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-THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD-
“And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and was faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
And Jacob said, swear to me this day, and he sware into: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then, Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drank, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright”. GENESIS 25:29-34.
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently lest any man fall of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up, trouble you, and thereby many are defiled.
Lest there be any fornicator or profane person as Esau, who for one morsel of meal sold his birthright. For ye know how afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought carefully with tears”…HEBREWS 12:14-17
-WHAT I RECEIVED OF THE LORD CONCERNING THIS MATTER-
Men and brethren, as Jesus was about to fully enter His earthly ministry, He proceeded to a mountain on a forty-day fast. At the end of the fast, satan appeared on the scene. It was time for the faith of Jesus to be tried, and His Father allowed it even to be so – for satan cannot access any true child of God except with the permission of God Himself. And we all know what transpired. Jesus was tested physically with food, His soul with the splendor of this life, and spiritually that He should tempt His Father! Jesus passed all the three tests. And in so doing He laid a practical example for all who would become His Disciples.
People of God, whosoever must come after our Lord Jesus Christ must also be tested in all the three areas in which our Master and Savior Jesus Christ was tested. And the irony of this test is that it is a continuous matter- It runs till we go to be with the Lord. And the higher and closer we get to God the higher and stronger the test When satan left Jesus after this mountain test, it was only for a season! Please study Luke 4:1-13, for a deeper insight into this matter. Satan did not go on holiday after testing Jesus – he only left to prepare for further and higher tests. Satan, the pale and sickly lion, is still very much around. But thank God that our glorious Lion of the Tribe of Judah is still roaring, even louder than ever.
And the ultimate test for Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus suddenly asked God to excuse Him from the Cross! But thank God that He, Jesus, quickly realized the gravity of what He had asked – and quickly reversed Himself and willfully accepted the perfect will of God. It was such a narrow escape, and Jesus can testify to that if you ask Him. For if our God has heeded to that prayer, the ONLY hope of reconciling man with God would have disappeared for ever. God forbid! Please study Luke 22:39-45 for deeper insight into this matter. And we all will come to our ultimate tests. I pray we will all be prepared as Jesus was.
Brethren of the Lord, the life of a true believer is a life of beauty and splendor in the Lord, but it is also a life surrounded by temptations, even daily temptations. Like I wrote in one of my Epistles, the road to heaven is littered with all manners of heavenly blessings and riches, yet it is very very slippery indeed. The number one enemy of God and of man, satan, is on the trail of every true believer. Day by day he is laying snares and setting traps for the people of God. And many are daily falling victims of his manipulations. If only the Holy Ghost would open the spiritual eye of every believer. What we would see is beyond words.
People of God, the path of the righteous is as a disguised minefield, and each of these mines is capable is destroying our walk with God. The path of the righteous is full of pitfalls and many subjects that are designed to discourage, frustrate and eventually destroy the righteous. Indeed when a believer is coming very close to the gates of heaven the satanic attack would suddenly increase. And that is why some aging men and women who had served the Lord with all their lives will suddenly begin to speak compromising words towards the end of their lives. Some would even forsake the Lord entirely. Such is the cruelty of satan when it comes to who must make heaven at last.
And all these traps on the path of the righteous are carefully and neatly placed there by satan and his agents, most of whom, to your amazement, are right inside the very Church of Jesus Christ! Satan is really a very very desperate creature. He is anxious that as many as possible end up with Him in the pit that burneth and never quencheth – which is his final place of “rest”. He uses almost everything and everybody to get the righteous to forsake the right way. And it is practically impossible for any believer; true or false, to escape the designs of satan, without much prayer, consecration and absolute dependence on the leading of the Holy Ghost.
The life of a believer who cannot be trapped by satan now and then, must be a life that is sober, full of patience and long-suffering – devoid of pleasure seeking, and of love for the things of this life. It must be a life totally submitted to the perfect will of God at all times and in all circumstances. There are not many such folks in today’s Christianity, and what lies ahead for many is too terrible to be uttered or written with my own hands! I pray earnestly for the mercy of God upon this generation of believers world-wide.
In our scripture for today, we observe satan as he manipulated Esau into selling his birthright. He sold it on a platter of a plate of porridge. And to many of us a plate of porridge is too small to make a person do such a thing. But you are in for a rude shock. For what many of us do not realize is this: that the plate of porridge can be anything. Indeed, every believer has a plate of porridge from satan. If you escape one he will come up with another even more sumptuous than the first. And it goes on and on till we meet face to face with our Master Jesus Christ. Your own plate of porridge may not be mine, but satan serves it according to our individual indulgences!
Esau was hungry for food, but your own and my own hunger may not be food. Yet it would be a sought of hunger. Your own hunger may be for the opposite sex – for fornication and adultery. It may be all manners of sodomy – of men marrying men and of women marrying women. It may also be lust – lusting for men or for women or even for the things of this life. It may also be masturbation and all manners of sexual immorality. Whatever it may be, it is always that which entices us. And the source is the evil one, satan. And, if you must also know it – our God allows these things to come our way, and allows them! Later, I will write us on the reasons for that, especially for those who do not yet know.
My brother, my sister, your own plate of porridge may be nakedness – you enjoy exposing sensitive parts of your body to people. It may also be that you as a lady are always hungry to dress as men. It may even be that your hunger is lesbianism. Whatever it is, the end result is that you have sold your birthright. Our birthright as believer is heaven at last. And when we sell it we become candidates of eternal damnation. Your hunger may be stealing or robbery – whether with arms or with pen. It may also be giving and taking bribes. Your own hunger may be defrauding people through scam, internet and otherwise. You can name them. They are endless. For Judas Iscariot, it was love for money. Yet many amongst us are deeply rooted lovers of money – covetousness. May the Lord show mercy on His people in Jesus name. Amen.
I do not know what constitutes the hunger that satan has fired into your mind. It may be that you cannot stand folks that do not look and talk like you: that is also a satanic hunger. Have you divorced your spouse and married another, even while your first spouse is still alive? You have only satisfied a satanic hunger without knowing it. Have you married a divorced man or woman even when his or her first spouse is still alive? You are enjoying satanic diet and the consequences are eternal. Do you cheat, lie and manipulate people? Are you a smuggler? Are you a dealer on illicit substances? Do you adulterate products and sell to people? In all these cases you are enjoying the pleasure of sin, even satanic diet. And your birthright is right inside the pockets of satan! But it can still be recovered. That is the reason for this message.
Are you a preacher of this gospel, who steals from brethren, and then cajoles and manipulates them? You are ALSO enjoying the dish of satan. Do you sell the word of God; are you making merchandise of the word of God? Do you serve God for money, to satisfy your belly and your lusts? You know yourselves. You may even be justifying yourself; but my assurance to you today is that if you refuse to repent you will end up with satan – the one whose diet you enjoyed while here on earth. Do you preach chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, economics, and all manners of worldly subjects as the gospel of Christ? That is satanic diet. Do you preach how to buy and sell as the gospel of Jesus Christ, even how to make money? You are one of those Jesus cast out of the Temple for selling doves. You are peddling satanic diet.
I do not know what you are eating to satisfy your own hunger. It may be that you take pleasure in killing unborn babies. You may even call it abortion. But whatever name you give it, know it today that in heaven it is known as murder. Are you among them that argue that after all abortion is legal? Both you and those who legalized it are enjoying a terrible satanic diet, very sweet and in mouth but very very bitter in the belly. Repent today and it shall be well with you. Is your business to kill for money? That diet is of satan. Do you enjoy gossip and tale bearing? That also is a satanic diet? Do you prostitute, public or private? You are eating with satan himself.
Men and brethren, one of the tricks of satan is to serve folks his diet as if it is a diet from the Lord. It can come as pride of heart, even arrogance. It can come as foolish talking – jesting of all kinds. We must never forget that every word that comes out of the mouth of a believer shall be accounted for. Do not be deceived, whatever we sow is what we reap – pure and simple. Has satan tricked you into selling a wrong message to people God: that once they have believed they would remain believers whether they continue in sin or not? You are peddling a very dangerous satanic menu, and the consequences are better imagined than written.
People of God, in the case of Esau, he lost his birthright once and forever. But for you as a believer, especially for those who have not crossed the borderline of mercy, you still have another opportunity to make amends today. Do not harden your hearts and resort to calling me names. It will not profit you anything to call me a Pharisee or any such name. It is also futile for you to try to dismiss these teachings by terming them “law”.
Brethren, I am not preaching law, I am preaching the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. But even at that, we must not forget that the laws of God are holy and that they are written in our hearts even as believers. What I am preaching holds for all generations of people of God - for all of us will be judged with the same standard of holiness and righteousness.
Some of you may even throw this message away because you do not like my face. Whatever may be your reservations about me, please suppress it and do what God is saying. It is not about me. I know that I may not be qualified to teach you; but Jesus spoke to me. And He did not speak to me because I am more righteous than all of you: He just chose to speak to me. You cannot question Him.
Therefore, it is in your best interest to hearken to His word and live. If I have offended you by my choice of words, I apologize. If I have offended you in the past I tender my unreserved apology. Whatever must prevent you from obeying these words is not of God. Your soul is at stake. Your pocket may be very thick, but your soul is in grave danger of eternal damnation. Repent today. Jesus Christ is anxiously waiting for your decision, even a second decision as it were. The angels of God are at alert all over the world to receive your prayers of repentance, of restitution, and of consecration. Our Lord Jesus Christ will yet sanctify you.
Brethren, time is now of essence in our relationship with God. As the hour races to the inevitable end, satan is devising many weapons of deceit, many of which are totally lost on many even in the Church of today. Satan can use any body, anybody indeed, in order to get at you and at me. He will even tell you that I am just teaching law or condemnation.
Brethren of our Lord, let me now alert you that satan does appear as “Jesus” in visions (though I perceive by the grace of God all of satan's paraphernalia of disguise have been destroyed: he is now the true naked one that he is). He may even try to appear to you in another guise to lie to you that I am this and I am that. Satan is desperate indeed! And even if you choose to agree with him, and I pray you will not, please do not disagree with these teachings.
What you are reading is the Everlasting Gospel. It is the last Gospel before the end of all things. Satan is fighting it, unbelievers are fighting it, and even some folks in the Church are fighting it. But even if the whole world should join hands together with satan to fight this mandate they will not prevail. Till I come your way again, always have it in your heart, that Jesus Christ will soon be on His way to receive us unto Himself. Be ready.
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