Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas – Gospel Word Ministry, inc

Erase The Confusion — September 21, 2025

Introduction

Erase the confusion: Who will not go through the tribulation? Who will go through the tribulation, or do we all go through the tribulation, or do we all go up, or how is all of this?

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they were ready, went in with him into the marriage. And the door was shut. And afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, open unto us. But He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Just the parable of the wise and foolish virgin tell you there’s a going away, and some that’s left. That settles the whole argument right there. Matthew 25: 10 – 12.

Then shall be two in the field. The one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Now, what does that show you? One that was ready was taken; the foolish was left, and the other was taken. Two women shall be grinding at the mill. The one shall be taken, and the other left. One in tribulation, one taken out there. Watch therefore, and pray, that you know not what hour your Lord doeth come. We don’t know the hour, but we know the season. Therefore, be ye also ready, for in such hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. Matthew 24: 40 – 42, 44.

But, and if that evil servant, there’s two of them. But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming. How? Well, the way you do that is to say that the Lord is coming at the end of the tribulation. Then you would know exactly about when by counting off after the mark of the beast. All you have to do is count off 42 months and you’ll see him up over Armageddon in there. No such thing, God won’t do that. Matthew 24: 48 – 50.

Then you are the evil servant that said the Lord has delayed His coming for His elect. Let us drink, and go on into sin, because we have plenty of time. And the Lord said, I’ll come in an hour you think not. Evidently, that doctrine becomes pretty strong.

If you have true salvation, you will not want to continue living in sin. You will not let the cares of this world take over your life. Romans 6: 1 – 2; Matthew 13: 22.

When that church is emptied out, purged, behold, the Lord come to His temple suddenly, the Bible said. And when He does, then He can work Himself among the people. And people will be blessed just sitting in a congregation like you’ve never seen before. And they are blessed by the Holy Spirit.

It means, sooner or later, those that will not be going up in the translation will stop coming to church service with you, where the pure word of God is preached, because they realize that certain Scriptures will not apply to them. They are purged by the Lord since they are not willing to believe all of the word of God.

It is I the Lord Jesus which has spoken unto my people the Bride! And unto them who will take my name will become my Bride. And unto her is given my Kingdom to rule with Me! For even now the time must shortly come when I will take her to My palace. And there is no other God besides Me!

It means the tribulation saints do not truly believe in their heart that the Lord Jesus is “The mighty God”, and that there is no other God besides Him. Isaiah 9: 6; Isaiah 44: 8.

The tribulation saints do not believe that by the Lord Jesus, all things were created. Colossians 1: 16 – 17.

The translation takes place for the marriage supper. And then only those that are His elect, they go into Him to the marriage supper. It means the tribulation saints are not part of the Lord’s bride.

The tribulation saints will not be rulers of all the Lord’s goods. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he shall make him ruler of all his goods. Sound like that he’s up in there in that elect group. It means it is only those that go up in the translation that will sit with the Lord Jesus on His throne, ruling the entire Universe with Him, for they are the overcomers. Matthew 24: 47; Revelation 3: 21.

It is those that go up in the translation that have the full benefit of an inheritance beyond anything mortal people have ever heard in their life. They cannot conceive in their brains, heart, or anywhere, what God has for them. 1 Corinthians 2: 9.

The tribulation saints will not want to hear that they do not have a crown of righteousness waiting for them because they do not love the appearing of the Lord. 2 Timothy 4: 7 – 8.

They will not want to hear that at the time of the translation they will not be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, into a glorified body since they will not be going up with the Lord Jesus. 1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53.

After the translation, the Lord’s children, being light and supernatural, will not occupy space nor time nor anything else. See, those are secrets that are hidden from the church.

God’s children, you see yourself as flesh and blood, with curious and anxious eyes and ears to know and to see all that you can, but you are points of light in flesh here on probation. Our flesh will change back into that point of light, whether you die in that grave or resurrected, there is a change coming. And that flesh will change back to that point of light, but it’s enhanced, it’s glorified. We come as points of lights. Now, one day, by not rejecting the word, but believing the word, one day, you are going to change back to that point of light, but it will be enhanced and glorified.

Lord Jesus, we thank you that because of true salvation in our hearts, we know that you are the Almighty. There is no other God besides you. When you come for us in the translation, you will change our bodies into points of lights. We shall be eternal like you. Oh Lord, it has not entered into our hearts what awaits us in eternity. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for all that you have done for us.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “Erase The Confusion”, CD # 1437, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Tonight, I just put it, erase the confusion. And some of them will say that we all go through the tribulation. Others say that part of them is taken out. Who will not go through the tribulation? Who will go through the tribulation, or do we all go through the tribulation, or do we all go up, or how is all of this?

There’s scores of Scriptures concerning this subject.

In Luke 21, I believe it is 36, it said, Pray that you’ll escape all of these things. And stand before the Son of man. And He had just predicted all of the tribulation, and all of the things that went through the tribulation, and all of that.

And then in Matthew 25, I think it is 10 and 12: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they were ready, went in with him into the marriage. And the door was shut. And afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, open unto us. But He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. He didn’t know them at that time. Then was coming a great tribulation. Just the parable of the wise and foolish virgin tell you there’s a going away, and some that’s left. That settles the whole argument right there.

Surely, we will go nearing into the tribulation. We will suffer persecution, and many different things.

While they’re laughing, scoffing, and arguing about it, and everything, they won’t believe it until they’re stamped with the mark of the beast, and some flee into the wilderness.

And in Romans 13, 11 through 14, he said the night is far spent. It would be during the end of the age. He said, our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. He said, not in strife and not in envying. The day is at hand. It’s high time, Paul said, to awake during these troublous times.

The word strife means quarrelsome, contentions, the love to argue, the love to stir up things, when the Lord said, come up hither. The real word is just like He snatched you away, pulls you out of the thing by a great energetic force. It’s come up hither. Some call it rapture. The real word is translation, but rapture is like caught up in an ecstasy, and translation being changed. So, either word could work, but translation is what the Bible uses there.

And they knew not until the flood, that’s verse 39 and chapter 24 of Matthew, came and took them all away. There’s no way that you can prove to some people that the Lord will come and translate His own. There’s no way, until the flood of evil comes with a mark of the beast, that people will believe.

Surely, He is coming again at the end of the tribulation at Armageddon. That’s why the people miss it. There is one in the translation, and it is caught up, and it’s snatched away. And then only those that are His elect, they go into Him to the marriage supper. Then at the end, it said, He comes with the elect of heaven, and He comes to the earth at the battle of Armageddon. And then all the earth will wail because of Him.

Then shall be two in the field. The one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Now, what does that show you? One that was ready was taken; the foolish was left, and the other was taken.

Two women shall be grinding at the mill. The one shall be taken, and the other left. One in tribulation, one taken out there.

Watch therefore, and pray, that you know not what hour your Lord doeth come. We don’t know the hour, but we know the season.

Therefore, be ye also ready, for in such hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

Who then is this faithful wise servant? He’s called wise, with a wise group, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? The wise servant was warning, and his meat was in due season at the proper time, just before the translation. And the other servants were delaying it. They were telling the people, don’t pay any attention to that. We’ve got plenty of time. We’re going on through, see the mark of the beast, go clear on out through the other end. He’s trying to show us something by one is taken and one is left.

So, the faithful servant was the one that gave it at the proper time, the midnight hour, chapter 25. The wise, and there’s a midnight cry. Now there’s your wise servant. He’s out there giving it at the proper season. But the other is perverting it.

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Telling them that the Lord is coming. And blessed is he that’s telling them that, in due season. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he shall make him ruler of all his goods. Sound like that he’s up in there in that elect group. He will make him ruler over all of his goods. An inheritance beyond anything mortal people have ever heard in their life. They cannot conceive in their brains, heart, or anywhere, what God has for them.

But, and if that evil servant, there’s two of them. The one in due season got the one out. And the other one, he didn’t get out. And it says here, But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming. How? Well, if you tell somebody that the Lord is not going to translate them, then you say the Lord delayed His coming, and that He’s coming way over here at the end of tribulation.

Remember, they said, the Lord delayeth His coming. Well, the way you do that is to say that the Lord is coming at the end of the tribulation. Then you would know exactly about when by counting off after the mark of the beast. All you have to do is count off 42 months and you’ll see him up over Armageddon in there. No such thing, God won’t do that.

When the servant gave it in due season, they were translated. But the others come around and say, no, we want the big sign to live in sin, and everything, and then we’ll get ready over here about the time we get through all of this. Flee out here, and go in there, and we’ll see Armageddon, and all of us will die over here in Armageddon, and all of that. That evil servant, say the Lord delayed His coming, that He will not go up before then in a translation.

God didn’t say He delayed it. He tarried over here with the wise and foolish. But the Lord is the only one, knows the exact time. The fellow cannot say the Lord delayed his coming. He doesn’t know anything about it. But all he knows is by saying delaying the coming, is when they say that you’re going clear through the tribulation, into Armageddon. Then you are the evil servant that said the Lord has delayed His coming for His elect.

And not only this, but there is the foolish virgin parable that shows you half were ready, went in with the Lord, and the other half, they were left. Grant you there’ll be saints upon the earth according to Daniel’s writings. There’ll be saints upon the earth according to the chapter Revelations 13. Those saints, 144,000 Hebrews, go nowhere. Those are saints of God too. They will be hidden with two major prophets, Revelation 11.

And the other saints are the tribulation saints in Revelation 7, fleeing out in the wilderness. God loves them too. But they missed the translation.

The servant was evil that said the Lord delayed His coming. There’ll be a great multitude that comes through great tribulation. It will be millions, and millions, of people that come out of that great tribulation there. They had been deceived that He was not going to come and translate them. They had been deceived that they could see the mark of the beast, and that they would go through the last 42 months, and somewhere over by Armageddon, God would try to either protect some of them or take them out, but that’s delaying His coming.

When that church is emptied out, purged, behold, the Lord come to His temple suddenly, the Bible said. And when He does, He’ll purge, and refine, and get things in order. And they will be in order, too, just like He wants them there. And when He does, then He can work Himself among the people. And people will be blessed just sitting in a congregation like you’ve never seen before. And they are blessed by the Holy Spirit.

The Lord delayeth His coming. No, He’s not going to delay anything. There’s a tarrying period of time. You might just say that that part of it was a delay, but not the real coming because He had appointed it. He knows in His heart the very hour that He is going to come. But no man knows anything about it except the bride will know the season.

Then He says this about him. The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he looketh not for him, in an hour that he is not aware of.

And those last 42 months on the earth, that is just the time of Jacob’s trouble. And that’s when He turns back to the Israelites, and the Gentiles flee.

You remember in the Bible that Elijah rose up in there with great power. He was carried away in a chariot. The chariot of the Lord, the chariot of Israel, come down and picked him up. But over, the Bible said in the last chapters of Malachi, he will come again. He’s something special to the Lord. He will come again to Hebrews. I believe they’ll believe him in such a way they can just know him when they see him. And he will come again, according to Malachi, before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will come down. And maybe he will come down in the same chariot over there as he left in. Well, that will call attention to him on it. And when he comes again, maybe the Lord will bring him back the same way as he left out there and caused a great commotion out there. And call them Israelites out in the land over in there, somewhere where he’s going to hide them from the mark of the beast upon the earth.

And so the foolish virgins scattered too all over the earth.

Deuteronomy 33 and 1 and 3: And this is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death. And he said, the Lord came from Sinai and rose up from Seir unto them. He shined forth from Mount Paran. He saw Him just shining as He come across there. And He came with ten thousands of His saints.

In the middle of the tribulation, before it gets started in the great tribulation, a catching away.

At the end of the tribulation, He will come with the elect of heaven, and all the world will see Him right there. And all the kings of the earth, and all will look up at Him at that time. But that’s the second time that He comes through there.

Jude 1, 14 and 15: And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints. See millions of them. If you multiply it, millions of His saints. He’s really got a lot of them after 6,000 years, doesn’t He? That’d be millions of them.

According to the city and spiritual dimensions, which you can’t hardly, but it does give the dimensions on there. And it’s three steps to it, and it’s a square. It’s like a diamond. But, it is in such a way that when you get the furlongs, millions and millions of people can live in that city. And of course, being light and supernatural, they wouldn’t even have to occupy space nor time nor anything else. See, those are secrets that are hidden from the church. And that 10,000 may stay in one little place because they don’t occupy space and time like the other creatures of God that are upon the earth, and so forth like that. But anyway, even without that, millions of people can sit into this place.

You see, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints. See, He couldn’t be coming with them unless He had already got them. To execute judgment on all. He already come and got them, or He couldn’t be coming back with them.

And so tonight, to erase the confusion. That at the end of the age, our Lord has delayed His coming. Let us drink, and go on into sin, because we have plenty of time. And the Lord said, I’ll come in an hour you think not. Evidently, that doctrine becomes pretty strong. But nevertheless, He will come with ten thousands of His saints.

While people will not believe you, just go on about your business, and look for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Occupy until He comes, preach the gospel. Have the gospel testifying and witness. And believe me, there will be a blessing in your soul. So, we will not have the strife nor the contention, and all that. But we will preach the word of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Be careful because false doctrine, strong delusion, will begin to set in. But those that know the word of the Lord will not be deceived. They will have the word of the Lord. Let no man steal your crown but worship the Lord in Spirit and in truth. It is going to come in such a way it’ll deceive almost the very elect, the Bible said, but it cannot deceive the very elect.

Scripture Reading

Erase the confusion: Who will not go through the tribulation? Who will go through the tribulation, or do we all go through the tribulation, or do we all go up, or how is all of this?

“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.”Matthew 25: 10 – 12

“Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”Matthew 24: 40 – 42

“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”Matthew 24: 44

“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of”Matthew 24: 48 – 50

If you have true salvation, you will not want to continue living in sin. You will not let the cares of this world take over your life.

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”Romans 6: 1 – 2

“He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”Matthew 13: 22

I read from Scroll # 35:

“Behold what I have spoken about the water is true! What I have spoken about my name is true! It is I the Lord Jesus which has spoken unto my people the Bride! And unto them who will take my name will become my Bride. And unto her is given my Kingdom to rule with Me! For she has spiritually married me and has taken my name the Lord Jesus Christ, for she is My own, the very handy work of my spirit! For even now the time must shortly come when I will take her to My palace. Watch! I say watch! – Behold now is the end of the age come! And I will reveal hidden manna! I was God walking in the body of Jesus, walking the hot roads of Galilee, and gave rest to the weary! Healing the sick of Israel! I am your Lord let no man deceive thee! And there is no other God besides Me! Behold I have hidden myself in Jesus in such away that the foolish virgins and the world can not see Me, Until the time that I shall reveal it, but My Elect was born to believe it and another they will not hear I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, YEA A MANS HAND HAS NOT WRITTEN THIS, BUT THE HAND OF POWER THE LORD OF HOST HAS WRITTEN IT!

It means the tribulation saints do not truly believe in their heart that the Lord Jesus is “The mighty God”, and that there is no other God besides Him.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

“Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.”Isaiah 44: 8

The tribulation saints do not believe that by the Lord Jesus, all things were created.

“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”Colossians 1: 16 – 17

Matthew 24: 47: “Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne”Revelation 3: 21

“But as it is written, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM.”1 Corinthians 2: 9

The tribulation saints will not want to hear that they do not have a crown of righteousness waiting for them because they do not love the appearing of the Lord.

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”2 Timothy 4: 7 – 8

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53

“And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.”Revelation 21: 16

In the sermon titled “God’s Greatness”, CD # 1241, Brother Neal Frisby stated:

God’s children, you see yourself as flesh and blood, with curious and anxious eyes and ears to know and to see all that you can, but you are points of light in flesh here on probation.

Our flesh will change back into that point of light, whether you die in that grave or resurrected, there is a change coming. And that flesh will change back to that point of light, but it’s enhanced, it’s glorified.

We come as points of lights.

Now, one day, by not rejecting the word, but believing the word, one day, you are going to change back to that point of light, but it will be enhanced and glorified.

A point of light sent by God.

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This Gospel – Witness — September 7, 2025

Introduction

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”Matthew 24: 14

The gospel of the Kingdom to be preached to all the world. This gospel. What gospel? That Jesus spoke about in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and the whole Bible, too. This gospel of miracles. The gospel of Jesus, and who He is, shall be preached into all the world. The gospel that delivers, that casts devils out. The gospel that straightens hearts out, and sound minds. You can’t preach no other gospel. It won’t work.

He said ye are my witness. In Isaiah, and in all the Scriptures, ye are my witnesses. He never did say you had to save them all. He never did say all of them would get saved. So, it said, this gospel shall be a witness to all nations, and then the end will come. It didn’t say the whole world would be saved. But it said, to all nations, witness. Therefore, if they don’t get saved, tell them about it anyway.

What gospel are we to preach? It is the gospel of the Lord Jesus which declares “who He is”.

Who is Jesus? He was the Holy Spirit in the form of flesh.

It was the Holy Spirit who came upon Mary, was born in the form of flesh, and was called Jesus: “for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1: 18 – 21.

“And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.”Luke 1: 31

“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”Luke 1: 35

Isaiah 9: 6 tells us that the child shall be “The mighty God”.

“Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.”Isaiah 44: 8

This gospel, declaring who Jesus truly is, is the gospel of miracles. It is the gospel that delivers, that casts devils out. It is the gospel that straightens hearts out, and sound minds.

When you believe in your heart that the Lord Jesus is the only God that exists, the Lord gives you an anointing that makes the devils tremble because they also know this truth. You are therefore victorious over the powers of Satan. James 2: 19; Ephesians 6: 12.

You cannot preach any other gospel; it will not work.

“What I have spoken about my name is true! It is I the Lord Jesus which has spoken unto my people the Bride! And unto them who will take my name will become my Bride. And unto her is given my Kingdom to rule with Me!”

This true gospel will also be preached during the great tribulation. The Angel will be preaching “the everlasting gospel”, telling the people on the earth to fear God, and to “worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and fountains of waters”. We have redemption through the blood of the Lord Jesus, and “by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth”. Revelation 14: 6 – 7; Hebrews 2: 9; Colossians 1: 14 – 17.

God has three manifestations, and He works in all three of them as the Holy Spirit.

Now, we don’t serve any three gods. No, no, no. Finally, at the end of the age, it will just get you in anything that’s got a mark on it.

When the gospel, like Paul, and all through the Bible, when it’s preached by divine love, authority, and power, and preached properly, it’s the most loveliest thing that God created. It has wings, and will carry you away.

It’s wonderful to know the full revelation of the Lord.

You will see paradise with the Lord Jesus. You will see things that I couldn’t even utter if He’d have showed me to you that you’re going to see. That the heart, and eyes, and soul of man, has never beheld. Some of the Angels probably never have seen. But it’ll be yours. It’ll be gifts. It’ll be from Him. When you are changed into eternal life. 1 Corinthians 2: 9.

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne”Revelation 3: 21

Lord Jesus, our eternal God, there is no other God besides you. We thank you for our salvation. We will see paradise with you. We will see things that our eyes have not yet seen, and they will be gifts from you to us. Thank you, Lord Jesus. We appreciate all that you do for us now and what you will do for us hereafter, throughout eternity.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “This Gospel – Witness”, CD # 1409, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

The omnipresence of God. The omnipresence of God does not leave, but your mind, and your heart, and Satan, will tell you that God is not backing you up when God is all the way with you.

Christ Jesus said in the midst, I will be, where two or three are together. I will be in the midst. Wherever, on the moon, in an airplane, under the sea, in a submarine, out on an island, in church, all alone. Wherever two or three are together, I will be in their midst. You can’t get rid of me. It’s only in your mind that you try to get rid of me. And still, you can’t, saith the Lord, I am there. Matthew 18: 20 on that one.

And the Holy Spirit to abide with the disciples, it said, forever. You get Him in your heart, and you get salvation, and you get the Holy Spirit working with you. He said, I will dwell with you, and abide forever; that is God’s word.

The Holy Spirit to abide with the disciples forever.

But ye know Him. And the disciples said, we know Him. You saw Him on the transfiguration. Ye know Him. And it said, but ye know Him, for He dwelleth with you. That was Jesus right there. And who shall be with you, He will be with you. I will not leave. He will be with you. He was talking of the Holy Spirit, the other manifestation of the same manifestation in another way. I will not leave. In fact, the Spirit of truth shall return in my name. I will be in you, ye shall be in me.

You can carry the Bible around all of your life. You can read it all of your life. Until that faith He gives you turns loose, and accepts what He said, then the Bible becomes a reality to you.

You can’t even get salvation. You can read the word about salvation. You can read about where He’ll save. You can read about how that God will do all them things, but till you confess with your mouth, and your heart, by faith, the great Bible will not even turn loose salvation for you.

Jesus to manifest Himself to all those who obey Him in praise, and give, and praying, and witnessing, and reading the Bible, listening to what He has to say, and doing those things, and He will be with you, He will not forsake you.

Jesus to abide with a believer until the end of the age in Matthew 28: 20. How are you going to shake Him? He’s omnipresent. Where are you going to go, David said. If I was the bird, I would fly away from all these troubles, and all these things put upon me. I’d fly away. The omnipresence. He said, where can I fly? If I go to the bottom of the sea, Thou are with me, Lord. If I could enter hell and get in there, you’re with me. No matter where I go, I cannot forsake nor leave you. You are with me, Lord.

And I’m with you even to the end of the age, where the most trouble has taken place. And this world is coming to an end. But He is going to be with you. He will abide.

He’ll never leave you nor forsake you, then the only way you can get rid of Him is to deny that. And when you deny that, then, of course, you automatically shut yourself out. He’s still there, but you shut yourself out.

The field is the world, Jesus said, and the seed that He throwed out are the good. The field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the Kingdom, and the tares, the bad seed, are the children of the wicked. Matthew 13: 38 will tell you all about it. Those that are not in His hands, that will not stay with Him, that’s false, the seed of the tare. The other ones, that knows that word and stands on that rock despite what Satan says to them, is going to make it. They’re predestinated, and will not turn it loose.

The gospel of the Kingdom to be preached to all the world. I will bring a point out here. This gospel. What gospel? That Jesus spoke about in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and the whole Bible, too. This gospel of miracles. The gospel of Jesus, and who He is, shall be preached into all the world. The gospel that delivers, that casts devils out. The gospel that straightens hearts out, and sound minds. You can’t preach no other gospel. It won’t work.

This gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached into all the world, for a witness unto all nations. And then shall the end come. The end of the tribulation age even, and of the great day of the Lord. This gospel, so, be preached into all the world, to every nation, for a witness. It didn’t say they got saved.

What if is a man, that profited, if he gained the whole world, and then lose out? What does a man profit?

We have seen entertainers, and actors, that once knew God, and somehow they reserved some of that quality in there that made them different, but if they gained the whole world and lose out what is it.

I’m not taking sides, but before the death of Elvis Presley, I foresaw it.

That’s why at the cross, there was a thief, and the Lord allowed him to be there, and just a few minutes, the thief gave his heart to the Lord Jesus, and he made it into paradise.

What did they do with that last five minutes or three minutes they had?

The gospel of the kingdom to be preached into all the world as a witness.

We are sent to receive forgiveness. And then we are to forgive. That is the whole gospel. It stands by itself on divine love forever, saith the Lord. It’ll stand there, that forgiveness.

The gospel to be preached throughout the world.

Verily I say unto you, wheresoever the gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also be this, that this woman hath done, to be told as a memorial to all the world. There shall be a memorial told, all over the world. This woman, she came in, she anointed His head with oil. She started from the top, she come clear to the bottom, to His feet. She poured it upon His feet. It cost money too. He brought that out. And the woman kissed His feet, and she worshipped Him. And He said, this shall be a memorial.

She retained her love for God, or He would not have made a memorial to her like that. And this woman, He said, whose sins were many. Probably one of those prostitutes. Her sins were many. Yet, from the moment I come in here, she has given me attention, and has not let up. And all you can do is sit around and criticize. So, she’s going to be talked about all over the world. Although her sins were many, they are forgiven.

And some of them said, does He know who she is? What chance would that woman, that they’ve seen on the streets have? To the Pharisees and the Sadducees, not a chance in the world. And yet she kissed His feet, and anointed Him. She humbled herself; every knee shall bow. And all they could do was criticize. Satan was mad because the woman had bowed to the Savior. She had shaken him off. Lucifer had no grip around Jesus. And she won. Wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, nobody would have given that woman a chance, five or ten minutes before that. Yet He said, she will not forget me. I will not forget her. I know her heart will be with me. How many of you can believe the great foresight? He said her sins were many.

You know Him. He shall be with you. I will not leave you, and I will send a comforter. He shall come in my name, for I am Jesus, and I’ll be with you.

He had foresight. The woman, future knowledge. According to Him, the people that He saw get saved, and Abraham, and Lazarus that come forth now after four days, the beggar that was in there, the thief on the cross, and the woman that He saw, He already saw their souls in paradise. He already knows where they’re going. He had that much future in Him. Nothing was hidden from Him from the beginning to the end. And you say, how did Jesus know that? John was caught up to Patmos and saw it. Apostle Paul was in the third heaven and saw it. And yet some of the people that He saw was still on this earth, and some of them had passed on. So, Jesus in his great infinite is greater than Paul, and John on Patmos. He’s seen some of the wicked ones there in paradise. He saw the thief in paradise. In fact, He stated he would be there with Him.

Then He commands the gospel, commanded to the disciples to go into all of the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16: 15. It didn’t say, it just said, preach it to them. Witness to them. Matthew said, witness to them. That don’t mean that you’re going to just witness to one. That means that when you run into someone that the Lord leads you to, you’re going to tell them about the gospel. You’re going to get them somewhere that they can hear the gospel.

Go ye. You say, who was He talking to? You. Because He said, go ye into all the world.

Paul, someday I’ll write about it. They got him because he told the women, you know, in one place to keep silent. They didn’t belong in the matters he was talking about either. He didn’t tell them shut up in tongues, and he wasn’t talking anything about the real Spirit of God.

But in some places, they got out of their authority. And what he wrote was by command of God. And he wrote it in the Bible like that. It’s a hard subject for many women to take. They won’t go into Pentecost because of it. And then they go in the nominal churches, and some of them will skirt it. But he didn’t tell you to shut up about Jesus. Tell them about what the Lord Jesus is doing.

So, the woman say, I’m supposed to shut up, not say nothing. No, no, no, no. Go ye. There’s no he or him on that. Go ye. The women are obligated under certain ways, because of the way the headship of God is, and so forth, but she can witness at her opportunity about Jesus. I know that there’s some limits on some things, but when you’re telling about Jesus, there’s no limit tell who He is.

I’m not taking sides with the wicked. I’m not taking sides on any account. I am putting the gospel of a God of mercy. And it’s not what I say that I think, but it is what the Master Himself, it is what He comes up with. And when He says what to command, or what is going to be, or how they will turn out, you can be sure divine wisdom before this world, and planet, was created had already been done. That’s right. When you limit Him, you have cut off all roads to God. Don’t ever limit the Lord Jesus. I don’t care what the devil tells you. I don’t care what the devil is going to tell you. Don’t cut Him off, hold on.

You will see paradise with Him. You will see things that I couldn’t even utter if He’d have showed me to you that you’re going to see. That the heart, and eyes, and soul of man, has never beheld. Some of the Angels probably never have seen. But it’ll be yours. It’ll be gifts. It’ll be from Him. When you are changed into eternal life. Hold on to Him. And He will bless your heart.

And hold to Jesus. He is coming soon. It will come all of a sudden as a rush, and the great gathering of the body will be over with. It’ll be so swift and quick they won’t know what hit this world when He is gone. And they’ll be out of here.

And whether they get saved, or accepted, or not, happy are ye, saith the Lord. You give them the word. He wants the world to hear it, and He will.

After the elect are gone, you have the 144,000 Jews that are going to start preaching with two great prophets. Malachi 4 and Revelations 11. And they will witness, and the tribulation saints may have something to say. And the Angels in heaven will give a great witness across there and forewarn them in some manner in Revelations chapter 14. And that gospel is witnessed. With the Jews, there will be some kind of a witness. And He said, this gospel, and when that witness is given, the end of the age shall come. When those two witnesses are gone, they call two witnesses. When they’re gone, it’s over with for this world. In Revelation chapter 11, the day of the Lord in Armageddon, and the great day of the Lord take place right there. The witness is over with.

Scripture Reading

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”Matthew 24: 14

What gospel are we to preach? It is the gospel of the Lord Jesus which declares “who He is”.

Who is Jesus? He was the Holy Spirit in the form of flesh.

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”Matthew 1: 18 – 21

“And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.”Luke 1: 31

“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”Luke 1: 35

Isaiah 9: 6 tells us that the child shall be “The mighty God”.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

“Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.”Isaiah 44: 8

This gospel, declaring who Jesus truly is, is the gospel of miracles. It is the gospel that delivers, that casts devils out. It is the gospel that straightens hearts out, and sound minds.

“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”James 2: 19

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”Ephesians 6: 12

You cannot preach any other gospel; it will not work.

I read from Scroll # 35:

“What I have spoken about my name is true! It is I the Lord Jesus which has spoken unto my people the Bride! And unto them who will take my name will become my Bride. And unto her is given my Kingdom to rule with Me!”

“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and fountains of waters.”Revelation 14: 6 – 7

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”Hebrews 2: 9

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”Colossians 1: 14 – 17

From the sermon titled “The Defense”, CD # 1135, Brother Neal Frisby said:

God has three manifestations, and He works in all three of them as the Holy Spirit.

Now, we don’t serve any three gods. No, no, no. Finally, at the end of the age, it will just get you in anything that’s got a mark on it.

It’s wonderful to know the full revelation of the Lord.

“But as it is written, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM.”1 Corinthians 2: 9

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne”Revelation 3: 21

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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The Increase — August 24, 2025

Introduction

Let them both grow together, Jesus said, until the end of the church ages. And then He said, just before I come, He said, bundle up the tares. That’s the religious, and different ones. They’ve got a form, but they don’t understand, and don’t want to believe the word of God. But my wheat, take in the barn. And the elect has begun to push all the others back, and they’ll come into full force, and then God can visit them because they’re no longer growing together. Matthew 13: 24 – 30.

And already, some of the Pentecostals, if you get too close to God in a businesslike manner, and you’re really balanced with the Word, and they don’t believe all the Word, and you’re balanced with it, then they’re going to say they’re kind of peculiar, crazy. God said we would be peculiar. And just before that group leaves, they’re going to taunt you by calling you names, mocking your baptism, your Godhead, your revelation, the urgency, the coming of the Lord. Persecution, saith the Lord, will come. The whole world will get together, persecute you. But by the time they think they’re going to really do them in and kill them, they’ll go up to meet with God. 1 Peter 2: 9; Matthew 24: 24; Matthew 24: 12.

The sign of the occult and the occult explosion; and 1 Timothy 4: 1 reveals at the latter times that these spirits would come forth, evil. And never in all mankind will we see what’s going to come in the restoring, and revival, of witchcraft, demonism, and satanic worship. And this will surround certain events at the end of the age that will cause Satan to come down. 1 Timothy 4: 1; 2 Thessalonians 2: 9 – 10; Revelation 9: 20; Revelation 13: 4.

“We are living in an age where more spellbinders are rising with false signs preparing the way for the beast system; wherein a skillful chief wizard known as the anti-christ will totally control the masses as in the form of ultra magic! – A super charmer is on his way! At first a very religious and cunning personality, but in the end reverts back into idols and abomination!”

“It’s coming into prominence that more and more church people are dabbling into anything that is supernatural whether it has any Scriptural foundation or not!”

“People start off with small amounts of witchcraft not knowing that is what it is at first, then they are taken over by spirits that actually talk to them!”

“In Bible times they used strange and odd ways to try to tell the people’s future and so forth (known today as fortune tellers).”

“Familiar spirits is all kinds of sorcery or casting of spells, etc.” – “A necromancer is one that communicates with the dead”. Isaiah 8: 19 – 20.

And a strong delusion is sent forth to deceive the unbelievers!” “All because they would not endure sound doctrine, and heap to themselves teachers having itching ears! They quit the truth and went into fables! 2 Thessalonians 2: 11; 2 Timothy 4: 3 – 4.

Some of Satan’s titles and names: death, hell, his name’s hell, destruction by his titles, plagues, violence, confusion, dissension, arguments, and all of these things, drugs, and madness, debauchery, religious Babylon; Babylon’s his name too, spirits, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, curses, demons; the titles of his name by deception, and delusion.

When you call on demonic powers, join cults, or get involved with enchantments and idol worshipping, you have joined the worldwide mystery Babylon where every evil spirit dwells, for it is “the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit.” Revelation 17: 5; Revelation 18: 2.

Just tell them that in the name of Jesus, all sorcery is broken, all demon powers, all ghost, all the impersonation of the dead, that’s nothing. Jesus, in the blood of Jesus, will break it for them, just like that. Don’t believe any of the curses, any of those things, that Satan’s trying to do. All you have to do is believe in the name of Jesus, and believe me, that’s no magic charm. It works better than magic. It goes beyond magic, it moves back the principalities and powers, can move this earth around, and change the mortal body into eternal life; we’ve got a great One.

You are covered by the blood of the eternal God who came to us in the form of flesh, as Jesus, and shed His blood for our salvation on the cross. Isaiah 9: 6.

Lord Jesus, with true salvation in our souls, we are covered by your blood. We have the victory over every power of the devil. But more importantly, we rejoice because our names are written in heaven. Thank you, Lord, for we shall soon see you in the translation.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “The Increase”, CD # 1378, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

The increase. There’s an increase in negative signs everywhere that you look. There’s also an increase in positive signs that God gave us, showing that the end of the age is right around the corner.

Making a great bid for the youth, Satan is trying that. God will give a revival to the youth. Some of those are going to leave. In fact, he is making a bid for all the elect of God that he can, and anybody else. But if you’re tied to the anchor, the word of God, it’ll do him no good.

Now, what’s going to happen? Fruition is coming. It’s ripening. And as long as there’s a mixture throughout the churches in the land that belong to the Lord, it’s going to kind of hinder the power of God from really moving like He wants to move. Although there’ll be miracles, and there’s great power among the elect of God, still they’re kind of hindered in there like that. And the same, by the world, on its side, because that the strong faith of the people, and the power of the elect are here, it hinders them from really ripening like they should.

Now, let them both grow together. At the end, those will begin to bundle up. And the elect has begun to push all the others back, and they’ll come into full force, and then God can visit them, because they’re no longer, both of them, growing together. And no longer are we hindering them on the other side. Finally, the elect, because they’re no longer growing together, now they’re fixing to leave. There’s that lightning and thunder. There’s where the Lord has been telling us about the power of the Spirit. Suddenly, behold, I come quickly. Then, you know, without any of the weeds, without any of those growing up, without the organized system, without all of that in there, then we can really, and God can visit His people, and it won’t take me long then, saith the Lord. As it were, the Lord tarries, and while He tarried, this took place.

Ephesians 6: 12. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but principalities. He said on every hand, and against rulers of darkness, in high places, and governments, and everywhere. We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and rulers of the darkness in these places here. At the very end of the age, the rulers of darkness hath come upon the land. And if you know how to look, and where to look, you can see it everywhere that you look.

The very wizard of hell is coming in a man. All of the things that are occurring, that are taking place, not only in religion, but in films, and everywhere that it’s occurring, is paving the way for this wizard. And he is coming at the end of the age. The increase, the Bible says here, demonism.

God’s people are going to get closer, and the more spiritual, supernatural, He’s going to visit them in clouds and glory of God.

Revelations 12: 12, it’s because Satan knoweth that his time is short. And because he knows his time is short, he will accelerate his activity. And he can’t wait to be hurled down here completely on this earth.

But Satan knows this, that God loves you, even with some of your mistakes, and some of the things, that you’re not walking right, or you’re not as close as you should, but yet, you’re not really backslidden or anything, you’re just kind of fooling around. He’ll get you to go, and get the real ones together completely, and others, maybe you’re living close to God, and sometimes you might say or do something that you shouldn’t say, and so forth like that, but God loves the saint.

There’s prophets in the Bible, in different places. They didn’t do exactly sometimes, but the Lord loved them. He brought them out of it. Even old Samson was brought out of something. Even old Nebuchadnezzar, if you want to read the story in there, and all through the Bible, and Paul for what he did. He loved him even beforehand, and afterwards.

So, He loves the people that’s going to be with Him. And Satan knows that he can’t hurt God personally Himself. He can’t go up there and cause Him no trouble. He’s got his ticket, made him, and knows all about him, and he will do what God says to do. But he knows he can’t just go up there and hurt God. At the end, he goes to thinking he’s going to blow God up. He don’t do nothing after that millennium.

But in order to hurt God, His feelings I’m talking about, so, when God loves something, Satan will attack that person with disease. He’ll attack that person with pain. He’ll attack him every which way he can, to destroy him with the cult. With any kind of a way, with gossip, he’ll attack him. He’ll stir him up, make everybody against him, do all these things, and make the elect feel, they’re only one. Like Elijah got the feeling, yet he had 7,000, hadn’t bowed. How many more in this age, saith the Lord, I’ve got that hadn’t bowed. He’ll bring them on out, highways and hedges. He’s going to bring them on out.

So, when he does, like he did to Job, it hurt God, probably more than it did Job in some ways. He was yet to suffer Himself when He come. But he turned, it was for our admonition, it was to play a great story in history, a true one for us, to see what suffering is, and how that you can win, no matter how many friends, no matter the family, no matter what odds. Job showed that you can win. So, God let it stand, and it stood there, at Job. It hurt God, too, but He allowed it.

And the suffering of His apostles, and the martyrs of Isaiah and the prophets, and all of them. Satan attacked them, hit them, stabbed them, tried to kill them, tore in them, starved them. He knew he was hurting the Lord. But God has His day, and He’s bringing out a point that Satan don’t even know about. And so that’s why he’ll attack the children of the Lord. He knows that hurts God.

Now, at the end of the age, he’s going to try some type Pentecostal fundamentalist, and the others too, to mock, make fun, at the very thing that’s going to leave, and mock it. And already, some of the Pentecostals, if you get too close to God in a businesslike manner, and you’re really balanced with the Word, and they don’t believe all the Word, and you’re balanced with it, then they’re going to say they’re kind of peculiar, crazy. God said we would be peculiar. And they’ll look at you towards the end of the age, say, they’re crazy, them people are odd. And just before that group leaves, they’re going to taunt you. They’re going to call this, they’re going to call that. Finally, Satan’s going to get it to where if you’re sane, and a Christian, you’re crazy. And if you’re insane and worship him, you’re okay. And mankind will be like old Lucifer himself, and God’s children will be like the Lord, when it finally gets over with.

Let them both go together. And then, let them separate. And so, by calling you names, mocking your baptism, your Godhead, your revelation, the urgency, the coming of the Lord, that He is coming, and all of that, you fanatic. Pentecostals call Pentecostal fanatics, and heretics, and one thing, and another. Persecution, saith the Lord, will come. And it’ll come from where you never dreamed that it would come from when they persecute. The whole world will get together, persecute you. But by the time they think they’re going to really do them in, and kill them, they’ll go up to meet with God. And the others will flee into the wilderness from the face of the serpent. They wouldn’t believe, so they flee now, out in the wilderness there.

That’s the way Satan tries to hurt God, it’s to make fun, to mock, to hurt in any fashion, sickness, troubles, sorrows, in any way that he can.

The sign of the occult and the occult explosion; and 1 Timothy 4: 1 reveals at the latter times that these spirits would come forth, evil. And never in all mankind will we see what’s going to come in the restoring, and revival, of witchcraft, demonism, and satanic worship. And the activity is everywhere, in films, horror shows, television. And this will surround certain events at the end of the age that will cause Satan to come down. Things will be made ready. Things are prepared for him to come on down, and to take control for a moment of this earth.

And then I wrote this off another Scroll: And when children act like men, drink, crime, rape, murder, and have no correction, and women rise on high, and are rulers as men are. That means politically, and otherwise, in all kinds of ways. Then I said this here, then witches will take charge, and sorcery shall lead. That’s exactly what we’re seeing around the world. It shall stand. Meaning this prophecy will stand. And it means also that that will increase into hell and destruction, into the great tribulation, paving a way there, and so forth like that, we see all of this happening.

I’d like to read this right here: The increase, some of Satan’s titles and names: Death on the horse, death everywhere you look, he’s got the touch of death; only Jesus has eternal life. And so, his titles, death, hell, his name’s hell, destruction by his titles, plagues, violence, confusion, dissension, arguments, and all of these things, drugs, and madness, debauchery, religious Babylon; Babylon’s his name too, spirits, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, curses, demons; the titles of his name by deception, and delusion.

We fight not against flesh and blood, but principalities, rulers of darkness, are trying to take her over, down here, as God’s going to gather His children together like never before.

People gets into witchcraft, and people gets into sorcery. No matter if it’s just minor things, it bothers them. It’ll bother the soul, the nervous system, mentally, they’ll take on mentally, and physically, it’ll bother them in every way. Just tell them that in the name of Jesus, all sorcery is broken, all demon powers, all ghost, all the impersonation of the dead, that’s nothing. Jesus, in the blood of Jesus, will break it for them, just like that. Don’t believe any of the curses, any of those things, that Satan’s trying to do. All you have to do is believe in the name of Jesus, and believe me, that’s no magic charm. It works better than magic. It goes beyond magic, it moves back the principalities and powers, can move this earth around, and change the mortal body into eternal life; we’ve got a great One.

And He loves you, and that’s why Satan’s taking shots. He’s trying to hurt God, not just you. He’s trying to get to Him.

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Scripture Reading

“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”Matthew 13: 24 – 30

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”1 Peter 2: 9

“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”Matthew 24: 24

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”Matthew 24: 12

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils”1 Timothy 4: 1

“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”2 Thessalonians 2: 9 – 10

“And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk”Revelation 9: 20

“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?”Revelation 13: 4

I read from Scroll # 77:

“IN THIS SCRIPT WE WANT TO BRING OUT VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE ELECT CHURCH! We are living in an age where more spellbinders are rising with false signs preparing the way for the beast system; wherein a skillful chief wizard known as the anti-christ will totally control the masses as in the form of ultra magic! – A super charmer is on his way! At first a very religious and cunning personality, but in the end reverts back into idols and abomination!”

MICAH 5: 12-13, “SHOWS GOD WILL CUT OFF WITCHCRAFT AND THE SOOTHSAYERS, He will also cut the graven images and idols off! – It’s coming into prominence that more and more church people are dabbling into anything that is supernatural whether it has any Scriptural foundation or not!” – I Tim. 4:1, “Now the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils! People start off with small amounts of witchcraft not knowing that is what it is at first, then they are taken over by spirits that actually talk to them!

In Bible times they used strange and odd ways to try to tell the people’s future and so forth (known today as fortune tellers). The Bible continues, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer!”

“Familiar spirits is all kinds of sorcery or casting of spells, etc.” – “A necromancer is one that communicates with the dead” Isa. 8: 19-20, “When they shall say unto you, seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them!”

“THE REAL CHRISTIAN WHO FOLLOWS THE WORD and the Lord’s true servants will have no trouble with witchcraft! Stay true to His word is the answer!

PAUL POINTS OUT THAT THE CHIEF RELIGIOUS WIZARD OF ALL TIME WILL EXALT HIMSELF IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD with ultra magic proclaiming that he is God! (II Thess. 2: 4) – “But the real invincible God (our champion Jesus) shall, with the spirit of His mouth, destroy the false god with the brightness of His coming!” (verse 8) – Verse 9, “gives us another dimension of this anti-christ whose coming is after the working of satan with all power, signs and lying wonders!” – “As we said before, these spellbinders set it up for his appearance! And a strong delusion is sent forth to deceive the unbelievers!” (verse 11) – II Tim. 4: 3-4, “All because they would not endure sound doctrine, and heap to themselves teachers having itching ears! They quit the truth and went into fables!

“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie”2 Thessalonians 2: 11

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”2 Timothy 4: 3 – 4

“And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”Revelation 17: 5

“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”Revelation 18: 2

You are covered by the blood of the eternal God who came to us in the form of flesh, as Jesus, and shed His blood for our salvation on the cross.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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The Great Gift — August 17, 2025

Introduction

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”Ephesians 2: 8 – 9

Now, the great gift. You might say overlooked. The great gift that God gave. For by grace are ye saved. You’re already saved through grace, through faith.

You accept it as a gift. If you have to buy it, or something like that out there, there wouldn’t be a gift any longer. It’s already a gift. And God, your healing the same way. And your salvation runs right along together there.

When you witness to others about the Lord Jesus, tell them that they are already saved. The Lord Jesus, the mighty God, has already tasted death for everyone. It is now left to whosoever will believe it. Isaiah 9: 6; Hebrews 2: 9; John 3: 15.

If this Bible is your doctrine instead of some church, then you can worship God in spirit and truth. They cannot, this lip service, because how can anybody with a part truth, part lie, part false, part this, part that, how in the world can they worship God in the truth and in the spirit? It’s an impossibility.

If anybody asks you what’s your doctrine, you tell the whole word of God. Because they’ve made so many Bibles, you may not be able to say Bible, unless you say King James. But you just tell them my doctrine is the Bible, all of the Bible. That is, the words of God is my doctrine. You get away from that, you’re in deep trouble.

God is a spirit, and they who worship Him must worship Him in spirit as the Scriptures give it. John 4: 23 – 24.

What causes our physical bodies to be changed to gloried bodies at the time of translation? It is the simple faith in you that started with true salvation in your soul, that has now grown to translative faith.

It is simple faith, and that simple faith can grow by leaps and by bounds. It’ll grow until finally that faith will cause a vibrant change. In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, it’ll reach the point that you’re changed and caught up to meet the Lord in the air with those that have been resurrected out, and they’ve come back to their bodies, to stand before the Lord. That’s how powerful the faith, so powerful, that the change finally comes in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. John 11: 25 – 26; 1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”Romans 6: 23

But that gift of eternal life, it’s yours. So, the gift of eternal life, this great mystery, the Jews said, that’s a man. So simple that they overlooked the great gift.

The “gift of God” is the very life of the eternal God Himself. It means there is no higher gift throughout the entire Universe that you can receive, because you cannot receive anything higher than the very life of the eternal God.

God’s eternal life is your eternal life. It means the life of God is your life, and your life is the life of God. The Bible calls the Lord Jesus “our life”. Colossians 3: 4.

It means you have been with Him from eternity, and you shall be with Him for eternity.

If you were to pass on before the translation, the eternal life that you now have will continue in the third heaven, paradise, and will continue for eternity at the time of translation when your physical body is changed to the glorified body, a body that is immortal. 2 Corinthians 12: 1 – 4; 1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53.

The faith that speaks and does those things, and He gave us a little part of that in us, a part of Him, to use to get what we want, to use to fulfill the word of God, and the promises of God.

“The real eternal spirit which God gives His saints had no beginning and has no end and is like unto God!”

“Behold saith the Lord do ye not know this Scripture? Ye were with Me when the Morning Stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy!” (Job 38:6,7)”

“that is why it is called eternal life, it always was and always will be with God”.

While you are alive on this earth, there is no greater joy in your soul than to know that you shall be with the Almighty God for eternity. Leap for joy. Luke 6: 23.

No matter what problem Satan may bring to you, it makes no difference because the eternal God is your life, and He is in control of all creation.

For your life to be hidden with the eternal God, inside of Himself, means your life is also eternal. Colossians 3: 2 – 3.

You are a joint-heir with Christ, the eternal God, and you shall inherit all things from Him. You shall sit on the throne to rule with Him for eternity. Romans 8: 16 – 17; Revelation 3: 21.

Lord Jesus, you are our eternal life. We were with you when you created the morning stars, and we shall be with you throughout eternity as you bring forth more creations. We thank you for giving us eternal life. Thank you, Jesus.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “The Great Gift”, CD # 1345, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Now, the great gift. You might say overlooked. The great gift that God gave. The only Son, Him, Himself, come in the form of flesh, and so forth like that. He’s trying to tell us something. He’s telling each one of us to give of our prayers, to give of our time, to give of our faith, to give to witness, or we give financially, whatever we do, or give to worship, we give of our time to God, and we thank Him for it. He has a record book on all of that.

When you come before the throne, something similar to what I preach, and the power that’s on me, and so powerful, and positive, that He puts here. It’s a little insignificant compared to what really God is at His throne, but something similar, you go to feeling have I been there before? And you go to seeing such power.

The faith that speaks and does those things, and He gave us a little part of that in us, a part of Him, to use to get what we want, to use to fulfill the word of God, and the promises of God.

He is real, the great gift of the Lord.

Now, after God performed so many miracles for Israel, fantastic miracles, all the way through the Bible. But the time that Christ arrived, the Lord Jesus, it had kind of dropped down to just lip service. Just a type of tradition of men, and yet they claimed the Old Testament Bible, but the foundation was not on it at all. It had changed because men got their ideas into it.

And there was a living Spirit standing, part of the throne, right before there. And power, that is, power that He would give them at that time there. And they failed to see what Jesus was talking about. In fact, they used the Bible to fight Him, but it did no good.

How great the gift. This gift so great that Satan tried so hard all the way through. That fight, all the way through there, that wasn’t just the things that were going on at that time. From the six thousand years where the promise, the Messiah would come, that was Satan fighting to cut that off, all the way up until Jesus stepped out and rebuked him at the end of four thousand years. He came forth. Such a mystery, such a fight that Satan put up to stop that, and then afterwards, to stop it and kill all the disciples, kind of stop that message from coming through. Satan will do anything and everything he can to stop the powerful message of the Lord. Satan will throw up walls, get you to unbelief. Stay right with His word.

So, the gift of eternal life, this great mystery, the Jews said, that’s a man. So simple that they overlooked the great gift.

And then we find out here, in Ephesians 2: 8 – 9, For by grace are ye saved. You’re already saved through grace, through faith. There it is. And that not of yourselves. It is a gift of God, not of the works, lest men should boast that they had something to do with it. God has completed the course. It is a gift.

And so, the gift of God. It’s why salvation must be a gift because man has no ability to blot out his sins or to give himself eternal life. He’s lost. He’s no way of doing it himself. He cannot do anything.

In Romans 3: 10, it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one. They were all gone out of their way. They are altogether become unprofitable. There is none that doeth good. No, not one.

But that gift of eternal life, it’s yours. The fact salvation is free, it does not mean that it didn’t cost anything. It is a free gift. It cost at that cross a man’s life, tied in with God.

Yet, a great price has been paid, that you don’t have to do that, to receive it. And He’s done it. It is a free gift. How great and how wonderful. God, yet while we were sinners, the just died for the unjust.

Salvation is wonderful. Oh, what divine love it is. A simple, so simple they’re overlooking it because it is a gift. But it’s coming from God. He made it that way. Nobody can say I didn’t know, it was so complicated, I didn’t know what to do, that won’t work at all if you’ve heard the Gospel for a minute.

Jesus says, The Jews could not believe because they received honor from one another. But how can you believe like that, He says, without receiving first the honor of God.

They were so busy climbing to the top, getting over one another, and trying to please man, and who was important, and trying to please this, and trying to please that, that they never pleased God. He said, How can you believe giving honor one to another and not God? That’s what Jesus said.

The Jews saw Christ sinless life. They saw a good sinless life that He lived. And they tried to turn it into sin, but they couldn’t. It was so rare to see anybody with the qualities that He had. They couldn’t believe it was true. And they tried to twist up that rarity into something that was odd, something that was akin to that devil. It was so strange. And He was so peculiar. He was so different than they were. And He was so sinless in purity.

So He was so rare and peculiar with that power.

They’re the ones that went the other direction from the Word of God. And they had become in that condition that He was just like the Word of God would send you. Just like the Word of God would proclaim it. And because He come just like the Word of God, then He become the peculiar one. And they came opposite the Word of God. They were out of order, saith the Lord. All of them were out of order. So, the Jews would not hear. They didn’t want to hear it.

He said, worshiping the Lord Jesus is not just restricted to church, and not just restricted to one locale, or one denomination, or one movement. Worship is not restricted anywhere. You can pray at home, on the street corner. You can pray in church. You can pray in your house. You can pray anywhere that you’re at. You can pray in a store, and He’ll hear you. Jesus told them that. Then you had to go to a certain place, you see, or God wouldn’t hear you. And Jesus said the time will come, and that is now, that is coming through, when He was crucified, and so forth like that. True worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.

If this Bible is your doctrine instead of some church, then you can worship God in spirit and truth. And that’s what Jesus was trying to say to the Pharisees. They cannot, this lip service, because how can anybody with a part truth, part lie, part false, part this, part that, how in the world can they worship God in the truth and in the spirit? It’s an impossibility. That’s why when He preaches this word, you worship Him in the truth of this word, what it said, and how you believe it. He does not live in unbelief. They’re so tangled up they can’t have no faith, they’re all tangled up.

That word of God done right makes that soul happy. That’s what the word can do, and will do, otherwise, it’ll just lay there. You’ve got to put it into action. You’ve got to believe it.

People ask me, what is your doctrine? I finally just prayed and prayed. And finally in prayer, I got up and I said, and the Holy Spirit spoke, and I said, the King James, this Bible, the words of God, that is my doctrine, and it alone. The Bible said that is the only doctrine, is the words of God. So, I don’t know what they’re trying to do all over the world. But they sure don’t have the whole word of God as their doctrine. So, if anybody asks you what’s your doctrine, you tell the whole word of God. Because they’ve made so many Bibles, you may not be able to say Bible, unless you say King James. But you just tell them, my doctrine is the Bible, all of the Bible. That is, the words of God is my doctrine. You get away from that, you’re in deep trouble. It’s the word of God and the faith in God.

God is a spirit, and they who worship Him must worship Him in spirit as the Scriptures give it.

Jesus commends the enthusiastic worship of His people. I mean enthusiastic in their heart, because one time they try to quiet them down, it’s making so much noise about it. They would just praise the Lord, making a lot of noise, and they try to quiet them down. Jesus told them that if they quiet them down, He said the rocks would immediately begin to cry out in praises, because He has that kind of power. He was telling some things that they could not understand. That was no false statement. That wasn’t just no wild statement out there. He meant exactly what He can do and will do.

Christ, the Lord Jesus, He commends the energetic and enthusiastic worship of the children today. Jesus wants the worship of those little children and enthusiastic words. He wants that because He said so in the Bible, and He told them to let them go on, let them come to me. Suffer not the little children come on, and in the Bible even the babes, you know, praise God, so forth like that. So, you children it is your heritage to worship the Lord as long as you can get that voice out there, and you praise the Lord. You’re beginning to grow. Then you’re beginning to be guided by a force you may not entirely understand all the time, but you’ll be guided. It’s in the old Bible prophets, when they were young, Samuel, and Joseph, was two of those in the Bible and look at what God did in there. Let the little children Praise the Lord.

Sometimes, they get to know enough about God that they can pray some of you oldies out of trouble. You might be suffering and they’ll pray the prayer of faith. You might need God to do something, and you say, that kid of mine, you can’t look upon him now; you didn’t train. If he’s right, you raise that little child up, then he can join in anyway. And if not, he can pray you the prayer of faith in the hour of need. Those little kids, teach them faith. Teach them all about the word of God.

Everything in this world, since the first man, Adam, was born into this world, everything is clocked to utter perfection, and ever since the first creation of man to the final one that goes into that body, in fact till the final thing is over with, He has it in utter perfection. Whether He causes delays and speeds up and then delays and speeds up and then delays and speeds up, He’s got it all timed out. He will not miss a second of it. He’ll be when that takes place, that change that He has before the foundation of the world, He knew exactly when He would do it. He knows those things because He’s infinite, and when that point comes, all hell, and all creation, they can’t stop it.

God gave us a love gift. That’s what He was, and He gave us the gift of love, and that’s the Lord Jesus, the one that you will love so much.

Scripture Reading

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”Ephesians 2: 8 – 9

Now, the great gift. You might say overlooked. The great gift that God gave. For by grace are ye saved. You’re already saved through grace, through faith.

When you witness to others about the Lord Jesus, tell them that they are already saved. The Lord Jesus, the might God, has already tasted death for everyone. It is now left to whosoever will believe it.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”Hebrews 2: 9

“That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”John 3: 15

God is a spirit, and they who worship Him must worship Him in spirit as the Scriptures give it.

“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”John 4: 23 – 24

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?”John 11: 25 – 26

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”Romans 6: 23

But that gift of eternal life, it’s yours. So, the gift of eternal life, this great mystery, the Jews said, that’s a man. So simple that they overlooked the great gift.

God’s eternal life is your eternal life. It means the life of God is your life, and your life is the life of God. The Bible calls the Lord Jesus “our life”.

“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”Colossians 3: 4

It means you have been with Him from eternity, and you shall be with Him for eternity.

“It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”2 Corinthians 12: 1 – 4

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53

The faith that speaks and does those things, and He gave us a little part of that in us, a part of Him, to use to get what we want, to use to fulfill the word of God, and the promises of God.

I read from Scroll # 43:

THE ELECT SPIRITS WHICH WERE PART OF GOD, BEFORE THE ELECT BODY WAS CREATED – The real you (the spiritual part) was with God before it was appointed a body upon the earth through seed. There is a fleshly seed and a spiritual seed which was united! The real eternal spirit which God gives His saints had no beginning and has no end and is like unto God! That is why after death our body is changed into the inner immortal spirit, that is why it is called eternal life, it always was and always will be with God! And He breathed it into each of us (Gen. 2: 7) “Behold saith the Lord do ye not know this Scripture? Ye were with Me when the Morning Stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy!” (Job 38:6,7) Our flesh body came upon earth by birth uniting with His spirit which was always with Him! And when we repent (salvation) we keep this spirit in order to always live with Him!! Read (Isa. 1:9 – Eph. 1:4) (Satan’s seed is a group, also the Lord has created a place for them.)

While you are alive on this earth, there is no greater joy in your soul than to know that you shall be with the Almighty God for eternity. Leap for joy.

“Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven”Luke 6: 23

No matter what problem Satan may bring to you, it makes no difference because the eternal God is your life, and He is in control of all creation.

For your life to be hidden with the eternal God, inside of Himself, means your life is also eternal.

“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”Colossians 3: 2 – 3

You are a joint-heir with Christ, the eternal God, and you shall inherit all things from Him. You shall sit on the throne to rule with Him for eternity.

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”Romans 8: 16 – 17

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne”Revelation 3: 21

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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Digesting The Word — August 10, 2025

Introduction

“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.”Jeremiah 15: 16

The words that he found, and he ate them. In other words, he let them come into his mind, down into his heart, down into his soul, and he digested them.

The word of God is “the joy and rejoicing of” your heart because through salvation, you are called by the name of the eternal God, the Lord Jesus.

“The mighty God” was born as a child, “and thou shalt call his name JESUS”, who is “Christ the Lord”. Isaiah 9: 6; Matthew 1: 21; Luke 1: 31; Luke 2: 11.

Through salvation, you are associated with the Lord Jesus, the Almighty.

“for the joy of the LORD is your strength”Nehemiah 8: 10

You cannot separate the joy of the Lord from the Lord. The joy of the Lord is part of Him, and it has been with Him from eternity.

Jesus’ last words that He gave, my joy, I leave with you. Now, you know what kind of joy that is. My joy, the eternal God joy.

The Lord Jesus has eternal joy.

What did the Lord do from eternity, before the foundation of the world? With joy, He allowed Himself to be slain. With joy, He chose you in Him. With joy, He wrote your name in the book of life. Revelation 13: 8; Ephesians 1: 4; Revelation 17: 8.

The Lord is happy that He has paid the price for our salvation.

He had to go to the cross, do all that He did. He was rejected by His people. He was rejected by those that were created by Him, and all of that. And yet, He fulfilled His mission. And He rejoiced. John 1: 10 – 12; Isaiah 53: 3 – 7; Hebrews 2: 9.

At the final thing, and He said in the end, He will rejoice with His people forevermore. That’s really something.

The Lord will continue to rejoice with us for eternity hereafter.

You’ve got, as a Christian, such a valuable that God gave you. There won’t be two of you. He won’t make no mistake and leave you and take one that looks like you, because it’s so set even in the turnings of Mazzaroth, and all of that. It is so set that He knows you, and you’re so valuable, that no one’s like that, and you have eternal life.

You are an individual before the Lord, and He has given you eternal life.

Are you doubting whether you are going to make heaven? Such a thought will steal your joy.

Is it a fact that some are doubting that God has called them? Some are doubting that they’re going to make it in? That’s stealing your joy. Why, if you keep listening to that, you’re going to be in trouble, and your joy will go. But if you believe you’re going to make it, and you believe that God has chosen you, and no matter what, you’re going to hold onto that power.

Why are there such secrets in praise, because that is why we were created to praise the Lord of Host!

“Behold saith the Almighty praise is the guardian of the soul and the protector of thy body!”

(Ps. 91: 1 – “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. And the secret place is in praising the Lord, repeating His Word! (Bible).

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”Isaiah 12: 2 – 3

The Lord is your salvation; He is your strength; He is your song. In consequence, with joy, you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “Digesting The Word”, CD # 1341, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

The Christian assets, in the life of a Christian, that the world is supposed to take notice, and that people are supposed to watch, or it kind of makes them feel good, is a Christian’s life of peace, and joy, and happiness, and believing that Jesus has given eternal life.

You can get happy in your singing songs,

Digesting the Word. How to eat the Word. How to digest that Word.

Your life is one of joy. Don’t let the devil steal it from you.

Jesus, He’s coming for a bride, He said. He’s the bridegroom. Can you imagine Him coming for an unhappy bride, saith the Lord?

You will rejoice if you believe my word.

How do we digest the Word of God?

In Jeremiah 15: 16: Thy words were found. Oh, he found the word. He found those words. And I did eat them. He didn’t just bristle over them, and say, I don’t understand. I don’t understand that. You will, if you stay with it, and you keep listening to what God has to give you. And he said here, and I did eat them. And Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. Now, why? What was the difference here? The words that he found, and he ate them. In other words, he let them come into his mind, down into his heart, down into his soul, and he digested them. He likened it to food.

David said, Thy word and Thy law, and Thy precept, oh, they’re like honey in my mouth.

You’ve got to put forth an effort. If you don’t put forth an effort, and keep drinking some water, you’re going to dry up and die and dehydrate. And if you don’t drink or take in the Word of God, the same thing, you’re going to dry up, and you’re going to lose your joy.

Oh, the prophets, Joel said, the bugs have been on the vine, and they’ve chewed away the Word of God. And he lamented out there, and he said, look at this. He said, the joy is withering away from the sons of God. He said, it’s going to go down, and it did.

Digest the Word of God. And as you chew on the Word of God, it will bring a satisfaction. Then you’ll begin to get the joy. You’ll rejoice in your heart.

Thy words were found and I did eat them. And Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. Chew on the word of God.

Jeremiah showed us how to do it, piece by piece, little by little, he chewed on that word of God.

Jesus’ last words that He gave, my joy, I leave with you. Now, you know what kind of joy that is. My joy, the eternal God joy. He had to go to the cross, do all that He did. He was rejected by His people. He was rejected by those that were created by Him, and all of that. And yet, He fulfilled His mission. And He rejoiced. At the final thing, and He said in the end, He will rejoice with His people forevermore. That’s really something.

So, digest the word of God, and you’ll be satisfied with happiness and peace.

The joy of the Lord is my strength, it’s said in the Bible.

Isaiah 35: 2: It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Oh, He likes the glory of Lebanon, shall be given unto it, and the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing.

How many of you believe that if you knew in your heart, like you’re supposed to, and believe in your heart, you couldn’t help but to be happy?

You hold right on there, and you keep that in your heart. He’ll find a way. He’ll get you on up there. Believe in your heart. You’re going to make it in there because it’s worth it all.

Habakkuk 3: 18: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Psalms 89: 15: Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance. What made it? How will they walk into the light and the countenance of the Lord looking over them, and watching them? Those that walk in the joy of the Lord. He said, the countenance of God will look upon them, for He loves a joyful people. That does something to Him. He said, now they’re believing in their hearts in there. They’re happy of this great thing that I’ve done for them. They’re rejoicing in my word. They’re rejoicing that they have eternal life.

Jesus, they come to him and said, Lord, man, we can put these devils on fire. We can cast these devils out. Man, they get out, you give us power. And the Lord said to them, something’s greater than that. He said, don’t rejoice that you’re able to cast them devils out, but He said, rejoice that your names are written up there. Why, He said, rejoice. It’s all right to get happy and cast the devil out, but He said, the greatest joy in this world is your names are written up there.

Psalms 51: 12: Restore joy of Thy salvation. He said, restore the joy of my salvation.

In this whole life, if you have true spiritual joy to help you along this life, there’s nothing in this world that you can buy that can beat that.

He said, let your joy be full. I leave it to you. You do what you want to do with what I’ve left with you.

If you just stay with it, like Jeremiah said it, eat the Word of God, digesting it, and so forth like that, it’ll spring forth in health and joy, and you’ll be a much better spiritual Christian in the Lord. He was talking about the physical, and he was lining up the spiritual the same way.

So, one time, David heard the ark of the Lord was coming, and he got so happy he didn’t know what to do with himself. He no longer thought about himself being a king on this earth. He didn’t think anything about what the people, he didn’t care about anything, for a minute. And David got out in there to dance before that ark. It brought such joy in his heart because it meant something to him. That word was in his heart. And when he saw that, the deep called the deep, he knew the miracles of Moses and Elijah, all of them, everything that they had, he knew all the miracles of the past were attached to that little ark. And when he saw that coming, it was like God himself, confirming him again. Why? It made him so happy that the real house of God, he could see it coming in that little old thing there. And so, when they have God in such a way, and you get God in such a way, and the joy of the Lord moves on you, and you let the joy of the Lord move on you, that’s really something when it’s real. It was real to him. Finally, some of the things that David said, God just got and said, He knew it in the beginning, before He even put him there, but the Lord said, that man, I’ll sit on his throne and none other but his. I will sit there on his throne. And God said then, and he got ahold of the heart of God. The Lord said he got a hold of my heart. And, just look, that you’ll sit down with God if you can get a little bit like those prophets or like David at that time.

Acts 20: 24: That I might finish my course with joy. Paul said, I don’t want to finish my course in sadness. I don’t want to finish my course, you know, discouraged. But he said, I want to finish my course with joy, even if I have to go before Nero, and I know it’s the last time that I’ll go there, I have a crown.

Romans 14: 17: The Kingdom of God is joy. The Bible says it’s not meat and drink, but the Kingdom of God is the power of the Holy Spirit and joy. Then it turns around and says the Kingdom of God is joy.

Psalm 16: 11: In Thy presence, and the only place that he ever found it, in Thy presence, he said, is the fullness of joy. In Thy presence is the fullness of joy. There’s the presence of the Lord. And there is your joy. So, if you allow the presence of the Lord, if you eat the Word of God and digest it properly, then the presence of the Lord will come out like light. And the light of His countenance will be upon those that are full of joy.

Maybe the church needs some of the fruits of the Spirit to make it happy. Maybe the spiritual fruits have dried up, and they’re stuck with so few gifts around there, and they hear the Word of God. But then the fruits of the Spirit, the most valuable, over all gifts. And you know, peace, love, joy, happiness, see that joy is in that fruits of the Spirit. And possibly, the church don’t have enough of the fruits of the Spirit to have the joy, because there’s where it’s at, in the fruits of the Spirit, and may God make the gifts, and the fruits, and the word of God, may all of it work together, and that’s why we’re going to get out of here. The Bible said the word, your faith in the word, and the fruits, and the gifts of God, work like a wheel within a wheel, until we meet the perfect One.

Thy words were found. And Thy word was unto me the joy and the rejoicing of my heart. Thy word was unto me, after I eat it, the joy and the rejoicing of my heart

He does love a happy people. Great persecution will come upon this earth just before the elect get out of here. But at the same time, He’s got a plan. He’s got something going, that He is going to have those people happy, just before He comes.

And so, at the end, He’s going to have His way, the way of that Holy Spirit, because He’s coming for a happy people, He said. He’s coming for those that love Him, and looking for Him. And He’s coming for those that believe so strong in their heart, they’re going to have a happy bride elect. Because they know He’s the One they want. You could get no better, no matter what, than your great Messiah, the living God.

If you want God to rejoice, and smile, like David said, His countenance smiles over the people that are happy and joyful. No matter how hard it is, you’re going to win.

Scripture Reading

“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.”Jeremiah 15: 16

The words that he found, and he ate them. In other words, he let them come into his mind, down into his heart, down into his soul, and he digested them.

The word of God is “the joy and rejoicing of” your heart because through salvation, you are called by the name of the eternal God, the Lord Jesus.

“The mighty God” was born as a child, “and thou shalt call his name JESUS”, who is “Christ the Lord”.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”Matthew 1: 21

“And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.”Luke 1: 31

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”Luke 2: 11

Through salvation, you are associated with the Lord Jesus, the Almighty.

“for the joy of the LORD is your strength”Nehemiah 8: 10

You cannot separate the joy of the Lord from the Lord. The joy of the Lord is part of Him, and it has been with Him from eternity.

Jesus’ last words that He gave, my joy, I leave with you. Now, you know what kind of joy that is. My joy, the eternal God joy.

The Lord Jesus has eternal joy.

What did the Lord do from eternity, before the foundation of the world? With joy, He allowed Himself to be slain. With joy, He chose you in Him. With joy, He wrote your name in the book of life.

“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”Revelation 13: 8

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”Ephesians 1: 4

“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”Revelation 17: 8

The Lord is happy that He has paid the price for our salvation.

He had to go to the cross, do all that He did. He was rejected by His people. He was rejected by those that were created by Him, and all of that. And yet, He fulfilled His mission. And He rejoiced.

“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”John 1: 10 – 12

“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.”Isaiah 53: 3 – 7

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”Hebrews 2: 9

At the final thing, and He said in the end, He will rejoice with His people forevermore. That’s really something.

The Lord will continue to rejoice with us for eternity hereafter.

You are an individual before the Lord, and He has given you eternal life.

Are you doubting whether you are going to make heaven? Such a thought will steal your joy.

I read from Scroll # 70:

Why are there such secrets in praise, because that is why we were created to praise the Lord of Host!

“Behold saith the Almighty praise is the guardian of the soul and the protector of thy body!”

(Ps. 91: 1 – “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. And the secret place is in praising the Lord, repeating His Word! (Bible).

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”Isaiah 12: 2 – 3

The Lord is your salvation; He is your strength; He is your song. In consequence, with joy, you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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Faith Value — August 3, 2025

Introduction

Faith, indescribable worth. Faith is invaluable. When the Messiah spoke, that was pure faith, with His word. Faith will uplift you. It will change your bad days into good days. It refreshes all life in contact with it. Void faith is dead, saith the Lord, and dead faith is void. You can make yourself all new by your faith. Your faith will not fail you when all else, all your friends, and everybody else, fails you.

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”John 5: 24

Jesus is “The everlasting Father”. Isaiah 9: 6.

He that believeth is passed from death unto life. He that believeth hath everlasting life. He that believeth already has it.

It means the moment, not five minutes later, not the next day, that you truly believe the Lord Jesus for salvation, you pass from death unto life. You can go about your daily life knowing that you now have eternal life.

After you believed the Lord Jesus for salvation, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit, who is the Lord Jesus, as a downpayment of your eternal inheritance in Him, until when your body is gloried at the time of translation. Ephesians 1: 13 – 14.

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?”John 11: 25 – 26

Christ says this, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me shall not die. And he shall live again. Though he were dead, yet shall he live because he’s not dead spiritually. He is not dead with his faith. His faith is a seed that’s in him that shall never die. And that faith will reach on up. It’ll open them gates. It’ll reach on into that translation in there. It’ll draw you right to Him like a magnet.

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”John 8: 51

He that keeps Christ’s sayings shall never die spiritually. If you believe in what He said. You believe in what He did, and all that He spoke, and everything that He did, you’ll never die. Spiritually, that’s speaking there. Oh, in this life, you might pass on from one body into the next in paradise, and so forth like that.

But here is the believer. That believes in His death and resurrection. The believer believes in the words that He spoke. They believe in everything that Jesus said. He is full of faith. He has that faith and that power. And the presence and power of that faith, God is near it. It’s just like a twin to Him.

When the translation takes place, your physical body will be changed to a body that is incorruptible, a body that is immortal, a body that is eternal. And so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53; 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18.

He that believeth is passed from death unto life. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. The believer. Somebody said, well, that sounds easy. Believe upon the Son. If you believe upon the Son, you believe what was said about Him in the Old Testament, how He fulfilled it in the New Testament, believe upon His miracles. That’s believing upon the Son. Jesus said, believe for the works’ sake. You must believe on the words that He spoke. You must believe on the miracles that He did. And you must believe, lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.

You will believe that Jesus is “The mighty God”. Isaiah 9: 6.

The Lord puts in us “a desire yea to know the deep things of God”.

Hold to that great faith, and the power, because He loves the people that have faith. He’s drawed, He’s magnetized, to that faith, because that says they believed His word, and nothing comforts God’s heart, nothing makes Him more joyful than somebody that actually, really, all pure in their heart, believes what He said. Then He knows that is faith.

The Holy Spirit is our Comforter, but you can comfort the Lord by believing His word. Nothing makes the Lord more joyful than for Him to see someone who truly believes His word.

Lord Jesus, we thank you for the eternal life that we now have in you, for we have already passed from death unto life, and when you come for us at the translation, you will change our physical bodies to glorified bodies so we can continue to live with you for eternity. What a great God that you are. Thank you, Jesus.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “Faith Value”, CD # 1328, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Faith, indescribable worth. Only Christ’s words, supersedes any type of faith. And His words were pure faith anointed. When the Messiah spoke, that was pure faith, with His word. We have our faith today, and only His word will supersede that, and both of them work together by His power.

Faith is invaluable. What your faith will do for you, when all else fails, if you begin to learn how to activate your faith, it will work for you. Faith will uplift you. It will change your bad days into good days. It refreshes all life in contact with it. Void faith is dead, saith the Lord, and dead faith is void. Forward faith opens the door to scores of opportunities. Forward faith is in action. Faith becomes a quickening power. Your spirit lives anew. You can make yourself all new by your faith. It is food for well-being.

Some people are uneasy. Sometimes people worry too much, and sometimes they don’t know which way to turn. But you get the proper faith in your heart with those promises, and He’ll give you a well-being because He’ll take out that fear, and He’ll move for you.

Jesus mentions the use of it, besides the healings and besides the miracles that He performed. And He always mentioned, great is thy faith, or this one had faith, or where is your faith, or they didn’t have any down here, and all of that. Besides that, He gave another main viewpoint, which supersedes all of the rest. And it has to do with the spiritual. It says how valuable it is, beyond description.

The spiritually dead bury the physical dead. Jesus said, follow me and let the dead bury the dead. In other words, they are dead of faith, dead of spirit, and they are burying the dead, and they’re just as dead as the ones that they’re burying. They are dead while they’re yet alive, saith the Lord. It’s in Matthew 8: 22. Follow me; don’t pay any attention to those without faith. Don’t pay any attention to those that doubt. Don’t pay any attention to the unbeliever. Let those dead bury the dead. They’re just as dead. So, the spiritually dead bury the physically dead and that’s what the people are without faith in His word.

The believer Passes from death unto life. Verily, verily, that means truly, truly. It is true, I say unto you, he that heareth the word and believeth on Him that sent me, and believeth in what I’ve done, and all that, He said he passed from death unto life. He that believeth, there’s that faith. Without faith, you’ll never come forth. You must have that faith.

He that believeth of the bread from heaven shall not die. Now, that’s spiritually speaking there. He shall not die in John 6: 50.

Let the dead bury the dead. Keep that living faith in your heart there.

The bread from heaven, if you take that, that’s His word. The bread means the word that came down with Him. You’ll never die spiritually.

He that keeps Christ’s sayings shall never die. Believers in Christ shall never die, spiritually. Every time He used that word, believers, and then He would go to faith, and healing the sick. But believers, and the other was faith.

The believer not only gets their healing, not only believes in miracles, but the believer believes in the Word. There’s a little bit of difference there. All these churches have preached healing. And many ministers have preached healing, faith, and power. Many of those don’t stay right with the word. And so, the believer, He said, when He’s talking on these subjects, instead of saying faith, He had the believer. Now the believer, these signs shall follow them that believe.

But here is the believer. That believes in His death and resurrection. The believer believes in the words that He spoke. They believe in everything that Jesus said. They are the believer. He is full of faith. He has that faith and that power. And the presence and power of that faith, God is near it. It’s just like a twin to Him. And then, the believer shall never die spiritually. Now, church at Sardis had works, but they were spiritually dead. He said, I know thy works and all of that.

Constant faith is a quickening power. It brings active reward, saith the Lord.

And then He said, all which hath been given me, I will lose none. They’ll have the faith. He has faith, doesn’t He? I will lose none. You say, that’s quite an ego. No, that’s God talking there. I will lose none. But I will not lose the one that believeth. Why? I know the hairs on your head. They are numbered. And what sparrow falls to the ground, I know, preceding where it falls. What an infinite, how great your faith can be with God there.

Faith is a wonderful thing. The word, only the word will supersede, and it has to have faith to be with it.

He that believeth, not he that doubteth. He that, may be so. Well, I’ll let God do what He wants to do. When He talks about faith, when He talks about believing, it is positive, very positive. There’s no negative to it. He that believeth hath everlasting life. He that believeth already has it. Believeth means he’s working upon those promises. He’s believing on those promises of eternal life there. He that believeth hath everlasting life. You read John 3: 15 and 16.

He that believeth is passed from death unto life. In other words, while you’re yet walking around, you’re not dead. You’re alive. But those without faith are dead while they yet liveth, saith the Lord.

Your faith will not fail you when all else, all your friends, and everybody else, fails you. That faith is something people, casually, toss it aside. They’ve got better ways than to using their faith. But you practice that faith, and you exercise that faith, and it’ll grow.

If you have faith, all things are possible to him that believeth. Keep your faith in the words of God. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. So, you must believe in His miracles too when you believe upon Him.

He that eateth and drinketh of Christ hath eternal life. And Jesus said, He that drinketh of my blood and eateth of my flesh hath eternal life. We know what that’s talking about. That’s in your communion if you want to take it. But it means you believe in the Spirit of God. And you believe in the Word of God. That’s what He said about His blood and about His flesh. The flesh and the blood is the Word of God and the Spirit of God in there. That’s exactly right. And he that eateth and drinketh of Christ hath eternal life. And I will raise him up at the last day.

Faith is your reward. When you have faith, it’s beyond any dream or anything that you can think about. So many failures in Christianity, so many people in their failures, it’s because that their faith is not active. It’s inactive, it’s void, let the dead bury the dead. Don’t get in that kind of a condition. Operate, activate, keep your faith level high. Keep it up because great deception is coming across the earth, and delusion, that we have never seen since the beginning of time. And some of those were just the word, and they’ve read the word, is going to be swept on away. There’s a sands of the sea come out of that great tribulation in there. And some of those just have the word alone, is going to be swept away. But when you have the faith of God, you’re standing on the Rock. And that faith must be strong with that word.

Your faith and the word of God together, all things are possible. It doesn’t make any difference how many failures you’ve had, that has nothing to do with faith. Failure, just let them go on. It will actually build faith if you know how to do it. If you go through a lot of things, and you know how to operate your confidence in the word, your faith will work. It’s these people that give up, and throw it out the door, and they throw their faith away. He said, don’t cast away your confidence, the Bible said, but keep your confidence in the Word of God.

So, you hold on to that faith. No matter how many failures you’ve got, you hold on to that faith in God. Say, for instance, you may have not seen all the prayers you wanted to be seen, worked in your life. But you can never lose, because with that faith, you’re changed into a white light, and you go up to meet Jesus. You can’t lose, you’re not going to lose with Him, and He knows all about it.

Elijah, great as he was, as powerful things happen instantly, things happen suddenly, great and powerful miracles would take place. And seven times he wouldn’t give up. Failure after failure met him. A fellow run back, negative every time. And he just kept running back. Well, maybe, he finally said, I’m tired of running. Maybe, I better believe. I see a little cloud now out there. I’m tired of running. I don’t know how far the distance was from there to where he was sending him. But the thing was, and that old prophet dug down. He bowed down. Next thing you know, out of that little cloud, that didn’t look very much to that other fellow, but, he said, I’m getting up now. I’ve got it done. He didn’t give up. He didn’t throw his faith aside. In fact, that faith was so powerful that that chariot come down, and they united together, because they believed together.

Daniel the prophet. No greater power. A staying prophet, one that would stay with it. Three times a day, he told them Israel was going home. He stayed right with it. He knew the word of God, too, from Jeremiah. And that old prophet stayed right with it. One time he fought one of the terriblest battles that’s ever been fought, with one of the evilest princes that’s ever been on this earth. They’re worse than Abaddon. Just a terrible thing. 21 days, he shoved all the things aside. And he fasted. He couldn’t get an answer. Daniel fought it out. Now remember, he’d had a lot of tests and trials in his life. But not one time was he discouraged away from the Word of God and his faith. And after 21 days, he hung on. Greatly thou art beloved, because of your faith. You don’t just read the promises in the Bible and the Old Testament, but he said, you really believe God with all of your heart. God loved his faith in there.

Moses had to go 40 days and nights one time. You talk about discouragement. Went down a mountainside; had to turn right back around, go right back up to the top again. After all, that Israel had seen in that pillar of fire, in the cloud by night, went on 40 more days, and when he finally left there, he was just glowing. There was nothing left to him but God. His faith did not fail him because he stayed right in that pocket with God. It’s when you jump out of the boat or jump out of that pocket, that’s when you’re through, you’re spiritually dead.

Scripture Reading

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”John 5: 24

Jesus is “The everlasting Father”. Isaiah 9: 6.

He that believeth is passed from death unto life. He that believeth hath everlasting life. He that believeth already has it.

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”Ephesians 1: 13 – 14

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?”John 11: 25 – 26

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”John 8: 51

When the translation takes place, your physical body will be changed to a body that is incorruptible, a body that is immortal, a body that is eternal. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18

You will believe that Jesus is “The mighty God”.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

I read from Scroll # 41:

“Behold saith the Lord Jesus this is the hour of which I have spoken I would gather My chosen Sheep by name! Yea they will turn in and follow Me, Yea they be but few but they will be powerful! I have with held many wonders until now and I will release them unto My Elect, for in them I have put a desire yea to know the deep things of God. I have spoken that the spirit shall show you things to come, yea the mighty secrets of the Lord shall appear in this last hour of prophecy! “Behold run little ones, run unto the sanctuary of My Word and ye shall be clothed with sudden power”, but the nations shall be covered with astonishment. Yea I am writing, this is the last time and signs, and My Elect shall be given the last signal!!

The Lord puts in us “a desire yea to know the deep things of God”.

The Holy Spirit is our Comforter, but you can comfort the Lord by believing His word. Nothing makes the Lord more joyful than for Him to see someone who truly believes His word.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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The Target — July 27, 2025

Introduction

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”1 Peter 5: 7

The Lord Jesus cares for you. It means He is your personal caretaker. He is always with you, as He will never leave you nor forsake you. You are sealed with Him, as He is the Holy Spirit, until the moment of translation, which means your body will be changed into the glorified form. As you go about your daily life while waiting for the translation, you are hidden with Him inside of Him, as He is the mighty God. Hebrews 13: 5; Ephesians 1: 13 – 14; Colossians 3: 2 – 3; Isaiah 9: 6.

In the Bible, it said, for 4,000 years, His name was hidden. They went under titles, Lord, and God, and so forth like this, and different ones. And they would pray, you know, and He would answer them. And they would ask Him, what is Thy name? He said, my name is secret. Or what do you want to know for? It is secret. Then, after 4,000 years, the Lord came, and He revealed His name, Lord Jesus, to them, the One whom they had been praying. And He revealed His name.

It means the eternal God had a name throughout the Old Testament, but He chose not to reveal it. Genesis 32: 24 – 30; Exodus 3: 1 – 6, 13 – 14; Judges 13: 2 – 3, 6, 11, 17 – 18.

When the Lord was born as a child (Isaiah 9: 6), He had to reveal His name; “and thou shalt call his name JESUS”, who is “Christ the Lord”. Matthew 1: 21; Luke 1: 31; Luke 2: 11.

Now, you get your mind on how great He is, and how wonderful He is, and you’ll get more from Him.

The God of care is Jesus. My name is secret. It’s wonderful. And when that name begins to work for you, it’s beyond any kind of magic. It is all supernatural. He is the God of care.

People say, well, you know the Lord, mad at the sinner, mad at this. Well, that’s reserved. He’ll have some judgment. But Jesus did not come to condemn man. Did you know that? But when they reject His word, and they do not believe in what He said, they, saith the Lord, condemn themselves. He doesn’t do it. They do it themselves. He allows them to either take His word and believe it or turn around and disbelieve it. And when they do, they do all of it themselves.

The Lord Jesus tasted death for everyone, but He now leaves it to whosoever wants to believe in Him. Such a person will not perish but have eternal life. Hebrews 2: 9; John 3: 15.

In Romans 8: 28, And we know, it’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it, he said, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. All those things, they work for the good. We know there’s no mistake about it.

And we know that all things, Paul says, work together for good to them that love God. To those that what? That love God.

Do not pick and choose what you should thank the Lord for. Thank Him for everything that happens in your life, for all things work together for good to you. All things in your life are connected together by the Lord, and He works them all for your good. What we should be doing is to bless the Lord at all times and to let His praise continually be in our mouths. Psalm 34: 1.

You are the Lord’s elect; you are His bride. And unto them who will take my name will become my Bride. And unto her is given my Kingdom to rule with Me! For she has spiritually married me and has taken my name the Lord Jesus Christ, for she is My own, the very handy work of my spirit! For even now the time must shortly come when I will take her to My palace. I was God walking in the body of Jesus, walking the hot roads of Galilee, and gave rest to the weary! Healing the sick of Israel! I am your Lord let no man deceive thee! And there is no other God besides Me!

Thank you, Jesus.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “The Target”, CD # 1324, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Now, the title of this is The Target. Now, people tend to point their finger at God for all earth’s ills, the mishaps, and so forth. They want to blame the Lord. We don’t blame the Lord for the ills that have struck this earth. That came from another germ, and that germ is Satan. Even in a Christian’s life, if he lives real close to the Lord, you’ll be a target. Whether you did anything wrong or not, Satan will turn around and he’ll target you, trying to get back at God.

We find out, society, lukewarm churches, they say, where is God’s mercy? Or God’s love and compassion, where is it? Where is His kindness? Where is His justice here? Where is His goodness? Where is all of this at? Does He care? And in 1 Peter 5: 7, it says, cast all your burdens upon Him. It says, He careth for you.

Now, Satan is causing all the trouble, and then he points the target towards God, and makes out like God is causing all the trouble. God is a good God. God is full of divine love.

They blame Him for disease, for famine, for the drugs, for the crime. They blame Him for the weather, and they blame Him for this, and they blame Him for all the starvation, and the things on the earth, and so forth. No, saith the Lord, it is their unbelief that has caused all of these things, and not the living God. It’s unbelief that has caused all of these problems upon the earth that we have, that leads into all type of sins, and doubts, and all things to reject God, to fight God actually, and all of these things, and so forth like that.

If you see somebody dying, somebody that’s going to hell, somebody out on the street, you better tell them about the Lord Jesus if He moves on you to do it.

Now, you think the Lord don’t love you. It’s just like Israel. He loves you even more under grace. He loves you as much as anybody. But the reason people don’t get more from the Lord, they start thinking He’s against them. And once you start doing that, that’s an argument nearly.

God couldn’t wait to tell Israel how much He loved them. Even before they went into captivity with such judgment, He couldn’t wait, what He would do for them afterwards.

In Jeremiah 33, 1 through about 15. And He says this before they left to go there. Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, so as to establish it. The Lord is His name.

Verse 3: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not of. There’s three things here. I will answer thee. I will show thee great things. And I’ll show you things that you don’t even know anything about, that I’ll do for you.

And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor, talking about Israel, before all nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them. See, they’re going to see the judgment now, He says, but they’re going to see all the good I do unto them. And they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto them. In a moment, they’re going to be desolate. They’re going to be desolate in a moment. But He couldn’t wait to tell them.

Thus saith the Lord; Again, there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man, without beast, even the cities of Judah and Jerusalem, are desolate without man, and without any kind of inhabitant, without beast.

Now, you get your mind on how great He is, and how wonderful He is, and you’ll get more from Him.

The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for His mercy endureth forever; and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of God. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at first, saith the Lord. He’s going to bring them back new now.

And then He leaps down in front of this, and He goes on down to the end of the age when they suffer something else. In those days, and at that time, I will cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David. That’s a root, offspring, here talking. And He shall execute judgment and righteousness of the land. That’s Jesus. That will come.

But God said, with this promise, I’m going to see that you get back because you cannot do it yourself. I’ll have a king that’ll be sitting there, and a prophet who will be greatly beloved. And that prophet that I send, he will send you home with his faith. He’ll bring you in. What did Daniel do? Under the threat of fire, and under the threat of lions, he stayed at that window. The good watchman. And because he stayed at that window three times a day for Israel to go home, and to honor the words of Jeremiah the prophet, he believed in what Jeremiah said. And he stayed there, and he sent them on home, God, on the prophet.

I don’t care what kind of a problem that you’ve got, or what kind of a problem that it is. He says, call unto me, and I will answer thee. I will show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not. Don’t make any difference about your problems. He can’t wait to give the miracles, and the blessings, to the very elect that He’s coming for. He cannot wait. They’re couched in the Scriptures, yet they are in the Scriptures. And they are hidden in the Scriptures, but they are there. And He will make every promise true to those that believe. He has not forgotten one promise, and even more that’s not even written in the Bible. He will give you, that are yours. Not enough of space in this Bible for the Lord to tell you what He’ll do for you.

The God of care is Jesus. My name is secret. It’s wonderful. And when that name begins to work for you, it’s beyond any kind of magic. It is all supernatural. He is the God of care.

Isaiah 54: 10, For the mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed, and that’s true, that’ll happen, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

2 Chronicles 15: 7, Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your works shall be rewarded. Go forward, and by faith, and power, you’ll jump right over any kind of obstacles. There’ll be obstacles set up, but your hands, and your work, will be rewarded, and those obstacles, and whatever is in your way, you can jump right over those obstacles by faith.

Now, the world, towards the end of the age, they get worse at it. It finally, there comes a kind of a super dictator, and he begins to blast. What’s that guy going to do? Turn around, and said, Revelations 13, he blasts the tabernacle in heaven. He’s mad at the saints that got out of here, and he’s mad at God, and he tells the earth that that’s the devil up there and that he is God. That’s what the Bible said. They unite together, and they’ll start blaming the Lord God of heaven, they call Him the devil.

And the Bible said this, although God gives them a chance, it said they will not repent from their idols, and all of the things that they’re doing upon the earth, even after some of the plagues, they will not. But it said, they blame God for their problems, still, and will not ask Him for forgiveness.

The Bible said there’s coming a day of the Lord. And in that day of the Lord, He will have His counsel then. He will have His day in court. They’ve had theirs. Ever since the crucifixion, people have put Him on trial. People have pointed their finger at the Most High. Satan has caused them to point it at the Most High. For all the ills of the nations, they are blaming Him, but He will have the day of the Lord. When He freezes them all together, they find out who is the Great One, and the One that really cares for them. He’s going to show them who didn’t care for them, but the Lord really cares for them.

Satan tells them that he’s God, and he tells them that’s Satan.

After they get through blaming God in Revelations chapter 19, it says they actually join Satan and turn out to fight God. And He comes right down. And it just takes a moment, and that’s all. It’s all over with. Faster than you can probably think; the Lord just to get them to know that He is there. In Revelation, before the ending of the chapter, it tells you they joined together, blaming God, and going up to fight God.

And we know that all things, Paul says, work together for good to them that love God. To them who are called according to His purpose, and predestinated down in there, and so forth like that. To those that what? That love God. For those that won’t give up their love. For those that continue to believe, against all odds, and they continue to believe in the Lord with all of their heart. It all works together for good, saith the Lord.

Peter said in the Bible, think it not strange that this fire trial would try you.

God is good. God’s the one that loves you. And if you can hold that thing in your heart, and I know sometimes it might be hard, concerning your test, concerning your problems. You say, how does this happen? Only Jesus can do it, can cause things to work together for good to them that love God. That’s the key to it; only Jesus can do it.

And He said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. Exodus 33: 14.

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge of understanding. Proverbs 2: 6.

In the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: In the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me. Psalms 27: 5.

Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee. Psalms 50: 15.

In the secret of the tabernacle. He said, when you pray in secret, you will be rewarded openly. Matthew 6, verse 5 through 7. When you go in your closet, and pray in secret, I will reward thee openly.

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight. Isaiah 45: 2. You’ll be able to see around the bend. He will guide you in, and He will guide you out. He will guide you over, He will guide you under, but He will guide you.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healings, with healing in His wings. Malachi 4: 2. Jesus, yesterday, today, and forever, the same. He’s rising with His great healings.

He healeth the broken heart. Not only that, He bindeth up their wounds. They’ve got a broken heart, but it remains a wound to them. He not only heals the broken heart, He takes that wound, and He binds up the wounds of this life. And this life, you’re liable to get many wounds from the daggers of Satan. He’ll heal those up for you too.

Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil, of what anything Satan can put upon you there. Proverbs 1: 33. He said, I will safely be with you.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, it’s going to be true, but my words shall not pass away. Matthew 24: 35. All the heavens and earth will change into something different one of these days. But then there will be a new earth and a new heavens, and it will all pass away. But never will His word be changed, never will His word be forgotten, because, saith the Lord, what I spoke it, it’s eternal, it’s not man, it is a living God. Everything that Satan said will be forever gotten finally. All tears will be wiped away, but not one word, or jot or tittle of that word, will pass away, but will remain with us in eternity,

Cast not away therefore your confidence. Cast not away, therefore, your faith in the word, and the promises of the word, and you’ll be there.

He can’t wait to tell us what He’s going to do for us.

Scripture Reading

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”1 Peter 5: 7

“for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”Hebrews 13: 5

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”Ephesians 1: 13 – 14

“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”Colossians 3: 2 – 3

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

It means the eternal God had a name throughout the Old Testament, but He chose not to reveal it.

“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”Genesis 32: 24 – 30

“Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.”Exodus 3: 1 – 6

“And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”Verse 13 – 14

“And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.”Judges 13: 2 – 3

“Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name”Verse 6

“And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.”Verse 11

“And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?”Verse 17 – 18

When the Lord was born as a child (Isaiah 9: 6), He had to reveal His name; “and thou shalt call his name JESUS”, who is “Christ the Lord”.

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”Matthew 1: 21

“And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.”Luke 1: 31

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”Luke 2: 11

Now, you get your mind on how great He is, and how wonderful He is, and you’ll get more from Him.

The God of care is Jesus. My name is secret. It’s wonderful. And when that name begins to work for you, it’s beyond any kind of magic. It is all supernatural. He is the God of care.

The Lord Jesus tasted death for everyone, but He now leaves it to whosoever wants to believe in Him. Such a person will not perish but have eternal life.

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”Hebrews 2: 9

“That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”John 3: 15

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”Romans 8: 28

And we know that all things, Paul says, work together for good to them that love God. To those that what? That love God.

“I WILL bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”Psalm 34: 1

You are the Lord’s elect; you are His bride.

I read from Scroll # 35:

“Behold what I have spoken about the water is true! What I have spoken about my name is true! It is I the Lord Jesus which has spoken unto my people the Bride! And unto them who will take my name will become my Bride. And unto her is given my Kingdom to rule with Me! For she has spiritually married me and has taken my name the Lord Jesus Christ, for she is My own, the very handy work of my spirit! For even now the time must shortly come when I will take her to My palace. Watch! I say watch! — Behold now is the end of the age come! And I will reveal hidden manna! I was God walking in the body of Jesus, walking the hot roads of Galilee, and gave rest to the weary! Healing the sick of Israel! I am your Lord let no man deceive thee! And there is no other God besides Me! Behold I have hidden myself in Jesus in such away that the foolish virgins and the world can not see Me, Until the time that I shall reveal it, but My Elect was born to believe it and another they will not hear I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, YEA A MANS HAND HAS NOT WRITTEN THIS, BUT THE HAND OF POWER THE LORD OF HOST HAS WRITTEN IT!

Thank you, Jesus.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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Void or Joy — July 20, 2025

Introduction

Luke 6: 23: “Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven”. The Lord connects our leaping for joy with our going to heaven.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”Isaiah 12: 2 – 3

The Lord God Himself is your eternal salvation. He is your song, and with joy, you draw water out of the wells of salvation.

“for the joy of the LORD is your strength”Nehemiah 8: 10

“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”Zephaniah 3: 17

The Lord has joy, and He rejoices over us with His joy. The Lord sings over us.

The Lord Jesus, the mighty God, talks about His joy remaining in us, and in consequence, our joy will be full. Isaiah 9: 6; John 15: 11.

Why do the foolish virgins miss the translation? It is because they lack the joy of the Lord. They were not happy to see the Lord.

You remember the foolish virgins”? There’s a oil of joy. There is a oil of miracles, and there’s a oil of love. And when they came to the door, they didn’t have any joy. They weren’t happy to see the Lord. They didn’t have any divine love or love Him like they should when they were there. They didn’t even have the oil or the power of faith that they needed. He said, I’m not acquainted with you. I don’t know you. You’re not happy to see me. You don’t have enough of faith to really believe in me. I’m coming to somebody that loves me. You’ve lost your love. You have no oil, you have no word in you that produces the oil in a proper way, and the door was shut.

The devil does not have the joy that comes through salvation. When the people have joy with their salvation, then I can no longer remain, the devil says. Satan cannot live in joy; he cannot live in praises. The old devil can’t take joy. You’ll never find it with him.

There is joy in heaven, there is joy among the Angels, over one sinner that repents. It means when each one of us came to salvation, there was activity in heaven, there was joy in heaven. Luke 15: 7; Luke 15: 10.

You cannot get to heaven unless you speak the language of heaven.

And joy, and praise, is the language of victory.

So, we find out what the language of heaven is. It is praise. Holy, holy. Amen. Praise ye the Lord up there; it is nothing else.

So, the language of heaven is praise, and praise is magnified to the Lord. And that magnification comes up before Him, glorifies Him. We are created to glorify the Lord, and to tell others to glorify the great Creator, for He is the eternal One.

“Praising the Lord in intervals will drive back all demon powers from you and thou shalt rest in peace! By praising Him often you will be covered with a bright shekinah glory; whether you can see it all the time or not you will begin to feel it by the glory of His presence and demons cannot break through this covering very easy as long as you praise Him in confidence!”

“Why are there such secrets in praise, because that is why we were created to praise the Lord of Host!”

And Paul said, rejoice always. They said, what has he got to rejoice about? He come back a little later from heaven and said, I got a lot to rejoice about. No wonder I was rejoicing. He went to the third heaven. Philippians 4: 4; 2 Corinthians 12: 1 – 4.

God is very pleased with our praises; whosoever offers praises unto God, glorifieth Him. Psalm 50: 23.

And when you praise the Lord, you glorify Him, and that’s what He likes, because in that glorification comes that faith, and confidence, back to Him that He gave in the beginning. A defeated Christian is the one’s that don’t have praise. A defeated Christian or a defeated church cannot live in the same place of true praise and joy that the anointing produces.

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”Revelation 4: 11

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “Void or Joy”, CD # 1305, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Void or joy. Life of joy or a life of waste, ruined.

Every church age rose up, and then lost the victory, and a few was sealed away.

And every time that church age lost the victory, it was stamped void on it. It’s once been used, it’s organized, void.

Christians have salvation. They have got it. They believe in the Lord. But when they lose the joy of their salvation, a voidness sets in.

You remember the foolish virgins? There’s a oil of joy. There is a oil of miracles, and there’s a oil of love. And when they came to the door, they didn’t have any joy. They weren’t happy to see the Lord. They didn’t have any divine love or love Him like they should when they were there. They didn’t even have the oil or the power of faith that they needed. He said, I’m not acquainted with you. I don’t know you. You’re not happy to see me. You don’t have enough of faith to really believe in me. I’m coming to somebody that loves me. You’ve lost your love. You have no oil, you have no word in you that produces the oil in a proper way, and the door was shut.

Then the next thing that goes is their faith and their confidence and then worry starts. Little by little, depression begins to set in upon them there.

And joy, and praise, is the language of victory.

Jesus himself said leap for joy.

He said, if you don’t shout, the rocks are gonna shout here in a minute. I’ll make them shout, because standing before you is the power and praise and presence of the Almighty that produces the very joy of life, and the human nature, the old flesh as it is, without even the devil, will turn it down himself.

Let no one take your joy. No matter what happens, don’t let them take your joy. And Jesus said, may your joy be full.

And Paul was saying, now look. And he turns around and he said, I can do all things through Christ.

Keep that joy that comes from the Spirit, and the joy of salvation is what’s going to keep you, and that joy, in the end.

And the foolish virgins, they have what we know as the salvation, to the point, but not enough to get the oil of power, joy, and faith, and divine love and miracles in there.

When the people have joy with their salvation, then I can no longer remain, the devil says.

The joy is gone, the salvation finally, the confidence, the good feeling of eternal life. It happens to go through there. The cares of this life will take away the absolute happiness.

But that translation is getting closer. Now, according to Paul’s writing, he said that we wouldn’t be ignorant of the times and season. I don’t have to write to you about the times and season as you well know.

And we’ll know almost the time is coming. Then I believe one of the great things that helps the joy return to the church like it should, because preaching so far has only done a certain amount from prophets on up until our age, the signs and the way that God moves with his Spirit across the earth.

And at the end of the age, the signs showing how close, and the elect are able to read those things. They’re able to feel the feeling He’s going to give them. And because they know that they’re right at the door, at any moment, they know it’s going to take place, they’re going to rejoice.

Great joy is going to come into the heart.

But He said buy of me gold tried in the fire, at that time, at the end of the age, buy of me gold. That means you’re going through a test and trial, but it’s gonna produce joy this time.

Remember, the elect not only need to keep salvation, but as much as lies within yourself, saith the Lord, keep my joy. I stepped in that message right there, and He said, keep my, not your, joy. It’ll connect with your joy. Keep my joy in that salvation. Now, there is a joy of the Lord that cometh from His Spirit only. You may have a joy sometimes within the human body, a type that comes to even sinners a lot of times, and the Christian may have more of this joy than what they have, but that turns into the joy of the Lord.

And that’s what He said, keep my joy. Always let your heart be bubbling over.

Satan shows you all of your troubles. Oh, he is so good at that. He showed you the dreary things of the world, and things are not getting any better. It looks like every time he shows you all the heinous crimes in the streets, and everywhere, and what’s happening to people all over the world. He shows you all of these problems until you forget your joy. There’s a thousand ways that you can lose the joy of the Spirit, albeit, the salvation will remain for a while.

The Spirit of God said self-pity will begin to get ahold of you. And the next thing that you know, that self-pity will turn into a nightmare.

You’re not gonna live a hundred percent of your time though, and just complete joy. You’ll have your moments of test, but the joy shall remain; sadness for a little while, joy in the morning, it will come back.

Satan, he comes in, he makes you forget your joy. There’s a thousand ways old self will just get you down, and old self will just beat you up there. Don’t listen to those type of feelings. You praise the Lord, listen to the promises of God, and then keep rejoicing.

Jesus said that your joy remain. That was an important thing that run into peace, and I give you peace. Then He said that passes all understanding; that will come. Let not your heart trouble you, but remember the joy that I have given for you. Oh, He’s coming and He’s coming very soon.

God is very pleased with our praises; whosoever offers praises unto God, glorifieth Him.

You want that joy to rise up in your heart and then leap for joy, Jesus said. For great is the Lord God and what He has for you. And in this hour that we are living in. The close coming of the Lord is coming upon us, what a hour of great joy.

Absolutely, praise and joy will lift you up from sickness to divine health. He’ll lift you out of problems and defeat. It will give you the victory; it’ll set you upon a rock; that’s exactly right. Remember, when we praise the Lord, we glorify Him, and praise is the victory of faith. Praise is a victory of power and strength.

Praise is a language of victory. It is a language of faith. Praise, saith the Lord, it’s a language of coming.

So, we find out what the language of heaven is. It is praise. Holy, holy. Amen. Praise ye the Lord up there; it is nothing else.

Anyone that will share the eternal life like He has shared with us deserves all the praise and credit and all of it that we can give Him, lest you return to dust and never see Him except for the judgment. You’ll see Him one time, but oh, we must praise Him, no matter how much this flesh has run you down, no matter how much the devil tells you, no matter what he does to you, you must remain and show that the Lord God liveth. You are His witness to the world.

In your joy, in your praises, you tell the earth the Lord God liveth. Time is like a vapor. It’s just a moment. In a second, it’s gone.

He’ll bring the gifts into power, all of that. But what good are they without the joy of salvation? Because that’s the greatest miracle.

And for rejoicing and praising the Lord, Paul said, whether I was in body or out of, I was too busy wondering what was going on, said, I was caught up into paradise from praising the Lord. But He told Paul, He said, it’s not lawful to even utter on this earth what God revealed to me. See, it pays to keep your faith, Paul said. It pays to keep your confidence that he wrote about; cast not away your confidence, he said. It pays to serve the Lord, and to have the joy of the Lord.

Satan cannot live in joy; he cannot live in praises.

It said the word of God. There were four different kind of listeners. Here He is. And then four different kinds. See, only one really stayed with the Lord down there on that ground there, and it said they received the word with joy.

The old devil can’t take joy. You’ll never find it with him. Out in the world, he’ll mock God’s joy. How the world, they’ll try to make you trade what you’ve got for their type of joy.

Scripture Reading

“Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven”Luke 6: 23

The Lord connects our leaping for joy with our going to heaven.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”Isaiah 12: 2 – 3

The Lord God Himself is your eternal salvation. He is your song, and with joy, you draw water out of the wells of salvation.

“for the joy of the LORD is your strength”Nehemiah 8: 10

“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”Zephaniah 3: 17

The Lord has joy, and He rejoices over us with His joy. The Lord sings over us.

The Lord Jesus, the mighty God, talks about His joy remaining in us, and in consequence, our joy will be full.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”John 15: 11

Why do the foolish virgins miss the translation? It is because they lack the joy of the Lord. They were not happy to see the Lord.

There is joy in heaven, there is joy among the Angels, over one sinner that repents. It means when each one of us came to salvation, there was activity in heaven, there was joy in heaven.

“I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”Luke 15: 7

“Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”Luke 15: 10

You cannot get to heaven unless you speak the language of heaven.

And joy, and praise, is the language of victory.

So, we find out what the language of heaven is. It is praise. Holy, holy. Amen. Praise ye the Lord up there; it is nothing else.

I read from Scroll # 70:

“Praising the Lord in intervals will drive back all demon powers from you and thou shalt rest in peace! By praising Him often you will be covered with a bright shekinah glory; whether you can see it all the time or not you will begin to feel it by the glory of His presence and demons cannot break through this covering very easy as long as you praise Him in confidence!”

“Why are there such secrets in praise, because that is why we were created to praise the Lord of Host!”

“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”Philippians 4: 4

“It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”2 Corinthians 12: 1 – 4

“Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.”Psalm 50: 23

God is very pleased with our praises; whosoever offers praises unto God, glorifieth Him.

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”Revelation 4: 11

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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Revelating – Time & Dimension — July 13, 2025

Introduction

Behold, I come as a thief. Why is the coming of Jesus in the translation compared to the coming of a thief? A thief comes unannounced. And when Jesus comes in the translation, He will come unannounced. Why does a thief come? He comes to take away things of value. And when Jesus comes in a translation, He will come to get His jewels. And when a thief comes, he usually leaves much more than what he takes; only the valuables, he’s gone. And when the translation occurs, the children of God, His jewels, will be taken up. But there will be more people left on earth, just like a thief will leave more than he takes.

Now, two in one bed; one taken, one left. Many time, a husband will wake up. This time, he goes search first; she’s gone. The wife wakes up; the husband’s gone. Another place, both of them’s gone; they believe together, gone. Two women grinding grain. Now, the women in Bible lands grind their flour in the morning. And then it said two men in the field. That signifies later in the morning or in the afternoon; two men in the field. And so, when Jesus comes in the translation, some will be in bed, some will be grinding, some will be in the field. One taken, one left. Luke 17: 34 – 36.

It will occur over the world at the same time. Millions of people of all ages will leave this earth in a second, the Bible says, in the twinkling of an eye, they’ll be gone. 1 Corinthians 15: 52.

Little babies: oh, some of the little baby beds will be empty.

Maybe you’ll have two parents sometimes. They don’t believe in God or have God, but that little baby, somehow, God’s going to call for it. He’s going to get him.

And a lot of young people is going to be going on up there.

Who can accuse a child born that don’t have his mind?

Well, you know the little boy come to Jesus. His parents, his eyes, he didn’t have no eyes. He couldn’t see nothing. And Jesus called him. He touched his eyes, created him eyeballs, and said, now, go wash in that pool over there. And they said, and Jesus said, neither has he sinned nor his parents. This is for the glory of God. John 9: 1 – 3. Sometimes, that’s the only way He’s going to get that one in there. But He’s going to get whoever He has predicted to get.

You may have a 30-year-old son or daughter who has the intelligence of a 5-year-old child. They’re not mature in their mind. The Lord knows why this child is in that condition, and that may be the only way He is going to get him or her into heaven. Remember, all things work together for good to them that love the Lord. Romans 8: 28.

How about all the heathen that come up through there? Even Paul said, what’s on their conscience and heart, God will judge. Romans 2: 14 – 15.

Oh, predestination is going to play a great role.

The Lord knows that if that little baby had the opportunity to grow up, that 30-year-old son or daughter who has the intelligence of a 5-year-old child were to have a mind that is matured, that heathen born in a land where there was no preaching were to hear the gospel of salvation, they would believe, and would be sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise until the moment of translation. The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, the Lord knoweth them that are His. Ephesians 1: 13 – 14; 2 Timothy 2: 19.

“For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth”. Romans 9: 10 – 24.

Yes, the Lord knows you even more personally than you know yourself! In His infinite love and wisdom He has a plan for you and every person born in this world! He foresees all who are to be born; He sees the coming of each one!

Anybody that comes to the Lord Jesus. And your faith has just reached into eternal life. Your faith has given you, by the power of your faith through Jesus, eternal life. And through eternal life, you live in eternity. Your faith is infinite. It will never die. Because it will live with you. How important faith in the word of God is.

In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, that body will be pure light. There will be no more need for our type of clothing. In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, they’re shed like a skin. You’re light, you’re covered in light, all over. A robe of light, and it’s in a twink’ of an eye.

We cannot measure “the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge” of the mighty God, our Lord Jesus. “For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.” Romans 11: 33 – 36; Isaiah 9: 6.

We will be with our eternal God throughout eternity in the glorified body, in pure light. Lord Jesus, we thank you.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “Revelating – Time & Dimension”, CD # 1285, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Revelating; time; running into dimension. Now, we know, according to the signs, and according to the Scriptures, that we’re in the last church age. It is ending for the elect, and it is ending soon. Millions of people of all ages will leave this earth in a second, the Bible says, in the twinkling of an eye, in 1 Corinthians 15: 52. They’ll be gone.

Jesus Himself said, about the time, and the season, He said, when Israel come home, the fig tree, in the land, He said, that generation shall not pass away. There’s your season of time that He gave, until all things are fulfilled.

And Jesus said, say not that you have yet four months until harvest. I’ll tell you; you look at the field. They’re ripe to harvest out there. Say not that you’ve got time. Don’t put it off, and say, we’ve got plenty of time. Don’t even say there’s four months. He said, harvest is here. That’s what He said about the end of the age, when all these signs are around us. And that generation shall not pass away. You don’t have any time left. I’ve only given you a time of mercy. That’s all that’s left. We can no longer sit around and say we’ve got plenty of time left.

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth. The Lord so cometh as a thief in the night, 1 Thessalonians 5: 2. Why is the coming of Jesus in the translation compared to the coming of a thief? There’s no warning there. Only to the people of God that read His word. And only the thief knows the time. And only Jesus, see, it’s timed. That’s why He’s going to put this as a thief.

Now, the reason is, easy to understand, when we consider how and why a thief comes, and what he takes, and what he leaves behind. A thief comes unannounced. That’s the way Jesus is. And when Jesus comes in the translation, He will come unannounced. Why does a thief come? He comes to take away things of value.

And Jesus used the word thief so that we could visualize just exactly how He was going to do it.

And when Jesus comes in a translation, He will come to get His jewels. The borned again, those that love Him, those that believe in Him, they are His jewels. And they shall be mine in the day when I make up my jewels; they shall be mine; Malachi 3: 17.

And when a thief comes, he usually leaves much more than what he takes; only the valuables, he’s gone. And when the translation occurs, the children of God, His jewels, will be taken up. But there will be more people left on earth, just like a thief will leave more than he takes. There’ll be more people left on earth than they will be taken out to meet Jesus in the clouds, in the air.

Wink your eye. That is how rapidly every Christian, every believer person, will leave this earth.

There shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, the other shall be left; or two brothers, or two whatever. Two women shall be grinding together, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two men shall be in the field, one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Luke 17: 34 and 36. He reveals the night and the day.

It will occur over the world at the same time. Part of the world is going to be light; part of the world is going to be dark.

Two in the bed, while part of the earth is light. Part is dark, not all the people sleep at the same time. Two women grinding grain. Now in the Bible days, here’s what Jesus was getting at here. Now, the women in Bible lands grind their flour in the morning. This speaks of dawn in some places, in the morning. And then it said two men in the field. That signifies later in the morning or in the afternoon; two men in the field. One was dawn, before they even leave to go to work; she makes that bread early morning. And so, when Jesus comes in the translation, some will be in bed, some will be grinding, some will be in the field. There are different time zones; different dimensions of those time zones.

Now, one will be in the bed; one won’t be in the bed. One will be working; one won’t be working. When you find the clothes there, look in the field and the clothes are there.

Little babies: oh, some of the little baby beds will be empty. Jesus suffered little children to come to me. But I believe this after that translation goes up, there’s children being born all over the world.

Jesus walked in the temple at 12 years old, accountability. He felt that He, in His accountability, could talk. And that in His accountability, that that was the hour that they should accept or know about God and listen to the Lord. Now, some children at 12 or 14, some, 15. But He knows exactly those that can understand condemnation, those that can repent from sin, and those that don’t have the accountability yet. He knows that. So, 12, 14, over, you better watch out, because Jesus stood there Himself. When you have the accountability, and you will not repent, then the Most High knows that you could have, but you wouldn’t. Whatever that age limit is in there, He’s got it.

Now under a certain age, their accountability is not there. They’re not mature in their mind.

And with the little babies, will they come under predestination, or what? That’s in the hands of God.

Now, you say, how about the children that the parents have? This heartbreaking, it’s really something to see a baby born, and it’s mentally. Or children that grow up, and they don’t have their proper mind.

You see a little child that’s been demented, sometimes? If he comes under that, under that where he’s not had a chance. Under God, He’s going to make one of the prettiest little Angels that you’ve ever seen in heaven. He’s going to make a good little Christian, a good one, that’s changed in light. So out of something that we might call insane or mad, that’s never had an opportunity, born, not of his own, might turn into be something that God put that way, to take later. And you talk about the weeping of the parents, seeing that little boy there, little girl there, and their relatives seeing that little child there, that never had an opportunity. You talk about weeping, if they could weep and weep, for years, see, God’s heart. That’s all in God’s hands.

But the world’s going to be empty of a lot of little babies.

And a lot of young people is going to be going on up there.

Who can accuse a child born that don’t have his mind? Well, you know the little boy come to Jesus. His parents, his eyes, he didn’t have no eyes. He couldn’t see nothing. And they said, oh, this man has sinned, and all of that, you know, this here. And they come up through there. And Jesus called him. He just reached down and spilled on the ground like that. He touched his eyes, created him eyeballs, and said, now, go wash in that pool over there. And they said, and Jesus said, neither has he sinned nor his parents. This is for the glory of God.

Do you understand now why some are like that in the conditions, are suffered so much? Sometimes, that’s the only way He’s going to get that one in there. But He’s going to get whoever He has predicted to get.

Those little babies, starving and dying. I know the Lord is the most High. Instead of going around and say, He don’t know what He’s doing. Why would God do this? Why would God do that? If you’ve got faith, you can look over all of that, and put it in the hands of the living God.

How about all the heathen that come up through there? Even Paul said, what’s on their conscience and heart, God will judge. He’s never heard about Jesus. They haven’t had a chance. Nobody’s ever went to them in the heathen lands before the great gospel broke out. Oh, predestination is going to play a great role, and the heart is going to play a great role. That’s never got to hear about Jesus, and it’ll be judged by the heart, and be judged by what they did.

And the godly mothers who pled for their children, and the children laughed at them. They went on laughing in their sinful ways, and they laughed, and they laughed. These young people will realize that Jesus has come in and take their mother and father back to heaven. But now, then who shall laugh? And I’ve seen different families just plead with their children to get saved before they died.

Sometimes they don’t get them all in. Sometimes they even laugh at them. But when mother and father’s gone, the laughing stops.

Other times, the Lord, the father, and mother, passes on, the Lord will come. And He’ll come to those children. He’ll save those children. Even the ones that laughed at them.

Now, two at the mill grinding. Oh, they’re out there working. Two in the field, they’re working. One taken, one left. This speaks of a working class of people. It speaks of our stores, our shops, and our plants today, and so forth like that. Giant industrial plants, you know, the assembly lines, they’re running here. They’ll probably be erratic when a few of the Christians get taken out of there. And the workers will be taken from them, and so forth like that. And their posts will be unattended.

But see, the Antichrist, and all of them down here, buses, trains loaded with passengers will pile up, wrecked. Death, misery, and confusion will be everywhere. But I wrote but will be explained away by the world governments. And there will be lying signs and wonders to take up the gap. And it’ll be explained in such a way that it’ll actually be said that the devil done that to them people. And then the mark of the beast starts, and says, now I’ve come down, I’m God.

And you know, you read that, what I said about the faith. And before I wrote that, He said write it. That our faith is infinite. Jesus said have the faith, in one of the translations, of God, if you can. See, faith that moves mountains. Now, we pray, and we ask God to forgive us. We confess our sins, or whatever it is. Anybody that comes to the Lord Jesus. And your faith has just reached into eternal life. Your faith has given you, by the power of your faith through Jesus, eternal life. And through eternal life, you live in eternity. Your faith is infinite. It will never die. Because it will live with you. How important faith in the word of God is.

Behold, He said, I come quickly. It’ll be over before you know anything about it. Unexpectedly, He will come. Like a thief in the night, He will come. So, we find out, in industrial complexes. In the shops, in the cities, those Scriptures, in the field, and wherever. It typifies the end of the age. Some will be working in some places, and parts of the world, and a couple will be gone. But there’ll be two, three hundred, around there, you see.

See, so all of the world, and they’ll be in the harvest fields. They’ll be working. Some will be out there working, pitching hay, and some will be working in the cattle. Some will be on the horses. One will look over there, and he’s gone. See, all over the earth.

But because of the importance in what has taken place, millions of people will know it’s a translation. They’ll flee. They’ll try to run to the wilderness, in there. Then the foolish virgins say, that’s why we’re called foolish. We couldn’t see that was upon us. And let us flee. So, they look around. Everywhere that you look, where they’re working at night, no matter where they’re at, one will be taken, one will be left, one will be gone. Maybe you’ll have two parents sometimes. They don’t believe in God or have God, but that little baby, somehow, God’s going to call for it. He’s going to get him. At the end of the world, then when it all takes place, and all of these wrecks, and all of these things take place, then they’re going to rise up some explanation, and they’re going to twist it all up. And I mean, it’s going to be so twisted up, just like Pharaoh and his armies followed themselves to destruction. That’s the way that the world is going to do with this kind of a Pharaoh antichrist. They’re going to follow him to destruction. It’s the same way. I had a special message to them, and to bring people in that’s never understood the mysteries of all of that, about the babies, about the age of accountability, and all these other things, and people that are born in certain ways like that. And God’s great mercy outruns everything. But anybody that knows better has been told, told, told. It’s going to be a different story. Watch and pray. Behold, as I’ve said over and over, I come again. Behold, I come quickly. He said, behold, look on those fields, they’re ready for me to come and get.

Scripture Reading

Two women grinding grain. Now, the women in Bible lands grind their flour in the morning. And then it said two men in the field. That signifies later in the morning or in the afternoon; two men in the field. And so, when Jesus comes in the translation, some will be in bed, some will be grinding, some will be in the field. One taken, one left.

“I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.”Luke 17: 34 – 36

It will occur over the world at the same time. Millions of people of all ages will leave this earth in a second, the Bible says, in the twinkling of an eye, they’ll be gone.

“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”1 Corinthians 15: 52

Little babies: oh, some of the little baby beds will be empty.

Maybe you’ll have two parents sometimes. They don’t believe in God or have God, but that little baby, somehow, God’s going to call for it. He’s going to get him.

And a lot of young people is going to be going on up there.

Who can accuse a child born that don’t have his mind?

Well, you know the little boy come to Jesus. His parents, his eyes, he didn’t have no eyes. He couldn’t see nothing. And Jesus called him. He touched his eyes, created him eyeballs, and said, now, go wash in that pool over there. And they said, and Jesus said, neither has he sinned nor his parents. This is for the glory of God. Sometimes, that’s the only way He’s going to get that one in there. But He’s going to get whoever He has predicted to get.

“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.”John 9: 1 – 3

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”Romans 8: 28

How about all the heathen that come up through there? Even Paul said, what’s on their conscience and heart, God will judge.

“For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another”Romans 2: 14 – 15

Oh, predestination is going to play a great role.

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”Ephesians 1: 13 – 14

“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.”2 Timothy 2: 19

“For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth”.

“And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, THE ELDER SHALL SERVE THE YOUNGER. As it is written, JACOB HAVE I LOVED, BUT ESAU HAVE I HATED. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I WILL HAVE COMPASSION. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, EVEN FOR THIS SAME PURPOSE HAVE I RAISED THEE UP, THAT I MIGHT SHEW MY POWER IN THEE, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE DECLARED THROUTHOUT ALL THE EARTH. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?”Romans 9: 10 – 24

I read from Special Writing # 036:

“THE WILL OF GOD IN ONE’S LIFE”

My letter of encouragement this time concerns the will of God in one’s life! Yes, the Lord knows you even more personally than you know yourself! In His infinite love and wisdom He has a plan for you and every person born in this world! It is a definite plan; and He is nudging you into your place! He foresees all who are to be born; He sees the coming of each one!

“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”Romans 11: 33 – 36

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

We will be with our eternal God throughout eternity in the glorified body, in pure light. Lord Jesus, we thank you.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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The Character of Faith — June 29, 2025

Introduction

Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. It is the same faith that we have to believe God, and it is counted unto us for righteousness. Our faith is based on the grace of God as we did not do any work to be saved. We have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ who paid the entire price for our salvation. He tasted death for everyone. Romans 4: 1 – 8; Ephesians 2: 8 – 9; Hebrews 2: 9; Romans 11: 6; Hebrews 11: 6.

Behold, I give unto you power. You have it in you, the Kingdom of God’s within you. Every promise in the Bible are in Him, are yea, and Amen, unto the glory of God.

You have the Lord Jesus within you. Therefore, you have the Kingdom of God within you. It means every promise of God is within you, and the life which you now live in the flesh, you live by the faith of the Lord Jesus, the mighty God. Galatians 2: 20; Luke 17: 21; 2 Corinthians 1: 20; Isaiah 9: 6.

The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. He’ll not only establish you, but He will absolutely keep you from evil. The Lord will preserve you from all evil. 2 Thessalonians 3: 3; Psalm 121: 7 – 8.

Are we going to be royal? And a peculiar people, a royal people, and those stones, spiritual lively stones of the Lord. And that’s how it’s going to come. It’s going to be that rich divine love with that faith and wisdom until a cloud will just appear with us and lead us right on to heaven. 1 Peter 2: 9.

Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

You were sealed with the Holy Spirit after you believed the gospel of your salvation, and this is the earnest, the down payment, of our eternal inheritance, until the moment of translation when we shall be changed into the glorified body. Ephesians 1: 13 – 14.

He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world. And those are the ones He come to get, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Ephesians 1: 4.

The deep things of God are a mystery, but are revealed unto His elect! … “Behold saith the living God, without faith and knowledge of My Word he cannot attain unto such wonders! Have ye not heard that only Mine elect and those who have died in the faith shall hear My voice and meet Me in the air and the others upon the earth shall not! – It is because I foreknow you, and ye shall hear My voice!”

The dead in Christ and the elect of God shall hear the Lord’s voice at the moment of translation, and they go up to meet the Lord in the air, but the tribulation saints do not hear His voice and that is why they are not translated. John 5: 25; 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18.

You want to thank the Lord Jesus that you love His word, and you will hear His voice when He calls at the moment of translation.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

Summary of the Sermon

We listened to a sermon titled “The Character of Faith”, CD # 1283, by Brother Neal Frisby.

In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:

Now, tonight, The Character of Faith. You know, faith has a character to it. It really does. And He’s building that church on the word and the character of faith.

The true character of faith: It will blend with divine love, it will blend with righteousness, authority, power, and mostly, the word of God.

Romans, chapter 4. Abraham was justified by his faith, and power, that was within him. Verse 13: For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law. You can’t get anywhere through doctrine, kind that is tradition, and what man has set up.

God wants that pure word to His elect. He wants that pure word to His people. You get that word to His people in the right manner, they are going to be a joyful people and overcome any obstacle in there.

And so, it says, to Abraham or to his seed through the law, the promise was not that way at all, the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. That will get it done with the Word of God.

For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void.

Now if you’re trying to get it through the law, or through some other way which some people try to do it, your faith is void. And the promise made of none effect.

You must come God’s way. It must be pure, His way, and then these things work.

Therefore, it is faith. It might be by grace, and the end of promise might be sure to all the seed by faith in God.

And then in 17, as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead.

Listen to this right here: Who quicknessed the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. There’s your character of faith, beginning to operate right there.

Now the characteristics of the faith of God, who calleth those things which be not as though they were. He called them just like they were there anyway when He spoke. And we are to do the same thing today.

Jesus said, He said unto the mountain, He didn’t say pray unto the mountain as some people think, but He said, you can say unto this mountain. See, you’re already prayed up.

Prayer, He doesn’t want us to omit prayer or make it void.

You’re to pray, and to praise and give thanksgiving to God, to store up and build up that faith through the messages, and the power of the word.

And when you build up your faith, and begin to get it to work, and you have done your praying, then when something arises, you don’t pray anymore, you just say the words. Speak your word only, and it takes place.

Jesus said, say unto this mountain. Then He said one time, you can have whatsoever you saith in there. He called those things which are not as though they were.

When you pray, it is in an attitude that you need something or wanting something. But as soon as your heart builds up with that faith, then it becomes a saying, and you speak with authority, and you speak with power.

But to have the faith of God means to recognize an indwelling power, the same that Jesus taught about.

One place in the Bible it said, speak the word only.

Here’s your authority, and here’s your power.

He said, let there be light. He’s teaching His children how to call it. Let there be light, and there was light.

Now you say He was God. Yes, but He was teaching us.

And Jesus said, let there be bread, and there were bread. And He said, let there be food, there were food. Let there be quail. Let there be manna.

But something was behind that. There was authority and power. It was stored up power. It was treasure in that body. It was anointing in the body.

And then when an emergency arises, and when something takes place, that power is bubbling in there. Then you can have whatsoever you saith. And say unto this mountain, you no longer pray then.

And so, Jesus brought out a point there. Rather than pray unto this mountain, He said, say unto this mountain.

Speak the word, move it. That’s mountains of trouble, and indeed a literal mountain, He’ll move out of the way because He’s the immortal God.

And so, you can say these things by the faith and power of the Lord.

So, he believed it. And not being weak in faith, he considered not His own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

He staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief: but was strong in faith, giving God the glory.

And being fully persuaded, he believed He was able to perform.

Now you can believe in the promises of God, but you’ve got to believe that He’s also able to perform those promises.

It’s like a lot of people, they do a lot of praying, but they can’t do very much believing. Their mind’s not concentrating unity on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Then the Bible says this in 2 Corinthians 1: 20: For all the promises of God are in Him, are yea, and Amen. Every promise in the Bible are in Him, are yea, and Amen, unto the glory of God.

Now He which stablished us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God. He will establish you too.

Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

In verse 24, Not for what we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy, by faith ye stand.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, Philippians 4: 13.

The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. He’ll not only establish you, but He will absolutely keep you from evil.

That character of faith when it starts in you, it will begin to form you. It will begin to lead you. It’s the character of faith that Jesus is looking for.

And among that character, blends with divine love, power, and authority. And that character of faith will begin to grow. Then when you want something, it’ll be right there.

I am more than a conqueror.

I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me. And I can say unto this mountain of trouble, not pray to it anymore. And I can say unto this mountain, be thou removed, mount of financial troubles, mounts of sickness. Be thou removed, and it will be removed for you. Let there be light, and there was great light. He’s showing us, have the faith of God.

The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you. Now He just won’t, kind of do a little bit. He said He will establish you, and keep you from evil.

He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world. And those are the ones He come to get, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Ephesians 1: 4.

Did you catch the last words on that there? Holy and without blame before Him. How? In divine love. There is something that the church is striving for. But that must come from the Holy Spirit. And when it does, there’s your genuine revival, with wisdom involved with it. That would be the most genuine revival, meaning, with those gifts of power, will be incredible. It will be a rich revival. A revival that you can almost feel the wealth of heaven, saith the Lord.

Behold, I give unto you power. You have it in you, the Kingdom of God’s within you.

And behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents. Now, that’s talking about all powers of the devil. Anything that Satan wants to throw at you, and scorpions, any kind of demons that will raise up, and any kind of powers, literally or otherwise. But it is speaking of the demonic world here. Now, that didn’t say part. It said all the power of the enemy. No matter what the enemy is, demon power, Satan, devil’s fallen angels, it makes no difference. You have all power. Power over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10: 19.

And we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, 2 Corinthians 1: 9; that’s who you put your trust in.

2 Corinthians 2: 14. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph, always, it says, in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place.

Now in verse 2 of chapter 3, ye are epistles written in our hearts, known and read of all men.

For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God.

And then he says this way, who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirit, for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

But we all, with an open face beholding as in a glass, glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Now you’re changed from glory to glory. And you go from glory to glory, and change from power to power, from faith to faith, and to dimension after dimension, and you’re beginning to grow in the Lord, and to begin to learn things from the Lord. And somehow, behold, the bride is making herself ready. Finally, you’ll just change into the glorified body, saith the Lord.

Another place Jesus was talking and said that if you believe the way He was teaching, He said, you can have whatsoever you saith, and it’ll come to pass.

But this power is within you, and that power, it works as much as you allow it to work. And as much as you work with God, He works with you.

At the end of the age, there’s going to be some wonderful great things. There’s a slow harvest growth across the earth now. But there’s coming that real true revival. It’s going to be the pure word revival of the character of faith, the divine love, and wisdom from God, and it will lift you out of any problem.

Scripture Reading

“What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS COUNTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, BLESSED ARE THEY WHOSE INIQUITIES ARE FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS ARE COVERED. BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN.”Romans 4: 1 – 8

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”Ephesians 2: 8 – 9

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”Hebrews 2: 9

“And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.”Romans 11: 6

“But without faith it is impossible to please him”Hebrews 11: 6

Behold, I give unto you power. You have it in you, the Kingdom of God’s within you. Every promise in the Bible are in Him, are yea, and Amen, unto the glory of God.

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2: 20

“for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”Luke 17: 21

“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”2 Corinthians 1: 20

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6

The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. He’ll not only establish you, but He will absolutely keep you from evil. The Lord will preserve you from all evil.

“But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil.”2 Thessalonians 3: 3

“The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”Psalm 121: 7 – 8

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”1 Peter 2: 9

Who hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”Ephesians 1: 13 – 14

He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world. And those are the ones He come to get, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”Ephesians 1: 4

I read from Special Writing # 030 – “GOD’S FOREKNOWLEDGE – HIS ETERNAL REALM”

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.”John 5: 25

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18

You want to thank the Lord Jesus that you love His word, and you will hear His voice when He calls at the moment of translation.

You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas

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