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Christianity Etc › The Imminent Rapture, Be Ready by FreshGreen(op): 8:44am On Feb 24, 2016

THE IMMINENT RAPTURE, BE WISE
Are you ready for the Rapture? How often do you think about the Rapture? Or rather, are you prepared for the Rapture? Better still, do you have clear understanding of what Rapture is all about? It’s unpopular topic in churches today, and so many Christians care less about it because it’s not as sweet and motivating as prosperity, breakthrough, new things, favors, blessing and earthly success.

But Rapture is a daily expectation and thought of the wise Christians while prosperity and earthly blessings are the focus for the foolish Christians. Rapture is the catching away of the saints, which will happen within seconds and any moment from now. It’s the first event of the end time advents when the angel of God will blow the trumpet, only Christians who are waiting for it, expecting it and preparing for it will make it.

The simple clarification for self-examination here is that if you are thinking, waiting, preparing or expecting prosperity, miracle or anything more than Rapture, you will not make the Rapture. Only those who earnestly, eagerly wait and prepare for His appearance more than anything else will eventually make it, just like the 5 wise virgins. Matthew 25.

Rapture is a glorious event of all generations; it’s going to be splendid, wonderful and rewarding for the saints more than any event in the history of the world. But then it will leave behind glooming, dooming and destructive reign of the Anti-Christ (666) for all who miss the Rapture.

Jesus Christ gave us the signs which will show that Rapture is very near, that should warn the wise to be more prepared. The two major signs are already present: CARE OF THIS WORLD through false preachers & GLOBAL WARMING. Read what Jesus Christ said:

CARE OF THIS WORLD, “And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.” Luke 17:26, 27.“Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” Matthew 24:11, 12.

The cares of this world has overcome many preachers, many churches and many Christians. It’s not just the work of the devil; it is the sign of end time. The syndrome of prosperity, breakthrough, earthly blessings, and focus on being rich, having cars, houses, big businesses, etc; the care for money, mansion, make-ups, partying, obsessing football are signs of end-time. It takes being wise to be warned.

GLOBAL WARMING & CRISIS, “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” Matthew 24:6-8.The global crisis, weapon building are not just political or matters of misunderstanding, and it’s to be naive and ignorant to see the present global warming of flooding, overheating, weather irregularities, earthquakes, etc as just scientific; but it’s a global “warning” of the eminent rapture. The physical will see it global warming, the spiritual will see it “global warning”; the fool will call it scientific but the wise calls it prophetic.

Are you ready and prepared for the rapture? You can become wise from here by repenting and totally rededicating your life to Jesus. Surrender all, be a different Christian of old, biblical standard in your family, your church, your place of work, your business, your school, everywhere. Let your primary purpose be to please God, your primary focus to make heaven and your primary expectation to be raptured. Even if you can’t remember when last your pastors preached about the Rapture and Second Coming of Jesus, you should remember Lot’s wife.

MATTHEW 24:42-44 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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Jobs/Vacancies › Job Vacancy : Female And Male Marketers @ Garki Ii Abuja by FreshGreen(op): 11:20pm On Feb 22, 2016*

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Christianity Etc › Why Many Christians Will Miss The Rapture by FreshGreen(op): 5:45pm On Feb 21, 2016

WHY MANY CHRISTIANS WILL MISS THE RAPTURE!
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. Luke 13:24

Since Rapture will not happen twice, but once, wise Christians will do more to focus and strive to be counted worthy. Why will many miss the rapture even after they are born again and serving God? Here are 7 common reasons in which any of them can hold back a Born again Christian:

(1) UNDONE RESTITUTION Acts 24:16
After you are genuinely saved, there may be some wrongs of the past that need to be corrected in your present new life in Jesus. Restitution includes restoring things wrongly acquired, revealing lies and deceptions and reconciling with people we offended, and also forgiving with all our hearts people who offended us, no matter how terrible. Forgiveness from the heart is part of restitution and many Christians, ministers of God will miss rapture and heaven just because of un-forgiveness and bitterness. Matthew 6:14, 15.

(2) JUST A LITTLE SIN Galatians 5:9
Many will miss rapture and entrance to heaven not because they are not born again and serving God, not because they are committing serious sins, but just because of a little, besetting sin, just little but too heavy to hold people down from making rapture. When the Holy Spirit calls your attention to the little sin, you excuse yourself that it doesn’t matter, everybody is doing it or it is your own weakness since everybody has a weakness. It may be little anger, envy, jealousy, even in the work of God. Little, little lies, using people’s or your office’s materials for your personal purpose without taking permission. You think it doesn’t matter? It does. Let’s repent NOW. Common sins will commonly hinder common Christians and ministers back .

(3) LITTLE WORLDLINESS 1 John 2:16
Little worldliness will hinder so many Christians from making the rapture. This little worldliness does not matter to many Christians and churches today. The worldly music which you call normal, worldly movies, magazines (fashion, entertainment or pornography), TV programs inspired by Satan (American Idol, African Idols, Big Brother Africa, Dance shows, African magic, animated cartoon, etc. ) Worldly dress (wearing tops, blouses that show the trace of your breasts as a woman, tight, transparent or shot dress) Many Christian women are tapped by Satan with worldly dress unknowingly but they will know after the rapture. Those who have died have gotten to know already but too late.

(4) OVER CONFIDENCE 1 Corinthians 10:12
Over-confidence will hinder many believers from entering heaven. You see the shortcoming of others without seeing yours, without daily searching your life with the Word of God and prayer for forgiveness and daily sanctification. These category of people believe they can never make mistake after they are saved, they believe they are once sanctified and no need for daily prayer for cleansing and sanctification, they are bound in bountiful hypocrisy which is one of the most terrible sins- hypocrisy. Believing that you can’t make mistake after you are saved is a serious mistake. Tenderness and watchfulness serve better.

(5) UNCONFESSED SIN 1 Timothy 5:24
Unconfessed sin remains a secret sin. You did something wrong and you realize it and confessed to God but concealed it from people, you refuse to confess to necessary partners or people even after the Holy Spirit has ministered to you to expose it, you are listening to the wrong preachers and your wrong motive and defending yourself that you have confessed to God so that should settle it. This will block many ears from hearing the sound of the Trumpet of rapture. Please, you must confess to one another, James 5:16, as the case may be, why will you miss rapture just because of this little shortcoming?

(6) LITTLE COMPROMISE 1 Corinthians 5:6
Little compromise at workplace, in your business, to get contract, job or promotion; little compromise to get your documents and papers - being smart. Little compromise in examination hall, in marital relationship or in your tithes and offerings; these little, little, overlooked stuffs will hold and hinder many Believers and Ministers from making heaven. If you are careful, the compromise of your society, of your church and idolized Pastors will not infect and affect you.

(7) LACK OF LOVE 1 John 4:8
Do you think it’s possible to make heaven without love? And does your life shows the love of Christ? Please read 1 Corinthians 13:1-8. Most churches and Christians lack love. Love is kindness and expresses goodness to all men, especially brethren, it helps and shares. The syndrome of “sowing” into the lives of big pastors, the several church projects and personal projects have blinded many Christians from loving and helping people around them.

Purity without love is hypocrisy, love without purity is lust, but real purity means PURE LOVE. Christian life without love is hypocrisy.

Please, we should all search our lives with the light of God’s Word, let’s repent now and confess and correct everything as the Holy Spirit calls our attention. Irrespective of our spiritual attainments and positions, God is not a respecter of any man. As long you still see yourself as a little child in God’s hand, you will be humble and careful enough to look into your life. Let’s ask God to sanctify us, and let’s also be more watchful from now, be more vigilant and prayerful everyday as we ask for God’s grace and mercy to be counted worthy, we all need these, we are all striving and no man is supper man until we get to heaven. May God help us and see us through to the end in Jesus name.

Rapture will happen once and any time from now. If you want to rededicate your life to Jesus or need further counsel on any of these points, please feel free to contact the address below. That we are still alive now, is a great privilege, let’s make use of it NOW!

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Christianity Etc › The Rapture & Its Reality - Please Read This Even If You Are Busy by FreshGreen(op): 12:19am On Feb 17, 2016

THE RAPTURE & ITS REALITY - Please read this, even if you are busy!

Many people think "if I miss the rapture, I can just refuse to get the mark of the beast in the tribulation, it’s that simple." But the bible says it will be a time of great suffering like there has never been since the creation of the world and as it will never be again. In short it will be the time of greatest suffering in the history of creation. Matthew 24:21.

During that time, a brother will betray a brother and have them put to death. A Father will betray their child. Children will betray their parents and have them killed. Matthew 10:21. It will be so bad that people will only care about themselves.

In history, people have been thrown in dens of hungry Lions, thrown in drums of boiling oil, thrown in furnaces, burnt alive, stoned to death, cut in half etc. for the sake of Christ. Yet the Bible says the kind of suffering during Great Tribulation will be the first of its kind. It’s even unimaginable. The bible says “They shall seek death, but death shall flee from humanity.”(Revelations 9:6)

Quote from Rachael Mushala about the tribulation through a Revelation by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus said, "It is already at the door My child. I tell you that time of sorrow will soon be here. Be prepared for My coming. Do not be left behind. Let no one be left behind. Let them all prepare for My coming. For it will be a time of great suffering, people's skin being peeled off unless they deny Me, nails being pierced into the flesh whose skin was peeled.....pouring acid on human beings just for My name's sake. My child, at that time each will care only for their own soul, so much suffering; parents eating their children's flesh, unimaginable suffering My child. That is the price of denying Me .But I am coming for My holy people."

The Bible says he who gets the mark of the beast has no chance of salvation.
Revelation 14:11 "And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name."

What the Lord showed me (Zipporah Mushala) about the tribulation was shocking. I saw those who refused to receive the mark of the beast put in places like concentration camps in cells, men and women all together. The cells were filthy because they used to ease themselves from the same cells and yet sleep there. They were Sickly thin. People got so hungry that they began to eat that same human waste.

Those who were pregnant began to abort their babies and eat them. When Rapture happens, babies including unborn ones will be raptured but these women got pregnant after the Rapture. It was terrible; people were eating parts of their bodies just to survive. I also saw demons come from hell onto the earth and they were not hiding anymore. This is not all but there are many other things which cannot be said at once.

Right now, the Lord is restraining the evil from doing whatever they want. Yet the world is in so much chaos. During the tribulation, the Lord will remove his hand that is preventing them and will withdraw his Holy Spirit from the earth. 2 Thes 2:7.

One who will not be raptured for any reason will have to overcome the Tribulation without the help of the Holy Spirit by Flesh – how possible is that? Yet the Lord is giving us a chance to obey him now with his help and we are at peace. No one is asking us to receive any mark. What will you choose?

And What?
What is hindering you from getting genuine salvation? Why are you postponing your salvation and ignoring it at this dangerous time? Why are you holding to a fake salvation in this perilous time that will not qualify you for the upcoming rapture?

What are those things that will deprive you of the Rapture? The little sins? The hidden sin? The secret sins? The unsettled restitution? Those makeup and artificial beauty care? That ungodly business? The ungodly job? The worldly friendship and lifestyle?

WHAT A FOOL
The money you are running after which is making you not to have time for your salvation, which is making you to compromise your faith, after the Rapture, you will not be able collect the money in the bank if you don’t collect the mark of the beast, if you keep the money in your house, you will not be able to spend it. The job that made you falsified your age, information or compromise your faith, after the rapture, you will not be able to do the job without collecting the mark of the beast.

While you are running inside the bush, you will not be able to drive that beautiful car or sleep in the beautiful house. The position you what to kill yourself for now, you will not be able to retain it except you bow and worship Satan. The makeup, ungodly dresses, and all others which you can’t do without now, you will not even remember them after you miss the rapture. Your popular prosperity preachers, these earthly focused prayer ministers, your Bishop, Daddy GO, Senior Pastor, motivational speakers who refuse to teach you genuine salvation, restitution and impeding rapture will be hiding their faces in shame. All their messages of breakthrough, divine establishment, divine success, open heaven of blessing, waves of glory, abundant blessings, prophetic utterances, anointing for higher level, 5 Sunday of anointing, 100 days of fasting and prayer – all these will be useless to you after the rapture.

And if you receive the mark of the beast, you will only have three and half years before eternal torments will begin and the great judgment Day that will usher you into eternal perdition where you will spend eternity with devil and his demon forever and ever and ever. What a fool the devil is making out of you now!

WHAT IF
You need not to miss the rapture; you need not to face the Great Tribulation. If you are not sure of your position if rapture should take place now, if you are not sure of your spiritual level, if you are not sure of your salvation and if you are not sure if you are still standing in faith, the best is to rededicate your life to Jesus Christ and start again now. You have nothing to lose by starting with God afresh or by rededicating your life to Jesus Christ anew; you will have many things to gain. All you need now is to realize all your sins, all together, not some, and ready to forsake all of them. Then ask God to forgive you and cleanse you. And you separate yourself from all those sinful works, ways, things, people, friendship, relationship, materials, etc. And you devote yourself to Jesus Christ.

If you would like to surrender your life to Jesus Christ or you want to rededicate your life to Jesus, all you need to do is to repent, confess your sins and forsake them as you accept Jesus Christ into your life, for more explanation on genuine salvation and rededication, please click on this link, read and pray as directedhttps://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-to-be-saved-and-start-a-new-life-in-jesus/270674586372252

You can also contact us if you godly counsel or you have issues, restitution to make, confession or burden in your mind and you need Biblical counseling and prayer without any church attachment:
RTEM- Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries
Our Email: rtemoutreaches@yahoo.com
Our Tel: (+234) (0)803 924 9751, (0)705 937 3351, (0)802 578 7942.

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Christianity Etc › What A Fool! by FreshGreen(op): 11:11pm On Feb 15, 2016

WHAT A FOOL!
The money you are running after which is making you not to have time for your salvation, which is making you to compromise your faith, after the Rapture, you will not be able collect the money in the bank if you don’t collect the mark of the beast, if you keep the money in your house, you will not be able to spend it. The job that made you falsified your age, information or compromise your faith, after the rapture, you will not be able to do the job without collecting the mark of the beast.

While you are running inside the bush, you will not be able to drive that beautiful car or sleep in the beautiful house. The position you what to kill yourself for now, you will not be able to retain it except you bow and worship Satan. The makeup, ungodly dresses, and all others which you can’t do without now, you will not even remember them after you miss the rapture. Your popular prosperity preachers, these earthly focused prayer ministers, your Bishop, Daddy GO, Senior Pastor, motivational speakers who refuse to teach you genuine salvation, restitution and impeding rapture will be hiding their faces in shame. All their messages of breakthrough, divine establishment, divine success, open heaven of blessing, waves of glory, abundant blessings, prophetic utterances, anointing for higher level, 5 Sunday of anointing, 100 days of fasting and prayer – all these will be useless to you after the rapture.

And if you receive the mark of the beast, you will only have three and half years before eternal torments will begin and the great judgment Day that will usher you into eternal perdition where you will spend eternity with devil and his demon forever and ever and ever. What a fool the devil is making out of you now!

WHAT IF
You need not to miss the rapture; you need not to face the Great Tribulation. If you are not sure of your position if rapture should take place now, if you are not sure of your spiritual level, if you are not sure of your salvation and if you are not sure if you are still standing in faith, the best is to rededicate your life to Jesus Christ and start again now. You have nothing to lose by starting with God afresh or by rededicating your life to Jesus Christ anew; you will have many things to gain. All you need now is to realize all your sins, all together, not some, and ready to forsake all of them. Then ask God to forgive you and cleanse you. And you separate yourself from all those sinful works, ways, things, people, friendship, relationship, materials, etc. And you devote yourself to Jesus Christ.

If you would like to surrender your life to Jesus Christ or you want to rededicate your life to Jesus, all you need to do is to repent, confess your sins and forsake them as you accept Jesus Christ into your life, for more explanation on genuine salvation and rededication, please click on this link, read and pray as directed https://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-to-be-saved-and-start-a-new-life-in-jesus/270674586372252

You can also contact us if you godly counsel or you have issues, restitution to make, confession or burden in your mind and you need Biblical counseling and prayer without any church attachment:
RTEM- Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries
Our Email: rtemoutreaches@yahoo.com
Our Tel: (+234) (0)803 924 9751, (0)705 937 3351, (0)802 578 7942.

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Christianity Etc › Agents Of Satan & Church Of Satan by FreshGreen(op): 11:29am On Feb 14, 2016

THE AGENTS & CHURCH OF SATAN
Any preacher who preaches prosperity of life more than purity of life is an agent of Satan. Any church where there are more preaching and prayers of earthly blessings than preparation for the rapture and second coming of Jesus Christ is a church of Satan.

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Christianity Etc › Prosperity Preachers by FreshGreen(op): 11:21am On Feb 14, 2016

PROSPERITY PREACHERS
"By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber." 2 Peter 2:3

The prosperity preachers will exploit you with deceptive words because you are covetous of quick money, because you too like prosperity and deception of freedom without holiness, because you too enjoy the deceptive declarations of breakthrough, prosperity and unlimited favour.

You cannot be deceived with something or by somebody if you are not covetous of something.

These pastors, bishops, daddy G.O, evangelists, prophets, etc exploit you to enrich themselves and they live luxurious, extravagant lifestyle like the rich man in the parable of Jesus. Where did they get their riches? From you, your sowing seeds, prophetic offering, expensive school fees, etc. They abuse you spiritually, physically, financially, and mentally.

The Bible says the prosperity preachers will exploit you with deceptive words simply because of your covetousness for worldly things and care. The only weapons against prosperity preachers are the virtues of godliness and contentment, if you are saved and possess godliness and contentment, the prosperity pastors cannot deceive you with their preaching and prayer.

"useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself."

"Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
- 1 Timothy 6:5-10

If you would like to surrender your life to Jesus Christ or you want to rededicate your life to Jesus, all you need to do is to repent, confess your sins and forsake them as you accept Jesus Christ into your life, for more explanation on genuine salvation and rededication, please click on this link, read and pray as directed https://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-to-be-saved-and-start-a-new-life-in-jesus/270674586372252

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RTEM- Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries
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Christianity Etc › V A L E N T I N E by FreshGreen(op): 10:19am On Feb 14, 2016

V A L E N T I N E
Everything about Valentine day is outside Christian activity, unlike Christmas which involves Christian activities and draws us to God, Valentine day has nothing to do with the history of Christianity in the Bible. Valentine day is a general celebration outside Christianity. If Valentine is about sacrifice of love, you don't need to wait till February 14th before you do that. If it is showing or expressing love to loved ones, you don't need a day for that, if it is giving, no need to wait till February 14th before you do that. You don't need to wait till February 14th before you take your spouse out. In reality, Valentine is a celebration of lust, inspired by satanic spirit. There is no side of Valentine celebration that is attached to the Bible, there is no biblical backup for the celebration of Valentine.

Christianity Etc › Satan's Suggestions In Serving God by FreshGreen(op): 12:11pm On Feb 11, 2016

SATANIC SUGGESTIONS IN SERVING GOD
Every sinner is under the bondage of Satan, and everybody was born a sinner. But it would get to a point in your life that you may want to make a decision to surrender to Jesus and serve Him; at this point of time, your old task master, Satan, would not want to let you go. Since you have the power to decide and choose, he cannot force you down but he can suggest deceptive options to serve God.

When you accept any of his options to serve God, he keeps you in his bondage in your ignorance, thinking you are free from him. That was exactly the case with the children of Israel and Pharaoh; when the children of Israel were determined to go and serve God, and Pharaoh saw he could not hold them down any longer, then he gave them several options by which they could serve God, but Moses did not accept any of the Pharaoh suggestions.

You cannot serve God acceptably through satanic suggestion or option; for us to serve God acceptably, we must serve Him in accordance to His word and way, not in line with Satan options. So many people are seriously and zealously serving God today – in their personal lives and different churches, but they are ignorantly serving God in the ways of Satan, and so they are not recognized by God, and their services are not acceptable or rewardedable.

Here are some of the options and suggestions of Satan to serve God:

Remain In Your Sinful Bondage And Serve God
Exodus 8:25, “Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.”
Satan can tell you to remain in your sin and start serving God, that you can be a worker in the church, in choir and a minister, and still continue in your old way of life. Such service is an abomination to God. Pharaoh offered same thing to Moses, that the Israelites could serve God even in the land of Egypt that no need for them to leave the land because they want to serve God. But Moses was wise to reject such offer, “And Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we would be sacrificing the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God.” Exodus 8:26.

Any service unto God in sin is an abomination to God. Before you can serve God acceptably, you must first surrender your life to Jesus, forsake your sins and be cleansed.

Not Too Far
Exodus 8:28, “So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me.”
When Satan sees you are determined to serve God and get free from his bondage, he will suggest, “If you want to go, you can, but you can still be coming around to visit here, so don't go too far.” That is satanic deception to keep you in perpetual bondage, knowing fully well that if you don’t go too far, you will still remain under his bondage.

To be free from Satan’s bondage, you must leave completely and go far. You must be far from sinful territory, sinful partners, properties, materials, music, movies and anything that will link you back to the old life of sin; until you do that, you are not yet free from the bondage of Satan. You must put sin and its elements far from you. Job 11:14, 15, "If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away, and would not let wickedness dwell in your tents; 15 Then surely you could lift up your face without spot; Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear."

If you will want to be free totally, you must completely leave the tent of sin and old life.

After your salvation and rededication to the Lord, Satan will want you to still keep some sinful and worldly materials and relationship, to still be visiting once in a while the sinful people and places, but for you to go far with God in your new life, you must move far from the old life and people, else you will find yourself back in the vomit.

Half Bondage, Half Freedom
Exodus 10:11, "Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence."

Satan will tell you that you can leave some sins and still hold to some, and continue to serve God. When you dedicate your life to Jesus, Satan will differentiate some sins as serious and major, and some as simple and minor; that you can continue in some little sinful stuffs, that it doesn’t matter, "Since you have surrender the majors ones." That is the deception from the pit of hell. Every unrighteousness is sin, meaning sin is sin, and every sin, no matter how simple or minor, has the capacity to lead to hell if it is not repented and rejected. Satan will suggest half freedom that you don't need to drop everything at once, that you can drop them gradually. But he knows there is nothing like half freedom or a better or trying Christian, it’s totally free or never free. If the Son of God shall set you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36.

Leaving Your Belongings In Bondage
Exodus 10:24, "Then Pharaoh called to Moses and said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your little ones also go with you.”

Satan can suggest that you can go and serve God but you can leave your belongings under his bondage of sin, that since you don’t drink again, you can still give your money to people to buy alcoholic drinks at ceremony; that since you don’t do ritual and traditional festival again, you can still send your money to them at village to do it or they will get mad at you; that since you are now a born again Christian, but you can still give money to your Muslim family to buy ram.

Satan would tell you, “Since you are now a child of God, and you don’t smoke or drink again, you can still invest your money to buy shares at beer Breweries, or you can still work at sinful companies like Breweries, Tobacco companies, Beer Parlor, Nairabet, gambling, Lotto, etc. or do business such as makeup business, saloon where they do all sorts of artificial, perming, weave-on, painting fingers; that you still be selling worldly movies and films, that you can still sell attachments, wigs, weaveon, earrings, relaxers, Hot drinks, alcoholic wines, high hill shoes, and though you don’t wear sinful, half naked clothing but you can be selling or sowing them. Such suggestions are from Satan to hold you in eternal bondage, because as long your belongings still remain in his territory, or you work at sinful producing companies, your heart will remain under his bondage, because where your belongings, money are, or where you get money, is where your heart will be. Matthew 6:21.

JESUS’ OFFER
Satan can suggest several ways to you to serve God, but it is unwise to take any of his suggestions, it is just like taking advice from your enemy on how to attack him. Jesus Christ is the Way, and He is pleading and soliciting to you to accept Him into your life and serve Him in His own way as clearly written in His Word, before it is too late forever. He says, “Come unto Me, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28.

To serve God acceptably, you must first surrender all to Him by realizing your sins and ready to forsake them. Then you confess them and ask Him to forgive you, cleanse you and save you. Then you start a new life in Him by following Him; you will detach yourself from the old things and people, you destroy all the sinful things in your life, and you delete the materials, music, movies, and memories of sinful connections. Then you can freely serve God in Christ Jesus, then you can go far and forward in your Christian life without rising and falling.

What are you waiting for?
Then what are you waiting for? Now you need to bring your life to Jesus and surrender it unto Him for His transformation and regeneration. You don’t need to delay further. You need to give your old life, polluted life up to Jesus so He can give you a brand new life in Him. Delay can be dangerous, do it now. Admit your sins, surrender all to Jesus, ask Him to forgive you and cleanse you. Accept Him to be the Lord of your life and determine to be pleasing Him and following Him for the rest of your life till you get to heaven, no turning back to sin and the sinful world.

You about to experience unspeakable peace of divine touch, this is like never before! Just pray it in prayer now!

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Christianity Etc › Reuben Solution Formula - Rsf by FreshGreen(op): 12:00pm On Feb 10, 2016

REUBEN SOLUTION FORMULA
– Worsen The Situation.

And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me: Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin. All these things are against me.” Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.” Genesis 42: 36, 37

Jacob lost his son Joseph years back, another son Simeon was retained in prison in Egypt, and they were demanding his last born son Benjamin again. And so this situation was too much for Jacob and he refused to release his last born, he didn’t want to lose 3 children all together, but to convince Jacob, Reuben the first born had to come up with a solution – Reuben’s Solution, a formula to solve Jacob’s tough situation. And here is the Reuben Solution presented to Jacob: If your son Simeon does not come back, and if I can’t bring back your last born Benjamin, then kill your 2 grandsons! But how stupid is this Reuben solution? How would killing one’s grandsons solve the problem of losing one’s son? Will that not increase the loss and multiply the sorrow?

That is it! But in many ways we are applying Reuben’s solution formula into our situation, and that is the reason for the increase in loss and multiple of sorrow, that is the reason many are where they are today – worsen situation, because they apply a terrible solution formula of Reuben to their situations.

Here are some ways in which we consciously or unconsciously apply Reuben Solution Formula:

– Somebody offends you, causing a problem for you, and you want to revenge and cause problem for that person, how will that solve your own problem?

– You lose your job, your business and the devil is suggesting that you should abandon your Christian commitment and devotion to God, how will that solve the problem? That is Reuben formula formulated by Satan.

– You are desperately looking for job, now you have offer to falsify your personal information to get the job, how will that help you fulfil God’s purpose for your life? That is Reuben formula formulated by Satan.

– You lost your wealth, and Satan is suggesting that you take action that will make you lose your integrity, how will that make you a better person?

– Your husband/wife cheats on you, and now you want to do the same thing, how will that solve the problem of cheating?

– You are having problems in your marriage, and now you are thinking of divorce, has divorce ever solve problem in marriage or it dissolves marriage and scatters family?

– You are single and getting older, and now you just want to marry anyone available, you want to marry a shallow Christian because you are in hurry, do you ever think of unity in marriage? And how will you unite in marriage with such a person? Will your singleness and sorrow not multiply in that marriage?

– You have misunderstanding with your spouse and you refuse to communicate, then how will the misunderstanding be settled without communication? Don’t you know that lack of proper communicate increases misunderstanding in marriage?

– You are having some difficulties and challenges in life and satan is giving you Reuben’s formula to abandon your Christian integrity, devotion or service, now how will there be a good solution without the Source of Life – JESUS CHRIST?

Reuben Solution Formula ( RSF) is like one cutting off his head to solve problem of headache, losing your life to the devil because you want to solve the problem of your life, losing your marriage because you want to end problem of your marriage, losing your identity in Christ because you want to be popular in ministry, losing your purity because you want to get a marital partner; it is like giving what you need most and getting what you need the moment, it is like giving up your God’s giving vision to get a good television; it is like getting money from Satan and giving him your life and what you use the money to buy, like giving Satan a chance in your life so he give you chance in hell fire.

Don’t not be among the fools and do not apply a bad formula into your life that will lead you to a wrong end. The way out of every situation is Jesus Christ, the Way, Life and Truth.

If you have not given your life to Jesus, won’t you come to Jesus now and have rest of mind?

If you have given your life to Jesus and you’re at a crossroad, won’t you rest in Jesus for a good solution and not run your way of destruction? Won’t you trust and wait on Him till your change comes? Won’t you be faithful to the end for your crown of life waiting for you?

When we faithfully rest on the Lord, He uses our present situation to present us an overwhelming success. That was the end of Jacob’s story; he refused Reuben’s solution formula and rested on God by faith. “But when they told him all the words which Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 28 Then Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.” Genesis 45:27, 28.

You will not want to allow this present situation push you to use your own hands kill the living vision and purpose of God for your life, to ruin your testimony and future, will you?

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Christianity Etc › Reuben Solution Formula - Rsf by FreshGreen(op): 11:51am On Feb 10, 2016

Christianity Etc › Is Restitution A Must For Christians? by FreshGreen(op): 9:39pm On Feb 07, 2016

IS RESTITUTION IN THE BIBLE?
"then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. 8 But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him." Numbers 5:7, 8.

Restitution is making right what we did wrong before we are saved. Restitution is not an optional, it is not a human ideology or theology, but it is a Bible command, a Bible standard!

WHEN TO DO RESTITUTION?
"Then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full" Numbers 5:7

Restitution is to be made after you have confessed your sins to God and you are saved. Restitution is not a topic to argue with people about, because if you are not yet saved, you need not to bother yourself about restitution, you need to first confess your sins to God and forsake them before you move to higher level of restitution in your Christian life; and because if you are saved, you need no one to hammer on you before you are convinced about restitution. Conviction for restitution is natural to those who have experienced genuine salvation. When you are genuinely, the Spirit of God will come to dwell inside of you, and it is the same Holy Spirit that will teach you and convince you about restitution without anybody forcing you.

WHAT IF?
"But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him." Numbers 5:8

Restitution is restoring and returning things that were wrongly taken or possessed; it is reconciling with people we offend or who offend us, revealing lies and secret sins or covered-up, and repaying those we owe bad debts. So what if we can't retrace the person to return or repay? In such case, the Bible says we should trace their relatives and pay to them, and if we can trace anyone related to them we should pay it to the Lord, maybe into your church offering box. The Lord knows how to repay the untraced person.

BUT MY CHURCH DOES BELIEVE OR EMPHASES ON RESTITUTION
The truth is that, a church that does not believe restitution does not have or believe genuine salvation, because restitution is a confirmation of a genuine salvation, so if your church and your pastor do not believe restitution as a must, they actually do not have genuine salvation and they don't teach genuine salvation. If a Christian does not believe restitution as a mandate, you may need not to argue with such Christian or pastor, he has not experienced genuine salvation. It is not man that convinces a man on restitution, it is the Holy Spirit that convinces, convicts and compels only the genuinely saved people to do restitution. Arguing with people about restitution is a waste of time, instead, first share with them about genuine salvation.

AND IF?
If you die or the rapture takes place with pending or postponing restitution in your life, you will miss heaven. Undone restitution of a child of God unmakes him for heaven.

COUNSEL? YES!
There is need for biblical counsel before many restitution should be made, though many churches and ministers cancel people's lives with their unbiblical counsel on restitution, but you need a godly counselor to give you a godly counsel. If the Spirit of the Lord is laying on your mind and leading you on any issue to restitute, or if you need clarification on any matter of restitution, you can please contact us in this ministry for biblical counsel and prayer.

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Christianity Etc › Why Wonderful Godly Singles End Up In Woeful Bad Marriages - Part 2. by FreshGreen(op): 2:01pm On Feb 03, 2016

WHY WONDERFUL GODLY SINGLES END UP IN WOEFUL BAD MARRIAGES - Part 2.
My counsel for the singles with my personal experience series, second part.

In the first part of this topic, I shared one of the reasons why many godly sisters end up in wrong marriages, this second part continues from there but for both sisters and brothers.

2, OUTWARD APPEARANCE: So many people are regretting in their marriages simply because they made their marital choice by outward look, because such decisions are usually manipulated by the flesh, not by God. God does not work or lead by outward appearance, because while God look at the heart, men look at the face, while God looks inward, we look outward, while God look on permanent effects, we look at temporal effects. 1 Samuel 16:6, 7.

If you are predominantly concerned about the physical look in marital choice; you are likely to make wrong choice. If you wrongly marry someone because of height, straight legs, good set of teeth, skin complexion, body shape or size, tribe, profession or present situation, when you get into the marriage, soon you will be so irritated by him or her that you would wish to use cutlass to cut off the straight legs that deceived you into the marriage; when the agony of wrong marriage is unleash on you.

The Bible says, “Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.” Proverbs 31:30. When Bible says beautiful is nothing, you think that is not so, and beauty is like everything to you, when you get married to wrong person, you will then remember this Bible verse. Physical beauty has deceived so many wonderful brothers into relationship that they could not think straight and eventually landed into terrible marriage which cost them their lives.

Some may be thinking marrying a so beautiful lady or handsome man would make you feel satisfied or fulfilled – that is a deception from the pit of hell. If marrying a beautiful lady or a handsome man is what makes a happy marriage, why all these celebrities are having broken marriages? Why so many married men are still cheating on their pretty wives? Why all these wives with their handsome husbands are having nightmare marriages? The answer is simply because physical beauty is NOTHING. The impression of physical look usually fades away soon in marriage when it is overtaken by the oppression of bad habits.

Tribe, skin colour, facial outlook, body size or shape, good sense of dressing, height and physical beauty have nothing to do with a happy and godly marriage, if you are single, you may find this hard to believe until you get into the marriage. Genuine salvation in Christ and God’s leading are what you really need, I’m talking from my personal experience.

3, UNNECESSARY THINGS THAT DO NOT MATTER: Let me say something here – if you are not married, no matter how deep your knowledge about marriage, no matter how familiar you are to marriage, and no matter how much and how long God has been using you to counsel and help married people, there some things you will never know about marriage until you are married. There are many things that attract people into marital relationship that have nothing to do with marriage. For example, you see a sister who can sing very well in church or a brother who is expert in musical instrument and you are attracted to her or him for marital relationship, now what does marriage has to do with singing? Is it not when you are happily married that you will remember to sing together? Other things like academic brilliance, being talented in one way or the other, speaking English fluently and so on; all these do not matter in marriage, but are attracting many into marital relationship.

4, WHAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY: This is common with both brothers and sisters, but more with sisters, when you want to marry wrong person because you want to impress people or you don't want to marry a right person because of what people would say, then you may end up in a terrible marriage. You sisters married doctor, lawyer, and your friends married banker and a rich business men, and you who is more beautiful, handsome, more educated,a PhD holder, how can you marry a SSCE holder or ND, or HND or a degree with one common course. Your family and friends have been waiting to see that handsome, rich well-doing man, now you say God is leading this man to you? What will your family and friends say? How will you post your wedding pictures on Facebook and where will you say you do your honeymoon? So you ask that even if you accept to marry him, what will your people say?

This is the reason so many, many people end up in a regrettable marriage, because of what people would say, but when they get into the marriage, they cannot tell people what they are facing in the marriage, they cannot share their horrible experience on Facebook.

The most miserable life to live is to live to impress people, because you will care for what people will say than what really matter to your dear life. You know this simple sister, this unemployed, uneducated brother is godly, sincere and may be the right person, because s/he is not presentable to your taste, to your people and you opt for a wrong person which you forcefully claim to be the right person, you know what? You will receive temporal glory days, but permanent gloomy days.

5, UNGUIDED POSITION/LEVEL: If care is not taken, your position may deprive you of God’s will for your life. You may be a senior staff at work and God may lead you to a very low junior staff, if you are not careful, you may miss it. Even your position in the church, especially sisters, can make you miss God’s will if you are careless. Imagine a genuine new convert brother being led to a sister’s leader in the fellowship. Your academic level, your professional level, your family level, and all that can be manipulated by Satan to mislead you. People would want you to marry someone of your level or position, but you will need to be humble for God’s will for your life.

My wife and I went to Wuse market yesterday to buy some kitchen stuffs, as we bought from this man, whose shop is filled outside and inside, he took time to share about his family. He said the lady he wanted to marry in life dropped him because he had no money and he was not educated enough. He struggled from selling pure water to different things, and as he was getting money, he furthered his schooling till he became a graduate. Now he is married with 4 children, he said he sent his wife to UK for her master degree program. He concluded that his wife is more beautiful and educated than the lady who dumped him years back.

I have learned by experience that when we seek first the will of God in marriage, all other things will follow including financial, material, beauty – when you are well fed and less stressed, you will look glowing, younger and fresh. Will of God in marriage goes beyond marriage, it affect your spiritual life, your success and progress in life, your ministry, your destiny and so on, and if you miss it, you may miss the ministry, purpose of God and eternity.

I said I would share with you how I got married to my wife and what happened thereafter, but I will first want to share how I discovered God’s will for my life in such a simple way, this I will share in the next topic on this single counseling - HOW TO DISCOVER GOD’S WILL IN MARRIAGE. To discover God’s will, you will need to cover own self. Other Subsequent topics: how to know a man of vision and a woman of virtue/ how to discover God’s will in business/ living to succeed, not just to survive. All these with my little personal experience and largely with the inspiration and revelation of the Holy Spirit.

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I wish you a perfect will of God as you are prayerfully waiting, and I wish you a turn around in your struggling marriage.

Gideon Akande
One of the Evangelists @
Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries. RTEM
Abuja, Nigeria

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Christianity Etc › Why Wonderful Godly Singles End Up In Woeful Bad Marriages - Part 1. by FreshGreen(op): 8:18am On Feb 01, 2016

WHY WONDERFUL GODLY SINGLES END UP IN WOEFUL BAD MARRIAGES - Part 1.
My counsel for the singles with my personal experience series.

Why godly sisters who kept themselves end up in marriage that is not better than ungodly ladies who even misused themselves, who abused their bodies with immoralities.

It is pathetic that many wonderful, godly, humble and fervent sisters serving God, who keep themselves and abstain from youthful lust in schools, immoral activities in services and workplace but eventually end up in a no bad, no good marriage. The same thing is applicable to many wonderful brothers who fervently serve the Lord, keep themselves from immorality and sinful pressure and pleasure but to end their “single” journey in an unpleasant marriage. With my personal experience, with the revelation and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, I discovered several reasons WHY WONDERFUL GODLY SINGLES EVENTUALLY END UP IN A WOEFUL BAD MARRIAGE. Please patiently read along, you may have something to learn.

Let me briefly start with single sisters – when I mean “sister” I mean a young lady who has been saved by Christ Jesus. Here are some of the reasons many wonderful sisters end up in bad marriage:

1, MISCONCEPTION: Some years back, I was in a marital relationship with a Christian lady (I got myself into several relationships with my trial and error before God got me into the right one), we were working towards marriage, and then I had nothing financially and materially, and she was ready to support my vision. But one day she came to me with her church’s daily devotion book – Open Heaven, and shared with me what she read in the devotion, the writer talked about single getting married, that a man must have provisions financially and materially to take good care of a woman before thinking of getting married, he then quoted Genesis chapter, that God provided everything needed before God created Adam, so a man must put everything in place before marrying a woman. I have come across people using this same Bible interpretation. This Bible interpretation is not only wrongly quoted but badly misinterpreted upside down.

God created everything not before He created Eve but before He created both Adam and Eve, so it wasn’t Adam who provided everything before God gave him Eve. People are misinterpreting it as if - in their mind – God created Adam into empty garden, then Adam worked and God blessed him with vegetables, fruitful trees and then He gave him Eve. You know the implication of this misconception? It leads to wrong conclusions! Pastors, parents and churches counsel their single ladies that a man must have provisions available that will take good care of his wife, and so many missed the will of God for their lives and eventually married a so-so brother.

When I was single, I usually tell single sisters, “I don’t have a Television or financial provision at the moment, but I do have a vision that would provide for my future.” But I discovered that many of those sisters cared for the present than the future because of the misconception theory of provision-before-proceeding –to-marriage. I remember a lady I asked to pray about marital relationship with me, she later said before she would hear anything from God, I must first get accommodation, but I had no accommodation. Some would say a man must have a good job, car, etc. this misconception has made many wonderful sisters to miss the right will of God for their dear lives and they later settled down with next-to-the-will-of-God.

Many parents and churches are misleading their single sisters because of the present conditions of brothers who are the right will of God. Is it not stupid to judge by a present situation? Who are you to conclude on the destiny of a man because of his present situation? Having a present provision today does not guarantee prosperity tomorrow, and having no provision today does not guarantee poverty tomorrow. What really matters is vision in the provision. Do not miss God’s will for your life by evil judgment of human evaluation of people’s destiny.

As I continue with my own story, I came across this Christian sister who was to be the will of God for my life, and yet I had no accommodation, no job, no car but with a vision that would provide for my future. She accepted my vision with faith. When I was to visit her parents in Ibadan, I had no good shirt, and no transport fair from Akure and no money to buy fruit wine for her parents; she gave me money to settle all that. Can you imagine? I was in stark poverty, but busy working for God. Nothing attracted me to her except the my God’s given vision. Eventually I got married to this beautiful Christian lady from a comfortable home, a second class-upper Biochemist; she got married to me into my poverty because she believed I was the will of God for her. Serious! I will continue with how we got married and what happened later in the second part of this topic …she is now working as a production manager, executive special adviser to a CEO in a small company here in Abuja – I am the CEO, and the small company is our own.
Continues in Part 2 – reasons why many wonderful sisters end up in a woeful marriage
Subsequent Parts: why many wonderful godly brothers end up with wrong wives/ how to know a man of vision and a woman of virtue/ how to discover God’s will in marriage/ how to discover God’s will in business/ living to succeed, not just to survive. All these with my little personal experience and largely with the inspiration and revelation of the Holy Spirit.

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God bless you
Gideon Akande
One of the Evangelists @
Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries. RTEM
Abuja, Nigeria

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Christianity Etc › A Vision About Rapture: Are You Ready For The Rapture? by FreshGreen(op): 10:19am On Jan 30, 2016

A VISION ABOUT RAPTURE: ARE YOU READY FOR THE RAPTURE?
The VISION:
"I saw myself and another sister walking side by side jesting normally, a man was walking at the other side; suddenly the man turned and said; "the rapture has just taken place 30 seconds ago", and looking at the time it was 1.00.30s AM. The man proceeded by saying go in the left direction you will find other Christians there. Go now I give you one minute. I asked him what about you? He turned and said I am the antichrist who has lived in your midst for so long waiting for this day.

I was confused but my spirit said run, my daughter, run. We ran and when I turned back; lo and behold the man had turned to the antichrist. We kept running and saw many people running as well. We got to a very large auditorium and saw multitudes of Christians. Brethren it was a terrifying experience.

People of high standing with God, Prominent men and women of God, loved ones and friends. I couldn’t comprehend this so I screamed, God what happened? The Lord now took me in the spirit to five churches:

1. I saw the pastors announcing that the rapture had just taken place and that people should start receiving the mark right there in the church that this will substitute the beast mark and enable them to buy and sell. Brethren, what made me weep was that the innocent and ignorant members started receiving this mark not knowing it was actually the mark of the beast. The Lord then said all these pastors are agents of the beast who has been ordained to mislead the people and who already have the beast mark before his manifestation, and I saw marks on the right arm of all these pastors.

A brother who was fortunate to see who to call him to start running down to the place where all other Christians are was shot in the leg as he was about climbing the top of the Christian’s hide out.

2. In the next church, the pastors were just speaking of the good things of the scripture and didn’t talk about the 2nd coming of Christ and warn the people of the wages of sin. The irony of it was that all these pastors and their members were left behind.

3. Then I saw a church where people really emphasized the coming but all the people didn’t go as a result of the hidden sins which weren’t known to man and they had not counted as sin. I wept bitterly because this was a church where
holiness was professed and held in high esteem.

4. I saw a church where people concentrated mainly on attacking demons and where the true word was also preached but the people didn’t go due to malice and lack of spiritual concentration.

5. In d last church the people were actively involved in preaching the word and talking about the 2nd coming, but these people did not go.The whole lot was full of hypocrites who disguise themselves in shepherd’s clothes.

I was then taken back to the place where the multitude were and then I saw that the people of the beast came and Christians started scrambling for safety. Brethren it was a terrifying experience. Women forgot their children, husbands their wives.

The Lord then said others have received the mark. Prominent men of God all over the world, Christians and loved ones.
I asked the LORD why these people didn't make d rapture. God showed me

1.This man was perfect with me until two hours ago.
2.That other man had a small portion of his heart released to the devil.
3.That other brother was too occupied with the things of the world in terms
of land and property acquisition that they took over his life.
4.That other one, I gave him a mandate to pay a certain portion of money to the church and he procrastinated it till now: sin of disobedience.
5.That other man loves his cheque book more than his life. You can see that he even has his cheque book with him. I wonder what he can buy with the money now, hope you know they are no more his.

I wept because so many little things which we humans don’t count were counted by God.

The Lord said, all these things which have been happening on earth have all been pointing to the end but despite all this, my people do not take heed. I am giving the last warning. Consecrate your hearts to me, my people. The trumpet
would have been blown one hour ago, but I pleaded with my father. However, I can plead no further. The trumpet is already in the mouth of the Angels ready to be blown."

THE REALITY:
SALVATION
You need to surrender your life to Jesus now and experience genuine salvation without any further delay so that you will not be among the miserable that will miss the rapture. There is no need to deceive your self or delay your genuine salvation that gives power over sin. It is free for for you, to help better, please click on this link to read how to experience genuine salvation https://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-to-be-saved-and-start-a-new-life-in-jesus/270674586372252

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REDEDICATION
Rising and falling in sin will not allow you to make the rapture, you need to rededicate your life to Jesus and start better afresh. Please click on this link to repent and rededicate your life to Jesus Christ http://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-to-be-saved-and-start-a-new-life-in-jesus/270674586372252

RECOMMITMENT
Are you really a child of God, living in holiness and righteousness? Yes, you have experienced genuine salvation, sanctification and serving God. You ignore worldly things, dress and lifestyle. But what about the cares of this world? Your building project has made you earthly focused as if this world is your permanent home. You find it hard to help others because of your building project, and the car you want to buy, and now you don't even care about others again, what other worldliness is worst more than that. If your Christian family think that you are not complete until you buy car or build house, then you are among the worldly Christian.

If truly you are heavenly minded, can you sell that your precious car to help that family in your church that has need? If not, you are among the worldly Christians. Many godly Christians in godly churches will miss the rapture because of the worldly care of building house, buying car, etc. These things have become competition in many churches, in fact if you are not mobile or have your own house, you may not be recommended to become a leader in the church. If Satan did not succeed to seduce you with the fashion and lifestyle of this world, He might have conquered you with the concerns and cares of this world. while so many "holy" brothers and sisters are deceived by the cares of this world, will you not rededicate and recommit your life to God and live a simple life in this world as a stranger?

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Christianity Etc › Bible Study: Faith, Fate And Fake, Please Crosscheck! by FreshGreen(op): 5:32pm On Jan 28, 2016

BIBLE STUDY: FAITH, FATE AND FAKE, Please crosscheck!
It is paramount for you to crosscheck the base and principle on which you are living your life. Reading this article will be of good by the help of the Holy Spirit.

Everybody in this life, irrespective of their religion or life view, lives maybe by faith, by fate or by fake, and many times, these three life’s bases seem similar and can be mistaken to another if proper care is not taken. That is the reason this message is to clarify the three.

How have you been living all these while? But the good news is that is right beside you to help to live this year as the best ever and as to begin for better life.

LIVING BY FATE / Pronounce as /feit/
According to online dictionary, fate is the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power. From this definition, we can reword fate as living outside one’s control by supernatural power – supernatural power is power above human power which could by God’s power or Satan’s power, but since God does not work by fate, hence it is Satan’s power.

To live by fate is to throw your destiny to the air for Satan to control; it is like one releasing the control of his ship to the wave of the sea. Every religion in this world is based on fate (you know Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship with God), and so people under religion are controlled by crisis, not Christ; they are living in pieces, not in peace; they settle with anything that circumstances bring their ways, since they have no control, and they are not sure who, what or how their situations are being controlled, they live everything to fate.

People living by fate live in fear, because fear is a roommate of fate since nothing is certain. People living by fate have no faith in Christ; they reject or refuse Jesus Christ as their Lord. People living by fate live the way they please even in unpleasant and sinful manners in Satan’s freedom of bondage – seeing themselves as the controllers of their lives while Satan is their Dictator. They believe in their father’s religion or their framed philosophy.

Living by fate is living by probability, nothing is certain, not even where they are ending to after dead; everything is dim and blurry. There is no life as dangerous as living by fate.

LIVING BY FAKE
Fake is something not genuine; imitation or counterfeit. This is counterfeit of something original – Faith - fake faith. If you are a Christian, a church member, a Christian worker, a Christian leader or a Christian minister, it means you know what faith in Christ is all about, but do you know Satan does manipulates many people’s faith or exchange it along the way and turns it fake? That is the reason it is imperative for every Christian to constantly examine their faith in Christ lest it turns to fake. “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves.” 2 Corinthians 13:5.

Characterises Of Fake Faith:
(i) Confession Without Repentance. The beginning of fake faith is confessing sins to God without first repenting from those sins. If you want to surrender your life to Jesus or you want to rededicate your life to Him, and then you start with the prayer of confession of sin without first repenting from that sin, you will always find yourself confessing and committing sins. Repentance is realizing your sins as sins and ready to forsake them. If you are confessing the sin you have not made up your mind never to commit again, is that not a buddle of fake?
(ii) Good Claiming Without Godly Characters. The common feature of fake Christian faith is claimings that lack godly living; claiming the righteousness of Jesus without living righteous life, claiming to be a child of God without lifestyle of holiness; claiming, “there is no condemnation” while they continue in sin and have unsettled restitution. Such faith is fake.

(iii) Confession Of God’s Promises Without Considering God’s Precepts. Every Christian of today, including the fake, has in memory at least 3 promises of God. Bible verses of God’s promises are the most popular verses - like 3 John verse 2, Philippians 4: 13 and 19. But the funny thing is that many Christians who are good at confessing the good promises of God barely consider the precepts and commands of God. That is the reason Bible verses like Romans 12:1, 1 John 3:8, and Hebrews 9:27 may not be popular with such Christians and their churches. If you are one of the Christians who are more of confessing God’s promises without taking more time to consider and live according to the precepts of God, then you are holding to a fake faith which you urgently need to drop now for a better one.

“Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.” Psalm 119:40

(iv) Earthly First. Christians with fake faith seek first earthly stuffs more than heavenly things; they are more concerned about their physical wellbeing than their spiritual wellbeing. How will you know this? In your personal prayer, if you pray first or mostly on earthly things like blessings, provision, prosperity, protection, health, etc. in your prayer time than purification and sanctification of your soul, righteousness of God, grace and strength of God to be more like Jesus and to do the work of evangelism, then you are a fake Christian. In your preaching and pursuit this year, if they are primarily on such earthly things, then you are having a beautiful fake faith as a Christian or as a Christian minister.

1 Timothy 6:11, “But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.”

LIVING BY FAITH IN JESUS
There is no better life you can live in this world apart from living by faith. You can live luxurious life, you can live in mansion, you can live in wealth, you can live in beautiful place, but if you are not living by faith in Jesus Christ, you are miserable. Living by faith in Jesus is living with certainty and confidence: with certainty of where you are coming from, where you are and where you heading to; with confidence of who is in control of your life and what He has for you. Living by faith removes confusion, fear and unrest mind. Living by faith is ensued with peace of life and unspeakable joy of the Lord.

There is only one group of people who can genuinely and successfully live by faith in Jesus, and God wants you to be part of this group, because every other groups are disqualified. Many people desire to live by faith, many claim to live by faith, but only one group actually lives by faith. Here is the group - Romans 1:17, “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH
Only the just shall live by faith! Only the just are actually and genuinely living by faith! The Bible does not say, “People shall live by faith” It does not say, “Sinner shall live by faith”. How can you claim to live by faith when you are not just or how can you live by faith if you are not just? IMPOSSIBLE!

This is a divine DISCLAMER from God, that only the just are living by His faith, which He recognize, other claimers are on their own. Sinning sinners claiming to live by faith is fake claim, backsliding Christian claiming to be living by faith is fake. Before you can live by faith, you need to be among the just. Who are the just?

THE JUST!
“But the just shall live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38

Another words for “The just” is the righteous, the redeemed, the regenerated. There is no shortcut or other means by which you can live by faith except by becoming among the just.

Do you notice that the Bible does not say, “Faith will make you just” but it says “the just shall live by faith” Many preachers of today and tuning it upside down by saying if you have faith you will become justified in Christ even when you continue in unjustified lifestyle. No, this is fake! You can’t continue living in unjustified lifestyle, which is sinful life, and claim to be just at the same time. You cannot continue in sin and live by faith at the same time.

To become a just person, you need to be justified by Jesus Christ when you repent from your sins, confess and forsake them.

SALVATION: We are saved by faith in Jesus Christ to live a faithful life, not to continue in unfaithfulness. Those who claim salvation in Christ by faith and continue in sin at the same time are living in spiritual confusion and contradiction.

You need to get the following clear:

We are saved by GRACE. “For by grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 2:8

We are saved through FAITH. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God” Ephesians 2:8

We are saved for good work, RIGHTEOUS WALKING. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10

If you know the means by which and through which you are saved, but you don’t know for what purpose you are saved, you will miss everything. That is the problem with preachers who preach once saved is always saved, who say you can continue in sin and still claim faith, and the same problem with Christians who claim they are saved while they continue in worldly lifestyles.

Beloved, do you care for genuine salvation that gives victory over sin? Do you want to live by faith and the rest of your life till you see the Blessed Jesus? Then you need to be justified in Jesus Christ.

Are you ready to rededicate your life to Jesus now or start a new life? Then repent! Confess all your sins, forsake them all and ask Jesus to forgive, cleanse you and save you. Please click on this link and read on how to be genuinely saved and start new life in Jesus and pray as directed http://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-can-i-be-saved/270674586372252
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Christianity Etc › The Falling Elects by FreshGreen(op): 2:19pm On Jan 23, 2016

THE FALLEN ELECTS
(The more you are feeding on the wrong meal, the more you have appetite for it. The same with the prosperity preachers and motivational speakers - they are sweet, cheap poison to your spiritual life.)

When they started in US in late 60s headed by Normal Vincent Peale, many saw them as strange, when it was imported into Nigeria by Idahosa & co in early 80s, many saw them as fake prosperity preachers, but now, many have are falling victim of them, including the careless elects, including the covenant church like RCCG whose foundation was on old time religion, including many brothers and sisters, whose spiritual foundation in their secondary school and college fellowships was laid on holiness and hunger for heavenly things.

But now the careless fallen elect churches, ministers, brothers and sisters have become more worldly than the people of the world.

Can you remember how you started your Christian life far back then? Can you? Do you remember how you started the ministry then? The standard, the humility, the simplicity, the commitment in prayer, personal evangelism and the watchfulness in all things with YOUR PROMISES NEVER TO COMPROMISE THE SAME STANDARD?

Then you saw people who lived the type of life you are living now and the type of ministry you are running now as backsliders and false ministers, you remember?

But now you have fallen victim of the modern gospel, and the worst part is that you are unaware of your falling. You are celebrated, you are celebrating but heaven is weeping over you. You are now rich materially and financially but poor spiritually. You are now populous, popular and even powerful but your old standard of purity has gone.

God is calling you into repentance back to your first love for Him. That standard of holiness and righteousness you believed and preached in 1980s, when you were in school fellowship, that high commitment of prayer and evangelism - that woe is unto you if you don't preach to somebody in a day, that simple lifestyle of dressing, of humility and giving to people around, all these have not changed, God does not change any of standards which you knew far back then, it is you who have changed. But He is calling you back, because we are in the last hour of the end.

Go back to where you started, your first love, your foundation, your Bethel - where God met you and called you, where He was pleased with you and covenanted with you. You are among the false modern, motivational and prosperity preachers, but that was not your calling, you are an elect; you have now mixed with this modern, falling church as a committed member, worker and even minister, have you forgotten where you came from, you standard and knowledge of God of old? You are an elect, not to perish with these modern end time churches.

Repent, rededicate your self to God and come out from among them, yes, do that NOW!

(I am not saying you should go back to a church, but to your fellowship of old with God.)

GOD IS WAITING FOR YOU WHERE HE STARTED WITH YOU!

Revelation 2:5, "Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Are you ready to rededicate your life to Jesus now or start a new life? Then repent! Confess all your sins, forsake them all and ask Jesus to forgive, cleanse you and save you. Please click on this link and read on how to be genuinely saved and start new life in Jesus and pray as directed http://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-can-i-be-saved/270674586372252

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Christianity Etc › Godly Advise For Ministers And Singles by FreshGreen(op): 9:03am On Jan 22, 2016

MY COUNSEL FOR YOU WITH MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

To The Ministers
If you are a child of God and His minister, working in the vineyard of God, and you are having financial difficulties in doing the work of God, in your marriage and personal life; it may seems God does not really appreciate you or your effort, it may looks like you are taking the work of God too much and the stand too high without compromise, or maybe you are not using human wisdom like others to raise money, and, you feel “ how will God allow you and your family to be suffering in the name of working for Him?” But the truth is that God really appreciate you, happy with you and working something great for you. Please do not compromise nor relent nor be discouraged. Keep it up dear beloved.

In 2012 when I started full time ministry on internet, I usually go to Cyber Café to browse, and some time no money for transportation and for browsing, and when I asked some of our brethren for financial support, I was ridiculed. But now, God has provided me with a laptop, internet and car. I am not aiming to be rich or living in luxury and I will never be one, but I just want to richly do the work of God and take care of my family, brethren and support people around. So don’t be discouraged and let God do what He alone can do.

To The Single
You have been trust God for His will in your marital life, waiting and it seems because you are not using human wisdom, because you don’t compromise your stand and purity, you’re going to wait forever, the truth is that if you do not compromise or tend to ungodly human wisdom, God will settle you with the best. Do not be discouraged by the disappointment of those men and ladies, it is because they are not the best for you, and God will turn your disappointment to re-appointment, the best is awaiting you. When I mean the best, I don’t mean a rich guy or the most beautiful lady, but I mean the perfect will of God that you will never regret of.

I waited, searched, used my human wisdom, did try and error for several years in the name of searching for my wife. But it got to a time in 2012, I focused on the work of God, waited, prayed and straight forwarded God led me to my wife in the place of doing God’s work. I met her January 2013, and we got married April 2013. Beloved, wait on God, occupy in the work of God till the perfect will of God comes, it may be closer than you think. What matters is not just to get married; it is to rightly get married in the Lord.

My Counsel for You with My Personal Experience continues tomorrow, you can follow it on our ministry Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/revelationoftruthevangelicalministries.rtem/?ref=hl

God bless you

Yours in the Lord,
Gideon Akande
Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries – RTEM
Abuja, Nigeria
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Christianity Etc › Fulfilling All Righteousness by FreshGreen(op): 8:41am On Jan 17, 2016

FULFILLING ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matthew 3:15, "But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him."

To fulfill all righteousness is not just to do something for the sake of doing it for nothing sake. To fulfill all righteousness is to follow the scriptures accordingly, even when it seems not necessary or when it looks difficult. Fulfilling all righteousness is following scriptures to the last letter as written in the Bible for the fulfillment of the righteous promises of the scriptures to come to pass.

We must follow the scripture to the end before we can see the end-result of the scripture. It's when we fulfill ALL scriptural righteousness that the scriptural promises will come to pass in our lives and ministries. When we obey or fulfill half righteousness of the scriptures, when we interpret the scripture to suite our personal conveniences, or when we obey some parts of the scriptures and see the other parts as unnecessary, we cannot have the fullness and fulfillment of the righteous promises of God.

Jesus Christ went to John the Baptist for water baptism, but John saw it as quite unnecessary for Jesus Christ to be baptized by him, in fact he said he ought to come to Jesus for baptism. But then Jesus Christ told him it was necessary to fulfill all righteousness. And after Jesus was baptized by John, as He came up from the water, behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Matthew 3:16, 17.

Three things happened after Jesus fulfilled all righteousness:
(1) HEAVENS OPENED. Heavens, not just a single heaven, all heavens were opened on Jesus. Until we fulfill all righteousness of the scriptures, we can not experience the opened heavens of God's blessings in our lives and ministries. What we are experiencing now is minor compared to when "heavens" opens. The fullness of all blessings of heavens hinges on our fulfilling all righteousness. When we desire opened heaven of God's outpouring Spirit, anointing, blessings and miracles in our lives, families, and ministries, we must first fulfill all righteousness. Half-done obedience or half-way obedience cannot reach heaven to open.

(2) SPIRIT FALLING. God has promised the outpouring of His Spirit upon us, but before this scripture can be fulfilled, we must first fulfill all righteousness of the scriptures - by following the will of God, obeying the Word of God and doing things in the way of God. Failure to fulfill all will falter the existing blessings and frustrate the expecting promises of the scriptures. The fulfillment of God's promises is not just by asking, praying or fasting; it is by fulfilling all righteousness of God.

(3) GOD'S APPROVAL: To experience the blessing of God in our lives is not as important as experiencing the Spirit of God present and working in our lives and ministries; and to experience the move and miracles of Holy Spirit in our lives and ministries is not as important as receiving God's approval at the end of our lives on earth. It's possible to get God's blessings of opened heavens, it is possible to see the move and miracle of God's Spirit, and at the end gains no entrance into heaven.

Jesus Christ said, "Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’" Matthew 7:22,23. These Christians and ministers who were disapproved by Jesus Christ experienced opened heaven of blessings in their lifetimes, they also experienced the great move and miracles of God's Spirit to the point of doing "many wonders", but they failed to fulfill all the righteousness of God in their lives and ministries, they failed to follow the scriptures to the letter, they gave their personal interpretations to the scriptures for their own conveniences. At the end, they failed to receive God's approval, and so they were doomed forever to hell despite all the blessings and anointing they had.

Jesus Christ received God's approval, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" because He fulfilled all righteousness. What if Jesus did not go to John the Baptist for water baptism? What if Jesus went to John just to visit without fulfilling all righteousness for water baptism? What if Jesus had heeded the suggestion of John the Baptism not to be baptized? He would not have seen heaven opened, then, He would not have received the Spirit falling, and He would not have received God's approval.

PERSONAL LIFE
Christianity has become so clumsy with different ideologies and doctrines that fulfilling all scriptural righteousness is not unnecessary, or it’s so tedious. In our personal Christian living, and in our different denominations, we tend to do half righteousness and fill the rest with human ideology or interpretation of the elders. We indulge in several worldliness and unfaithfulness, falling short to fulfill all righteousness. We involve in "it doesn't matter" sins, selfishness and permissiveness, and we still claim to be righteous. Little lies do not matter, little worldliness do not matter, worldly music, movies, magazines, TV reality shows, and makeup do not really matter to us any longer; exposing and expensive dress never bother us again, bribing for contracts and falsifying age for job do not matter as long as you pay your tithes faithfully.

Anger, envy, jealousy and gossip do not spoil our faith again as long we still greet one another. All these make us fall short to fulfill all righteousness, and they will make us fail to get God's approval if we do not repent. When we fail to fulfill all righteousness, then we fall short to receive God's righteous promises of eternal blessings. We need to go back to old time faith of righteousness before we can ever experience old time revival.

FAMILY
In our marriages and families, starting from courtships, do we fulfill all righteousness to keep the bed undefiled? We must fulfill all righteousness of the scriptures in our homes before we can experience God's presence. Wives must submit to their husbands irrespective of their statures, husbands must love their wives irrespective of their states, and children must obey their parents in the Lord.

The Bible says what God has joined together, let no man separate; but today, we care for money than we care for our marriage. The incessant separation because of job and business without first praying to seek God’s leading has ruined many Christian homes. Simply because of love of money and care for better financial life, we do not bother to maintain the unity of marriage; many children are wayward, many husbands have given in to strange women, and many wives are living in grave loneliness because of technical separation, because of the love of money we are running divided house. Temporal separation because of job transfer or business pursuit is not a sin, but it is not good and it will not go well with every family; that is the reason family needs to first seek God’s face for leading before moving. But the love of money and care of this world will not allow contentment and unity with little.

Oneness is Bible command in every Christian home, that is, husband and wife doing and planning EVERYTHING together, but in a case where husband has secret bank account, secret project or things he cannot disclose to his wife, and the wife has something in secret, how do you want to unite together in prayer and prevail over the enemy? How do you want to experience God’s presence in your marriage, or how will enemies not keep tormenting such Christian home when there are covered sins and past sins unrevealed?

CHURCH
In the church today, we are fulfilling scriptural righteousness to half and filling the rest with our church ordinances to suite ourselves.

Doctrines - Every denomination interpret the scriptures the way that will fit their personal interest. The members see what their senior Pastors and Bishops say as final without searching the scriptures to cross check, yes, that is like an abomination today.

Tithes- We claim the payment of tithes, we collect tithes with scriptural backing but we fail to fulfill the purpose of the tithes as clearly stated in the Bible. When the Bible says, "Bring the tithes and offerings to My storehouse, that there may be food in My house" We bring the tithes, we collect the tithes but we divert it for other purposes. We claim the promises of tithes but we don't use it for the scriptural purpose for the collection of the tithes. The biblical purpose of tithes is for distribution of the tithes for the benefits of the people who pay the tithes as the early church faithfully followed and fulfilled it. Acts 2:45; 4:35. While the scriptural purpose of the tithes is to build people in God's kingdom, we are busy building ultra modern church auditoriums.

The Bible purpose of the tithes and offerings is for Food - spiritual food for the people - for free materials; physical food for the people - for free food provisions, free basic healthcare, free library and schools for the same people who paid the tithes; instead, we are busy building multimillion church edifice. Church’s secondary schools are unavoidable, our church universities are more expensive than Government schools, and yet we pray for revival in our churches. How can there be revival of Holy Spirit when there is no faithfulness? We claim to have holiness church, but how can a church that is not faithful with money be a church of holiness? How can we claim to run a Bible church when we can’t be faithful with usage of tithes as clearly stated in Old Testament and clearly followed by the New Testament church?

We give several excuses of using the tittle for administrative purposes and others, that is nothing but extra biblical misuse of fund; it is siphoning money for unbiblical purposes. The early church could also give excuses but they knew they had to fulfill all righteousness just as it is written in the scriptures, so that they would not fall short at the end. No wonder we pray and fast for revival but only to see more reversal. When we want to collect the tithes, we claim the scriptures, but when we want to use it, we say that is how churches in American and Europe use the tithes for administrative purposes. No wonder we are not having Bible church again, but American church; no wonder we are not seeing our signs again, no wonder enemies are insulting and assaulting the church, because we are not faithful, even with money. Until we fulfill all righteousness, until we are faithful to all the scriptural commands to the letter, we will keep recycling. If biblical administrative system is too old for us in our modern world, then we are too fragile to contain the old time revival.

Let’s go back to the old path of fulfilling all scriptural righteousness, no matter how old or odd it seems, so that we can experience the old time revival in our lives, homes, ministries and churches.

Hosea 6:1-3
Come, and let us return to the LORD;
For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
2 After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
3 Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD.
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

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Christianity Etc › Satan's Meeting Against God by FreshGreen(op): 3:51pm On Jan 11, 2016

SATAN'S MEETING AGAINST GOD
(Read even if you're busy) - Don't be a victim this year!

Satan called a worldwide convention of demons. In his opening address he said, "We can't keep Christians from going to church." "We can't keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth." "We can't even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their Savior." "Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken."

"So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered dish dinners, but steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ." "This is what I want you to do", said the devil:

"Distract them from gaining hold of their Saviour and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!" "How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.

"Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds," he answered.
"Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow."

"Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles."

"Keep them from spending time with their children." "As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!"

"Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice." "Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive." "To keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music constantly." "This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ."
"Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers." "Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day." "Invade their driving moments with billboards." "Flood their mail boxes with junk mail, mail order catalogues, sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering free products, services and false hopes."

"Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important, and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives." "Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night." "Give them headaches too!" "If they don't give their husbands the love they need, they will begin to look elsewhere." "That will fragment their families quickly!"
"Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning of Christmas." "Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about his resurrection and power over sin and death."

"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive." "Have them return from their recreation exhausted." "Keep them too busy to go out in nature and reflect on God's creation." "Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, plays, concerts, and movies instead." "Keep them busy, busy, and busy!"

"And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences."
"Crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Jesus." "Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause." "It will work!" "It will work!"

It was quite a plan! The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busier and more rushed, going here and there. Having little time for their God or their families. Having no time to tell others about the power of Jesus to change lives.

I guess the question is, has the devil been successful at his scheme?
You be the judge! Does "busy" mean:
B-eing
U-nder
S-atan's
Y-oke?

"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings .And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen. - I Peter 5:8-1.

If you are too busy to daily prayer time and Bible reading, then you are under the end time yoke of Satan. If you now are too busy to to have time for evangelism, visiting and calling the brethren and family members, then you have been carried away with the cares of this life. If your life is busy with the cares, longing, desires, activities of this world, then you are among the deceived. If your heart is busy with business, buyings, beauty, building project, bank account, etc, it may be too late after the rapture.

Rededicate your life to Jesus Christ, refocus your priority, purpose of living, pursuit, prayers, and preaching on heaven and preparation for His coming. Care less about the passing things of this life, and you will not be among the foolish Christians.
"And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved" Matthew 24:12, 13

"...and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful." Matthew 13:22.
" Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming."

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Christianity Etc › Why Paying Firstfruit Is Not Biblical by FreshGreen(op): 12:13pm On Jan 05, 2016

SHOULD CHRISTIANS GIVE FIRSTFRUITS OFFERING?
Firstfruits was one of the offerings in the Old Testament, is it still applicable in the New Testament? Let's see some facts and truth about FIRSTFRUITS from the Bible.

Firstfruits was not just an offering like tithes and offerings, but it was an offering for sacrifice. Leviticus 2:12. "As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to the Lord, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma."

Leviticus 23:20, "The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest."

In the New Testament, the word "firstfruits" was mentioned about 8 times, and none was refereed to for monetary offering, because in the New Testament, Jesus Christ became our Firstfruits, the sacrifice of offering unto God, and the monetary or animal offering of firstfruits is no longer necessary and biblical.

1 Corinthians 15:20, "But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep."

1 Corinthians 15:23, "But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming."

In the New Testament, firstfruits is no longer monetary offering but Christ became our Firstfruits, and then every person who first gives his life to Jesus in a family is the firstfruits of that family unto God; people who first give their lives to Jesus in a particular community or country are the firstfruits of that location, and every first church in a particular community or country is the firstfruits of that place.

Romans 16:5, "Likewise greet the church that is in their house.Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ."

James 1:18, "Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures."

THE MERCHANDIZING OF MODERN CHURCH
Quoting firstfruits from the scripture as a means of collecting money in the church is another means of ungodly money making of the modern church. Some of those churches who collect offering of firstfruits do that, and put the whole money in the pocket of a single person - the Senior Pastor or the Daddy G O. Now, how will such pastors not become millionaire overnight? Such practice is not only unbiblical but in a wrong means, even the Old Testament firstfruits offerings were not given to the High Priest or a single person.

The churches who practice firstfruits offering are the decayed churches that have been perverted by modern demon of mammon spirit. Some even go to the extent of telling their church members to redeem their first children with money. If you are redeeming your first child with money in your church, it means the blood of Jesus is not enough to redeem your child. Christians are not redeemed by money or offerings; we are redeemed by the precious Blood of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1:18, 19, "knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."

If any pastor or church asks you to redeem your child with an offering, tell them that the offering by the Blood of Jesus Christ is more than enough for the redemption of your children and yourself.

One of the popular pastors in Nigeria whose church practices collection of firstfruits offerings usually visit the capital city of Nigeria, Abuja, every year; and in the churches, the ministers would announce, "if you want to meet our Daddy G.O at the National Cathedral, you will need to buy invitation card of N15, 000 (About $100), so you can have access to him." Every year, this church usually sell invitation cards to their members to have access to their senior Pastor, maybe thousands of people do buy the card. The question is that, if you do not pay money to see Jesus, do you have to pay money before you can see the servant of Jesus? This is evidence on how far Satan has gone in the church.

One of the terrible things about modern church ministers is the possessed spirit of mammon, everything is monetized. Calling certain amount of money for special prayer, selling anointing oil for special blessings, asking prophetic offering - meaning if you need prophecy of prayer of prophet, you need to pay - collecting firstfruits offerings and paying money to see a man of God are few of the way they make merchandize of the free gifts of God in the church.

You will not hear such things from the founding fathers of faith, in America, Africa, Europe or Asia. The Apostles and our contemporary founding fathers of faith who founded some of the churches did not practice such system of money collections, and if our founding fathers were godly and contented, if they did not collect firstfruits offerings or special invitation offerings, if they did not sell anointing oil or organize special 700 clubs to raise fund, are we wiser than them? Are we wiser than the Apostles whom God used in the Acts of Apostles in the Bible? Why didn't we read such practices about them?

Wisdom demands that we should all repent from our love of money, and be delivered from the demon of mammon. From whom scripture is given, sincerity is expected. When you know the Truth, He will set you free if you allow Him.

1 Timothy 6:3-5
If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, 4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, 5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

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Christianity Etc › The 2 Master Keys For The Year 2016 by FreshGreen(op): 11:26pm On Jan 02, 2016

THE TWO MASTER KEYS FOR THE YEAR 2016
As we entered this brand New Year 2016, the Lord gave me message for the year as secrets for success in the year and master keys to open every good door.

As children of God, we will not want to fail, labour in fain or fall from grace in this New Year, and so we need these keys to live a successful spiritual and physical life. If you want to overcome, conquer, succeed, to be fruitful, and multiply in every area of your life, if you want to fill the earth, subdue and take dominion, then you need these two keys:

1, LOVE
The Lord says love is what we need majorly this year to succeed. If you want to grow higher in your Christian life, in holiness and righteous living, then focus on love, it will help every other aspect of your life. If you desire to be fruitful in the Spirit and walk with God in the Spirit, then focus on LOVE. We should always reflect on love, remember love, and react in love – meaning anything we want to do successful must be done in love and for love. Whatever we do outside love this year cannot succeed, and so we must do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14, “Let all that you do be done with love.”

The best way we are to response to hatred and opposition from people is through love, the only way we can overcome enemies is through love – while we have been praying against them before, but now we begin to pray for them.

You need to know this, that prayer of fire, “die, die” and thunder against enemies does not guarantee you victory over them, because it is not how “fireful” prayer is that really matters, but how effective. Some Christians think if they don’t pray a thunderous prayer against their enemies, it means they are weak or ignorant of spiritual warfare, but the truth is that such prayer never set them free from enemies, they keep on such prayers years over years, fasting, over fasting, and yet they are never free from enemies, it has become their daily, monthly and yearly prayers, they have become professional in such prayers, but no victory.

If you have been praying for the enemies in your family to die in the past, spend more time to pray for the sinners in your family to be saved instead. It is faith in Jesus Christ that will make you victorious, not faith in your “fall down and die” prayer. 1 John 5:4, “ For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

Love will make us act in patience with people, pray for the unsaved and those who persecute us.

2, PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
In this New Year 2016, we need to be more prayerful than before, but it is not just to pray that will matter but praying in the Spirit. The only effective prayer is when it’s prayed in the Spirit. It is not how long you pray that matters but what matters is praying in the Spirit. Going from one prayer meeting to another, from one man of God to another, from marathon prayer to dry fasting will never make you victorious, but it is by praying in the Spirit. Jude verse 20, “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.”

How To Pray In The Spirit
Genuine Salvation: Before you can pray in the Spirit, you must be saved by the Jesus Christ from sin; you must be obeying the Spirit of God and walking in the Spirit by total obedience.

Spirit Guided: After you are saved, then you must be praying in the Spirit. Praying in the Spirit is not speaking in tongues as many think, it is not by prophesying, but it’s to be guided by Spirit on what to pray and how to pray. As a child of God, you allow the Spirit of God to guide you on what to pray about and how to pray, you don’t allow your emotion, your immediate needs or your feeling to lead you. When the Spirit of God lays in your heart to be praising, you will not be binding and casting, when the Spirit of God leads you to be interceding for others, you will not say, “No, I have a lots of urgent prayer points to pray about”.

As a child of God, your spiritual life comes first in prayer, not your physical needs. A Spirit led prayer will not pray out of fear but out of faith, and will always seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness before others.

This year,
1, The Lord wants us to pray for others than for ourselves, because our own lives are already being taken care of by God.

2, We should do no complain, but pray about everything. Take everything that matters or worries you to God, no matter how small or severe. Do not worry about anything. Philippians 4:6.

3, Prayer is the solution for every problem.

4, Prayer must be the first and the last things. Every day, prayer must be the first thing and the last thing. In every situation, prayer must be the first thing. When you are sick, prayer must be the first thing before you use any drug. In anything and at everywhere, prayer must be the first thing and the last thing.

CONCLUSION: Loving God with all our hearts, loving all men and women, including family, friends and foes, and praying in the Holy Spirit are the two master keys for victorious and successful living in this yea 2016.

Be blessed as you obey. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Christianity Etc › The Foretold Victory by FreshGreen(op): 5:26am On Dec 31, 2015

THE FORETOLD VICTORY

As I was watching a movie – The Grace Card - with my family last night, it got to a point I was so concerned that I asked my wife who had already watched the movie before, “Will the boy die?” My wife said, “No, he won’t die” And I asked again, “What about the man?” She said he won’t die either. So I was comfortable watching. But it got to some point as if the boy in the movie was going to die, but since my wife, who had already watched the whole film said the boy would not die, I wasn’t so move, I had been foretold. But I almost doubt my wife at some points because of the way the movie was going. But the boy didn’t die. It was a wonderful movie of forgiveness and hope in the Lord.

The exact thing is happening in our real life. God who knows the end before the beginning, foretelling us the victory His Son Jesus Christ has gotten for us. When we get into tough situation, and seems things are working not good, we ask God, “Am I not going to die in this situation?” And God answered us through His word, “No, you are not going to die, but live”.

You ask again, “Enh, God, is this situation not going to overcome me?” God said no, it will not overcome you. You ask by the reason of situation surrounding you, “Am I going to really make it here” God says yes, you will make it. You ask, “God, am I going to really get married happily?” God says, yes you will not only get married, but happily married with a blessed home. You ask, “Am I going to have my own children?” God says yes, you will have wonderful children. You ask, “Am I going to survive this sickness?” God says, “Yes, I am your Healer” And you also ask, “God, am I really going to get provisions to meet all these needs?” And God says, “Yes, because I am your Provider.” And you also ask, “Lord God, I hope I am not going to be put to shame in life as things are going now.” And God says, “My child, you are not going to be put to shame, but be put to success.”

“That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.” Hebrews 6:18

Yes, we know God cannot lie, but because of the present and persistent situation, we tend to doubt what God says. My brethren, God has already gone through the story of our lives, He knows the end of everything before their beginning, and He is saying, “relax, no problem, I’m in charge.” We will do ourselves much good by relying on what God says to us. Have faith in what God says, not fear in what you see now. “Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.” Acts 27:25

NOTE 1: Make sure you always go to the right Person, that is God, to ask about anything to that troubles you.

NOTE 2: Believe what God tells you will be, then relax and continue. Don’t stop and don’t sin, because the end will be a sweet testimony!

Isaiah 41:11-13:
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
11 “Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them—
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’

Hey, what else do you want God to say? How many times do you want Him to ask you not to be afraid or to affirm He will help you?

HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR! The best of the years for revival, renewing, rest, peace and prosperity in the Lord!

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Christianity Etc › The Perverted Teachings Of The Enemies Of The Cross by FreshGreen(op): 1:06pm On Dec 30, 2015

THE PERVERTED TEACHINGS OF THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS

Knowing that we are at the very end of the age, as Jesus Christ had foreseen and fore said that majority of the prophets at the end time would be false, they are in the vineyard, but working against it; and so if you believe that we are in the end time, the hidden truth is that majority of the prophets, pastors or bishops you know are false, they may even be your own pastors, mentors or role model. When the Bible talks about end time false prophets, does it means they will come in a strange, dirty way? No, the end time false prophets would come in a friendly and lovely way. These false prophets are the prosperity preachers everywhere, they are the motivational speakers, the miracle prioritized preachers, the problematic prayer ministers, the rich ministers, the luxurious preachers, and the money making ministers.

As many Jews were waiting for the coming of Elijah before the earthly ministration of Jesus Christ, they didn't believe John the Baptist was the Elijah to come as the forerunner, they are still waiting till today. So also as Jesus predicted many signs which would happen before His second coming, false prophets are one of the major signs of His imminent coming. These false prophets are already everywhere now, and if you care for the truth, they are the prosperity preachers everywhere, they are the motivational speakers, the miracle prioritized preachers, the problematic prayer ministers, the rich ministers, the luxurious preachers, and the money making ministers everywhere today. These false preachers are feeding people with spiritually poisonous messages by capitalizing on your indulgence; they know what you want and so they major on those things that will attract you just as candy attracts kids but not well for their health. Apostle Peter said, “By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words” 2 Peter 2:3.

Here are some of the perverted messages of the enemies of cross preachers inspired by devil for your spiritual wreck:

EARTHLY MAJOR
These preachers majorly focus on your earthly well-being than your spiritual well-being. They focus on your financial, material progress than your spiritual progress; it’s majorly about prosperity than purity. Such messages may be sweet, calming and lovely to you by your lovely preachers, G.Os or Bishops, but the bad news is that they are poison to your soul. Though such messages may psych you, make you scream, shout or shed tear, but they are lovely packed poison. Proverbs 20:17, "Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel."

RIGHTS WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITIES
Perverted messages center on promises of the Bible without responsibilities and commands of the Bible. Because they want to lure and psych you, they tell you half-truth of sweet, lazy aspect that will cost you no self-discipline, just claim and cash! They tell you grace without truth, faith without work, justification without godliness, heaven without holiness, power without purity, and God’s promises without godly relationship. They say, “You should know your rights in Christ, you have authority, all promises for you…” But they rarely challenge you to your responsibility to live blameless life of holiness, to deny sin and self as a child of God. Such rhetoric of “your rights” without repeating “your responsibilities” are poisonous to your soul.

PRAISE WITHOUT PURITY
If you hear any preacher saying what you need majorly to please God and get blessing of God is to just keep praising God, without first telling you about purity, such preacher is a perverted preacher of the enemy of the cross of Christ, such message is erroneous. Praise without purity is ugly and unacceptable to God, no matter how sweet your voice is, and no matter how seasoning the musical instruments are; because the beauty of praise is holiness, and your praise without your life of holiness is ugly, empty and poisonous. 1 Chronicles 16:29, “Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!”

GRACE WITHOUT GODLINESS
Beware of messages that talk about grace without godliness, they are end time Snake Venom! The grace of Jesus Christ produces godly life. We are not saved by our own works of righteousness; we are saved by grace for godly works not for ungodly works. After salvation, the grace of God produces righteous living in us. Grace and ungodliness never meet together – you can’t continue in sin and still have God’s grace in you, and you can’t continue in grace of God and still continue in ungodly living. Romans 6:1-2

TITUS 2: 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.

GIVING WITHOUT GODLINESS
These perverted preachers peach that anybody can give to God, both saved and unsaved, to attract the blessing of God. That is the reason they make public demand for contribution for their so called “God’s work” They collect offerings without caring if you have genuinely offered your life to Jesus Christ. Their preaching from January to December dwell more on giving than godliness. They can biblically proof that giving gives rooms for God’s blessing, but seldom making you to know that ungodliness open heaven for God’s judgment. They have different types of giving gimmicks.

FIRE BRIGADE ALTAR CALL
The perverted preachers, wanting to justify their defiled conscience and to pretend as if they care for salvation of souls, after preaching on earthly things for 56mins, and when it remains 4 minutes to round off, they begin to ask people to come out for altar call, saying, “If you have not given your life to Jesus Christ, you cannot enjoy all these earthly blessings”. I have watched a Christian program on TV where their G.O saying, “Before I count 10, run to the altar because we have many other important things to do” These perverted preachers spend more time to preach on earthly blessings and few minutes to make altar call without taking time to explain what salvation really means to the people. Those who answer their altar calls are given false hope that they are saved, and they also give themselves false impressions that they are still leading people to salvation. That is how the church is breeding goat Christians by their perverted preachers today.

If you are born again, but no evidence of holiness of life, if you still rise and fall into sin or some ungodly lifestyles still persist in your life, you need to rededicate your life to Jesus, and deliver yourself from poisonous messages, preachers and churches before you are doomed forever. Escape for your life!

Are you ready to rededicate your life to Jesus now and start a new life? Then repent! Confess all your sins, forsake them all and ask Jesus to forgive, cleanse you and save you. Please click on this link and read on how to be genuinely saved and start new life in Jesus and pray as directed http://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-can-i-be-saved/270674586372252

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Christianity Etc › The Enemies Of The Cross Of Christ by FreshGreen(op): 11:54am On Dec 27, 2015*

THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST
Philippians 3:18, “ For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ”

There is difference between the enemies of Christianity and enemies of the Cross of Christ. The enemies of Christianity are outside Christian faith; they are opposing Christian faith and Christians from outside. And the good news about the enemies of Christianity is that there is little they can do against Christianity, they can kill the body, but not the soul. Often time, enemies of Christianity outside are means of strengthen the faith of Christians inside. Persecution comes from enemies of Christianity which always strengthen and scattering gospel everywhere for expansion.

But the most deadliest and dangerous enemies are the enemies of the Cross of Christ which Paul mentioned in Philippians 3:18. While the enemies of Christianity are outside, the enemies of the Cross of Christ are inside, while the enemies of Christianity kill the body, the enemies of the Cross of Christ kill the soul, while the enemies of Christianity attack with persecutions, the enemies of the Cross of Christ attack with perversion, and while the enemies of Christianity are far strangers outside, the enemies of the Cross of Christ are familiar leaders in the church. These are the reasons the enemies of the Cross of Christ cause more havoc.

The most dangerous agents of Satan against Christian faith are not the enemies outside, but the enemies inside, among the most popular pastors and leaders of the church. Yes, that was how it happened – at the early stage of the church, the devil attacked the church with enemies outside with terrible persecutions, but the more persecutions of the church, the more the church was growing everywhere, the more Christians were vigilant and fervent in serving God.

But then the devil changed his tactic, from persecution to perversion, from enemies of Christianity to enemies of the Cross of Christ, and majority are falling victim of this. The enemies of the Cross of Christ are the ministers and members whose minds and ministry are perverting Christian faith.

The Bible made clear of these enemies of the Cross of Christ in Philippians 3:19, “ Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.”

The enemies of the Cross are the agents of Satan – either knowingly or ignorantly – perverting Christianity from within. You can know them as follow:

PROSPERITY PREACHERS - The preachers who preach more on earthly blessings than heavenly preparation. For example, if you follow 10 consecutive messages of a preacher, maybe his Sunday sermons, books, yearly watchwords or tapes, and 6 out of the 10 messages focus on blessings, success, healing or any earthly stuff, that preacher is a prosperity preacher, and that is a supreme agent of Satan in your community. “…who set their mind on earthly things.”

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS - All motivational speakers in the church or in any ministry are agents of Satan. Starting from Normal Vincent Peale - the father of all motivational speakers and prosperity preachers - the man who compared Jesus Christ with Sigmund Freud, believing that Gospel should be like a social psychology for emotional relief, to motivate and uplift people even in their sins. Motivational and prosperity preaching is another gospel Apostle Paul warned us against. “… who set their mind on earthly things.”

PROBLEMATIC PRAYER MINISTERS - These are the ministers whose prayers focus more on problems of life than purity of life, they ignorantly pray against satanic forces more than sinful natures; they battle deliverance from enemy's bondage more than bondage of sin. They emphasis on demonic attacks, generational curses, evil arrows, and pray "fall down and die" prayers. They pray and fast to be free from enemy bondage than to be free from bondage of adamic nature, they pray against the witches and wizards in their families to die than they pray for the sinners in their families to be saved. “…who set their mind on earthly things.”

MIRACLE PREACHERS– These set of preachers whose priority is miracle, they believe follow signs and wonders which lead them unbiblical activities such as INCESSANT usage of anointing oil, candle, water, handkerchiefs, Jerusalem stuffs, and other stuffs which make them look more like soothsayers. Jesus Christ said signs and wonders shall follow believes (Mark 16:17), but they follow after signs and wonders which had led many into cult groups. Any preacher that preaches more on miracle than message of salvation and sanctification is an agent of Satan in this end time. “…who set their mind on earthly things.”

RICH PREACHERS – “….. whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame” From the Books of Genesis to Revelation in the Bible, there was no single full-time-called minister who was a rich man or woman in the ministry; priests, prophets or apostles. Those who were rich before they were called into full time ministry were to forfeit their earthly riches. Starting from the priests and Levites who were forbidden landed heritage in Israel or the prophets in the Old Testament or the Apostles in the New Testaments – Immediately they were commissioned into the ministry, the earthly gains and riches faded away from their ambitions “But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ” Philippians 3:7, 8.

Since the inception of the church, there was no rich preacher of genuine Gospel from Martin Luther to John Wesley to D. L Muddy until early 1950s when Normal Vincent Peale came with another gospel.

LUXURIOUS PREACHERS - You never wonder why the founders of faith lived a simple and moderate lifestyle in opposite of the present day preachers? It is because they don’t have the same gospel. All ministers who live luxurious lifestyles, use expensive things, pile up money in their bank accounts, own houses in different places, have private jets are all agents of Satan. Check them, they all have same types of messages, methods and mission; they are anointed agents of Satan all over the world. “….. whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame”

MONEY MAKING MINISTERS– MMM. These are the ministers who care and collect your money through different means for their personal gains. Some years ago, I went to a church here in Abuja, and I was told in the church that they were having a yearly Holy Ghost night, and their daddy G.O was to come, and they said anyone who want to see Daddy G.O in a private meeting would buy a card for N15, 000 so the person would be permitted to see their Daddy G.O in a private meeting. The same church also asked their members to redeem their firstborn with amount of money; some churches sell anointing oil, water, handkerchief, etc. and another dubious way these money making ministers are using to enrich their pockets is by first fruit offering, telling people to give their first salary of the year to the senior pastor, for what? Just to enrich him and family at the detriment of the members.

MMM’s school fees are more expensive than Government school to enrich their pockets. “….. whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame”

The end of all these popular and powerful prosperity preachers, motivational speakers, problematic prayer ministers, miracle preachers, rich preachers, luxurious preachers and money making preachers are destruction. Philippians 3:19, “ whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.”

Beware not to be among the victims of the enemies of the Cross of Christ, and repent if you are among the enemies of the Cross of Christ.

This message continues in part 2, on The perverted Teachings of the Enemies of the Cross of Christ.

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Christianity Etc › The Redeemed Church And God On Parallel Paths by FreshGreen(op): 10:13am On Dec 26, 2015

THE REDEEMED CHURCH AND GOD ON OPPOSITE PATHS

A proverb in Nigeria says, "When a plantain is spoiling, we say no, it is only ripping well" An unripe plantain is rich and contains several nutrients, and when it begins to ripe, it looses its nutrients and could cause health damages, but then it becomes finer, and sweeter; it becomes more presentable and attractive. The same thing is applicable with RCCG and many churches today. But the focus is on RCCG here. The founder of this church, Rev. Akindayomin, a man of holiness and righteousness, God called him and gave him a covenant church, that is Redeemed Christian Church of God - RCCG.

Then the church was unpopular because of its strict stand on holiness and righteousness. They were called "Gospel church" those who preached holiness and stood for it. They were not after materials stuffs, their sisters dressed godly, not flamboyantly, all of them were content with little and sharing with all.When their choir ministered, people bowed their heads in sober mood by the heavenly touch of the singing ministration, not like the jumping, shouting and crazy yelling with entertainment choir of today. Then companies were writing the church for employment because of the faithfulness and diligence of their members. I would not have joined them because of their standard of holiness since I was not saved then. That was the RCCG I knew when I was in Ilesha, Osun state in 1989 to early 90s.

But today, RCCG is more popular, richer and everywhere, in fact, they are proud of their parishes in every corner of Nigeria and many other countries, they are the fastest and still growing church, beautiful auditoriums everywhere. In Abuja here where I live, RCCG is like the richest church. But where are their godly virtues of old? They have exchanged their spiritual riches for materials and financial riches, they boast of financial riches while they are spiritually miserable. I lived in Redemption camp for full 6 months in 2010, and with what I saw in the dept of RCCG - the corruption, sexual immorality, unfaithfulness, etc. among the core leaders to the least members, I can categorically say this church is spiritually poor. A church where a music director wanted to sleep with a sister choir before permitting her to sing praise and worship at the Holy Ghost night? And God cannot open the eyes of the GO to discern or detect sins among people close to him and rebuke it openly as Apostle Peter did in Acts chapter 5, the GO can only discern blessings and upcoming prosperity?

Why has RCCG changed to opposite of where they stood before? Or why did Pastor Adeboye changed the landmark God gave to Rev. Akindayomin, which he upheld till he died? And you, you who were saved and brought up in the old faith when you were young, in secondary school and university fellowships, now you have joined the modern church system and worldly dress and have abandoned your beginning, seeing it as old school?

The Bible standard has gone elsewhere because of crave for population. If you are a member, worker or leader in RCCG, how many messages or books of Rev. Akindayomin do you have or have you read or listen to? Maybe none! RCCG is the only church where materials and works of the immediate past GO is evacuated almost completely. As if the books and messages of their founder who also was the immediate past leader were totally removed. None of his books or messages are promoted or reprinted, at least for every member to have access to the teachings and messages of the founder of their church. This present GO and admins will never do that, you know why? Their lifestyles, prayers and preachings are opposite the messages and standard of Rev. Akindayomin, so they CAN NEVER PROMOTE THE MESSAGES OR BOOKS of Pa Akindayomin in their present spiritual condition. Do you know any church on earth where the messages and books of the church founder and immediate past General Overseer is completely eradicated from the same church with no trace? Only in RCCG.

If God should open the eyes of Pa Akindayomin in heaven to see the church he left on earth, he will be weeping now, so also heaven is weeping on RCCG. But you are celebrating RCCG as a successful church, popular and powerful even to Aso villa here in Abuja.

The case of Pa Akindayomin and Pastor Adeboye is like the case of David and Solomon in the Bible. David fought the good fight of Faith, so also did Pa Akindayomin - we know how Pa Akindayomin started and how he ended well. But Solomon did no fighting, rather he did many buildings, from building Temple of God, to his personal buildings, to several idols, even to Chemosh - incessant building project is one of the signs of backsliding in any church. Solomon had many things, many wives, many riches, etc. just as there are many buildings and many members today in RCCG.

You must be happy of being a member or pastor of RCCG, especially if you did not witness the RCCG of old; because there is freedom, prosperity and promises and better life. No stress of holiness, no discipline of indecent dress, no restitution, everything is bureaucracy, and as long you can comply with the rules and regulations, you have no limit. But that will lead to where?

This is not the covenant church God used His servant Rev. Akindayomin to found, this is not the same church I knew in 1990, this is not the church of the Bible. Today, I will find it hard to join RCCG, not because of their high standard of holiness again, but because of their low and poor standard of holiness.

You can be very zealous to condemn this article, to choose to defend your GO rather than defending the truth. If you were not in RCCG about 20 years ago, then you may lack understanding of the beginning of RCCG, go and ask the elders who witnessed the beginning and strength of RCCG as a true covenant church of undiluted truth and holiness of heavenly minded church.

If you know where God began with you, where God was pleased with you that He made COVENANT with you, then that may help you to know where you have missed it along the way, and where you need to trace you way back. God is waiting for you at the point He made covenant with you, and same thing with Pastor Adeboye and RCCG as a whole. Go back to the old faith, the narrow old path of FEW serious minded, and stop defending this broad MULTITUDE, MANY faulty modern way before it is too late. The Rapture of the saints is imminent!

" Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’— and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and Unclad— 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your unclothedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.Therefore be zealous and repent." Revelation 3:17-19

Gideon Akande

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Christianity Etc › Wonders Of Christmas by FreshGreen(op): 3:58pm On Dec 25, 2015

THE WONDERS OF CHRISTMAS

Christmas day is a day of the year where Christ is mentioned more than other days

Christmas is a day the miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ is shared and said more than other days of the year

Christmas is the most expected and respected day of the year

Christmas is a day people share gifts more than any other day.

Christmas is the most celebrated day of the year

The main purposes of Christmas are: Sacrifice, Salvation, Sonship, Sanctification, Sharing, and Serving God!

God will not judge you for celebrating Christmas except if Jesus Christ is not celebrated daily in your life

God will not condone you with hypocrisy, even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, He didn’t condone the Puritans in UK, He doesn’t condone the Jehovah Witness sect.

Condemning Christmas is hypocrisy of human holiness which doesn’t last.

Celebrating Christmas is not a must, it is personal, but it is a must for you to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.

From Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries, RTEM, we say MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christianity Etc › How To Have A Blissful Christmas by FreshGreen(op): 10:52pm On Dec 23, 2015

HOW TO HAVE A BLESSED & BLISSFUL CHRISTMAS PERIOD
Christmas is a wonderful time to share the blessing and Joy of God with friends, family and people generally.

Before I continue on this wonderful topic, I want to say that several people commented on a message we shared that it is good for Christians to celebrate Christmas, some said Jesus Christ was not really born on December 25th, some said Christmas has idolatry origin and some said the day usually promote sin. Firstly, I would like to say that at RTEM – Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries, we are not here to please or impress anybody, we are not looking for fan or followers, we are not looking for fortune or contribution from people, we are not looking for fame. We are here to preach the Word of God as written in the Bible as simple, serious, spiritual and rightly social.

If you or your church says Christmas is ungodly, that does not make you spiritually sound, even Jehovah Witness sect who do not believe there is Hell fire – as much they lack spiritual understanding of the Word of God, yet then don’t celebrate Christmas. At the same time, some churches and Christians who involve in ungodly ceremony such burial ceremony will still say celebrating Christmas is sinful? Burial program especially in this part of Africa, where people begin to print I.V for burial, buying new clothing, providing food and drinks like festival, organizing reception and party, renting chairs and tents, sharing gift and receiving donations, turning burial to celebration instead of mourning as if they are happy and rejoicing over the dead? This is not only unbiblical, but also barbaric. Food cooked at the so called Burial ceremony are sacrifices to dead. Psalm 106:28

Questions About Christmas
1, Was Christmas written in the Bible? The answer is NO, but that does not make it unbiblical. Asking where Christmas is written in the Bible is like asking where there is church wedding in the Bible, you won’t find it. There was wedding in the Bible,but no church wedding and no command for church wedding.

2, Was Christ really born on December 25th? The answer is NO and not necessary. Choosing a day out of 365 days to celebrate the birth of Christ is good, any day could be chosen because He owns all days. So if you are searching for the exact day Jesus was born, it is unnecessary, in fact we can have Christmas twice a year. Questioning December 25th for marking the birth of the Savior Jesus Christ is like arguing about the Dec 1st of every year as World Aids day, saying Dec. 1st of World aids day is not authentic because aids did not start on Dec. 1st.

3, Why people commit more sins on Christmas day? On Christmas day, what matters is what you do, and not what people do, you are not responsible for others’ action, but yours. God has used different programs organized for Christmas to save and bless many lives in the world, God has used different great ministers of past and present to organize Christmas programs and songs and blessed lives, but you only see people who commit sins on Christmas? Because people commit more sins on Sunday than Monday, we are not going to worship God on Sunday?

HOW TO HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS PERIOD
What matters on Christmas is Christ that we celebrate in mass, and He must daily be celebrated in our lives. On Christmas day, Boxing Day and New Year celebration, here are the tips:

1, Share Gifts and Gospel With People. Christmas is all about sharing, “For God so loved the world that He gave His begotten Son”. Whatever you are sharing, please share the gospel with it. If you are giving gift, include a printed message of the gospel or a Christian movie that will bless and transform lives.

2, Have a Good Time With Family and Friends. In celebrating Christmas, this is an opportunity to share the message of salvation with family and friends, include it in your messages and wishes of Christmas. This is also an opportunity to reconnect, remember, or call family members and friends.

3, You Can Invite & Visit. Your family can invite brethren, family members or friends for dinner and watch Christian movies together. You can also use the period to visit, share the word of God around.

4, Reflect On Your Personal Christian Life. Yes, Christ is born, but are you born again. Is the purpose of Christ coming to the world fulfilled in your life?

The Bible says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16.

The primary purpose of Jesus Christ coming into this world is not to give your prosperity, healing or good life here on earth, but it is to give you everlasting life – saving you from sin and eternal damnation. Until you realize this, every other thing are unrealistic.
Have genuinely given your life to Jesus Christ since you have been celebrating Christmas?

If you have not experienced genuine salvation that gives victory of adamic nature, addicted sins, and common sins, or if your Christian life has gone low or backward, you can use today to rededicate your life to Jesus and experience the purpose and power of His birth. Please click on this link, read the short message and pray as directed http://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-can-i-be-saved/270674586372252

God bless you and Merry CHRISTmas!

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Christianity Etc › Rock Of Escape by FreshGreen(op): 5:18am On Dec 21, 2015

ROCK OF ESCAPE
“Therefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines; so they called that place the Rock of Escape.”

The Rock of Escape is another name we can attribute to God, as He is the Rock of ages, He also the Rock of Escape. God is able to deliver His children and make them escape danger and death, no matter how close; He is the Rock of Escape. No matter how close we are to danger or death, He always provides way of escape.

David was so close to death that there was no hope of surviving when King Saul had encircled him and his men, and no visible means to escape, but a miraculous means of escape was provided by God. The same thing is applicable to all God’s children today, sometimes we may be so close to danger or death that no humanly means to escape, it could be a terrible sickness, it could be a terrible accident, plane crash, armed robbery, gun shot, or any form of attack that seems no way to escape, but the Rock of escape is always there for us. This is another benefit and blessing of serving God.

Why We Need Not To Fear
As every child of God, God has apportioned us a numbers of years we will fulfill on earth, there is no enemy, no power or Satan that can cut short your life as long you stand on the Rock of Escape.

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
Psalm 139:16

When human security fails, when all powers fails, when all medicines and medical treatments fail, when danger is unavoidable, when you are staring at the death, God will provide escape from death. That is the reason He is the Rock of Escape. “Our God is the God of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death.” Psalm 68:20

Do you know that our God is the God of salvation and our Rock of Escape? If you never know that, you better know it from now, and so you need not to fear. As our God provides ways to escape from temptation so He provides escape from danger and death. Psalm 68:20

You will not die until you fulfill God’s purpose for your life. The only thing that cut short one’s life is sin and the only means to stand on the Rock of escape is faith. As long we will not want to stay a day after our fashioned days on earth by God, we should not live a day short of the length of days fashioned for us.

If you have known God as Rock of Ages, our everlasting God, you must also know Him as our Rock of Escape – meaning He will always deliver us from danger and death, no matter how close, don’t be afraid, He always provides escape. You will not die untimely, until you all of God’s purpose for your life.

The only thing that can make a faithful child of God dies untimely is fear, which is the reason why God warns us every day not to fear. As a child of God, no power or principality can successfully attack you except they successfully attack your faith and cause you to fear, because fear makes a child of God to fall.

Why We Need Faith
What cuts short people’s life is sin, people who are not saved in Christ Jesus or people who backslide can die untimely because they are not secured in the Lord, because Satan can cut short their lives. But unfortunately many believers also die untimely because of lack of faith.

Only through faith we can stand on the Rock of escape, only through faith we can escape death. Faith in God keeps us alive, keeps on moving and keeps us from death. It is easy to fear and fall at the presence of imminent danger or death, but when we stand on the Rock of Escape, there will always be escape from God. Do not give up before God is through with you.

It’s by faith we can stand on the Rock of Escape. Here is example from Apostle Paul, he was in the company of people who were in the danger of shipwreck, no hope of surviving, but he stood on the Rock of Escape by faith.

Escaping Death By Faith
“For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve, 24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ 25 Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.”

And what about you, do you believe God that you will not die before you fulfill your mission on earth? Do you believe God that you will not die in that danger but survive to proclaim the message of God to the unbelieving Caesar? The only thing that can sustain us in such a time is faith – believing only what God says, not what we see.

You know why you need faith to survive? Without faith in God many are dying before their time. Let’s look at Apostle Paul and his group again. “And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.” 35 And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat. 36 Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves.” Acts 27:33-35

What if Paul and the people with him in that ship did not eat food because of fear death? They would have all died before their time to die. But because of faith in God, Paul took courage and also encouraged the people, and so they ate, and at the end they escaped from the danger. … “and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. And so it was that they all escaped safely to land.” Acts 27:44.

“And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, ESCAPED THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

And so you will also escape safely from every danger in Jesus name. Only believe God and obey Him.

PRAYER
Lord Jesus Christ, thank You for saving us from sin with its wages of death. Thank You for being our Rock of Ages and Rock of Escape. We pray that You increase and strengthen our faith in You to stand still on the Rock of Escape and never to fall for fear. I pray for every of our brethren and family, I pray for escape from every danger of sickness, attacks or any evil around them. It is well with us as we continue to serve You. In Jesus name. Amen

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If you have known God as Rock of Ages, our everlasting God, you must also know Him as our Rock of Escape – meaning He will always deliver us from danger and death, no matter how close, don’t be afraid, He always provides escape. You will not die untimely, until you fulfill all of God’s purpose for your life.

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Christianity Etc › Difference Between Christmas And Xmas by FreshGreen(op): 9:49am On Dec 18, 2015

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND XMAS! (Please read)
Do you know that there is difference between Christmas and Xmas?

I see many Christians typing “Xmas” instead of Christmas, even on our page; many are ignorant of this and some are living outside of Christ.

Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ among Christians worldwide; as we celebrate Christmas, Christ is set as the priority and the center of the celebration, so it is more than secular or social celebration, but a Christian celebration with in-depth meaning in our relationship with God. That God love us so much that He sent His only begotten Son for us; that Jesus Christ was born for us, for our salvation, IMMANUEL! Christmas also signifies that the world is recognizing and calling Jesus the Christ, that the Messiah of the world; it is a witness to pass message to the world that Christ has been born and you are called to be born again in Christ.

But along the way, the devil was not happy as the word “Christmas” was circulating around the world everywhere even in the official, secular and social places, people calling Jesus Christ; and so people under the control of Satan moved to cancel Christ from Christmas, to remove Christ from the December 25th celebration, and you know when Christ is left from a celebration, when Christ is not glorified in whatever you are doing, it become idolatry.

So, in subtle and modern English, they cancelled Christ from Christmas and replaced it with Xmas. In English, X is another sign of cancelling, removing or wronging something. A symbol of approval may look like this √ or to mark something right but to cancel something, to disapprove something, you can use a symbol of X. This is the Xmas you have today, where Christ is removed and cancelled = Xmas. So where is the Christ in the Christmas we are celebrating today?

HISTORY
If you search the history of the word “Xmas” online, you will see different answers. They said that in Greek letters, X stands for “Chi” but since 'X' is not Chi in English, we read the word as X-mas and see no connection with Christ. In the United States, in 1977 New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson sent out a press release saying that he wanted journalists to keep the 'Christ' in Christmas and not call it Xmas--which he called a 'pagan' spelling of Christmas. An American Evangelist and Missionary Franklin Graham told CNN journalist Roland Martin in an interview: "For us as Christians, this is one of the most holy of the holidays, the birth of our saviour Jesus Christ. And for people to take Christ out of Christmas. They're happy to say merry Xmas. Let's just take Jesus out. – allafrica.com

CHRISTMAS
Christmas is celebrating the birth of Christ into the world, and more than that, it is celebrating your birth in Christ, being born again, or how will you better celebrate Christmas without you being genuinely born again? That is useless! John 3:3

Christmas is remembering the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and renewing our commitment to His service – living for Him and sharing the Good news to all men - evangelism! John 3:35, 36

Christmas is remembering the sacrificial giving of God, and practise the giving. “For God so loved the world that He gave His begotten Son” John 3:16. Giving is part and parcel of Christmas, sharing with others, no matter how small. You celebrating Christmas without sharing is an empty Christmas.

XMAS
Xmas is a manipulated type of celebration by the unsaved, though claimed to be Christians. It is a pagan way of calling Christmas, they are scared to called “Christ” or they show they reject Jesus as the Christ of their lives, or they see writing “Christmas” as too long and lonesome.

Xmas is celebrating on December 25th without genuine salvation in Christ.

Xmas is celebrating Christmas in a way that will not glorify Christ.

Xmas is celebrating Christmas without Christ as the center.

WHICH ONE DO YOU CELEBRATE?
With the clear differences listed above, you can clarify which type you have been celebrating or you are celebrating today. The genuine celebration of Christ begins the day you are genuinely born again, and on the Christmas, you make Christ the center of your celebrating, you do everything that will glorify Christ, you use the period to share the Good news of the birth of Christ.

NOTE 1: If you have not experienced genuine salvation that gives victory of adamic nature, addicted sins, and common sins, or if your Christian life has gone low or backward, you can use today to rededicate your life to Jesus and experience the purpose and power of His birth. Please click on this link, read the short message and pray as directed http://www.facebook.com/notes/revelation-of-truth-evangelical-ministries-rtem/how-can-i-be-saved/270674586372252

NOTE 2: If you have been saved, you need to recommit yourself to serve God better and share His Good news more than ever before. The end is nearer than before. And do not join the pagan to call or type Christmas as Xmas.

God bless you and Merry CHRISTmas!

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Christianity Etc › Should Christians Really Celebrate Christmas? by FreshGreen(op): 9:44pm On Dec 12, 2015

SHOULD CHRISTIANS REALLY CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?
Christmas period is a time of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ everywhere in the world, but should we really celebrate Christmas at all?" I think this short article can be of little help, let's see:

OPPOSITIONS
There two major reasons people oppose celebrating Christmas as Christians. The first reason is that Christmas originated from pagan worship, and the second reason is that Jesus was not really born on December 25th.

(i) Origin: Should we celebrate what originated from pagan worship? Well, the point is that it was actually the holiday of Saturnalia that the pagans celebrated then, not Christmas. Christmas was a replacement of Saturnalia festival in Christendom; Christmas solely celebrates Christ Jesus, and it has no link or connection with idol festival as far as Christmas is concerned today. To oppose Christmas because the similar or same day was formally celebrated by pagans is wrong. If you oppose Christmas, then you will oppose Easter because both have similar history; if you oppose both Christmas and Easter, then you will need to oppose going to church on Sunday, because Sunday was a formal holiday for the god of Sun, and if you oppose worshiping on Sunday, then you must oppose calling days like Sunday, Monday, Saturday, etc. Because they all have idolatry origin. If you still believe the names are attached to idols, like Sunday for Sun god, and Monday for Moon god, and you don't worship God on Sunday, and you mention the idolatry names? Then you still agree with it.

Those who oppose celebrating Christmas because it has idolatry origin may not be surprised that their surnames may have idolatry origin or affiliation. Many Christians today whose surnames are linked to idolatry, even though they are aware, yet they have no conviction to change their idolatry linked surnames because they, at the present, have nothing to do with idolatry. The same thing is applicable with Christmas. even if Christmas is linked with any form of idolatry origin, but as long its celebrating today has nothing to do with any idolatry, then is worth celebrating.

Christmas was not celebrated for the first 300 years of early church, until the catholic, so also church auditorium or Christian conference was not built by early Christians for 300 years until the catholic. Building church auditorium can also be traced to the pagan gods. Does that means building church auditorium is evil? No, but it must be moderate, not multimillion or magnificent as these modern Christianity and even those who claim holiness.

The fact that Christmas was traced to pagan festival does not means it is wrong to celebrate Christmas. Today we celebrate Christ at Christmas and Him alone.

(ii) Day of Birth: Jesus might not be born on December 25th, and it is not necessary for Christmas day. People can choose any day to celebrate Jesus' day of birth, because He owns all days; only we, the humans, can be tied to a day we were born for birthday.

MUST WE CELEBRATE?
Do we have to celebrate, sing and give gifts to mark the birth of Jesus? The answer is YES? Luke 2:13, "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

Angels in heaven celebrated the birth of Jesus, so it is not wrong for Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus, as long as Jesus alone is mentioned and no connection to any idol or selfish purpose. It is not wrong to celebrate Christmas as long Christ is the center of the celebration and everything you do glorifies His name; it is wrong for people who celebrate self or sinful indulgences during Christmas. Christians can celebrate Christ at Christmas and share with people.

God will not judge you for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25th, He will only judge you if Jesus Christ is not celebrated in your life and if you celebrate Christmas in sinful manner.

THE BAD NEWS
The bad thing about Christmas is that it's not everyday; the joyful feeling, the celebration and sharing do not last, only for few days, and the worse is the Christmas day, it goes faster and ends. I wish it can always stay longer with such wonderful feeling. The worst part of it is that if only during Christmas you experience the joy of the birth of Jesus, then you are a miserable person.

THE GOOD NEWS
Christmas celebration doesn't last, but the good news is that when you accept Jesus into your life as your Lord, you will always experience more than the joy of Christmas. If you have not experienced the joy of Salvation since you have been a Christian, then you are unrecognized by Jesus, you need genuine salvation to have the unlimited joy.

If you have lost your joy of Salvation, you need to get it restored. Repentance, that is to realize and ready to forsake your sins, and accepting Jesus as your Lord, are the only means to have the unspeakable joy of Jesus! When you become saved, you begin life that pleases Jesus, not your self or Satan, you walk away from any form of sin; that is when the birth of Jesus will bring joy and justification. But if you realize Jesus as Savior of the world and remain in your sins, it will only bring judgment.

We can care for Christmas by celebrating Christ, but more than that, we should be celebrated by Christ through genuine salvation and living in holiness and righteousness, so that we can celebrate with Christ forever in heaven!

John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ADVANCE

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