SINCERITY:

HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD:

The highest miracle to any human being is hearing the voice of GOD about your current situation, the circumstance as well as the ordeal of others and acting concurrently without delay. With this there is no fear of the unknown and life becomes genuine, authentic, meaningful and real.

Ask God for this revelation every second of your life and He will not let you down.

THE QUESTION FOR EVERY LIVING SOUL:

How do we share the message of Jesus Christ so that men/women of our generation will be motivated to worship and serve God from within their hearts to the externalities of the world not under compulsion but freely/voluntarily/reflex-action?

BE SINCERE WITH YOURSELF:

You need not transfer from exhibiting the power of righteousness within you to something that makes you feel inferior and fake to yourself because you are not created to impress people or human being which no man has been able to do and none can attain that height rather do your best to impress your Creator, be real, genuine and truthful to yourself since no one will be hunted by your mistakes apart from you. After all said and done your regrets will be glaring at your face at the slightest silence or lonely moment which no distraction / materialism of life on earth can take away. Be sincere to yourself now for your future needs it for maintenance of undiluted peace, sanity of purpose, clarity of vision, timeliness in decision-making and prompt response to questions/peoples ideologies and principles/solutions to current & prevailing circumstances of you and others. Give it a thought not a hiss!!!

LIFE AFTER DEATH:

One of the most asked question is “what happens to man/woman after biological death?”

This question by God’s grace I wish to attend to with my belittled understanding of God’s revelation to man as it is expressed in the sacred scriptures, history and the few years I have existed on this planet earth as a human beking.

The death of any man/woman is defined under two categories from my perspective and conviction as a Christian; either a man dies in a consistent, radical, honest and devout relationship with God through Jesus Christ his son who is the reflection and exact imprint of God the father under the influence of the Holy Spirit via Grace, faith and works or in opposition to the indwelling of God’s righteousness in him/her.

A person in the former category is said to have died in Christ Jesus not by men’s judgment or reasoning but by God alone who testifies to those who are special in his presence thus “then Jesus cried again with a loud voice and breathed his last. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split” {Mtt.27:50-51} which instigates in the thoughts of those living the conviction to affirm you were a true devotee thus ‘…truly this man was God’s son’ (Mtt.27:54)

For this person or persons the Holy Bible refers to them as believers and with regards to the ultimate decision of the only Supreme judge {‘…and to the righteous made perfect’ Heb.12:23, James 4:12} they will either lay in the grave waiting for the last trumpet [“for the Lord himself with a cry of command with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet will descend from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are left will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air and so we will be with the Lord forever” 1 Thess.4:16-17] or they will join heavenly fellowship immediately they close their eyelids in biological death (‘Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me even though they die will live and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? Jn.11:25-26)

The people in this category who will be alive until the sound of the last trumpet will join their colleagues who died before that time and were resting in the grave with a heavenly body {‘listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die but we will all be changed, in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable and we will be changed’ 1 Cor.15:51-52}, the verse 52 of this passage explains why the holy roman catholic church defines someone a saint after many years of his/her death with some part of his/her body not decayed or the incorruptible whose whole body do not decay at all with the phrase “the dead will be raised imperishable” i.e their dead body will not decay or perish till the last trumpet sounds. This imperishability of their body was also well defined by Jesus Christ thus ‘those who believe in me though they die will live’ [Jn.11:25]. This also affirms the company of the saints among the living and there intercessory role for us before the lamb of God in whom they believed in, lived and died for [‘and all the angels stood around the throne the elders and the four living creatures and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God singing Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen Then one of the elders addressed me, saying who are these robed in white and where have they come from? I said to him, sir you are the one that knows. Then he said to me, these are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb’ Rev.7:11-14 / “thanks be to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light” Col.1:12]

This episode of John’s gospel also explains the fact that there are those who gain direct entrance into heaven immediately they die and there are those whose consistency in authentic, radical and unwavering faith in Jesus Christ manifested in adoration and worship to Jesus Christ; the lamb of God and a life of mortification and atonement for individual sin and sins of the whole world will never die until the last trumpet and they will gain direct access into heaven while others are assembling for judgment before the supreme judge. Those who live in honest, sincere, radical, consistent faith in Christ Jesus as well as those who die in this state will not be judged again on the last day for they have received their own judgment on earth and have completed their own atonement for it here on earth as well {‘but if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world’ 1Cor.11:31-32}

Those who have been judged on earth are those who accept the sin-ability dwelling within a man (‘if we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us’ 1 Jn.1:8) no matter the level of spirituality attained [“so if you think you are standing watch out that you do not fall” 1 Cor.10:12] just like Jesus Christ who was God did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped rather he emptied himself and took the form of a servant (Phil.2:6-11) and He who had no sin was convicted for sin by his father and He accepted it so that we might become the righteousness of God {‘for our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God’ 2 Cor.5:21} therefore the death of these set of people is a pleasant sacrifice in the sight of God (‘but the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God and no torment will ever touch them…having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them and like a sacrificial burnt-offering he accepted them…’ Wisdom 3:1-9), {‘…and the day of death is better than the day of birth’ Eccl.7:1}, [“but the righteous live forever and their reward is with the Lord; the Most High takes care of them. Therefore they will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord because with his right hand he will cover them and with his arm he will shield them” Wisdom 5:15-16]

The righteous are not condemned or judged again because Jesus Christ has paid the price for their condemnation [‘surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole and by his bruises we are healed. All we are like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all’ Isaiah 53:4-6] by receiving judgment for sin through the blood he shed on the cross of Calvary (“you know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ like that of a lamb without defect or blemish” 1Pet.1:18-19, Col.1:19-20) though he did not commit any sin therefore making his believers the righteousness of God {2 Cor.5:21}. This fact St. Paul clearly stated in his letter to the Romans thus “there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death” (Rom.8:1-2) but there is punishment for the righteous who go ahead insulting the spirit of grace given to them, treating with disdain the blood by which they were ransomed and trampling on the son of God [Heb.10:26-31] since he has given us all that we need for true devotion to him in His Son yet we go ahead to commit sin (‘His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us through these things his precious and very great promises so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants in the divine nature…’ 2 Pet.1:3ff)

‘…and be sure your sin will find you out’ {Numb.32:23}

“Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished but those who are righteous will escape” [Prov.11:21]

‘Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven but whoever denies me before others I also will deny before my Father in heaven’ (Mtt.10:32-33)

‘But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed [Rom.2:5]

“Do not be deceived; God is not mocked for you reap whatever you sow” {Gal.6:7}

‘See I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone’s work’ (Rev.22:12).

For this reason we are admonished not to permit any bit of unrighteousness even though we have been saved by grace, mercy and love {“and do not make room for the devil” Eph.4:27}

Those who died refusing correction as well as rejecting judgment in the flesh will join their choice place after biological death thus;

Those who were not baptized with water and spirit before their biological death, the inconsistent with Righteousness, those who neglect their supposed responsibilities with regards to their vocation and those who give excuse that certain things are little hence can be overlooked will face the cleansing fire of hades (“in hades where he was being tormented he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side” Lk.16:23), {‘then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord and satan standing at his right hand to accuse him and the Lord said to satan, the Lord rebuke you, o satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this man a brand plucked from the fire’ Zech.3:1-2}

Those who worship wealth, religion, fashion, women, men, wine, power, celebrate nudity/nakedness will join their source under the sea (‘for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also’ Mtt.6:21)

Those who live in mediocrity and are intimidated into untimely death by the demons of darkness, marine-powers, occult powers, impoverishment e.t.c will be trapped by death {“my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge…” Hosea 4:6}

All the souls operating at this realm within any of the above mentioned category whether dead or alive until the second coming of Jesus Christ in glory with the heavenly outcry will be vomited from these hidden states/condition and stand before the supreme judge for the last judgment according to the content of their life history, their obedience to the contents of the sacred scripture culminating in those who were able to enlist their names in the Lamb’s book of life thus “then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence and no place was found for them and I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne and books were opened. Also another book was opened, the book of life and the dead were judged according to their works as recorded in the books and the sea gave up the dead that were in it, death and hades gave up the dead that were in them and all were judged according to what they had done. Then death and hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire” {Rev.20:11-15}

Which group will join if death comes knocking now?

OUR SHARE IN GOD'S MERCY AND FORGIVENESS:

The life of every living being belongs to God (‘know that all lives are mine; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child…’ Ezek.18:4) also his mercy and love endures forever {“the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end” Lam.3:22}  

“Which one of you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?” {Lk.15:4}

‘Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents’ [Lk.15:10]

The words we utter at the sacrament of reconciliation_ Father forgive me for I have sinned_ were derived from this scriptural passage ‘…Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you’ (Lk.15:18)

The prodigal son prepared these words before going to the Father hence we should prepare and enlist our faults very well before we go the confessional

You prepare what to say before you get to the confessional {“I will get up and go to my father and I will say to him, Father I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands” Lk.15:18-19}

You make the move towards God through the instrumentality of the priest who is the messenger of the Lord Sabaoth [‘for the lips of a priest should guard knowledge and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts’ Mal.2:7] who is the confessor with humility (“so he set off and went to his father…” Lk.15:20) not because as humans he can forgive sins but as the representative of Jesus Christ whose priesthood is eternal and consistent even currently before his Father in heaven {Heb.7:23-25}

You make a humble obeisance and show remorse before the confessor with eagerness to release yourself from those faults as well as share in the judgment for them and general human weakness like Jesus Christ for the world’s sin (‘for our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness of God’ 2Cor.5:21)

You now say what you prepared to confess and give up with regards to misuse of grace as a son/daughter who has been saved but willingly rejected to follow the pathway of those who are saved (“then the son said to him Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son” Lk.15:21)

Immediately Jesus accepts our sin as his and offers it to his Father and a robe of righteousness is used to cover us and totally blot out our guilt {‘but the father said to his slaves, quickly bring out a robe – the best one – and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet and get the fatted calf and kill it and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and is alive again he was lost and is found and they began to celebrate’ Lk.15:22-24}

But the enemy will come to your mind to remind you of those sins and try to impose guilt on your mind about the same sin you have been forgiven or try to make you feel like someone who has not received absolution before now even though you have gone to reconcile with your GOD in sincerity. This is the work of human psyche manifested through thoughts, circumstances, events or news that display themselves in your mind brought about by friends, brothers, sisters, mother, father, priests, preachers, office-colleagues, neighbors, school-mates e.t.c (“and we do this so that we may not be outwitted by satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs” 2Cor.2:11)

Do not be an instrument to make people think they cannot be forgiven for their sins by God if they make sincere and honest effort to connect to the power of God’s forgiveness and love for mankind {‘but Jesus said, let the little children come to me and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs’ Mtt.19:14}

Do not allow yourself to be victimized by any unrighteous habits, behavior, attitudes, emotions, passions, desires, pursuit, purpose or vision [“Jesus answered them, very truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin…so if the Son makes you free you will be free indeed” Jn.8:34,36].

Do not allow yourself or those around you to be cowed into believing that they cannot be forgiven by God from any type of sin without being punished before or after seeking an honest reconciliation with their God (‘that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us’ 2Cor.5:19).

You should use everything at your disposal to inspire yourself and others on the need to seek reconciliation with God every second of our lives because in every second of our lives we have our sinful abilities dwelling in us seeking opportunity to express itself hence we always need to seek God’s mercy in order to render these habits, desires and emotions perpetually inactive {“let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” Heb.4:16}.

You need to perpetually and insistently remind yourself and others about God’s love, justice, mercy and forgiveness which is unconditional, available and accessible at any given second of our life-span whether dead or alive [‘for Christ also suffered for sins once for all the righteous for the unrighteous in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison who in former times did not obey when God waited patiently in the days of Noah during the building of the ark in which a few that is eight people were saved through water’ 1 Pet.3:18-20].

We need to pray for ourselves {lay-faithful}, priests and confessors that the Holy Spirit will inspire us to pray and prepare effectively and efficiently in our mind and body before approaching this throne of mercy either as the judge or the penitent (“first of all, then I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings should be made for everyone” 1 Tim.2:1)

We need to pray for our priests and confessors so that inspired by GOD; Supreme Judge who they represent, they may be able to use firm admonitions as well as ample time to help penitents to regain their desire for consistent contrition every second of their life and have convincing reasons why they should not desire these unholy lifestyles ever again.

We need to pray for our priests so that aided by Jesus Christ the eternal high in whose stead they re-enact the sacrifice of Jesus to his Father on the cross of Calvary so that they may offer up our sins to Jesus Christ who turns the bread and wine into his Body and Blood so that by their word substantiated by the power of God who can do all things at any given time our sinful habits and behaviors will become inactive and unattractive to our concupiscence as we consume God in his Body and Blood {“those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life and I will raise them up on the last day” Jn.6:54}.

We need to pray for our priests and confessors so that they may also avail themselves the opportunity of complete reconciliation with God by accessing this sacrament through their brother priests and confessors with all humility and sincerity (“Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity” 1Tim.4:12).

We need to also pray for the lay-faithful so that they may access this sacrament with perfect humility, contrition and sincerity in their relationship with God {‘let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds’ Heb.10:24}

INSPIRATION:

Do not be afraid to stand firm for righteousness now because;

Your future/posterity depends greatly on it as testimonies of convincing experience that in life no creature can take your place.

Your present requires it for timeliness and clarity in decision making.

Your past needs it for complete healing from the mistakes of yester-years.

the term "IDOL" as it was used in Exodus 20:4 :

Exodus 20:4 You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters below the earth....

The reason why many catholic abandoned the Catholic Church is that they define the word idol by themselves and did not refer to a dictionary. The word IDOL is different from the word IMAGE
IMAGE is a visual representation.
IDOL is an object worshIped as god.
IMAGE are expressions of LOVE.
IDOLS are expression of STUPIDITY.
Destroying an IMAGE is an expression of HATRED.
Destroying an idol is an expression of LOVE on GOD.
Hatred is evil.
The golden calf that Moses destroy was an idol (object worshiped as God ) not a religiuos image
Roman Catholics only worship the living God not the image itself (read apostles creed)
The Apostles Creed

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen
----------------------IVAN ANDERSON---------------------

YOUR DUTY TO GOD, YOURSELF AND THE WORLD:

Your duty on earth to God as a human being is to prove to the world that there is God (‘…I am who I am…’ Ex.3:14)

Your Duty to God as a creature is to do your best to offer your whole being {spirit, soul and body} to God and make sure your best is good enough in His sight (“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth” 2Tim.2:15)

Your Duty to yourself with relationship to God and the world is to convince yourself that this God is within you (“…Christ Jesus in you [me] the hope of glory” Col.1:27), He can take care of you without your consent {‘but God proves his love for us in that while we still were Christ died for us’ Rom.5:8} and knowledge [“I am the Lord and there is no other; besides me there is no god. I arm you though you do not know me” Isaiah 45:5].

He can take care of you without other human being; it is normal from human view for a child to be formed in a womb through the fusion of female blood {egg} with male blood [sperm] either through natural mating or artificial insemination but He came to save us from the drudgery/captivity of sin/frailty in His Son Jesus Christ by speaking the word (‘and now you will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you will name him Jesus’ Lk.1:31) and the word turned into blood [“And the Word became flesh and lived among us and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth” Jn.1:14] and fertilized the egg in the womb of Virgin Mary. Whether she was willing to believe or not; she has no option but to collaborate in the plan of God to redeem mankind after the fall of our first parents {‘therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Immanuel’ Isaiah 7:14} but thanks be to God that she accepted because Eve also had such opportunity but was deluded by lack of knowledge and understanding of who she was (the image and complete reflection of God) and what she possessed within her {God and all the complete features of God including wisdom} which made her to desire the external wisdom of God much more than what was lying within as well as the attempt to satisfy the desires of the eyes with what is seen in the physical only and the whole hunger in man with just feeding the belly thus we try to honor her as God honored her first [‘for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed’ Lk.1:48] though no creature can honor another creature very well at the same level as the Creator honors his creatures (“but she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, do not be afraid, Mary for you have found favor with God” Lk.1:29-30).

This is assured by your willingness to share your ideas and make your life {attitude, behavior, dressing, desires, intentions, emotions, decisions, habits, character, actions, vision, mission, purpose e.t.c} a living and visible translation of God’s Righteousness in any place you find yourself (inside your room/bathroom/car, when alone or in the company of any living being, family, kindred meetings, church, office, street, shops, business-premises, clubs, bars, hotels, motels, brothels, schools, institutions e.t.c)
It is your duty to teach the world this truth and encourage them to teach others this bitter but only truth which makes life worth living and then hope as well as have faith in life after death in God (made manifest by the birth, life, passion, death, resurrection, ascension of Jesus Christ, the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles to confirm the promise of Jesus to the apostles before he ascended and the revelation of Jesus Christ to John one of his twelve apostles about His place before God the Father as a permanent intercessor who is able to save at any given time those who come to God through Him) worth dying for [1 Jn.2:1-2, Heb.7:23-25].

It is the function of God to testify that you are his BELOVED by manifesting His Glory to affirm His love for you and that you are special in His eyes when He deems it fit/proper {Mtt.3:17, Mtt.17:5, Ps.115:3, Gal.4:4}.
It is not your duty to prove to the world that you are holy
It is not your duty to prove to the world that you have spiritual gifts, ability to read/study/pray the WORD as well as mesmerize others with this ability/grace.

LUST:

SOMEONE WHO CALLS FOR LUST:

Many have done it all their life-time

You can do that inside the house

Can you walk on the street with that

Can you walk on the street stark naked

No country's constitution forbids this dressing code

Many died with their hands inside theirs

Many died with men's mouth stuck in their

Many died with men's sexual organ stuck into theirs

Many died with sex toys stuck in their

Many died with the sexual organ of animals stuck into theirs

Many died with the finger of another person stuck into theirs

Sexual urge can never and has never been satisfied with sex/porn/masturbation/fingering/sucking/carousing/sex-toys rather total submission to Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit made visible in the Knowledge of God revealed in the Holy Scriptures.

Give your life to Jesus Christ who died for you on the cross of calvary so that you may live and not be yoked again by sin and demons of lust/greed/carnality/envy/jealousy/pride e.t.c

Give it a thought not a hiss!!!

THE SAINTS:

THE SAINTS INTERCEDE FOR US BEFORE THE LAMB:

Yes, she is in heaven and the saints in heaven pray and intercede before the Lamb of God; JESUS CHRIST on our behalf "thanks be to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has permitted us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light" {Col.1:12}. The intercessory power of the saints in heaven and how it relates to us on earth "When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints" [Rev.5:8], the relativity of their prayers to the earth's inhabitants "and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints rose before God from the hand of the angel. then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake" (Rev.8:4-5).

HONORING THE MOTHER OF JESUS:

Every Hail Mary contains the Only Name by which we are saved JESUS {Acts 4:12}, while on earth the Virgin was inspired by the righteousness of Holy Spirit to intercede on behalf the celebrants at the wedding at cana without anybody telling her, she went to Jesus and said "Son there wine has finished" {Jn.2:3} after the rhetorical response of Jesus in humility to her Son who is GOD and majestic in glory she told the servants "Do whatever he tells you" {Jn.2:5}. With regards to preference and the priority of her intercession b4 her son with regards to those who are evangelist/apostle even those of us who claim to know the holy Spirit more than her at the foot of the cross with John the most beloved of the apostles and Virgin Mary, He preferred to talk to her mother first b4 his beloved apostle thus "woman behold your son, son behold your mother and from that time, ...the apostle that Jesus loved most took the mother of Jesus home" {Jn.19:26-27}. As one who follows the apostles footprints in what way do you take the mother of Jesus into your home as John the most beloved apostle did? bearing in mind that Heaven is our home {Phil.3:20} can you be truly embarking on this journey home without saintly aid and respect accorded her first by God through the voice of the angel {'and he came to her and said, Greetings, favoured one! the Lord is with you...for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. Surely from now all generation will call me blessed' Lk.1:28, 48}?

COMFORT ZONE:

Are you in the state or condition of comfort or relaxation in this world with any unrighteous lifestyle? Listen “I will rise up against them says the Lord of hosts and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity says the Lord. And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog and pools of water and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction says the Lord of hosts” {Isaiah 14:22-23}

Remember Babylon stands for every bit unrighteousness, wickedness, hatred, sexual immoralities, bitterness, anger, rancor, pornography, masturbation, contraceptive production/dissemination/use, abortion, indecent-dressing, liars of any sort, idolatory, envy, gossip, adultery, fornication, buying and selling on Sundays and holy days of obligation, murder, occultism, witch-craftery, psychological manipulations, seductions, bribery, forgery and falsification of documents e.t.c thus “and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth’s abominations” [Rev.17:5]

The Life we are living is an opportunity for us to walk out our salvation in fear and trembling (‘the Lord is not slow about his promise as some think of slowness but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance…therefore beloved while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish” 2 Pet.3:9,14)

THE WORD "SEXY":

Out of all the righteous words used in the scripture none was worth using on this Daughter of Zion rather the promiscous and vulgar statement of the world 'sexy' which means she is not an image of God to you rather image of Sex. We can do without sex but we cannot do without God hence pick up your scriptures and use words that edifies the spirit of God in man to replace those vulgar vocabs in your system. Young woman be careful of the message you send and deposit in the conscious and unconscious nature of men via your dressing/picture/videos/comments bc 2moro you will be the one complaining of rape, assault, infidelity and heartbreak {"Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land may not become prostituted and full of depravity" Lev.19:29}

SEX

THE REAL FACT ABOUT SEX.

Personally, I was pushed to write something about sex due to the distorted views of many people with regard to it. I have seen photos posted on social websites like facebook/badoo/netlog /2go etc, where the vagina is referred as the 'road to hell'. What a myopic view! It is really a pity.

It should be noted that 'sex' itself is a gift from God to humanity. By 'sex' here, i mean 'sexual intercourse' between a man and a woman. Therefore, it is good in itself because God made it for three purposes: first, for procreation; second, for unity; and third, for expression of marital love. So, there is nothing bad about sex.

However, sex could be improper or sinful (religious term) under two reasons: time and intention. The time refers to the moment or period it is done. When sex is done before marriage (pre-marital), it is improper and sinful because it does not respect the purpose for which sex is made - procreation, unity and marital love. Again, when sex is done with the sole intention of satisfying one's sexual instinct or to gain mere pleasure, it is also improper. Sex is an exclusive activity between two persons who have been united by love through the Sacrament of Marriage. It is only in marriage that the meaning and purposes of sex is actually realized. Therefore, sex is not a 'road to hell'. Rather, it can lead one to hell if and ony if it is done outside the required time, and with the wrong intention. In those cases, it is said to be sinful, which can be forgiven if the sinner seeks forgiveness from God with perfect contrition.

- Drogba, writing from Ekwulobia.

Question:

i concur with you guy. However your write-up is still begging for further explanations.1. is that act of intercourse right out of religion because i know it is part of the need of man like desire to learn, eat, clothing, shelter, and all these i mentioned are not tagged as sinful by religion (with respect to time and intention) instead religion says overeating is sinful (gluttony). Please throw more light on this. Writing from Owerri (O town)

Answer:

@ Paschal, you do not own yourself. Rather, You take care of it. That is why you play according to the rule of the owner who is God hence sex is for the appropriate time and intention.

Thanks dears. @John, thanks for d reply. @Paschal, sex is not to be equated with other instincts. Sex is sacred. It has a deep meaning. This is why the marriage institution was instituted as the only place sex could be done rationally and formally. Outside this institution, sex loses its meaning.

Question:

If sex is sacred and a gift from God, does it not follow that those who refuse to use that gift as he intended for whatever reason displeases God.

Answer:

Sex is a gift for those who wish to achieve the 3 purposes i mentioned. However, sex is meant for the institution of marriage, and marriage is a vocation that is not meant for all men. It is not a necessity that must be attained by all, rather for those who wish to go into it. We are created to love God. Therefore, there is nothing wrong that some people should choose not to enter into the institution of marriage in order to serve God with an undivided heart and mind. It is not a rejection of God's gift (sex), rather, an acceptance of God's love for us who instituted the priesthood.

Question:

I know that outside of religion, crimes like killing, stealing and rape are still considered bad, is sex considered bad outside of religion especially among two consenting adults that are not married in a religious or traditional way

Seeking for the essence of sex with the lens of religion might surely distort the truth. So let's look for it on a neutral ground, for the sake of moralists.

Answer:

Yes, humanly speaking sex ought to be organized. It is not a matter of consent between two persons alone. The parents and the community have to be aware that these two persons want to unite through sex. Every sexual activity between two persons (man and woman) speaks the language of love and unity. This is why we are rational beings. We are different from animals who indulge anyhow and whenever. Ours is not a matter of agreement between just two, it involves the society that is why we are social beings. It is wrong and irrational to do it based on mere agreement between two persons. Sex has no meaning in that affair. The society is always aware. This is why marriage institution remains the oldest institution even many years before religion.

Question:

I think this is a good point. However when you place this vis-à-vis the biblical ordination of sex, it becomes questionable since Adam and Eve had no society to consent. And Jesus said that is why a man should leave mother and father........one body. Please explain, remember I concur with you. It is for the sake of moralist that I ask

Answer:

The name Adam refers to humanity. A society is already involved potentially, though not in actuality yet. This is the reason why the sin of Adam and Eve is referred to as the sin of mankind. Every human being shares in that sin. Therefore, Adam is not just an entity but a society. Just as Jesus said, a man leaving his father and mother is a formal arrangement which is meant at a particular moment in one's life. It is not an ordinary leaving. The society is aware that this particular man is leaving his parents to stay together with this particular woman. It is formally arranged. Anything short of this authority, is informal and irrational, and thus inhuman.

@Paschal. Would you have sex with your sister simply because two of you consented and are adults? Answer me this question please.

If you need money, your mother can give you that. If you need sex, would she give you that because two of you are adults and consented? Tell me then the difference between you and the dog/goat/horse at your backyard? Remember we are reasoning on plain ground.

SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GOD OF OURS:

Praises to GOD; MY ANOINTING:

"To you the KING of the ages, IMMORTAL and INVISIBLE, the ONLY TRUE GOD; be honor, glory, praise, adoration, might, dominion, power, worship, thanksgiving, forever and ever in Jesus Name. Amen" [1 Tim.1:17]

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