Sunday 17 April 2016

WHO IS A TRUE MESSENGER OF GOD?

Dear Friend in Christ,

At a time like this when everywhere is flooded with ‘places of worship’ and ‘servants of God’ and yet the number of wickedness and sinners are skyrocketing in equal proportion, we cannot but wonder about the uncorrelated indices. It can be likened to a situation where a nation has abundance of schools and teachers and yet the students are becoming less learned. Something has become terribly wrong.

The Lord, Jesus Christ made a stunning prophecy of false prophets that would be so many at the time of His coming. We are, in no doubt, witnessing the fulfillment of that prophecy, now. And that perhaps is responsible for the upsurge in advent of ubiquitous ‘places of worship’ and self-called ‘servants of God’ and yet the plummeting of godliness all across the earth.

The most pathetic of the rising religious corruption is that it is even difficult for the people that are still thirsty to serve God to know and identify who a true messenger of God is because the false ones are so many. The question then becomes how can we know who a true messenger of God is, despite the great proportion of the false messengers that are everywhere?

If you are among the ones that are longing to know who a true messenger of God is so that you will not fall into the hand of false prophets, God has given us this message which can help us in our quest. The message is given below. I pray that your eyes of understanding be enlightened in Jesus name.

I remember we have done a lot of teachings about false prophets and deceptions. We are planning to do a teaching about true prophets but this one message is the timing of The Lord. If God permits, we will release the teaching at a later time.


A TRUE MESSENGER OF GOD
On Thursday, March 10, 2016, around 2.39 am, Nigerian time, after I finished midnight prayer and waiting on God, I fell asleep. Then, I had a revelation which contains two messages in one. I will give one of the messages contained in the revelation here. It is a message from God to help us know who His true messengers are.

In that dream, I saw that I was in front of my extended family house. They are majorly unbelievers. Some of the extended family members were in the front of the house with me. Then suddenly a mad man came and stood in front of the family house. He then started to deliver the message of God to the people.

He began to warn the people about the severity of punishment in hell. He talked about how people roast in hell. After finishing the message, he left.

After the mad man finished his preaching, I went to stand in the same position that he stood and continued with the message he was preaching.

I referred to the mad man as a true messenger of God. All the people were shocked to hear that from me. I explained my opinion about the mad man being a true messenger of God to them as follows.

I made an assumption that if a 2-year old girl was missing and the mother of the girl was weeping for not finding her daughter, If another woman down the street found the missing girl and helped to return her back to the crying mother, then the woman down the street who found the missing girl and returned her back to the weeping mother is the true friend of the mother of the missing child.

My argument silenced them and I continued the preaching. Then I received a signal that rapture wants to happen. Suddenly, the rapture took place. The second message is contained in this rapture taking place. I will share it under ‘Serious alerts'.  


THE MESSAGE
The Message contained in this dream can be found in the book of Luke 15:1-32.

Luke 15:1-10
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Let us continue the rest of the Scripture with the section that talks about The Prodigal Son ………………..

Luke 15:11-32
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

From the above scripture, which we broke into two segments for the purpose of emphasis, our Lord, Jesus Christ made two parables that place high importance of recovering a sinner.

In both situations there were rejoicings because sinners were recovered. Of much more importance is the celebration that also takes place in heaven when a sinner repents and returns back to The Lord.

Let us imagine from the celebrations that resulted in the two cases mentioned above that those recoveries had been made possible by neighbours of those that were lost. For instance, can you imagine how the father of the prodigal son would have celebrated whoever had helped him to find his son and returned such to him? In fact, the father of the prodigal son could have killed a separate calf to celebrate that person as he did to celebrate his recovered son. That is how much importance that would have placed on such person.

God, Himself, is more delighted when sinners, His yet-to-repent-children, are re-directed back to Him. Whoever works for God to recover these ‘lost children’ is His true messenger.

All prophets that God had raised from bible’s point of view are for this purpose of returning the lost man back to God. This Agenda culminated in the ultimate Price the Lord, Jesus Christ paid with His life for us.

In line with this, anyone who calls himself Pastor/Prophet/Bishop/Apostle/Reverend/Evangelist or by whatever title must continue with that agenda of recovery if he is to be recognized by God as His true messenger.

In doing this, sinners outside the church must be evangelized and messages that will re-direct sinners within the church from the broadway of hell must be consistently preached rather than messages that will take them away from God.

This assignment of returning back the lost children of God back to Him is what Apostle Paul called the ministry of reconciliation in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20.

2 Corinthians 5:18-20                                                                        18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

19 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.

20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christs stead, be ye reconciled to God.

This is the greatest work any man can ever do while on earth. Anyone- whether mad or sane, who does this work faithfully is a true messenger of God.



Dear Prophet/Pastor/Bishop/Reverend/Apostle/Evangelist/Minister,
Are you a true messenger of God? Is your message helping God to find His lost children? Will your message take your congregation to Heaven or make them rich on earth but lost to hell? Are you preaching what the Lord, Jesus Christ preached, which are REPENTANCE (Mathew 4:17, Luke 13:3), SALVATION (John 3:3-5, John 14:6), KINGDOM OF GOD (Mathew 6:33) WARNING ABOUT HELL (Luke 16:19-31), FEAR OF GOD (Mathew 10:28, Luke 12:4-5), RIGHTEOUSNESS (Mathew 5:20), HOLINESS (Mathew 5:8, 48), REBUKING OF SINS (John 8:11), READINESS FOR RAPTURE (Mathew 25:1-12)? These are the same messages preached by GOD’S prophets of old, John The Baptist, And The Apostles.

OR

Are you preaching another Gospel - The Gospel of Prosperity, The Gospel of Worldliness, Motivation Speaking, Business Methods, Leading The Congregation to the enemy, And so on (Galatians 1:6-9)? JESUS CHRIST, God’s Prophets of old, John, The Baptist and The Apostles never preached this Gospel. It is sheer evil and wickedness to preach about Money from January to December and not teach the sheep of Christ how to make heaven?

If you belong to the second category, The LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY, is raising a controversy against you (Ezekiel 34:7-11). Time is short. JESUS is coming. Rapture is imminent. Repent quickly. Begin to feed the congregation with the True Gospel that The Lord, Jesus Christ preached. Prepare them for rapture in holiness and Righteousness. Save your candlestick from being removed (Revelations 2: 5).


JESUS is coming. Time shall no longer delay. Stay ready.

TO MAKE RAPTURE:

Confess your sins to JESUS CHRIST and ask Him to save you.                      Repent of your sins constantly on daily basis and run away from sins.
Be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Live in Holiness and Righteousness.
Do all Restitutions.
Cut off all worldliness.                                                                     
Forgive all people.                                                                                   
Pray and fast.                                                                            
Consecrate and study the bible.                                                         
Watch.

Friday 1 April 2016

END-TIME STUDY: PREPARING FOR RAPTURE, PART 10, (HOLINESS)

TEXTs:   HEBREW 12: 14, MATHEW 5:8

Hebrew 5:8                                                                                     
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Mathew 5:8                                                                                                   
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

INTRODUCTION

Today, to see for instance, the president of a country, there are protocols and processes that must be followed. Even on arrival at the state house, you might be checked for security compliance. This will ensure that your visit does not present any security threat to the President. Even in a greater way, there is a protocol or condition for seeing God. And that condition(s) are stated in our texts above- Holiness and Purity of heart.

Many believers often think and even many preachers preach that once you confess the Lord, Jesus Christ, as your Lord and Saviour, there is no any conscious effort needed to be made towards living a holy life. That thought is erroneous. A born-again believer must still make an effort to live a holy life after receiving the Lord into his life.

Many other Christians that believe that conscious efforts need to be made to live a holy life often believe that holiness is somewhat an unrealistic and unattainable standard set by God for man. This, also, is rather not so. Holiness is attainable.

If the two assertions above are right, then nobody will see the Lord at rapture and nobody will make heaven. But many believers have made heaven and many more will still make it.

For the purpose of showing what Holiness means and how to live a holy life for the purpose of seeing the Lord at rapture and to prepare ready for his return in holiness is this teaching.

Let it be stressed again that ‘For without holiness, no man shall see The Lord.

TWO CONTRASTING NATURES


Though, man is made in the image of God, the nature of man becomes different from that of God since man fell in the Garden of Eden. In fact, the new adopted nature of man which is wickedness is the direct opposite to the very nature of God which is holiness. Let us look at these two natures.

1.  Holiness, the Nature of God. (2 Timothy 2:19a)
The scripture in 2 Timothy 2:19a talks about the foundation of God which stands sure. This means that the foundation of God cannot be altered. By this foundation is meant the absolute nature of God. And this nature which stands sure and cannot be altered is holiness (Psalm 87:1).

Let us establish from the scripture that everything about God is hinged on holiness.

1.   God is holy.      (Ps 22:3, Ps 99:5,9)
Psalm 22:3
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.


2.   God’s name is holy (Ps 99:3, luke 1:49, 1 Chro 16:10a)

Luke 1:49
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

Psalm 111:9
9 …………………… holy and reverend is his name.

1 Chronicle 16:10a
10 Glory ye in his holy name…………


3. Son of God is holy. (Luke 1: 35b, Mark 1:24, Acts 4:27)

Mark 1:24
24……………….thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

Luke 1:35
35 …………….therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus………..


4.  Spirit of God is holy.  (Psalm 51:11)

Psalm 51:11
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

5. Word of God is Holy. (2 Tim 3:15)

2 Tim 3:15
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures………

         
6. Heaven is Holy. (Psalm 20:6, Exo 15:13, Psalm 93:5, Psalm 24:3)

Psalm 20:6
6 he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand


7. Angels of God are holy. (Mathew 25:31, Revelation 14:10)

Mathew 25:31
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

8. Few other holy natures of God that we can point at from the bible include The Covenant of God (Luke 1:72), The Calling of God (2 Timothy 1:9), The Prophets of God (Acts 3:21) and many more.

It is not possible to list everything that is holy about God. Everything about Him is Holy. And how can we list everything about Him. It is not just possible. All we need to know is that anything that is not holy is not about God and not from God.


2. Sinfulness the nature of man.
As opposed to holiness which is the nature of God, sinfulness or simply wickedness is the nature of man. Everything about man centers on wickedness. We are going to look at some of the wicked or sinful natures of man.

1.   Man is conceived in wickedness. (Psalm 51:5)

Psalm 51:5
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

2.   Man’s heart is terribly wicked. (Jeremiah 17:9)

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

3.   Earth, the habitation of man is defiled. (Isaiah 24:6)

Isaiah 24:6
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;

We have seen from view cases mentioned above that the natures of God and that of man are opposed to one another.

CAN TWO WALK TOGETHER?

Since man fell to sin in the Garden of Eden, and his walk with God has been broken, God, The Almighty, has always wished and desired so passionately that man walks with Him again.

He told Abraham to walk with Him in Genesis 17:1.

Genesis 17:1
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
         
However, for God and man to walk together again, both must ‘agree mutually’ that they want to walk together. Amos 3:3 confirms this assertion.

3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Since God is holy and man is wicked, it follows that the two of them cannot walk together unless one adopts the nature of the other. But we have seen from 2 Timothy 2:19a above that the foundation of God which is holiness stands sure – it cannot be altered. That means God cannot drop His holiness and become wicked for the purpose of walking with a wicked man. Thus, if this walk with God must be implemented, then man must drop his wickedness and adopt holiness, the nature of God. It is only then that ‘the two can walk together’.


CAN A BAD TREE PRODUCE A GOOD FRUIT?

The answer to this question was given by the Lord, Jesus Christ, in Mathew 7:17-18.

          Mathew 17:17-18
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

The essence of this question and answer is to point out that even if man desires to accept the call of God to walk with Him, man may find it difficult to drop wickedness and adopt holiness, the nature of God, because on its own, the heart of man, which is wicked by default, cannot live a holy life like a bad or corrupt tree, cannot also produce a good fruit on its own.

What then can be done to transform this wicked heart of man to make it live a holy life? The answer is what we shall be discussing under sanctification, below.

SANCTIFICATION (TURNING A WICKED HEART INTO A GODLY ONE)

Our discussion under ‘Can Bad Tree Produce A Good Fruit’ underscores the role of the source on the output- a wicked heart being the source of all man’s ungodliness and a corrupt tree being the source of bad fruit. Both examples grossly emphasize the significance of the nature of the source on the outcome.

What we shall be looking at in this section is how to make this wicked heart of man to be able to live a holy life so that man can, now, walk with a holy God. But first, let us look at how to make a bad fruit produce a good fruit.

          Mathew 12:33
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit (will be) good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

The answer given to us by the Master, Himself is to make the tree to be good and then its fruit, also, will be good. It seems then that we cannot alter the fruit without first altering the nature of the tree that produced it. This means the issue of getting it right with the source cannot be overlooked.

Again, let us look at the wicked heart of man as being the source of all his ungodliness. Mathew 15:18-20a

Mathew 15:18-20a                                                                                      
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile (make unholy) the man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

20 These are the things which defile a man (which make man unholy):

Here again, as before, The Lord, Jesus Christ relates the heart as the source of all wicked and evil behaviours of man which defile him and make him unholy.

Most behaviours of man are premeditated. This means they were well thought out in the heart before being carried out. All the lies, robbery, fornications, theft, lusts, false witnessing, unholy dressing, witchcraft, homosexuality and all other sinful behaviours of man are first conceived inside the wicked heart of man before it is carried out. Thus, the heart is the source of all ungodliness which defiles a man and makes it impossible for him to walk with God.

What about impromptu actions? You may say. In the real sense of it, whatever you claim to do by prompt is still a manifestation of the abundance of your heart.

Thus, to get a man to live godly, his wicked heart, which is the source of all his sinful behaviours must first be made godly.

Sanctification is the turning of this wicked heart of a man into a godly heart or a clean heart or a pure heart inside of a man for the purpose of walking with God. A sanctified heart is a purified heart. This heart can no longer produce wickedness by default any more but live godly according to God’s dictate. 

Summary of the definition of Sanctification can be found in Psalm 51:10

          Psalm 51:10
          10 Create in me a clean heart, O God………………..

Sanctification is the creation of a clean heart from an heart that was once wicked.

Sanctification was the prayer of David after his wicked heart made him fall to adultery.

Sanctification is the first step towards holiness. Sanctification is not a one-time event. It is a process which is achieved gradually. We will be looking at the process of Sanctification in the next stage.

PROCESSES OF SANCTIFICATION

When a man accepts the Lord, Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, all his past sins are wiped away but the heart of the man still has the tendencies to continue with his sinful nature unless it is totally sanctified. For instance, if a lustful man accepts Christ, though his past sins have been forgiven, yet his heart may still continue to be lustful until the heart is sanctified. That is why you see a man that has given his life to Jesus may still be struggling with sin at the early stage. He may still be falling into sin until he is finally sanctified.

In other words, forgiveness of sin is different from sanctification. By accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior, we are granted forgiveness from our sin. However, by the creation of a new heart in us, we are sanctified. Forgiveness is an instant event while sanctification is a gradual process. The following ways are the ways by which we can earn sanctification.

1. Blood of Jesus (Hebrew 13:12).
                            
Hebrew 13:12
          12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with
his own blood, suffered without the gate.

By constantly pleading the blood of Jesus Christ to wash our heart, the wickedness of our heart will become purged gradually.

2. Word of God (John 17:17, Hebrew 4:12)
                  
John 17:17
          17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

          Hebrew 4:12
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.


The word of God is another agent of sanctification. It searches our heart and discerns our thoughts and intents and if there be any wickedness still remaining in our heart, the word of God will be knocking them out of heart. A believer that hears the word of God, reads the scripture and obeys the word is on a clear path to sanctification. Very soon, his wicked heart will be transformed into a godly one.

Once a believer is far from the word of God, his power to resist sin will be reducing. This means that his heart will begin to return back to wickedness gradually because it is the Word of God that sanctifies the heart of man.

3. The Power of The Holy Ghost (Ezekiel 36:26)

Ezekiel 36:26                                                                                                         
26 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.

The scripture above is talking about the power of the Holy Ghost to regenerate our heart and the consequence will be the removal of a stony heart- a heart that is stubborn and wicked, and the implantation of the fleshly heart– a heart that is obedient and godly. This is sanctification- a transformation of a wicked heart into a godly one. It is achieved by always praying that the fire of the Holy Ghost should refine and create a new heart in us- the way David prayed for his own sanctification (Psalm 51:10).

The three processes above are the biblical way of achieving sanctification. Sanctification is a gradual process like we said. It cannot be achieved suddenly. Also, sanctification is a continuous process. It should not be stopped once it is achieved. Otherwise, the godly heart will slowly go back to its former wicked status.

Once sanctification is achieved, a heart can no longer produce evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies and
other fruits of the devil produced by a wicked heart mentioned in Mathew 15:18-20. Instead of these evil fruits, a sanctified will begin to produce the fruits of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, obedience and many more fruits of Holy Ghost mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23.

EFFECTS OF SANCTIFICATION

1. New Spirit (Psalm 51:10)
         
          Psalm 51:10
          10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit
within me.

2. Acceptable Meditation (Psalm 19:14)
         
Psalm 19:14
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

3. Ability to seek God (Psalm 119:10)

          Psalm 119:10
          10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from
thy commandments.

4. Retention of The Word of God (Psalm 119:10)

Psalm 119:10
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin
against thee.

HOLINESS

The Lord, Jesus Christ taught us in Mathew 15:18-20 that all sins a man commit are first conceived inside his wicked heart before he then go ahead and commit the sin. For instance, an armed robber would have thought how he would carry out the operation in his heart before he now steps out to actually do the robbery. In other words physical manifestations of evil deeds begin with an evil thought inside of wicked heart.

In the same manner, physical manifestation of godly characters like joy, love, temperance, modesty, gentleness, forgiveness, endurance, obedience and so on begin with conception in a sanctified heart. No one can display a godly character unless his heart has been sanctified, first.

Thus, Holiness can be defined as an outward or physical display of godly characters as a result of an heart that has been sanctified. Thus holiness is a step higher than sanctification. Sanctification is the first step towards holiness. The two are so interwoven that they can be used so interchangeably.

A sanctified person will definitely live a holy life and a holy living person has definitely been sanctified. One then wonders a little, that from our texts above, both sanctification (purity of heart) and holiness are both conditions for seeing God (Mathew 5:8, Hebrew 12:14).


SOME AREAS WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE HOLY

1. Holiness In The Body (1 Corinthians 7:34, Romans 12:1)

          1 Corinthians 7:34
          34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried
woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

From the two scriptures above, we can see that we are expected to be in our bodies. By this I mean in our outward appearance, the clothes we wear and what we do to our bodies.

Many believers have argued that how we dress does not matter to God. They say God is only concerned about the condition of our hearts. This is a half-truth and half-false statement. The complete truth, however, is that God is interested in both our heart and our body.

Let me give us a logical explanation that substantiates this. Let us assume that a woman who claims to be a believer dresses like an hotel prostitute and yet claims that God is not interested in how she dresses but the condition of her heart. Many men might have even lusted after her because of her attire of harlot.

The picture painted by the attire of harlot of this woman adorns herself with is the prostitute nature of her heart. She has thought in her heart to dress in an ungodly way in her heart. Thus her heart in ungodly because it is from the abundance of the evil dressing that she has always nurtured in her heart that she eventually dresses. Her dressing begins in her heart and since she dresses in her ungodly way, then her heart is not sanctified.

2.  Holiness in the spirit   (1 Corinthians 7:34)

          1 Corinthians 7:34
          34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried
woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

The first point we mentioned above is holiness in the body. Another area of holiness required is holiness in the spirit (Purity of heart).

3. Holiness in Conversation (1 Peter 1:15, Psalm 19:14)

          1 Peter 1:15
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

Psalm 19:14
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

From above scriptures, we can see that we are expected to be holy in what we say with the word of our mouths. The words of our mouth must glorify God. The words we say to people must be seasoned and full of grace.

4. Holiness in Thought (Psalm 19:14)

        Psalm 19:14
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

CONCLUSION

Finally, the role of sanctification and holiness cannot be stressed enough as we prepare for the coming of the Lord, Jesus Christ. In fact, the centrality of our walk with God is holiness since we cannot walk with Him unless we are holy. If we say we are believers in Christ and we are not living a holy life, we are just wasting our time. The criteria has not changed. For without holiness, no man shall see the Lord.

SUMMARY

It begins from the heart of man- whether wickedness or godliness. Everything begins from the heart. Since the heart is evil by default, it cannot produce a good fruit. Sanctification will convert that wicked heart of man into a sanctified heart- purged and purified, which can now live a holy life.

PRAYERS

1. Lord Jesus Christ, purify my heart by the fire of the Holy Ghost.

2. Holy Spirit of God, create a new heart in me and renew a right spirit within me.

3. Lord Jesus Christ, wash my heart with your blood and purge me thoroughly.

4. Lord, uproot and destroy all the seed of wickedness from my heart.

5. Lord, sanctify me by Your Word.

ACTIONS

Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,                                                                        


• Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.


• Be watchful. Pay attention to what is happening around the World and see whether they match what the scriptures say.                                                                                   
• Be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in the Spirit all the time.


• Fast, consecrate yourself, run away from sin and worldliness.

If your answers are NO, then you can repent today. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Kindly sincerely and faithfully pray the prayer of repentance below and make a determination never to commit sin again.

PRAYER OF REPENTANCE

Lord, Jesus Christ, I am sorry for all my sins. I confess them with my mouth and I ask for mercy. Please forgive me and wash me in your blood. I accept you as my personal Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the book of life. Give me power over sins and fill me with your Spirit and Joy of Salvation. When rapture trumpet sounds, let me make it. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus name, I pray.

Begin to read bible. Begin with the book of John. Pray always. Fast regularly (you can begin with once in a week). Look for a bible believing church where they teach repentance, holiness, salvation and fellowship with them. Pray before you go. Always run away from SINS.

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We will like to get as many people as possible ready for rapture. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are happening now are child’s play.                                                                                     

Shalom. 

TO MAKE RAPTURE:
Confess your sins to JESUS CHRIST and ask Him to save you.
Repent of your sins constantly on daily basis and run away from sins.
Be filled with the Holy Spirit
Live in Holiness and Righteousness
Do all Restitutions
Cut off all worldliness.
Forgive all people.
Pray and fast.
Consecrate and study the bible.
Watch.    

JESUScoming.