Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, February 6, 2022
This sermon talks about the fact that the Lord does not forget His promise because it has already come to pass, as far as He is concerned.
“Everything is past to Him”. “He already knows all that is future”.
Psalm 90: 4: “For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”
None of us is a thousand years old. It means the Lord could have told you on the day you were born everything you will be doing and when you will be doing them for the rest of your life on this earth, because with the Lord, all of it has already taken place. It is like “yesterday when it is past”.
Faith catches God’s realm. It sees things the way the Lord sees them. It believes every promise of God will come to pass because it has already taken place, as far as the Lord is concerned. It is settled in the soul. You are also walking in the future with the Lord.
Matthew 6: 31 – 32: “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”
This is a promise from the Lord to each one of us that He already knows what we need and it has already taken place, as far as He is concerned.
Every second in your future is a second that the Lord Jesus has already taken care of because it is already in the past to Him.
All that the Lord has in the future for you is already yours because as far as He is concerned, it has already come to pass.
Romans 6: 23: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
This Scripture refers to “the gift of God”, as if all other gifts that we receive from Him are derived off this gift. It states: “the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
You cannot receive a greater gift than eternal life. You cannot receive a greater gift than the Lord God giving Himself to you; He is eternal life.
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, February 6, 2022
We listened to a sermon titled “In Due Time”, CD # 897, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 5/23/82 (AM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
God’s promises are not forgotten, but come to pass at due time.
Psalm 105: 17 – 22: “He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.”
The Lord has not forgotten your prayers.
A promise was given to Joseph and he told his brothers.
Genesis 37: 5 – 8: “And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I had dreamed: For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.”
The Lord never forgets His promise.
Even if what is happening to you seems to be the opposite of the Lord’s promise, do you have the faith to hold onto God’s word?
Faith looks at nothing, but deliverance.
Joseph was sold as a servant by his brothers and brought into Egypt (Genesis chapter 37). He was falsely accused by a woman in Egypt of what he had not done for which his master put him in prison (Genesis chapter 39). In prison, he interpreted the dreams of the butler and baker (Genesis chapter 40).
Joseph reached on and believed God; he would not turn loose; in the darkest hour, he did not lose faith.
God has not forgotten any of you or His promise to you.
God did not forget the promise that He gave to Joseph.
The Lord does not forget His promises.
Psalm 106: 9 – 13: “He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel”.
Psalm 106: 21: “They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt”.
If the Lord performed a miracle for you, maybe years ago, you do not want to soon forget His work or His promises. You do not want to be the person that will no longer wait on His counsel.
The children of Israel forgot His great work.
Wait for the Lord’s counsel and He will guide you.
If you don’t forget what the Lord once did for you, He will remember you when next you need something.
He was the fourth man in the fire when the three Hebrew children were thrown into the fiery furnace (Daniel 3: 23 – 25).
The Lord Jesus, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Creator, was with Daniel in the lions’ den (Daniel 6: 16 – 24). The lions recognized Him, but the Jews did not recognize Him when He came as the Messiah.
Sometimes you are tried, but the Lord has not forgotten you. The things you have prayed about will still come to pass.
God did not forget His promise to Abraham; Isaac was born (Genesis 21: 1 – 3). God gave Sarah the inside of a young woman in order for her to be able to give birth to Isaac at her old age.
The Lord has not forgotten the true Israel.
The translation will take place. The great revival will come.
God knew you before you came to this earth and His promises are yours for eternity.
Psalm 107: 19 -20: “Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
Psalm 107: 43: “Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.”
Sometimes, it may look just the opposite of what you have prayed for or what you want. Your faith is not true faith unless it is tested.
God has not forgotten one of His promises or healing.
Faith says it will be like what God has said in His word.
I started the sermon:
Psalm 90: 1 – 4: “LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”
None of us is a thousand years old. It means the Lord could have told you on the day you were born everything you will be doing and when you will be doing them for the rest of your life on this earth, because with the Lord, all of it has already taken place. It is like “yesterday when it is past”.
This Scripture could have stated a million years or a trillion years or more in God’s sight are but as yesterday when it is past because everything in the future is already past to the Lord.
The Lord already knows all about your life.
Psalm 139: 1 – 12: “O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.”
The Lord already knows everything about you. This Scripture states: “For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”
Faith catches God’s realm. It sees things the way the Lord sees them. It believes every promise of God will come to pass because it has already taken place, as far as the Lord is concerned. It is settled in the soul. You are also walking in the future with the Lord.
Ephesians 1: 7: “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace”.
Faith believes this Scripture. It means just what it states. You now have redemption through His blood; you now have the forgiveness of your sins. It is settled in your soul. It does not matter what anyone else may say.
Romans 8: 1 – 2: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
There is therefore now no condemnation to you as you are in Christ Jesus. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has already made you free from the law of sin and death. Faith believes this Scripture. It does not matter what anyone else may say.
Everything in the future is already past to the Lord.
Colossians 3: 3 – 4: “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
Your life, right now, is hidden in the Lord Jesus, the Almighty God, and you will appear with Him in glory when the translation takes place. The translation is in the future to us, but to the Lord it has already taken place. He can therefore assure you that you will appear with Him in glory.
2 Corinthians 1: 20: “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”
All the promises of God are “yea” and they are all “Amen”; they have all already taken place, as the Lord is concerned.
1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 17: “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.”
This Scripture describes what will happen at the time of translation because it has already taken place, as far as the Lord is concerned.
Therefore, the Lord can describe to you exactly what will happen when the translation takes place: The dead in Christ shall rise first, and then, those of us who are alive and remain in the Lord 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.”
Romans 6: 23: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
This Scripture refers to “the gift of God”, as if all other gifts that we receive from Him are derived off this gift. It states: “the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
You cannot receive a greater gift than eternal life. You cannot receive a greater gift than the Lord God giving Himself to you; He is eternal life.
He dwells in eternity.
Isaiah 57: 15: “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy”.
The Lord already knows everything that will happen in the future of the entire universe because it is all in the past to Him.
I read from Scroll # 23, Part II:
TIME AND ETERNITY – (The Past, Present and Future) They are all the same to God (He created time when He created death) What is time? There is no such thing as time with God. (It is eternal) Time was created when God announced death on Adam and Eve. If they or people did not have to die there would be no such thing as time! It would be eternal. Dying produces a “Time Limit” – to God there is no past or future. Everything is past to Him, “He already knows all that is future.” That makes it all past tense! The fourth or all dimensions are only normal to Him, (but future to us) There is no beginning or ending with God. So there is no time for Him, only man has a time limit (cycle) and it is about finished!
I continued with the Sermon:
This scroll states: “Everything is past to Him”. “He already knows all that is future”.
Numbers 23: 19: “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”
The reason why the Lord can make a promise to you and know it will come to pass is because with Him, it has already come to pass. It is already in the past to Him.
Matthew 6: 25 – 33: “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
The Lord does not want you to worry about what you will eat, what you will drink or what you will wear. It states: “for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.” This is a promise from the Lord to each of us that He already knows what we need and it has already been provided, as far as He is concerned.
Philippians 4: 19: “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
This is a promise from the Lord to supply all of our needs and, as far as He is concerned, it has already taken place.
Every second in your future is a second that the Lord Jesus has already taken care of because it is already in the past to Him.
This next Scroll mentions what the Lord will show to us hereafter. He can reveal them to us now because He already knows all that is in the future.
I read from Scroll # 244:
BEAUTIFUL CITIES – Jesus, you are more than this who created all the beauty around us and the awesome heavens, universes and stars! One day beside the Holy City we will see beautiful cities and places of such wonder of thy creation! Besides the stars and heavens you have created magnificent things that we have not seen! “Beautiful colors of icy wonder like, of spiritual fires and lights of such beauty, and creatures likewise of such formation that we will be amazed and startled by such a creator of so many more things that can not be mentioned and are without number! Such glorious spiritual colors never seen or beheld by man’s eyes!” Surely and definitely many marvelous mysteries await us that love Him! Literally more than trillions of creations will He unveil to His chosen! – After this was revealed to me I wondered how to unveil it and then I remembered God’s Word that could have to do with the millennium. (Luke 19: 16-19) But also may involve what was told. Nevertheless the elect are in for many surprises that eye hath not seen!
I continued with the Sermon:
In addition to the awesome heavens, universes and stars, we will see “beautiful cities” – not just one city, but “cities”, that the Lord has created. We will see the Holy City (the new Jerusalem). We will see beautiful colors of icy wonder like; we will see glorious spiritual colors; we will see spiritual fires and lights of such beauty; we will see creatures of such formation that we currently have no idea about. We will be startled by such a Creator. What he has created are without number. We will see more than trillions of His creations.
Revelation 21: 1 – 3: “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”
This Scripture states: Apostle John “saw” a new heaven and a new earth; he “saw” the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.
These events are still way in the future, but Apostle John states I “saw” them because they have already taken place, as far as the Lord is concerned. The Lord showed the future to John which is already in the past to Him.
All that the Lord has in the future for you is already yours because as far as He is concerned, it has already come to pass.
You want to thank the Lord Jesus, the Almighty God, every day for giving Himself to you, “the gift of God”, eternal life.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, January 23, 2022
This sermon talks about the fact that when you receive salvation, there is a burden that is lifted; you are a new creature; the sting of death is gone.
O death, where is thy sting? Salvation has taken it away. The sting of death is sin, and if sin is taken away, the sting of death is gone.
O grave, where is thy victory? You have victory over the grave because of salvation.
1 Corinthians 15: 55 – 57: “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
You have passed from death unto life (John 5: 24).
Only the predestined will be saved or believe in true salvation.
It is easier for you to pass on to heaven at the time of death, than sometimes for you to fall asleep on your bed.
When you receive salvation in your heart, you get rid of that death sting.
If you love God, when it is time for you to leave this earth through death, it will not be a sting. You will feel nothing.
But the sinner has the sting of death on him when he leaves; the grave has complete victory over him.
The Lord has already prepared a body for you that will change this body to a glorified body (2 Corinthians 5: 1).
A place in heaven has been prepared for you (John 14: 2 – 3).
The Lord knows each of you as an individual. He knows everything you will do in your life. He knows when you will come to this earth and, in that same thought, He knows when you will leave.
He knew you in His thoughts from eternity.
The predestinated of God will want salvation. They will believe His word and will live with Him for eternity.
The grave does not have power over you; the sting of death does not have any power over you.
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, January 23, 2022
We listened to a sermon titled “Before Time”, CD # 1040, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 2/17/85 (AM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
Behind the simple salvation that God gives us is eternity; it is beyond mortal conception.
Before God made anything, He sat alone in eternity.
God foreknew Job before he was created. Before anything ever came to Job, the Lord knew all the time what was coming to him. He knew it from eternity; He is sovereign.
God foreknows all things.
John 3: 12 – 13: “If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”
Job 40: 1 – 2: “Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.” Job 40: 8 – 9: “Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?”
How great, how deep, the Lord is.
Psalm 99: 1: “The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.”
Before the Lord created anything, seraphims, cherubims and angels, He sat alone.
One session of God’s thoughts in eternity would probably reveal what He would be doing for the next millions of years, in perfect order.
He knew you in His thoughts from eternity.
Each person, each race of people, comes to this earth at the time that the Lord has chosen.
Each person that comes to this earth since the time of Adam was in His thoughts from eternity. This is infinite time, where there is no time, where it is eternal.
He knew you and wanted you to be born on earth at His appointed time.
The Lord has made salvation simple.
You shall be called great in the kingdom of God (Matthew 5: 19).
You shall be called a wise man (Matthew 7: 24).
You shall abide in His love (John 15: 10).
You shall be His friend (John 15: 15).
You shall have right to the tree of life for eternity (Revelation 22: 14).
He that cometh to the Lord shall not be cast out (John 6: 37).
You are predestinated. You were in His thoughts from the beginning.
He shall not perish, but have eternal life (John 3: 15), as if those who do not believe shall perish.
You cannot deceive the very elect.
If you accept salvation, you have passed from death unto life (John 5: 24).
When you receive salvation, there is a burden that is lifted; you are a new creature; the sting of death is gone.
It is easier for you to pass on to heaven at the time of death, than sometimes for you to fall asleep on your bed.
O death, where is thy sting? Salvation has taken it away. The sting of death is sin, and if sin is taken away, the sting of death is gone.
O grave, where is thy victory? You have victory over the grave because of salvation.
1 Corinthians 15: 55 – 57: “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Thanks be to God for you have victory over death; you have victory over the grave. Even if you were to die, you will be resurrected because you have victory over the grave. Though he were dead, yet shall he live (John 11: 25 – 26).
When you receive salvation in your heart, you get rid of that death sting.
But the sinner has the sting of death on him when he leaves; the grave has complete victory over him.
Salvation gets rid of the sting of death. Salvation gives you victory over the grave.
He shall not perish, but shall be raised at the last day (John 6: 40). Your body will be glorified (1 Corinthians 15: 54).
How great salvation is.
Paul said in 2 Timothy 4: 7 – 8: “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.”
O death, where is thy sting? If you love God, when it is time for you to leave this earth through death, it will not be a sting. You will feel nothing.
At salvation, the sting of death is gone.
The Lord has already prepared a body for you that will change this body to a glorified body, just as the Lord Jesus has a glorified body (2 Corinthians 5: 1).
How great salvation is.
You will always be with the Lord.
Trillions of years after the translation, you will still look young in the glorified body that the Lord shall give you. The Angel that appeared at Christ’s resurrection was described as a young man, and he was probably millions or trillions of years old (Mark 16: 5).
There will be different ruling positions in heaven.
Revelation 13: 8: “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 17: 8: “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.”
We were in the Lord’s thoughts from eternity.
I will not cast him out.
Only the predestined will be saved or believe in true salvation.
A glorified body has been prepared for you (2 Corinthians 5: 1).
A place in heaven has been prepared for you (John 14: 2 – 3).
You are dealing with the Lord in infinity, in eons of time, in eternity.
Salvation is simple, you come to the Lord Jesus in true repentance, and He removes the sting of death.
Before there was anything called time, God had great plans and you were in His thoughts.
The elect cannot be deceived.
The elect will wind up with Him, despite themselves.
You shall have the light of life (John 8: 12).
You shall have treasure in heaven beyond anything on this earth (Matthew 19: 21).
We are to witness; the elect will witness.
If a person can’t believe what has been revealed, then that person cannot even believe that they exist.
The Lord knows each of you as an individual. He knows everything you will do in your life. He knows when you will come to this earth and, in that same thought, He knows when you will leave.
The elect knows Him and follows Him (John 10: 27 – 28).
The Lord knows who is going to be in the translation and He knows who will be in the tribulation.
He knows all the stars by their names, and there are billions and trillions of galaxies (Isaiah 40: 25 -26).
Salvation is a gift; you receive eternal life (Romans 6: 23).
The predestinated of God will want salvation, the sting of death is gone. They will believe His word and will live with Him for eternity.
The grave does not have power over you; the sting of death does not have any power over you.
I started the sermon:
“When you receive salvation, there is a burden that is lifted; you are a new creature; the sting of death is gone.”
“O death, where is thy sting? Salvation has taken it away. The sting of death is sin, and if sin is taken away, the sting of death is gone.”
“O grave, where is thy victory? You have victory over the grave because of salvation.”
1 Corinthians 15: 55 – 58: “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
You will be able to abound “in the work of the Lord”. You will be able to witness with full assurance of faith because you know that the Lord Jesus has already taken the sting of death from you; He has already given you power over the grave. You will be glorified when the translation takes place. You “know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord”.
“If you love God, when it is time for you to leave this earth through death, it will not be a sting. You will feel nothing.”
“But the sinner has the sting of death on him when he leaves; the grave has complete victory over him.”
Romans 8: 1 – 2: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
“There is therefore now no condemnation” to you because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you “free from the law of sin and death.”
As a result of salvation, you are now free from the law of sin and death. Death has no sting over you; the grave has no power over you.
John 11: 25 – 26: “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?”
Salvation is personal to you. You will know in your heart whether your sin has been taken away; you will know in your heart whether heaven is waiting for you. The Spirit of the Lord bears witness with your spirit.
Romans 8: 16: “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God”.
“The Lord has already prepared a body for you that will change this body to a glorified body, just as the Lord Jesus has a glorified body.”
2 Corinthians 5: 1: “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
It means the body that will change your physical body at the time of translation, that will change this corruptible into incorruption, that will change this mortal into immortality (1 Corinthians 15: 53 – 54), is already waiting for you in heaven. It is your eternal body.
“A place in heaven has been prepared for you.”
John 14: 2 – 3: “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
“Each person that comes on this earth since the time of Adam was in His thoughts from eternity.”
“You are predestinated. You were in His thoughts from the beginning.”
I read from Scroll # 232:
FOREKNOWLEDGE – Way back in the eons of time we don’t have words to describe how long ago in eternity it was! But the Lord of Hosts always foreknew us. And at the proper moment. Like a great cocoon spawning out of God’s mind and in the mist of His presence all of us were foreknown and came at His appointed time since Adam. Many Scriptures reveal this. One of them is Eph. chap. 1 – And here is another one Job 38: 6-7, His chosen was with Him when He laid the foundations of earth’s corner stone. When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
I continued with the Sermon:
Ephesians 1: 4: “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”.
The Lord chose you before the foundation of the world, before there was anything called time, to come to salvation and to “be holy and without blame before him in love”.
“Only the predestined will be saved or believe in true salvation.”
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.)
I continued with the Sermon:
This Scroll states: “And when we repent (salvation) we keep this spirit in order to always live with Him!!”
“The predestinated of God will want salvation, the sting of death is gone. They will believe His word and will live with Him for eternity.”
“One session of God’s thoughts in eternity would probably reveal what He would be doing for the next millions of years, in perfect order.”
Isaiah 46: 9 – 10: “Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure”.
The Lord declares “the end from the beginning”, He declares “from ancient times the things that are not yet done”, saying, His “counsel shall stand”. He decides from eternity what will be done in perfect order.
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 – 2: “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted”.
This Scripture states to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. “A time to be born, and a time to die”, already preset by the eternal God, whose “counsel shall stand”.
Ephesians 1: 13 – 14: “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.”
You heard the word of truth and believed in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. He then seals you with Himself (the Holy Spirit) till the time of the translation, “until the redemption of the purchased possession”.
The Lord Jesus is coming back soon.
You can look towards the time of translation, knowing in your heart that death has no sting over you, that you have victory over the grave, that the eternal body that will change your physical body into a glorified body is already waiting for you in the heavens and that the Lord Jesus has already prepared a place for you to be with Him for eternity.
You will want to thank the Almighty God, our Lord Jesus Christ, every day, with all of your heart, for paying the price for your salvation, for giving you eternal life.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, January 9, 2022
This sermon talks about the fact that within each one of us is a living substance, a measure of faith, a light, the power of the Holy Spirit.
It is a finished product that takes on the spirit of salvation. Once your faith triggers that treasure, you have salvation, you have healing.
2 Corinthians 4: 7: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
When you come to true salvation, it is because your faith rises and ignites the seed that the Lord has already put in you.
At the moment that you come to salvation, the Lord Jesus is already preparing you for translation.
John 11: 25 – 26: “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?”
When the Lord Jesus is talking about your salvation – “he that believeth in me”, he is already looking forward to your translation – “though he were dead, yet shall he live” and “whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die”.
Coming to the Lord Jesus in true repentance for the forgiveness of your sins is how you enter the kingdom of God.
John 3: 8: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
Faith is simple because it is anchored on the word of God.
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, January 9, 2022
We listened to a sermon titled “The Faith Evidence”, CD # 892, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 5/2/82 (AM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
The power of the Lord will take away the possession of the world.
We need more joy and rejoicing, especially if you know you are headed to heaven.
The joy of the Lord is like a medicine and will get your faith working.
Joy and love will get your faith working.
Galatians 6: 9 – 10: “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”
The moment you begin to pray, something begins to work for you, started by the seed of faith.
The children of Israel were to compass the city of Jericho for seven days (Joshua 6: 12 – 20). From the first day that they encompassed the wall, the cracks started, even though this was not visible to the children of Israel. Each time they obeyed the Lord, there were more cracks, until finally, the walls crumbled.
Sometimes, you may not see your prayer answered immediately, but the Lord is already working for you.
In 2 Kings 5: 1 – 14, Elisha told Naaman to go and wash in river Jordan seven times. After three or four times of dipping in the river, he did not see any change in his skin. However, inside his heart, he still believed that what he had been told would take place. After the seventh time, his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child.
The Lord was teaching Naaman patience.
Naaman was determined and stayed with it, even though he could not see his healing.
When you pray, stay with the Lord. You may not know immediately that the Lord is already working for you. If it is something you should not have, the Lord will let you know.
2 Corinthians 5: 7: “(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)”
Each one of you has a little of that substance, a living substance, inside you, a measure of faith.
Romans 12: 3: “according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith”.
The Lord Jesus said: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also” (John 14: 12). We will do the works of the Lord.
Each one of you has an aura of light, the spirit of life that is on everybody, and when the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of life, gets involved, you have healings and miracles.
Faith, which causes healing, is coming from the Holy Spirit.
Hold onto the word of God and you can defeat the devil.
The Bible is full of power; the word of God lives forever.
Elisha prayed that the Lord should open the eyes of his servant, even though the servant could see nothing. When the Lord opened his eyes, he saw that they were surrounded by angels, horses and chariots of fire. He could no longer see their enemies; he was seeing the power of the Lord (2 Kings 6: 13 – 17).
Even though the physical eyes may see nothing, the spiritual eyes will say I can see all things; the heart will say I can believe all things.
Your answer is within you.
Elijah sent his servant to go and look towards the sea for evidence of rain. The servant came back and stated he could see nothing. At the seventh time, he came back and stated he could see a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. There was abundance of rain, symbolic of a great revival (1 Kings 18: 41 – 46).
The seed of faith and of wisdom begins to expand and we are in for a great revival.
You are what you confess. If you confess negatively, you will not receive from the Lord.
There are more angels around us than the devil can muster.
The Lord has a plan, a work for each person. It could be to be an intercessor. The Lord will not have you do something and not give you the power for it. He gives each person a measure of faith.
The Lord made this physical body to last a thousand years. Adam lived 930 years (Genesis 5: 5) and Methuselah lived 969 years (Genesis 5:27). When sin entered the world, with the population, the Lord reduced the number of years.
Inside your body is a finished product that takes on the spirit of salvation. Once your faith triggers that treasure, you have salvation, you have healing. By whose stripes you are healed (Isaiah 53: 5).
Your healing and salvation are already completed.
Once you accept Jesus, a change comes to your heart.
2 Corinthians 4: 7: “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
Within you is a light, the power of the Holy Spirit.
You have that treasure within you; you have enough of instructions in the Bible.
A great revival is coming.
The Lord will appear unto all those that love His appearing (2 Timothy 4: 8).
Continue your believing the Lord day by day.
Those that believe are on the rock.
Enoch and Elijah are still alive after thousands of years. Enoch is symbolic of those that will be translated when the Lord comes for us.
All things are possible to them that believe.
Keep the word of God and believe the word of God.
There is enough of power within you to overcome the power of sickness, to overcome the power of the devil.
2 Corinthians 4: 16: “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
David could see nothing in battle, but he trusted the Lord.
If you need Jesus, you have inside of you what you need to believe; it is a gift of God.
I started the sermon:
When you come to true salvation, it is because your faith rises and ignites the seed that the Lord has already put in you.
At the moment that you come to salvation, the Lord Jesus is already preparing you for translation.
1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 58: “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. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
The “sting of death” is gone at the moment that you come to true salvation. You will see it come to pass at the translation “when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality”. You will be able to say: “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
John 11: 25 – 26: “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?”
When the Lord Jesus is talking about your salvation – “he that believeth in me”, he is already looking forward to your translation – “though he were dead, yet shall he live” and “whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die”.
Romans 8: 10 – 11: “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
The Spirit of God dwells in you because you have true salvation. The Lord then gives you certainty of translation as the Scripture states: “if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
Ephesians 1: 13 – 14: “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.”
After you hear the word of truth and believe in the Lord Jesus for salvation, the Lord then takes the next step: He seals you with Himself – the Holy Spirit of promise, which “is the earnest of your inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession”.
As a result of your salvation, the Lord seals you until the day of translation.
When you come to the Lord Jesus for salvation, you are fully resting on Him for the forgiveness of your sins. He is now your righteousness.
Luke 18: 9 – 14: “And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”
The Pharisee in this parable trusted in himself for righteousness. The Publican in this parable trusted in the Lord for righteousness. The Lord Jesus, the eternal God, stated that the Publican was the one that was justified before Him.
Luke 23: 39 – 43: “And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise.”
One thief railed on the Lord Jesus. The other thief rebuked the first thief and asked: “Dost not thou fear God?”. He further stated that they were receiving the due reward of their deeds, but that Jesus had done nothing wrong. He then turned to the Lord Jesus and stated: “Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom”. He put his full trust in the Lord Jesus for salvation.
This is what Brother Neal Frisby stated in the sermon “The Place – Paradise”, CD # 1143: “Once you give your life to the Lord Jesus, you have shaken hands with eternity.”
Coming to the Lord Jesus in true repentance for the forgiveness of your sins is how you enter the kingdom of God.
John 3: 8: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
You cannot give yourself righteousness; you cannot give yourself eternal life. Only the Lord Jesus can give you righteousness; only He can give you eternal life.
Faith is simple because it is anchored on the word of God.
Matthew 21: 22 describes the power of prayer: “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
I read from Scroll # 41:
THE LORD JESUS PRESERVES AND RECORDS THE FAITHFUL PRAYERS OF HIS CHILDREN IN GOLDEN VIALS! (Rev. 5:8) reveals these are the prayers of the saints! This shows no real true prayer made in earnest is lost. – and it reads the smoke of the incense which came with the prayers of the saints ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand! (Rev. 8:3-4) It depicts the tremendous importance that God puts on our prayers! When we pray for our healing or the salvation of a loved one, even if faith is not high at that time the Lord saves the prayer until the level of faith is higher for the miracle to happen, “but He never forgets”! The prayers are especially kept in golden vials until the right moment. If answer is not instantly then later or it will take place gradually, nothing is wasted. A startling revelation! The angel offered the prayers of the saints upon the altar (Rev. 8:3-4) Every prayer you wrote in the will of God to me will in one way or another be answered, “for at some time you will have just the measure of faith!” – “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!!
I continued with the Sermon:
Revelation 5: 8: “And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”
Revelation 8: 3 – 4: “And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.”
Our prayers are important to the Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ. When the right amount of faith rises in our heart, that prayer that we have committed unto Him will come to pass.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, December 26, 2021
This sermon talks about various subjects.
The Lord received perfect praise from the mouths of babes and sucklings. Matthew 21: 16: “And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS THOU HAST PERFECTED PRAISE?” Sucklings are nursing infants who cannot talk, but for a moment, God gave them speech. They were saying Hosannah to the King.
Psalm 105: 37: “He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.” When the Lord brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, He healed all of them. There was not one feeble person among them.
This was a sign for us at the end of the age. Everybody that the Lord is going to translate, there will be millions, when the unity of faith comes, when the light of the Lord hits, every one of those, no matter the condition they may be in, will be healed. When your body is fully healed, that, in of itself, will be great evidence that the translation is imminent. The translation will take place a few hours or a few days thereafter.
The great revival at this end of time will lead into this perfect healing. This revival is based on knowing who the Lord Jesus truly is. He is “The mighty God” (Isaiah 9: 6).
Psalm 8: 4: “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?”
The eternal God is mindful of us because our spirits, the elect spirits, were part of Him before we were appointed a body upon the earth.
The Lord God has visited man as the Lord Jesus Christ and paid the price for our sins. He tasted death for each one of us (Hebrews 2: 9).
Let us worship the Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us His eternal life.
Revelation 7: 11 – 12: “And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.”
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, December 26, 2021
We listened to a sermon titled “Perfected Praise”, CD # 1031A, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 12/19/84 (PM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
The Lord is going to get His people ready and He is going to take them out for the translation.
The Lord is my praise.
Before the throne, we have perfect praise.
Titus 2:13: “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ”.
Matthew 21: 14 – 16: “And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS THOU HAST PERFECTED PRAISE?”
The babes and sucklings said Hosanna to the Lord.
Sucklings are nursing infants, probably 9 to 14 months old, who cannot talk, who cannot walk. They are so innocent, not biased, not prejudiced against the Lord Jesus, they had no kind of unbelief, but for a moment, God gave them speech. They were praising the Lord. They were saying Hosannah to the King, Hosannah in the highest. They recognized who the Lord Jesus was.
Jesus separated the sucklings from the babes showing how great the miracle was. This was one of the greatest miracles in the Bible, giving speech for a moment to the sucklings who normally could not talk.
The Lord called the praises from the mouth of babes and sucklings perfect praise.
The chief priests and scribes heard the children – probably 8-, 10-, 12- and 14-year-olds, saying Hosannah to the Lord, but they missed the greater miracle of the sucklings who were also praising the Lord.
If the Lord could open the mouth of Balaam’s mule, He certainly can open the mouths of sucklings. Numbers 22: 28: “And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?”
King David said: “Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD” (Psalm 150: 6).
We also have perfect praise among the Seraphims who are before the throne, praising the Lord and saying “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts” (Isaiah 6: 3).
The Lord Jesus stated in Revelation 1: 8: “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”
He is Alpha – He is the beginning, none before Him.
He is Omega – He is the end of all things, the Ancient One.
There is no competition with the Lord Jesus. 1 Timothy 6: 15: “Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords”.
Luke 2: 11: “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”
Jesus has the wisdom and knowledge of the ages.
1 Corinthians 1: 24: “Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”
Matthew 1: 23: “AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME EMMANUEL, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
John 1: 1, 14: “In the beginning was the Word”; “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us”.
Isaiah 54: 5: “The God of the whole earth shall he be called”.
The Lord Jesus is the God of the whole earth, of the whole universe and of whatever universe will come afterwards.
Exodus 3: 14: “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM”. It means I am the same One.
John 8: 56 – 58: “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” That is, before Abraham was created, I am already there.
The baby Jesus is the eternal One, the Almighty God. Isaiah 9: 6: “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.”
Jesus is the “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS” (Revelation 19: 16).
He is the King of glory, He is the Lord of hosts (Psalm 24: 10).
Let us multiply our praises to the Lord Jesus.
The harvest time is here.
The translation is getting closer.
When the Lord brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, it was symbolic of the gentiles going to heaven.
There were those who were of old age among the children of Israel, many were sick and suffering and they cried out to the Lord (Exodus 3: 7). However, when He brought them out, He healed all of them. There was not one feeble person among them. They had health and healing.
Psalm 105: 37: “He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.”
This was a sign for us at the end of the age. Everybody that the Lord is going to translate, there will be millions, when the unity of faith comes, when the light of the Lord hits, every one of those, no matter the condition they may be in, will be healed. There will be no feeble person among us. Our bodies will be perfect, there will be no more sickness among us thereafter. This will take place just before the translation. The great revival will lead into it. The Almighty God will bring it to pass.
The Lord is to be praised. He is great.
I started the sermon:
In the sermon titled “The Energy of the Spirit – Spiritual Light”, CD # 2106, Brother Neal Frisby stated: At the end of the age, just before the translation, there will be such a quaking among the children of the Lord that everyone that will be going in the rapture, throughout the whole world, will be healed at the same time. Just like the children of Israel when they left Egypt, there will be no feeble person among us. No matter your age, everyone will be healed. This will take place a few hours or a few days before the translation.
When your body is fully healed, that, in of itself, will be great evidence that the translation is imminent. The translation will take place a few hours or a few days thereafter. It will be the fulfillment of this Scripture: “who healeth all thy diseases” (Psalm 103: 3).
The great revival at this end of time will lead into this perfect healing. This revival is based on knowing who the Lord Jesus truly is. He is “The mighty God” (Isaiah 9: 6).
Psalm 8: 3 – 4: “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?”
What is man that the Lord God is mindful of him?
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.)
I continued with the Sermon:
The eternal God is mindful of us because our spirits, the elect spirits, were part of Him before we were appointed a body upon the earth.
“Our flesh body came upon earth by birth uniting with His spirit which was always with Him!”
“The real eternal spirit which God gives His saints had no beginning and has no end and is like unto God!”
The Lord has also instructed His angels to minister to us.
Hebrews 1: 14: “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”
What is man that the Lord God “visitest him?”
The Lord God has visited man as the Lord Jesus Christ and paid the price for our sins. He tasted death for each one of us.
Hebrews 2: 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.”
Ephesians 1: 13 – 14: “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.”
When you hear the gospel, you will come to repentance because you have the Lord’s eternal Spirit.
“And when we repent (salvation) we keep this spirit in order to always live with Him!!”
You heard the gospel of “your” salvation.
It means the gospel is personal to you. You heard the word of truth that the eternal God, the Lord Jesus Christ, has paid the price for your sins, and you believed it.
John 3: 15: “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
You can believe the gospel because you have the eternal spirit of God in you. The gospel will ring a bell with your soul. You will accept the gift of God, which is eternal life.
Romans 6: 23: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
The Lord Jesus died for the sins that you and I have committed. He did not commit any sin.
Isaiah 53: 5: “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.”
The Lord was wounded for “our” transgressions; He was bruised for “our” iniquities.
2 Corinthians 5: 21: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
The Lord Jesus “knew no sin”.
Psalm 103: 3: “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities”.
The Lord has forgiven your sins. He has forgiven my sins.
The Lord said, “It is finished” (John 19: 30). He has completed the work of salvation for you and for me.
Let us worship the Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who paid the price for our sins on the cross and has given us His eternal life.
He is worthy to receive all glory, all honour and all power.
Revelation 7: 11 – 12: “And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.”
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, December 12, 2021
This sermon talks about who Jesus truly is.
Angel Gabriel told Mary in Luke 1: 35: “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee”. The Angel of the Lord told Joseph in Matthew 1: 20: “for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.”
The Holy Spirit came upon Mary, became flesh in her womb, and then the birth of the Lord Jesus. Luke 2: 6 – 7: “the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son”.
Thus, the Lord Jesus was the eternal Holy Spirit in flesh.
When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He was not representing someone else. He is the Almighty God (Isaiah 9: 6).
Therefore, when you are praying, know that you are praying to the Lord Jesus Christ, and not to someone else. You will not find another God anywhere else.
The Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth. He will keep you from going into falseness. He will convict sinners of their sins. He will quicken the believer to the soon return of the Lord Jesus. He will prepare you for the translation. He will reveal who the Lord Jesus is. He will testify of His name.
“The word of God is the liquid form of the Holy Spirit.”
When you accept the word of God, you are accepting the Holy Spirit, you are accepting the Lord Jesus Christ.
Accept the word of God that there is therefore now no condemnation to you because you are in Christ Jesus and you do not walk after the flesh (Romans 8: 1 – 2)
Settle it in your heart that you will not miss the translation because the Lord Jesus Christ shall “quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Romans 8: 9 – 11).
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, December 12, 2021
We listened to a sermon titled “Holy Spirit Light”, CD # 1021 B, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 8/19/84 (PM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
Stay with God’s word. It will bring a great harvest, a right harvest, God’s chosen harvest, a most valuable harvest.
What is going to count when everything ends is the eternal word.
The most High left His eternal throne, came from eternity into our time zone, He suffered for us and gave us eternal life. He came from where there is no time. He performed miracles, suffered pain for us, His back was beaten, thorns put on His head, to show how much He loves the redeemed. He came from between the Cherubims. On the cross they nailed Him. One thief on one side of the cross said God was unfair, but the other one said God was fair. He repented and said Lord remember me; you are a just God; the most High came to see me and suffered for me. The Lord was coming from where there is no time, where you have angels. He came to suffer for us and to give us eternal life, just like Himself
Luke 23: 39 – 43: “And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise.”
When you are in eternity, your reward is great.
The Holy Spirit will lighten our paths; He goes before us; He will give us a fiery shield; He will direct you; He will keep you in His will; He will keep you from going into falseness.
There will be a great amount of repentance among sinners forerunning the great outpouring at the end of time. A refreshing time will come from the Lord (Acts 3: 19).
We see signs in nature; we see the signs in Israel; the Holy Spirit is getting ready to move on His people.
The Holy Spirit will convict sinners of their sins. Only the Holy Spirit can convict the heart and will do it in every nation, all over the world. God’s people are praying for a revival and we will move into the latter rain. The Holy Spirit will bring the full word of God.
The Holy Spirit will produce the new birth.
John 3: 8: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
The hearts will begin to change and turn towards the Lord. It is the Holy Spirit that chooses. The Holy Spirit, the Lord Jesus, has chosen you, the real seed. The old man dies, the new man, the Lord Jesus, comes into you. Eternity is now in you. You have salvation, you have eternal life.
The Holy Spirit will quicken the believer to healing, to salvation, to the soon return of the Lord Jesus. He will prepare you for the translation.
The Holy Spirit will point you to the Lord Jesus. He will testify of His name. He will testify of His goodness, of His love, of His healing, of His salvation. He will reveal who the Lord Jesus is.
The Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth. He will show you about things to come to pass in your life, He will show you future events, He will warn you of the signs of the times, He will reveal prophecies.
Before you can have a great revival, there has to be the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. He will revelate the word. There will be hunger coming into the hearts. The Holy Spirit will sweep multitudes into heaven.
The Lord will get His own and the devil cannot stop the work of the Lord.
The devil knows that the translation is around the corner; he knows he cannot stop the revival.
The Holy Spirit will guide you into all truths of the Bible. All the truth will be revealed to you. He will guide you to the secrets and the faith of the Lord; the bride makes herself ready.
The Holy Spirit shall glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 16: 13 – 14: “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.”
The Holy Spirit shall glorify the name of the Lord Jesus and shall tell you of Him; the revival will come in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Always abounding in the work of the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:58).
Always being confident in the Lord (2 Corinthians 5: 6); this is the secret of the overcomer.
Always rejoicing (2 Corinthians 6: 10); always praising the Lord.
When you believe in eternal life, nothing else matters.
Always praying (Ephesians 6: 18).
Always having all sufficiency (2 Corinthians 9: 8). Apostle Paul was always satisfied in the Lord. He was taken to the third heaven; he saw paradise (2 Corinthians 12: 1 – 4).
The Holy Spirit will tell you time is short; He will tell you that the time of harvest is here.
Kings and prophets had desired to see what the elect of God will see at this end of time; we will see the coming of the Lord (Luke 10: 24).
The Lord God came in the form of a man; it shows how much He loves you; His people are valuable to Him.
I started the sermon:
Luke 1: 26 – 35: “And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 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.”
Matthew 1: 18 – 25: “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. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND SHALL BRING FORTH A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME EMMANUEL, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.”
The Holy Spirit came upon Mary, became flesh in her womb, and then the birth of the Lord Jesus. Luke 2: 6 – 7: “the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son”.
Thus, the Lord Jesus was the eternal Holy Spirit in flesh.
Isaiah 9: 6: “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.”
The Lord Jesus is “The mighty God”, “The Everlasting Father”, the eternal Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 45: 18: “For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.”
It means there is no other God besides the Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 1: 21: “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”
The Lord God Almighty gave Himself the name “JESUS” because He is our Saviour. He tasted death for every man (Hebrews 2: 9). He came to save us from our sins and to give us eternal life.
Isaiah 45: 21: “Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.”
When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He was not representing someone else. He was the Almighty God; He was the eternal Holy Spirit in flesh.
John 8: 56 – 58: “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”
The Lord Jesus stated: “Before Abraham was, I am” because He is eternal; He was the same person that Abraham rejoiced to see.
Therefore, when you are praying, know that you are praying to the Lord Jesus Christ, and not to someone else.
You will not find another God anywhere else.
I read from Special Writing # 76:
JESUS – THE DYNAMIC HOLY SPIRIT
“In this special writing we will reveal the importance of the all powerful Holy Spirit!” – St. John 20:22, “And when He had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them receive ye the Holy Ghost!” – Evidently they received it in measure, but He was revealing to them that he was coming in the form of the Holy Spirit as their comforter! Because the Holy Spirit comes in His name! (St. John 14:25-26) And also the real outpouring of the spirit came in Acts 2:4 when they all prayed in unity! – “Suddenly there came the sound of swift speeding wind and the whole house was filled with glory! – Then of course tongues like fire set upon them parting and flickering in every direction on them! And of course then they spoke in tongues in earthly and heavenly voices!” – And as the age ends, as the body of Christ gets in unity across the nations in one accord, spiritually speaking, another mighty rushing wind of the Holy Spirit, like a clap of thunder, will anoint and then soon rapture the body away in translation after a short restoration revival!
Let us study the various phases and work of the Holy Spirit! – John 14:16-17, “He is the precious Comforter, our caretaker! As we love and believe Him, He will abide with us forever!” – “The Holy Spirit will teach us all things!” (John 14:25-26) – “Not only this, but He will bring all things to your remembrance that you have studied in the Bible!” – “He will correct oppression and depression and give you a sound mind! – Also the Holy Spirit will testify of the Lord Jesus!”
“The Holy Spirit will convict the world of sin, righteousness, judgment!” (John 16:7-8) – “To guide into ALL truth!” (John 16:12-13) – “We are baptized in water and fire of the Holy Spirit in the name of the Lord Jesus!” (Acts 2:38-39)
“To show us things to come!” (John 16:13) – “The Holy Spirit will forecast the future and revealing to the church where it is headed; also will unveil the book of Daniel, also the future events in the book of Revelation. In fact it will reveal the apocalypse of the whole Bible!” – “In John 16:14, He gives orders to the Holy Spirit! Jesus said, He shall glorify me! And what He received from Me, He will shew it unto you!”
“The Holy Spirit is the source of the new birth!” John 3:8, “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof!” – “He has quickened the believer in healing, restoring and in Word, and resurrection power!” – “And now may we finish with this all important Scripture, He shall give us power to witness! Even to the uttermost parts of the earth! (Acts 1:8) And that’s exactly what you and my partners are doing now in my literature and new projects, etc.! – And as the Bible says, let us do all that we can to get it to every creature!” (Mark 16:15)
“After you receive salvation the Holy Spirit is abiding in you, so rejoice and praise Him and He will vibrate you with power; because the Bible says the kingdom of God is within you! – You have all power to believe and act to bring forth your desires and needs!
I continued with the Sermon:
The Holy Spirit will show you about things to come to pass in your life. He will show you future events. He will reveal to you that the Lord Jesus is coming soon. He will prepare you for the translation.
Part of the job of the Holy Spirit is to reveal to you who Jesus truly is, to reveal to you that He is the Almighty God, to reveal to you that He is the eternal Holy Spirit. He will guide you into all truth. He will prepare you for the translation.
James 2: 19 states: “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”
When you know that there is only one God whose name is Jesus, the eternal Holy Spirit, who paid the price for our sins, you have the power to witness. You have the power to be used by the Lord to deliver others. The devils tremble because they realize that you have the same truth of who the Lord Jesus truly is.
The Lord Jesus is the word of God. Revelation 19: 13 states: “and his name is called The Word of God”.
In the sermon, “Supernatural Presence”, CD # 949 B, Brother Neal Frisby stated: “The word of God is the liquid form of the Holy Spirit.”
When you accept the word of God, you are accepting the Holy Spirit, you are accepting the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 8: 1 – 2: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
Accept the word of God that there is therefore now no condemnation to you because you are in Christ Jesus and you do not walk after the flesh.
Accept the word of God that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8: 9 – 11: “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
Settle it in your heart that you will not miss the translation because the Lord Jesus Christ shall “quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
The eternal Holy Spirit, the Lord Jesus, that dwells in you now, will get you ready for the translation and will change your body.
Colossians 3: 4 states: “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
You will appear with the Lord Jesus in glory when He comes for you at the translation.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, November 28, 2021
This sermon talks about the fact that the number of the elect is fixed – the number of those who rise from the dead and the number of those who are alive at the coming of the Lord, “and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 17).
Whereas the number of Angels is innumerable.
“The Lord has billions and billions of Angels”.
“He speaks and creates Angels whenever He wants.”
Angels minister to us – and not we to them (Hebrews 1: 14).
“The word of God is the liquid form of the Holy Spirit”. It means do not turn down the word of God, otherwise, you are turning down the Holy Spirit; you are turning down the eternal God.
The Lord God is the Creator and He has created everything else.
You want to thank the Lord Jesus every day that in His eternal plans, He chose you before the foundation of the world to come to salvation and that when we are glorified, you will be among the closest to Him in heaven for eternity, higher than any Angel that He has created.
“In some respects and ways the redeemed will excel angels; for the overcomers will be the ‘very bride’ of Christ! – A privilege which is not given to angels! There is no higher position for created beings than those in the Bride of Christ!”
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, November 28, 2021
We listened to a sermon titled “Supernatural Presence”, CD # 949 B, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 5/29/83 (PM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
The eternities of God, they are incredible. It has not entered into the heart of man what God has prepared for them that love Him (1 Corinthians 2: 9).
We love Him, because He first loved us (1 John 4: 19).
Can we look into the supernatural world? Is it with us today? Yes, we can look into the supernatural world and it is with us today.
The Lord is coming in clouds of glory and we will see some of His glory before the translation.
The Lord has millions of different dimensions, thousands of worlds, and they do not run into one another.
Angels appear from one dimension to another dimension.
We have the material world that we live in and there is the spiritual world around us.
The Lord answered Elisha when he prayed that the Lord should open the eyes of his servant; the servant was then able to see into the supernatural realm; there were literally scores of Angels in beautiful lights all over the mountain; there were more that were with them than those that were with their enemies (2 Kings 6: 13 – 17).
These angelic beings were there all the time and they are here with us all the time.
The Lord protects His children.
Beyond what Elisha’s servant saw are dominions and powers of the Lord.
The Lord is an infinite God.
Adam and Eve: The Lord spoke to them. There were colors of amber, wheels of God and a flaming sword (Genesis 3: 24).
Ezekiel: The Lord spoke to him; he saw the wheels of God (Ezekiel 10: 9 – 13).
Moses: The Lord spoke to him and appeared to him in the burning bush (Exodus 3: 1 – 6). He saw the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night (Exodus 13: 21). He saw the consuming fire of God on the mountain (Exodus 19: 18). He had to cover his face; “the skin of Moses’ face shone” (Exodus 34: 29 – 35).
Just before the coming of the Lord, we will see miracles and many things from the Lord. He will not always hide His glories.
The Lord appeared in His glory and power in both the Old and New Testaments.
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13: 8). Yesterday: He was in the fathership over Israel. Today: As the Messiah in the form of a man talking to the Jews. Forever: As the eternal King. It shows the Lord Jesus is eternal.
He does not change. “For I am the LORD, I change not” (Malachi 3: 6).
If you believe from your heart, from the soul, if you love the word of God, He will appear to you.
John fell as a dead man when the Lord appeared to him on the Isle of Patmos (Revelation 1: 9 – 17).
Daniel saw the Lord God as the Ancient of days (Daniel 7: 9 – 10).
The word of God is the liquid form of the Holy Spirit.
The Lord is eternal and that is why He can say I am eternal.
When you are prepared in your heart, He will reveal something to you.
David saw aerial wonder; the Lord bowed the heavens and came down (Psalm 18: 9). He saw the Lord shoot out lightnings and conquered his enemies (Psalm 18: 14). He saw the glory of the Lord many times.
The Lord will do every day what He has said He will do.
Believe in eternal life; believe in the eternities of God.
We are moving each day towards eternity.
The world that hates God’s word, they are also moving. They are moving towards the damnation coming upon this earth; they are moving towards hell.
The Lord is a just God.
All those that are His will come to Him and no one can take them from Him.
David said the Rock of Israel spoke to him (2 Samuel 23: 3).
God gave Abraham a covenant. The Lord told him that Israel would suffer for four hundred years. He saw a burning lamp, the Lord signifying to him that all would be well (Genesis 15: 13 – 21).
The Lord appeared to Joshua as the Captain of the Lord’s host (Joshua 5: 13 – 15). He came to meet him from another world.
The Lord appeared to Elijah as fire to destroy his enemies (2 Kings 1: 9 – 15).
The Lord appeared as the fiery chariot to Elijah that took him to heaven (2 Kings 2: 1 – 11).
The Lord appeared to Abraham in Theophany (God appearing in the form of a man); He came to the front door of the tent with two angels (Genesis 18: 1 – 15). The Lord Jesus later appeared to the Jews and told them that Abraham saw him and was glad (John 8: 56 – 58). He came from eternity and appeared to the Jews. The mighty God stood in front of them (Isaiah 9: 6).
You may entertain Angels unawares (Hebrews 13: 1).
The Lord appeared to Solomon in the form of a fire, in a cloud of glory, when he was dedicating the Temple (2 Chronicles 7: 1-3). The glory of the Lord was so valuable, so precious, that the Temple was dull in comparison.
Isaiah saw the Lord sitting on the throne, the Lord spoke to him, the Temple posts moved; the glory of the Lord was there, the Seraphims stated the whole earth is full of His glory (Isaiah 6: 1 – 5).
The Holy Spirit is depicted as the wind and blows wherever He wants, saving souls (John 3: 8).
When the Lord is creating, He is in a form that no one can approach Him (1 Timothy: 6: 16). The Lord then appears in a lesser form for us and the Angels to see Him in different dimensions.
Cornelius saw an Angel in bright clothing, glistering white, glistering with the Holy Spirit (Acts 10: 3, 30).
Angels are around the earth, otherwise, Satan would have destroyed the children of God.
Angels and the Holy Spirit are guarding over the whole earth.
There is the supernatural presence of the Lord among us. Get to believing the Lord and He will show you His glory.
Isaiah 55: 6: “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near”.
Hebrews 2: 3: “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation”.
Matthew 6: 33: “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
We have a supernatural God and a supernatural presence.
The Lord has great things for you at the end of the age.
The Lord is going to give a powerful outpouring.
We are moving towards eternity; we are moving towards the glories of the Lord and He will pour some of His glories upon us. This is a reality, a dimension of faith.
I started the sermon.
“The word of God is the liquid form of the Holy Spirit”. It means do not turn down the word of God, otherwise, you are turning down the Holy Spirit; you are turning down the eternal God.
When the word of God states: “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace” (Ephesians 1: 7). It means just that. When the devil brings up your sins before you, tell him that you now have redemption through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ; you now have the forgiveness of your sins.
When the word of God states: “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 just that. It means that the Lord Jesus Christ is “The mighty God”. When you read about God appearing to Moses, Elijah, David and the other prophets, that was the Lord Jesus appearing to them, because He is the Mighty God.
In the sermon titled “The Angels of Lights”, CD # 1171, Brother Neal Frisby stated:
The great Angel of light is the Lord Jesus.
God’s Angels are full of lights.
The Lord does not really need Angels as He can do everything by Himself. He created Angels to give some else life. Wherever the Angels are, He is there also, working with them.
The Lord has billions and billions of Angels; He has innumerable number of Angels.
He speaks and creates Angels whenever He wants.
I read from Scroll # 120:
THE REVELATION OF THE ANGELS IN GOD’S KINGDOM – Ps. 99: 1, “The Lord reigneth: let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.” – “Tremendous power! – The Eternal Monarch sits in between the cherubims overshadowed by the seraphims (beautiful glowing lights). – Even His throne is shrouded in mystery, but He reveals it to us by revelation; and without spiritual insight one from the natural would never understand it!” . . . “There is much more to it than even what the prophets revealed. – But first let us consider the angels in their positions. God’s kingdom is a spiritual one, a literal government of order and authority. Each created angel has its specific task of order, authority and administration!” – “The cherubims in God’s kingdom are the guardian messengers of the Throne!” (Rev. 4:6-8) – In a moment we will reveal that they also take flight with the Lord! (Ezek. 1:13, 24-28) – “The seraphims within the Throne rank among the highest of the 9 or 10 orders of angels! – They are priestly like, who, in the Temple of Heaven, direct universal worship to the Creator!”
THE UNIVERSAL KINGDOM – “These angels are messengers of God in His never-ending kingdom! Probably the seraphims and cherubims have individual names known only to God. And we know of only three among the angelic order that are named; these are archangels. We have Michael, Gabriel and, of course, the fallen one, Lucifer, called the light bearer – son of the Morning! – “Now Jesus is the angel of the Lord, the greatest of Archangels, the Bright and Morning Star, creator of the angels! (St. John, chap. 1) – Read 1 Thess. 4: 16 – God, the Archangel!”
I continued with the Sermon:
“Each created angel has its specific task of order, authority and administration!” Each angel that the Lord has created has a specific task to fulfill.
You cannot get to the end of God’s Kingdom (Luke 1: 33). You can travel trillions and trillions of miles, but you will never reach the end of God’s kingdom. It is infinite.
I read from Scroll # 154:
WHAT ABOUT THE ANGELS? – “They are a fascinating part of God’s kingdom and they do their duties well! They are the princes of heaven who stand before God! They are also ministering spirits to those who are heirs of salvation!” – Rev. 5: 11, “implies that there are hundreds of millions of angels! . . . Angels are immortal and they do not die! (Luke 20: 36) – Angels are spoken of in the masculine gender! . . . They are said to be innumerable!” (Heb. 12: 22) – “There are different types and various orders of angels! Perhaps we can write more on this in a moment! . . . But right now the reason the spirit is revealing this is because of the nature of the coming of world events and crises, more angels are going to intervene and be dispersed upon the earth! Because the Lord is going to raise up a standard against
satan’s onslaught and protect God’s children preparing the translation!”
I continued with the Sermon:
Angels minister to us – and not we to them. Hebrews 1: 14: “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”
Wherever you are, the Lord is with you in the form of an Angel. Psalm 34: 7: “The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.”
The number of the elect is fixed – the number of those who rise from the dead and the number of those who are alive at the coming of the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 17: “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.”
Whereas the number of Angels is innumerable.
Hebrews 12: 22: “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels”.
Revelation 5: 11: “And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands”.
Ten thousand times ten thousand is in of itself, a hundred million. But this Scripture mentions more than a hundred million angels, because it also states: “and thousands of thousands”.
“The Lord has billions and billions of Angels”. “He speaks and creates Angels whenever He wants”.
We have billions and billions of Angels, innumerable number of Angels, but the number of the elect, the number of those who are translated, is fixed – “and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
Hebrews 2: 6 – 16: “But one in a certain place testified, saying, WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT THOU VISITEST HIM? THOU MADEST HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; THOU CROWNEDST HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOUR, AND DIDST SET HIM OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS: THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. 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. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. Saying, I WILL DECLARE THY NAME UNTO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH WILL I SING PRAISE UNTO THEE. And again, I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM. And again, BEHOLD I AND THE CHILDREN WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN ME. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.”
God made man a little lower than the Angels. “WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT THOU VISITEST HIM? THOU MADEST HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS”.
The eternal God came as the Lord Jesus (Isaiah 9: 6) and made Himself also a little lower than the Angels that He has created. He tasted death for every man. “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.”
This is the Almighty God “for whom are all things, and by whom are all things”. He came to be like us. Through salvation, we become His brethren: “partakers of flesh and blood”, “for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren”.
Romans 8: 17: “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ”. Revelation 3: 21: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne”.
We become joint-heirs with the eternal God and we will sit with Him on His throne
In the sermon titled “Divine Purpose And Great Secrets”, CD # 1401, Brother Neal Frisby stated:
Revelation 2: 17: “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
You have an earthly name which is not your real name. You will shed your earthly name. When you leave the earth, your name will change. He has your real name before the foundation of the world. This is a secret name that the Lord has given to you before you were born.
No one else knows this name, but you and the Lord. You and the Lord have that code. The “hidden manna” is the Lord Jesus. A new name written. This new name that you will receive will let you reach out and do things in the kingdom of God. You will be introduced to things that you have never seen.
“eat of the hidden manna” – more revelation of the Lord Jesus, knowledge of what He has, you will receive great secrets, you will have a deeper walk with the Lord Jesus. You will have knowledge of the secrets of God, some of which are hidden from the Angels.
I continued to read from Scroll # 154:
ANGELS AND THE ELECT – “Men have often wondered when their bodies are glorified and changed how will they rank with the angels? – In the world to come, the righteous are equal to angels! (Luke 20: 36) – In some respects and ways the redeemed will excel angels; for the overcomers will be the ‘very bride’ of Christ! – A privilege which is not given to angels! There is no higher position for created beings than those in the Bride of Christ!” (Rev. 19: 7 – 9)
The Lord God is the Creator and He has created everything else.
You want to thank the Lord Jesus every day that in His eternal plans, He chose you before the foundation of the world to come to salvation and that when we are glorified, you will be among the closest to Him in heaven for eternity, higher than any Angel that He has created.
“In some respects and ways the redeemed will excel angels; for the overcomers will be the ‘very bride’ of Christ! – A privilege which is not given to angels! There is no higher position for created beings than those in the Bride of Christ!”
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, November 14, 2021
This sermon talks about the fact that only those that have the eternal spirit from God, that already have eternal life in them, will believe the gospel.
“The real eternal spirit which God gives His saints had no beginning and has no end and is like unto God!”
That “is why it is called eternal life, it always was and always will be with God!”
Acts 13: 48: “And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”
This Scripture tells us that the people that were already ordained to eternal life believed the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It means no matter who you come across or whatever type of sin that person may be in now, makes no difference. Our job is to witness to everyone that we can, and to pray for as many souls as we can, that they will come to the Lord.
Revelation 17: 8: “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.”
All those that will come to salvation have had their names written in the Lamb’s book of life from the foundation of the world.
You want to thank the Almighty God, our Lord Jesus Christ, every day that He has chosen you from eternity to believe the gospel, to be “born of the Spirit” (John 3: 8).
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, November 14, 2021
We listened to a sermon titled “The Election”, CD # 928B, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 1/9/83 (AM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
The Lord foreknows us.
We are to witness, even though all will not be saved; we are to witness to all nations, we are to deliver (Matthew 24: 14).
Those that do not have the opportunity to hear about the Lord Jesus, the Bible says they will be judged by their conscience (Romans 2: 14 – 15).
If it were not for election, the whole plan of salvation would have been thwarted by Satan.
Satan does not like election because he was left out. He will not get the real seed of God.
If you believe the whole word of God, you are elected.
God is one personality in three manifestations (Father, Son and Holy Ghost) and not three different personalities.
Your faith will be more powerful, you will love the Lord Jesus more, when you truly understand election.
Shall not the Judge of the whole earth do that which is right? (Genesis 18: 25)
The Lord Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
By election, the Jews had to be blinded for the Gentiles to receive salvation (Romans 11: 1 – 36).
When the Lord forgives your sins, He will hold you all the way.
By His great diving love, the Lord reaches out to you.
The Lord told Elijah that He had elected seven thousand people in Israel that had not bowed unto Baal (1 Kings 19: 18).
If you believe the election of God in your heart, you will make it; He will hold you until that day.
Those that are elected will hear the whole gospel of Jesus Christ.
You are in good hands when you are in the hands of the Lord.
Your life is well planned by the Lord.
Those that are elected will believe in the Lord’s divine purpose, you will act on His word, you will witness that He is the King of glory and that He is eternal.
There is a great revival, a quick short work of righteousness, at the end of time among those that He has elected (Romans 9: 28).
You have not called me, but I have called you (John 15: 16).
You want to thank God for His election. He is going to make sure that you make it and there is nothing the devil can do about it.
The Lord oversees everything.
In you already is a measure of faith, the beginning of all the miracles that you will ever need on this earth.
The Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17: 21). Accept the election of God. There is no way that Satan will take you back.
I started the sermon.
Genesis 2: 7: “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
Man did not become a living soul until after God breathed into him, otherwise, he was just dust.
You are alive, you are able to go about your daily life, because God’s breath is in you. Without that breath, without that spirit that He gave to you, you will not be alive.
Ecclesiastes 12: 7: “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
When a person dies, the soul and spirit become one and returns unto God.
Those that came to salvation before death will go to the third heaven, paradise, which is their waiting place. Those that did not come to salvation before death will go to hell which is their waiting place until the day of judgement.
I read from Scroll # 18:
Yea, I formed man out of the dust of the ground. And I breathed into him the breath of “life.” And he became a walking spirit in the body I created for him, he was earthly and he was heavenly. The earthly will return to dust, but the heavenly will return to me, until I unite it again in the last days.
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.)
I continued with the Sermon:
It states: “The real eternal spirit which God gives His saints had no beginning and has no end and is like unto God!”
It further states: “that is why it is called eternal life, it always was and always will be with God!”
Only those that have the eternal spirit from God, that already have eternal life in them, will believe the gospel. They will repent, they will come to salvation, and will “keep this spirit in order to always live with Him”.
Acts 13: 44 – 48: “And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I HAVE SET THEE TO BE A LIGHT OF THE GENTILES, THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE FOR SALVATION UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”
The people that were already ordained to eternal life believed the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. They were glad and glorified the word of God because the gospel had a true ring to their soul.
It means no matter who you come across or whatever type of sin that person may be in now, makes no difference. If that person already has eternal life in him or her, if that person is already ordained to eternal life, he or she will eventually believe the gospel and come to salvation. “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities” (Psalm 103: 3).
Our job is to witness to everyone that we can, and to pray for as many souls as we can, that they will come to the Lord.
Revelation 13: 8: “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.”
It is only if your name has been written in the Lamb’s book of life that you will come to salvation.
The Lord set up an eternal plan wherein He had himself slain from the foundation of the world for our salvation and wrote our names in His book of life.
Revelation 17: 8: “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.”
Your name was not written in the book of life just yesterday or the day you were saved or the day you were born on this earth. Rather, all those that will come to salvation have had their names written in the book of life from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 21: 10 – 11: “And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a Jasper stone, clear as crystal”.
Revelation 21: 22 – 23: “And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.”
There is no need for a temple in the holy city, the new Jerusalem, because in our glorified body, we are like the Almighty God. We do not have to go to a separate temple to see Him. He is dwelling with us.
1 John 3: 2: “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
Revelation 21: 27: “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
This is one place that the devil will not be able to come to. Also, all those that did not come to salvation, whose names are not written in the book of life, will not be able to enter this eternal city. This is our eternal home with our eternal God, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1: 4 – 7: “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. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace”.
He chose us to come to salvation “before the foundation of the world” so “that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”. When the Lord forgives you your sins, you are now holy before Him.
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins”.
Luke 23: 39 – 43: “And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise.”
Both thieves interacted with the Lord Jesus, but it was that thief, in whom was eternal life already, whose name had been written in the Lamb’s book of life from the foundation of the world, that was able to come to repentance. He told the Lord Jesus, the Almighty God: “Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.”
John 3: 8: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
Everyone that is born of the Spirit has the Holy Spirit move upon him or her and comes to repentance. The gospel will ring true to your soul and you will come to salvation so as to keep the eternal spirit that the Lord God had already given to you.
John 10: 27 – 28: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”
You are already His sheep and that is why you will hear His voice and come to salvation. He gives you eternal life – “The real eternal spirit which God gives His saints had no beginning and has no end and is like unto God”; “that is why it is called eternal life, it always was and always will be with God!”
You will never perish and no one can pluck you out of His hand.
You want to thank the Almighty God, our Lord Jesus Christ, every day that He has chosen you from eternity to believe the gospel, to be “born of the Spirit”.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, October 31, 2021
This sermon talks about the fact that the Lord Jesus will raise us up on the day of translation.
Job 14: 14: “If a man die, shall he live again?” Job answered this question in Job 19: 25 – 26 stating he will see his redeemer.
The Lord Jesus will raise up all those who truly believe in Him on the day of translation (John 6: 39, 40, 44).
All those who are alive in the Lord at the time of translation shall be changed to the eternal body in less than a second, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye” (1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 52).
Our body changes to the same eternal body as the body of our eternal God, the Lord Jesus Christ, for “we shall be like him” (1 John 3: 2).
If you have true salvation, you have the certainty that when Christ, who is our eternal life, shall appear at the time of translation, you shall “also appear with him in glory” (Colossians 3: 4).
What a joy to know that in less than a second, we shall be changed to have an eternal body and be like the Almighty God, our Lord Jesus Christ, and so shall we ever be with Him, for eternity. “Wherefore comfort one another with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4: 18).
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, October 31, 2021
We listened to a sermon titled “The Mystery Of Life”, CD # 1206, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 4/27/88 (PM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
There is no telling what the Lord has created in other parts of the Universe.
There is an instinct in man that tells him to die in the grave is not the end.
Life after the grave goes into what we were really created for by the Lord.
People have asked how will the Lord bring us back after death?
The fact that you look at yourself in the mirror is to let you know that the Lord will bring you back.
Is there life after death?
Job 14: 14: “If a man die, shall he live again?”
Job answered this question in Job 19: 25 – 26 stating: “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God”.
People will ask: “Where did we come from?” and “Where are we going?”
The spirit will go back to God. Ecclesiastes 12: 7: “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
If a man lives again, what will he look like?
In nature, God reveals to us that there is life after death.
It is very simple for God to bring us back again.
John 12: 24: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”
When the Lord’s body died, life broke out everywhere to everyone that believes; because of His death and resurrection, we now have eternal life.
If He did not die, we will not have eternal life. He used death to smite death.
The eternal God, the Lord Jesus, stated in John 14: 19: “because I live, ye shall live also”. The Lord was showing that we will live also after death.
John 11: 25 – 26: “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?”
The Lord knew us before we came. He told Jeremiah that He knew him before he was born. Jeremiah 1: 4 – 5: “Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
We come at the time appointed by God’s will; we were not born ages ago.
Psalm 139: 15: “My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”
In the Lord’s plans, He redeemed man.
The dead in Christ shall rise first.
In a moment, those who are alive are also glorified. In that moment, in that twinkling of an eye, we are changed; it is as if we die, but we do not feel it. You will never know it. In that moment, our body is changed. It is glorified; it is changed to an eternal body.
At the time of translation, you will see a person that had died in his or her old age now alive as a young man or as a young woman.
Likewise, someone that is alive at the time of translation and is in his or her old age will, within a moment, be suddenly changed to a young-looking person.
In every man, there is an instinct to find God, that he must return to God.
There is the instinct in man to worship God; that instinct tells him of God.
Each man has that instinct, even before he is saved.
God has provided us a temporary body, a chemical body, this flesh.
The Lord then breathed into man’s nostrils to carry the real spiritual soul. Genesis 2: 7: “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
This breath comes to each man and it is left for him to find God.
If you believe and love God, the instinct tells you it will take you home.
When God glorifies the body, you will not be old looking; rather, you will be young looking; you will look like as when you were in the prime of your life. You will see Adam and you will see Eve; they will be young looking.
Mark 16: 5: “And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.”
This Angel was probably millions or trillions of years old, and yet, he was described as a young man.
In a moment, when we are glorified, the old body is gone.
The Lord has a secret plan for all ages. You will still be known as you are known.
1 Corinthians 13: 12: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
In the glorified body, you will be given perfect knowledge and wisdom.
Every human being that the Lord has created must return to Him.
Even if you were burnt up, before the intensity of the fire is increased, that person’s spirit is already in God’s hands.
Do not fear death; the Lord will bring you back.
1 Corinthians 6: 14: “And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.”
It is not your choice whether you will go back to God. Revelation 20: 11 – 15: “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
If you have eternal life, you will love to go back to the Lord.
All that has ever been created will return to the Lord.
When you start to deal in life and death, in the mystery of life, you are dealing in a deep subject.
Always have great confidence in the Lord. The anointing in God’s word planted in your heart will do its job.
Those who are going to make Heaven will make it there; you will have the instinct that there is a home for you.
The instinct in you tells you that the word of the Lord is true.
If you have Jesus, you have resurrection power in you.
I started the sermon.
John 6: 24 – 44: “When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, HE GAVE THEM BREAD FROM HEAVEN TO EAT. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
The Lord Jesus states it three times in these verses that He will raise up all those who have truly believed on Him:
Verse 39: “And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.”
Verse 40: “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Verse 44: “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
It is part of the plan of the eternal God, who came to die for our sins as the Lord Jesus Christ, to raise us up on the day of translation.
In Verse 27 above, the Lord stated: “Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.”
The Lord Jesus referred to Himself as being sealed by God the Father. The Lord Jesus is the Father; He sealed Himself. Isaiah 9: 6: “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.”
The Lord Jesus sealing Himself reminds us of Ephesians 1: 13 – 14 which states He seals us as He is the Holy Spirit: “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.”
After you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and you believed the Lord Jesus, He seals you with Himself until the day of translation – “until the redemption of the purchased possession”.
Thus, it is in the Lord’s plan that He will raise up all those who have truly believed in Him on the day of translation.
1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 58: “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. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
It means all those who are alive in the Lord at the time of translation shall be changed to the eternal body in less than a second – as the Scripture states: “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye”.
When the translation takes place, you may be having your breakfast. In less than a second, your body changes to the eternal body, the glorified body.
I read from Scroll # 137:
THE GLORIFIED BODY – “What will the body of the elect saints be like? – First here is a definite clue. I John 3: 2 – Col. 3: 4, it says, we shall be like Him, and we see Him as He is! He shall change our body into a gloried body!” (Phil. 3: 21) – “In other words Christ Jesus will be glorified in His saints! – Now that we know we shall have a body in nature like unto Jesus, Let us see what He did after His resurrection!” – “His body could at will be subject or not subject to the power of gravity! (Acts 1: 9) – We will have this same power when we meet the Lord in the air! (1 Thess. 4: 17) – We will have instantaneous transportation! Perhaps moving as rapidly as the swiftness of thought! This is way beyond the speed of light which travels at 186,000 miles per second! – Yet thought is much quicker than the speed of light!” – “Also our body will possess the springs of eternal youth! . . . The women who saw the angel at Christ’s resurrection described Him as a young man! (Mark 16: 5) – Yet He evidently was trillions of years old, and probably was created before the time our galaxy ever began! – And yet the saints will have the power of this eternal youth! – The glorified saints will be recognized as the same person that they were upon the earth, in the same way that Jesus was recognized again!” (John 20: 19-20) – “If necessary the glorified body can be felt as a physical body can be felt! (John 20: 27) – And yet the glorified body can pass through walls and doors with the greatest of ease! – The same as Jesus did! (John 20: 19) – It is very possible that if one wanted to eat, that he could, as Jesus did after He was glorified! – He prepared fish and dined with them at the Sea of Tiberius!” (John 21: 1–14) – “Jesus also promised to eat and drink with the disciples in the kingdom!” (Matt. 26: 29) – “And one other thing, never again we will have to sleep or rest, for we will never be tired! . . . What a wonderful body full of the energy of eternal bliss!”
I continued with the Sermon:
1 John 3: 2: “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
In that moment of translation, in less than a second, our body changes to the same eternal body as the body of our eternal God, the Lord Jesus Christ, for “we shall be like him”.
Colossians 3: 4: “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
If you have true salvation, you have the certainty that when Christ, who is our eternal life, shall appear at the time of translation, you shall “also appear with him in glory.”
1 Thessalonians 4: 16 -18: “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.”
All that our eternal God has done for our salvation – He being slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13: 8), He being born as a child, The mighty God (Isaiah 9: 6), He tasting death for every man (Hebrews 2: 9), He leading our lives everyday (Romans 8: 14), finally ends with we being changed to our eternal body in less than a second – “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye”.
What a joy to know that in less than a second, we shall be changed to have an eternal body and be like the Almighty God, our Lord Jesus Christ, and so shall we ever be with Him, for eternity. “Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, October 17, 2021
This sermon talks about the fact that “The real eternal spirit which God gives His saints had no beginning and has no end and is like unto God!”
That “is why it is called eternal life, it always was and always will be with God!”
It means the time that the Lord has allotted for you on this earth is part of that eternal life. It does not increase or reduce the number of years of your eternal life.
It means each person that has died in the Lord or that will be alive when the Lord comes in the translation will not live longer than you. Each of us in the Lord has the eternal life of God. We will be alive as long as God is alive – which is for eternity.
Colossians 3: 3: “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” For your life to be hidden with God inside God means it is part of God.
Colossians 3: 4: “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” Christ is “our life”. The Almighty God is our “eternal life. That is why you will live in eternity with Him. You have the certainty of being translated with Him, because when He “shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, October 17, 2021
We listened to a sermon titled “The Infinite, Part I”, CD # 1029, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 11/28/84 (PM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
According to the Scriptures, the older you get, the happier you should be, because you are getting closer to the Lord.
In the age that we now live, whether old or young, we should all be happy because His coming is soon.
2 Corinthians 5: 8: “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
Philippians 2: 13: “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
Ephesians 5: 17: “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.”
The will of the Lord is for you to believe in divine healing, in the Lord’s miracles, in who Jesus truly is, in eternal life, in all of God’s word and to act upon it.
Philippians 1: 6: “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”.
The Lord, the Infinite, will guide you, teach you and lead you.
All those who exalt Jesus as the Creator automatically have more faith and power.
Moses was directed by the Lord to the burning bush of revelation (Exodus 3: 1 – 6).
Elijah was directed to choose Elisha the Prophet (1 Kings 19: 16).
Naaman was directed to Elisha (2 Kings 5: 1 – 15).
Elijah was directed to the woman (1 Kings 17: 8 – 10).
John was directed to the island of Patmos (Revelation 1: 9).
Paul was directed to the road to Damascus where God, the blazing light, met him (Acts 9: 1 – 9).
Cornelius was directed to the outpouring of the Holy Ghost (Act 10: 1 – 48).
David was directed by the Lord to slay Goliath, the giant (1 Samuel 17: 40 – 50).
Abraham was directed to take his child to offer him for a sacrifice, but the Lord provided a ram (Genesis 22: 1 – 18).
Jacob was directed by the Lord to go to another place (Genesis 31: 3).
Jacob was directed to where the ladder came down. He wrestled with God, the Lord Jesus, who was in the form of a man (Genesis 32: 24 – 30).
Judges 13: 18: “And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?” The Angel of the Lord stated his name is “secret”. It means His name is “wonderful”. Isaiah 9: 6 states God’s name, Jesus, is “Wonderful”.
Isaac was directed to the woman he was to marry (Genesis 24: 1 – 67).
The children of Israel were directed by the Lord, in the pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night, to go by day and night (Exodus 13: 21).
Believe all of the word of God and He will direct you; He will bless you and give you the faith that you need at the end of the age for translation.
Abide in His word and it will lead into great joy.
The Lord will guide you to the word of God.
Abide in the Lord; abide in His word.
Psalm 33: 13 -14: “The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of me. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.”
The Lord is able to see everybody on this earth at the same time. He can see the Angels and everything else in all of the Universe at the same time. He is infinite.
He knows what you need; He is directing your ways.
Proverbs 5: 21: “For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.”
The Lord is omnipresence. He is everywhere at the same time. When the Lord creates something, He is already there.
You want the Lord to keep directing you.
While we are on this earth, the Lord gives us a sample of eternal life to see whether we will believe His word.
I started the sermon.
Psalm 100: 3: “Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves”.
The Lord God has made us; we did not make ourselves.
Ecclesiastes 12: 7: “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
Our body is referred to as “dust”. At the time of death, your body returns to the earth as it was “and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
He gave your spirit to you and it shall return unto Him at the time of death.
The Lord will put your spirit in hell if you did not come to salvation prior to death or He will put your spirit in the third heaven, in paradise, if you came to salvation prior to death.
2 Corinthians 5: 8: “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
2 Timothy 4: 6 – 8: “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 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.”
Apostle Paul was stating that the time for his body, dust, to return to the earth was close by. His “spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” He had fought a good fight; he had finished his course; he had kept the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I read from Scroll # 23, Part II: TIME AND ETERNITY –
If we have “Jesus” at death we will change out of this time zone and step into the eternal zone (life) “At the rapture the body changes, our time stops and blends into eternity.” (no time limit!) People who go to hell will be there probably millions of years, yet they will not have eternal life like the saints will. “For ever” is not the same as eternal! I have a feeling something will happen. There is more to the spiritual death they suffer in (Rev. 2: 11) than we have a right to know! The fact death came to man is a prophetic picture of what God will do eventually unless he has (Jesus) eternal life! Whatever happens to hell we know one thing it will seem like eternity to them (but it will not be the same as God’s eternity!) – Psalms 90: 4
I continued with the Sermon:
Acts 16: 31: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved”. If you truly believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall be saved.
John 3: 15: “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
Anyone who truly believes in the Lord Jesus will “not perish, but have eternal life.” This is the requirement from the Lord Jesus, because if you are truly saved, your life will totally change. The Lord will now lead your life.
John 11: 25 – 26: “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?”
The eternal God is stating “he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die”. His requirement to live for eternity is “he that believeth in me”. If you truly believe in the Lord Jesus, you shall be saved.
There is no person that has died since the time of Adam that is not living somewhere else.
Luke 16: 19 – 31: “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”
There was a “certain” rich man and there was a “certain” beggar.
They both died, but they both lived on hereafter. The “spirit shall return unto God who gave it”.
Both the beggar and the rich man were immediately alive somewhere else after their spirits had left their bodies.
God put the spirit of the rich man in hell because he did not come to salvation before he died. The spirit of Lazarus was put in Abraham’s bosom, a form of paradise, because he came to repentance and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Paradise has now been moved up – it is the third heaven.
In hell, the rich man lifted “up his eyes, being in torments”. He stated he was “tormented in this flame”. He could talk; he could see; he still had his memory – he remembered that he had five brethren that were still alive on earth. He referred to his location as a “place of torment”. He did not want his brethren to come there and join him. He was pleading for their salvation.
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.)
THE BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT – (When the spirit leaves the body, the soul and spirit become one) The body carries the soul and the eternal spirit (Gift of deity) ignites the soul body with life, and it becomes a “living personality” of the spirit! The body (flesh) often waring against “the spirit soul” which is the real you! The elect body will be changed uniting soul and spirit together, (becoming Glorified) Then all three stages of body, soul and spirit blend as “one” The same as the Father, Son and Holy Ghost united together as “One” (marvelous!) (Read – I Cor. 15: 40-44). (The soul is the personality connected to The Spirit)
I continued with the Sermon:
You came to repentance (salvation) in order for you to keep your spirit that was part of God before it came into your physical body. That spirit “had no beginning and has no end and is like unto God!”
You were always with God and you will always be with God for eternity.
Eternal life, God Himself, is His gift to us.
Romans 6: 23: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Eternal life that the Lord God has given to each of His own has no beginning and has no end. That “is why it is called eternal life, it always was and always will be with God!”
It means the time that the Lord has allotted for you on this earth is part of that eternal life. It does not increase or reduce the number of years of your eternal life.
It means each person that has died in the Lord or that will be alive when the Lord comes in the translation will not live longer than you. Each of us in the Lord has the eternal life of God. We will be alive as long as God is alive – which is for eternity.
“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)”.
Your eternal life is hidden with God, inside God.
Colossians 3: 3: “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
For your life to be hidden with God inside God means it is part of God.
Colossians 3: 4: “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
This Scripture states Christ is “our life”. The Almighty God is our “eternal life. That is why you will live in eternity with Him.
You have the certainty of being translated with the Lord because it states: “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
You heard the word of truth, you believed the gospel of your salvation and you were sealed with Him for the translation.
Ephesians 1: 13 – 14: “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.”
Psalm 103: 1-3: “BLESS the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases”.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Introduction: Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, October 3, 2021
This sermon talks about the fact that there is a path of the Lord that leads to heaven.
“The real people of the Lord stay on His path. The word of the Lord will keep you in the path.”
Through salvation, you get onto the path of the Lord.
Job 28: 7: “There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen”. No fowl knows anything about eternal life. The vulture’s eye has not seen eternal life.
Job 28: 12: “But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?” Where shall eternal life be found? Where shall the eternal God be found?
Job 28: 17: “The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.” You cannot exchange eternal life for gold or crystal. You cannot buy eternal life; you cannot buy the eternal God, our Lord Jesus Christ.
At the end of this path of the Lord is our eternal home, the holy city, new Jerusalem (Revelation 21: 2 – 3).
The Lord will change our bodies at the end of this path just before we enter our heavenly home. Our corruptible body will put on incorruption and this mortal shall put on immortality (1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53). We shall have an eternal body.
What a joyful journey we have on the path of the Lord as we go towards heaven, accompanied by the Lord God Himself.
You will be blessed.
Summary of Sermon preached on Sunday, October 3, 2021
We listened to a sermon titled “Path of The Lord”, CD # 736, preached by Brother Neal Frisby on 1/7/79 (AM).
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
God has plans that the devil does not know anything about. His plans are wonderful.
The Lord has a literal path from Genesis to Revelation.
The real people of the Lord stay on His path. The word of the Lord will keep you in the path.
The Lord’s path is straight and narrow.
The glory of the Lord being photographed is the word of God.
When you walk with the Lord, you can see His power.
The glories of the Lord show the power behind the healings and miracles of the Lord. The evidence is the glories of the Lord.
The light that is being photographed is the word of God, the Lord Jesus.
The messages coming from the Lord are coming from the light of the Lord.
The Angel of the Lord camps in this path.
Healing, joy and peace are in this path.
The bride will not wander off from this path.
There is a great outpouring coming at the end of time; the Lord will gather the true people.
Psalm 119: 105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
The path of the Lord will have the word of God and the glories of the Lord.
Psalm 16: 11: “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”
Proverbs 4: 18: “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
You can be seating down and be spiritually caught up in the presence of the Lord and have the feeling of the power of the Lord, the feeling of the Holy Spirit. It is upon the children of the Lord.
There is the path of the Lord.
There is also Satan’s path. This is the path of the world. Cain, Balaam and Judas were on the path of the world.
Psalm 23: 3: “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
There are spiritual paths of the Lord all over the world.
The Angel of the Lord encampeth on this path.
A quick short work from the Lord will prepare His people for the translation.
Mark 1: 2 – 3: “As it is written in the prophets, BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER BEFORE THY FACE, WHICH SHALL PREPARE THY WAY BEFORE THEE. THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.”
Satan will try to get you off the path of the Lord, but the Lord will keep you in.
I Corinthians 10: 4: “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.”
Those that stay on the path of the Lord will be translated.
The light of the Lord rests where the path is.
God’s power is real.
Job 28: 7: “There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen”.
God’s wisdom leads His people. It is above all gifts; it is perfect with the gifts; revelation is perfect with it.
Wisdom was with the Lord from the beginning.
Wisdom is God.
The fear of the Lord is wisdom. It will cause you to believe the word of the Lord.
The wisdom of the Lord is where the Lord is.
Get on the path of the Lord and you will be in the wisdom of the Lord.
It will save your soul.
Have the faith of the Lord with the wisdom of the Lord and the love of the Lord and you will be caught up at the translation.
You have a measure of wisdom in you, believe the word of the Lord.
The cloud of wisdom was the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night to the children of Israel.
The word of the Lord is a lamp unto our feet.
James 1: 5: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God”.
I started the sermon.
Matthew 7: 13 – 14: “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
This is the eternal God, the Lord Jesus, talking. He states that there is a path that is broad with many people on it; they are going towards the wide gate which leads to destruction. There is a second path that is narrow with few people on it; they are going towards the strait gate which leads unto eternal life.
It means that there are many more people that do not come to salvation, when compared to those that have eternal life.
I read from Scroll # 42: “Everything in the Universe is constantly moving, the people toward life eternal or towards judgment!”
I continued with the Sermon:
As you get older in age, it will become more apparent to you that you are moving, that you are getting closer to seeing your maker.
Each one of us is on a path. You are either on the path that leads to life eternal or on the path that leads to destruction.
Through salvation, you get onto the path of the Lord.
Job Chapter 28:
Verses 7 and 8: “There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen: The Lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.” No fowl knows anything about eternal life. The vulture’s eye has not seen eternal life. The fierce lion has no idea about eternal life.
Verse 12: “But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?” Where shall eternal life be found? Where shall the eternal God be found?
Verse 13: “Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.” There is no price that you can give for eternal life. You cannot say I will find eternal life if I move to that country or to that city because it is not found in the land of the living.
Verse 14: “The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.” You cannot go into the depth or into the sea to find eternal life, because it is not there.
Verse 15: “It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.” You cannot offer gold or silver for the eternal God, in whom is eternal life.
Verse 16: “It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.” No amount of wealth in this world will get you eternal life.
Verse 17: “The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.” You cannot exchange eternal life for gold or crystal. You cannot buy eternal life; you cannot buy the eternal God, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Verse 18: “No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubles.” The price of eternal life, the price of wisdom from the Almighty God, is above rubies.
Verse 19: “The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.” Nothing on this earth shall equal the value of eternal life.
Verse 20: “Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?” Where can you find eternal life? Where is the path that leads to eternal life?
Verse 21: “Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.” You cannot just walk up to someone and say: “Give me eternal life”, because it is not in the land of the living.
Verse 22: “Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.” Destruction and death will tell you that they have only heard about the fame of eternal life, but they know nothing about it.
Verse 23: “God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.” The eternal God understands the way of eternal life, He knows where to find it, because He gave His life for our salvation. John 3: 15: “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” You will find eternal life only by believing in the Lord Jesus for your salvation.
Verse 28: “And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
The fear of the Lord God Almighty, believing His word, believing that He came as the Lord Jesus Christ who died on the cross for our sins, “that is wisdom”; that is eternal life.
The Lord is with you every second of every day of your life while you are on His path.
Psalm 34: 7: “The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” If the Lord encamps around you, it means He is always with you every moment of your life.
Psalm 91: 11: “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.”
Not only is the Lord with you as the Angel of the Lord, He also has His angels watching over you.
Proverbs 3: 6: “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Acknowledge the Lord God in all your ways, and He shall direct your paths. He will keep you on that narrow path that leads to heaven.
This is the only path that leads to heaven.
Isaiah 55: 6: “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near”. Seek the Lord while He may be found.
Romans 8: 14: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” The Lord will keep you on that path of eternal life because the sons of God are led by the Spirit of God.
Let the devil throw whatever dart he wants at you while you are on the path of the Lord. These darts will not get you off the path because the Lord God is your whole armour.
Ephesians 6: 11: “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
You can overcome the devil while you are on this earth, while you on the path of the Lord, because of your faith in the Lord Jesus.
1 John 5: 4: “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
At the end of this path of the Lord is our eternal home. Revelation 21: 2 – 3: “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”
What has the Lord God planned to happen to us at the end of this path, just before we enter our heavenly home?
He will change our bodies. Our corruptible body will put on incorruption and this mortal shall put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53: “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.”
We shall have an eternal body.
2 Corinthians 5: 1: “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
What a joyful journey we have on the path of the Lord as we go towards heaven, accompanied by the Lord God Himself.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas