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gideon) NOTE: EVERY NOTE IS ENDED WITH AN "AMEN". KNOW THE TRUTH An evangelist once told a Jewish boy of twelve that Jesus was the son of God and that he would be lost if he did not believe on Him. Very earnestly the boy answ ered Pastor the contrary also holds true. If Jesus is not the son of God and you believe on Him, you are lost. There is none who dont believe that his religion is the religion of truth. The Hindus have their ideas and facts of religion, the Chr istians proclaim that Jesus is the true son of God and also part of the trinity God (not all Christians actually) so does the Muslims says that there is no God b ut Allah. How can you convince a Muslim that he\she must believe in Jesus before salvation is granted to him? They also will reply that you must also believe in Allah to gain salvation, Islam is the only way to salvation. You quote from the Bible and he also quotes from the Quran. Who is deceived here, you or the Muslim ? It doesnt take the understanding of human to know the truth but the word of God . But in discussion like this both religion believe that their scriptures are th e exact word of the Supreme Being, God. So who can convince the other that his i s the exact word of God? The Jewish people do not share any faith about Jesus been the messiah. All they know is that there would be a time that the messiah would appear. They are waiti ng. If Christians are able to wait for their saviour Jesus for such long time so they also can wait. Who can prove that they are false? May be you believe that you can, but your proving is what you believe to be true not what they believe. It seems like most of the worlds population is been deceived. Man search for the truth everyday but it seems that the more we search the more the truth fly away from us. Which of the numerous religions through out the world is the exact way to the celestial city? Is it the Druids, the Krishnas, the Muslims, Zoroasters, Mormons, Christians, e.t.c?

Well I cant tell you accept what you are about to read as truth but can assures y ou that, this is what I believe to be the truth or is the truth. When ever you a re trying to show a different religion believer that Christ is the true son of G od, it would be better to put both scriptures (The Bible and the fellows Holy Sc riptures) down since you all believe that yours are the inspired word of the mos t High, and get to history. I as a Christian believe that Jesus is the son of Go d and the only path to heaven not just because the scripture says so but rather history also agrees. HOW? Many have intended to do what Christ did, his wonders and his miracles. WHY? Why dont they just come up as someone who is new but always want to pick up the posi tion of Jesus? We are not speaking of false Christ in the religion of Christiani ty but in other religions. There are many people from different religion who cla ims equality with Christ or YHWH. Why do you think they do so? It is because, th ey believe that Jesus and YHWH are supreme beings with power and might and anyon e who is compared to them or acknowledged as them also have a supreme power and must be seen as a supreme being.

Well maybe you are a Rastafarian. You believe that King Selassie is the Messiah. Born near Hrer (Harar) in eastern Ethiopia, he was baptized Haile Selassie (Might of the Trinity) but was known as Tafari Makonnen until his accession (to the thr one). Tafari or Selassie been believed to have been a direct descendant of the biblical King Solomon and Queen of Sheba, is believed that he is the Messiah. Wh

y was Tafari fighting for the position of Christ? This is all because Tafari him self believed that the truth is from the bible, the truth is in the Messiah and if he should crown himself as the messiah he would be the truth and an object of worship instead of Jesus. What shows that Tafari didnt know what was going on? H e knew that the messiah would come from the family of David from the tribe of Ju dah, he therefore knew that the messiah would be born in Jerusalem (Micah 5:2) H e knew about the pains and the death of the Messiah (Isaiah 53) and also knew th at the Messiah wasnt to be a king from Africa for the only place of Africa he was to go was Egypt when the angel warned Joseph to flee the mass killings of infan ts. Tafari knew all this or might know this, and knowing that he does not comple tely fit the description yet crowned himself as the messiah. Tafari only took th e prophecy about the Messiah been the descendant of David, and neglected the oth ers. He knew how powerful just the title of Jesus as the Messiah is and claimed to be he. Understanding Tafari, we understand that Jesus is the Messiah and the tr ue been to be worshiped If you are a Rastafarian. So first we have learnt from t he teachings of Rastafarians that their Ras (Lord, Prince) [both is the title of Christ] Tafari isnt the messiah for he, Tafari, knew the truth and ignored it an d chose been famous.

Lets take the Muslims for example. The religion of Muslim existed not until Moham med claimed about his visions and gave his message. The question is was there no true religion until Muslim came?If Islamic is the true religion that all must fol low in other to get to Heaven, then how can those who died before the establishm ent of Israel be saved? Then there was no true God at all in the time before Isl am. There is no way (I dont believe there is) that God just came to someone who d oesnt believe that God exist or has not heard that there is God. Always God visit those who believe in Him, those who might have doubt in the surrounding gods. A braham never believed in idols although they were surrounded at that place, he d oubted them and believed in the God who spoke to him and directed him from such idols. So if Mohammed claims that God visited him then he has heard a message ab out this being. Yet they claim that Islam God is the true God, so who was that G od that he heard about? Wasnt he a God of other religion? If other religions God is false then so is Islam. Because they cant stand with this, they claim about their link to Abraham. That i s a good point. If your link is to Abraham, then you believe in the Old Testamen t for the Genesis was the First book to speak of Abraham. If Mohammed believe in the Genesis account of Abraham, then he was aware that God chose Isaac, and jus t blessed Ishmael, that it was Isaac that the Lord said his son would come from not Ishmael, then Mohammed knew that the birth of Ishmael, wasnt the boy of promi se but the boy as a result of Abrahams mistake. I am not saying that Ishmael is e vil, but rather the God of Ishmael was the God of Abraham who worked through Isa ac for the coming of Jesus and Christianity to be born. So Mohammed (Islam) buys some place of the scriptures and ignores other places. The God of Islam isnt the true God but the God Islam try to imitate is the true God. If Islam really beli eves in their link to Ishmael then they would have followed the track of God thr ough out the Bible and worship with the Jews. But why are they not worshiping as Jews? Mohammed believed that the Jews had the wrath of God on them. He forgot t hat the Lord never said the Jews are no more his people? God never said that I h ave forgotten my people the Israelites forever. What is funny is that Mohammed and all People of Islam believed that Daniel was a prophet of God but do not bel ieved the prophecy of Daniel concerning the cessation of sacrifice of animals be cause of the death or slaughter of the Messiah (Daniel 9:26,27). Why do they ha ve a different belief about Jews? Why are they not expecting a messiah and why d o they not believe in the salvation of God through the branch of David (Jeremiah 33:15)? They just have no link to the Old Testament God but have a counterfeit of the Old Testament God [the belief in one God]. Muslims have lost the track, t hey even do not know the God they worship, whether A God who just existed at the

time of Mohammed or was copied from Christians and giving a new name. They dont know. But it is known that there was some resistance in the establishment of the Islam in Saudi Arabia whom the Muslims called unbelievers. They claimed or knew t hat Allah was an idol (a local god) of the Quraysh tribe, the tribe of Mohammed which wasnt destroyed when Mohammed went to destroy the 360 idols in the Kabah the Muslim holy shrine in Mecca. Do you know something funny? After Moslems denying the death of Jesus, agrees that Jesus actually came to shew a promise to his di sciples that he will send a comforter and this comforter is Mohammed. If they be lieve not that Jesus is God then who is\was the one who sent Mohammed that they believe to be the comforter? Jesus did, so Jesus is God to them but they do not know although Mohammed isnt the comforter, the Holy Spirit is. Mohammed was also believed to be God on earth, that is the the incarnation of God. To conclude; hist ory tells us the truth about the Islam religion. They do not believe in the old testament God, neither to they believe in the God which Christ preached which is the same as the Old Testament God, but believe in the Mohammed god which is not God at all. What I want all Christians and Muslims to understand is that, if th ere is no true God in the religion of Jews, then why were they trying to have a link to it? It was because Mohammed knew that the God of the Old Testament was t he true God. ALL MUSLIMS know that the God of Isaac, Jacob and all Jews is the t rue God, but have been brainwashed that this same God is Allah. We have all got to know in this brief note that Allah isnt the true God, YHWH is, but in other to convince people that Allah I is the true God, they try to create a link between him(it*idol*) and God. Let us all come to our senses, that if the Muslims were also trying to have a link to a true God that is YHWH, then he is the true God, then the Bible is his true words and Jesus is truly his only son and the means o f salvation. What about the Jews, who worshiped the true God? Yes the Jews really worshiped t he true God but forgot to take a good look about the fulfilling of the messianic prophecies. I have a friend in school, Armah; he keeps on holding his stand in debates even when he knows that he is wrong or defeated. Such are some of the Je ws. They know perfectly that Jesus fulfilled the messianic prophecies. Wasnt it t he High priest who showed Herod where the Messiah would be born? They know the t ruth and have rejected it. Our Lord is a God of truth. If he presents the truth to you and you neglect it, he cant force you to accept it. Jesus is the whole tru th, but if the Jews speaks that he isnt who we say he is, then they are just drin king off their own blood, their digging their own grave, theyve just committed a suicide. Although they know the true God, they have refused to understand him an d with this ignorance of theirs, they have neglected the only path to Heaven, Je sus. So, I dont claim that the Jewish religion is a false religion but because th ey dont accept their messiah, their effort to salvation is false making them fals e. The old Testament Jews, are different from the Jews we witness to day, For we Christians are the Old Testament Jews, we are circumcised by Heart (Jeremiah 4: 4, Romans 2:29), we are the spiritual Israelites.

There are many religions that have people who claim to be the messiah or at the same level with Jesus, what is so clear is that, if theses people dont claim to b e the Messiah, the claim to have an equal position with him, or above him. Other s are also seen as the creator of the universe, Lord of the universe, the creato r of human, the giver of life and others, meaning they have taken the same posit ion of YHWH. To prevent this note from been lengthy, I will provide some of the names of people who claim to be the incarnation of God, Anointed ones, the Messi ahs, and the Lords. Some are Abd-Ru-Shin, Mahanta[the living Eck master], Zoroas ter, Lao-Tzu, Sri Krishna, Ramachadra, Caitanya Mahaparabhu, Swami Prabhupad, Mo hammed Al-Munataza, Joseph Smith, Charles Taze Russel [I have a note about him in my notes], Rabbi Trinita, Saint Germain, Confucius, Buddha, Dalai Lam of Tib et, Ajagorah and others. I keep on reminding you that, all these people saw the power and might of Jesus and YHWH and therefore try to take their position so th

at others may recognize them as such powerful beings. They acknowledge that YHWH is the true creator of the universe, the BIBLE IS HIS TRUE WORDS and JESUS IS T HE SON OF GOD, THE WORD OF GOD AND ALSO GOD. Some of these people will be discussed and notice their link into the Christian God in the next note. Let us therefore also look at something about the Christian God and the Jewish God. Every true believer of Christ, who understands the scriptures, knows that t he origin of Christianity is from old. The term or name Christian is to be Chris t-like but the religion is the continuation of the Old Testament Jewish religion . For example, in the Old Testament, animals were sacrificed and in this same ol d testament the cessation of the sacrifice was prophesied (Daniel 9:27) to be do ne by the Messiah. In the New Testament the sacrifice is ceased as prophesied an d Christians need not to sacrifice any animal but kneel and pray and ask for for giveness for the lamb is slain once and for all. Christians didnt establish their belief on something they heard from someone who claims to be the messiah but ra ther from the same scriptures of Old. What the Old Testament God whom all religi on leaders and God want to be, prophesied about the messiah is what they have se en to fulfill in the life of JESUS. Their Messiah (Jesus) compares himself not t o any other Messiah. Christianity is the only religion that has a direct link to the Old Testament God that all religion are striving to link to. Prophecies wer e written about them in the Old Testament and surely they have all come to pass. Someone may ask if Christianity is the true religion then how were people saved back then? We have noticed that Christ came to put a stop to animal sacrifice whi ch was used in place of his position to take away sins and to grant grace unto t he people. But Jesus has now taken his position as the innocent Lamb. He is the lamb that taketh away the sins of the world. JESUS IS THE MESSIAH! THE TRUE SON OF GOD. He is the one whom the prophet prophesied to be born of a virgin, to di e with sinners and buried with the rich, to be killed for no reason and to resur rect within three days time. None of the above names of the people above who liv ed resurrected or came back to life again except JESUS. I cannot be the way, I c annot open the door for you but I can give you the key, and the KEY IS JESUS. AM EN.

Now what the boy told the evangelist is false, JESUS is the one and only way to the father, JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. THE CHOICE IS YOURS. B UT I URGE YOU TO CHOOSE LIFE, CHOOSE JESUS. AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAIT!!!! What if Religion is irrelevant and illusion? You are reluctant? You say that religion is irrelevant? I fully agree with you. T he question is only how relevant relevancy is. How relevant are you and I? How r elevant is your or my opinion about what is relevant? Walls determine the size o f a room. Only the empty space between the walls makes the room useful, so does the empty space within the cup. We live on what is empty not what is full. For w alking, are only the sole relevant? The whole foot walks. But the foot could not walk without those things which seem irrelevant to walking, like the heart, the lungs, the cortex, the spine, the law of gravity, the atomical and chemical str ucture of the earth, and the way itself. Yes, religion is irrelevant. You can live without it, but you can also live wi thout art, without books, without literacy, without trousers, without fresh air, without sunshine, without loving and being loved. But such an existence does no

t deserve the name life. It is the irrelevant things which make life beautiful and rich in meaning. Little notes which like each other pg 20. You can surely choose to live without religion, but your life wont be meaningful. For you know not wha t lies ahead or what will befall you in future. Even though you might not believ e that religion is real or true but might still figure out whether the world wil l end at all. You seek about the future. This question itself makes you a religi onist. Religion isnt a lie but a whole truth, what you must figure out is the tru e religion which we have discussed earlier.

Our (Christians) adversaries say that religion (Christianity) is a kind of opium, an illusion. Well, is every illusion wrong? The man who drowns has the illusion of sleeping on soft cushions, the man who freezes, of resting near a heated ove n. Some illusions are mechanisms of defense that help us pass over difficult mom ents. There exist good and bad illusions, as there exist good and bad thoughts. An illusion can be a loving mother who passes her breasts through iron bars and gives her imprisoned and dismayed child to suck. Illusions are tremendous force. They can give new life and strength to those who are almost lost. But the comfo rt of Christ is no illusion. It is reality. Little notes which like each other pg 22. Jesus is real and His love is also real, he is slow to anger and early to fo rgive, his mercy is everlasting. He calls us all to come to HIM. Lets go brothers and sisters. Let GO and meet our saviour. We will be HIS nation and He will be OUR GOD AND SAVIOUR. JESUS HAS OPENED WIDE HIS ARMS OF LOVE WAITING TO EMBRACE Y OU AS YOU RETURN HOME. AMEN.

HOLD ON TIGHT Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the People shall weary themselves for very vanity? For the earth sha ll be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover th e sea. Habakkuk 2:13,14

The will of my Father, is solely different from what men perceive Him to be. We strive for vanity; He strives for the right path for us. He uses people as examp les to us, so that we may also understand as humans. He has shown his marvelous grace so that we may understand his love. He has wished us good, so that we may also learn what is good for us as His children. He protects us, that we may feel that we are not alone, guide us that we would remember that we wrestle not agai nst flesh and blood, He feeds us to bring into our thoughts that man may not live by bread alone but by the word of God, HE bids us to seek him, to make as assure that we didnt choose him but he chose us, that we have also accepted His call wi th free will, not with force or against our will. If we could understand all the deeds of our Lord, then we would rejoice on our death bed, for we know that the re is no joy on this earth, but there is more than joy on the earth that we are promised to go. Then, why worry as we leave this world of sorrow and anguish, th is world of hunger and pestilence. Our death will be a gain unto us.

I know that today, the sounds of war can be heard, how some Christians struggle to find ends meet, how others are thrown out of their rented houses because of t heir believes, how some peoples rights are been infringed upon all for the sake o f the blessed hope. Some men of faith stood for this, long time ago. In the time of the apostles, they were killed for because of their faith, a faith which wil

l lead them to a shade, where they can rest from all their burdens. In the dark ages, men of Christ were used as a light to light up for gladiators to enjoy the ir fight. Whiles, men die others proclaim that their death is awesome. Where were their senses? Where was their love? They forgot to think and love, they were elf ish and wished that they were fit living not the Christians or the gladiators so they slaughtered the men of God as sheep; they slaughtered them as animals, whi ch is causing harm to all humanity. But yet within this war, do we, the Christia ns, have a hope. That no matter what level this war between good and evil is fou ght up to, our saviour will descend, no matter how many lives were lost throughout this battle will be resurrected, no matter how many spies who were sent to s py on us will remain in their grave until the second resurrection. The war will be over. We will be saved by faith through Jesus our Lord. Hello fellow brothers and sisters in Christ let us not keep this precious messag e of salvation unto ourselves. Noah was a preacher of righteousness. He didnt kee p the message of salvation unto himself but send it to his family and the people in his land. I believe that Noah sent the message to the whole world for they w ere few. He did his best to get people into the loving heart of God than into th e justice punishment of God. So must we not keep this message of salvation unto ourselves for we are all aware that in no time, our Lord will descend to take hi s exile captives home. There are many out there that need to be taken home too. Jesus shouts to them with his voice on a recorded tape that Come out of Babylon m y people. You are the one to play the tape, not to speak for the tape. Christ wil l speak through you to his people and those who welcome him will be his guests i n His and Our Fathers throne. We will be part of these guests who will dine with the Lord in Heaven. There is something significant of Christ our saviour that is, he never fails wha tever he promises. I am afraid that he has promised to punish the devil with all his supporters, no tyrant, evil, wicked man will be left alive.

Then will the knowledge of the Lord, flow everywhere like the sea. People will s peak of the might of God and his saving power. For He is just, kind and holy, wh o can he be compared to? How I wish that I saw this man God, when he took the hu man form that I may see his flawless nature. How I wish that I saw him heal the s ick that I may see His will to get rid of pains and sorrow from the lives of huma n, How I wish that I saw him rebuke the Pharisees that I may be rebuked too, how I wish that I was present when he thought his disciples to pray that would have b een my first prayer practice. How I wish I was there to say crucify Him!, then fin ally ashamed of what I did, turn to proclaim that truly, this man is the son of G od. Truly, I have seen his flawless nature through his word; I have seen his eve r willing to get rid of sorrows and grief for he has eased mine. He has rebuked me in my sinful nature and has led me to the right path. He has thought me to pr ay daily, through his word. Truly, I have said crucify Him for my former life prov ed so, but then have proclaimed that truly, this man is the son of God and my savio ur. My Jesus, I love you. I deny my whole self, my family and everything I have, and I Know that you are everything I need. Take me and take me whole, use me as you wish and speak through me. Let the whole world see your mighty power. As the Lion wait for its prey, Satan waits for us. But as he was at the point t o attack, he sees two things. Firstly, he sees our ignorance of his attack. We k now though, that we are not dealing with flesh and blood, we pray for the protec tion of God and walk out to the street, to work, and we sleep in the night and f orget about whatever is going on in the spiritual world. Satan sees us to be ign orance of his attack. Secondly, as he is about to attack, he sees, a light, a Go d that seems to care much about us and isnt ignorant of Satans attack at all. He p

rotects us from him. With a pale face, the devil walks away from us, his prey. T he mighty power of the Lord is shown physically and spiritually. We are weak eve n in the physical form, we cant even see what is going on at our back, how can we then see what our eyes cant see at all? Jesus is there to protect you and me. He can see anywhere, anytime. He is our map he shows us where to go, he is our comp ass he leads us to the destination, he is our light he lightens our path, he is ou r garment and pillow he gives us rest on the journey, he is waiting for us to bid us winners and a welcome to our destination. I want to go to Heaven, not just be cause it is a better place but to see my saviour who shed his blood for me that I may reconcile with my Father. He thought me love, unconditional love. For this I wish to see my mentor, my redeemer. I have faith that I will see Jesus some d ay, look at his wounded palm and legs and praise Him, for he is the King of king s, the Lord of Lords. Glory is to His name. I urge you fellow Christian that uph old your faith, hold unto the hands of the Lord Jesus, he will never leave you t o fall if only you dont leave his hand, please hold on tight. Happy moments - pra ise God. Difficult moments - seek God. Busy moments - bless God. Quiet moments worship God. Waiting moments - trust God. Painful moments - touch God. In all m oments - thank God and adore Him. Amen. MERRY BEFORE VICTORY Songs and beats of tambourine could be heard, from distance. Moses saw, Israelit es bowing to an Idol, a custom they copied from the Egyptians. They thought if G od is really a God, then why has he kept Moses for too long, exactly forty-days. Who can survive this time without food and water? They doubted the power of God and turned to other side of power. They were living witness of what the gods of Egyptians were doing for them (Egyptians), food was in abundance, and wealth wa s in a number of infinity. The Israelites forgot that it was their hard work tha t had earned the Egyptians what ever they had. It was the wisdom that God gave t o Joseph that helped the Egyptians beat the famine; it was the presence of Israe lites in the land of Egyptians that helped to sustain their wealth and food. Ye t the Israelites forgot this and thought of the gods the Egyptians believed to h ave been feeding them. The Israelites also thought of making an Idol, to gain pr osperity, to praise it with praises due Jehovah and to lead them to the promise land. They proved their love for the idol by the praises and songs they sang for it although they wasnt due it.- Moses, realizing this broke what he had fasted f or, out of anger he questions them about the Idol, an Idol which dont exist. A g od they invented and can destroy too. What really happened here is a story you a nd I are aware of but what I want us to study from this short story is the merry t he Israelites enjoyed before victory. Wasnt it funny? At Sinai, without a leader an d one to direct them, they started jubilating. They were going to the promise land. Aaron was present within them and they inst alled him to the position of Moses although to a different G(g)od. Left in the m iddle of the Desert, they sang and praised a god whom they knew not, until that day. A god, they have to assign to it a task in which it isnt capable of doing. S ome idol worshipers most especially the Egyptians had the god of wealth, the god of underworld, the god of death and so on. But the Israelites god was a combina tion of two beliefs: the idea or belief in one God and the idea that an idol as a god. So Israelites believed that, truly, the calf idol that they have made has led them from the Egyptians. They were on their way to the promise land. They w ere not there yet but they started praising this god. Now who was to lead the Is raelites to the promise land, An immovable god? They knew that this god was not mobile by itself and therefore was the time they should have thought that there is a problem behind the god they have molded. They have to carry it everywhere, also they knew not the way to this land. Remember that it was the tent or templ e of God which was moved by men everywhere not God Himself. So they were blind a nd started to jubilate, whiles they were lost in the way to salvation. They star

ted jubilation when they way seemed dark and none to show them the way. They had feasts and were happy at that particular moment. Thorough out the Israelites wa lk on the desert, whenever the Lord led them, they complain of food, water and e ven meat. But when they had a god who could not speak not to the extent of feedi ng them, they never complained of anything. The Gold, which YAWEH gave them the chance to gain from their masters in Egypt, was used to build this disgusting st atue. Yet they jubilated and jubilated and jubilated, till they heard the sound of broken stones, Moses has arrived from the mountain. He was angry and wished h e had not gone at all for if he was there, such thing wouldnt have happened. But God had something precious behind the call of Moses and its long period. Well dont you think that it wouldnt be weird if the Israelites were making this ju bilation in their new land? After all they would be in their land and they have to choose whom they would worship and God cant force them to choose him. But her e, they were stuck in a desert where they knew no where to turn to in other to g et to the Place they have come to belief that it is the promise land.

Jubilation is hardly to be found when there is a war in progress. There is no sm ile in the face of the kings and people of each nation who is involve in the war until the white flag is raised to signify that they (that is one of the nation has won) then jubilation begins. But this world has turned upside down as The Is raelites did. Look around and see what is going on now in this world which was o nce our home. Visit night clubs and see what disgusting things are going on the re. All they know is that they are enjoying life. They are successful in life. I t doesnt take success to be victorious but rather victory to be success. You can be successful in this world but might not be part of the wining team. People enj oy, jubilate to show to us that they are victorious. The leader of the wicked Sa tan has turned them blind, so that they may not see who the victory of t he war is. He has even allowed the sons of children to come to the false awareness that the war is even over, and he Satan is the winner. How is this possible? There a re some that claim that there is no God and they wouldnt be accounted of what the y do except the human judge, who will judge him if he goes contrary to the human laws that govern a nation. Such is one of the ways Satan has made people to bel ieve that he is the winner. By the way side, you see prostitutes; Im not judging them but rather pointing out where their happiness comes from. They think they a re winners in life, they are enjoying life, merry everywhere, happy in the lust of the flesh. After all, man never is. In no time, we will all pass away so sinc e he has something on earth, she is among the few who are always victorious in l ife so she must jubilate. Truly such people like this are also blind by the devi l to think that they are victorious in life, not life but the war between good a n evil. The body which is the house of the Holy Spirit is used to do many disgus ting things in this world of the devil. All wicked people in the world jubilate that Satan is their winner (although some are ignorance of it). All things that is going on in this world, shows how worse Satan ruler ship is. Stop jubilating with the devil for he is a loser.

NOT DUE YOU The song of victory need not to be sung by you OH False Pastors who scatters the sheep of the Lord. Thinking that you have achieved everything that you need in life by using the word of God to gain wealth. When Jesus said that he feeds on the word of God, he didnt mean that he uses the word of God as a means of trickin g people in other to gain money to feed himself. No He meant that he obeyed the words of his Father. You hypocrites, you preach on pulpits that it isnt right for a Christian to steal yet you are stealing form people. Sorry, Im not speaking to you reader. This is about false pastors who are mostly using the work of God as

a business for wealth. Theses pastors are also jubilating before time. They are happy that they are not caught or seen as they are and yet are still prospering in life. Now they can have whatever they want, life might smile well to them, bu t what lies ahead of them they know not. The work of God isnt a bank where we ex tract money, neither a business that is use as a method of get-rich-fast, but ra ther a work of patience not thinking how much you gain from people but how much people you touch with the gospel our Lord Jesus. False pastors are not to be cou nted among the sheep of the Lord for Jesus said Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 7:21The pastors claim about Jesus power to heal the sick not their sickness, power to feed the poor but they have to che at this same poor and to be reach forgetting that the same power they claim that it can feed the poor can feed them too. They know from scriptures that the time for the great day when one of both Gods will prevail as winner is not yet. And s till they know that Jesus has defeated the devil. Yet they are blind with their wealth, they are blind in cheating and therefore rejoice in their sinful act, in their support of Satan leading many away from the light. Why are they so happy? The war is not over, they should rather be crying for what lies ahead of the l osers is difficult to bear even with power, how much more you mortal man? The ju bilation is NOT DUE YOU oh false pastors and prophets. You have los the way to s alvation and have ended up in the broad way. Yet still False Pastors who uses the work of God as a bank trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the f ool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Their inwar d thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling plac es to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Like sheep they a re laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have domin ion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from t heir dwelling. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he s hall receive me. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich (especially through ne gative means), when the glory of his house is increased; for when he dieth he sh all carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. Though while he l ived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thys elf. He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. P salm 49:6-20.

WHICH GROUP SHOULD BE JUBILATING BY NOW the wicked or THE UPRIGHT? They (the wicked) know not that they are already losers, even the god they wors hip knows that his time is short (Revelation 12:12) and he must therefore work f ast to achieve whatever he wants to achieve in the short time life he has got t o live. He was overcome in Heaven when sacked from this celestial city (Revelati on 12:11, 12), he was overcome by Jesus first when he sacked him from his presen ce when the devil tempted him (Matthew 4:10) then Christ finally overcame him, w hen He shouted that it is finished (John 19:10). So who are those that are to be

singing and blowing the trumpet of victory? A war won without a a lose of soldi er. Our Master died but he is risen, Hallelujah. We are those that should be jub ilating for we know that no matter how our problems grows, our God will see us t hrough and would eventual take us to the city where Satan was banished from. Isnt this blessed hope (Titus 2:13) enough for us to jubilate? Finally, my brethren rejoice in the Lord..... (Phil 3:1). Woes are in our path, problems and insults seem to be our food, for this reason, someone in the world(one who haven t accep ted Christ as personal savior) would think that we need not to rejoice because o f the problems we are facing. But this is what our Lord Jesus says " Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven....Rejoice and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in Heaven..." Matt 5:10, 12. The problems, persecutions and insult will arise and arrive but w e must be happy for such things to happen to us for the sake of righteousness. I t shows us that we are on the negative side of Satan and positive side of God. I t shows that we have neglected the world and have taken Christ as our life and o ur all. Therefore the world cant stand that we have neglected her, and will perse cute us for the sake of been upright in the sight of God. But Jesus says we must be exceedingly glad. How? Is it by buying drinks, enjoying with ladies or going to pool parties? Do we rejoice by having fun in the world? How can we neglect t he world but yet celebrate and rejoice in it? We have all neglected the world an d gone for Christ. So when those in the world rejoice in the world we must rejoi ce in Christ our Lord. A joy that brings peace not war, a moment of joy that bri ngs of good health to the body not sickness, a joy of love in God and love for m an. Not acting against one another nor despising the laws of God But loving God and human. Our jubilation is base on the hope that we will one day leave this wo rld and join our savior. What a wonderful scene that day would be. If you have h ope that Christ resurrected and will cause you to resurrect on the day the last trumpet will sound, then I hope to see you there. For this reason our joy won t be Today only, neither tomorrow only but for all time, for this is what the scr iptures say " Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS: and again I say rejoice" Phil 4:4. AME N CROWNED AS A KING BY YOUR ENEMIES. 2 CORINTIANS 4:4 The date was 1828, when Africa had hardly known any western culture. They lived by their own culture and customs, their own beliefs and myths. Africa is known of its culture, mostly the wetly and southern parts of Africa. In West Africa, a country named Ghana, in the southern part of this nation was a town named Sunkwa. There was many customs and traditions that these people followed diligently. Th ey sent food for their gods every day, they celebrated festivals to honour their ancestors and thank their gods, they did sacrifice for, their gods. This sacrif ice was mostly human. But among these people was a stubborn man. He said that ma n must not live by traditions but facts. He didnt believe in any of their gods, n ever went to festivals, neither did he participate in making or offering of liba tions to ancestors and recently deceased people. What he hated most was the huma n sacrifice. He wished that one day a better King would rise and bring an end to these torturing and inhumanity. The chiefs and leaders of the town heard about his boast stubbornness. They allowed the then Soldiers known as abrafo to arrest hi m. HE was brought before the King to be judged. After asking for witnesses, to s peak and witness against this man, and made sure he was guilty, the King made hi s final judgment. He (the king) said to the stubborn man You are banished from th is town forever. Any one who had been to Africa before (villages of Africa) would Know how the guy felt when the news hit him. Where was he to go? Forest is all over the place, wild animals are there. Dead of strangers was all over. He was a fraid to take this path, but he had no choice but to follow an order. He took so me little water, some, food and some clothing and started his journey into the l and of nowhere. He went and went yet met know one except the sounds of wild anim als. Back in the town, It was also a tradition that the gods choose whom they wa nt us sacrifice for the year. Fortunately and unfortunately, the gods chose the

banished man, Kofi. The people were astonished. Dont the gods know that he is banis hed forever? Well whop was able to speak against these merciful yet treacherous gods/. The elders mad e a plan and launched a search party for the man. When the search party searched for days, they met him lying down at the point of death. They brought him home, and sent him to the palace after receiving some treatment . As they entered the palace, he saw that the stool of the king was vacant, and the king was nowhere to be seen. He was told that the King had been distilled, a nd he was the one the gods has chosen to be the king. Kofi asked himself how can I who dont believe in this gods, chose me to be the king and listen to their stup id advices? He had a second thought that what if I accept and after that change th e traditions and beliefs of the land into best ones? Not knowing the plans of the people, he accepted to be a king. He was then asked to go for purification. At the last part, he was given a medicine to drink. He was told that hit would make him strong from his spiritual enemies. This newly crowned King woke up, beheade d. He was sacrificed to the gods of the land. He was tricked to accept that trul y his enemies have crowned him as a king. He chased to accept the beliefs off th e land, in other to make up some changes, but lost his life.

This is what is happening in the Christian life. We are been banished from this world spiritually. We are walking in a lonely forest, full with wild animals. Al ways our problems increase, our woes multiply but glory is to God for granting h is Holy spirit to stay with us in this difficulties. Satan doesnt want us to be s aved. He wants to cease our salvation from us. Satan has been trying to let us f eel that there was no hope, but yes there is a hope. The resurrected savior is my one and only hope and he will never fail. Satan knowing that all Christians a re fighting for a better life of God and his creatures. He is trying to create a kingdom like such and crown us as kings and queens of the world. Fleshy lust, m oney and other things has the devil used to blind us to show to us that the worl d is worth living in .Satan want to crown us as kings. How can enemies crown an enemy as their king if their plan isnt to eliminate him as they did to Kofi? Rig ht now, look around. Pastors preaching for money, anointing oil been sold (and f or a higher prize, too), pictures of pastors in front of churches, instead of Ch rist, they own the church, forgetting that the church is for Christ. Remember th at we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord (2 Corinthians 4:5). People are trying to use the word of God to get a better stay on this earth. They are escaping poverty. They are using their chance of knowing Christ as a tool to pro sperity. Blind with world pleasure (2 Corinthians 4:4), they fit themselves into the shoe of Judas, a loyal man from the beginning, a disciple, specifically cho sen or accepted by our lord Jesus. Judas was like any of the other eleven discip les, the stone hearted Peter, the greedy brothers and the others who were as sin ners as Judas. Jesus didnt select them according to their deeds. None of them wou ld have qualified. Jesus chose his disciples for who they are, not what they are . But among these twelve, none was most blinded than Judas. At first, Peter was the one who gave Satan the chance to speak through him. But Judas here, using hi s opportunity of getting close to God the son, sold him for money. DO you think Judas actually sold Christ? NO! To me, he sold his life for money. He fought for his life, he loved his life and he lost his life for he had no strength to prot ect it anymore from the devil. For he (Judas) didnt get the chance to be bought b y the precious blood of Jesus. Jesus saying came through what will be your gain i f you get the whole world and its prosperities and yet lost your life? Matt 16:26 . NOTHING will be your possession. Satan crowned Judas as a king form the beginn ing he made him feel proud of what he was about to do. He wasnt going to follow C hrist anymore. Enough of the walking and going aboard. Enough of speaking to peo ple who are thirsty for messages and miracles. He was now to be free to go. Afte r all there was nothing to worry about for Jesus will cut himself loose from the se guys, and he would profit and they will lose. Maybe that would even give them

a chance to believe in the so called messiah. Judas allowed his heart to lead h im instead of leading his heart. Satan gained what he was seeking for. Judas was dead; Jesus was captured, a stone killing two birds. That was awesome, for the time been.

That is how Satan, want to do to us. That is what he has done to the fals e pastors, prophets, hypocrites, false teachers and those who follow the traditi ons of men. Seek not prosperity in Christ. If you came to accept Jesus to prospe r, then your life was to be ended like that of Judas. Jesus didnt come for peace but war, not for food but pestilence. Im not putting Jesus in the negative side, but what I mean is that whiles we follow him, the god of this world wont give us a chance in his territory. It is by the grace and power of God that he isnt in co ntrol over humanity, like we would be dead by now. For this sake, he brings upon us problems for accepting Jesus. That is why Jesus came for war, pestilence, pr oblems but it would all be over in the blink of an eye. Jesus wasnt spared out of been crowned as a king on earth. Satan tempted him wi th prosperity. That shows how great and big that test is. Satan wanted Jesus to pay allegiance to him before he gave him all the kingdoms of the earth. That is always his method. Before he gives us a kingdom to reign, he tricks us into payi ng allegiance to him. The other method he uses is by claiming to ease our pains in the journey to a better one. He told Christ he will give him the whole world to reign, all kingdoms and that included humanity. He tried to trick Christ that he was giving him a short way to save humanity. (Never and ever choose a negati ve path to save people, Jesus never did this), Jesus was okay to take the hard w ay, even if it wasnt the only way, It was the better way. If Jesus accepted been crowned as king on earth, then he had sold, his kingdom in Heaven then lost huma nity. The reconciliation of humans to their father will be just a dying dream. T hat is what been crowned as a king turn into, either loosing your salvation or y ours and others. You never win when you are crowned as King by your enemies. Nev er think that is an opportunity to eliminate them; it is their opportunity to el iminate you. BE VIGILANTE. AMEN!

JESUS PROMISE TO THE DYING THIEF AND THE THREE HEAVENS. Jesus told us to seek, ask and knock (matt 7:7). Yes, but first thing first. He said we should seek for salvation, ask for salvation and knock on the door of sa lvation first and we would get all what we want. SO seek, ask and knock has it r oot all based on salvation. Why the have you come to Christ for prosperity. Do y ou think Hannah just went to God because she needed a child? NO! Hannah was a se rvant of God, she had sought first the Kingdom of God, and then all things were added unto her. These included the granting of prayers/ this include the seeking and knocking for other things after seeking the firs t thing. But now we see Ch ristians, going to church for prayers from pastors before they are sick. They ex claim this pastor is powerful. Giving praises to those who dont deserve it. Satan h as been able to set us as kings; he has set our mind upon searching for our king dom to rule, a kingdom on earth and to rule with him. Dont be blind with these wo rldly pleasures, dont envy those who prosper. Dont give Satan the chance to crown you as a king or queen. Set your properties up high. Humble your self and God wi ll crown you us a King\queen up high. This world will pass away, a better one wi ll be created, a place you deserve to be queen\king not here. If you have chosen to be a king or if you are a king here, then you are a target to be eliminated. BEWARE! CHOOOSE HEAVEN AS YOUR REIGNING KINGDOM WITH CHRIST. GOD BLESS. AMEN. JESUS PROMISE TO THE DYING THIEF AND THE THREE HEAVENS.

Jesus is God so whatever he says must not and should not fail. So what he told t he thief shouldnt be a failure. There is never when, a promise of God has ever failed. God promised to release t he Israelite from slavery, and truly it came to pass. He promised to give Abraha m a son, and truly Isaac was the only son born to Sarah and Abraham, he promised to burn Sodom and Gomorrah and it came to pass, he promised to call Jacob Israe l and no wonder the twelve tribes of Israel are the twelve sons of Jacob, and he promised that he will give Israel a Messiah and savior

14. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thi ng which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousnes s to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: an d this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. Jeremiah 33:14-16

Isaiah 7:14 also speaks of the male son called Emmanuel; Isaiah 9:6 gives a bett er description of this savior. God never failed to allow this to happen; the pro phecy of Isaiah 53 surely came to pass. There has never been a prophecy or comma ndment of God that ever fails. Jesus Christ declared this himself (Luke 16:17). It wasnt only Christ that acknowledged this. The psalmist also acknowledged this F or he spake and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. Psalm 33:9.

God commanded all things like light, firmament and the universe itself. He has n ever failed and never will he fail. The promises of God are always right and com e to pass as stated. When a detailed account of a prophecy is given, it comes to pass as it was stated. The 70 weeks (Daniel 9:24-27) prophecy about the arrival of the Messiah happened as stated in the book of Daniel, so was the 2300 days ( Daniel 8:14) which the 70 weeks formed part of. The 1260 days prophecy also came to pass as promised in the book of Daniel and revelation. Our God is a God whi ch never fails and has never failed. Treasure in Heaven never fails (Luke 12:33) , the passing away of Heaven and earth is easier than the law of God failing (Lu ke 16:17) and one main thing that the Bible speak about the characteristics of G od

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LO RD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee and the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he wi ll not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. (Deuteronomy 31:6, 8) There are many promises of God saying that he never fails neither will he f orsake us. He did as he promised the Israelite, as he promised Joshua (Joshua 1: 5) as Joshua also assured them (Joshua 3:10) and many others.

All scriptures are from the inspiration of God (2 Timothy 3:16) then, truly God promises never fails and neither will they fail.

Therefore what I want all of us to understand is that if Jesus actually told the dying thief that he will be with him (Christ) in Paradise then he will near fai l as he said. Because God never fails he used Solomon as a pen to write

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow an d not pay. Ecclesiastics 5:4, 5.

When you vow (make a serious promise or promise) to God, try as much as possible to obey or do as you have said. The word of God says any one who dont obeys or d o as he has promised is a fool! It wise not to vow and than vow and not pay. The promise Christ made to the dying thief was a serious promise, it was about life and death, heaven or hell. So if Christ never fulfilled this promise the he has turned out to be a fool and a sinner! If he was never able to fulfill this prom ise then Christ has become a sinner and is no more the innocent and blameless la mb. This mean that no matter what happens then Christ must fulfill this promise. If there is a place we must turn to, in other to find out whether the prophecy was fulfilled is the word of God. So first, let us turn to the Bible and see wha t the bible says about the promise Christ gave to the dying thief.

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, if thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 40. but the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, see ing thou art in the same condemnation? 41. And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but th is man hath done nothing amiss. 42. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy king dom. 43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be wi th me in paradise. Luke 23:39-43.

I like this story, because this is the story that a man was saved without been b aptized, going to church, sharing the word of God with others except his other d ying mate, he just saw Christ as a saviour who is capable of saving him. His fai th was counted as righteousness as Abraham believed and was counted as righteous

ness unto him (Genesis 15:6). This is the story that states exactly how salvatio n is. It is by faith only not by works or anything you can do. His salvation was granted to him by God. Satan used his friend as a medium to test the dying Mess iah so that Christ would have just saved himself and not the whole race of human ity. But God also used the dying thief as a medium to defend Christ and send Sat an away, this led to his salvation. His friend who couldnt bear his pains and nee ded a savior directly from his current wounds not thinking about that of the fut ure paved way for salvation of eternity whiles he tried to block it. Just as Jes us did, he chose to feed on the word of God than on the bread The normal bread mi ght save you but for a short time, but the word of God save you for eternity. (Lo ve and Christs temptation). And also for further studies you can read Objectives o f a believer [chapter title: who is a believer?]) My book The other dying guy wan ted to be released from his current pain which will last but for a little while. Whiles he is saved from the cross, he will be hungry, fall sick or maybe get ba ck to his behavior and be nailed again, but if he had taking heed to his friends words he would have been saved as the dying thief was saved. The dying thief wo uld have no chance for salvation if the other criminal didnt pose the challenge , If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. This challenge was to enlighten the chall enger to the right knowledge which would have led him to salvation and was also to lead the defender (the dying thief) straight into the loving arms of his Fath er, Jehovah. The dying criminal couldnt find that there is a message in his inbox because he made Satan check it out for him. He was totally misled by the devil. The challenge pose on the cross was for the salvation of these two men. So if f or salvation, then there was no way Christ promise to the dying thief would fail . Then truly Christ went to paradise, but wait for a minutelets find out whether h e actually went to Paradise or not.

Our first step is to find out what paradise is. Is paradise a different world th at God has created? Is it another planet that there are different beings staying on? Is that the abode of angels? Is Paradise a suspended garden? Is it physical or spiritual? Who are those that stay in paradise?

PARADISE The Greek word which was translated Garden of the Garden of Eden is somehow simi lar to paradise or the word paradise was derived from that Hebrew word. So it is believed or known that where Adam and Eve stayed was paradise. So what does thi s Paradise say to us? Garden of Eden was the original state of this earth. Where there was no sin and no pain, no hunger and nothing negative, sorrow and grieve s is not in the dictionary of the people who live in this garden. Adam and Eve w ere sacked from this garden because they defiled themselves and cant live forever by plucking the fruit from the tree of life. They were sent to the bad state o f the earth which wasnt the original state, a cursed land-cursed for their sake. So then when will this paradise be again? This paradise will be again when God c reate all things new and old things are forgotten (Isaiah 65:17) and no woes and pains for God will wipe away all tears and all will be assured (Revelation 7:17 ) . Paradise will be again when we get to the new earth, the new earth is paradi se. So therefore Christ wasnt talking about this paradise because this isnt presen t until the world ends. Then maybe he was talking about the other paradise. Wha t other paradise do we have again according to the word of God? Some people clai

m that paradise is where Christians who have died souls go to rest. Others also claim that paradise is the same as Heaven. Maybe one of these answers is correct . To avoid this note been lengthy, the bible clearly states that dead persons (s ouls) have no where to go. Soul = body +spirit (breath) = person=man. When God c reated Adam, Adam became a living soul Adam didnt gain a soul. Jesus described th e personality of people as body and soul (Mathew 10:28) this is because when you destroy or kill the body, you havent destroyed the sprit. The sprit ascends to G od. Then the dead person feels to be asleep as Jesus said Lazarus is asleep. His sprit has separated from his body. So the soul is asleep. So when one give up t he ghost\spirit that person cease to live and enter into a sleep which he will b e awakened when Christ descends and the last trump is sounded (1 Thess. 4:16). Only God can destroy your body 9whcih human can do) and your soul (body and spri t together, which human cant do). So the first idea that paradise is the place pe ople go to rest can t be taken into consideration. Then lets turn to those who co nclude that Paradise is the same as heaven.

I have to boast, even though it doesnt do any good. But I will now talk about vis ions and revelations given to me by the Lord. I know a certain Christian man wh o fourteen years ago was snatched up to the highest Heaven ( third Heaven in K.J .V) ( I do not know whether this actually happened or whether he had a vision---only God knows). I repeat, I know that this man was snatched to paradise (agai n, I do not know whether this actually happened or whether it was a vision---onl y God knows, and there he heard things which cannot be put into words, things t hat human lips may not speak. (And heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawf ul for a man to utter. K.J.V.) 2 Corinthians 12:1-4 GOOD NEWS BIBLE).

From this quotation, Paul made it clear that Paradise is Heaven. He said the man he boasting of was first caught into the highest heaven\third Heaven and he wro te that I repeat he was caught into paradise. When someone says that I repeat th en it means he is saying the same words he said earlier. Therefore comparing Pau ls first and second statement we get to know that the third heaven he was speakin g of is the same as paradise. But the question here is what the third Heaven is? Is heaven in layers? Do we have first heaven and second Heavens? What if this third heaven is the same as the paradise the first group was speaking of? What I f truly heaven is in layers and the third or highest is paradise? Lets find out.

The third Heaven Paul was speaking of cant be the same as the paradise that some people believe that the soul goes there to wait for judgment--righteous souls. H uman cant be at a high level than Jehovah. Even we (Human) were created lower tha n the angels (Hebrews 2:7) how much the maker\ creator himself? So even if heave ns should be in layers then the abode of resting souls wouldnt be the highest for resting souls are still sinners and corrupted. The transformation will take pla ce in the end when they are resurrected. [Refer from the suicide message]. So ma n been high than God is not possible . Although Heaven is not in layers. This is to say that God didnt create three places to stay or to give to angels to stay . It is the pagans and Muslims that believe in the seven heavens. The bible thou gh speak of three heavens does not conclude that they are all divine places wher e God and Angels can stay or stays. We will get to know them later. When this ma n was caught into heavens, he heard words that is not lawful for man to utter, t hat means it is secrets of secrets as John the revelator heard what the thunders

THE THREE HEAVENS

said. He was forbidden to write. This secret can only be shared in Heaven, Gods home not in a place where some souls are believed to be resting awaiting to be t ransformed.

Those were the reasons why the third Heaven isnt the place some Christians believe that the souls of their righteous loved ones are resting. Now lets find the answ ered to "what is the third Heaven that Paul spoke of?"

If Paul was caught up to the third Heaven, there is also a second heaven and a f irst heaven. The following are the first to third heavens.

1st heaven: the atmospheric heaven or heavens. Gen 1:6-8- Made on the second day Jer. 8:7- Where the birds fly. Jer. 10:13-Where the clouds float. Isaiah 55:10- Where rain and snow originate.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the w hich the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burne d up

2nd Heaven: the starry heaven or heavens. Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his ha ndywork. Psalm 8:3-When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and th e stars, which thou hast ordained... Jer. 44:17, 25- Moon, queen of heaven. Isaiah 40:22- (God) stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them o ut as a tent to dwell in:

3rd Heaven: where God dwells. Matt. 6:9-After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven 1 Kings 8:27- the the Heaven of heavens. (The highest heaven among the three) Deut. 26:15-Thy holy habitation

2 Chron. 6:33-Thy dwelling place Eccl. 5:2- God is in Heaven

Paradise is the third Heaven where God dwells: Rev. 2:7 He that hath an ear, let h im hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I g ive to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Note: The tree of life is in the midst of paradise. The tree of life is by the riv er of life. (Rev. 22:2). The river of life is by the throne of God (Rev. 22:1). Therefore Paradise is where the throne of God is located. This doesnt mean that G arden of Eden was the throne of God or heaven. But as noticed earlier paradise w as the original nature of our planet. And when it was corrupted by sin, we were ceased from this tree. This tree couldnt stay with us anymore. This tree signifie s immortality. When we get to Heaven we will be immortals meaning we will get th e chance to this tree. Therefore this tree is in Paradise as described by John a nd this Paradise is Heaven, the throne of God.

John 14:3-Heaven is a place. Heb 6:20- Christ is there now (Eph. 4:10) John 17:24- Christ wants us there. 1 peter 1:4- An inheritance reserved for us there.

It is a total fact that Paradise is Heaven which is the throne of God, specifica lly where God dwells. Did Jesus then go to Heaven exactly after his death? Afte r the death of Jesus, he never resurrected or came to life to perform any task u ntil three days has passed, until he enjoyed the Sabbath rest. So if we follow w hat the K.J.V Bible has translated then we set Jesus as a fool. Why? He was not able to keep his promise to the dying thief and the word of God say it clearly t hat those who dont fulfill their promises and vows are fools. In the whole writin gs of proverbs and Ecclesiasts, fool is a sinner or one who has fallen from the right track. The Bible translators made this mistake. Anyone who believes that t he dying thief is in Paradise right now is also saying that Christ is a sinner a nd never fulfilled his promise. It is clear from above that the paradise that Ch rist was speaking of is the same as heaven. But Jesus when resurrected told Mary Magdalene not to hold her for HE had not gone to show himself to His Father. He aven is where God stays (Matt 6:9). So that meant that Christ hasnt yet gone to h eaven. He didnt go there the day he was crucified neither the next day nor the ne xt two days. Even on the third day he made it clear to Magdalene that he has not ascended yet. (John 20:14-17). What can we learn then about the death of Chris t? Christ was a human like you and I. So whatever happened to him when he died i s the same unto us. His death has taught us that, when someone dies, that person goes nowhere, neither to Heaven or Hell but wait in his grave to await resurrec tion ether unto eternal damnation or to eternal life (Daniel 12:2) (John 5:28, 2 9) If you and I believe that the word of God is inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16) and the word of God is not fallible then truly Christ never went to Heaven as h e promised to the dying thief. But remember that although the Bible (word of God ) is infallible, the translation is fallible. So did Jesus ever tell the thief t

hat he will meet him in Paradise (heaven) that same day they were dying? Is ther e a mistake in that translation? In the Greek scriptures, what we must realize i s that there were no punctuations and spaces in words. They were together. So w hat Christ said was written in a form similar to this but with the Greek alphabe ts: VERILYISAYUNTOTHEETODAYSHALTTHOUBEWITHMEINPARADISE. Where were the punctuati ons? It is the comma which is brought in the sentence that makes it seem like Je sus said that he will be with the dying thief that same day that they were dying . The punctuations were introduced by the translators who might have the same be lief as those who think after death you go to rest in paradise. Maybe they didnt know the paradise Christ was speaking of meant. So we are going to introduce spa ces and punctuations but here we will put the comma at its right place. Lets begi n: VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE TODAY, SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE. That was gre at wasnt it? Re-read the corrected sentence. You can make this change in your scr iptures (BIBLE). Jesus was confirming to the thief that today as we are dying, s alvation is granted unto you. He was saying to the dying thief that he (Thief) w ill be with him (Christ) in Paradise since the thief was saved was now counted among the redeemed. Therefore he will be with him (Christ) in Heaven (Paradise) and also in the New earth [the original nature of earth] (paradise) when Christ comes back to take us (The redeemed) home. Job Knew that his redeemer lives (Jo b 19:25), so then was the thief assured that his redeemer lives and will see him in the end (Job 19:26)

It has been along time that pastors and leaders of the church and some self prof essed teachers of the word of God keep on lying to us. It is now the time for us to awaken from our sleep (Romans 13:11) and search for lamp. The correct lamp t o lead us, the lamp is the word of God (Psalm 119:105). A light that will lead u s all. We need oil in our lamps to light it on and await the bridegroom. We must fill the oil now other wise those who have already filled theirs will tell us t o buy but it will be too late for the gate will be closed. Then we will be told that we are not among the guests. Such shouldnt be our reward. Let us therefore stand and learn the word of God as we have the Holy Spirit to guide us. Understa nding is from above not from human. I pray that you understand whatever you inte nd to study from the word of God now and Ever in Jesus name. AMEN. LOVE AND TEMPTATION Love must be the principle of action Love is the underlying principle of God s g overnment in heaven and earth, and it must be the foundation of the Christians c haracter. This alone can enable Him to withstand trial and temptation.

Love is what the Bible teaches us as the main principle which enables one to sta nd trials and temptation. The question is, has this strategy ever been tested? W e are Christians and therefore look unto Christ although we imitate our Leaders to (1 Cor. 11:1). Jesus was tempted and if this is a fact then Jesus might have used this strategy, for it was him that talks much about law and love. To fall t o a temptation is a sin, and sin is the breaking of the law (1 John 3:4) and we can only not break the laws and commandments if we love God (John 14:15). So Jes us could only happen to win if he expressed love for God. If Jesus used this to win, then as we are to imitate him, we must also take the same path. Lets take a look at Christ temptation and see how he applied love when

tempted.

Christ s 1st temptation: A hungry man was approached by the devil. He asked Jesu s to prove His divinity by turning stone into bread. He was asked in his fast fo r forty days. Jesus fasting wasnt easy as we know or have been doing. He wasnt fast ing and from 6:00am -6:00pm in which we call it a day fasting or 6 to 6. He was fasting for forty days, without a break, food, water nothing just the word of Go d and prayers. So Satan wasnt a liar here to say that Jesus was hungry. Suggestin g the idea of food at least that was perhaps a good idea from the devil for Chri st to satisfy himself. And might t eve suggest that Christ turn dust into water after eating the bread to quench his thirst. Satan the master minder didn t just pose as a challenger and tempter only but also as a helper. What the devil did was like that of Osama in 9\11. 9\11 isnt a good thing to happen, to for America or any nation in the world, but yet still the world was fighting for high death rate so that dependence on resources will decrease. I have even heard of depopul ation decided by the world leaders and nations presidents. The world leaders were seeing that people die rapidly and unexpectedly, Osama came to satisfy their hu nger. He just killed 3000 Americans within some minutes or seconds. Osama came a s a helper (to help decrease population) and as a challenger, to prove to tell A mericans that they cant sop terrorist and if they can. Then they should surely tr y. Unfortunately, Americans took heed to him and try to knock him down. We all know what this has been tothe death of Osama not that of TERRORIST. Just as Osama, Satan came to help Christ out of his hunger. There is something we must always know: that even when the devil disguises himself as an angel of t he lord to tempt us, we can identify him in Christ and in the Holy Spirit. Look at how Satan appeared:

Tempter and challenger: if thou be the son of God. Helper: turn this stone into bread and eat to be satisfied.

Even though it seems like he came to help but actually he came to see the fall of Christ, but in other to win (he thought) could be done by using Christs desire (hunger) as a way to get Christ into his group by criticizing that Christ who p roclaim to be the son of God and one who havent sin before have sinned and can t save the world. Satan s main objective was to destroy the mission of Christ as a savior of the world. If Christ failed this then we would have been doomed. For the innocent lamb wouldn t be actually innocent but rather a sinner who needs a savior himself. Satan wanted Christ to feel that there is no way he could save humanity, but how did Christ react to this temptation? Christ didn t choose to b oast and prove that he is the son of God. Had the power to do whatever he wanted . But out of love, exalted God by quoting that man must feed on the word of God to live. Notice that Christ didn t say that he can t change the stone into brea d but what he meant was that bread (worldly pleasure) was to last but a short pe riod of time but the word of God (righteousness leading to salvation and enjoyin g everlasting joy in the new earth) last forever. So the bread can feed one all right but because He loves the Lord, he feeds on His word to live. So at that pa rticular time the hungry Christ, the son of God fed on the word of God to live t han to feed on normal bread. The normal bread might save you but for a short tim e, but the word of God save you for eternity. Christ feeding on the word of God made him to be satisfied inwardly. He wasn t hungry in spirit but in the flesh b ut that didnt seem much to Him because even if he was to die, it would be gain (P hil 1:21) but his mission wasn t accomplished yet so there was no way he was goi

ng to die. The right time came and he was crucified as prophesied and was a gain to all humanity and heavenly beings even God. There was nothing that could have made Christ to quote to Satan, the word of God. It wasnt because he was a theolo gian or philosopher, neither a Bible scholar. He wasnt a Pharisee, or a scribe he was just a Jew and a teacher. He had human emotions and felt the hunger. He als o had the desire to eat and be satisfied. So he didnt neglect Satans help because he was so powerful to. There was only one thing that made him do so. It was the love Christ had for God that made him quote Deut. 8:3. This is such because it is only someone who loves God that can feed on the word of God. John 14:15. The words of God are his commandments, laws and statutes and what he expects from us . For one to feed on the word, that person must, have love for God only and not by carnal mind. (Romans 8:7). What do we conclude then: Christ won this temptati on out of Love He had for God not by following His desires, for he was hungry bu t never looked at his desire for food (love for worldly things) but made love, t o overcome His fleshy desires and He was victorious. With love for God you can w ithstand all trials and temptation. Many pastors, elders, men of God and members of the church (Christians) are been tempted in this same manner and we fail thi s trial. We forget how Christ won this temp, but choose our own way of winning t his temptation and we always fail. At times the Satan (accuser), using a human a s a medium goes to a pastor or man of God to question the pastor or man of God s power. Instead of the man of God imitating the faith of God, they try to prove their power by praying for a miracle to happen, then when nothing happens they t hink that God have forsaken them and therefore quit been men of God. It isn t th at God has forsaken them but because they failed to choose His path. What about that of Elijah? What we must know is that the prophets of Baal didn t pose the q uestion to challenge Elijah and his power but rather Elijah did, just to prove t he power of our almighty God. To show them that God have power over those smalle r gods they worship. So through out bible there is no man of God who poses to li sten to the devil and challenge him to prove that his power comes from God. (1 K ings 18:28). The Pharisees asked Jesus for a miracle. Did he show them any mirac le? NO! He told them about that of Jonah. What can we imitate here? I would say that I have learned to not to just quote the bible to defend my self during bib le debates but to quote it out of love for God even in teachings. When we are te mpted, we shouldnt think of ourselves, that would make us try to do something for ourselves and that will make us people who loves only themselves and not other s or God. But when there is a temptation we must look unto God and send all our needs before him. Love for God isnt quoting but obeying what youve quoted just as Jesus did, Lets then pray without ceasing, pray that we dont get into temptation a nd in temptation we must pray to come out as winners in Christ not in the world, He ash also taught us from this temptation that we must always be vigilante for the devil and never give him a chance in our lives. He is wise and master minde d as he tried to make our leader fall as he was in his human form, so is he comi ng f us in this corrupted body. It is better to stay awake for him than wait and prepared for his attack rather than waiting for him to attack before you defend .

THE BREAD Christs answer was straight and seems to be understood from looking at the surfac e of the matter. But the question is why did Satan say, Christ should turn the s tone into bread and not any other food? The bread over there symbolized or meant food and perhaps natural food. But Satan used the word bread not because he him self like eaten bread for he eat not, neither does Christ like eating bread but can be traced back to the Garden of Eden. When Adam sinned against God, God pro nounced judgment on him and this is how it went

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the grou nd; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou r eturn. In the flesh of thy face shall thou eat bread Genesis 3:19

There is no where in the Genesis account of creation where Adam or Eve was cooki ng or baking but the Lord is saying that Adam will eat bread from the sweat of t hy face. God created the universe in a marvelous way, that all things man ever n eeded or will ever need was present In this world, but the garden was marvelous than the outward world, for it was in this garden that the Lord thought will be the nice place for the head\ruler of the earth, Adam to stay, for Adam was givin g the task to take care of the whole world not just garden of Eden, but garden o f Eden was the capital city of this earth as new Jerusalem would be the capital of the new earth. God created trees (edible ones) for man to eat, but when he sa cked Adam out he didnt destroy these things for the only place that was blocked w as the Garden, not because of the edible fruits in there but because of the tree of life. Also at this time, God hasnt yet added animals to their meat so all the y fed was just herbs\fruits. Fruit was just their food and they were to eat them for eternity. There was no b aking and there is no where God showed them how to cook. Although it was the gre at mind God gave to man that enabled us to be able to bake and cook. As noticed earlier that God was their chef, the tree was to grow always and bear them fruit s. God was responsible for this. He caused the waters to water the garden. He c aused the trees to bear fruit by allowing the sun to shine and photosynthesis to take place. Adam sinned and was told that he would suffer to gain ends meet bread. H e has to be his own chef or cook. That specifically means the word bread here isnt just normal bread but was to show that mad has detached himself from God and was to provide his food for the ground is cursed for his sake. The land will provid e food by its own but will hardly do if human effort is not applied.

Satan told the second Adam, (The second Adam, Jesus, was not in the Garden of Ed en and there was no tree of knowledge of good and knowledge to be tested from, t herefore Satan tested his inward knowledge), If thou be the son of God (Adam, me ssiah, Jesus,) turn this this stone which is cursed for your sake into bread for you are weary, tired and needs food. the turning of the stone into bread made would have place Jesus in the position of been a sinner like Adam.Satan was trying to make Christ accept that whiles he has taken the form of second Adam and there wa s no tree of knowledge of good and evil but still Christ had knowledge of good a nd evil makes him (Christ) a sinner. For If Adam hasnt eaten the fruit, and then Christ would have no knowledge of goo d and evil in the human form. For man didnt have that ability. So automatically, Satan wanted Christ to accept that he has already eaten the forbidden fruit and is a sinner. So therefore the judgment God pronounced on the first Adam was also unto him (the second Adam). If Christ had taking heed to the words of Satan, th en that makes him accept to be a sinner, because he was the descendant of Adam. But to Satan, if he had eaten, then he would be like the second Adam who has als o eaten the forbidden fruit. What will be its effects? Christ would be a sinner, not blameless lamb, captive not savior, sick not healer or doctor, lose+ not vi ctorious, lost not redeemer. Then the hope of Job would be a dead hope and faith

for he said I know my redeemer lives. But here his redeemer is dead. The savior a nd mightier would have fallen and the generation of man would have lost forever, then there would be nothing to hold unto as faith. One, who has been prophesied about from old, has now fallen. Is God now going to prepare another prophecy? H ow can we believe that the next messiah or Yeshua will not fail as the first one did? A doubtful heart will we all be, then our faith will be dead ad we would b e counted as lost forever. Then the heavenly beings who never rebelled and belie ved that God was right will turn top believe that God was wrong. For Christ was not blameless lamb. He is a sinner even than Satan and Satan is right. A rebelli on wills also begin in heaven and the whole universe and Heaven will be in Chaos . God will win this fight but his justice is what no one could ever have seen. le ls to to This temptation wasnt just a mere temptation, it was a temptation that the who lot of Christians at that time should have prayed and fasted that Christ fai not, for if he had failed then where would you and I be? If Christ was able withstand the difficult bread temptation then what temptation cant he help us stand? God has showed us his word that

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of o ur infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:15, 16.

What are then the effects of the victory over this bread temptation? Christ will see us through all our temptations and all the effects which would have taken p lace will be something not to be counted among imaginations. We are sweating to eat bread because we are Adams descendants and are treated justly. Our faith in t he temptation winner (Christ) will help us be winners of temptations too. Earlie r we learned that love for God is the underlying principle in winning temptation s. Yes it is. For if we love Christ who is equal to God then we would be able t o stand and have faith in him to save us, for the love we have for him is the on e that will make us feel to reject the temptation and therefore choose our savio rs way John 14:15. Our savior was a winner so we are already declared as winners, all what weve got to do is have faith, hope and love not leaving out trust. For if we love him, we will keep his commandments John 14:15, if we have faith in Hi m we will be saved (John 3:16), and if we dont loose hope in him, we will surely be granted the blessed hope [the second coming of Christ to take us to see our F ather and His Father] (Titus 3:13) then if we trust him, what have we to fear? ( Psalm 23) Glory be to God, Amen SUICIDE MESSAGE Several missionaries go on errand to send the message of salvation to many in ot her to win souls for Christ. Each of these people adapts a strategy to get the m essage to these people. Some uses tracts and pamphlets. Others move from door to door to present their message. Messages differ from group to group but the underlying topic is salvation. The whole Christian religion accept salvation through faith but are not on the same stand on what one must actually do to get saved. Others say you must be by forcedly be baptized to be saved. Others say the law is neglected whiles others still uphold/establish the law. Once saved always saved has been the theme of s alvation for others. Such beliefs do the Christians send out to deliver their me ssages. But some Christians don t limit themselves on these beliefs and doctrine s when preaching the message of salvation but includes the state of the dead, th inking that it will help people to win many souls. There have been warnings and

messages that goes like repent for heaven is real and hell is real. For the realit y of Heaven, I have no problem with it because the word of God doesnt speak again st the reality of Heaven but also speaks about heaven as the abode of God but th at of hell. Even though the existence of heaven is right but the existence of a heaven for dead righteous men is not true. No one can get to heaven without been transformed. Is that true? I will let the word of God speak for it self Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption: 1 Corinthians 15:50. All those who are in Heaven was transformed before, there was none who was witho ut sin although the bible said they were righteous the bible also says there is no just (righteous man) that does well and sin not or make mistakes (Ecclesiasts 7:20). For all have sinned (Romans 3:23). They all who went to heaven needed tr ansformation. Elijah was transformed for the fiery chariot which came to take hi m symbolizes the Holy Spirit which will transform us when Christ descends. Elija h therefore was transformed. God Himself took Enoch (Gen 5:24). The Holy Spirit is God. AS he was taking by the God, he was transformed too. Moses was buried an d later resurrected then taken to heaven. Resurrection symbolizes transformation . As we are baptized we are dead to sin and resurrected in Christ or alive to ri ghteousness. That is transformation: from wicked to righteous, from bad to good. Since Moses was resurrected he was also transformed. The dead are not transform ed, that is why Moses was resurrected before he was taken to Heaven. Even Christ was resurrected before he went to see his Father. Not that Christ was a sinner but the sin bearer. After resurrection, there was hope that we will be resurrect ed too. After his resurrection we came to believe that he has overcome death and sin. And therefore has transformed our death into life. He himself was transfor med and therefore could now go and present himself to his father. (John 20:17). All these people were transformed before they went to Heaven, how then can we a lso go there without been transformed? The transformation will take place when t hey are resurrected which will take place when Christ descends (1 Corinthians 15 :52, 53). It is painful to see that the majority of Christians believe in saints in heaven and sinners in hell. People describe hell as a place of fiery torment. Not just burning but beatings and drinking of blood and so many stuffs. Others claim that people are been tormented by demons. Is this true? Is it something now discove red from the word of God? Is this a new doctrine from the bible? What does the b ible speaks of the abode of demons. The Bible never spoke of different abode of demons but in people and on earth. Some might be in the space or the atmosphere but yet still those places are still called earth or the universe. Just as the H oly Spirit stays in the heart and body of men so does the demons and evil spirit s (Unclean spirits). I will allow the bible to speak for itself When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and w hen he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked t han himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man i s worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Jesus himself described the abode of the demons in the hearts of men. That is th e demons control people who are not of God. Demons are not in hell. It is only t

he pagans who group the demons in hierarchies and claim that there are dukes of hell, presidents of hell and princes of hell. The pagans are those that believe the existence of hell as life the world havent ended yet. These are all pagan and cant be accepted into Christianity. The demon roaming on earth brings other wick ed demons that are also on earth. There is nothing like demons tormenting people in hell. If there is a torment that demons are capable of, then one is found in the guy who told Christ his name is legion. The demons in him were tormenting h im and even sent him to the cemeteries and other disgusting places. That man was alive not dead; he was not in hell but on earth yet was tormented by these demo ns. People are always tormented by these demons. Those who go to the cemetery to call for saints and perform all sort of magic are under torments. They know no t, but yes they are been tormented. The torment demons can give to human is righ t here on earth not in hell or a fiery burning place. That is why they normally try to burden people with problems so that they may chose in other alternative w ays to solve their problems. Some smoke, others masturbate some drink and so on. If there is a better torment they can oppose on people then it is right here on earth. If actually they torment people in hell why would they allow people to s uffer before they die and go to hell? Why dont they just kill their victims so th at they get no chance to change and then they may visit them in hell then they t orment them? It can never happen that they would kill people early, because they themselves know that when one dies, he cease to live and have no place to go. J ust like one who is asleep. They therefore take advantage of their victims when they are alive. There is no fiery torment by demons. Many claim to have seen thi s (torment in hell) but God says different thing. The word of God proves somethi ng different. Also God is never found anywhere working with demons. (Ecclesiasts 9:5, 6, 10. 2 Peter 2:4) God cant create a place of torment and place it in the hands of his enemies. It can never happen and it will never happen because God i s not hypocrite. In Psalm 1 God advises us not to even sit beside mockers and si nners (those who dont know Christ). How can he who gave us this instruction fail to obey it?

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. Psalm 5:4.

God does not take pleasure in wickedness and cant ever work with demons to torme nt his own creatures. But yet still people claim t o have seen something like su ch in divine revelations. Do you believe this now? They have God in the act of e vil and exempted the main being Satan. They are all doing this to eliminate Satan from been the head of iniquity and place God in that seat. But it would never w ork for they are declared losers already by our Father (Isaiah 9:6) Lord and Kin g Jesus.

The question is who is behind the revelations of Hell and Heaven by the same p eople? You answer.. Another point is that, when you ask those who believe there is life after death and torments in hell after death when you are a sinner, that is the hell you go in after death the same as the lake of fire? Others will say no and others will say YES. Lets consider no. If NO, then who created that HellSatan? NO! Satan does nt have the ability to create. Only God can and he promises us that he will bring his reward on the last day that is the second coming of Christ. (Revelation 22: 12) He will wait until the time of harvest before cutting down the weeds and bur n them. SO God also didnt create hell. Then who did? The traditions of men did. T hey claim the existence of hell. Should we follow God or the traditions of men?

The disciples and the apostles obeyed God than to obey men and was killed and to rtured for this reason for this reason. GOD DIDNT CREATE HELL NEITHER DID THE DEV IL BUT THE DEVIL HAVE ALLOWED THIS MYTH TO BE TRUE BUT REMEMBER THAT A HALF TRUT H IS A WHOLE LIE. If someone preach to you about God and lie to you about hell, all what he have said turns out to be a whole lie which can jeopardize your life . Others also say that yes God created hell. As we noticed earlier, that God is not the creator of Hell. Those people are also following the traditions o f men, for we are all aware that that there is not a quote that talk about the existence of a fiery torment place now except the lake of fire which will be th e one for eternal destruction. If there is an existing hell the bible speaks off , then it is the grave where the body of all deceased goes to sleep and awaits f or the last trumpet to be sounded ( 1 Thes.4:16). There is no existence of hell now. God created the Hell which is the Lake of fire which will appear in when Ch rist descends with his saints. (Revelation 20:8-10) THERE IS MUCH ABOUT THE DOCT RINE OF HELL THAT I CANT SPEAK OF NOW but I want us to get more into the suicide message: using hell as a medium to allow people to repent. This is what the Bibl e doesnt agree and therefore I dont. Even if hell should be in existence it isn t to be used to scare people in other for them to repent. People uses all these st uffs (torments, drinking of blood, sleeping in worms, drinking acid, having sex with snakes and others) they claim to have seen them in visions and dreams and n ear death experiences to scare people so that they may change to accept Christ a s their personal savior. At times God warns the Israelites that if they don t ob ey his commands, he will allow their enemies to win over them and send them into exile. Was God using this to scare the Israelites in other to allow them to obe y him? Lets take the example of Job, Job was God fearing and therefore had the ma ximum protection of God. Satan couldn t hurt him or cause him any sorrow or pain ... Satan had the chance when he went to God to challenge him about his protecti on of Job. Lets note two things here. (1) Job was protected by God because Job wa s righteous and God fearing. He seek the Lord in all problems and the Lord God a nswered Him in all his prayers (2) Job couldn t be hurt because of the protectio n of God. He was attacked when God took off his protection shield. This was the warning God was giving to the Israelite, that their enemies are planning to atta ck them but because of his protection they (enemies) can never overtake them (Is raelites). But if they disobey him, he will take his shield off. An Example is the sin of Achan and the war with Ai. When Achan disobeyed, God took of the protection and the Israelites couldn t fight with the small nation Ai, wh iles they have been able to take great nations. The Lord warned them about this several times. God wasn t using the exile to scare them to obey him but to serve us a warning and a signal to tell then that they have departed from Him. He use d to show how he love them and don t want them to go into exile, and even in exi le he remembers them and save them. Therefore the Israelites also accept to obey him to show their love for him, not out of fear. Fear God isn t that he is a de vouring beast but to obey and listen to Him. If God himself don t scare people into obeying him, how can you use something as a medium to scare people into obeying him? Such people who repent using this path (Been afraid to go to hell) are just as they are---unsaved sinne rs. Why? The Bible states clearly that the coward cant inherit the kingdom of God . But the fearful, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and b rimstone: which is the second death Revelation 21:8. If the fearful cant inherit t he kingdom, how can one who is afraid of punishment or problems be able to inher it the kingdom of God? Those who are afraid to be burned in hell are the same pe ople who would have stop reading the bible and handed the bible over to be burne d than they themselves having been burnt on a stake in public during the dark ag es. They are afraid to be tormented for the sake of their faith. These are the s ame people who will receive the mark of the beast than to be tormented. They are actually embracing what they are running from. Speakers and preachers of the wo

rd of God, please preach about the kingdom not about hell. Preach about the love of God for human not hell. For one who dont understand the love of God might thi nk God hates humans by burning them in the lake of fire. Preach salvation throug h grace where the sinner would accept to be a sinner but not what the sinner wou ld accept Christ because he is threatened to be burned. Others even add eternal torment which is a false doctrine. Instead of threatening people with this hell doctrine tell them that Jesus came to die for them not to save them from burning which is bound to happen but to send them home, to reconcile their relationship with their father. Christ was here to send the prodigal sons back to their fath er but the one who have chosen to stay here on earth and rule will be burnt with his kingdom because he never accepted to be at fault but right. The final war w ill decide his fate. But his (Satan) fate is decided already, he will be burnt t o ashes. (Malachi 4:3, Ezekiel 28:16). Humans who choose to rule with him and ne glect Christ will have to fight Christ (who is ruling with the saved men) too (R evelation 20:8:10), and when this happens, they will face the same punishment as the devil (the lake of fire) and perish with him. (Revelation 20:8:10), Preach the love of God. Dont preach hell it will just help to create another path for people to go to there. If any man have ears to hear, let him he ar. (Mark 7:16) Amen CHRIST AND HIS SHEEP

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among yo u, not sparing the flock. ..to draw away disciples after them. Acts 20:29, 30.

The wolves will not spare the flock but will drive them after themselves. They w ould first like the flock. They will act like good shepherds if possible, taking the flocks to green pastures feeding them with the exact thing to be fed them ( the word of God). But what these shepherd would do is that they would not spare the flock but will drive them away from the great light and would send them to the great serpent, the devil. They will send those who have left their bad chara cter to follow Christ return to their old ways and will scatter the sheep. But t he loving shepherd will go looking for them and if he finds them he will be happ y forever even than those who chose to stay. Jesus the shepherd who knows his s heep and cant afford to lose one of the sheep. He formed a parable out of this. [ He formed that parable (The lost sheep) to show how he love one who have turned back to pick the way of the devil. What makes me glad in all situations whether difficult for me or not is that, I know that always Christ is there for me. He i s the most powerful, and if such a great being is at my side, which can be again st me? My enemies or the great serpent? Christ has won the victory already on th e cross. And Im waiting for the day I will trample the devil under the sole of my sandal because he will be ashes (Malachi 4:3) (Ezekiel 28:13). Never worry in a ny situation you are going through now. Maybe you might think Christ has rejecte d you and you are going back to your old ways by seeking help from other gods or maybe your first time. Christ is looking for you. He has find you just accept h is call and see the mighty way he will use to release you from your thorns and f ire. He is a fire proof in time of fire out break. He will be your water proof w hen you are been swallowed by water. He was there for me, Peter, Paul, John, and many others to mention if space will grant me, those people including me are no t better than you neither are you better than them. We are all sinners (Rom 3:23 ) but saved by grace. A grace you have found through Christ. He will see you thr ough all your problems. Be happy that you have the strong man as your guard. Thi

s is what Christ has said about you: . Or else how can one enter into a strong mans house, and spoil his goods, except h e first bind the strong man? And then he will spoil his house. (Matthew 12:29)

Let me assure you that you are more than Christ house but you are as precious as his eye. How can one afford to lose his eye just to someone who is fighting him for the eye? Unless that person been fought is weak, but Christ is the stronges t of all who can therefore hurt you? As when there is a particle fall on your ey e, you managed to remove it by your human power so will Christ remove whatever p article have felled on his eye (you and your problems). If the nostril of Christ can destroy all humanity and make one to live (citation needed) how much streng th does he need to remove a small particle from his eye? The particle will just flee before it eve plan to land on the eye of the almighty, All those problems y ou are facing is but just a tip of the iceberg of those you should face. When Go d removed his shield from Job you know what happened to him? Can you stand as Jo b did? You only can answer. But the fact is that we face the little problems in life. However you view your problems it is just something lesser than small in t he eyes of the savior. Why worry then? You are already a winner in your problems , just practice patience and you will get what is due to you as a Christian. AME N SPEND A LOT OF YOUR TIME WITH CHRIST What do you like doing at your leisure times? What activities make you happy? It is good to be happy and do some activities during your leisure time. But don t allow that to swallow up your time for praying, reading the bible and sharing the word of God with others. Make good use of your time. Let the use of your time glorify God not your works. If you don t know how to spend your time in Christ, pray to him. He will show you the path in spending your time. The doctor will tell someone who just gave birth to a baby to spend much time with her child. You are the child of God. Sons of God are we. He want to spend a lot of time with you. Don t resist his offer. SPEND A LOT OF YOUR TIME WITH CHRIST! AMEN! GOD BLESS YOU FOR READING