapter six is repentance from dead works. And that one
of the greatest challenge to Christianity is worldliness. We have
learnt that worldliness is taking the things of the world and
ingraining them into the Christian life. We have also learnt that
worldliness has five dimensions, namely, Egypt, which is sin;
Babylon, which is compromise; Persia, which is excessive pleasure;
Rome, which is corruption and Greece, which is worldly wisdom.
A true believer in Jesus Christ should not be engaged in any of
these agencies of dead works.
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CHAPTER TWO
FAITH IN GOD
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breathe is not seen but keeps us alive; even as we sleep the
breathing continues. What sustains human beings is invincible, so
we have to master the invincible. It is easy to have faith in what
you see, but the Almighty God is alive even though you cannot
see Him. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to
please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. God
Almighty never designed it that you live outside faith in Him. God
Almighty has so designed you that the parts that sustain you are
invincible. The air you breathe is invincible. Your soul and your
spirit are invincible. This invincible God Almighty that we are to
have faith in is called YHWH. Jesus said believe in God and believe
also in me. John 14:1 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe
in God, believe also in me.”
At one point the disciples of Jesus Christ knowing that God
Almighty is invincible and yet Jesus Christ said they should believe
in Him as God Almighty Himself, asked Jesus Christ to show them
this God Almighty, that is the Father. They wanted to see before
believing. John 14:8-10 “Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the
Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so
long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he
that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou
then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I
speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he
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doeth the works. Jesus Christ told them once you have seen Him,
Jesus, you have seen the Father. Jesus Christ said Himself and the
Father are one. John 10:30 I and My Father are one." God
Almighty is invincible but He can and does manifest in visible form
and it has pleased Him to manifest in these last days visibly as
Jesus Christ, who was born as a human. 1 Timothy 3:16 “And
without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,
preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received
up into glory. It is important to know that your faith in God
Almighty can only grow and flourish as you read, study and
meditate on the Word of God through the help of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God. The moment you master faith in God Almighty,
everything will submit to you and the devil will not be able to
make you afraid.
To overcome the prince of this world, we need faith in God
Almighty. 1 John 5:4 “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh
the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith.” Any one that gets things outside faith in God
Almighty will have to get it from the world or the devil. Isaiah 57:9
“And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase
thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst
debase thyself even unto hell.” Every time you practice faith in
God Almighty you have the confidence that everything is settled.
God Almighty excluded the priests of the house of Aaron from
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being given inheritance because God expects them to live by faith
in Him. God Almighty gave Himself to them as their inheritance.
Numbers 18:20 Then the Lord said to Aaron: "You shall have no
inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among
them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the
children of Israel. When God becomes your inheritance it means
God has become your rewarder.
Faith in God is a force that will make you do what you need to do
to possess your possession. There are various levels in life that
you will need faith in God to succeed, your own confidence will
not help you at such times. Faith in God is the only power and
license to become anything you want to become. Hebrews 11:33-
35 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the
violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness
were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the
armies of the aliens. Once you become born again through Jesus
Christ, God Almighty will put you on a walk of faith, for without
faith it is impossible to please God. Once you become born again,
the Lord will place a demand on your faith. There is no short cut
with God Almighty; once you can master faith in God that is when
your Christianity will be sweet. Faith in God is a pre-requisite for
being a good Christian. Faith in God will always deliver excellent
things to you, and whatever good, faith delivers to you, stays with
you forever. You need faith in God to walk with God and to take
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delivery of what God has given to you. Faith in God is the only
thing that can guarantee the support of God Almighty. Without
faith in God, you cannot access true prosperity and you cannot
please God Almighty. The devil will fight tooth and nail to see that
you do not exercise faith in God, but you must resist the devil by
total faith in God Almighty and His holy Words. Faith in God is the
only power and license to become anything you want to become
in God Almighty.
FAITH GENERATORS
What helps us to generate faith in this invincible God is the word
that God has spoken, which is recorded in the Holy Scriptures.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God. It is the Word of God that helps us to generate
faith in God Almighty and it is carried out in three modes as
outlined in Revelation 1:3 “Blessed is he that readeth, and they
that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things
which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Therefore the
modes are: Daily reading of God’s word, Daily hearing of God’s
word and Daily doing or acting on God’s word. There is the gift of
faith; this gift will come as an impartation from the Holy Spirit, but
it will be maintained by these three faith generators. Once you
are doing the above three things required to generate faith, you
may even develop faith greater than that of your Pastor.
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DAILY READING OF THE WORD OF GOD You have to read what is
written in the Word of God to believe or generate faith. John
20:31 “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life
through his name. Your destiny can be written in the book of
Leviticus and until you read it, you will not discover it. Reading the
word of God brings into you, the wisdom of God, an excellent
spirit and the ability to understand. You cannot have faith in God
without reading the word of God. When you take your Bible and
start to read there is rejoicing, because that is when you begin to
hear the mind of God and joy and rejoicing will fill your life. In the
book of Jeremiah, the prophet stated this in Jeremiah 15:16 “Thy
words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto
me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy
name, O LORD God of hosts.” The word of God was also found in
the days of king Josiah and it was read to him and he acted on the
word of God that he heard and he did a lot of reformation as a
result -2 Kings 22:8-11 “And Hilkiah the high priest said unto
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the
house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and
he read it. And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and
brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have
gathered the money that was found in the house, and have
delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have
the oversight of the house of the LORD. And Shaphan the scribe
shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a
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book. And Shaphan read it before the king. And it came to pass,
when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that
he rent his clothes. The prophets did not just prophesy, they were
word of God consumers. Ezekiel 3:1-2 “Moreover he said unto
me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak
unto the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, and he caused
me to eat that roll. Do not allow the devil to lure you into a place
where you will think that the word of God is not relevant and
thereby not open and read your bible. The devil does this because
he knows that the only way you can genuinely generate faith and
manifest dominion is by the Word of God. You can never defeat
the world or Satan without the word of God. For instance when
the devil comes to you with sexual sins or adultery, the Word of
God you have read will guide and help you and explain to you the
danger of sexual sins.
Proverbs 7:16-18, 24-27 “I have decked my bed with coverings of
tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. I have
perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come; let us
take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves
with loves… Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and
attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to
her ways; go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down
many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of
death.” This verses of the Word of God will be reminding you that
every one that commits sexual immorality has opened
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themselves up to be possessed of this ancient demonic spirit
disguised as a woman, and as such becomes susceptible to all the
filthiness and evil she has been doing over the past thousands of
years. Secondly that anybody committing sexual sin is doing it
right inside the grave with her as the materials she used to deck
her bed are death and burial materials. John 19:39-40 “And there
came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night,
and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred
pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in
linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to
bury. When trials come it is the word of God that you have read
that will guide you and help you to navigate through. When you
read the word of God, you will not see shame. Ephesians 6:1314
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able
to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand
therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the
breastplate of righteousness.
It is by reading the Bible that you will see the true light. Luke
11:34-35 “The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine
eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine
eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore
that the light which is in thee be not darkness. It is the word of
God that will expose strange doctrines to you. Doctrine is like a
light in you and you must be careful that the light of the doctrine
in you is not darkness. Once you see any shadow of darkness, it is
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not God. God will never make you afraid. Any thought or matter
that provokes paralyzing fear is not from God. 2 Timothy 1:7 For
God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love
and of a sound mind. It is the Word of God that will make you
discern the wiles of the devil. Some children are possessed of the
devil from the womb because of the root of occultism in that
family. As you are reading the Bible, there are things that will
come to you that no preacher has preached to you before.
Reading the Word will make you encounter things in the Word
that are personal to you. Praying alone cannot generate faith;
prayer must go with the Word of God to produce faith in God.
Acts 6:4 but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to
the ministry of the word. Every time you practice faith in the
Word of God and it is confirmed, your confidence in God Almighty
and His Word increases and is boosted.
You have not started practising Christianity if you have not started
reading your bible on a daily basis; God’s word must come to you
on a daily basis. It is possible to lose consciousness of God and
have one’s faith in low level, if one does not keep in touch with
God daily in His word. Desire God’s word above your necessary
food. Read the word, get the fire in God’s word inside you, grow
and soar in faith towards God. 1 Peter 2:2 “As newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby.
Reading the word of God brings the light of who God Almighty is
into your life and delivers you from the deception of who and
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what God Almighty is not. You cannot see well with the eyes of
the spirit if you are not reading the word of God.
Faith in God is not abstract; it is generated and brought about by
the consistent reading of the word. The more you read and study,
the more your faith in God Almighty increases.
DAILY HEARING OF THE WORD OF GOD Hearing the word of
God is the second faith generator. In the book of Acts there was
an impotent man at Lystra who heard the Word of God and faith
was generated in him to be healed! Acts 14:8-10 “And there sat a
certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from
his mother's womb, who never had walked: The same heard
Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that
he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright
on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.” Any message you are
hearing takes over your soul, impacting your life, therefore be
diligent to ensure that the message you hear is rooted in the
Word of God. What you hear constantly, you become; the Word
of God you are speaking, you are also hearing. What you are
hearing constantly begins to shape your life. Romans 10:14-17
“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not
believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have
not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And
how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, how
beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all
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obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our
report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God.” The Prophet Jeremiah was not only reading the
word. Jeremiah 15:16 “your word were found and I ate them,
Jeremiah was also hearing the word of God. Jeremiah 33:1-2
“Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the
second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison,
saying, Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that
formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;”
The children of Israel in the time of Moses who were not hearing
the word of God could not generate enough faith in God to enter
the promised land of Canaan, for they said that God Almighty
should not speak to them but to Moses alone, the people gave
speaking to and hearing from God to Moses. Exodus 20:19 Then
they said to Moses, You speak with us, and we will hear; but let
not God speak with us, lest we die. Joshua never left the tent
door and Caleb was Joshua’s friend, with this attitude, Joshua was
able to continually hear from God Almighty. Exodus 33:11 So the
Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son
of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle. And
when the test of their faith came, Joshua and Caleb excelled but
the whole Nation failed because they refused to hear God.
Numbers 14:23-24 they certainly shall not see the land of which I
swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me
see it. But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in
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him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where
he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. Abraham was able
to have faith in God because he hears from God. Abraham was
hearing from God constantly. Genesis 12:1 “Now the LORD had
said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will
shew thee.
Genesis 15:1 “After these things the word of the LORD came
unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield,
and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine,
the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the
Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. You cannot
generate faith with vain activities; you must constantly and
continuously hear the Word of God. You also hear the Word of
God by putting it in your mouth and speaking it out to yourself, by
confessing the Word of God. Consistently speaking the Word of
God to yourself will build up faith in you. You are what you hear.
Once you activate the law of the spirit of constant speaking of the
Word of God, it will change and transform your life. Where you
are today are the words that you spoke yesterday. For you will
have what you constantly say as saying it makes you to hear it and
hearing it then generates faith in you to receive. You shall have
what you say. Mark 11:23 “For verily I say unto you, That
whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and
be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but
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shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass;
he shall have whatsoever he saith. ”As you hear the word of God,
faith is generated in you that will move the Lord when it is needed.
In the book of Luke, Mary sat at the feet of Jesus Christ hearing
the Word of God, while her sister Martha was busy with other
things. Luke 10: 38-42 “Now it came to pass, as they went, that
he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named
Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called
Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But
Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him,
and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to
serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus
answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful
and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and
Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away
from her. Now in John chapter eleven, when it was critical to
move the Lord to act on their behalf, Martha who was not sitting
at the feet of Jesus Christ to hear the Word of God had no faith to
move the Lord. However, Mary, who was always sitting at the
Lord’s feet hearing the Word had enough faith generated to move
the Lord to act on their behalf and the power of resurrection was
released to raise Lazarus their dead brother. John 11:20-34, 38-44
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went
and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. Then said Martha
unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not
died.
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But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God,
God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise
again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in
the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth
in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him,
Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God,
which should come into the world. And when she had so said,
she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying,
The Master is come, and calleth for thee. As soon as she heard
that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. Now Jesus was not
yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met
him. The Jews then which were with her in the house, and
comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily
and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to
weep there. Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and
saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou
hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore
saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with
her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where
have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see…Jesus
therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a
cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.
Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by
this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Jesus
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saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest
believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Then they took
away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And
Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou
hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but
because of the people which standby I said it, that they may
believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken,
he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was
dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and
his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,
loose him, and let him go.”
The very word that God used to create the universe is written
down in the Bible for you, take it in your mouth; speak it and you
will become what it says of you. Hebrews 11:3 “Through faith we
understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so
that things which are seen were not made of things which do
appear. This same word of God framed the entire universe; it can
frame your life and destiny to show forth the glory of God
Almighty.
Types of hearing positions: In hearing you must be careful how
you hear and what you hear. Avoid hearing negative things that
do not bless, so that such will not rule your life. How you hear
from God is also very important. In Exodus 32, Joshua heard a
sound of war but Moses heard the sound of singing. Exodus
32:17-18 “And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as
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they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the
camp. And he said, it is not the voice of them that shout for
mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being
overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. When the
word of God is coming there are two checks to use namely, what
you hear and secondly how you hear. Be careful what you hear –
Mark 4:24 “And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear:
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and
unto you that hear shall more be given.” What you hear is very
powerful; that is why you must be very careful what you are
hearing, for faith comes by hearing. Take a look at the people that
are progressive and observe the kind of people that they have
surrounded themselves with, you will observe that they surround
themselves with people who have a mind for progress. If you hear
negative words or words that do not bless, that is what will be
operating in your atmosphere and that is what will be ruling your
life. Never believe anything negative. There is nobody that God
Almighty cannot save as long as they are still alive, but the person
must be ready to call upon God Almighty. Listen to the Word of
God and meditate on it, it will change your life.
Be careful how you hear – Luke 8:18 “Take heed therefore how
ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he
seemeth to have.” Joshua said he heard the sound of war but
Moses said it was the sound of singing; it was a matter of how
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both men heard. Exodus 32:17-18 “And when Joshua heard the
noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There
is a noise of war in the camp. And he said, It is not the voice of
them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that
cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
How you hear matters and you have to master it. How you hear
from God Almighty is very important. You must have this manner
of how you hear, that with God Almighty all things are possible.
Never believe that God Almighty will refuse that expectation of
yours that is good and right according to His word.
Heart and mind condition used in hearing the word:
The condition of the heart and the type of mind you use in
hearing the word will equally determine whether faith will be
generated. We will look at four kinds of heart and mind conditions
used in hearing or receiving the Word of God; you must be careful
that you do not have any of the first three.
Doubtful Heart and Mind –Seeing Jesus physically does not
always cure doubts. The disciples of Jesus Christ saw him
physically after the resurrection, but they responded with a
doubtful heart and mind. Matthew 28:16-17 “Then the eleven
disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus
had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped
him: but some doubted. A doubtful heart and mind is never
satisfied with the living proofs of the Word of God.
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Fearful Heart and Mind –Fearful heart and mind comes in when
people look at what they must let go in order to retain Jesus
Christ in their lives. You must know that God Almighty is going to
reward you for every sacrifice you make to retain Christ in your
life. Acts 24:24 -25 “And after certain days, when Felix came with
his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard
him concerning the faith in Christ. And as he reasoned of
righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix
trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a
convenient season, I will call for thee. If you have a fearful heart
your faith in God will not grow.
Hostile Heart and Mind–This is the kind of heart and mind that
does not want to obey the truth in the Word of God. This is a
dangerous heart or mind. People with this type of heart, end up in
hell. Every heart hostile to the gospel cannot have faith in God.
Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the
heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. When God
Almighty is giving instruction, His instructions will be so simple
that if you do not have faith in God, you will not be able to carry it
out.
Ready Mind and Heart –This category receives the Word of
God with eagerness of heart and mind and go ahead to confirm it
from the same Word of God. A ready heart and mind will still
remember what has been said even years later. This heart
believes God Almighty for everything. Acts 17:10-11 “And the
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brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
Sitting Position: Our hearing of God’s word in order to generate
faith in us, is also determined by our sitting position, that is, our
posture towards the Word of God. The posture of a man or
woman will determine whether he or she is going to accept what
is coming from the Word of God or not. When you are hearing the
Word of God, watch your posture. Now, there are two sitting
positions; sitting by and sitting at His Feet.
Sitting By –The sitting by posture to the Word of God is a posture
of opposition. Luke 5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as
he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the
law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee,
and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was
present to heal them. The Pharisees were sitting by, that is, in
opposition. They came with a mind to criticize what was being
spoken. As you are hearing the word of God, mind your posture or
attitude. Some read the Word of God to criticize God Almighty,
some to get a message to preach or teach and some read the
word to know God Almighty. Read and study to know God
Almighty. Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his
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might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who
glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, That I
am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the Lord.
Because of the sitting position that was taken by the Pharisees
and the Teachers of the law, when the time came when faith in
Jesus was needed, they had no faith to see and know for real that
Jesus Christ was their long awaited Messiah that was written in
their Torah. They will rather take money from the temple where
they teach what had been written concerning this same Messiah
and paid Judas Iscariot for the Blood of the innocent one. They
handed Jesus Christ over to Pilate to be killed. Matthew 27:2-6
“And when they had bound him, they led him away, and
delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas, which
had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned,
repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to
the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have
betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us?
see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the
temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not
lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of
blood.”
Sitting at His Feet –Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus Christ;
this is a position of total submission to the Word of God. It is the
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best sitting position. The Almighty God is particular about your
posture. Always take a position of wanting to hear and wanting to
apply the word to your life. Luke 10:38-42 “Now it came to pass,
as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain
woman named Martha received him into her house. And she
had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard
his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and
came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister
hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me.
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art
careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful:
and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken
away from her.” Deuteronomy 33:3 “…and they sat down at thy
feet; every one shall receive of thy words.” At Jesus’s feet, you
have a right to ask questions; Martha had a legitimate business
that she was doing, but Jesus said that He prefers her to be at His
feet hearing the Word of God. Legitimate work cannot be used as
an excuse not to daily sit at the feet of Jesus Christ by reading and
studying the Word of God, you just have to make out time for it.
Daniel was a prime minister of a large empire, yet he fellowships
with God Almighty daily. Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that
the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room,
with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his
knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before
his God, as was his custom since early days. If you are not
grounded in God’s word and you are busy like Martha, then you
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will be worried about many things. The only ones among the
elders and Pharisees that had faith in God Almighty were the only
ones that used to come secretly to sit at the feet of Jesus Christ,
listening to Him and asking Him questions like Nicodemus. John
3:1-2 “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a
ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said
unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from
God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except
God be with him. When Jesus Christ had died on the cross, it was
these ones among the Pharisees that had the faith and boldness
to go to Pilate to request for Jesus body and gave the body of
Jesus Christ a befitting burial. They could generate this faith
because they used to sit at Jesus feet and not sit by like all the
other Scribes and Pharisees. John 19 38-42 “And after this Joseph
of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of
the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of
Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took
the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the
first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and
aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body
of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was
crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre,
wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore
because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh
at hand.”
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SEEING POSITION
The seeing position of every true believer in Jesus Christ matters.
It is the ability not only to see into the future, but to be able to
see into eternity. Abraham was asked to see by looking up.
Genesis 13:14-15 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had
separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the place
where you are; northward, southward, eastward, and westward;
for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants
forever. You must have faith in God Almighty to see excellent
things concerning your life and destiny. Jeremiah 29:11 For I
know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a
hope.
There are three types of seeing condition: Not able to see at all
– the first seeing condition is inability to see. From the position of
blindness to the position of seeing you have to humble yourself.
In John 9:6-7, in opening the blind man’s eyes, Jesus Christ spat on
the ground and made mud to put on the blind man’s eyes. The
man did not react to the spit or the mud but humbly accepted it
as the way God Almighty wanted to help him. John 9:6-7 “When
he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the
spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by
interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed,
and came seeing.”
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Seeing faintly – this is the second seeing position. The person is
able to see but not clearly. If you are seeing faintly you will be
making errors. A blind man that was healed by Jesus Christ, in the
first instance was seeing faintly. He could not clearly discern what
things really were. He was seeing men as trees. Mark 8:22-24
“And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto
him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man
by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit
on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw
ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.”
A true believer in Jesus Christ should not stay on this level, for
what God Almighty desires is a perfect seeing.
Seeing clearly – in this third seeing position the person is seeing
things the way they actually are. If you are not seeing clearly, you
will remain in the kingdom of Heaven, not knowing there is a
higher kingdom called the kingdom of God. You will not know that
God Almighty has an agenda for you to make Heaven of the
kingdom of God. There is another case of a healed blind man in
Mark 10, he saw clearly immediately and followed Jesus Christ.
Mark 10:51-52 “And Jesus answered and said unto him, What
wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto
him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him,
Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately
he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.” The leaders
and the Pharisees could not see that Jesus Christ was the
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promised Messiah; they could only see a thirty three year old man,
but the disciples of Jesus Christ who were ordinary fisher men
could see. Matthew 16:15-16 “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.” These ordinary fisher men
saw that Jesus is the Messiah and they followed Him and stuck to
Him and because they could see clearly, today they are in the
kingdom of God while the Pharisees who could not see clearly
missed out on the kingdom of God, they are not there. The thief
at the cross could see clearly and correctly even at the point of
death and today he is in the kingdom of God. Luke 23:39-43 “And
one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying,
If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering
rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in
the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive
the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing
amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say
unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Every
believer in Jesus Christ that sees clearly cannot be cheated by the
devil, for they know their right in the Word of God. John 8:32 And
you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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for the authority of the Word of God is final. When you begin to
speak faith through the Word of God, some people may call it
blasphemy, but do not be discouraged. God Almighty designed it
that you will act the 10% and He will do the 90%. Matthew 17:20
So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I
say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to
this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and
nothing will be impossible for you. You speak to the forces of the
Universe by the Word of God; there must be scriptures you are
confessing for yourself on a daily basis. It is the aspect of not
acting faith that is denying many believers access into their
inheritance.
Faith in God will sometimes make you do an act that nobody has
ever done before. Before the covenant of circumcision, no man
has ever been circumcised. For men before Abraham saw
circumcision as mutilation making a man incomplete and any man
so mutilated cannot be a king. So the covenant of circumcision
was an act of great faith by Abraham who acted in faith and His
lineage had produced kings and the Messiah. Matthew 1:1 The
book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son
of Abraham. Every faith in God no matter how difficult it is for
you to practice it, will be honoured by God Almighty. Your faith is
not complete until you begin to act it. You want increase in your
job, business or project, get the right word from the Word of God
and begin to act on it. You want to build the biggest house, draw
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the sketch. You want to ride the biggest car, go and price it out
and bring back the pro forma invoice to God Almighty. What
Prophet Ezekiel did in Ezekiel chapter four is what military
generals do now; they act it out on a table. Ezekiel 4:1-3 “Thou
also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and
portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: And lay siege against it,
and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the
camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round
about. Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for
a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against
it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it.
This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. You must win the war
and claim the victory by first of all acting it out by faith. The most
dangerous man to war with is a man of faith.
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Almighty will suspend every rule to favour you, get a word from
God Almighty through His Word and speak, meditate on it and act
it out, you will definitely experience outstanding successes.
DIMENSIONS OF FAITH
There are 33 dimensions of faith as stated in the book of Hebrews
chapter 11. They are summarized as follows:
Faith in God Almighty to live in reality of your expectations:
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.”
Faith in God Almighty that Guarantees Approval: Hebrews 11:2
“For by it the elders obtained a good report”
Faith in God Almighty to control the invincible: Hebrews 11:3
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the
word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of
things which do appear.”
Faith in God Almighty to give accurately: Hebrews 11:4 “By faith
Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by
which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying
of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.”
Faith in God Almighty for divine translation: Hebrews 11:5 “By
faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was
not found, because God had translated him: for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”
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Faith in God Almighty for divine foresight: Hebrews 11:6 “But
without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to
God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.”
Faith in God Almighty to see what others cannot see: Hebrews
11:7 “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as
yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house;
by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the
righteousness which is by faith.”
Faith in God Almighty for unusual and perfect direction: Hebrews
11:8 “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place
which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he
went out, not knowing whither he went.”
Faith in God Almighty to see your inheritance: Hebrews 11:9 “By
faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of
the same promise:”
Faith in God Almighty to let God Almighty plan and build you:
Hebrews 11:10 “For he looked for a city which hath foundations,
whose builder and maker is God.”
Faith in God Almighty for divine ability: Hebrews 11:11 “Through
faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and
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was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she
judged him faithful who had promised.”
Faith in God Almighty for divine reactivation: Hebrews 11:12
“Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so
many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is
by the sea shore innumerable”
Faith in God Almighty to finish well and in faith: Hebrews 11:13
“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but
having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and
embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and
pilgrims on the earth.”
Faith in God Almighty gives capacity for a new beginning:
Hebrews 11:14 “For they that say such things declare plainly that
they seek a country.”
Faith in God Almighty to let go off the past: Hebrews 11:15 “And
truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they
came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.”
Faith in God Almighty to press into the future: Hebrews 11:16
“But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:
wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath
prepared for them a city.”
Faith in God Almighty to pass the test of God: Hebrews 11:17
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“By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he
that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,”
Faith in God Almighty for unfolding destiny: Hebrews 11:18
“Of whom it was said, that in Isaac shall thy seed be called:”
Faith in God Almighty to receive the dead back to life: Hebrews
11:19 “Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from
the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.”
Faith in God Almighty to receive impartation of blessing:
Hebrews 11:20 “By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning
things to come.”
Faith in God Almighty for extraordinary deliverance: Hebrews
11:22 “By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the
departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment
concerning his bones.”
Faith in God Almighty for maximum security: Hebrews 11:23 “By
faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his
parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were
not afraid of the king’s commandment.”
Faith in God Almighty for Kingdom Identity: Hebrews 11:24 “By
faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the
son of Pharaoh’s daughter;” In the kingdom identity, there are
five kingdoms:
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Kingdom of darkness: The people that belong to this kingdom do
not want to have anything to do with the light of God Almighty.
Job 10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the
shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as
darkness. The operation of this kingdom is simple; they do as they
want and turn their back on God Almighty. In this kingdom, they
are full of all manner of evil and corruption. Everyone not born
again belongs to this kingdom. It is a kingdom where death and
satan rules. Any human that wants to be free from the kingdom of
darkness must give his or her life to Jesus Christ. Colossians 1:13-
14 God Almighty has delivered us from the power of darkness
and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love; Jesus
Christ, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins.
Kingdom of animals: The moment Adam and Eve who were
humans fell into the deception of satan who came as a beast, the
nature of animals was imparted into humans. Genesis 3:1-7 “Now
the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which
the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea,
hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And
the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither
shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the
woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the
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day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall
be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the
fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with
her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves
together, and made themselves aprons.” Any human that wants
to be free from the animalistic nature of sin must give his or her
life to Jesus Christ. There are various features that characterize
the animal kingdom. They include:
A) Animals kill each other; that is murder.
B) Animals operate by species; that is various forms of
racism and discrimination.
C) Animals are rough and brutal; that is wickedness.
D)Animals mote their skin; this represents all manner of
bleaching the skin.
E) Animals operate in depravity; this represents all manner
of perversions.
F) Animals are nude; this is indecent exposures.
G)Animals have strange appetite; this represents all
manner of alcoholism, smoking, drug addiction and
gluttony.
H)Animals get angry easily; this represents all manner of
negative moods and bad temper.
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I) Animals live for food and sex; this is an earthly mindset
that does not think of eternity with God Almighty.
Therefore, anyone who manifests any of the
aforementioned is still operating in the kingdom of
animals and any human that wants to be free from the
kingdom of animals must give his or her life to Jesus
Christ. A true believer in Jesus Christ is not expected to
be operating in this kingdom.
Kingdom of man: The kingdom of man is a kingdom the natural
man prides himself in building without recourse to God Almighty.
Daniel 4:30 The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great Babylon,
that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for
the honor of my majesty?" The kingdom of man can be so well
built and things operating so seamlessly that men will think that
they do not need God Almighty. There are four things that reign
supreme in the kingdom of man: Gifting; Talents; Ideas and
inventions; Organization and structure, and all these do not
qualify a human to be a child of God. Any human that wants to be
free from the deception of the kingdom of man must give his or
her life to Jesus Christ.
Kingdom of heaven: to operate in this kingdom, the person has to
surrender his or her life to Jesus Christ. Once the person does that,
he or she is translated from the kingdom of darkness to the
kingdom of His dear Son –Jesus Christ: Colossians 1:13 “Who hath
delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us
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into the kingdom of his dear Son:” Since we do not die and go to
heaven immediately on the day we repent and give our lives to
Jesus, we are placed in the kingdom of Heaven. In this kingdom of
Heaven, we are prepared to enter the Heaven where the kingdom
of God is. – John 14:1-3 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye
believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,
there ye may be also.” The kingdom of heaven is not only a
preparatory centre, but it is also a sorting centre. Matthew 13:47-
48Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast
into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which, when it
was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered
the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.
Kingdom of God: this kingdom consists of believers in Jesus Christ
who are heavenly minded. This shows in their lifestyle, association
and every other area of their life. The kingdom of God message is
not based on principles, but on mysteries. The kingdom of God
message seems controversial to many, but it is His truth and it
takes boldness to preach and teach this message. Acts 19:8-10
“And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the
space of three months, disputing and persuading the things
concerning the kingdom of God. But when divers were hardened,
and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the
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multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples,
disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. And this continued
by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia
heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.” The
message of the kingdom of God is the absolute truth; it took Paul
two years to teach and explain to the Brethren at the school of
Tyrannus. It is His Truth that prepares willing souls to make the
Heaven of God Almighty. Psalms 96:13 For He is coming, for He is
coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with
righteousness and the peoples with His truth. His truth, which is
the truth of God Almighty, is rooted in the doctrines and precept
of Jesus
Christ and it gives instruction on every aspect of life. 1 Timothy
4:16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them,
for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear
you. This book, the seven doctrines of Christ, is the foundational
doctrines of Jesus Christ upon which every Christian life and
ministry is built; they are teachings rooted in His Truth.
Faith in God Almighty for victory over sin: Hebrews 11:25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than
to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
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Faith in God Almighty to let go of the ungodly things of the
world: Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the
wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
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Faith in God Almighty to do exploits: Hebrews 11:33-34 Who
through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the
violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness
were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the
armies of the aliens.
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FAITH IN THE GODHEAD
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the
Godhead bodily. Faith in God Almighty is not complete without
addressing the Personality that constitute the Godhead. The basis
for establishing who is God Almighty; is rooted in the scriptures.
God Almighty is one: Mark 12:29 Jesus answered him, "The first
of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is one. God Almighty even though one, manifests
Himself in definite and specific characters. God Almighty in the
creation refers to Himself as us. Genesis 1:26
Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over
the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and
over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
The Father
Mathew 6:9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in
heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Fantastic and awesome names
had been attributed to the creator of the heavens and the earth;
yet when His only begotten son was asked how He should be
addressed, Jesus Christ said the name He loves most is THE
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FATHER. Claimed by all, but least known by majority, The Father is
the author and maker of everything in heaven and earth. He is the
one that supplied the key to eternal life and that key is Jesus
Christ. John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know
thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
His incredible works show His omniscient and omnipotent
attributes, yet He is the Almighty One that loves to hide Himself:
Isaiah 45:15 Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of
Israel, the Savior! It takes a deliberate, focused and intense
search to encounter Him. Jacob had a formidable father and
grandfather who walked with God Almighty; yet it was on his way
back from Paddam Aram that Jacob found Him at Peniel, and that,
at the age of 97 years. When The Father speaks, it is mostly
instructions, those who hate scripture instructions can never
know Him: Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy
father... He can easily be taken for granted by thinking that He
does not know all things, for when He encounters a human being,
He will ask a question! He asked Adam, where are you: Genesis
3:9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, "Where
are you? He asked Hagar, why are you running away; He asked
Cain, where is Abel;
He asked prophet Ezekiel, can the dry bones live. Elijah must have
been shocked, when The Father asked him, what he was doing at
Horeb:1 Kings 19:9 And there he went into a cave, and spent the
night in that place; and behold, the word of the Lord came to
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him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah? Even
though, The Father had earlier sent an angel to feed him on his
way to Horeb!:1 Kings 19:5-6 Then as he lay and slept under a
broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him,
"Arise and eat." Then he looked, and there by his head was a
cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and
lay down again. Yet The Father's questions are always perfect in
bringing out the true motives and intentions of humanity; from
exposing the hatred and murderous nature of Cain, to Balaam
who because of money took side against God Almighty and
people of God Almighty, and to the holy reverence of God
Almighty in the answer of prophet Ezekiel, in the valley of the
bones. Ezekiel 37:1-3 The hand of the Lord came upon me and
brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the
midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. Then He caused me
to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in
the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. And He said to
me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord
God, You know." The Father by His Word and His Spirit and The
ratification of The Blood, wrote a book called the Holy Bible: a
book full of life, romance, governance that is both good and evil,
war, violence, sex, death and history of humanity; yet He
maintained the CENTRAL THEME that, because of the sinful
nature of man, generating these depraved records, MAN NEEDED
SALVATION; and this He achieved through Jesus Christ. Of all The
Father’s creations, His favorites are human beings: Proverbs 8:31
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Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were
with the sons of men. This is the reason The Father sent His only
begotten son Jesus Christ to save humanity from sin and death.
The highest form of knowledge and honour is knowing The Father:
Jeremiah 9:23-24Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise man glory
in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let
the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in
this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord,
exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the
earth. For in these I delight," says the Lord.
Jesus Christ
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you,
before Abraham was, I AM. After the fall of humans in the
Garden of Eden, God Almighty chose to be the Saviour of
humanity. To achieve this, He had to become a human being, and
that God-man is called Jesus Christ. Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child
is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon
His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. It was very
important that Jesus Christ was conceived in the womb, for the
sin and iniquity of humans begins at conception. Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother
conceived me. Jesus Christ had to be conceived as the holy child
of God Almighty to destroy the power of sin from conception.
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Jesus Christ is hundred percent God Almighty, and also human,
God Almighty took on humanity to save us; human beings. History
is replete with men and women who had tremendous access to
power and strength, and in a bid to show their force of strength
has had to use their authority to oppress others. There is the
history of a Queen who was not married to any man, but on
certain occasions when she had to sleep with a man, such man
must be beheaded, for it must not be said a man saw the
nakedness of the queen. Jesus Christ the most powerful person
ever to walk on the earth never misused His power, but Jesus
Christ must not be taken for granted. Simon who had been
waiting for the son of God on sighting Jesus Christ told Mary that
by the way this God-man will be treated, it will expose the way
each man or woman will treat God Almighty Himself. Luke 2:34-
35 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother,
"Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in
Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against, yes, a sword
will pierce through your own soul also, that the thoughts of
many hearts may be revealed. Apostle John was very close to
Jesus Christ, yet The Lord had to introduce himself to John when
they met after Jesus’s resurrection. Revelations 1:17 And when I
saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand
upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last.
Mary, fully aware of the person of Jesus Christ and His divinity
long before others, must have been pierced in the soul when
Jesus Christ was called various despicable names, misinterpreted,
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misunderstood, maligned and harassed. Mary demonstrated by
experience at the marriage of the Cana of Galilee that whatsoever
Jesus Christ says comes true, yet many thought His testimonies
are bombastic. Jesus Christ is the son of God but He is also the
everlasting God, Jesus Christ is the head of all authority and
power in the whole universe, He controls the ordinance of the
world and the universe, He is the only Savior and also The
everlasting judge. Colossians 1:15-18 He is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all
things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
principalities or powers. All things were created through Him
and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things
consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may
have the preeminence. Jesus Christ is the one who appoints all
overseer in the body of Christ, even though some now relate with
Him as equal partners, this is a dangerous familiarity. Jesus Christ
is the most gracious person but also the awesome one.2
Corinthians 5:11(KJV) Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord,
we persuade men... Company of angels appeared to the
shepherds of Bethlehem announcing the birth of Jesus Christ,
they came, saw Him but gave Him no gifts, not even a sheep!,
they did not bow down to Him in worship, but wise men from the
pool of gentiles saw a star and traveled thousands of kilometers
and when they saw Him, they prostrated! And gave Him a
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befitting honorarium worthy of His divinity. Matthew 2:11 And
when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child
with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And
when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to
Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Every man’s and woman’s
view and perception about Jesus Christ is their perception and
view about God Almighty. Please, do not take Jesus Christ for
granted. Colossians 2:9The whole of God himself lives in Christ,
in his human body(Easy English Bible).A child when he or she,
speaks may not be taken seriously, after all, he or she is just a
child. Apostle Paul described who a child is; they speak, before
understanding and thinking: 1 Corinthians 13:11When I was a
child, I SPAKE as a child, I UNDERSTOOD as a child, I THOUGHT as
a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish
things(KJV)Maturity is the other way around : THINK ,
UNDERSTAND, then SPEAK.. Simeon the pious said that those who
will relate with Jesus Christ as a child, that is those who do not
take His Words seriously will fall, but those who relate with
Him for who He is, both as Lord and Saviour will rise. Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother,
"Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in
Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against. For the words
of Jesus Christ is not that of a child, but the very word of God
Almighty. Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child Is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
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and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, THE MIGHTY
GOD, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. There is no
greater travesty of life than falling into the hell below when a
human being depart from the earth without giving his or her life
to Jesus Christ, which is accepting Jesus Christ as his or her Lord
and Saviour, it is an eternal fall. But those who take Jesus Christ as
their true Lord and Saviour shall be saved. Jesus Christ is God
Almighty Himself.
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God Almighty Himself, for only God Almighty can do what the
Holy Spirit does. The psalmist pleaded that The Holy Spirit should
not be removed from him, for no believer in Jesus Christ can
succeed without the Holy Spirit. There are three operations of the
Holy Spirit in the life of the believer in Jesus Christ. Firstly, by His
sovereignty the Holy Spirit initiates salvation experience, for no
one can say Jesus is Lord without the prompting of The Holy Spirit:
1 Corinthians 12:3..and that no man can say that Jesus is the
Lord, but by the Holy Spirit. Secondly, the core mandate of the
Holy Spirit is to grow every believer in Jesus Christ to the full
stature of Jesus Christ. Ephesians 4:13...unto a perfect man, unto
the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. This is the
reason the Holy Spirit steadfastly insists on the mortification of
the sinful works of the flesh, so that the fruit of the spirit may
manifest.
Galatians 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not
fulfill the lust of the flesh. A believer who is in the fullness of the
stature of the Lord Jesus Christ is rich, powerful, prosperous,
healthy and his or her entrance into the heaven of God Almighty
after this life is assured. A true believer in Jesus
Christ cannot manifest the good fruits of salvation without The
Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Thirdly, because of the traffic of holy angels from God Almighty to
believers in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit must validate the message
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of every angel of God Almighty and affirm its authentic standing,
such that it does not negate the Word of God. When Mary asked
how Gabriel’s message can be true,
Gabriel said the Holy Spirit will overshadow her. Luke 1:34-35
Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not
know a man?" And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy
Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will
overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be
born will be called the Son of God. Philip the evangelist was told
by an angel to leave Samaria for Gaza. Acts 8:26 Now an angel of
the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south
along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is
desert. And on getting to the location, it was the
Holy Spirit that validated it. Acts 8:29 Then the Spirit said to
Philip, "Go near and overtake this chariot. An angel appeared to
Cornelius to send for Peter, it was the Holy Spirit that affirmed it
to Peter: Acts 10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit
said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. The Holy Spirit is the
one who fathered Jesus Christ: Mathew 1:18-Now the birth of
Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother, Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found
with child of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit guarantees continuity
of callings and purpose, David pleaded with great cries that the
Holy Spirit should not leave him, for the promise God Almighty
gave David is hinged on the continuity of his dynasty, for the seal
of the Holy Spirit approval to every called person is the
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replacement with a greater successor. Solomon became a greater
successor to David,
Joshua to Moses, Isaac to Abraham, and Jacob to Isaac. The
Holy Spirit is God Almighty Himself, He is the Almighty God, THE
QUIET OPERATOR, He dwells in every believer in Jesus Christ,
therefore no matter how chaotic a life or situation is, The Holy
Spirit will enforce peace and calmness, after all, it cannot be
worse than the way the earth was in the beginning.
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well as men. It is very dangerous spiritually to try and assume the
Personality of God Almighty outside of the Holy Scriptures. The
scriptures were unequivocal in its assertion that only God
Almighty Himself raised Jesus Christ from the dead: Acts 2:32 This
Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Therefore whosoever claims this role must be God Almighty
Himself.
The Father claimed He was the one who raised Jesus Christ from
the dead. Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle (not from men nor
through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who
raised Him from the dead).
The Holy Spirit claimed that He was the one who raised Jesus
Christ from the dead. Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who
raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ
from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through
His Spirit who dwells in you.
The Lord Jesus Christ also claimed His own resurrection from the
dead. John 10:17-18 "Therefore My Father loves Me, because I
lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from
Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and
I have power to take it again. This command I have received
from My Father."
The Blood of The Eternal Covenant also claimed He raised Jesus
Christ from the dead. Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace
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who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great
Shepherd of the sheep, through the Blood of the Everlasting
Covenant. Hebrews 13:20 (ISV) Now may the God of peace, who
by the Blood of the Eternal Covenant brought back from the
dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep. The Blood
of The Eternal Covenant was canonized out in the Nicene
conference, but cannot be canonized out of the scriptures as one
of the Godhead. He is called The Blood of Jesus: 1 John 1:7 But if
we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with
one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us
from all sin. Just as The Holy Spirit is also called The spirit of Jesus
Christ, yet The Holy Spirit is God Almighty Himself: Philippians
1:19 For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance
through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
The Lord Jesus Christ affirmed that He came with the Blood of The
Father: John 5:26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has
granted the Son to have life in Himself. For this life of The Father
is His Blood. Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the
blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make
atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes
atonement for the soul. Leviticus 17:11 The life of every living
thing is in the blood, and that is why the Lord has commanded
that all blood be poured out on the altar to take away the
people's sins. Blood, which is life, takes away sins. (GNTB)The
Father sent His only begotten son which is the Word of God, and
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the Father sent His son by putting in Him, His own Spirit- The Holy
Spirit, and His own Blood- The Blood of The Eternal Covenant.
The Father has consistently maintained these witnesses from
eternity: 1 John 5:8 And there are three that bear witness on
earth: the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood; and these three
agree as one. (The water is the Word of God -Ephesians 5:26 that
He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by
the word)
The Blood of The Eternal Covenant stands on the same pedestal
with The Word of God Almighty and The Holy Spirit of God
Almighty: Hebrews 10:29 Of how much worse punishment, do
you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the
Son of God underfoot, counted the Blood of the Covenant by
which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit
of grace.
The Old Testament is also full of the scriptures pointing to these
witnesses. The symbol of The Holy Spirit is the Oil; the symbol for
The Word is Corn or grain; while the symbol for The Blood is Wine.
Joel 2:19 The Lord will answer and say to His people. Behold, I
will send you grain and new wine and oil, and you will be
satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among
the nations. Hosea 2:22 The earth shall answer with grain, with
new wine, and with oil; They shall answer Jezreel.
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The number of the Personality in the Godhead is also affirmed in
the name of God Almighty Himself. Exodus 3:15 Moreover God
said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of
Israel: 'The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is
My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.
This name of God Almighty is YHWH, and it is four characters. The
creation of God Almighty bears His signature. The angels before
His throne bear fours faces, giving worship to God Almighty in
four dimensions: Ezekiel 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces,
each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a
lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on
the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle. The
dimension of the earth is four: Genesis 13:14 And the Lord said to
Abram, after Lot had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now
and look from the place where you are — northward, southward,
eastward, and westward.
The winds blowing on the earth is also four dimensional: Daniel
7:2 Daniel spoke, saying, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold,
the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. Look
around, majority of human inventions bears the four sided
signature; tables, doors, houses, books and many others.
The Blood is the seat of life: Leviticus 17:11 since the life of a
living body is in its blood, I have made you put it on the altar, so
that atonement may thereby be made for your own lives,
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because it is the blood, as the seat of life that makes atonement.
(CYB)Therefore The Blood of The Eternal Covenant is the Throne
of God Almighty! Jesus Christ is The Word of God
Almighty; The Holy Spirit is The Spirit of God Almighty; The Blood
of The Eternal Covenant is The Throne of God Almighty.
The Blood of the Eternal Covenant is God Almighty Himself,
therefore engage and relate with Him as God Almighty Himself.
He claims the office of the Redeemer: Zechariah 9:11 As for thee
also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners
out of the pit wherein is no water. The Lord Jesus Christ in His
earthly ministry affirmed His own Divinity by the statements He
made; and by applying the doctrine of who, God Almighty is, as
clearly spelt out in the Holy Bible, you will know who God
Almighty is. Jesus Christ said I and my Father are one: John 10:30 I
and my Father are one. (KJV) Jesus Christ also stated in John
11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. Only
God Almighty uses these terms. How do you know that God
Almighty was the one Abraham spoke to: Genesis 18:32 And
Abraham said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet
but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he
said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. The answer is simple,
three men came, the other two proceeded to Sodom, but one
stayed behind and Abraham prayed to Him. The doctrine of God
Almighty states that only God Almighty can be prayed to and He
answers prayer; Abraham prayed to God Almighty and He granted
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Abraham his request. Psalms 65:1-2 Praise waiteth for thee, O
God, in Sion:
and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that hearest
prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Only God
Almighty can cleanse from sin, no one can do it: Isaiah 1:18 Come
now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as wool. David affirmed this
assertion. Psalms 51:1-3, 7 (KJV) Have mercy upon me, O God,
according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of
thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from
my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever
before me. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash
me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Therefore when a
Personality claims He can cleanse sin, He must be God Almighty.
The Blood of Jesus, who is The Blood of The Eternal Covenant,
claimed this.1 John 1:7 (KJV) But if we walk in the light, as he is
in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the Blood
of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. He is called the
Blood of Jesus Christ just as the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of
Jesus Christ: Philippians 1:19 (KJV) For I know that this shall turn
to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit
of Jesus Christ. You cannot Father a child without contributing
Blood, Jesus Christ came with the Blood of His Father: John 5:26
(KJV) For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to
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the Son to have life in himself. The Blood of the Eternal Covenant
was canonized out of the Godhead at Nicene conference, but The
Blood of The Eternal Covenant cannot be canonized out of the
Holy Scriptures, which is the Holy Bible. The Godhead is Tetra; The
Father, The Word, The Spirit and The Blood. Faith in the complete
Godhead is the true faith.
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CHAPTER THREE
BAPTISMS
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built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been
taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Physically, there may
not be a manifestation on the believer’s physical body, for by faith
you believe that you have been joined to the body of Jesus Christ;
though miracles can occur even at this instance like healings and
deliverances, but this is at the prerogative of the Holy Spirit.
Water baptism This baptism is only meant for people that have
repented of their sins and received the Lord Jesus Christ as their
personal Lord and Saviour and confessed it with their mouth and
believed it in their hearts. Romans 10:9-10 That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Water
baptism is when you get immersed in and baptized with, water, to
declare openly that you belong to “The Way” and that you believe
in Jesus Christ. Acts 8:38 So he commanded the chariot to stand
still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water,
and he baptized him.
The Blessings in Water Baptism
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, yet Jesus Christ insisted that He
must be baptized with water. Matthew 3:13-15 “Then cometh
Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee,
and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him,
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suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all
righteousness. Then he allowed him. Not only did Jesus Christ
insist on being baptized, His disciples were also baptizing people.
John 4:1-2 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees
had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than
John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples). The
Pharisees knew that Jesus was baptizing more disciples than John
who had been conducting this service for a while. If it was not
important, Jesus Christ would not mandate His disciples to be
baptizing. Jesus Christ also gave believers in Him the command to
go and baptize those who believe in Him; and the pattern the first
generation of Apostles deployed in the Water Baptism, showed
the exact way The Lord Jesus Christ mandated them to baptize.
They were baptizing in the name of Jesus Christ. This was
demonstrated by Apostle Peter, the apostle of The Lord Jesus
Christ to the Jews. Galatians 2:8 for He who worked effectively in
Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked
effectively in me toward the Gentiles.(NKJV)Apostle Peter in the
house of Cornelius instructed that the new believers in Jesus
Christ be baptized in the name of Jesus. Acts 10:48 So he ordered
that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they
asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.(NKJV)This was also
demonstrated by Apostle Paul; the apostle of The Lord Jesus
Christ to the Gentiles. Romans 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles;
inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my
ministry. (NKJV) Apostle Paul instructed that the new believers at
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Ephesus be water baptized; and they were baptized in the name
of Jesus. Acts 19:4-5Then Paul said, John indeed baptized with a
baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should
believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ
Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of
the Lord Jesus. (NKJV) Baptism by water is not just a bathing
ritual, it is an access to power and workings of God almighty as we
shall see in the subsequent explanations, and it indeed fulfills all
righteousness.
Water baptism is not just a New Testament phenomenon.
Prophet Elisha was involved in water baptism; the Prophet Elisha
told Naaman to go and wash in the River Jordan seven times,
which he did and got healed. This dipping in the River Jordan is
water baptism. 2 Kings 5:10-14“And Elisha sent a messenger
unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy
flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But
Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought,
He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name
of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and
recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of
Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in
them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. And
his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, my father,
if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou
not have done it? How much rather then, when he saith to thee,
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Wash, and be clean? Then went he down, and dipped himself
seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God:
and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and
he was clean.” Moses with all the people of Israel that came out
of Egypt with him were water baptized in the Red Sea as they
passed through it and they experienced a mighty deliverance
from the oppressors. 1 Corinthians 10:1-2 Moreover, brethren, I
would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers
were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were
all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
The Mystery of Water Baptism:
To be a Christian without understanding the mystery of the
gospels will lead to that child of God Almighty struggling like every
other person. In the kingdom of God we live by the explanation of
mysteries. If you do not know the mystery of the kingdom you will
be struggling. Only God Almighty can unravel mysteries. The great
things of the kingdom are hidden in mysteries. Proverbs 25:2 God
is praised for being mysterious; rulers are praised for explaining
mysteries. (CEV)
There are some things you pray for and there are some things you
do not need to pray for, all you need to do is to become conscious
or aware of them in order for you to get the access. As you get to
know the mysteries of water baptism, its blessings will begin to
manifest in your life.
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Water baptism is an open declaration of our faith in The Lord
Jesus Christ; but there are a lot of hidden mysteries behind water
baptism. Some of these mysteries as detailed below are great
benefits that accrue to us when we are water baptized.
Access to God’s food and drink
1 Corinthians 10:1-4 “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye
should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the
cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized
unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same
spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock
was Christ.” The Israelites that were baptized unto Moses in the
cloud and the sea had access to spiritual food; they partook of the
bread of angels, and had access to spiritual drink. Psalm 78:23-25
“Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and
opened the doors of heaven, and had rained down manna upon
them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. Man did
eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full”. How much more
when you are baptized into our Lord Jesus Christ. A true believer
who is born again through Jesus Christ and baptized in the name
of Jesus has access to a higher food; that is the flesh of Jesus, the
flesh of God Almighty and the Blood of Jesus, the Blood of God
Almighty. Luke 22:1920 And He took bread, gave thanks and
broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is
given for you; do this in remembrance of Me. Likewise He also
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took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant
in My blood, which is shed for you. When Elijah ate spiritual food
and drank spiritual water brought to him by an angel, it gave him
supernatural strength and destroyed death in his body, how much
more when a believer in Jesus Christ partakes in the Holy
Communion.1 Kings 19:7-8 And the angel of the Lord came back
the second time, and touched him, and said, arise and eat,
because the journey is too great for you. So he arose, and ate
and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days
and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God. Water
baptism is an access to power. Christianity makes you to
understand that there is a part for the physical and a part for the
spiritual. You are not supposed to be feeding on physical food
only all the time. The angels food that Elijah ate twice, did not
allow him to die. When Jesus offered His flesh and blood for men
to eat before He died, they were only twelve men. But that was
the night Jesus Christ promoted twelve Jews from the level of
angels bread to the flesh of God Almighty. Those twelve men
moved to a level higher than Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. When a
man or woman eats from the table of the Lord Almighty, it means
that there is no table on the earth that is too big to host him or
her; it also means that any table on the earth that contains your
good inheritance delivers it to you. The Holy Communion affirms
the covenants of God Almighty in your life; but there is another
meal called the dainties of God Almighty, water baptism grants
you access to eating the dainties of God Almighty, just like the
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Israelites who ate the food of angels after their baptism at the red
sea.
Water baptism unveils you It was at the point of water baptism
that Jesus Christ was revealed. As you water baptize, prosperity
cannot be hidden from you again. It was at the point when Jesus
Christ came to be baptized that He was revealed to Israel that He
is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. John 1:
29-34 “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man which is
preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not:
but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I
come baptizing with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw
the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode
upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize
with water, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt see
the Spirit descending,
and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the
Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of
God.” Just like Jesus Christ was unveiled at His water baptism,
when you are water baptized, who God has made you to be,
cannot remain covered, you become unveiled. The
announcement of who God Almighty has made you is made.
All that you need comes to you
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When you are dipped into the water and brought out in water
baptism; part of the things that are activated is the law of “all that
you need comes to you”. All the people were coming to John the
Baptist to be baptized by him; he did not go looking for them.
John 3:23 “And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim,
because there was much water there: and they came, and were
baptized.” Majority of people pursue or go after what they need
but the way God Almighty has designed it is that while you are
diligently engaged in your God given purpose, calling and work,
what you need is to come to you. In the word of God Almighty we
see examples of people that this law worked for.
The first example was Adam, when he needed a helpmeet; God
Almighty brought it unto him. Genesis 2:22 Then the rib which
the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and
He brought her to the man. Noah did not go looking for the
animals to come and enter the Ark God Almighty mandated him
to build; they all came to him of their own accord by the
command of God Almighty. Genesis 7:7-9, 13-16“And Noah went
in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into
the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and
of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of everything that
creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah
into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded
Noah. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham,
and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three
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wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast
after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and
every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. And they went
in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is
the breath of life. And they that went in, went in male and
female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD
shut him in.” Jacob needed to prepare a savoury meal for Isaac
his father; he did not need to go out to the fields in search of it.
The meat was brought to him. Genesis 27:18-20 “And he came
unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who
art thou, my son? And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy
firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray
thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. And
Isaac said unto his son, how is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my son? And he said, because the LORD thy God
brought it to me.”
David’s men were coming to David daily to help him until they
became like the host of God. 1 Chronicles 12:21-22 “And they
helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all
mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. For at that
time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a
great host, like the host of God.” Anytime you need anything
good, because you are in God Almighty’s purpose, for water
baptism has God Almighty’s approval, such things will begin to
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come to you. Isaiah 60:4 Lift up your eyes all around, and see:
they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come
from afar, and your daughters shall be nursed at your side. We
needed a Saviour; we did not go Heaven to get Him, Jesus Christ
came to us to save us, what a favour from God Almighty.
You can only be above all When you are dipped into the water
and raised out of the water, you can only be above all. When you
are water baptized, you are water baptized into Jesus Christ. Acts
19:1 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of
the Lord Jesus. Jesus came from above and He is above all,
therefore because you are water baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ, you can only be above only! John 3:31 “He that cometh
from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and
speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.”
You begin to eat from the tree of life When you are baptized; you
are taken to a flowing river. There is a river that flows from the
throne of God and on either side of this river is the tree of life
which bears 12 fruits. When you are taken to the river to be
baptized, by faith you have access to eat from the tree of life.
Revelations 22:1-2 And he showed me a pure river of water of
life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of
the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the
river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree
yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the
healing of the nations. This tree of life is found in the life of true
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believers in Jesus Christ. Jesus said he that believes out of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water. John 7: 38 He that believeth on
me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of
living water. In the believer’s life, this river of living waters that
flows out of the belly comes out through the mouth; the tongue
transmits this flow; that is why the tongue of the believer is a tree
of life. Proverbs 15:4 “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but
perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.”
Shame is washed away When you are water baptized, by faith in
Jesus Christ, shame and reproach is rolled away. We do not know
how long Naaman had been plagued with leprosy, but it was a
thing of shame in his life even though he was a General in the
Army. When he went to the Prophet Elisha and he was told to go
and dip seven times in the River Jordan, which is going to be
baptized, Naaman’s leprosy left him.2 Kings 5:14 So he went
down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the
saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the
flesh of a little child, and he was clean. He immediately and
openly confessed his faith in the God of Israel, saying that he
would no longer worship the gods of Syria. Water baptism is open
declaration of our faith in Jesus Christ. 2 Kings 5:17 “And Naaman
said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant
two mules' burden of earth? For thy servant will henceforth
offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but
unto the LORD.” When an individual has a dream and sees
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himself or herself walking among unclean things, it is a sign of
shame in that life. As you are dipped inside the water and you are
baptized in the name Jesus Christ, your shame is washed away.
He must increase while I decrease Another mystery of water
baptism is that Jesus Christ must increase while you decrease.
John 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.” One area you
must decrease is in worldly knowledge. Most knowledge look so
smart but before God Almighty it is foolishness. For instance the
worldly knowledge about adultery is different from what the
Godly knowledge defines it to be. According to the Word of God
Almighty a man or woman committing adultery is reduced to a
crust of bread. Proverbs 6:24-26 “To keep thee from the evil
woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee
with her eyelids. For by means of a whorish woman a man is
brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the
precious life.” We must increase in Godly knowledge and wisdom
and decrease in worldly wisdom. The Godly knowledge on
adultery gives us the understanding that another name for the
sperm of a man is money in two bags called scrotum, for that was
how the ancient spirit of adulteress describes them. Proverbs
7:19-20 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long
journey; he has taken a bag of money with him, and will come
home on the appointed day." In the spirit, such a person male or
female is romancing with the ancient demon that collects the
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wealth and riches of such a person and hands over the riches and
wealth to Satan, who comes periodically to collect the returns
from this ancient demon of immorality. The reason many are
battling with poverty is because they had lost their virtue of
prosperity to the devil through sexual immorality. Anyone
committing adultery or fornication is romancing with death.
Proverbs 7:15-23 “Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked
my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine
linen of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and
cinnamon. Come; let us take our fill of love until the morning: let
us solace ourselves with loves. For the good man is not at home,
he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with
him, and will come home at the day appointed. With her much
fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips
she forced him. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth
to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; till a
dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and
knoweth not that it is for his life.”
A married woman committing adultery is saying that her husband
is dead; for the only instance that scriptures permit a married
woman to have another man in her life is when her husband is
dead. Romans 7:1-3 “Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them
that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man
as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is
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bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the
husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So
then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man,
she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she
is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be
married to another man.” Another situation when a woman
announces her husband’s death is when she returns to her
father’s or mother’s house, either out of financial difficulty or
disagreement, while her husband is still alive. In the book of Ruth
chapter one, Ruth and Orpah were told by Naomi their mother in
law to return to their mother’s house because her two sons,
Mahlon and Chilion, whom they had been married to had died.
Ruth 1:3-8 “And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was
left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women
of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the
other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And
Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was
left of her two sons and her husband. Then she arose with her
daughters in law that she might return from the country of
Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the
LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. Wherefore
she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two
daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return
unto the land of Judah. And Naomi said unto her two daughters
in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal
kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.”
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You must decrease while He must increase, for when you read
your bible you will know the mind of God. Some churches are
already blaspheming God Almighty by calling comedians to the
Altar of God Almighty. Ephesians 5:3-4 But fornication and all
uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among
you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking,
nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of
thanks. They do not know that everything about God Almighty is
sacred.
Your Heavens become opened
Jesus Christ our Lord was baptized, and the heaven was rent
opened. Mark 1:10 As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw
the heavens splitting apart and the Holy Spirit descending on
him like a dove. (NLT)For a child of God Almighty water baptism
secures an open Heavens over his or her life.
Access to the seal of God Almighty Water baptism ushers you
into receiving the seal of God Almighty. Human beings have seals
that let people know the organization they belong to. John 3:26-
33 “And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that
was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness,
behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. John
answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be
given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I
said; I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that
hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the
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bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly
because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is
fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh
from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and
speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man
receiveth his testimony.
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that
God is true.”
A seal does three major things:
- A seal marks out – this shows that you can be trusted with
riches; as the mark of Jesus Christ you now bear on your
body in the spirit, is for prosperity, security, progress, and
divine health; this is the seal that came upon you, as a son or
daughter of God Almighty, immediately you were water
baptized. Galatians 6:17 “From henceforth let no man
trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord
Jesus.”
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God Almighty marks true believers in Jesus Christ on their
forehead, to show everyone they are His– Ezekiel 9:4 “And
the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city,
through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the
foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done in the midst thereof. The mark
of God Almighty, identifying you for favour anywhere you go,
is activated from today in Jesus name.
Another part of the body that the Lord Jesus Christ places His
mark, are your hands. John 20:24-28 “But Thomas, one of
the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus
came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, we have
seen the Lord. But he said unto them, except I shall see in
his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the
print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not
believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within,
and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being
shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and
behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it
into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
God.” The marks on the hands are the seal of God Almighty
affirming that whatever good you lay your hands upon shall
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prosper. And also, whatever good a man or woman will
receive is by his or her hands.
Another part of the body that the Lord Jesus marks is your
side. A man or woman loves to rests on his or her side;
therefore the mark of the Lord on the side is a seal for divine
rest. Ezekiel 4:4 “Lie thou also upon thy left side…The Lord
Jesus has given you rest by putting His mark on your side.
Another part of the body that the Lord Jesus Christ places His
mark upon are your feet. The mark of the Lord Jesus upon
your feet helps you possess or dominate the land God
Almighty has given you. Joshua 1:3 Every place that the sole
of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as
I said unto Moses. God Almighty puts that mark on your feet
so that you will walk on the high places. Habakkuk 3:19 “The
LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like
hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high
places…Because you have the mark of God Almighty on your
feet, you will never walk in places of poverty again in Jesus
name.
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way, make it as secure as you know how." 66 So they went
and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting
the guard.
When Daniel was thrown into the Lion’s den, the king’s seal and
that of his lord’s was placed over the entrance for maximum
security. Daniel 6:16-17“Then the king commanded, and they
brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king
spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest
continually, he will deliver thee. And a stone was brought, and
laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his
own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose
might not be changed concerning Daniel.”
There is a seal of God Almighty’s security upon your life
saying do not harm my anointed. Psalms 105:15 “Saying,
Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
You are saved from drowning One of the weapons that the
enemy uses to fight believers is drowning. The enemy wants to
drown believers spiritually, financially, in marriage and even
physically. The enemy mostly attacks with floods, but the Spirit of
God always raise a standard against the enemy. Isaiah 59:19 So
shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, and His glory
from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood,
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The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. One of
such standards is the understanding of the
mystery of water baptism. When you are dipped inside the river
for baptism by faith, you are delivered from any form of drowning
– financially, in marriage, mentally, politically, healthwise and so
on. The Israelites were baptized with Moses in the red sea; they
could not be drowned in the red sea. The unsaved and the
unbaptised Egyptians also attempted to cross the red sea, they
were drowned. Hebrews 11:29 “By faith they passed through the
Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were
drowned.” Just like the Nation of Israel was baptized with Moses
in the red sea and cannot be drowned as a Nation, when you as a
believer is water baptized, you cannot be drowned. Isaiah 43:1-2
“But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he
that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I
have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest
through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon
thee.”
One of our success as a believer in Jesus Christ is the
understanding of the mystery of water baptism. It has been
unveiled to us, for us to profit with. The secret things belong to
God Almighty, but what He has revealed belong to us and to our
children forever. Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things belong
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unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed
belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all
the words of this law.”
You can never understand what God Almighty is saying until the
mysteries of such sayings are revealed to you. There is nothing in
the Kingdom of God that is without power, the power of water
baptism is the mystery which is being unveiled to us now.
If you have already been water baptized as a child of God
Almighty, and now you know some of the great blessings
packaged in water baptism, get them activated in your life; begin
to pray and claim them by faith in Jesus name.
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unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the
deep things of God.”
Baptism of the Holy Spirit quickens you to have access to the gifts
of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:4,7-11 “Now there are
diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. But the manifestation of
the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is
given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of
knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same
Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To
another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues;
to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh
that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally
as he will.”
The Holy Spirit baptism quickens the ability of the believer to
know and understand things. When things are misplaced or the
whereabouts of it is not known, the Holy Spirit because He is God
Almighty and sees all things will reveal such to us, just like the
case of when the whereabouts of the newly anointed king of
Israel was not known, The Holy Spirit revealed the whereabouts
of Saul to Prophet Samuel. 1 Samuel 10:20-23 “And when Samuel
had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of
Benjamin was taken. When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin
to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken,
and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him,
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he could not be found. Therefore they enquired of the LORD
further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD
answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. And
they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the
people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders
and upward.”
The Holy Spirit baptism quickens the believer’s ability in making
the right decision and choice; for instance you want to employ a
staff and you are have to choose between two very good and
excellent people, ask the Holy Spirit. In the choice of a life partner
ask the Holy Spirit, He knows the marriage that will not end in
divorce and the one that will be perfectly fitted into your destiny
and life assignment. The Holy Spirit searches the deep things of
God, then how much more that which is within every man. The
Holy Spirit searches all things. 1 Corinthians 2:10 “But God hath
revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things of God.”
The man king David, lived, warred and reigned to please God
Almighty. David said he was able to do this with help of the
Holy Spirit. 2 Samuel 23:1-2 “Now these be the last words of
David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised
up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet
psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and
his word was in my tongue.”
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There is no true believer that can succeed in life and even make
the heaven of God without the help of The Holy Spirit. Therefore
have fellowship with The Holy Spirit daily, through the Word of
God and prayers. Also cry to the Holy Spirit to baptize you if you
are yet to be baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of
speaking in to
Bodily baptism of the Holy Spirit The fourth baptism is not mostly
talked about; it is the bodily baptism of the Holy Spirit for a divine
pattern of operation. Luke 3:22 And the Holy Spirit descended in
bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven
which said, You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.
The Holy Spirit came bodily like a dove upon Jesus Christ. Thus
Jesus Christ was as gentle and harmless as a dove in His earthly
ministry, for that is the divine pattern for Jesus Christ operation.
In the book of Isaiah 42:1-3, the prophecy concerning the Messiah
describes this gentle and harmless nature of the dove, which was
the bodily baptism Jesus received as a pattern of operation. Isaiah
42:1-3 “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom
my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring
forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor
cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he
not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall
bring forth judgment unto truth.”
Until you know the bodily baptism of the Holy Spirit, you cannot
know your pattern of operation, and this can only be revealed to
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you by The Holy Spirit. It is only the Holy Spirit that bodily baptizes
a true believer in Jesus Christ. If the devil gives a bodily baptism,
then that person becomes a monster.
The Patriarchs had patterns attached to them; this represents
their bodily baptism by The Holy Spirit.
Issachar is a strong donkey – it shows the pattern of Issachar as a
man of great endurance and capacity. Genesis 49:14 Issachar is a
strong ass couching down between two burdens.
Naphtali is a deer let loose – it shows the pattern of Naphtali as a
man of great learning and eloquent in speech. Genesis
49:21 “Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.”
Benjamin was a wolf – Wolves are powerful and skillful hunters,
the reason why the tribe of Benjamin are excellent soldiers.
Genesis 49:27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf: in the morning he
shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.”
Judah is a lion – it shows the pattern of Judah as a man of great
boldness and strength, Judah has a bodily baptism of royalty as a
lion, this is why the house of Judah is the house of Kings.
Genesis 49:9 “Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son,
thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as
an old lion; who shall rouse him up?”
The bodily baptisms of Saul and Jonathan were that of an Eagle,
which is synonymous with foresight and strength; and the second
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was a lion, which is very powerful. 2 Samuel 1:23 “Saul and
Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their
death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they
were stronger than lions.”
The bodily baptism of Asahel was that of a wild deer, this is the
reason he can run with incredible speed. 2 Samuel 2:18 “And
there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and
Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.” There is no
Patriarch in the Bible that is not attached with a pattern. If Jesus
Christ was baptized by the Holy Spirit in a bodily form, then ask
The Holy Spirit to give you His ordained bodily baptism for your
life.
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CHAPTER FOUR
LAYING ON OF HANDS
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of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they
received the Holy Spirit.”
The Patriarchs practiced the laying on of hands. Genesis
48:1314“And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand
toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward
Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. And Israel
stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon
Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was
the firstborn.”
Jesus Christ also empowered us to practice the laying on of hands.
Mark 16:18 “They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover.” When hands are laid intentionally
on someone, there is transference of virtues of blessings and
honours. This practice as simple as it is can be counter-productive
if not properly done. When Jacob was laying his hands on the
children of Joseph; Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph was displeased
with the way he saw his father doing it, Jacob placed his right
hand on Ephraim the younger son of Joseph, and his left hand on
Manasseh the older son of Joseph, Joseph understood how
powerful the laying on of hands can be; he thought that his father
was not doing it accurately, but however, Jacob was very
conscious and deliberate in how he was laying hands on his
grandchildren and he then explained it to Joseph his son. Genesis
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48:13-14, 1719“And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right
hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand
toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. And
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon
Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was
the firstborn. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right
hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held
up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto
Manasseh's head. And Joseph said unto his father, not so, my
father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he
also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly
his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall
become a multitude of nations.” There are two major laying on
of hands.
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them. But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,
and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of
heaven." And He laid His hands on them and departed from
there.
Revelations 1:17And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.
But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid;
I am the First and the Last. All the times that Jesus Christ laid
hands in the scriptures, it was never stated that He laid His left
hand. Mark 8:23,25 “And he took the blind man by the hand,
and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes,
and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. After
that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up:
and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.”
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you must do. Please find out from God almighty your
purpose and calling if you are yet to know them. And if you
have found out yours, trust the Holy Spirit to unfold it for
you as you follow Jesus Christ.
Challenges to fulfilling the calling:
One of the greatest challenges to calling is parents. When Elisha
was called, he asked to be allowed to go and kiss his parents
goodbye. 1 Kings 19:20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah,
and said, Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I
will follow you. And he said to him, "Go back again, for what
have I done to you?" Some parents want their children to fulfill
what they desired to be but did not become, and this is not what
God Almighty ordained for these children. When the Lord Jesus
put His hand on His God ordained plough, His mother and
brethren came to Him, trying to take Him away from it. Mark 3:20
When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for
they said, "He is out of his mind. (NET)
Do not force your children to become what God Almighty did not
ordain them to be. As a parent you must know by the Holy Spirit
each of your children by their distinct destinies or callings from
God Almighty. Jacob prophesied what God Almighty had ordained
for each of his twelve sons. Genesis 49:1 Jacob called for his sons
and said, "Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to
you in the future.
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The second thing that makes people not to fulfill their calling and
purpose is peer pressure. The fact that your mates are reading a
particular course of study or doing a particular business does not
mean you should do the same. Find out from God Almighty
through the Holy Spirit and His Word what your calling and
purpose are. After Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection, Peter
decided to go back fishing, some of Jesus Christ’s disciples also
decided to join Peter; this is peer pressure on display. Jesus Christ
had already chosen them to be His apostles and preach the gospel,
this was their calling. John 21:1-3 After these things Jesus
shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and
on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon
Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in
Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him,
we also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship
immediately; and that night they caught nothing.” There are
three types of mates: class mates, this change from time to time.
All your classmates in primary school were not all necessarily your
class mates in secondary school and university. Classmates are
people going through the same kind of training and experience at
any point in time. There is purpose mate, those whose purpose is
to compliment yours. The last type of mate is destiny mate; the
person you need to connect to in order to reach the peak of your
calling in life. Thus the person you may be thinking is your mate
may not even be your mate at all in the real sense of it.
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The third thing that can affect the calling of a man is ignorance.
Before you settle the issue of your marriage you must first of all
enquire from God Almighty what He will have you do. In the book
of Judges 18, the grandson of Moses the law giver became an idol
worshipper; he was ignorant. This grandson of Moses did not
know that God Almighty had consecrated the Levites unto Himself
and that they were not to partake in worship of graven images
nor were they to use graven images in their worship of God
Almighty. Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh
any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the
work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret
place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.” But the
grandson of Moses, the son of Gershom chose to be a priest to
Micah and was in charge of all the graven images that Micah had
made. Later when the men from the tribe of Dan came across
Micah’s house in their search of a place for their tribe to settle in,
those men recognized the voice of Jonathan, the grandson of
Moses, because he was a known person; the grandson of their
late National Leader – Moses. However the grandson of Moses;
Jonathan was ignorant of whom he really was. Judges 17:5-12,
“the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and
teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his
priest. In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man
did that which was right in his own eyes. And there was a young
man out of Bethlehem Judah of the family of Judah, who was a
Levite, and he sojourned there. And the man departed out of the
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city from Bethlehem Judah to sojourn where he could find a
place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as
he journeyed. And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou?
And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go
to sojourn where I may find a place. And Micah said unto him,
Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will
give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel,
and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. And the Levite was
content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto
him as one of his sons. And Micah consecrated the Levite; and
the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
He ended up as the Idol priest to the tribe of Dan. Judges 18:30-
31 (ASV) “And the children of Dan set up for themselves the
graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of
Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites
until the day of the captivity of the land. So they set them up
Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the
house of God was in Shiloh. Thus because of ignorance of what
God Almighty wants him to do, the grandson of Moses became an
idol worshipper. He was not aware of what his work and calling
was; he did not know what plough he was to lay his hands upon.
When you find out what God Almighty wants you to do, the force
of that calling will pull you out of poverty. If God Almighty calls
you, He will anoint you and bless you. There is no small calling.
God Almighty is ready to anoint you as a teacher; God Almighty is
ready to anoint you as a businessman; God Almighty is ready to
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anoint you as a carpenter, just as He is ready to anoint you as a
president or a pastor. Whatever God Almighty has called you to
do, He will expand you. Whatever God Almighty has called you to
do, He will back you up.
Your work is your calling and purpose. It is career people resign
from, but people do not resign from calling and purpose. Psalm
104:23 “Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until
the evening.” God Almighty has already ordained what you are
going to do before you came to the earth. Your work is therefore
your calling and the purpose or reason you were sent by God
Almighty to the earth. You do not do your life calling and work by
copying your peers. What you are to do is as critical as your
marriage. When Paul encountered the Lord Jesus he asked Jesus
Christ, what do you want me to doActs9:6 “And he trembling and
astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the
Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be
told thee what thou must do.” One of the first signs that you will
know that you are in the right call is that you will start as a servant;
you will be ready to learn. Elisha was doing the family business of
farming when he got to know his calling. 1 Kings 19:19-21So he
departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who
was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was
with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his
mantle on him. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and
said, Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will
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follow you.” And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I
done to you?" So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke
of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the
oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then
he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant. Elisha
started as a servant and was willing to learn, and this he did for
many years before Elijah his master was taken away. 2 Kings 3:11
“But Jehoshaphat said, is there not here a prophet of the LORD
that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of
Israel's servants answered and said, here is Elisha the son of
Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.” Whatever
God Almighty has called you to be, He is ready to give you the
double portion grace, like He did for Elisha.2 Kings 2:9-15 “And it
came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from
thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy
spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing:
nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall
be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass,
as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a
chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder;
and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it,
and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the
horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold
of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. He took up also
the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood
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by the bank of Jordan; And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell
from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD
God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they
parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. And when the
sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him,
they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came
to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.”
Gehazi who was serving Elisha was not meant to be a prophet but
a storyteller, and this story telling brought Gehazi to the palace
and before the king, and as Gehazi narrated the story, it was
divinely validated. 2 Kings 8:4-5“And the king talked with Gehazi
the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all
the great things that Elisha hath done. And it came to pass, as he
was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life,
that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life,
cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said,
my lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom
Elisha restored to life.” But Gehazi had the ambition to be a tax
collector or a chartered accountant, while God Almighty had
anointed him to be an anointed story teller. He ran after Naaman
to collect tribute from him. 2 Kings 5:21-22So Gehazi pursued
Naaman. When Naaman saw him running after him, he got
down from the chariot to meet him, and said, "Is all well?” And
he said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying, 'Indeed, just
now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to
me from the mountains of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of
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silver and two changes of garments. Gehazi ended his calling with
this detour, and ended as a leper.2 Kings 5:26-27 Then he said to
him, "Did not my heart go with you when the man turned back
from his chariot to meet you? Is it time to receive money and to
receive clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen,
male and female servants? Therefore the leprosy of Naaman
shall cling to you and your descendants forever." And he went
out from his presence leprous, as white as snow. In the name of
Jesus Christ you will not derail from the calling and purpose of
God Almighty upon your life.
Naaman on the other hand was called by God Almighty to be a
soldier and Naaman succeeded as an army officer. When you are
in the right calling, the Lord will release His blessing on it. The
Bible says by Naaman, God Almighty had given victory to Syria. 1
Kings 5:1 “Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria,
was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by
him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria…
The call or work is in unfolding phases Once you know the right
work or calling, it will be unfolding from one phase to the other.
The force of your calling will always make you relevant. The first
time David was mentioned, there was nothing attached to him; he
was mentioned like any other man. Ruth 4:22 And Obed begat
Jesse, and Jesse begat David. After David was anointed, he went
back to keeping the sheep; he did not ascend to the throne
immediately. After the first anointing, the first job David got was
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playing music to the rejected king, who was occupying the seat
David was anointed to occupy. 1 Samuel 16:17-19 “And Saul said
unto his servants, provide me now a man that can play well, and
bring him to me. Then answered one of the servants, and said,
Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is
cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war,
and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is
with him. Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said,
send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. After this
appointment, David was promoted to be the King’s armour
bearer.1 Samuel 16:21 So David came to Saul and stood before
him, and he loved him greatly and he became his armor bearer.
From armour bearer David came back to serving his father Jesse.1
Samuel 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his
father's sheep at Bethlehem. Every place God Almighty takes you
as the call is unfolding is a platform to give you training, for you
will need the experience as you move forward in life. Then from
serving his father Jesse, David moved on to become a giant killer.1
Samuel 17:57 Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the
head of the Philistine in his hand.
After becoming a giant killer, David became chief of the men of
war.1 Samuel 18:2, 5 “And Saul took him that day, and would let
him go no more home to his father's house…And David went out
whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and
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Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the
sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.”
From being set over the men of war, David became the anointed
king on the run, as the sitting king Saul, wanted David killed. 1
Samuel 19:1 “And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his
servants, that they should kill David.” At a stage, while on the run,
David became a body guard to Achish, a Philistine Lord. 1 Samuel
28:1-2 “And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines
gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou
shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. And David said
to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And
Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine
head forever.” When David became a body guard to Achish, it
looked like a demotion, but he needed that job to understand the
military strength of the Philistines, the arch enemy of Israel for
when David was enthroned, the first people that came to fight
against David were the Philistines. 2 Samuel 5:17-20 “But when
the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over
Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard
of it, and went down to the hold. The Philistines also came and
spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And David enquired
of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? Wilt thou
deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go
up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there,
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and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies
before me,
as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that
place Baalperazim.” David went on to become the king of Judah.2
Samuel 2:4 Then the men of Judah came, and there they
anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told
David…From there, he became the king of the whole nation of
Israel.2 Samuel 5:3 Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the
king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at
Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over
Israel.
There is no need to panic as your call and work is unfolding.
Calling is always unfolding, if it is of God Almighty. The moment
you answer the call of God Almighty upon your life in any area or
field God Almighty had ordained for you, be sure of His full
support. You must be in the right work. God Almighty is going to
ask you on the Day of Judgment whether you did what He placed
into your hands as work and calling. If you want to progress in life,
you must be ready for change. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 “Now the
Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the
glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” When you come to
receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, you must
be ready for change. The offer of God Almighty is always clothed
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in mystery, but no other offer can be compared to it, do not settle
for anything less than the offer of God Almighty in calling and
work. The Almighty God gave Jesus Christ the mandate to die on
the cross for humanity, the devil came and offered Jesus Christ
the substandard glory of the earth, and Jesus Christ refused the
devil’s offer. Matthew 4:8-11 Again, the devil took Him up on an
exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of
the world and their glory. And he said to Him, "All these things I
will give You if You will fall down and worship me." Then Jesus
said to him, Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall
worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'" Then
the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to
Him. God Almighty raised Jesus Christ from the dead and made
Him to seat with Him on the eternal Throne! Mark 16:19 So then,
after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into
heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. A time will come
that you will have to take certain decisions; but one thing with the
change of God Almighty is that; it will never lead you to sin. If you
are a true Christian, you have the complete advantage. There is
no limit to the experience of excellent glory you can witness when
it comes to Jesus Christ. God Almighty will never call you from a
high level to a low level; He will always take you higher. On the
mount of transfiguration, Peter said they should build three
tabernacles and stay with that experience. Matthew 17:4 Then
Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be
here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for
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You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” The Master did not yield
to his request, because for the true believers in Jesus Christ, there
is always a greater glory in Jesus Christ for us. This same Peter
experienced a higher glory and by Acts chapter three, he was
making the lame to walk in Jesus name; Acts 3:6-7 Then Peter
said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you:
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." And
he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and
immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. By Acts
chapter five, Peter’s shadow was healing the sick; all that were
brought to him were healed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Acts
5:15-16 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the
streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the
shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto
Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were healed everyone.” All the
experiences above, that Peter had, and many more, would not
have happened, if he was allowed to tabernacle permanently at
the mount of transfiguration. God Almighty is always ready to
change His children from one level of glory to the other.
God Almighty was ready again to give Peter another glorious
change; God Almighty offered Peter the Gentile Ministry, but he
considered it unclean and it was withdrawn after it was offered to
him three times. Acts 10:11-16 “And saw heaven opened, and a
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certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet
knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein
were all manner of four footed beasts of the earth, and wild
beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came
a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, not so,
Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, what God
hath cleansed, that call not thou common. This was done thrice:
and the vessel was received up again into heaven.” This Gentile
Ministry is the biggest Ministry on earth right now. The mantle
was later transferred to Saul who later became Paul, and he
collected it. Paul was never ashamed to have this ministry, he
magnified this ministry. Romans 11:13 “For I speak to you
Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify
mine office:”
If you want to move from glory to glory, you must be ready for a
change.
Boosters for your work and calling: In whatever God calls you to
be you will need:
Competence boost Favour will bring you before kings but
competence will keep you there. No matter what grace and
favour does for you, if you lack competence, within a month
people will not want you there anymore. Every good work and
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calling requires competence. Competence is the ability to do the
good work and calling you have to do, in a very perfect way.
Competence is ability to do something well without negligence,
this was displayed by Daniel. Daniel 6:3-4 “Then this Daniel was
preferred above the presidents and princes, because an
excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over
the whole realm. Then the presidents and princes sought to find
occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could
find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful,
neither was there any error or fault found in him.”
David was given the King’s armour, but he had not proved it,
meaning that he was not competent to use it, so he took it off. 1
Samuel 17:39 David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to
walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, "I
cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them." So David
took them off. David was however very competent with the use
of sling and stones; it was with the use of these that David
brought down Goliath. 1 Samuel 17: 40,49Then he took his staff
in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from
the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag, in a pouch which
he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the
Philistine…Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a
stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so
that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to
the earth. Any individual that lacks competence will suffer losses.
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It takes at least three years to develop competence on any work,
some work or calling can take more years, even after this, you
must not rest on your oars, for you must continue to upgrade
your experience through practical knowledge and practice. You
must learn not only about your job schedule but everything else
around the schedule. Competence will show whether you are
prepared for that job or not. In learning the practice of
competence, you need a teacher that will not take your
competence training lightly; he may not be able to tell you in six
months all that he or she has learnt in thirty years, the reason
why you need humility and patience in learning. You must also
add excellence to what you want to do. If you are not competent,
you are not fit to lead. You have to work hard and ask questions.
Competence is not something you arrive at overnight, it takes
time; but you must be ready to work at it.
In competence, initial boost to start is zeal; but after sometime
zeal will expire; then comes in commitment, which is
determination to continue; it is saying “this thing must be done”.
Spiritual boost In whatever God Almighty calls you to do apart
from competence boost, you also need spiritual boost. You can
only get authentic spiritual boost from God Almighty. No matter
how long it takes, persevere before the Holy Spirit, to get it. It is a
boost that makes work and calling easy and fruitful.
David was a man that had spiritual boost through the anointing.
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The first anointing separated him in rank from his brethren, David
was elevated above them.1 Samuel 16:12-13 “And he sent, and
brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful
countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise,
anoint him: for this is he. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and
anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the
LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose
up, and went to Ramah.” The second time David was anointed; it
secured his territory as a king over the southern part of Israel, this
was when he was anointed king in Hebron over Judah. 2 Samuel
2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David
king over the house of Judah…David got another spiritual boost
when he was anointed the third time. This time, the anointing
made him to dominate; as he became king over all Israel.2 Samuel
5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and
King David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD:
and they anointed David king over Israel.
The first anointing of Solomon was for him to take over as king. 1
Kings 1:32-35 “And King David said, call me Zadok the priest, and
Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they
came before the king. The king also said unto them, Take with
you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride
upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: And let
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king
over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save
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king Solomon. Then ye shall come up after him that he may
come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead:
and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over
Judah.”
The second anointing of Solomon was for establishment. 1
Chronicle 29:22 “And did eat and drink before the LORD on that
day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of
David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to
be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.”
Spiritual boost will make you chief among the captains of industry;
it will also make you successful in your good work and calling.
Jesus Christ insisted the disciples wait for the spiritual boost, for it
is a crucial success enabler. Luke 24:49 Behold, I send the
Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of
Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high." The
Ethiopian eunuch travelled all the way from Ethiopia to Israel to
get spiritual boost. Acts 8:27 “And he arose and went: and,
behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under
Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her
treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship. Spiritual
boost makes your hands to be ever productive and not to be tired
when the hands of others are weary. Long after Elisha was dead;
his spiritual power was still active! 2 Kings 13:21 So it was, as
they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of
raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when
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the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he
revived and stood on his feet.
Kindly desire and get a spiritual boost from The Holy Spirit!!
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CHAPTER FIVE
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
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that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up — if in fact
the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is
not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are
still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ
have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are
of all men the most pitiable.
The true believer in Jesus Christ who passed on to eternity before
the taken up which is called Rapture, are presently in the heaven
of God almighty, waiting for the trumpet blast that will bring in
the remaining true believers in Christ Jesus. 1 Corinthians 15:52 in
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For
the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed. But as soon as the trumpet for the
rapture sounds, the true believers in Jesus Christ who are alive
will be transformed from their earthly body into the heavenly and
spiritual bodies and will be taken up. The true believers in Jesus
Christ who had slept in the Lord before the rapture will be
brought out from their graves with their own heavenly bodies and
spiritual bodies. 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Behold, I tell you a
mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed; in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 “But I would not have you to be
ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye
sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we
believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you
by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain
unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”
Let no one deceive you, no human being will escape this
resurrection; the question to ask oneself is what will you resurrect
into; eternal life or eternal condemnation.
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CHAPTER SIX
ETERNAL JUDGMENT
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PHASES OF ETERNAL LIFE
This eternal life is in four sections; firstly, for those who leave
before rapture, they go to heaven of God Almighty to wait. John
14: 2-3"In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not
so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I
go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you
to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” This is also
reiterated in Revelation 6:11 “Then a white robe was given to
each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a
little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants
and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was
completed.”
Secondly, immediately after the rapture, all true believers are
taken to heaven of God Almighty for seven years for the marriage
supper of the lamb. Revelation19:9“Then he said to me, "Write:
'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the
Lamb!'" And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God."
This seven year period is what is called the one week of Daniel,
during which the anti-Christ will rule on earth, but the saints of
God Almighty will be in heaven for the marriage supper of the
Lamb. Daniel 9:27“And he shall confirm the covenant with many
for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the
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consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.”
Thirdly, after the seven years with Jesus Christ at the lead, all
believers in Jesus Christ who made it to heaven of God
Almighty will come with Jesus Christ to physically rule this earth
for 1000 years!!Revelation 20: 4-6 “And I saw thrones, and they
sat on them, and judgement was committed to them. Then I saw
the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast
or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads
or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a
thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until
the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.”
Abuja, New York, Moscow, Berlin, Johannesburg, Washington D.C
will still be in existence during this period.
Lastly after this period called the millennial reign, God Almighty
will usher all the holy saints into eternal existence in God
Almighty’s presence. Revelation 20: 1-3 “Now I saw a new
heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth
had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw
the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a
loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His
people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And I
heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle
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of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall
be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.”
The eternal abiding in the presence of The Almighty God is a
phase and a place that the devil does not want any human to be;
the devil will rather want humans to spend eternity with him in
the lake of fire. Matthew 25:41"Then He will also say to those on
the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting
fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
CATEGORIES OF ETERNAL JUDGMENT
The eternal judgement once passed by God Almighty on either the
believer in Jesus Christ or those who do not believe in Jesus Christ
in their lifetime is going to be forever. Therefore it is expected
that everyone calling upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
should take their salvation seriously and ensure that they stand
firm in their faith in Jesus Christ. Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my
beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling.
The various eternal judgements are as follows:
Eternal judgement for true believers in Jesus Christ who made
heaven before or after the rapture.
This will take place in heaven where these persons will stand
before the judgement seat of Jesus Christ to be judged and to
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receive their eternal reward and positions.2 Corinthians 5: 10
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that
every one may receive the things done in his body, according to
that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. If any believer is
not conversant with this matter, it means he or she is going to
heaven without expecting any reward. It is the judgement at the
judgement seat of Jesus Christ that will determine our portfolio
and inheritance in the new heaven and the new earth, and these
judgements and rewards will be eternal. Also before the new
heaven and the new earth phase, these judgements and rewards
at the seat of Jesus Christ will also determine our portfolios for
the 1000 millennial reign with Jesus Christ on earth; and as earlier
established, in the 1000 millennial reign of Jesus Christ, there will
be Lagos Island, New York, London, Moscow and others still here
on earth, only true believers in Jesus Christ who made heaven of
God Almighty and were raptured with Jesus Christ will rule with
their Master. The people that will not be raptured will constitute
what is called the remnants of nations. Isaiah 10:22 For though
your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of
them will return; the destruction decreed shall overflow with
righteousness. Therefore you can imagine how many these
people will be in population, in a thousand years; definitely they
will be in billions. For in this period, the remnants of people that
still have the earthly body and were not raptured will have a long
life before they die. Isaiah 65:20 No more shall an infant from
there live but a few days, nor an old man who has not fulfilled
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his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old. Therefore
true believers in Jesus Christ are going to rule over a mighty
population. The loyalty of these remnant of people will be tested
at the end of the millennia reign of Jesus
Christ, and those that join the devil to fight the Lord Jesus Christ
and the saints ruling with Him will be condemned forever.
Revelations 20:7-10 Now when the thousand years have expired,
Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive
the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and
Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as
the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth
and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And
fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.
The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they
will be tormented day and night forever and ever. Compulsorily
every believer in Jesus Christ must stand before the judgement
seat of Jesus Christ and everyone will be judged on the works he
or she did while on the earth. The real motive and quality of each
action will be judged, and if the motive and intention are wrong,
there will be no reward. 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 Now if anyone
builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, straw, each one's work will become clear; for the
Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the
fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. If anyone's work
which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If
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anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will
be saved, yet so as through fire.
There are major areas of judgements and rewards for true
believers in Jesus Christ at the judgement seat of Christ. But we
shall consider twelve major areas. The
first: whether you fulfil God Almighty’s purpose or call for your
life, for this is the reason why you were sent to the earth by God
Almighty. Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew
you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a
prophet to the nations." Before Jesus Christ started preaching His
purpose was first pronounced as the Lamb of God Almighty. John
1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said,
"Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
If you miss the first purpose, you must secure the alternative call
of God Almighty: you do not dictate to God Almighty on this
matter, He tells you what to do, if any one misses his or her call in
life, almost fifty percent of
the reward is gone. Jeremiah 18:4 And the vessel that he made of
clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again
into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
Secondly: how many people did you enable, directly or indirectly
to come to Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 For what is our
hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? For you are our
glory and joy. Thirdly: the mandate of not being weary in doing
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well, especially in the assignment that God Almighty has given to
you in the church and outside the church. Galatians 6:9and let us
not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we
faint not...Fourth: the manner of giving; and the stake is high, for
it must be done knowingly and deliberately, any giving not tied to
the advancement of the gospel of Jesus Christ, including helping
the poor and the needy will be counted worthless. Do not just
feed the hungry, but also share the gospel of Jesus Christ with
them. Jesus Christ fed the hungry in His ministry while on the
earth, but He also preached the gospel of the kingdom of God to
the hungry that He fed. A rich Christian recently gave a huge
amount of financial donation for a general cause, inasmuch as this
is laudable; but when we get to the judgement seat, the individual
will be asked whether such amount had been given at once to the
spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the one given, if it
fronted the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. Make sure you are also faithful in all
manner of giving as commanded by God Almighty. Be faithful in
tithing; all manner of godly giving as established by the Word of
God and contributions towards projects that is associated with
the advancement of the gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ. The fifth
one is how you take care of your spiritual and biological parents.
Joseph was given a double portion, because he took great care of
his father; Jacob. Genesis 48:22 Moreover I have given to you
one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of
the Amorite with my sword and my bow." The sixth is how you
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raised your children, the Word of God insist they must be raised in
the way of The Lord. Ephesians 6:4 And you, parents, do not
provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the
training and admonition of the Lord. The seventh is whether
you’re a disciple of Jesus Christ or a follower. There is a difference
between a follower of Jesus Christ and a disciple of Jesus Christ.
For you to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ, you must be ready to
give all. Luke 18:29-30
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them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the
beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and
night forever and ever. Furthermore, death and Hades, which is
hell where the fallen angels are, are destined for the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:14 Then death and Hades were cast into the lake
of fire. This is the second death. Therefore, the final judgment for
all the fallen angels is the lake of fire.
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accept Jesus Christ as The Lord and Saviour. John 5:24 Most
assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in
Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into
judgment, but has passed from death into life.
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CHAPTER SEVEN
PERFECTION
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by faith through Jesus Christ. God the Father has blood; He is a
Spirit but He has blood. He is God Almighty through and through,
this includes His Word, His Spirit, and His Blood. God the Father
has life in Himself; His only begotten son said so. John 5:26 For as
the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have
life in Himself. And the life of every being is the blood. Genesis
9:4 -But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood… The
verse in John 5:26 would then read-For as the Father hath blood
in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have blood in Himself.
The Father gave the Son, Jesus Christ, His Own Spirit and His Own
Blood:
Jesus Christ came with the Father’s Blood and this Blood is God.
Only God Almighty can wash away sins. Isaiah 1:18 "Come now,
and let us reason together," Says the Lord," though your sins are
like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red
like crimson, they shall be as wool. And this role was claimed by
The Blood of Jesus. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is
in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the Blood
of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. Immediately an
individual gives his or her life to Jesus Christ, The Blood of the
Eternal Covenant, comes into such souls, kicks out sin and death,
and gives such souls life; The Eternal Life. Now this is at the point
of being born again, and at this point such souls are totally
cleansed and pure; however, such souls do not go to heaven
immediately, they continue to live on the earth and interact with
the world; this can make such souls to become stained with sin
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again. At the point of final departure from this world, what
Heaven accepts to grant any soul access into Heaven, is pure
perfection, without a single spot or wrinkle, without any dot of sin
or mistake, standing against such a soul. The only exception is the
soul that obtained mercy at the point of final departure from the
earth. God Almighty is ready to welcome us into His house hence
He has released this covenant of mercy to cover us, and that is by
The Blood of The Eternal Covenant. Psalm 5:7 (The Passion
Translation) “But I know that you will welcome me into your
house, for I am covered by your covenant of mercy and love. So I
come to your sanctuary with deepest awe to bow in worship and
adore” Since not everyone knows when their own day of final
departure will be nor the exact moment of the rapture, that is the
catching away of the saints, it is wisdom for one to put on
permanently the robe of perfection that God Almighty has
revealed and released to all His children. This robe comes upon
you, when you accept the Father’s Blood as God and receive The
Mercy Cover in His Blood. In the Old Testament, a whole nation
was saved the night they left Egypt; they were seen as perfect and
without fault, because of the blood on their lintels and door posts.
Later on, on a yearly basis, the High Priest enters into the Holy of
Holies, with the blood and makes atonement for the whole nation;
in this way, the whole nation puts on the mercy cover and
throughout that year, no fault or sin will be seen upon the whole
nation, till another year when the sacrifice is repeated. But Jesus
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Christ our High Priest has entered once and for all, into the Holy
of Holies, with His Own Blood, releasing His grace to save us and
His mercy to cover us. Accept the mercy cover in His Own
Blood, for the safety of your soul, and be clothed with God’s
Mercy permanently; and thereafter, with the consciousness of
wearing His Mercy, live a life of making daily just decisions based
on God’s word, in order for you to keep the mercy you have
obtained.
The redemption plan of God Almighty is to ensure that all should
make heaven, not only with righteousness, but in perfection.
Jesus Christ has paid the total price, and has given the
understanding of how to have this vital requirement that cannot
be earned. There is a difference between heaven’s visitation and
final departure. Being born again is what is required for heaven's
visitation, but at final departure from the earth, the two
requirements of righteousness and perfection will be demanded!
Jesus Christ, though God Almighty Himself, when he became a
man, was questioned by the eternal gates of heaven on his way
back after His resurrection: Psalms 24:78 “Lift up your heads,
gates! Be lifted up, ancient doors, so the King of Glory may come
in. WHO IS THE KING OF GLORY? The LORD strong and mighty,
the LORD, mighty in battle” The grace of God that gives
righteousness is all what you need to get to the gate of heaven,
FOR RIGHTEOUNESS EXALTS. Proverbs 14:34 “Righteousness
exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people”
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Righteousness takes every believer in Jesus Christ up at the final
departure, but to enter through the eternal gates, perfection will
be demanded! In the demand for perfection, which is another
word for justice or judgement, you will need mercy; for no one
can earn perfection; it must be received, and it must be received
here on earth, before departure. James 2:13 “For the one who
has shown, no mercy will be judged without mercy. Mercy
triumphs over
judgment” The BBE version put it more succinctly. James 2:13
(BBE) FOR THE MAN WHO HAS HAD NO MERCY WILL BE JUDGED,
WITHOUT MERCY, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging”
Jesus Christ is the source of our salvation, He is the one that
made it possible to have The Holy Spirit; He is the one who has
also unveiled the mystery of The Blood of The Eternal Covenant
as the covering of mercy; it is the Blood that atones (cover). The
Blood of The Eternal Covenant is not only crucial for final
departure from the earth, but will also be crucial for the rapture;
you cannot be raptured without the two requirements of
righteousness and perfection; the combination is what is called
Holiness. Hebrews 12:14 “Pursue peace with everyone, as well
as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord”
To maintain your perfection thereafter, you must be involved in
taking daily just decisions; these daily just decisions are in every
area of life in conformity to the Word of God.
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If you have not yet received Jesus Christ as your personal Lord
and Saviour, then pray this prayer first: Lord Jesus Christ, I come
to you now, I repent and forsake all my sins. I accept you as my
Lord and Saviour; forgive me of all my sins and write my name in
your book of life. Thank you lord Jesus Christ for saving me, in
Jesus name I pray. Now you can pray this prayer: In the name of
Jesus Christ, I believe and accept The Blood of The Eternal
Covenant as God Almighty Himself, and I receive Him as the stand
in for my perfection, I receive His mercy cover over my life now
and always in Jesus name I pray.
Remember me my Lord Jesus Christ in your precious kingdom.
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THE ROOT TRANSFER
THE SEVEN COLUMNS OF THE EARTH
JACOB: BELOVED OF GOD CONTROVERSIAL TO MEN
THE FOUR DESTINY DECIDERS
ORGANOGRAM OF RULERS
THE EXCELLENT BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
I AM JESUS CHRIST
IT IS WRITTEN
THE PERSONALITY OF THE THRONE OF YHWH
I AM WITH YOU
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About the Author
Oluyide Olaniran Isaac is a minister of the gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ for
over twenty five years. He is sent to preach and teach His Truth. He is married
and blessed with precious children.
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