-THE WRITTEN WORD-
“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olives shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flocks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds feet, and He will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments…..HABAKKUK 3:17-19.
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God”…Romans 8:14.
-THE RECEIVED WORD-
Again, this PART is quite long. But I only obeyed the Holy Ghost. All the reader needs to do is to check through the numerous sub-topics, and selects any that addresses his or her spiritual needs and digest it. Yet I fervently pray we all go for everything, and that is for a reason. Remain blessed as you read.
-Introduction-
Brethren, the perfect will of God lies in the heart of the Holy Ghost. Therefore as many as strictly led by Him are always doing the perfect will of the Father.
The question then is this: are we always led by the Spirit of God or, are we often guided by your personal preferences? A prophet once told King David to do whatever came to his heart as God was with him. But when David decided to build God a house, God disapproved. Yes, God was with His king, but what His king willed to do was outside His perfect will..
Brethren, it is one thing to have the mind of Christ, it quite another thing to also apply that mind to the strict leading of the Holy Ghost. Yes, our heavenly Father built in His will into us at creation. Yet many are applying the same God-given will against the same God!
We must not readily forget that satan, before his disgrace, was endowed with the will of the Father, even as an angel of light. Yet he chose to use that will against the Father. Adam and Eve also had it, but chose to use it against the Father. What are you doing with the will our heavenly Father gave you?
Brethren, we may know all the scriptures, and may even be living by the same scriptures, yet we may be living outside the perfect will of God! What we are doing is that we are living by the letters but not the Spirit of the word. And we know that the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life.
We need the daily guidance of the Holy Ghost, Who lives in us, for us to walk in the perfect will of God per time. That is why an unbeliever, “perfectly” living by the precepts of the Bible, will never please the Lord. You may study Acts of the Apostles, Chapter ten, for proof of this.
Brethren, it must not surprise us that many believers are living in sin without even knowing it, very many. Many believers are just pure in their own eyes. They will always defend themselves by asserting that they are following the Bible - that they are the righteousness of God.
Yes, they are reading the Bible, and even doing the same Bible. Yes, they are the righteousness of God by salvation; yet they are not doing the perfect will of God per time. They are doing their own will, and then using Bible references to justify themselves. They are the righteousness of God by confession but not by manifestation. Are you like that? Search yourselves whether ye are still in the faith.
Again, here are some important matters we must always pay attention to in our daily walk in and with the Father. Yes, every detail of our lives is important to the Father. But for purposes of time and space, I am again compelled to highlight just some of the issues. They are not in any way conclusive – there is always an endless room to whosoever is willing to get deeper with his or her Creator.
-Our God Is A Total Father-
Brethren, the God we serve: the God of Abraham, the God of Jacob and the God of Isaac, is also God of details. He is interested in ALL concerning His people, even to the minutest details.
I have often heard some preach that God is too busy to be concerned with how we dress or in what we eat, etc. They are wrong.
I am standing on the authority of the Holy Ghost, to announce to the whole world, that God takes pleasure in the overall appearance and dispositions of His people. He treats His own as special – each of us is special to Him, and all about us. He cares for us - spirit, soul and body.
Do we even care to know that God is also interested in what we eat? Yes, He is. If you are humble enough to ask Him He will give you a menu. He has His menu for His people – that which will keep them healthy at all times. He also has a dressing code for His own. Yes He does – for both men and women. He is the Daddy of daddies, with a unique sense of humor!
Brethren of the Lord, the family of God is not a lawless family, in terms of rules of conduct. The family of God is not a house without order. Yet it is not about what Apostle Paul described as “don’t touch, don’t eat, etc.” - far be it. It is a family with laid down rules. It is a family that enjoys the liberty of the Spirit, but which liberty also is under the strict control of the Giver!
In the book of Judges, we are told of when Israel was without a leader, and everyone did what pleased him or her. That is not how the family of God operates. If you want to live even as you like, then you may have to excuse yourself from the family of God. I am speaking the mind of the Lord.
-Why God demands The Whole Of us-
God’s deep interest in His own is founded on this truth - that He lives in His people. As believers, we are the household of God – the moving temple of the living God. And one cannot carry God and be living as he or she likes, impossible.
We are the extension of God on earth, and we must at all times, and in all circumstances, truly represent Him for Whom He is! We must serve the Lord with all of our spirit, all of our soul and all of our body – we must live Holy even He lives.
-Of Human Culture-
Must I begin again to tell us that the only culture acceptable to God is the Bible culture? All human cultures, to the extent that they are not strictly in line with biblical culture, are vile before God. To
As far as heaven is concerned, all human cultures that offend the letters and spirit of the Bible are the traditions of men. And when believing folks gather in any one place, none must be identified by any other culture other than the biblical culture – the culture of truth, of righteousness, of purity and of joy in the Holy Ghost. This is the perfect will of the Father.
-Of Life’s Tragedies-
But some may dare ask: but why does God, a loving Father that He is, still allow misfortunes to hit His own, even those who serve Him faithfully? I have been there many times and I fully understand what it is all about. But as often as I would confront the Lord with that and other deepening questions, as often also His would answer me that whatever the Father allowed is for a purpose, even for our ultimate good.
He would always insist that as we grow in the mysteries of godliness and of heaven, we would get to understand more and more the reasons for such things. And I testify that I now do, at least to valuable extent. And Master Jesus would always conclude by warning, that on no account must we question the intentions of the Father – that whatever He does is right, and for our ultimate good. Are you still insisting on more answers?
Men and brethren, satan has a lot of wares to sell to us. Let us make sure we do not buy them. It may look beautiful, but that is deception. It may sound sweet to the ear, but it is very bitter in the inside. It may sound lovely, but underneath is death and eternal damnation.
Whatever we “suffer” walking in the perfect will of the father cannot be compared with the everlasting torment that awaits those who choose not to. Our afflictions as people of God will forever be for a while, even if it continues till we go to be with the Lord! Why? Because this life is temporary and fleeting. Our true life is in heaven, a place of endless life of bliss and heavenly splendor in the very presence of the Father.
Therefore, brethren, whosoever claims that believers do not suffer even in righteousness does not know God one and one. That person just perceives Whom God is, and may even be very vocal about all the good things that God offers. But that is where their knowledge ends.
The undeniable truth is that no man or woman will experience a deep and lasting relationship with God without paying a price for it. The Holy Ghost is my witness.
We can always talk the talk, and even cajole folks to give, and to give and to give, as if God is hungry. But where is the power of God to save, sanctify and baptize in the Holy Ghost? Where is the power to deliver from all the operations of satan? When the chips are down, we would pretentiously tell folks to have faith. Where then is our anointing as servants of the living God – the anointing that breaks all yokes?
We must stop playing to the gallery and begin to do the perfect will of God before the Lord spews us out of His mouth. When we allow us our hearts to become consumed with pleasure and gain, we begin to see God as Father Christmas; and in so doing, we fall back into our flesh and become carnal.
-Of Marriage And Marital Issues-
Brethren, it is the perfect will of God that His people marry His people. A child of God getting married to an unbeliever does not fall within the permissive will of God - it is out rightly sinful. And those who get themselves into that must of necessity finish what they have started.
Every marriage in the body of Christ, duly conducted, and with the bed undefiled, is the perfect will of God. Let nobody be heard to say the he or she did not marry the perfect will of God.
Whosoever you marry, and who is also a child of God, is the perfect will of God for you. And every such marriage is founded on this heavenly principle – till death do we part.
Men and brethren, when the Bible says “bed undefiled” in godly marriages, it means bed undefiled! Any sort of defilement before marriage forms a wrong foundation in marriage. If only we realize what this defilement has led many into in the course of marriages.
-Of Courtship-
Let me also use this opportunity to inform all and sundry that every manner of courtship before marriage falls within the permissive will of God, with attendant consequences. Seek out for our book on marriage.
If there is any moment in our lives as believers when we willfully and deliberately violate the commandments of God it is in the period of the so-called courtship. Many marriages are suffering today because of what transpired under courtship. And it would take very deep spiritual understanding and prayer for one to remove such yokes. They often go deep into the very fabric of marriages. Beware!
-Of Marital Separation-
Brethren, all manners of marital separation and for whatever reason, fall within the permissive will of God. It is even permissive to the extent that the separating couples remain single afterwards.
The perfect will of God is this: that whosoever is separated from his or her spouse, and whiles that other spouse is still alive, should not proceed into another marriage.
Even those who must remain separated, and single, by reason of separation of any kind, must also do this very thing – they must forgive their former spouses even in that very separation. Unforgiveness, for whatever reasons, hinders our relationship with God and blocks our chances of making heaven at last.
-Of Using The Name Of God In Vain-
One of the quickest routes to untimely death is for one to continually use the name of God in vain. Under no circumstance must a child of God make jokes with either the name of God or with the things of God.
Let me inform all children of God world-wide that in heaven there is scroll for each of us containing ALL our words, from the very day we are saved! I lie not; I speak the truth in the Holy Ghost. There shall be no excuses. Do not even say I was just joking. We shall give account of EVERY idle word we utter as children of God. Consider this and apply your hearts to wisdom.
If you call yourself a child of God, never, never, partake in listening or sharing jokes, especially where the name of God or things of heaven are at stake. Never! If you have any love for God, please protect His name as much as it lies in your hands to do so. Do not fight for Him; but do not keep mute either.
Discourage it, and then prayerfully walk away - and save yourself from the wrath already abroad against all who make fun with the name of their Creator.
Those who call themselves comedians, and find strange pleasure in cracking jokes with heavenly things, are treading on very dangerous grounds. Tell them.
-Of Prayer-
There are three basic principles of answered prayers: who is praying, what is he or she praying for, and the manner of praying.
First and foremost, we must not appear before God in our vile garments. We must make amends where necessary. Always ask for His mercy and obtain it before you proceed. Do not assume anything.
Secondly, God answers prayers that are in line with His perfect will per time. And it is the Spirit of God in us Who guides us into that perfect will. Without the leading of the Holy Ghost, it is very difficult for one to pray according to the perfect will of the Father at all times.
Thirdly, we must make it a point of duty not to shout at God. He considers it insulting when folks shout at Him all in the name of praying to Him. He is in you, closer to you that even the air you breathe. You must honor Him by not shouting at Him. Fervency, which is a must in effectual prayers, is not the same as shouting.
Our heavenly Father generally considers all who shout prayers at Him as hypocrites. Yes, He does answer such prayers sometimes, but with great reluctance. The Holy Ghost said so.
If we must shout, it must be at satan, and it must be as loud as possible. We must rebuke satan and his agents – we must never show any form of respect for satan, he does not deserve our respect.
-We Must Not Avenge Ourselves-
Bu the authority of the Holy Ghost I give a charge to believers world-wide not to pray Holy Ghost fire against human persons, no matter whom they are and what they have done. Please note this: that we shall account for any life we take away from earth, either through prayer or otherwise.
It does not matter whether you call that person evil personality or not. Your mandate as a Christian is against the evil that is in that personality, not that personality. Any prayer against such individuals totally falls within the permissive will of God. Even after answering you, He will still hold you to account. This is the mystery of heaven lost to many on our pulpits, past and present, most especially to our deliverance ministers!
Yes, some would readily argue that, after all, the Bible says that we should not suffer a witch to live. Permit me to inform you that that scripture DOES NOT APPLY TO THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH!
The perfect will of God in His Christ is that all be saved and come to His knowledge. And Christ died to save all, including that person you call a witch or occult personality. They are all victims of satanic forces even as we all were before we were saved! Weather or not they willfully joined such forces is not a defense.
Brethren, we all were also evil personalities before we were saved – whether we were lying, fornicating. Whatever sin we were into, all are classified as evil before the Lord. Therefore if the Lord did not kill us before we were saved, why must we take the life of another?
Brethren, sin is sin – it is only in the eyes of men that sin is graduated. And our mandate as believers is to root out evil and save folks, never to kill them.
Some would claim that they were only defending themselves. But they have readily forgotten that our defensive weapons are clearly spelt out in the scriptures. Please study the book of Ephesians, 6; 10 -18; and take up your proper defensive position in the Lord.
Some would also argue that, after all, it was God Who answered their prayers! That they just prayed. But what these folks do not realize is this mystery of godliness: that God does answer some of our prayers that are according to His permissive, and then turn to hold us personally responsible for that outcome. What He does is simply to honor our words which He promised to do!
Brethren, true Christianity is much deeper than most folks in Church realize – and that is why very few would make it if rapture takes place this very day.
The day the Holy Ghost showed me some servants of God and the list of those they have murdered through their prayers – souls in hell fire crying for vengeance against these folks, I marveled. The souls of all those you murdered through shouting death and brimstone will rise against you at the gates of heaven. If you doubt me, please ask the Holy Ghost for confirmation.
Fire and brimstone is for satan and his forces, not against human persons. When we kill folks as witches and wizards and occult personalities, at their death these evil spirits would quietly leave their bodies and enter into other folks! We have only succeeded in killing a human person - we cannot kill evil spirit!
Brethren, true Christianity is a spiritual walk, and all those who are truly in it should readily understand what the Holy Ghost is saying here. Is it not His fire that kills, some would dare to suggest? Yes, it is His fire. But if you know Him personally, how He feels when we call down His fire to kill fellow humans!
Have they killed some of your loved ones? I have also lost some folks very close to me through such instrumentalities. But yet God would not allow me to avenge myself, never! Vengeance is strictly for God. He is the only One Who determines who and what to avenge at all times! Beware.
Do not therefore begin to boast that this “witch” or that “occult man or woman” died because you prayed! You have only put yourself into more trouble. The power of God in us is not to kill but to save and to deliver! This also is a mystery of godliness.
-Of Money And Finances-
Please do not stone me for writing this, but I must write it – for necessity is upon me to do so. It is not the perfect will of God to ask Him for money! Those who take pleasure in praying the prayer of Jabez should take note. That prayer does not fit into the perfect will of God in the New Testament Church.
The perfect will of the Father in His Christ, concerning our finances, is this: that we do His perfect will in all situations, and then gain will follow us. Every believer is already blessed with all the blessings of God, but in the realm of the spirit. As we do the Father’s will His blessings would manifest. The foundational scripture for this is this: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you”.
That is why the Bible speaks of one prospering even as his or her soul prospers. True heavenly prosperity is that which is at per with our spiritual prosperity also. Anything short of that is the permissive will of God, with attendant consequences.
Let it be known to whosoever desires to hear it, that sowing money and reaping money is not evidence of heavenly prosperity. What you have reaped is what you have sown.
For us to prosper in God we must live a righteous and holy life, which includes giving {but not giving with intention to receive.}
Every true believer lives forever to give – true Christianity is a life of giving: because it is more blessed to give than to receive. This is the mystery of godliness totally lost on many who preach material things as the gospel of Jesus Christ.
If we must prosper in the perfect will of God, then we must walk in daily righteousness and holiness, and then by faith prosper in Him. Yes, by faith, because we must also believe that the same holy God is equally takes pleasure in the prosperity of His people..
-Of Serving God Even In Poverty-
Men and brethren, whosoever is truly serving God and is not financially buoyant, is a product of deep personal choices. The truth is that many that are truly close to God tend to hold that possessing the abundance of the things of this life would taint that relationship, and to an extent they are correct.
Many who truly love God also believe that possessing much of the things of this life is detrimental to that closeness. And if you have experienced that level of closeness with the divine you will readily understand what those folks are fighting to preserve. No man or woman who is in deep and consecrated relationship with God will want to lose it for anything this life offers.
-The Mystery Of Fasting-
Brethren, many in the body of Christ, do not realize that fasting is one of the greatest mysteries of godliness. And for that reason they experience much pain and stress engaging in it.
Let me now reveal it to whosoever cares, that fasting, when done for the right reasons, that is, for the perfect will of God per time, is a wonderful and glorious communion period with our Creator.
The truth is this, when we fast for the perfect will of God, we are fed spiritually by the Father Himself.
What we fast for is as much important as the way we fast. When we fast for what is in the heart of the Father at any given time, our bodily shapes do not wear down – we scarcely look it, and at the end we would even look better. That is the mystery of true fasting. That was what happened to Moses. The forty-day fast is not a mystery to those who know this truth.
But when we fast for things of this life, and for issues that are outside the perfect will of God per time, the Lord leaves us to do it ourselves. We then go through terrible stress. Our bodies are subjected to terrible hardship because we do not have the necessary heavenly food to back us up. Heaven leaves us to finish what we started!
Have you not read that they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength that they shall mount on wings even as eagles? That is about fasting. When we fast according to the will of God, we are renewed even physically, and that by the Father Himself.
Must everybody fast? Yes, even those with sicknesses – as long as they are willing to do so – Doctor or no Doctor! But not directly for their sicknesses to be healed! If we must fast for our personal healing, it is advisable that we fast asking God for mercy and for His mercy alone. At the end He would also heal us!
The truth is that when we fast for that which is the perfect will of God, all that concerns us is also taken care of by the Lord. Please study Isaiah 58 carefully and apply your hearts to wisdom. When we fast according to the perfect will of God per time, He takes care of what concerns us per time.
As a clue, it is always the perfect will of God that souls be saved, and that His creation walk in His holiness and righteousness. So, take a look around you. Is there not a person to fast for his or her salvation? Are all members of your family saved? Are all your friends saved? Is the leader of your country saved?
Are marriages working perfectly in your local church? There are legions of issues that fall within the perfect will of God. As we sincerely apply our hearts to these issues in fasting and praying, God not only feeds us spiritually, but He also takes care of our own personal needs.
It is also the perfect will of God to ask the Lord to sanctify you and yours in prayer and fasting. You can also fast for your spouse, not necessarily for him or her to love you more, but to grow in the Lord and in the things of the Lord. As you do so, God, Whose other name is love, will shed His love upon your marriage!
Some folks complain of ulcer conditions. But how do you expect perfect healing if you do not enter the presence of the Father, which you can only do through intense prayer and fasting? Will I suffer pain? Yes, you will, but that is a test, even from satan, who is determined to stop you from continuing. But if you are able to resist him, you will step into the glorious presence of the Lord, and by the time you are through, you will be searching for the ulcer!
I speak the truth and I lie not. The fastest way into the heart of the Lord is through fasting and praying. Sadly, many are fasting for the things of this life and even amiss.
-Of Servants of God-
Some even fast for power! What an irony? How can we fast, asking God to give us power? That is fasting amiss. If ye are called of God, you also have a measure of God’s anointing according to your calling and ordination.
Every calling in God requires a life committed to prayer and fasting – it is not optional. But fasting for what, one may ask? I say fasting that the perfect will of God be done, in your life, in your ministry and in the world around you.
A servant of God must fast for the souls of brethren, for their marriages, for their children, even for their overall spiritual well-being. When they are growing spiritually, and their souls prospering towards God, certainly He would begin to bless the works of their hands. That is the true church of Jesus Christ.
As a servant of God, you must put your body under pressure day in day out, praying and fasting that the perfect will of God be done, and doing it in righteousness and in holiness. As you do so, you would continue to attract the presence of God, being constantly fed by the Lord in the spirit. Eventually the presence of God would begin to abide. And when that happens, anointing that breaks all manners of yoke is released.
It is futile for folks to rush to “mountains” now and then, and then retire to normal life, and then expect the abiding presence of God. A servant of God must of necessity be on the mountain all the year round. The demand of God’s calling makes it mandatory that whosoever must make a success of it must endeavor to be in the presence of God at all times. Yet it all depends on your perception of what amounts to success in ministry!
I also perceive that it is the perfect will of God that we try as much as possible to enter the pulpit fasting, and only break after service. All those glasses and bottles of water on the pulpit are not proper in the sight of God.
And that is where part-time ministry comes in. We would discuss more on this on our Google+ site: The Everlasting Priesthood, in the days and weeks ahead. But if you are desperate to know more, do seek out for our two Books; “The Mystery of Godliness” and ”Redeeming the Times”. You will certainly not regret doing so.
Some of us, even as servants of God, are presently enjoying a lot of patronage from folks, yet we are far from the perfect will of God. This gospel is not about men, but strictly about God and about His perfect will for humanity. Never be carried away by such patronage. If you choose the commendations of men above that of God, you will surely give account.
In Part four, and by the grace of God, the concluding part of this message, we will throw more light on how some of these issues were dealt with in the Bible. We would also examine some sensitive issues of Christian profession and manifestation, even as the Holy Ghost allows. Till then, please keep running.
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