We are turning away from the Gospel preaching to mediocrity, preferential treatment, painting respect for members of the church, looking at the faces of the members and the leaders not to offend them. If you are a young preacher and God used you to challenge all the people that have settled with their cold heart and church going business, they will criticize you, the older in age will smear your image, the jealous ones will indirectly dissuade you from preaching straight forward gospel, they all want you to be destroyed inside and put off the fire that is burning in you, hypocrites. We will burn forever and man or devil will not dissuade us, lure us, or do whatsoever to discourage us, because we are more than conquerors through Him that loves us.  Jesus is too big. 

Heaven my resting place.

Just have a tip of the ice berg; how heaven looks like because I believe by God’s grace, we will all meet there for the marriage feast of the bride (us) and the Lamb.  Heaven is not a ghostlike, foggy atmosphere where disembodied spirits float around. Heaven is as real as this earth. Jesus told His disciples; ‘in my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ‘John chapter 14 verse 2.’ Paul the apostle told Christians they will not all perish but have new imperishable bodies ‘1^st Corinthians chapter 15 verses 51-58.’ Again, contrary to many ideas, Heaven is not dull. The things that are kill joys on earth; selfishness, hatred, death; all will be gone. Heaven will not be a place where we sit around with nothing to do; the Bible describes Heaven to be a place for dynamic, creative and untiring activity in the presence of God Almighty without toil and fatigue. It is also a place of intellectual stimulation ‘here we see through a glass darkly’ but face to face we shall see and behold the face of God. 

Jesus said I am the way (external), the truth (internal) and the life (eternal); no man comes to the Father but by me. ‘John chapter 14 verse 6’. He that hears my word and believe on Him that sent me, have everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death into life; ‘John chapter 5 verse 24, emphasis added.’ What are you still waiting for? Jesus is at the door of your heart knocking, open your heart and let Him come in and sup with you and you with Him; ‘Revelation chapter 3 verse 20, emphasis added.’ By doing this, there is always a joy in Heaven when one sinner repents of his sins and follows Jesus, he or she always wipes away the tears from the cheek of the Lamb of God, putting smiles on the faces of the saints that have gone before us. Also the hosts of angels rejoice over your salvation and they sing aloud a joyful song, all because a lost sheep has returned to His fold, to the Shepherd and Bishop of your soul ‘Jesus Christ’

Do not think upon me a black

One word is enough for the wise. It seems we are going down the more, because the only thing we learn from history is we do not learn from history. Repeating history is not the way. The cosmos (System) of this world cannot bring people together, it is high time we started looking the right way which  is the way of the cross.

The Bible contains what we believe; it detailed the origin of man and the destiny of man. Over two thousand years ago, a word came forth to the people of that age which have been prophesied to come. A child was born to us; happy are we that are called to the marvellous banquet to come.

Jesus Christ, who do you say he is? Man or God, the bible teaches that God was in Christ reconciling the world to him ‘2 Corinthians 5 v 19’ not to the blacks, or whites, or Asians but to the whole world. I am black; do not think upon me a black for God will not reject me if I am black, yellow or white. The world cosmos has turned it around, and has given name(s) to issues that does not matter and has blatantly left the weightier matters.

It will do you well to understand that the Bible is the Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth and it tells me that ‘God has made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined the times before appointed and the bounds of our habitation’ Acts 17 v 26.

Finally, Jesus loves you with an Agape love, love so divine and pure. Would to God we come just the way we are because Jesus has borne the cost with His blood. Repent and confess is what you have to do, believe by faith and be saved. There is no other name given that man should call and be saved, the only name is Jesus Christ so despised by the world that cannot save themselves from bondage of sin and hell. Call on me and I will show you the way 'looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God' Hebrews 12 v 2.

Just look when you have confessed your sins, repented of them and has forsaken them, Jesus is there always to accept you. Live like Christ after the experience  by the grace of God.

                                              Jesus loves you!!!!!

Where are the Men of God of this age?

                                                                                                                

                                                                                                   

Samuel Kaboo Morris (1873 - May 12, 1893) was a Liberian prince who converted to Christianity around the age of 14. Around age 18, he left Liberia for the United States to achieve an education and arrived at Taylor University in December 1891. There is now a residence hall at Taylor University bearing his name. He died in 1893 from complications of a respiratory infection.

Morris's life has been the subject of five novels, over a dozen biographies, a 1954 film, and a 1988 documentary. Taylor University has named numerous buildings, scholarships, and a society in his honor. His story helped to inspire other people to go to Africa to preach the gospel.

Early life

Samuel was born in Liberia, in 1873. Little is known of Samuel Morris's early life. When he was 14 years old, his tribe,(the Kru) was attacked by the Grebos one day and Kaboo was captured. He was used as a "pawn", meaning the Kru would have to bring the Grebos a present each month if they wanted to see their prince again. His father, the chief, came each time but what he brought was never enough. Finally the Kru could bring no more and Kaboo was beaten every day. One night, though, during one of his beatings, there was a flash of light and a voice told Kaboo to flee. His ropes fell off and his sick body gained strength. He ran off into the jungle, where he wandered for days living off such things as snails and mangos until he came to a coffee plantation owned by a former slave. The slave had come to Liberia and was a Christian. It was this slave that Kaboo worked there with another boy from his village before coming to America. His motivation to come to America was learning more about God and the Holy Spirit. One of the missionaries there told him all she knew. Samuel asked who it was that taught her. She told him it was a man in New York named Stephen Merritt. He decided he would go to New York to find this man. As he walked to the shore he prayed that there would be a boat there that could take him. There was a ship there called a tramp ship. The crew of this ship made money by trading. It was very profitable for them because natives often sold goods for useless trinkets. God told Samuel that the captain would take him to America. When Samuel asked, the captain refused at first. Later, when two of his crew members ran off leaving the captain short-handed, he accepted Samuel on-board taking him for an unemployed sailor. When he arrived on the ship, he was disliked and abused, but by the time the ship reached America, they were all praying and singing hymns.

Samuel in America

In America, Samuel found Stephen Merritt. Mr. Merritt had to attend a prayer meeting that night so he asked Samuel to wait for him at his mission. When Mr. Merritt came back, he found Samuel in a prayer meeting of his own with the people of the mission. On his first night in America, he had led nearly twenty men to Christ. Impressed by Samuel’s anointing and confidence, Mr. Merritt invited Samuel to stay at his house, much to his wife’s dismay. However, in time, Samuel won her over, as well. Not only did Samuel win over Ms. Merritt, he also won over the people at Mr. Merritt’s church. In a time when racism was commonplace, these men were colorblind. They saw that God was working in Samuel and created the Samuel Morris Missionary Society to collect money to send Samuel to college at Taylor University in Indiana so he could advance his knowledge of God and the Bible.

While at Taylor University, Samuel was used by God mightily to draw people to the Lord. Students would stop by his dorm room to pray with him. People from around the world would come to hear him speak and to have him pray for them. He was known (and heard) to spend hours in prayer with God, from late at night to early in the morning. He inspired others to look at their relationship with God. Newspapers printed stories of the boy from Africa who was charging Fort Wayne with the electric power of God. He was an active member of Berry Street Methodist Episcopal Church and regularly attended East Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

It was his desire to be educated in the Word of God so he could go back to his homeland of Liberia and teach Jesus to the people there. However, that was not God’s plan for his life. Late in 1892, Samuel came down with an illness(Pneumonia) that he could not shake. Though he’d been sick before and prayed for God healing and received it, this time the illness wouldn't leave. In time, God explained to Samuel why his illness hadn't left him. He told him that his work on earth was done and that it was time for him to come home. When Samuel related this to his fellow students, they would ask about his dream of returning home to preach the Gospel. Samuel is reported to have said, “It is not my work, Dr. Reade. It is His. I have finished my job. He will send others better than I to do the work in Africa.

On May 12, 1893, at approximately 20 years of age, Samuel Morris, aka Prince Kaboo, died. Fellow students served as pallbearers at his funeral. After his funeral, many of them said they felt led to go to Africa to be missionaries in Samuel’s place, fulfilling Samuel’s prophecy.

Though it was the custom in those days to bury blacks in the Negro section of the cemetery, Samuel’s body was later moved to the centre of the cemetery, linking blacks and whites in death like he did in life. A memorial is placed at his grave site that reads:

Samuel Morris 1873-1893 Prince Kaboo Native of West Africa Famous Christian Mystic Apostle of Simple Faith Exponent of the Spirit-filled life Student at Taylor University 1892-3 Fort Wayne, now located at Upland, Indiana. The story of his life; a vital contribution to the development of Taylor University The erection of this memorial was sponsored by the 1928 class Taylor University and funds Were contributed by Fort Wayne citizens

COME, COME, O COME MY DEAR

The Chinese word for come (来) has the sign of cross on it. This indicates that no race on earth is an exception to this marvellous work done by God through His Son Jesus Christ. I certainly believe that Jesus Christ is who He claims He is. If you come irrespective of your race, age, education or whatever you are or might be in the future, Jesus is willing to accept you. You must confess Him personally and believe in Him and trust Him, a change will come into your heart, soul and mind but before these experiences, you must repent of your sins. I will not deceive you that Christianity is a religion, no; it is not but a relationship with God which you can only establish through His son Jesus. only through Jesus you can be a changed man, woman, boy or girl. This wonderful experience is called regeneration of heart. Our hearts are sinful by nature but through the Blood of Jesus Christ, you can be washed and regenerate to live a Holy life because God demands we must be Holy for He is Holy and without Holiness we cannot enter the kingdom of God. There is a peace like river that waits for you if you repent, confess your sins to Jesus and believe by faith.

By Faith we believe all things, you have faith that your wife did not put poison in your coffee, you have faith in the bank, you have faith that your government will protect you in your homeland and likewise abroad, now use this same faith and put it on JESUS, and believe He will forgive you of all sin and give you a new heart and make you a new person. Peace like a river will flow in your heart, joy, hope and more faith to continue to the end with assurance of eternal life in Heaven. You must continue if you make a commitment to Jesus by reading your Bible and praying, also recline all your weight on Jesus and follow hard after Him, I assure you, you will not regret it one bit. Jesus has done all things well, because He paid for our sins on the cross of Calvary. Isn't that wonderful? Hmm. You come now. I love you is the message of God through His Son Jesus Christ. Any man that comes will drink of this water of life and will not thirst again, are you not thirsty about something you don’t know. Jesus is what you thirst for, now accept Him in your life I persuade you my dear friends. God help you make the commitment to follow Jesus. Amen. Even though your sins seems many and devilish, Jesus will forgive and will not remember it again if you repent, confess and say this prayer.

The prayer;

Dear Jesus, I'm sorry for my sins! I want a relationship with you! Please forgive me now! You died to pay for my sins and rose again in a miracle event! Come into my heart and make me brand-new so I won't go to Hell but have eternal life with you in your Kingdom. I want to be a winner with Salvation and entry into Heaven. I confess, repent and have renounced my sins and the empty promises of satan, I am coming back home to my creator, to worship Him here on earth till I see His glory in Heaven. Amen

                                         Jesus loves you!!!!

 

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