ARE YOU A TRUE WORSHIPER OF GOD?

The Hebrew word most often Used in the Old Testament for "worship" means "bow" and indicates a humble submission like that of a servant to his mater(Genesis 33:3).

In the New Testament, the Greek word that is most often used,"proskuneo" means "an act of respect" (Mathew 8:2, 18:26).

The same idea arises when we talk about man`s worship of God.

We humble ourselves before our Creator, with an attitude of reverence to God, to honor, serve and fear Him for who He is and the expression of admiration of His majesty.

Worship is not only what we do at church. It is not only beautiful songs  and moving music, which would be an external worship.

Worship has nothing to do with style, volume or speed of a song. It is not only prayers, request, or even thanksgiving for the blessings to be received either. True worship that is pleasing to God is the total, complete and joyous giving of the creature to his Creator. It is the abandonment of our lips, our hearts and our lives to God. It is about trusting Him, helping our neighbors. It is not limited to religious buildings.Its must have a priority over anything else. Its a matter of a heart on FIRE for GOD. It is completely selfless act. We do not worship God to have something in return.

The responsibility of any intelligent creature, the first motive of our life is to WORSHIP GOD(Revelation 4:10-11, 14:7)

Beloved, the FATHER seeks true worshipers, those who worship in SPIRIT and in TRUTH(John 4:23-24)

Glory Glory Glory! Keep worshiping God.

Restoring the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ for the Times to Come Part IV.

This is the day that the Lord has made that we may rejoice and be glad in it. I greet you fellow brethren with a holy kiss. A new day has been given to us that we may make manifest the full glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is my prayer that as the day continue to unfold its opportunities and challenges, the Lord Himself will open the eyes of our heart to see them and grant us courage to take them by the neck for fullness of His glory. Over these past days we have been learning something very important about the plan of God for the Church in these last days. Yesterday we looked at the offering of silver, which is a symbol of true redemption, as one the very
important quality we must possess to be able to stand in these last days as part of the restored Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today we will be looking at the last offering of metal which is bronze. This offering is also very important in holding us together for the Lord's full purpose to be realised in our lives. May you be filled with the
Spirit of understanding, even as we enter into the undiluted word of the Lord God almighty. God bless you as you read. Amen.

The Offering Of Bronze

BRONZE SYMBOLISES GOD'S STANDARD

Ex 25:3-4 (NKJV)
 And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze; 

We have dwelt on this scripture from part one of this article. These are the offerings the Lord is asking the Children of Israel to bring to Him. The last offering of metal, in the verse 3, bronze. In the bible, bronze is used to represent the standard of
God's judgement and salvation. When God want to judge His people in the Biblical world He always put a standard down, for men to reach in order to skip the judgement. In cases like this, man has no way of escape except by means of the standard of God.

Num 21:4-9 (NKJV)
Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread." 6 So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people. 8 Then the Lord said to Moses,"Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live." 9 So Moses made a bronze
serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

In Numbers God used the bronze serpent to represent His standard of salvation to the Jews in the wilderness. So that whoever looks
at the bronze serpent will not be killed by the venom of the deadly snakes. God's standard in all times is righteousness and holiness
which is an embodiment of His word - Doing what God says in His word is what makes men righteous - So He told Joshua that the book of the Lord shall not depart from His mouth; but he should meditate upon it day and night ten he shall prosper. All the standards of God concerning every aspect of our lives are embedded in His word, therefore the standard of God is surely His word.

Today, the standard of God has not changed; it is still the same and it is still His word. As Christians we have to drop all our own
standards and carry the standard of God. When you have bronze, you have the standard of God. Bronze simply means that the word of God is the only standard of measurement, not the word or the principle of man. Today, it rather unfortunate the most denominations are establish upon the standard of men and not the standard of God. Politics and religious practices are the standards of men and it is based on these two phenomena that most denominations are built. Please, if you are a Christian and the only word you take into your spirit is what your pastor preaches, I'm sorry to announce to you that you are in a great danger, it is high time changed. In the latter parts of this article we shall discuss into details the 'Politics and Religion' in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Look at the Numbers 21: 4-9 again, you will realise that the children of God suffered death from poisonous snakes, but the same image of the poisonous snakes gave them life. Today there are a lot of poisonous snakes among the Children of God today, all kinds pf messages and practices have entered the Church just like apostle Paul warned Timothy in the Ch 3 of his second epistle that he wrote to Timothy. These poisonous snakes has gain their way into the Church and only the standard of God, which is His word, can save us. I know in the Bible Christ has been used to represent this bronze snake, so that anyone that looked up to Christ will be saved. Yes this is true also, but over here the bible is referring to the salvation of the lost sinner, but I'm talking about the deliverance of the Lord's
Church. And this same bronze serpent - Jesus Christ - That gave them life in the beginning will save them once again. We should also remember that this Christ is also the word of God. Therefore in our testament, Jesus Christ is the true standard of God. He should be the foundation of every Church. Today, as I said earlier, so many things has taken the place of Christ in the Church unknowingly and only Christ can deliver us.

Heb 12:2 (NKJV)
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 has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

This race set before us can only be run, according to the will God, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today the main foundation set for the Church which is Christ Jesus has been exchange with the custom of men. Brethren, God is calling us unto restoration, stop jumping from one miracle service to the other and engulf yourself with the word of God, pray to God to teach you the truth and I believe He who is faithful will hear us and will lead us to the whole truth. I'm not saying that we should not read other materials of men of God. We can and we should, but whiles reading these books and articles (example, this particular one), we should use the principle in 1 Thessalonians 5:

1 Thess 5:19-22 (NKJV)
 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good.

Prove everything with the word of God. This is the underlying factor and be sincere to accept any material that is in conformity to

Prove everything with the word of God.

the word of God and to reject any material that is not scriptural irrespective of whom this things are coming from. Do not accept and I repeat do not accept anything just because it is man of God that said it or reject something because the one saying it has no profound title in the realms of the spirit or whatsoever. This has become a problem in today's Christianity; we are ready to listen and perform the teachings of certain people (Especially our Pastors, Prophets and so forth) and anyone outside this classification is just bubbling. We are always protecting the doctrines, customs and traditions of our denominations. What we practice in our 'church' is right irrespective of what the bible says. We twist the standard of God to suit our desired customs, traditions and teachings. May God have mercy on us. Brethren, do not go around preaching and teaching thou says my pastor under the guise of thou says the Lord, be very careful. The Church of Jesus Christ  and the word of God comes first before any individual denomination, pastor, prophet, bishop, arc bishop or whatsoever.

God helps us realise the truth and grant us the grace to be bold about them. If you have any doubt about this message contact the bible. You can also put your doubts or concerns in the comment box for all the saints to comment on and by the grace of God you may be resolved. All suggestions and additions are humbly welcome. God bless you all.

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Restoring The Church Of Jesus Christ For the Times to Come Part III

EASTER GREETINGS

Even us we are almost done celebrating the Easter, let everything that we think necessitate this celebration have an impact on our lives. The death and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest event in the history of humanity. If anything powerful, better and awesome has ever happened in the history of humanity,
it happened when Jesus Christ paid it all on the cross of Calvary that you and I might be set free. I will admonish that as we celebrate Easter, we will not do that just for fun, but rather to commemorate the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. On this note, I wish all Ekklessia fans and followers happy Easter Monday.

We have been discussing some things that we need to put in place in the Church in order to realise the full manifestation of the glory of God as it was on the day of Pentecost. We talked about going up to the mountains and the offering of Gold today we will continue with the offering of Silver. This object of offering is very crucial to the seasonal celebrations. And us you read I pray that the Lord will open your eyes that you may see His desire for your life in the Church as far as this sacrifice is concerned; that the Lord will also open your heart to understand the times and how applicable this will be in them. Be filled with the Spirit of understanding as you read. AMEN.

SILVER

Ex 25:3(NKJV)
 "And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;" 

SILVER

Silver is the next object of offering, after gold, that God asked the Israelite to bring to Him. In the biblical times silver was used as an instrument of trade or in place of money (Gen 37: 28). Silver is also God's own instrument of trade.

Num 18:15-17(NKJV)
 "Everything that first opens the womb of all flesh, which they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16 And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your  valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs."

God told the the Children of Israel that everything that first open the womb is His (Ex 13:13-15), but concerning the  first born of His people, He commanded them to pay for; meaning, since the first born are for Him, in order to prevent using them as sacrifices just as they will do to the animals, God asked them to exchange the offering of their first born with Silver, and any other person that will want to dedicate Himself to the Lord, must exchange himself with silver.

Lev 27:1-7 

"Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your valuation, 3 if your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your
valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 4  If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels; 5 and if from five years  old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for  a female ten shekels; 6 and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for  a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver; 7 and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall
be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels."
By now I hope you are fully convinced that God transact monetary business with men through the use of Silver.

Judas sold Jesus for silver

Anytime God mention silver which is an instrument of trade, He is referring to redemption in spiritual terms. Redemption always cost a price, before the children of Israel can redeem their first born children and animals that are already redeemed to the Lord, they have to pay something when they are one month old. "And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs." So it is clear that when God talks about trade with silver, He is referring to the price for redemption or simply put redemption. We can even verify this further by looking at the medium of transaction the Pharisees used in buying Jesus Christ - Silver - it is a symbol of redemption; the moment Judas gave Jesus in exchange of silver, God honoured that covenant of redemption by abandoning His own son.

This does not mean man bought Jesus from God, but it was done to fulfill the faithfulness of God in the scriptures; a symbol of God
turning His back from His only begotten son. God took away what man was having, which is perishable - silver - and gave him something more everlasting - Jesus Christ His only begotten son. We realised Judas could not even spend the money, the money did not bring him  life but death by his own hands. Silver is the hard earned money by men in those days, it was used to pay workers or given in exchange for  services. Judas was rewarded with this material for his work, but he died before he could enjoy it. Brethren, work cannot give us life, it will only kill us. So silver is God's symbol of redemption. Anytime God mentions silver He meant redemption.
 

 The Offering of Silver

To be part of the Lord's restored Church, you have to bring the offering of silver. In the previous parts, we learnt that we will be gathered and those who will be gathered will be judged and will enter into a covenant with the Lord through sacrifice. Silver is also one of the objects of the sacrifice. The gathered ones must possess silver in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord. This silver is redemption; you should receive true salvation, all the members of this gathering should be truly redeemed. They must have Christ as their truthful Lord and Personal saviour. No other name is recognised in the heavens, on the earth and beneath the earth through which men will possess this offering of redemption to give to the Lord, but the name Jesus Christ. I believe most people reading this article has already justified themselves as redeemed, well I'm not the judge of that, but to be called the redeemed of the Lord, you would have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord - Jesus is now the ruler of your life. He dictates what you do, you cannot do anything without consulting Him, He can send you anywhere at anytime without you complaining. Jesus must simply reign in your life.

True Redemption through the cross

 You must also accept Jesus as your personal saviour - Jesus will be the only refuge of your life, when you are in trouble, He is the only one you look up to. When situations get tough, you trust only Him; you cannot trust your parents or any other relative apart from Him.(Click here to read more about giving your life to Christ Jesus). This is what it means to possess the offering of silver. Without this offering, the death of Jesus Christ will mean nothing to you, and that is why I said earlier that this aspect of the article is very crucial to the seasonal celebration. We know that all these offerings of metals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) that we are learning about becomes brighter when they go through fire, so instead of being over confident of our redemption, let's rather endeavour to brighten this offering of silver day by day. We are redeemed (The redemption of our spirits), We are being redeemed (The redemption of our soul life - this is the redemption of our human nature and its desires; this part of the redemption is still in progress; God is still working on us and we believe that He who begun the work in us is faithful and He also will accomplish it. AMEN.), We shall be redeemed(This is the redemption of the body, where we will wear the theophany - the Godly body. This will happen during the rapture where we will be transformed in a twinkling of an eye).
 
Brothers and Sisters, let us workout our own salvation with fear and trembling till we are conformed into the image of Christ. God bless you for reading and grant you more grace to be transformed day by day until you are completely transformed into the image and the likeness of Christ Jesus our Lord. AMEN.
 
Prayer: Lord cause me to live under your Lordship and help me to abide there even after I become what you want me to be. Jesus I
pray your death and resurrection will always be renewed in my life day by day so that I will always be under your salvation even
as you remain my Lord and saviour in Jesus name. AMEN.

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Al-Shabaab Attacks Kenyan University Students at Prayers - Christian Headlines.Com

 

Al-Shabaab

Kenyan authorities have imposed a curfew in the northeast part of that country a day after radical Muslims slaughtered at least 147 Christian university students. The Muslim terror group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the horrific attack.

Now there's a $215,000 reward for a man identified by Kenyan authorities as the mastermind behind the slaughter. On Thursday morning, four gunmen strapped with suicide vests and armed with AK-47s stormed the Garissa University College in northeast Kenya.

"It was around 5 a.m. We wake up early in the morning for the morning prayers. We tried to turn on the lights, but they were not working," 

one survivor recalled.   

Eye witnesses say the terrorists went from room to room asking students whether they were Christian or Muslim. Those who identified themselves as Christian were murdered on the spot without mercy. It appears the gunmen had extensive knowledge of the campus layout, even targeting an area often used by Christians for prayer.
Many of those killed were reportedly beheaded after being asked to recite verses from the Koran. The siege lasted 13 hours before police finally stormed the university. The gunmen died when they detonated their suicide vests.

"On my own behalf and on behalf of my government, I extend condolences to the families of those who have perished in this attack," 

Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta said.  

Garissa is close to the Somali border. The town is mainly Muslim but many Christians attend the university.  

The military has stepped up security as a dusk-to-dawn curfew has been ordered in Garissa and three nearby counties.  

Since 2008, Kenya has been at war with Al-Shabab. The group has launched several attacks on Kenyan soil, but Thursday's was by far the deadliest.

Nigeria's President-Elect Will do anything possible to eliminate Boko Haram

A day after becoming the first politician in Nigerian history to succeed a sitting leader by ballot, president-elect Muhammadu Buhari promised on Wednesday to "spare no effort" to defeat Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The 72-year-old general, who first came to power three decades ago via a military coup and campaigned as a born-again democrat, also promised to tackle graft in Africa's largest economy.

"Boko Haram will soon know the strength of our collective will. We should spare no effort," Buhari said in his first formal speech since winning the election. "In tackling the insurgency, we have a tough and urgent job to do."

The group has killed thousands in its push to carve out a caliphate in northeastern Nigeria. Despite the killing of more than a dozen voters by Boko Haram gunmen - who had pledged to derail the poll - the election was one of the most orderly in Nigeria's history. Buhari won the election with 15.4 million votes to outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan's 13.3 million, a margin wide enough to prevent any challenge. In an unprecedented step, Jonathan phoned Buhari to concede defeat and urged his supporters to accept the result, a signal of deepening democracy that few had expected in Africa's most populous nation. Buhari congratulated Jonathan for peacefully relinquishing power on Wednesday. "President Jonathan was a worthy opponent and I extend the hand of fellowship to him," Buhari, wearing a black cap and kaftan, told reporters and supporters to loud applause. 

"We have proven to the world that we are people who have embraced democracy. We have put one-party state behind us." 

The rules state that Jonathan must officially hand over on May 29. His People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been in charge since the end of army rule in 1999 but had been losing support due to oil sector corruption scandals and the government's lack of success in combating Boko Haram. "President Jonathan has placed his country's interests first by conceding the election," U.S. President Barack Obama said. Nigeria's main stock index soared 8.3 percent, posting its single biggest gain this year, and Nigerian dollar-denominated bonds climbed too on relief at the absence of the violence and fraud that has blighted previous elections. "The context has changed ... There have been 16 years of democracy, there's a constitution, there are legal safeguards," British High Commissioner Andrew Pocock told BBC radio. Investors are also cautiously optimistic that any crackdown on corruption by Buhari will stimulate investment and boost flagging growth in the oil-dominated economy.

NORTHERN CELEBRATIONS

Cities in the largely Muslim north, where Buhari's core support base lies, erupted in celebration. Jonathan's appeal to his supporters that "nobody's political ambition is worth blood" meanwhile helped calm their frustrations, reducing the chance of post-election violence that blighted the 2011 poll when Buhari lost to Jonathan. Buhari took power in a 1983 coup only to be thrown out 18 months later by another general. He subsequently embraced democracy, running in several elections and despite losing always bouncing back. "I ask that we all be circumspect, respectful and peaceful ... We must begin to heal the wounds," he said. Nigeria remains a complex ethnic mix of 170 million people, split between Muslims and Christians, with more than 500 languages. Though they mostly live side by side in peace, many harbor disputes that politicians have often used to stoke violence that has worsened over the years.

Buhari must also deal with the fallout from a dive in global oil prices in the last eight months which has hammered state revenues and forced two de facto currency devaluations.

"He's a man with a strong sense of mission and he has clear ideas about what he wants to do with Nigeria, on corruption, on restoring national discipline," 

Pocock said. But analysts say cracking down on graft in a country where it is so endemic could take decades.

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Restoring the Church of Jesus Christ For the Times to Come Part II

A Comment on Part I

We thank God for giving us another bright morning for us to express His glory. In the Part one of this article, we were made to understand how God will be visiting the Church for a judgement that will help purify the saints to express His full glory. Though the previous article outlined unpleasant issues concerning the Church in present times, I will like also to state for a fact that the Church is not completely without the glory of God. The truth is we do all we can to see the glory of God completely, but only end up seeing it partially. I know some may censure me concerning this truth, but if you should tell me everything is fine about the Church today, you are either a hypocrite or not seeing at all. I really thank God for expressing Himself through these brothers for us to see His complete will.
 

We always listen to messages concerning the building of the church; those who are faithful to the Lord, after listening to the these words go back to their knees to plead for the Lord's help in order to build the Church. In fact I for one have been hearing the message concerning the building of the Church even before I understood what it meant to have a  relationship with God, but ask yourself, what progress have we made ever since? I was almost getting tired of listening to the message of building the Church, the revival of the saints and the visitation of God until the Lord gave me the opportunity to listen to a brother speak at Kumasi, another from Nigeria who came to my local church and the last one from Accra.
 

Comparing all these messages to the older ones that I have been listening to, the Lord opened my eyes and I saw that He has been talking ever since but we were not listening because when we hear the messages, we throw them away or even forget about them before another one comes; brethren, one single message from a brother cannot reveal the complete will of God for the Church. We have to keep traces of all what the Lord is saying through the brethren, link them together, then and  only then can we fathom completely what the Lord is saying to the Churches. God helps us understand. Amen.
 

Going to the Mountains

Hag 1:5-9(NKJV) 

"Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts:"Consider your

ways!  You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes." Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider your ways! Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified," says the Lord."

We struggle to experience the complete glory of the Lord, but we end up experiencing this partially. You see, brethren, personally I believe that when the fullness of the glory of God dwells amongst us, we will begin to live the full life of Christ. Today all these little, little things amongst us that prevents us from experiencing God completely have a root source and by doing what the Lord says they all will be uprooted and we will see the hand of God completely. The Christ life is not only living righteously, it also contains, good health, good finance, signs and wonders and above all the fear of God among the Church as it was among the saints of the old. I believe we all have heard this scripture so many times; this is the same word that I'm starting this section with. Going up
to the mountains, to bring woods, represent our prayer and reading life - This has more to do with our personal fellowship with God. I remember one of the Youth conferences in the Volta region, we

W must go to the mountain

learnt this form a very proficient brother in the Church, and trust me when I said this particular message has been shared so many times in the Volta region at many conferences, the saints can testify to this. I have heard other men of God preach the same thing in different ways, but the latest place I heard this message was at the young people's meeting in Accra about last two years. This was one of the things they dwelt upon. There are other books of the bible that reflect this form of offering, we can talk about Ezra, Nehemiah and the first book of Chronicles. Today, I'm not saying anything different from this; we need to go up to the mountains each and everyone of us, especially we the young people or the youths - Going up the mountains symbolises building oneself through prayer and the word of God; reading  other Spirit filled, articles, commentaries and listening to recorded messages from conferences also helps in this process. 

I believe we are all doing our best in these things, but let us pray for more grace. Now among these is also helping the elders restore the order of the Lord in the Church, when you are confident about the teachings of the elderly ones, not because they are old but because you proved everything with the word of God and held unto the good one (1 Thes 5: 21), never let anyone take that from you, instead let your conviction work on their lives. Amen. So we have to go back to the mountains. We should note that this aspect of the restoration process is not very different from the Judgement process. If God gives us grace and time we shall look into that, but on your own compare the two through prayers and the word of God. You can put your findings and revelations in the comment box for other Christians to have access to. If you have any worries, concerns, corrections, additions feel free to drop them by, we will all learn and grow together for Christ to receive the Glory. Amen.

THE OFFERINGS OF METAL

Ex 25:1-3(NKJV)
"Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his  heart you shall take My offering. 3 And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;"

When Israel was delivered from Egypt, I said in the part one, that God gave them a lot of the riches of Egypt, part of which include the metals - Gold, Silver and Bronze. The deliverance from Egypt is an emblem of our salvation process, and after we have all been saved from the world, the things we used to serve the prince of the world must not stay in the world, they must come with us, because we will be needing them to serve the Lord after all all the earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof.  I know this may sound a little of but it will become clearer. After our salvation God also deposited some resources in us apart from  the ones He gave us in Egypt. Let us take all of them one by one starting from the Metals.

GOLD

Offerings of Gold

God used gold because that is the most precious thing we know. In the scriptures gold represent holiness.
"Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD". Ex 28:36(NKJV). Because gold is the most precious material we know, God used it to represent holiness. Anything made of gold in the temple of God is highly consecrated to the the Lord. Sometimes in other to create the same effect to things made from other materials apart from gold, they mark part with gold or inscribe gold on it.

"In that day"HOLINESS TO THE LORD" shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. The pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts. Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them. In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts."  Zech 14:20-21(NKJV)

Gold therefore represent the divine nature of God  which is holiness. When we talk about holiness most of us confuse it with being righteous as in living a life void of sin, God will never ask that from us because we can never give that to Him. What He is however demanding from us is holiness which means a total consecration for Him alone. Nothing should come before Him in our lives, not marriage, not parents, not Academics, not even our own soul lives. Money, fame, beauty fashion and many more are taking the place of Christ today in the Church. Most of the local Churches who are separated from denominations of men, I believe are far from letting any man take the place of God in the Church, but some of these things as mentioned earlier are also taking the place of Christ in our own lives and therefore the Church. God want complete holiness; I'm not saying we should not look beautiful, God is a master of beauty, look at the woman, she is a beauty God created even the waterfalls, flowers and all the pleasures of nature are all romantic (figuratively used), but what was God's purpose of creating all these - I believe to make the man He created comfortable and happy. The question therefore arises; why will you want to look more beautiful than you already are? Why are you going to school? Why do you wear what you wear? Everything we do should make God happy and comfortable.
 

The offering of Gold; no other God apart from Him - We must not

The spirit of Jezebel

allow anything to take the place of God in our lives this is what the offering of Gold stands for. To be holy, you must not agree to any other doctrine, teaching, custom or tradition but only Jesus Christ. The Church must overcome Jezebel the god of money and fashion. The gods of our villages must also be subdued completely for only God to reign (Will be explained later). To the brethren in the denominations, no man should take the place or the glory of Christ in the Church. There is only one head pastor, He is Christ Jesus; there is only one arc bishop, He is Christ Jesus; There is only one Father, He is Christ Jesus; there is only one Mother, He is Christ Jesus. The Pope is not the father of the Church, Mary is not the mother of the Church. Christ is all in all. 

There is one body and one Spirit— just as you were called to one hope when you were called—  5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Eph 4:4-6(NIV)

The Bible says today, today if you hear His voice do not harden your heart. Today God is telling us to bring to His presence the offering  of Gold. Complete holiness from within the heart to outside the heart and the body, do not say God sees the heart because God does not only see the heart He sees the body also. He is Holy therefore be Holy. I will conclude this section of Part II by a scripture so we all can meditate upon, confess continually or pray read.

The beauty of Holiness

"Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!" 1 Chron 16:29(NKJV) AMEN.

God bless you all and grant you grace for the race and the building of His church. Please don't forget to share this message. It is necessary to do so for the glory of God.

Prayer burden: Let all the saints pray for God's help so that we can be separated completely for His holiness to be seen in the Church.

 READING LIST.

Jer. 2:1-3, Exo. 15: 11, 1 Chr 16: 28-29, Heb 7, Exo 28: 36, Mal. 3

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RESTORING THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE TIMES TO COME PART I

Psalm 50:1-6

God is judge

(NKJV)The Mighty One, God the Lord, Has spoken and called the earth From the rising of the sun to its going down. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; A fire shall devour  before Him, And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him. He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people: "Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge.

The time has come when God will gather His children to Himself to reveal His glory, but He will first judge them according to His standard (The Word of God) so that they can be qualified to be His vessels,  carrying His glory.  This judgement is not the eternal judgement that will take sinners to hell (I'm not saying there will not be an eternal judgement.). This particular judgement is purposely for the Church. The Lord will use this judgement to purify His Church in order to make her ready for the times to come. 

It is obvious from the current trends that biblical prophecies are gradually unfolding themselves into reality, therefore the Church need to be ready for these times. The Bible says at the last days, perilous times shall come (1Tim 3:1) -  These perilous times  that Paul was telling Timothy about is not the great tribulation that will take place after the saints of the  Lord are carried away, but the difficult times that will come; times where men will love themselves and money  rather than the Church, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, and other unpleasant manifestations of the flesh will find their way into the church. These are the days the Bible was referring to when it said knowledge shall increase. I am rest assured that the times that Paul was talking about are very near or even here - The fact that he was warning Timothy about these times shows that the times were even near as at his time. Now when
you take a critical look at the Church in present times, you will realise that most of these things that apostle Paul was warning Timothy about are all over in all kinds of Churches today.

We should get one thing clear; Paul was not referring to unbelievers alone in this message, in fact, most of the things he was saying are about Christians getting corrupted and the Church losing her focus and foundation. This is why the Lord's new Church have to be judged, purified and prepared for the most difficult times to come. Paul even touched this issue of judgement slightly here in the 9th verse - 'but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.' (2 Tim 3:9 NKJV) - These judgement will expose most people and those that God will be merciful to will repent, but some will harden their hearts, they will allow their pride to steal away their salvation.

"God is Judge (vv. 4, 6; 7:11; 9:8; 11:4-7; 75:2; 96:10,13; 98:9), and judgment begins with His own people (1 Peter 4:17).  They are "godly ones," that is, a people set apart exclusively for the Lord because of the holy covenant  (vv. 5, 16; Ex 19:1-9; 24:4-8; Amos 2:3). Some of His people had sinned, and He had been long suffering with them and silent about the matter (vv. 3, 21). They have interpreted His silence as consent (Eccl 8:11; Isa 42:14; 57:11), but now the time  had come for the Holy God to speak. The purpose of this "trial" was not to judge and condemn the sinners but to expose their  sins and give them opportunity to repent and return to the Lord."- (The Bible Exposition Commentary: Old Testament © 2001-2004 by  Warren W. Wiersbe. All rights reserved.)

God gathered His people and dwell among them

Those that are judged are those that will be gathered together (The gathering together is not the formation of a new  denomination, but an establishment of saints with the vision and purpose of God in these times in their various localities. So that, these group of saints will form the complete spiritual body of Christ; it will no more be my church this, my church that or  I am part of the church, but an issue of having a relationship with God and obeying His desire for the times. These people may be in various geographical locations but will be one in the Spirit.) how Godgathered the carnal Israel from all the  other nations of the world and placed them in the land that He has promised them, as we see today, so will it be for God's spiritual Israel - Today we see a lot of powerful nations claiming to be the friends of Israel (these friendships are approaching ruins now anyway) but are they actually friends of the Lord's carnal Church - Israel - NO! The same way many organisations and denominations will claim to be for the Church, but they are not, we must be very careful. The Lord started by calling out His children from  Babylon
and bringing them unto mount Zion where they shall be delivered to possess their possessions - 'But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.' (Obad 17 NKJV).  There is one

more thing we should also consider here. God's judgement will come, as I said earlier, but not all will accept the judgement andrepent, but those that will repent will surely enter into a covenant with God by sacrifice. (the issue of  covenant will be

The will fill them like the day of Pentecost

discussed later) Note that only those who entered into this covenant with the Lord will be gathered together, then deliverance shall come to them causing them to possess their possessions. When these things are fulfilled, the Glory of the  Lord will fill His Church and the power of Jesus Christ as exhibited on the day of Pentecost will descend among the saints. We will look into all these later in the subsequent parts of this article. For now we will continue with the issue of Covenant
with the Lord.
"Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."  The saints will be gathered! Amen. Those that will enter into the covenant with God are those that will be gathered. The scripture made it clear that this covenant with the Lord will be made through sacrifice, so then, what is sacrifice as used here? The Lord said in verses 8 - 11 that he will not take the sacrifices that are always before Him; sacrifices of bulls are not what the Lord is talking about over here, He is referring to spiritual sacrifices. When we look at the relationship between God and the children of Israel in the bible, we will realise that sacrifices are gifts and offerings that they offer to God for the cleansing of their sins, thanksgiving and for the building or keeping in shape of the temple. There are other sacrifices that are not made explicit in the bible, these are the dedication of their first born sons to the Lord; the dedication of themselves to the Lord by what they were and obeying the laws of God - denying themselves to do the will of God - all these and many more put together is an emblem of the covenant the Lord had with the Children of Israel. It is worthy of note that the Old testament Israel is today's Church, no wonder apostle Paul called them 'The Church in the Wilderness' 

(Acts 7:38). Therefore the issue of sacrifice will best be tackled

Covenant by Sacrifice

from this point of view. What sacrifices does the Church need to
complete the covenant with God. All that man can give to God is from God - when the Israelite were leaving Egypt, God gave them
Gold, Silver, precious stones, metals and a lot of things for the building of His Temple. So all the bulls, sheep, Gold etc. that
the Children of Israel used as sacrifice to God came from God Himself. The same way most of the things required from us today as
sacrifices are from God Himself. The Sacrifices as studied from the word of God are divided into three (3) main categories:

• The Offerings of Metals
• The Offerings of Colours
• The Offerings of Anointing.

The Offerings of Metals are further divided into three main subcategories:

• The Gold Offering
• The Silver Offering
• The Brass Offering.

What are we missing?

Today it seems the Church is stuck at one place, some of us telling ourselves what we want to hear, claiming we are in the right path,
we have found the truth, we have found the Church. We are trying our best to make things right in the Church, but those whose eyes
have been open to see, knew that there is something wrong somewhere hence they are on their knees praying for the completevisitation  of the Lord - This will not happen until we enter into a covenant with the Lord by sacrifice. The truth is the Church today is not  as it was in the days of the Apostles, we have broken up, clinging unto our own understandings, forming denominations, even orgnisations with God's people. If God opens our eyes to see just a portion of His  entire plan, that is it, we know it all; it is our Ministry, then we go ahead to establish our own denomination where we will have the opportunity to rule and be heard only. There are churches all over. This, brethren, is not the the original plan of God. Even  those who have found the truth about the mystery of Christ and His Church are becoming fanatical about just the aspect revealed to them, unwilling to succumb to the leadership of the holy spirit. We must know that there is not even a single denomination today that is  doing the complete will of God. When we talk about denominations, a lot of people point fingers to Churches with names. But is denomination all about names? The issue of denomination first crop up in the heart. Before the Church in heaven will be divided, Lucifer conceived the idea in his heart, the same thing happens with today's denominationalism, it all begins from the heart. So even if you are  part of the local churches but you still consider yourself different or better than those in the denominations, know that denominationalism  is cropping up in your heart, if you only want to listen to some of the brothers speak, you are denomination in the heart. I agree that the Church is still in the polishing state, and this is the message of the Lord to the Churches concerning the purification of the Church. 

When God speaks

"Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge."

God Himself is the Judge not man, He knows the heart of every man. We will go deeper to see the meaning of all the objects of offering as mentioned earlier in the next part of this article.
 

These articles are the compilation and a critical breakdown of the messages the Lord spoke through different brothers at different place on different occasions continually - The main reason I'm confident about it.
 

God Bless you as you read and share them for the enlightenment of all the saints.