

THE UNAVOIDABLE QUESTION OF LIFE:

WHAT AFTER DEATH?

HOW CAN I ESCAPE JUDGEMENT?

Volume one

WARNING: NOT TO BE SOLD.

EXCEPT YOU CHOOSE TO SEND A FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE AUTHOR TO ENCOURAGE HIS MINISTRY AND EXPAND THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

-Egypt in Prophecy-

PRINCE HUBERT TATANG

Copyright 2013 by TATANG DJIOFACK HUBERT RONIS

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(PRINCE) TATANG DJIOFACK HUBERT RONIS

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

To my sweet mother Kengni Madeleine, who sacrificed her livelihood to give me the best in life, who tilled the ground under rain and sun for my education,

To all those who contributed in one way or the other to my coming to the faith,

I love you all,

To my father in the ministry and his darling wife Rev. and Mrs Daniel,

To my Prophet Bishop Doctor David O. Oyedepo,

Not forgetting my sweet heart Doris for love, care and support in prayers.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE:

WHY MUST I BECOME A CHRISTIAN?

CHAPTER 1 - UNDERSTANDING CREATION

CHAPTER 2 - THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION: YOU AND YOUR SOURCE

CHAPTER 3 - THE ONLY WAY OUT...

CHAPTER 4 - THE INVENTOR AND HIS INVENTION

CHAPTER 5 - THE COMPASS OF LIFE

CHAPTER 6: THE LAST DAYS ARE HERE...

(EGYPT ACCORDING TO BIBLE PROPHECY)

PART TWO

CHRISTIANITY; THE ONLY WAY OF ESCAPE

CHAPTER 7 - ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION

CHAPTER 8 - SATAN, THE PRINCE (RULER) OF THIS WORLD

CHAPTER 9 - ESCAPE FROM WRATH AND PENDING JUDGMENT

CHAPTER 10 - ESCAPE FROM SIN

PART THREE

HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN (CHILD OF GOD)?

### Acknowledgements

TO JESUS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT.

DEAR HOLY SPIRIT, THANK YOU, I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR GRACE, WISDOM, INSIGHTS, STRENGTH, LOVE AND INSPIRATION FOR THE WRITING AND PUBLISHING OF THIS BOOK.

JESUS YOU ARE MY ALL. TO YOU ALONE BE ALL THE GLORY FOR ALL AGES. AMEN!

THANK YOU MY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THIS PRIVILEGE.

Thanks to all my pastors in China, Nigeria and in Cameroon,

And my sons in the Lord, Claude and his sweet heart Gisele for their love and support in prayers,

To my wonderful mother Kengni Madeleine,

To the Man of God Rev. Doctor Tamo Achu,

Thanks to Pastor Arrey Ettah for reading through this book.

I am grateful to all those who have been a blessing to me in one way or the other. I love you all.

IS CHRISTIANITY THE ONLY WAY TO GOD?

"And the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now commands all men everywhere to repent: Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained..."

"For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time".

"Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them".

IS JESUS A LENGEND, A PHILOSOPHER,

A PROPHET OR A SAVIOR?

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil".

John 3: 16-19.

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS THIS CHRISTIANITY?

1Timothy 2: 3-6 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

Acts 4: 12: Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Hebrews 7: 25: Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Christianity is God living on the earth through man, and man living by God. It is the union or fusion of God into man just like a marriage relationship between a man and a woman.

Christianity is the sole way of God relating with His human creature. God is too holy to behold sin, but He devised a way to get man cleansed and out of the mess of sin so as to get connected to Him again as it was before the fall in Eden.

All satan ever wanted was to separate Man from God, as he was so jealous of such a wonderful creature God has designed for Himself, and gave him (Man) upper hand over all the creation, including him (satan). He could not stand it, until he carried out his coup d'état in the garden. This time, knowing he already failed in Heaven and the same would repeat itself on the earth, he came in cunningly through the serpent, and his mission succeeded. God expected Man to cling to His own voice above every other, and put satan where he belongs, but he failed his responsibility as the in charge on the earth. The result was separation between Man and his maker.

God in His infinite love could not rest. Man was far away from Him, under the power and harassment of satan. Man had returned to dust, and Himself had given satan the free right to feed on dust. Henceforth, reconciliation through shedding of the blood of a just in the likeness of Man was the only way for Man's escape. God, the All-wise devised a way of reconciling His Man back to Himself. That way is called Christianity. Jesus Himself the reason and beginning of Christianity said of Himself: "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man comes to the Father except through me". Until you locate and journey on that route, you will never get to God; the creator of the whole universe. There's no way you can go the way to the North and expect to ever get to the South.

You are God's creation or creature. You must realize every creation/creature, invention or manufactured thing has a destiny or purpose, which is best defined only by its creator, inventor, or manufacturer. It is true that throughout generations, new technologies and renovations keep coming up, bringing modifications to so many things that the designer, inventor or manufacturer never did imagine, adding functions, or even changing completely the primary intention of the initiator, but the original purpose of its inventor remains unchanged. You might buy your own new exercise book and decide to tear it off to sell sugar or decorate your walls; yet that does not change the fact that exercise books are made for writing. It was originally made for something better.

Whatever men do to fit-in their societies or become, it does change the original intention of the creator for Man. He alone can best tell why He made a thing called Man, for He alone made Man:

"In the day THAT GOD CREATED man, He MADE him in the likeness of God. HE CREATED THEM male and female, and blessed them and called them MANKIND in the day THEY WERE CREATED" Genesis 5: 1-2 (NKJ).

So I was created, I was planned, I was designed, I was willfully and purposely made by God. I don't know about you. Religion, tradition and ancestors did not create you, it was God. Do not be deceived;

"When GOD CREATED MAN, He MADE HIM in the likeness of God. HE CREATED male and female and blessed them and named them [both] Adam [Man] at the time THEY WERE CREATED" (AMP), Genesis 5: 1-2.

The purpose of man's creation will never change, even when evil and pretentious men use their fellow men as guinea pigs and otherwise. You are not an accident of nature; neither are you a mere product of a union between a man and a woman. God simply used them to bring His product into existence. It is like a manufacturer of cars who chooses to transit his product from America to Africa through ship. Ship did not make the cars; it simply played a vital role in getting them down to Africa. The ship cannot come now and tell the cars, now you pay tribute to me because without me you couldn't get down here. Never! This is what we have been trying to do throughout the ages. We put God aside, and tell our children and fellow man that we are his god, and they ought to take everything from us, while we take nothing from the creator. And this is where Man's problem on earth lies.

To sum it up, you are made by God in His image and likeness so as to commune with Him on daily bases. But sin came in Eden and built a separation between you and your creator:

Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: BUT your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear, Isaiah 59: 1-2.

But your God devised a way for your escape, so you can return back to Him as He cannot behold sin. That way is called Christianity, ratified by the righteous, sinless and innocent blood of His Son Jesus Christ, through His death, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. And there is no other way, no other alternative for Man's salvation and reconciliation to God;

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 1Timothy 2: 3-6.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved, Acts 4: 12.

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them; Hebrews 7: 25.

Please, are you saved? Where do you come from and where will go after this life?

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PART ONE

WHY MUST I BECOME A CHRISTIAN?

"Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands? Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? Or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth... I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded" Isaiah 45:9-10, 12.

"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, EXCEPT a man BE BORN AGAIN, he cannot see the kingdom of God...Marvel not that I said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN", John 3:3, 7.

CHAPTER ONE

UNDERSTANDING CREATION

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen".

Romans 1: 18-25

THE LAW OF NATURE

There is an immutable law put in place that sustains and controls nature, put in place by the creator. It is called the law of nature. According that law, every created thing which has life in itself has to stay connected to the source, feed from the source, and be sustained by the source for its existence. And finally, return to the source.

Look at the trees for instance, they spring from the ground, no man knows how, though science will venture to explain, but can they make trees? Trees must remain planted (connected) on the ground (their source), feed from it, and return to it and become compost. Whether they fall down and rot or someone burn them, they end up in the ground from where they came. You may even transform them into furniture such as chairs, tables, bed and whatever you are capable of; yet a day will come when you will get rid of them. Still they will end up in the earth.

Behold animals. God made animals from the soil; they live on earth and feed on soil (what comes out of the earth). They also return to the ground in the end.

How about you? Who made you? Where will you go? Are you connected to your source? Or you think your father and mother are your source. Sorry, don't get deceived. However important and caring they may be, they are simply channels and instruments through which God brought you to earth to accomplish His own purpose He predesigned you for;

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them, Ephesians 2: 10.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture, Psalms 100: 3.

Fishes are produced in water. They live in water by water. They feed in water where they have life. Take fish out of water; and it is a dead fish in few seconds.

Man away from God is just another creature. No wonder Man, having been cut off from the source lost sense and reason, and began fabricating killing machines and tools to kill one another. For they saw themselves no more as God intended them to be. They became animals, beasts and toys to themselves, and started eating themselves, killing themselves and turning their fellows to slaves and dogs. Just as they saw a certain race or ethnics as low humans and animals, that is what they also became. Because only beasts and barbarians could treat God's precious Man as the world has witnessed through slave trade, colonization, Nazism, cold war, jihads and all other wars we hear and see from one generation to another. The reason being that, Man lost touch with God, and has since refused to return, and get back his dignity.

There will be no human dignity as long as we stay away from God. No civilization is good enough for Man without the Knowledge and fear of God. Take God out any civilization, development and ideology and it becomes barbarism, and fabrication of more problems for Man and the world. This is what we have failed to understand. The world has ever since been moving farther away from the solution, in search of solution. It is like journeying towards the South Pole, hoping to get to the North. The more you go, (whether you walk, run or fly), the farther away from the North you get. It is time we sit down and think, and consider our source. God does not need our election and approval to be God. Rather we need Him in every way, if we must be what we truly must be.

So, who made you? Where will you end your life's journey? Are you connected to your source? Where will you spend eternity?

CHAPTER TWO

THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION:

YOU AND YOUR SOURCE

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture, Psalms 100: 3.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them, Genesis 1: 26-27.

UNDERSTANDING MAN'S MADE-UP

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them"

Now, you [man] are a tri-partite being: Spirit, soul and body. You are a spirit which never dies; created by God in His image and likeness (like Himself as He is Spirit), and have a soul which carries your mind, will, emotions and thinking faculties, and live in a body made of soil (from ground). Only your body dies, your soul and spirit are can only die when God Himself dies.

In other words, you are a spirit with a soul living in a body. The body feeds from the ground, stays on the earth and will return to the earth. I was told of a certain people who eat human flesh. What an abomination! However the case, the body must end up in the ground from where it was taken. In Genesis chapter 3 verse 19, God told Adam; which simply means Man, that he shall return to the ground out of which he was taken.

When the first man fell, he became flesh because the spirit had died, he lost touch with God. That is why God declared, 'you [man flesh] are dust, and unto dust shall you return'. He was physically alive, but spiritually dead. It is possible to moving around and doing things, yet you are dead. Hear what God says: "But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives", 1Timothy 5:6

SPIRITUAL DEAD

Actually, only the regenerated Man has a spirit, a soul and a body. The unsaved Man has only a soul and a body. When sin came in, man experienced spiritual dead, that is, he was disconnected from the source, and had no more supply of life in himself. And until you are connected back to God, you remain a living corpse, a dead among the living. That is where Man's problem started. In his dead state, he could no more distinguish between good and bad, he lost touch with God and the taste of good, "And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart", Genesis 6: 5-6.

Being dead, Man was no more led by the Spirit of God who could only communicate with him via his spirit. So, satan; the god of this world became his new master and mentor, and started feeding him with all manner of base and corrupted ideas through the flesh until his heart was corrupted and vile; "And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5)

However, whether you are spiritually alive or dead, your soul cannot return to earth as it cannot die. It was not made from the earth.

YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR SOUL

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, Genesis 2: 7.

As for the soul, it feeds either on ideas from your flesh; that is your body if you are earthly, or from your spirit when you are born of the Spirit of God and spiritually alive.

Your spirit also must, like every living created thing, must remain connected to its source to have life. It must feed from its source and maker, be sustained by the source to maximize and effectively fulfill destiny, and finally return to its source. This is without exception, and without your consent. It is not about what you believe or don't believe. It is not about your religion. Whether you believe it or not, that is what will happen to you.

While the remains of a man are kept in the tomb (whether they build and decorate it or not, whether they use a coffin of millions or no coffin at all), his spirit returns to render account for his journey or mission (while in the body) on earth. It doesn't matter at all the way a man dies, and how they treat his corpse. Whether they burry it on the spot or they keep it in cold houses for ten years, or they burn him (or otherwise) as in some cultures and parts of the world, the real him goes to face his creator for account and judgment. And whatever is done here upon a man's dead has no influence as to what happens to him where he has crossed over to, because there is no change of mind or ways in the grave

"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment"; Hebrews 9: 27.

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God, Romans 14: 12.

Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead, 1Peter 4: 5.

"...And all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works", Revelation 1: 23.

The man JOB, having understood that nobody shall be exempted, said in the midst of his afflictions, "For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest...There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master", Job 3: 13, 17-19.

PASCAL; a French philosopher and scientist said he prefers to accept there is a God, and assume Heaven is real, and live righteously, than to live carelessly and realize in eternity that hell was real, while already there. It would be too late.

PAUL; the great persecutor of the followers of Christ, who later became a great apostle and propagator of the Christian faith, said after his conversion when his eyes were opened to the truth;

"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. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men..." 2 Corinthians 5: 10.

This was the same man who was against Christianity, and killed and dragged to prison and punishment many who followed this way. You can't fight your maker. Many like Paul, and Pascal have found out the truth, but they suppress it and follow their pernicious ways, to their own destruction and perdition. Some are just afraid of being criticized and rejected. I was rejected and disowned when I became a Christian, but I could not helping pressing forth because I knew I was on the right tract, the only right way in life. I had found my savior.

Many continue on the wrong way and pretend all is well, they kwon the truth, but suppress it and try at no avail to kill it. What madness? For this reason, the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. WHEREFORE God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen", Romans 1: 18-25.

You may say you don't believe in Christianity, you may say where you were born they believe in their own gods. You are right, and that is the reason why you are under condemnation. Just for the fact that you see Jesus the Savior as a legend or a common prophet, or whatever your sect or religion has miss taught you about Him, you are under judgment. Why? Because "God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: BUT he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil". John 3: 17-19.

"The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him". John 3: 35.

Whatever your belief if you fail to believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He died and rose up from the death, you are in danger of judgment by the Creator. He is the only Savior, and the only way to the Creator of the whole universe.

"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. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved". Romans 10: 9-13.

Only believe and turn back from your wrong beliefs and wrong ways. It doesn't matter from whom you inherited it, or who taught you that. It doesn't matter your position in the society or your rank or title in the wrong things you have been following. Listen to this testimony:

CHAPTER THREE

THE ONLY WAY OUT...

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city, Ecclesiastes 10: 15

So, we all, flesh and blood, born of man and woman, regardless of our class, age and position or fame, have no option but to be Christians, realizing it is the only way to relate with God by faith in Christ Jesus our sole Mediator and Redeemer. For we will all be buried one day, and our spirits and souls shall return to the Lord; the Judge of the whole earth. If I reject Jesus Christ in this world as my Merciful Savior and Lord, I will meet Him in eternity as my Righteous and uncompromising Judge. It would be too late.

RECONCILIATION

Christianity means man reconciling himself to God His creator through faith in Christ Jesus;

Therefore BEING JUSTIFIED by FAITH, we HAVE PEACE with God through our LORD JESUS CHRIST: By WHOM also we have access BY FAITH into this grace wherein we stand, Romans 5: 1-2.

And all things are of God, who hath RECONCILED US to HIMSELF by JESUS CHRIST, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, BE YE RECONCILED TO GOD, 2 Corinthians 5: 18-20.

We were separated and disunited from our source; separation caused by the fall of the first (Man) Adam- "For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous" Romans 5: 17-19.

A Christian means a regenerated man, restored, RECONCILED and RECONNECTED to God through Christ.

Jesus told His audience, 'the words I speak to you are spirits and they are life'. The word of God is His breathe.

The word of God is the Spirit that brought our spirit into existence-"And God said, let us make man in our own image and likeness... Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath [Spirit] of life, and man BECAME a living being", Genesis 1: 26; 2: 7.

God declared man into existence by His word and infused His Spirit inside the body He formed and framed of dust from ground. Man only became a living soul after receiving God's breathe of life into his lifeless body (earth-made). The body was well formed and meticulously kneaded together, but had no life in it. The secret of life was with God, and still is this day.

No matter how beautiful and healthy looking a person may be, you have no life until you receive the Spirit of life from God through Christ Jesus His Son. The word of God is the seed that He uses to release His life into us, giving us His nature. The word of God therefore is the life and nutrient our spirit needs to stay alive and healthy.

DIVINITY AND HUMANITY

Christianity is divinity taking over humanity; God living and operating on earth through man. When a child is in the womb, he eats what the mother eats, go wherever the mother goes. A pregnant woman is actually two persons in one. That is how God intends to merge into every human being; created in His image. He never intended to take your place or deprive you of your life and freedom, but simply to enjoy His creation, and expresses Himself to His world through man; the best and most enviable of all His creation.

MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

A child in the womb does not deprive the mother of her liberty; neither does he tell her where to go and what to eat, or what not to do. The mother freely and consciously chooses what to eat, what types of drugs to take, where to go, how to lie down, for the sake of the child. At that period she forgets about herself, and constantly thinks of the child, what is good and what is bad for him. She naturally does her best to make the child comfortable. This is exactly how God intends to operate with us as long as we are on earth.

NO MORE ONE, NO MORE LIVING FOR SELF

When a couple is married, they lay asides self, and think about what is suitable for either partner. They agree in everything, they are one in everything but it does not stop them from dreaming individually, eating something of their choice and so on. The wife may go to the market or her office alone, but they are one because she is there for the husband. When there is a decision to take, she calls her husband to get his opinion and consent. She may even represent the husband in a meeting, or ceremony, in such instances, she reports back with the consciousness that she is not alone. She is conscious of the fact that she is no more one; she is no more living for herself. I often hear wise people say 'I and my wife... my husband and I...' These are people who understand. This is exactly what your maker wants and nothing else. Just for you to carry Him, report and refer to Him in every decision of life. Look up to Him and live for Him, not living to satisfy self, and struggle by yourself for yourself, ready to destroy others for self-gratification.

Your creator just wants you to be conscious that you are somebody's property and invention; and consequently His representative down here wherever you go as long as you live.

For this purpose, because sin separated us from the Righteous God who is too holy to behold sin, He came down to earth in human form so as to take our place in judgment and death so as to reconcile us to Himself.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life...For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Romans 5: 8-10, 17.

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5: 18-2.

You don't have to sacrifice, or do goods works to be saved. It takes just faith (earnest and sincere belief). It is not by your good works and efforts; "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast". Ephesians 2: 8- 9:

Many even foolishly go to the extent of killing to please their god. Some even dye killing to enter into some so called paradise. That is satan's deception and illusion. You will be greatly disappointed at the end, and it would be too late. Why not just believe in Jesus Christ, the Lord of lords, and King of Kings.

****Many have been deceived that the Bible is not authentic, but even the Quran recommends the Gospel (Injil) and acknowledges Jesus as the breathe of God and messenger of God, meaning His origin is not of this world. The Bible says "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth". Revelation 5: 9-10.
CHAPTER FOUR

THE INVENTOR AND HIS INVENTION

Isaiah 17: 7: At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 45: 9: Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Isaiah 51: 12-13: I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

The secret of an invention is with the inventor. The phone manufacturer decides how to make each of his phones and where to send it. I have been to China. I noticed that in most factories, the kind of products destined for Africa is quite different from those destined to Europe or America. Even with Africa, the quality is not the same. There are some nations to which a higher quality is sent depending on their economy level and living standards. Another factor put in consideration while manufacturing most appliances is the climate and the area's temperature. Some phones can only operate in Africa while some can only operate in Europe as I learnt, all of this by the choice and decision of the maker. A product will never tell the manufacturer where to sell it.

God is a careful planner. It is written "for I know the plans and thoughts I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome".

We are products of His thoughts and design. Nobody in his real senses buys a computer for buying sake. The art of an artist is only the result of conscious and constant thinking, planning and conception. In most cases, a name and a purpose or mission is given before the product is out. It is not like in most of our nations, people are suffering and lamenting while money is abusively squeezed into private and foreign accounts with no vision, cars are wickedly packed and rust inside elevated gates, purchased by lust, covetousness and pride without any plan or goal. May God have mercy on us!

In Jeremiah 1: 5, God told Prophet Jeremiah in his tender age, and the same applies to you and I, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew [you] and approved of you [as my selected instrument], and before you were born I separated you as a prophet to the nations" (AMP).

You must not be a prophet like Jeremiah, but understand that you are God's instrument for a set-apart purpose. However, discovery and fulfillment of divine purpose begins at salvation; that is by knowing and accepting Christ as your Lord and savior. For this purpose, it becomes a requirement for you to become a Christian. It is a prerequisite if you must satisfy your creator on the earth. It is in Christ that we enter into our life's purpose, "For we are his workmanship, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS unto good works, which God hath BEFORE ordained that we should walk in them", Ephesians 2: 10.

Though preordained to be a prophet, Jeremiah could not have operated as prophet if he did not listen to his maker and surrender to his plans and principles. Even after discovering God's plan or purpose for his life, he wasn't forced to do it, he had the choice to embrace or ignore it.

Knowing that Christianity is the merging of the creator into His creation; that is divinity fulfilling divine agenda and purpose through and in agreement with humanity, it becomes indispensable for us to become Christians. But it is a freewill choice.

To become a Christian literally means to put on divinity in our day to day life. Just like a lady who decides to put on long hairs. She walks with it everywhere, sleeps with it, eats with it, and plays with it, dances, sings, jumps, runs and baths with it, but protecting and covering it whenever necessary. She does not need anybody to remind her of what to do per time to keep her hair. She just does it and enjoys it.

YOU ARE A CREATION OF PURPOSE

After creating His world; the Heaven and the earth, the sea and all that therein is, God sat down and realized He needed a manager and care-taker. Everything He made was truly good, but then He had a problem; someone like Him needed be there to take care of all He had made for Himself. And as every problem calls for a solution, He knew just what to do: "And God said, let us make Man in our own image and our own likeness".

You are that solution. He also understood nature demands that spirits must operate in the invisible and spirit realm, while in the physical and earthly realm only earth-made agents can operate and practically act. So He decided to beat down this rule in His infinite wisdom and sovereignty. God could not break rules that He had put in place by Himself, but being Omniscient and All-wise God, He devised a means, to be in Heaven and yet on earth. So God chose to infuse or implant Himself into an earth-made body, so as to operate in the earth. Man was supernatural at creation, and God expected him to live supernaturally on the earth, and rule the natural realm.

That is how you and I came into the picture. He copied Himself into a body He had made with hands, resulting into a three-in-one being: spirit-soul-body.

EARTH-MADE AND SPIRIT-MADE MAN

Though three-in-one, man was a two-nature being: spirit-made being, and earth-made being. So you are a spirit made after God's likeness (Spiritual), you have a soul and live in a body made by God from the ground (natural).

When we take a close look at Genesis 26: 26-27, and Genesis 2: 7-8, we noticed that there was a created Man and a formed man.

First, God created Man a spirit like Him;

And God said, Let us MAKE man in our image, after our likeness

So God CREATED man in his own image, in the image of God CREATED he him; male and female CREATED he them.

Then because a spirit could not operate on the earth, He formed the tent to house His Man. God is Spirit and rules the spirit world, it takes a (higher) physical being to rule the physical world. So, He formed a physical body to house the spirit Man, the natural body to house the supernatural Man; to enable him rule and dominate the earthly ream;

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

THE CREATED MAN IN THE FORMED MAN

In the first account, God created Man. In this second account, he formed him.

And the LORD God FORMED man... the man whom he had FORMED.

It was the created man first, before the formed Man. So the created man, being like God was to dictate to the formed Man, and execute God's own plan on the earth. That was the order until the fall of Man. By the fall, the reversal took place.

THE CREATED MAN SEPARATES FROM THE FORMED MAN

In the course of time, by disobedience to God, man separated the earth-made being from the spirit-made being; resulting to spiritual death. God started devising means to infuse back Himself into man, but this time it will be a matter of choice and decision on the part of Man (each individual). Because God had made man a free agent, with the will power so he could enjoy freedom and liberty among His creation.

"See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee...I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days" Deuteronomy 30: 15-16, 19-20

When a man proposes to a lady, he has just played his own part. The lady has the right to say yes or know. Though she must need a man to fulfill destiny, she needs a man to escape loneliness, she needs a man to bear children, yet she is free to accept or refuse the proposal. She is free as to when to comply, knowing time waits for no man, and tomorrow may never meet us here. Likewise, you are free to accept God's offer and way of salvation or to reject it as many have done and end in hell. On the 17th of April 2013, when God took me to show me hell, a man spoke to me "if I had known. When I was in the world, satan deceived me, and I lived my life without God as I wanted. I did what I wanted, thinking I was enjoying life. But now, I am here in torments, and there is no way back. It is too late". It was a dreadful and painful sight. It was horrible and awful what I saw. Hell is a terrible place.

God has not ceased to stretch out his invitation to us, "Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in..." Revelation 3: 20

NOURISHMENT

The same Word (of God) that brought us into existence is the only nourishment and sustainer for our souls and our spirits. God's word is the beginning and initiation of man's existence. You need His word constantly to take on His nature, discover His will and purpose for your life, draw grace and authority to rule and dominate. His word is recorded in a precious book called the 'HOLY BIBLE', the manual of life. It's the record of creation.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12: 2

CHAPTER FIVE

THE COMPASS OF LIFE

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city, Ecclesiastes 10: 15.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death, Proverbs 14: 12.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life, John 8: 12.

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth, John 12: 35.

The Bible is to all living what the compass is to the pilot, and a map to the traveler. No matter how experienced and trained a sailor or ship captain may be, he cannot sail through without his compass. Of course, the absence of the compass will not stop the ship from moving, but that is the only surety for his safe landing to the right destination. Without orientation, he will keep moving until he lands either at a wrong shore or he runs out of fuel. Without the word of your maker, life becomes a bunch of crisis and tragedy. Life becomes a journey of guessing and trying.

HOW FOOLISH IS MAN'S WISDON?

Life is a mess because many, particularly leaders of the people in this world, have chosen to dump God's word aside and do what seems good in their own eyes, just for their wicked and lustful desires and ambitions, to the detriment of precious souls God so much loved and gave up His only Son for their redemption. As it is, "There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death", Proverbs 14: 12.

Man's own conduct and ways have brought about all the calamities humanity is facing till date. God spoke in old time by the mouth of His Holy prophets,

"Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left", Isaiah 24: 1-6.

He says as with the people so with the priest, as with the servant, so with the master (leaders). The same troubles and calamities befalls them all, the same hell receives them both in the end. As Job understood by revelation that both rich and poor, great and small, the slave and his master, the prisoner and the oppressor, the thief and the warder (who repented not of their sins and wicked ways, who did not believed in the Lord Jesus) are together there in hell. When satan struck Job, he said,

Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, With kings and counselors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver. Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. Job 3: 12-19

No exception, because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinances, and broken the everlasting covenant. Look around the world, aren't they breaking laws, and changing ordinances? They vote laws in support of abortion, homosexuality, lesbianism, massif killings, divorces, polygamies, corruption, name the rest. Lawyers are bought to defend crimes and abominations at the detriment of the right of the innocent and perversion of justice and truth. Isn't that changing the ordinances of the creator? This is breaking the everlasting covenant that sustains the universe. As the result, in verses 19- 21, God warned us and foretold of all the shakings we are witnessing in our world today;

"The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth"

All over the world today, 'the earth is utterly broken...' There is a punishment coming upon the high ones and the kings of the earth these last days, as Christ is getting ready to come and rapture His redeemed. Are you saved? Where will you be when Christ comes to rapture His own? Where will you spend eternity? Can't you see that everything is failing except the word of God as recorded in God's only Book, the Holy Bible? What did you bring into this world and will you carry away?

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Matthew 16: 26

"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels". Mark 8: 35-38.

Many have despised the creator and His Living manual, and satan is torturing them all over because he has the free right to torment the rebellious and ungodly.

THE GOOD NEWS

The good news is that few men (regardless of their gender) are left as recoded in Isaiah 24 verse 6: "therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and FEW MEN LEFT".

These are those who have been washed in the blood of Lamb, by their faith in Jesus; the atoning Lamb of God. They are men (and women) of understanding who carry divinity in their spirit. This is enough reason why I must be and remain a Christian. Enlist yourself now among the few who will be left. Can't you see the world is coming to the end as the scriptures foretold? Can't you see the scriptures are coming true day by day? Jesus said Himself "the scripture cannot be broken". So, you can be exempted. Whatever befalls others, the scriptures say, "So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him". Malachi 3: 18 (HCSB).

GOD'S IMMUTABILITY

"The gifts and calling of God are without repentance"

God's purpose for man never changes. No matter how long Man stayed away from God, His plan and purpose for him remained unchanged. He knew Man would return to Him as He had prepared an atoning Lamb from the foundation of the world for his redemption. God does not change His plan concerning an individual until he stubbornly enters the grave. He holds unto His plans for families and nations until a man rises from amongst them to execute whatever He had ordained from them.

Throughout the ages, God was consciously working out His plan for the triumphant return of Man. At the appointed time, He provided a scapegoat for the redemption of Man so He can return and worship Him as originally intended. His strategies and procedures may change but His sole purpose remains unchanged. He declared it to Moses when sending Him to Egypt,

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me", Exodus 8: 1.

Serving Him here means worship; it means total devotion and surrender to Him as the Creator and Lord of all. Man needed to be redeemed. Here we see Israel, the chosen people of God in bondage in Egypt under the oppression of king Pharaoh crying out for deliverance. This is the picture of humanity before Jesus' coming into the world. Like Pharaoh, satan sat over the human race, cruelly oppressing and assaulting them from one generation to another. As Moses showed up in Egypt to take the Jews back to Canaan the Promised Land, Jesus showed up on the earth to redeem us back to Eden. God purposely led Israel to Egypt where he spent four hundred years as a servant to Egypt, with promised deliverance. God did it so as to show His power on the earth by punishing Egypt, and also to give to the world the picture or shadow of what He had planned for humanity through the death and resurrection of His Son- our Passover Lamb. Satan did not get the message. Moses was to bring them out of bondage to serve God as Adam was destined to. Because God was preparing the way for mankind back to His service.

We should never forget that Adam simply means 'Man'. So, it is not Adam that fell, it was Man (Mankind):

"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created", Genesis 5: 1-2.

Let's hear from the Living Bible Translation: "Here is the list of some of descendants of Adam- the man who was like God from the day of his creation. God created man and woman and blessed them, and called them Man from the start".

The first version says Adam, whereas the later says Man. So Adam means Man. However, that is not my point.

Rather, I want us to notice that in both instances, it is not one man who was called Adam but both of them:

"In the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam".

"God created man and woman and blessed them, and called them Man from the start".

As the matter of fact, when Adam was lost, it was Man that was lost and needed restoration or regeneration.

Therefore, everyone born of man and woman needs redemption. And you know, as I also know, that no religion in this world offers any redemption to its followers. No religion, tradition or custom can ever redeem you. You need Jesus in your life. That is why Christianity is not a religion; it is the way to God.

This is why Jesus came to the world. To save and restore us back to God. Remember in Genesis chapter 3, when God showed up, man ran away. God did not find Him is his appointed position, meaning he was lost or missing; that was spiritual dead and disconnection from God.

When you are not in Christ, you are just out of your divine location, you are spiritually missing. Thus you must become a Christian. We agree man was lost in sin. Indirectly, the devil had now adopted him and illegally become his father. A beloved man of God said sin stands for SIN: Satan's Identification Number. I quiet agree with him.

Sin identifies you with satan. But the Good News is that Jesus came to destroy this identity upon humanity:

"He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning, for this purpose, the son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil", 1 John 3: 8.

Sin means violating divine laws and decrees or missing the mark. The devil does not operate unless through wrongdoing because evil is his nature, and God will not operate unless through righteousness. Jesus came do away with what the devil has done in your life and family through sin. But He has to be allowed in your life first. When He takes over, He becomes the new Master of your life; satan and his works called sin, sickness, poverty, failure, oppression, sufferings...are all destroyed. If you are awarded a mansion or a land, you will surely get rid of everything that does not suit you. As soon as you take over, you must do away with them no matter how precious they had been to the former owner.

I read about a famous athlete who was very brilliant in his school days. He won a very remarkable trophy for his school which was kept in the administration, bearing his name, date and occasion. Many years later when he was already out of school, a former classmate picked the same precious trophy in the dustbin, thrown by the new principal who took over and did away with it, along with many other things. He mailed it to him, but it had no more value to him, it couldn't serve him if not to show it to his children.

What is this story teaching us? First, nothing in this life is eternal apart from salvation in Christ Jesus. All the degrees/qualifications and wealth, as much important as they are to us now, they are all worthless and vain without the salvation of our souls through Christ.

Secondly, when Jesus takes over your life, He will sweep the house (your life) as this new principal did. He does it for His own purpose and pleasure. When you clean your house, it is because you want to stay in a clean environment.

You are not an accident and God does not save you for saving sake. There is a glorious purpose for your salvation.

This purpose is reiterated in Luke 1: 74-75; 2 Timothy 1: 8-9; Ephesians 2: 10. This is clearly explained in my book 'WHY DID JESUS DIE'. You need to read this book.

THE PHONE AND THE SIM CARD

Man, you are a phone which needs a SIM card to operate. No matter how beautiful a phone may be, it is useless without SIM card. When I left my country in 2011for a short training, I lost network because I was out of the network zone. I had a double SIM cards phone, yet I had to buy a new card to connect people back in my country. When I returned home, though I was within the network zone, I could no more connect because my former SIM card had expired. I was advised to pay some money to reactivate it. As I paid the money, units were transferred into my phone and behold, my SIM card was reactivated and could reconnect the network. That was good but not enough; I must keep refilling and recharging it to be able to contact people.

Now, the Bible tells us that God formed our frame (body) out of the ground. We were a lifeless body. Then God breathed into His framed body His own breathe of life that made us a living being. So, it is the life of God that makes us a living being.

At the fall, man lost this God factor in him, which was connecting him to God. God imparted our spirit into the container that moves everywhere, the one we touch and refer to as body. When Jesus came, He said

"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God... Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit".

You have to be born of God's Spirit to have life and access to God. To be born again is like reactivating your SIM card. Just as they transferred credit into my account to reactivate it, the same way the life of God is re-imparted into us by His Spirit to regenerate our own spirit. That is why they talk of new birth, which is also called regeneration or recreation. Because your death spirit has been renewed or regenerated:

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new", 2 Corinthians 5: 17.

It therefore means that everyman without Christ is a phone with a dead SIM card, which is consequently good for nothing. It is new birth that adds value to a man's life. New birth enhances living and gives a sense to life on earth. Whatever your religion, if you are not born again through faith in Christ Jesus the Son of the Living God, you are good for nothing. And I know no religion that offers new birth that we have when we become Christians. Until then, your life has no worth. Life truly begins in Christ Jesus and with Christ Jesus.

Now, when you finally receive Jesus and be saved, you need to constantly recharge your phone to keep in touch with God. A constant intake of the word of God refills and sustains your SIM card, which is your spirit. No matter how urgent a matter is, until I refill my SIM card, I cannot call anyone. You need the word of God daily as long as you live.

So dear, never say Christianity is for a set of people. It is not a matter of origin or background. If God is your creator, then I appeal to you to reconcile with Him now. This is not done by works or sacrifices, nor is it done by belonging to a denomination or church. You may ask, 'how do I reconcile?' Just repent from your sins, believe in Jesus and invite Him in your life as Lord as Savior. You are also encouraged to obtain and read Volume 1 book 2, and Volume 2 of this book.

CHRISTIANITY IS NOT RELIGION

Let me clarify here that Christianity is not a religion as many have ignorantly concluded. It is God living through man, leading and directing His affairs though His Spirit dwelling in man, when Jesus-Christ becomes our Personal Lord and Only Savior. When He comes in, everything about us changes; our thoughts, language, words, actions, lifestyle...

You are made to serve God. You are made to be like Christ. Therefore, He is to be your model. He is the only and best person after whom to model your life. My dear, read on and you will discover more. But then you got to become a Christian now.

CHAPTER SIX

THE LAST DAYS ARE HERE

(EGYPT ACCORDING TO PROPHECY)

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another...

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (Matthew 24: 4-10; 2 Timothy 3: 1-5)

WE ARE DOUBTLESS IN THE LAST DAYS

The last days are truly here. Jesus will soon come back and rapture His redeemed. Run with your life and hide in Christ. There is no other way out. No other religion offers you salvation and assurance for Heaven after death.

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. 1 John 5: 19-21

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 1 Timothy 2: 3-6

Where will you spend eternity? As we look through the above scriptures, we see that it is happening as written. All the things that are happening in our world today are simply signs of the end of time. It is a warning to everyone living under the sun, and an invitation to turn to Jesus as your Lord as Savior if you have not yet done so. It is an alarm for those in the church who are still playing around and mixing up with the world. Be warned. Be prepared as to where you will spend eternity, or where you will be if Christ were to show up tomorrow. Be ready, beware!

Heaven is real, hell is real. I have been there, I saw it myself. It is a terrible and awful place. It is not a place you can ever wish to be there, even your worst enemy, you will not in your true senses desire to see him there.

On the 17th of April 2013, at 2 am, as I was seeking God's face for His intervention in my family, and nation in prayer and fasting, God took me to hell, and I saw terrible things. People were wailing and crying. It was so horrified that I fell on my knees as a child that is still crawling. I could stand the sight. I saw a kind of red, hot burning coals of fire that I never saw before. I saw them in pain and anguish. And one of them said, "Here, there is no way out. Nobody can come out of here. You cannot help us". Another one said, "If I had known". So, I asked, "know what?" He replied, "When I was still in the world, satan deceived me, I lived my life as I wanted. I did what I wanted; I lived in pleasure thinking I was enjoying life. But now I am in this place, there is no way out". It was touching. I felt like crying. They were a mix multitude of big and small. O dear, hell is horrible and frightening. Please, don't dare be there. There is no salvation after death. Now is the time to repent and be saved. Only believe and call on Jesus, ask Him to come into your heart and save you from eternal doom. What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul? What does it take you to believe in Jesus? How will you perish? Whatever your religion or belief, if you don't believe in Jesus Christ as Lord, you are God's enemy and will never enter heaven, but perish in hell. Do something now;

"Again, He specifies a certain day—today—speaking through David after such a long time, as previously stated: Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts...Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God... The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who refuses to believe in the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him... So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." ... If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved". (Hebrews 4: 7; John 3: 18, 36; Acts 16: 31; Romans 10: 9 - HCSB).

EGYPT ACCORDING TO PROPHECY

Everything the Spirit foretold by the mouth of chosen servants of God in the scriptures is taking place gradually. I met a young man recently who ignorantly confessed to me that he believes in God the creator, but he doesn't believe in the Bible and the church, because according to him, the Bible was written by common men and the church is man's idea to gather people after themselves. This is how satan has deceived and blinded many who have vowed to ignore God however His power is displayed and revealed to them. Looking at the above scriptures, even the blind man will tell that it is happening today just as they say, whereas they were written more than two thousand years ago.

Do you know that what took place recently in Egypt word and affected the whole Arab world, is in God's written more than 2400 years ago? That is why instead of ending as many may had wished; it has spread to the neighborhood. The wind continues to blow, shaking every strata of the society. The Bible is truly God's book. Isaiah the great prophet of God foresaw it by the Holy Spirit and said;

"The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up... And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. Surely, the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? Where are they? Where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt", Isaiah 19: 1-12. Who can stop what God has purposed?

What began in Egypt and keeps taking new forms will not just end as we think, though we gather all the peace makers and conflict resolution expects of the world. Not because it cannot end, but because the Maker and Ruler of the universe had purposed it for His own glory. He alone knows why. The only thing I know is that God is still interested and zealous for His chosen nation Israel, and will do anything to preserve her. Israel is the main reason why many of the Middle East and Muslin nations are afflicted and unstable often. They foolishly think they can overthrow or exterminate Israel from the map of the world, which is only a mad man's dream. The only way to overthrow or wipe out Israel is to first overthrow God Almighty and All-powerful from His throne in Heaven or wipe Him out from the universe. Israel is Heavenly backed. And that is how the church of the Living God, which the Spiritual Israel is backed and defended by God. That is why God's book (THE HOLY BIBLE) and the Church of Jesus Christ has survived and keeps making waves from one generation to another, regardless of what satan through wicked men has waged against us throughout the ages. God is able to back up and defend His own people.

Not only the physical Israel, but also the spiritual Israel; the Church of Jesus Christ and every nation that has the God of Heaven as their God and the Lord Jesus as their Lord and Savior. As the great king David understood it and said by the Spirit of the Living God, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD: and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance", Psalms 33: 12.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Romans 8: 31

So no human has the way out of the crisis in the Middle East. However, there is a way out. Not only for Egypt, but for all other nations who are being contaminated and affected by this end time wind of God. They can come out if they choose to do so. God loves them all. God loves Egyptians, because He made them. There is no co-creator, apart from His Son and His own Spirit.

Those of them who will dare to humble and look up to the God of Heaven, and come to Him through our only mediator Jesus the Christ, will be redeemed from the harassment of satan, the wicked god of this world behind all the atrocities our world is suffering. It is very true that God has purposed and foretold it all, but the man behind the happenings is satan. He has neither power nor right of his own to do anything in the world, but he is permitted by God to punish and lord over the rebellious men and nations.

He is like a thief who patiently stands by an apple tree or an avocado tree waiting for the wind to blow. As soon as the wind begins to blow, he shoots down fruits and can evidently prove to you that he never cut any fruit. And no professional, no expert lawyer will prove him guilty.

Concerning Egypt and his neighbors, the Holy Spirit of the Lord said;

"In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them...In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance", Isaiah 19: 19-22, 24.

The time has come that the world all over will know that there is a God in heaven who alone saves, and there is only one mediator between man and His Creator; one savior of those who believe in Him.

WIIL YOU SUBMIT TO JESUS?

Man's original purpose for creation was to worship Him through constant fellowship and dominate over the creation as His sole representative. God never intended Man to dominate Man. But at the fall in Eden, man lost connection with God, the source of life and power. In Genesis 3: 8-10, we see Adam running away from God because he has broken the rules. God has been coming to commune with him until that day. To be fully in charge, man was to fully submit to his creator and stay connected to Him. No director or manager will bypass or ignore the proprietor's or his president's authority to do what he feels good to himself. Consequently, man lost control over creation, and started lording over his fellow man under the influence of the devil through the flesh. His spirit being alienated and dead, the mind depended on the flesh for information and ideas originating from the devil his new master. It resulted in wickedness and dominion of man by the devil through man, "and God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually. And it repented the Lord that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him in His heart", Genesis 6: 5.

Ever since, man is busy trying to rule and lord over his fellow man, whereas satan is ruling over the nations, using man to destroy man, as it in Egypt and other nations. At the end, as it is his chief mission on the earth, he leads them headlong to hell. You may choose not believe as many folks around the globe, but I know when you get to hell you will not only agree with what we testify, but will also see and live it. Then it will be too late.

Right now in hell are great and renowned presidents of nations, kings and emperors, dictators and monarchs, colonizers and slave masters, governors and congressmen, religious leaders and their blind followers, magistrates and judges and all rulers who at one time sat over God's people as their own property and allowed no man to speak. They had no time nor respect for their Creator while they lived.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to totally deny the existence of rain for the fact that he never saw rain in the desert where he lives, and eventually meets a heavy down pour of rain as soon as he steps out of the desert. Man, God is true and Jesus is truly the Son of God and our only Savior and Mediator. You might be that man who meets with rain when it is too late to escape.

PART TWO

CHRISTIANITY; THE ONLY WAY OF ESCAPE

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him, Romans 5: 9.

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him? Hebrews 2: 3.

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven, Hebrews 12: 25.

CHRISTIANITY; THE ONLY WAY OF ESCAPE

My dear, Christianity is your only way of escape. One major reason why you must become a Christian is that your life is in danger as long you are without Christ. You are running a risk with your life outside of Christ whoever and wherever you may be. Whatever your position and possession, your life is at risk without Christ. Any man without Christ is just as good as a nice car with good engine, but without engine oil, or rather a wonderful car without insurance. How can you boast of the latest car you have when your engine has no oil in it? It will soon break down and the car will be good for nothing. It will be foolish to spend millions to renovate your car and set on a journey without a valid insurance. I wonder how you will pass all the policemen and road control agents to get to your destination. You will either be locked up or the car be locked up. That unfortunately is how some fellows are running their lives. Satan is an aggressive, lawless insurance police harassing people everywhere.

DIVINE INSURANCE

Humans are not animals. Human beings need insurance for their lives here on the earth and in eternity. A wise driver or car owner will always insures his car ahead of time. Don't wait for the police to harass you before you start pleading to permit you go and buy it. He will not just let you go free of charge. Even if you don't spend financially for your release, it will cost you your precious time and dignity.

Until you are born of God, you are not free from satan's assaults and harassments. As it is written,

We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not, 1 John 5: 18.

You must escape with your life (and family as they believe), and God has made a way of escape for us. The choice is yours to escape "By a new and living way, which he [JESUS CHRIST] hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh", Hebrews 10: 20.

Whatever your claims and religious beliefs, there is no other way for your escape as far as the Creator of the earth is concerned. Thanks be to God for all the religions the world has ever knew. Thanks be to God for all the prophets and religious leader who have walked upon this earth, laid their claims and had and still have handful of followers and partisans. They are all great men and heroes, but of all of them throughout the ages, God who created them all, chose only one among them to save the whole world including you. Only Jesus Christ offers redemption, forgiveness, and freedom from sin and judgment. You are free to go after anyone of them and propagate their theories, ideologies and beliefs, but you must come to the Creator through Jesus the Christ, to be forgiven of all your past, present and future sins, and be given the power to fight and to overcome evil.

CHAPTER SEVEN

ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, WALKETH ABOUT, SEEKING whom he may devour.

As we said earlier, there is a lawless and merciless insurance police running around to harass people, especially when they have no life insurance. Your life needs a life insurance that will ensure you, your family and possessions in this life, and guarantee you eternity in a good and safe place. You may wonder why in the world you are to ensure your life. Of course, you must. It is not an option. You must ensure your life from sicknesses and diseases, accidents and premature death, poverty and failure, barrenness and stagnation, curses and all sorts of harassments from the god of this world that you can imagine. The list is long.

The Holy Scriptures tell us,

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, WALKETH ABOUT, SEEKING whom he may devour: Whom RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world, 1 Peter 5: 8-9.

We know that WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and THAT WICKED ONE TOUCHETH HIM NOT. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness, 1 John 5: 18-19.

HAVE RESPECT UNTO THE COVENANT: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty, Psalms: 74: 20.

The whole world lies in wickedness. The god of this world moves around like a hungry lion seeking for any available prey to devour. He is out to destroy God's Man for He knows how dear and precious Man is to his creator. God so much loved Man that He made him is His own image and likeness. Man is His copy and representative. So the god of this world is out to destroy you, because that is the only way he can touch God after failing woefully his mission to overthrow God in Heaven.

If you make yourself available, trust him. He will not hesitate to descend on you. Now, God says, resist him in the faith. It takes only faith in the Son of God and in His Word to be spared. The word of God is the command of God, carrying His authority and power, which is able to keep you. As no subject of a king can resist his orders, satan, your oppressor cannot be foolish enough to go against God's word concerning you, when you know it and believe, and are living by it: Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? Ecclesiastes 8:4.

According to 1 John 5: 18-19, God Himself acknowledges that the whole world lies under the power of Lucifer. However, there is a Good News: "He that is begotten of God (born again) keepeth himself, and THAT WICKED ONE TOUCHETH HIM NOT".

He who is born of God is out of reach of the destroyer. So the only way to be free from his grip is to be born again through faith in Christ Jesus; that is becoming a Christian. You must be born of God.

Wao! I love the way Living Bible Translation puts it. Take a careful look at it; it will bless your soul:

No one who has BECOME part of GOD'S FAMILY makes a practice of sinning, for CHRIST, GOD'S SON, HOLDS him SECURELY and the devil CANNOT get his hands on him. We KNOW that we are children of GOD and that ALL the rest of the world around us is under satan's power and control. 1 John 5: 18-19.

Meaning that, when you become part of God's family as you receive Jesus Christ into your heart as your Only Lord and Personal Savior, it becomes His job and responsibility to hold you securely day and night. And because you belong to Him and live by His word and in His will, satan the lawless and rude insurance police sub-officer has no right to lay his filthy hands on you anymore. Glory to God and His Son Jesus Christ our Savior and Defender! Guess what! ALL THE REST of the world AROUND US is under satan's power and control, but as for me, I am not. I am untouchable.

I am safe and secure under the Mighty Hand of the Living God. I do not know about you. But one thing is certain. If you are born of God, it is your right and heritage too. Why? Because satan touches no one who is born of God and keeps Himself. No doubt my Bible tells me;

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe, Proverbs 18: 10.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling, Psalms 91: 1-4, 10.

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them, Psalms 34: 7.

It is possible that what befalls others doesn't get to us. I remember some years back when I was a missionary in Bamenda, capital city of the North West region of Cameroon. One fateful day, I received a call from my elder brother that my Mum was diagnosed with two growths inside her neck on both sides. They needed 300,000 Frs cfa, an equivalent of about 600 USD for her surgical operation. I knew they wanted my own contribution as the second son, which I told them I will get back to them. After dropping the call, I sat on the pulpit right in the church to give it a thought. My first concern was how I was to raise such an amount. Then I thought again to myself, if God can provide me with the needed amount, He can also and better heal her Himself. I called back and proposed to pray for her divine healing, but they objected since they were not in the faith. Nevertheless, I sat on the very altar right there in the church to think and meditate. The word of God came alive to my spirit. I took my old worn-out Bible and read the passage:

"And YE SHALL SERVE the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I WILL TAKE SICKNESS AWAY from the MIDST of thee" Exodus 23: 25.

One voice told me, 'but your Mum hasn't believed yet, talk less of serving God. She is a sinner who has even rejected and disowned you for accepting Christ. So, that promise is not for her'. I said 'true, but God never said He was going to take sickness for my mum's sake. He said I will serve God and He will take way sickness from MY MIDST. My midst stands for my family and my mum is my family. So she is part of those in my midst, therefore that sickness has to leave my midst because I am serving the Lord my God. By the way, did Jesus not die for sinners like her?' Then a holy anger rose within and I rose up violently and, cried to God for mercy on her behalf and her healing. Then, I turned to the devil and ordered him and his sickness to pack out the same way they came. Later on, I gave the prayer topic to the church for intercession. Again we lifted up our voices to God. And it was so. A week later or so, I called to find out and they told me they could not see it again clearly. According to the doctor, they should go and allow it form well again before operation. I told them not to bother though they did not understand. For more than three years now, and until tomorrow, nothing has been formed again. About a year later, when I moved to Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, something similar happened as she told me on the phone. This time I was confident that it cannot hold her. I lifted my voice and just the next day she was ok. Satan knows his limit. If I kept quiet, I wonder what would have become of my mum now. She is sound and strong.

Dear reader, if you have taken this safety road called faith in Christ Jesus (Christianity), know by right that satan is not permitted to torment you any longer. In case, you have not yet taken it, you will do well to take it for yourself and your loved ones, both the saved and unsaved. They are some things that happen in my family that can never affect me. They are affected because they are in the domain of satan. However, satan knows his limit. He knows how far he can go as far as my family is concerned. The truth is, salvation is personal. I am a watchman over my family though. But they have to be saved to be totally safe and securely kept from him. Otherwise, the god of this world under whose power and control they are will keep pestering them, requesting their insurance.

As long as I am here, they are some things that are never permitted to happen to them because they are connected to me. Though, they are some aspects of their lives over which even God has no access or control as long as they are in the world. Who am I then to now have power over such areas if God can't?

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER believeth in HIM should NOT PERISH, but have everlasting life" John 3: 16.

To perish here means to be striped of honor and dignity. It means to languish, to suffer. Now, it is "WHOSOEVER believeth in HIM should NOT PERISH". It is individual belief. They have to belief Christ for themselves to be spared.

I am not ready to bury any, so any one of them directly connected to me is not permitted to die prematurely. I am not ready to spend on hospital bills God's money. Because my money is God's money, so they cannot be so sick that I will need to spend my own money on them. Though they could often have minor illnesses that will devour their own finances, because God hasn't got any right or authority over them.

Sickness is one major devourer of human dignity and resources. Sickness is a promoter and catalyst of poverty, lack and want. That is why after forgiveness of sins, healing is the next and immediate blessing of redemption:

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Psalms 103: 2-4.

After forgiving us of all our sins and thereby saving our souls, God heals us of all sicknesses, but He does not end there. He proceeds to crown us loving-kindness and tender mercies so as to keep us from the reach of father of sin, sickness and death; satan the devil.

Now talking about the devourer of their finances and ours, God will not defend a robber. He says those who do not give Him offering and tithes as a sign of respect, gratitude and recognizance to Him as the Source and Giver of life and riches, are robbers:

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In TITHES and OFFERINGS. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation, Malachi 3: 8-9.

As the result, those fellows are under a curse; that is a limitation placed on their lives due to disobedience to God and rejection of His ways.

To remedy the situation, He demands, not suggests,

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, Malachi 3: 10-11.

If we obey this scripture, He not only blesses us beyond measure, He rebukes the devourer for our sakes. Remember according to 1 Peter 5: 8, the devil is moving restlessly around "seeking whom he may devour". So he is the devourer in charge of bankruptcy, poverty, sicknesses and bank closures all over the nations. And only God can keep Him away from our assets on the condition that "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house", to do His work and easily further and spread the Gospel of His Son on the earth. But how can you and I give Him our offerings and tithes when we are not first His children? It is true that God demands irrevocably our offerings and tithes, but He does not need our money and whatever we think we have. God takes nothing from strangers, only His children are accepted in His sight to offer gifts. He wants us saved above all:

"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, but that ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE" Matthew 16: 26, 2 Peter 3: 9.

Besides, it is only the 'born of God' that satan cannot touch. Therefore, every born again child of God is a 'touch not' to satan and his demons. I am untouchable then. Glory to Jesus Christ!

For God to have access, to save and preserve our finances, businesses and investments, we have to seek His interests on the earth first. Otherwise, life will be a constant struggle, up today and down tomorrow.

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit, Haggai 1: 6, 9-10.

How can we neglect the One who created and sustains us on His earth, and still expect more from Him? It cannot work that way. I don't see a man who will pay a worker salary and bonus month after month when he is not doing his expected job. Even our children, we tend to forget, neglect and even openly disown them when they are bent on doing things their own way, and have no time for the family interests. How much more the Almighty God to whom we owe our being and existence? My family at one time disowned and rejected me when renounced their ways and traditions to follow the way of God. If we mortal men behave thus, how do we think God feels when we ignore Him, and despise His ways.

So to cut it short, you need to become a Christian to escape from the harassment and assaults of the devil. If you are already one, develop yourself in the word and prayer and learn to keep him off your territory.

CHAPTER EIGHT

SATAN, THE PRINCE (RULER) OF THIS WORLD

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it, Luke 4: 6.

But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the Prince of the devils, Matthew 9: 34.

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? Mark 3: 22-23.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out, John 12: 31.

...Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged, John 16: 11.

When the unbelieving Jews accused Jesus of casting out devils by the prince of devils, He asked them how satan could possibly cast satan. Meaning the prince of the devils they were referring to was satan. He is the same Jesus himself referred to as the prince of this world.

Apostle Paul referred to him as the prince of the power of the air who works in men to turn them against God;

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience, Ephesians 2: 2.

One may wonder how and why satan can have power and control over the world that God created by Himself for Himself. God Almighty created the world all alone, and He has no rival for that matter. However, He is a God of law and order, a God of justice and fairness who will in no way break His own order and law set in place to govern the universe,

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein, Isaiah 42: 5.

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD THAT MAKETH ALL THINGS; that stretcheth forth the heavens ALONE; that spreadeth abroad the earth BY MYSELF, Isaiah 44: 24.

I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else, Isaiah 45: 5-6, 19.

God created and put in place everything we see and hear of; the visible and the invisible, but He is the God of order and justice. He is a righteous God who will not do wrong. If you gave your son a car or a house, and he chose to sell it or rather give it out by himself to someone else, will you go running to take it back? When you gave him, it was his and his to handle. If you want it back, you rather go buy it back from whoever now owns it, provided he is willing to let you have it back.

Now, after creating the Heavens and the earth, God invited His Son and His Holy Spirit who alone were with Him at creation, 'come and "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" Genesis 1: 26.

It was done. Man was made in God's image and likeness, so wonderful a creature that all the angels in Heaven, including satan, envied him. The account continues in verse 28, that, God made man in His own image, male and female, and "blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth".

In order words, God handed over the earth over to His man whom He has made to till and to keep it. Man was to rule and control the earth as we have earlier seen. Man was made as a substitute or similitude of God; a kind of god on the earth, representing God in Heaven. It is like a king who decides one day to give one aspect or part of his kingdom and authority to his prince to rule according to his set plans, principles and dictates and give him account of what happens in that domain.

When Europeans colonized Africa, countries like Cameroon became a province of France. They sent governors who ruled us as part of France with cruelty, robbing us of all our resources ever since then. Whenever a governor was sent to Cameroon, he represented his government there, subdued and silenced everyone who could dare want to stand for the freedom of his people, took away our resources to build their own country. They were mindful of what they have come to do, and where they are coming from. They never lost touch of their home country, though they pretended to be civilized and philanthropists.

This is how man was intended to live on the earth. After the French president's orders, the French governor ruled Cameroon, and his word was a law. He was the French president to Cameroon.

Likewise, God intended man to be Him on the earth. Satan could not overthrow Man openly because, first, he had no power to do so. He was cast down to earth powerless and armless. Secondly, the earth was man's domain. Man had right and power over everything in the sea, on the earth, in the air and over all the earth, including satan.

It means that in God's chain of command or hierarchy, Man is next to God. Take a look at this ladder:

GOD (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit):

(GOD the Father, Creator & Owner of everything;

The Son, Savior of mankind and Source of creation;

T he Holy Spirit, Co-Creator, Coordinator of God's program on the earth, Mother of the Church).

Man = god on the earth, ruler and controller of the whole earth (Genesis 1: 26, 28).

T he Holy Angels = Ministering spirits at the service and assistance of Man. Executors of God's plans.

The celestial Hosts = Heavenly armies, fighting spirits in favor of the Redeemed.

S atan; the prince of the world,

His demons and his agents

The non-redeemed/unsaved

It was man's duty to control and govern the earth handed over to him by God. It was fully in charge and had the right to subdue and rule every created thing including satan. However, as we saw in the previous chapters, man through disobedience handed over his own domain to satan, through rebellion to God as he bought satan's proposal to take of the fruit of the tree in the midst of the Garden of which God had forbidden him. From then on, satan took over the world through a moral coup d'état. He deceived man, who by that act handed over his domain and power to him by himself. If tried to fight him, God would not have let him have his way. But he subtly deceived eve to doubt God's instructions and warning. God expected Man to be in charge and keep His word. But the moment they listened to satan, and tried his idea, they became his subjects. Whose instructions you follow determines whose servant you are. And the scriptures say we are servants of whom we submit to and obey (Romans 6: 16):

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

THE HOUSEBOY BECAME MASTER OVER THE SON

Let me illustrate this by the story of John who sold his birth right to Mark; their house boy. There is a true story of this young man in Nigeria. John, as the only son of his father, he was the pride of his family. Everybody loved and cherished John. He was their idol. Now, they had a house boy, Mark, who was in charge of all home duties. He had to clean the house and take good and daily care of the poultry behind the house. It was a tedious job as he was to feed the birds daily and clean the smelling poultry, with all the odors you know. One day on a visit to the village, his dad brought a cock (rooster) as gift from Grand Ma to her cherished grandson John. He dropped it and did not tell john it was his present from his Grand Ma. As he left, John out of greed and lust killed the bird and ate it with his friend, and asked the house boy to keep his mouth shut. He accepted on a condition. The deal was that John will take care of the poultry for a week. Because of his lust and appetite for the cock, he agreed and ate the cock. Dad on his return could not meet the bird. Nobody accepted to know its whereabouts, so he concluded it was stolen and kept quiet. But the deal between John and Mark took another turn. After one week as agreed, Mark was no more ready to return to the smelling poultry. He told John to go for another week, otherwise, he will tell dad what happened to the cock. Anytime the father leaves for work, Mark relaxes on the sofa and asks John to go to work, and when he refused, the same song "I will tell your father about the cock and you already know what would happen to you". When it became unbearable, John thought to himself, 'how can I become a house boy in my own father's house? Even if my father punishes me, it will be better than this nasty punishment every day. He will not kill me, after all, I am his only and loved son. I will confess and make peace with my father to recover my rightful position". As soon as dad came back, he took courage and opened up: "Dad, forgive me. I stole your cock, that cock that was missing, I ate it with my friends, I am sorry". Dad's simple reply was, "my boy, that cock was yours. It was your present from your Grand Ma. You just stole your cock. You should have asked me".

That was all and the matter ended. John was very angry to have suffered in the hands of the house boy for so long, for what was rightly his. The next, Mark, unaware of the matter, came up again with his threat, this time, John ordered him to shut up and get to work, he spoke to Mark as a son indeed. As usual he said, "I will tell dad..." Before he was through, he shouted on him "shut up boy, I have made peace with my father. I have confessed to him. Get back to your duty". That was the end of the issue forever.

This is exactly how Adam sold his rightful position to the devil and became his slave. From year to year, he suffered in his hands, while satan assumed his positions and authority. That is why satan said to Jesus that the world was delivered to him; it was not his, it was simply delivered to him by Adam. He got it delivered to him by tricks;

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it, Luke 4: 6.

POWER RESTORED BY CHRIST

Many continue to serve this fool in ignorance. You just have to make peace with your Heavenly Father by accepting Christ Jesus as your Lord. Then you will rule over the devil and give him order, like John took back his place and authority in his father's house from Mark; the crafty house boy. That is why Jesus said "ALL POWER is given unto me in HEAVEN and in EARTH...: Behold, I GIVE UNTO YOU POWER to tread on serpents and scorpions, and OVER all the power of the enemy: and NOTHING shall by any means hurt you", Matthew 28: 18; Luke10: 19.

SATAN'S LEGAL RIGHT

Until you come to Christ, you remain in Adam's fallen position and state. You remain under satan's rule and domination. According to Bishop Dr David Oyedepo, every man without Christ is at the dust state, because he is not regenerated. As such, satan has God's permission to feed on him, because dust is his food according to God's permission. At the fall, God pronounced judgment on all the parts involved.

To the serpent, the devil, God told him he will feed on dust (Genesis 3: 14)

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and DUST SHALT THOU EAT all the days of thy life

According to Revelation 12: 9, satan is the old serpent that deceives the whole world; "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him".

So, he is the one God punished in Genesis chapter 3 to feed on dust from then on.

To the woman, God pronounced pain in childbearing

"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee", Genesis 3: 16.

FAITH IS THE ANSWER

The pain and sorrow in conception hold no more for the redeemed because Christ took them on His body to the cross. According to Isaiah 53: 5, the chastisement or punishment of our peace was upon Him. He suffered pains for our wives and us.

Paul said by the Holy Ghost, "the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be SAVED IN CHILDBEARING, if they continue in FAITH and charity and HOLINESS with sobriety", 1 Timothy 2: 15.

If you are a woman or have a wife, understand that this pronouncement is no more valid for you. But you have to believe it and be conscious of it.

SATAN AND ADAM'S DESCENDANTS

To the Man, God announced his fallen state (Genesis 3: 17-19);

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for DUST THOU ART, and UNTO DUST SHALT THOU RETURN.

By the fall, man returned unto dust state, the unregenerated state. So sin makes us dust. Man was now dust, which has been given satan as food. So he has the right to feed on you when you are without Christ. Until you are saved, you are not safe.

As a descendant of Adam, satan has legal right over you anywhere, anytime. That is why, by the Holy Ghost, John the Beloved wrote unto us, "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. FOR THIS PURPOSE the Son of God was manifested, that HE MIGHT DESTROY the works of the devil...We know that WHOSOEVER IS BORN of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and THAT WICKED ONE TOUCHETH HIM NOT", 1 John 3: 8; 5: 18.

However, like John in the above story, if you want to recover your original state and position, it is wisdom to come to Christ.

That is why during His temptation hour, the devil told Jesus he could give Him the kingdoms of the world "for that is delivered unto me". He never said it was his, but that it has been handed over to him by the fallen Adam. Now God being a righteous and just God of fairness and justice could not run after the devil to say "give me back the power and the rulership of the world you've hijacked". He had to go through legal means. A man handed it over to him, and only a man could take it back, and above all, liberate and keep Man from his grip.

For this reason, He sent His son Jesus Christ to come in the flesh like you and I to collect it back for us. After conquering and paying for Adam's treason by His own life and blood on the cross of Calvary, He proclaimed

ALL THINGS ARE DELIVERED UNTO ME OF MY FATHER: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

With this power, He told His followers to "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. HE that BELIEVETH and is baptized SHALL BE SAVED; but HE that BELIEVETH NOT shall be DAMNED". It is the believer that is saved and spared from the harassments of this rebellious administrator of a stolen property. He is a thief. The Bible says he comes only to steal, to kill and destroy.

So, at new birth, God marks and seals you as His own private property that should not be touched. There are people on the face of the earth that are out of reach of satan. Who are they? They are the born of God; for We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not, 1 John 5: 18.

Let us consider an encounter of Prophet Ezekiel with God. This will help us understand better what we are talking about.

THE SEAL OF SALVATION

Ezekiel the prophet gives us good picture of what happens to the redeemed at new birth;

He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, WITH A WRITER'S INKHORN by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; 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.

And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: BUT COME NOT NEAR ANY MAN UPON WHOM IS THE MARK; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. (Ezekiel 9: 1-7).

GOD'S OWN PROPERTY

The day you become a child of God, you are sealed by the Holy Ghost. A seal is a symbol of authority, protection and ownership. When a letter is sealed, only the owner is permitted to open it and read. You are sealed at new birth as God's own property. Once you are sealed, the destroyer touches you not.

That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, (Ephesians 1: 12-13).

We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not, And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness, 1 John 5: 18.

CHAPTER 9

ESCAPE FROM WRATH AND PENDING JUDGMENT

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them, Ezekiel 36: 16-19.

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him, John 3: 36.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life, Romans 5: 8-10.

You must need escape from the wrath of the Living God. All sinners shall be judged by God according to their deeds which they have done on the earth. There is present and future judgment.

From the first passage of scripture above, we see that God is angry when the occupant of any land disregards Him and do wickedly. That house you are occupying is in God's own earth, no matter how much you have spent to have it. You owe Him all you worth and possess. And if you do not want to submit to His orders, and live in His world as He demands, you will better go and create your own world out of this universe.

PRESENT JUDGMENT

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap, Galatians 6: 7.

In this life, we will reap whatever we do or have done to others.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS, and ACCORDING TO THE FRUIT OF HIS DOINGS, Jeremiah 17: 9-10.

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings, Jeremiah 32: 19.

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to GIVE EVERY man according as HIS WORK shall be, Revelation 22: 12.

Many people are suffering in life because their deeds are following them. Everything we are doing whether good or bad, somehow we will reap it someday. And we know that the harvest is always greater than the seed sown. We cannot sow and reap the same day. Plants have their seasons of harvest according to their kinds of seed. Tomatoes and maize do not take the same period of time to be ready for harvest. Banana will not last as guava or mango to be reaped. They may be planted the same day, but cannot be harvested the same day or the same quantity. If you plant banana, that is what you will get at harvest. If you plant mango tree, you will reap mango fruits at harvest. Likewise, our actions and deeds are before God and satan the pay master classified in categories according to the kind of seed sown. There are mango sin, banana sin, maize sin, potato sin and so on. You reap according to your kind of seed sown. That is why Jesus advises us to do unto others only what we would want them do to us. If you want people to love you love others. If you people to call, call others. If you want people to give unto you, give unto others. If you want people to criticize you, do likewise. If you do not want people to cheat on you, cheat no one. If you want respect, then show respect. This is present judgment.

THE EXAMPLE OF ISRAEL

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted, 1 Corinthians 10: 6.

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come, 1 Corinthians 10: 11.

In the passage of Ezekiel above, the people of the land sinned against God and He rendered unto them according to their doings. Ezekiel was in captivity with the exiled Jews whom God had allowed to be taken into captivity because of their depravity, disobedience and sins against His Laws. There in captivity, the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel saying, "Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they DEFILED IT BY THEIR OWN WAY AND BY THEIR DOINGS: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. WHEREFORE I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them".

So in essence, God dispersed and scattered them as result and punishment for their wrong doings. They reaped just what they sowed. God had told them to remain holy and separated to Him because He preferred them above all the people on the earth

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

The LORD did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the LORD loved you, and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations;

AND REPAYETH THEM THAT HATE HIM TO THEIR FACE, to destroy them: He will not be slack to him that hateth Him, He will repay him to his face, Deuteronomy 7: 6-10.

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for THOU RENDEREST TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORK, Psalms 62: 12.

If therefore, God did it to them; He will not spare others from present judgment because He is not a partial God. Before Him there is no respect of persons. He treats all people alike. If you and I must escape judgment, we need mercy and forgiveness of sin. But as the scripture saith, "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission...So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation", Hebrews 9: 22, 28.

So, it takes only Christ to escape present judgment. Because in Christ God forgives all your past and present sins and bad deeds, and gives you the ability (His nature in you) to stop falling under the law, by this you walk into newness of life and escape judgment.

FUTURE JUDGMENT

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law...So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God, (Romans 2: 5-12; 14: 12).

There is future judgment. That is why I tell you now. It does not matter your nationality, beliefs and religious claims, future judgment awaits you and I after we leave this world. The Bible calls it the Day of Judgment.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, 2 Peter 2: 9.

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men, 2 Peter 3: 7.

Jesus Himself called it the last day;

And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, THE SAME SHALL JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY, John 12: 47-48.

God, the creator and possessor of the universe has set a day in which He will judge everyone He created. Whether you believe in Buddha or Mohammed, Confucius or any of them, you will face judgment and none of them will be there to save you or defend you (as no man knows if they have escaped for themselves). All those have been great men and heroes in their times in one way or the other. Many prophets and religious leaders have walked upon this earth including Abraham; the father of the Jewish race, Enoch, Noah, Moses, Samuel, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Mohammed, Buddha and all those we may not be able to list. They all claimed to be messengers of God or to be 'god', which I am not here to debate or contest. I appreciate them all for their courage and works. They may have truly been prophets as they claimed. They were all created by God and shall render account to God and be judged by Him alone who cannot be bribed. We also will be judged by God alone. However, there is only one among them that God chose and stamped with His seal to be the propitiation of our sins, and the savior of the whole human race,

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; Romans 3: 23-25.

If you and I must escape future judgment and condemnation, we must resort to Christ Jesus for the remission of our past, present and future sins. Jesus is the only way. We cannot overemphasize this. I invite you to read our book titled, "WHY DID JESUS DIE", to understand it better. You may wonder why Jesus, a Hebrews carpenter boy could die for the whole world including you. This book will help you understand.

CHAPTER 10

ESCAPE FROM SIN

1 John 5: 18: We know that whosoever is born of God SINNETH NOT; but he that is begotten of God KEEPETH HIMSELF, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Ezekiel 36: 24-29: For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and YE SHALL BE CLEAN: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I CLEANSE YOU. A NEW HEART also will I give you, and a NEW SPIRIT will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an HEART OF FLESH. And I will put MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and YE SHALL KEEP MY JUDGMENTS, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. I will also SAVE YOU from all your UNCLEANNESSES: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay NO FAMINE UPON YOU.

THE ROOT OF MAN'S PROBLEM

Sin through Adam brought to humanity and into the world famine, scarcity, poverty and shame. And righteousness through Christ Jesus restored Man in dignity, prosperity, abundance, honor and glory. Christianity is the land of no famine.

Christianity is the way back to Eden; the garden of rest and fullness. Christianity means Man back to Eden; the land of plenty, rest and better living. However, there is a gate into that land. As you know, it is not enough to heal your child of malaria. You will do well to prevent and keep him away from malaria or rather keep malaria way from him. It will be better to ensure your child a malaria-free life than to be curing him all the time. God is not only interested to heal us of sin or sickness. He wants to keep us holy, sin-free and sickness free. In fact, the best way to escape present and future judgment is to stay away from sin and wrongdoing. But this is humanly impossible. We need power to rule over sin and sickness. This power is only accessible to God's children. It is simple. If you were a child of a dog, you don't need training to bark. If you were a hen, you would naturally lay eggs. Because you are a man, you don't need training to speak like men and leave like them. Nobody taught you how to eat or urinate. You just began doing it. Because we carry Adam's nature, nobody taught us wrong doing. We were just born into it. The only thing I have found out upon the earth that people are taught over and over again how to do it is good.

THE SOLUTION TO MAN'S PROBLEM

God saw that Man was helplessly lost. He went further into the quark mire day after day. That is why, in the above passage of Ezekiel 36, God offers us a solution to the sin problem that no scientist, no philosopher or world government has been or will ever be able to solve. This solution is never accessible without faith in Christ Jesus. Every action and behavior of man is controlled by a spirit. When you become born again, a child of the Righteous God by receiving His Son Jesus Christ into your life by your conscious confession of faith, His Spirit comes into you that very moment. His Spirit is called the HOLY SPIRIT, the SPIRIT OF TRUTH. When He lives in you, because He is holy, He reproduces in you the holiness of God. He makes us partakers of the divine nature; Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust, 2 Peter 1: 4.

Now, having in us the divine nature, we escape by it the corruption (sin, rebellion, lawlessness, depravity, perverseness, wickedness) that is in the world, controlling and deceiving people through lust. At this point, we become strangers to sin. Righteousness and right doing becomes natural to us. So, Christianity is the escape way from sin. Do not mind what you may be seeing around you, people misbehaving in the name of Christianity. They are churchgoers, but not born again. If you are not yet in Christ, escape with your life now.

Understand with me that "the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity...Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart", 2 Timothy 2: 19, 22.

YOUR CITY OF REFUGE

Christ Jesus is our city of refuge in this crooked and corrupt world. Christianity is your only gateway into the city of refuge. The destroyer and avenger of blood is constantly after your life as long as you live. You need to be free from his harassment. And Christ is the only way of escape. God instructed the Jews to set aside some cities called cities of refuge where a manslayer man run into, for safety. These cities of refuge were a typology of Christianity which Christ Jesus; the Son of the Living God was to come and establish for our escape from satan, the destroyer.

Numbers 35: 9-15: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

Joshua 20: 1-6: The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

Psalms 9: 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Psalms 46: 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Any man without Christ is running a risk with his life. This world is wicked and full of pressures. You need a refuge. Christianity is not an option; it is a necessity to every human living upon the face of the earth. "For there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" except through Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace".

You need safety if you must survive in this world. The Name of Jesus is our security anytime anywhere. The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

So, sir, you must become a Christian. We are not just trying to convert more people to Christianity. It is for your safety.

PART THREE

HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN

(A CHILD OF GOD)?

"But as many as received him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" John 1: 12

BE BORN AGAIN

You need to be born into the kingdom of God. It is not the matter of position or title in the society or church. God is no respecter of persons. Before Him, we all, born of woman, rich and poor, big or small, young and old are just human in His sight. We must all become like kids in order to receive His Kingdom and be received into His Kingdom. Jesus said the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these. Those who become nothing to gain Christ are accepted before God. The reason why it could be hard for rich people to enter into the Kingdom is that they fell too big to submit to Jesus-Christ the Only Savior of Mankind.

"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: FOR OF SUCH is the kingdom of heaven" Matthew 19: 14

Only children are accepted into the Kingdom. The Bible says, 'train up a child the way he should go, and when he grows up, he will not depart from it'. Only children are trained. Jesus wants us to become children in our hearts so God can accept us, and train us in His ways. Who of us in his real senses will want to adopt a full grown man for a son? God is such a loving and caring father who rejects no man, but wants only children who are ready to be trained and brought up according to His Kingdom standards and principles. The Bamileke People, a tribe in the West of Cameroon, are known everywhere by their customs, tradition, culture and trade. What makes or identify them as Bamileke, is their tradition and custom as ungodly as it may be, (thank God for the light of the Gospel now shinning and turning many to the faith). Likewise, there are also Heavenly customs, and traditions that identify the 'Heavenites' or Heavenly citizens on the earth. An American in Cameroon or Italy is forever an American, yet he can choose either to change to fit in his new society or maintain his culture and life style. We are from above, and we should not desire the earthly life style. This world has nothing good to offer you in a long run. Heaven is glorious. Heaven is so beautiful, with its street paved in gold. Everything there is golden. There is no death, no suffering, no poverty, nor sickness in Heaven. Nothing of all the chaos, hatred, jealousy, envy, fighting, killings, corruption and wickedness in Heaven. That is where I want to be. I will be there, I don't know about you. O how joyous I will be when I get there. When I finish my course on the earth, I love to be there;

"And I heard a great voice out of Heaven saying, behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed... And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life." Revelation 21: 3-4, 10-27.

Jesus is the way to this glorious city. Christianity is the only hope to get there. That is why I can boldly say Christianity is not just a religion like others. It is the hope of eternal life. All other religions are fake and deceptive.

I watched a movie of a young man who returned from overseas a total stranger to his royal family and community. He was to be the crowned prince of their kingdom. But at his return, it was a total catastrophe between him and the father, the king. He was a total stranger to the community, bringing strange habits and customs to the kingdom. He was eager to sit on the throne, but wasn't humble and patient enough to learn anything about their customs, he had learned a different culture and lifestyle totally opposite to the norms of their land. Unfortunately for him, he ended up missing the throne. Every kingdom has norms and rules which must be followed if must be accepted as a bona-fide true citizen of that domain.

NEW BIRTH

One day Jesus called a child, and set him in the midst of people, and said, "I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will NEVER enter into the kingdom of God. The greatest in the kingdom of Heaven is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child|".

"I say to you, except you be converted, and become like little children, you will NOT the kingdom of God. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven", Matthew 18: 2-.4.

He is saying UNLESS you CHANGE. He never said unless you go to church or sing in the choir, pay tithe and give offerings, pray in tongues, perform signs and wonders. He says unless you change and become like children, you will NEVER enter into the kingdom of God. That is the first step to take to becoming a child of God (a Christian). You must be born of God.

Many call God (their) 'Father', yet He does not know them as His own children, for their names are not yet in the book of life. Remember Revelation 21: 27; "And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defiles, neither whatsoever works abomination, or makes a lie: BUT THEY WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE".

I have one habit that sometimes some people reproach me of. I address every elderly woman as 'Mum or Mama', and elderly men as 'Daddy or Papa'. But they never in turn see me as their son. I am a total stranger to most of them. Some don't even want my progress or even to see my face. So it is not enough to say 'our Father who is in Heaven'. He may be 'our' Father, is He 'My' Father? Am I His son? Can He say My son? Many do call on Him, pray to Him (and sometimes in His mercy He does them good and answers some of their prayers), yet He does not know them as His children because they have no covenant with Him. A sister told me she does need to bother to be born again, to go to church or seek God, because God loves her. Whenever she is in a big trouble and cry to God, He always intervene and help Him. God does that to show us that indeed He is reliable and able to help us at any time, and the only one we can always count on. After exhorting her about the need of salvation, she received Christ, but was not willing to come to church. For several months she resisted my invitation, so I stopped coming to her. Sometime later, I was told she has been looking for me everywhere. As soon as I arrived her place, she was the one complaining that I have forgotten her, I have stopped visiting her. She started narrating long stories of what she is facing with her family, and they advised her that only a pastor can help. Yet she was not ready to devote herself to God. When I tried to find out what is holding her from coming to church, she said she was afraid of what her neighbor and acquaintances will say. She forgot to know that until you are saved, you are not safe.

There are steps to follow to be saved and join God's camp regardless of who I am. Whether I am a president of Republic, an army general, a king or whoever, I must follow these steps:

  1. REPENTANCE

After realizing the need of new birth in the Kingdom of God, it is not optional to separate from your wrong father, and belong to God. This is called repentance. Repentance is realizing you are on the wrong tract, turning away from it, and taking the right road.

Repentance means turning away completely from the wrong road to the good one. You don't import anything from the other kingdom to God's. It is written, 'whoever hides or conceals his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy'. So it takes confessing and forsaking my old ways to merit God's mercy available in the blood of the lamb which alone opens us the throne gate of God. Good News Bible puts it this way, 'you will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and GIVE THEM UP; then God will show mercy to you'. Mercy will not come by confession alone. You have to be ready to give them up. It is not just about a religious act of confessing day by day the same sins to a mortal man whom you are not even sure of his own salvation. You can of course share your experiences (tell your sins) to a God-fearing Minister of God for counseling and prayer, but true repentance begins by an inner change of the heart and mind, resulting to an outward change. In brief, repentance means change of ways, change of a lifestyle.

It is also admitting that you are a sinner, or rather that you have been a child of a wrong father. Repentance is taking a U-turn. David understood nothing is hidden from God's eyes. There is nothing you can hide from God. You may hide it from men, but God sees everything we do even in the dark. So David poured out his heart before His God who forgives all those who truly repents, 'Lord, you have examined me and known me. You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts. You see me, whether I am working or resting; you know all my actions... Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence?', Psalms 139: 1-2, 7.

According to Easton's Bible Dictionary, There are three Greek words used in the New Testament to denote repentance.

(1.) The verb 'metamelomai' is used of a change of mind, such as to produce regret or even remorse on account of sin, but not necessarily a change of heart. This word is used with reference to the repentance of Judas (Matt. 27:3).

(2.) Metanoeo, which means to change one's mind and purpose, as the result of knowledge received. That is, you are transformed or influenced in behavior by the knowledge you receive. This verb, with

(3) The related noun metanoia, is used of true repentance, a change of mind and purpose and life, to which remission of sin is promised.

Evangelical repentance consists of

(1) A true sense of one's own guilt and sinfulness;

(2) An apprehension of God's mercy in Christ;

(3) An actual hatred of sin (Ps. 119: 128; 2 Cor. 7: 10) and turning from it to God; and

(4) A persistent endeavor after a holy life in a walk with God in the way of His commandments.

  2. BELIEVE,

"And they said, BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, and THOU SHALT BE SAVED, and thy house", Acts 16: 31.

Now believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and He died for all your past, present and future sins. Believe His death on the cross atoned for all your sins. "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" Romans 10: 9

  3. CONFESS CHRIST

"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and WITH THE MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE unto salvation" Romans 10: 10.

Confession here means inviting or ACCEPTING HIM as Lord and Savior. Many have heard about Jesus, many know about Him and have ignored so great a salvation, " But as many as RECEIVED HIM, to them gave He POWER TO BECOME the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" John1: 12

Confess your sins to God and welcome Jesus in your heart. Receive Him in your heart as Lord and Savior. It is as simple as that. Just tell Him "Lord Jesus come into my heart, be my Lord and Savior. I have heard of you and I believe you are the Son of God. I believe you died for my sins and rose again from the death the third day for my resurrection. I believe you are hearing and ready to come into my life and save me. I surrender myself completely to you this hour. Come into my heart, take over my life and wash away all my sins and make me a child of God. Give me your Spirit and the power to live righteously and serve you the remaining days of my life, in Jesus Name. Give me now your Holy Spirit and fill me with the knowledge of your will in Jesus Name. Thank you Lord for saving me. From now on, I belong to God. I am a new creature".

  4. BRING FORTH FRUITS,

"Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance" Matthew 3: 8

Now you are a child of God if you have followed the above steps. It is therefore expected of you to bring forth fruits attesting your new birth or new life. They know a good tree by its fruits. When I went to Kumba for the first time, I just hated the appearance of a certain tree until the day I tasted of its fruits. It just looked ugly. Naturally, I love apples, but I never knew how its tree looks like. Back in China, I could not spend a day without eating of them. The day I discovered years later in Kumba that the ugly tree was an apple tree; I had no option but to love it and to keep coming around it. When your fruits are godly and reach God's heart, he will definitely love and accept your person. God is interested in our entire person, but our outlook is not the priority, He wants our souls saved first. You may be nobody's favorite as far as beauty is concerned, but spiritually you are God's diamond when you live in sanctification. God takes pleasure on our inner man. And He wants us to invest more on the inner man.

"Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price" 1 Peter 3: 3-4. Once God accepts your fruits; the product of the regenerated and gentle spirit, your services are accepted before Him. Every Christian is beautiful before God who enjoys all His children. He made every one of us unique n the entire universe. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Now you have to become a Christian.

PRAYER OF SALVATION

Say the following prayer by faith and sincerity of heart and Jesus will come into your life, forgive your sins, and save your soul.

"Dear God in Heaven, thank you for creating me and for sending your Son Jesus Christ to die for me on the cross. I believe you laid all my sins on Jesus while He died on the cross. I believe you raised me again from the death for my sake and took Him again to yourself where He is seated at your right hand right now. I want to become your child today in Jesus Name.

Lord Jesus, I thank you for dying for me on the cross. I know you truly love me. I come to you this day with all my heart. Forgive me my sins and wipe my name from the book of death. Write my name in the book of life, and make me a child of God today. I accept you today as my Lord and personal Savior. Give me your Holy Spirit to dwell in my heart and guide me to love You, to love your church and to love others. Thank you dear Lord, for saving my soul. Amen"

TWO IMPORTANT THINGS

Every Christian needs to take the responsibility to know God more and grow in His word, and in fellowship with Him daily. To this purpose, two things are very essential for us amongst many others. You need them to discover, and lay hold on all that Christ purchased for us on the cross, and above all become who God has destined us to be on earth. There are two very essential and indispensable things God reserves for us at new birth;

  1. THE PLACE OF WORSHIP

"But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and WILL BRING THEM UNTO THE PLACE THAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO SET MY NAME THERE...Not forsaking THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching, Nehemiah 1: 9; Hebrews 10: 25

God's desire is to have all of His children form a family on earth. This family of God's redeemed is called the church; the gathering of His saints. When you come to Christ, you are initiated into the family of God; you become a member of His family; the body of Christ formed of His numerous children scatted across the nations of the globe. It is a spiritual family into which you are born spiritually. And truly it hence forth holds more ground than your biological family. In eternity, you will never meet any of your relative who was not born again. But you will be eternally inseparable from your brethren in the faith. That is why you are more valuable to God and His family than your relatives in the flesh, likewise, God and His family becomes closer and more important to you than anything else.

That is why the scripture says (Galatians 6: 10); As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Joining a church is not an option. It is expedient for you to locate one in order to fellowship with your fellow saints, effectively worship God as you also grow in your relationship with Christ through a daily walk with the Holy Spirit of God. Christians are Christ's ambassadors, while the church is Heaven's embassy on the earth. God told His people expressly, "Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you" Deuteronomy 12: 11'.

With this understanding, the early church did not only meet in temples, but also in individuals' houses daily. Church is not just a place where we go to sing, pray and go back home. It is our home, where we meet constantly and consciously commune with our Heavenly and Loving Father, and especially with our brethren. (Acts 2: 42-47). So you must belong somewhere.

  2. YOUR PASTORS OR SHEPHERDS,

"Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding...Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you" Jeremiah 3: 13-15. Hebrews 13: 17.

The second thing we need on our journey is pastors or shepherds whom God uses to prepare us to receive our divine heritage as well as fulfill the divine mandate, in our different areas of lives, according to our various callings. So we must not neglect or despise them, but respect, honor and submit to them, "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you", Hebrews 13: 17.

It will be to our own detriment if we neglect any of these. So it is our duty to ask the Father to give us a place of worship and a good shepherd to lead and feed us with knowledge and understanding. The word says my people perish for lack of knowledge.

For this reason, He has made provision for the perfecting, equipping, edifying, maturity and establishment of the saints;

"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, 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; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ", Ephesians 4: 11-15.

That 'we henceforth be no more children...but speaking the truth in love, we may grow into Him in all things'. God has prepared these people for you so you may grow from childishness into sonship. If you don't have a fix place of worship, or if you are the kind who jumps from place to place, your divine entitlement may tarry or never come at all. God doesn't take pleasure on an unstable fellow. You must halt and pray to God to plant you in the place of His will. Just pray in faith, "Heavenly father, I thank you for making me your child. Now, according to your promises, lead me by your Spirit to the right place of worship, and give me a pastor according to your heart, give me the grace to follow him, and obey his instructions, in Jesus name. Thank you father, for hearing and answering me in the Name of Jesus-Christ"

Keep asking until you see the manifestation, but do not be too skeptical and fearful. He will surely lead and guide you in Jesus Name. Understand that you have to walk into the newness of life, and it will not be possible until you belong to a family or God's redeemed children and submit under shepherds who will show you the way.

After reading this book, you must have been blessed, introduce it to all your loved ones, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. You will also do well to locate Volume one book one, and Volume two by the same author. Having them in your library will help you understand better Christianity, and how to maximize your Christian life.

A LETTER TO THE READER;

After reading this book, you must have been blessed, introduce it to all your loved ones, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. You will also do well to locate Volume one book one, and Volume two by the same author. Having them in your library will help you understand better Christianity, and how to maximize your Christian life.

Join the great company of sharers to send the word of salvation across the globe. DO SOMETHING NOW BEFORE IT IS LATE... Jesus is soon coming back. Save a sinner somewhere and give him the chance to meet Jesus... I must not go to Heaven alone. How about you?

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Psalms 68: 11

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"For whosoever shall CALL upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 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!" KJV

'As the scripture says, "Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved." But how can they call to him for help if they have not believed? And how can they believe if they have not heard the message? And how can they hear if the message is not proclaimed? And how can the message be proclaimed if the messengers are not sent out? As the scripture says, "How wonderful is the coming of messengers who bring good news!' GNB

Romans 10: 13-15.

THE HARVERSTERS A.K.A. THE ARMY OF THE LORD

### Joel 2:1-11; Matthew 24: 14; Luke 14: 21-24

Our Mission: Spread the Gospel, fill the earth with the knowledge of the Lord (Is 11: 9), snatching souls from hell into the Kingdom of lights

Our Vision: Take the light of the Gospel into villagers, to remote and unreached areas, get into schools and universities, get into hospitals and reap men out of hell by the preaching of the Gospel.

Strategy: Use the Media (TV, Radio, internet...), crusades, literature/tracts, CDs, seminars, medical outreaches...

"The Harvesters", also known as "The Army of The Lord" is an army of the redeemed of the Lord from every field of life, from any church across the globe who are willing to live for Him who died for them, " that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again", 2 Corinthians 5: 15.

This is the great end-time army who have laid down their lives, time, talents and resources for the vast and speedy spread of the Gospel, gathering multitudes into His banquet hall before His great return,"a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations... as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. They shall run like mighty men...they shall not break their ranks: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk everyone in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall... The earth shall quake before them... And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word"

Many have heard the Gospel, many are yet to hear and be saved, and be harvested into His house before His return, "So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled".

As David rightly said, "the work is great because the temple is not for man"- 1 Chronicles 29: 1.

This vision is only for those who believe that all those who die around them and far away have no hope in eternity, thus are ready and eager to cross their church walls and snatch a soul from hell.

Do you want to see souls saved? Are called to missions? Are you moved to give your time and resources to win a soul? Then this vision is for you whatever your location and distance...

You can work or partner with this vision in various ways.

Feel free to contact us or even call in others to join "THE HARVESTERS".

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PRINCE HUBERT TATANG; is an ordained minister of Jesus Christ, a young missionary called by God and trained in China. He began fulltime missionary service in 2007, and has ever since been instrumental in the hands of God in the mission field in Africa, precisely in Cameroon and Nigeria.

Prince Hubert is a Tele and Radio evangelist, and teacher in seminar and conferences. He is a teacher on marriage and healing.

His is a writer and author of several books including MORNING SHOWER (a daily devotional), DIVINE HEALING IS STILL POSSIBLE..." Volume 1 & 2, "WHO IS a CHRISTIAN-WHY MUST I BE a CHRISTIAN" (Volume 1 book 1 & 2, and Volume 2), THE GOOD SHEPHERD, WINNING THE WAR AGAINST SICKNESS, and many others.

You must read these books. Are you a minister of the Gospel, a Christian worker, a new convert, a churchgoer or an unbeliever, you need them. Many are in the church for years, but all they can tell you is that Christianity is to escape from hell. Many have failed to embrace the God of Christianity because they wonder why they should change their beliefs. In these books, the Holy Spirit exposes to the reader some clear reasons why you must become a Christian. It will help also help all Christian workers passionate for soul winning. They will constitute powerful tools in your hands for effective evangelism. Other books in view include THE EFFECTIVE PRAYER OF THE BELIEVER, DANGEROUS PRAYERS, and many more

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