TOPIC: VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU THAT ONE OF YOU SHALL BETRAY ME.

-THE WRITTEN WORD-
“Now the first day of the Feast of unleavened bread the Disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, where will Thou that we prepare for Thee for the Passover? And He said, go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, the Master saith My time is at hand, I will keep the Passover at thy house with My Disciples.

And the Disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the Passover. Now when the even was come, He sat down with the twelve. And as they did eat, He said, verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray Me. And they were exceeding sorrowful and began every one of them to say unto Him, Lord; is it I?

And He answered and said, he that dippeth his hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray Me. The Son of man goeth as it written of Him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born. Then Judas which betrayed Him, answered and said, Master, is it I. He said unto him, thou hast said”…MATTHEW 26: 17-25.



-THE RECEIVED WORD-
Recently, our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to me and began to discuss some matters arising in His Church, and how His people had fared so far. He also hinted on His second coming demanding that I should tell His people to be prepared for any eventuality - warning  that His second and final coming was nearer than any living or dead could ever imagine!

Master Jesus then opened a screen showing His journey from the Pilate’s judgment seat to the Cross of Calvary. He was hopelessly battered; much more than what is symbolized in that glorious film “The Passion of the Christ”. The screen also took me to the Cross itself, where our Savior showed the terrible agony He passed through when they were nailing Him to a very rugged Cross –  He was virtually weeping. It was such a sight – a sight that no word on earth can adequately describe - what our loving and darling Jesus Christ went through at the hands of sinners – for you and for me!

When the screen disappeared, our Lord and Savior turned to me, and pointedly instructed me to inform His people, that in spite of all that suffering, shame and pain, that He still loved them with the same love and the same passion that made Him to go to the Cross for them. He said that His arms are still very wide open to receive as many as are willing to come back unto Himself. He was expressing a very deep passion for souls He said that He died so that nobody should die the second death – that He went to the Cross in order to cross ALL over to heaven at last!

He then stated that in spite of His continuing and total commitment to save humanity from eternal destruction, that the world has totally turned its back on Him. He lamented that not many on earth still cared either for Him or for His love and passion for folks. When He talked of His people He was actually referring to mankind in general. He loves ALL.

As the Lord spoke to me, suddenly His countenance changed, and He became very sad indeed, very sad indeed – lamenting that most of His very own, the same folks He saved with His precious Blood, were now trampling upon all He did for them. And as He said that, a drop of tears fell from His eyes and dropped on the ground. And when that happened, the entire foundation of the earth shook violently, as in an earthquake situation. Even the bottomless pit, the abode of satan, was not spared! There was a shaking both in heaven and on earth. It was such a terrible experience.

Men and brethren, our Lord revealed a lot of things to me, some of them personal. But one notable thing He stressed is that some of us who claimed to be believers are indeed daily betraying Him. He said that many who profess Christianity are, by their illicit lifestyles, putting His name and the name of His Father into disrepute. He lamented that His Church is littered with sinners, compromisers and hypocrites. He revealed that many in His Church had turned to satan for help, and that the help they sought was for the things of this life!

Brethren, as some are reading this message, they would be asking themselves, “is it I?’, the same question that the Disciples of our Lord asked on that fateful Passover night. Some may even be struggling to find one excuse or the other for their sinful ways even as believers.

Some may also be trying to justify their compromising ways by citing some Scriptures without even realizing that the very scriptures they are referring to, which is the word of God, is another name for our Lord Jesus Christ! Some would be trying to pass blames – some to their parents, some to their wives and husbands, some even to their pastors! Some would even dare to comfort themselves with that satanic slang that “God understands!”.

But I have the mandate of our Lord Jesus Christ and the authority of our heavenly Father, to announce to all and sundry, that there shall be no excuses. I am sent to tell whoever is interested in this matter that our Lord will judge His people with same love with which He once saved them. Yes, He will judge us in righteousness – even in that very love He will tell some of us “depart from Me, I know you not; you workers of iniquity”. Beware!

Brethren, such is the nature of the love of God in Christ Jesus. The same passion that drove Christ to the Cross is the same passion with which He will judge the wicked and workers of iniquity – within and outside His Church.

Let no one be deceived, the love of God in Christ Jesus embraces the sinner but violently rejects and abhors sin and all appearances of sin. Therefore know it this very day, that if you return yet to the sins from which He saved you through His love, that same love will also reject you and cast you aside at the end.

It is therefore futile for workers of iniquity in the body of Christ to profess the love of Christ while continuing in sin and in all appearances of sin. I make bold to warn us that that very love that caused our heavenly Father to put up His only begotten Son to die a shameful and accursed death on Calvary, that same love, shall turn into a burning anger against all who trampled on that very love. This is the word of the living God.

The other day Master Jesus directed my attention to a publication on Yahoo news, of a vote in a certain Nation approving gay and lesbian marriage as part of the laws of that nation. Referring to that nation and others in similar dilemma, our Lord lamented that Nations He had so blessed and made the envies of the earth had gradually turned their backs at Him.

Master Jesus has thereby instructed me to warn that the scripture that says that “righteousness exalts a Nation and sin is a reproach to all” is already abroad against all such abominable Nations.  And when I dared to put in a comment to that very publication, the response I received from the public demonstrated to me, beyond all doubts, that many Nations of the earth are overripe for the righteous judgment of God.

People of God, the end of all things is nearer than when we first believed. The growing godlessness all over the world is as a result of last minute effort by satan to take as many folks as possible with him down to the lake that burns and never quenches. To him or her who has ears to hear, let him or her hear what the Spirit of the Lord is revealing to the people of the world in general and to the Church of Jesus Christ in particular.  To all I say, repent and live ready.