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50 Days Of Awakening!

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50 Days Of Awakening!

 

Genesis 26:18
"And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham, his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them."

Brethren, just as Isaac dug the wells of Abraham, GFC 24/7 One-Stop Radio will begin a 50 days Awakening for all and sundry as from November 10th to the 31st of December as we "DIG" the wells of the history of the church. During these 50 days, we will be featuring the teachings of the pioneers of the past four centuries. It is going to be a spiritual journey that can't leave anyone the same.

Expect to encounter God uniquely as we explore the gold mines of the past moves of God and those God used in extraordinary ways. You will be mightily inspired by THE REFORMERS, revivalists, and Apostolic leaders of the last centuries.

It would be best if you don't miss this life-transforming encounter for anything. The schedule is for every top of the hour as from November 10th, 24/7 for 50 days! You can't go through these 50 days encounter and be ordinary in 2021.

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A tree without roots will wither sooner or later.

The Christianity we see today with its superficiality and lack of real depth is as a result of the disconnect of today's church from the history of what she represents. A tree only grows from its roots.

As we dig the wells of Abraham ( Pioneers of faith in church history), we will be inspired by their consecration to the Lord and find the secret of their life and impact in preparation for the next decade 2021 to 2030.

The program will also permit us to discover those timeless principles of the kingdom, which our present "Churchianity" has departed from leading to the mess we see today.

50 Days of spiritual awakening and baptism of fire! The warm-up has already started! At the top of every hour, 24/7, 50 Days of digging the wells of Abraham (Church history and Pioneers of faith). It is a move of God! Don't miss it!

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GIVE BACK MY CHURCH!

Foundation Scripture: 3 John 1: 9

I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us. 

Brethren, everywhere you go to within the church world, you will often meet people who are interested in what God is saying to the church. If you are one of such individuals, then brace up for what you are about to hear. I firmly believe that one of those things Christ is saying today to all leaders of churches, denominations and ministries is to give back His church!  

The real head of the church is Christ, not an Apostle, Prophet, Pastor, Teacher, and Bishop. Those serving as ministers of God within the body of Christ were to carry out their ministry in total submission to Christ, who is the head of the church.

Colossians 1: 18

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have the preeminence. 

Sadly, in most quarters of the church world, we still have a situation where some leaders of the church have become more powerful than Christ, who is the head of the church. It is not a new phenomenon; Paul wrote about it in our foundation text. 

3 John 1:9.

I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us. 

When individuals occupying positions in the church become 'too powerful than Christ in the way they function, they will deny access to anyone, including Christ. I can relate to what John, the Apostle, is saying because of my own experience in the field. Diotrephes leaders are widespread within the body of Christ. They run the show and lead without any discernment. If not for 'the Diotrephes,' the edification of the body of Christ could have reached its zenith.

I remember in the early 80s-90s, when those in leadership were quick to discern someone Christ sends their way, even strangers, with a message for God's people. If you had a word from the Lord, then, you would be allowed to share with the brethren. If a man or woman of God comes to a city even without money, but with the pure word of God, church leaders will come together to hear what they have for the people of God. That was the practice in the 80s and 90s but gone today in so many places with very few exceptions. 

To organize a nondenominational program with churches in most cities today, you have to be sharing money to Pastors as you go, and even after collecting the money, you may not see them during the program, talkless of allowing their people attend. 

Christ has his remnant people, but a majority of what we see as churches today are running independently from Christ, the head of the church. It doesn't matter what word God has for his people; most Churches will never let anyone in, not for fear of the unknown, but greed, selfishness, and protectionism. 

Some Church leaders will ask you how much money you have to share with them to open channels for you in their city. Some will go as far as telling you what you must put in their hands before they call for any meeting with other ministers. 

What most people sitting under ministries and denominational roofs don't know is that some of their leaders have made themselves "more powerful" than Christ. God has been speaking, and sending men and women at different times with messages to the Churches, but the "Diotrephes" Pastors, Bishops, Arch-Bishops, Apostles, Prophets won't let Christ in nor those He is sending.

In Revelation 3, verse 20, Christ, the head of the church, 'was kept outside his Church by these "powerful Cartel.' "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Today, the church is ridiculed on several public platforms. Instead of getting angry, let's get back into alignment with God's purpose for the church, and the Lord will take over the battles against his church.

We just came through the Covid-19 lockdown season in several nations. Things are gradually getting back to normal because of the prayers of the remnant church of Jesus Christ. However, if the churches continue without repentance, we will likely get back to something maybe worst. You can take it to the bank! 

Christ is saying to all leaders of ministries, churches, and denominations, "Give Back My Church!" That is the main thing He is asking us to do this season. May the Lord give us the grace to do the needful in Jesus name! Ponder and Stay blessed! 

 

Dr Benard Etta

GFC Visionary

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Where Is The Silicon Valley Of The Church?

Foundation text: Proverbs 8, verse 12. "I Wisdom dwell with prudence and find out knowledge of witty inventions." May the Lord bless his Word in our hearts in Jesus' name! 

Silicon Valley, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area of California, is home to many start-ups and global technology companies. Apple, Facebook, and Google are among the most prominent. It is also the site of technology-focused institutions. The question is, where is The Silicon Valley Of The Church? God is a creative and inventive God; full of wisdom for witty inventions. It is God's desire for his people to be leaders in inventions, smart devices, ingenious contrivances, and bright ideas. 

The question begging for answer is, Why is the church not there? The reason is apparent; we have not given wisdom the place it deserves in the church. People go up mountains to seek God's power, but scarcely his wisdom. We proclaim Christ only as the power of God, but the Scripture says in 1st Corinthians 1, verse 24, that Christ is both the power and the Wisdom of God.

 We spend so much on building physical buildings, but careless about developing minds. Where are our libraries? How many of our local churches, including the Mega ones that have sophisticated libraries for their congregants? Do you see why we don't yet have our own Silicon Valley? Scarcely you find a church program on ingenious creativity, inventions, and innovations, where believers are challenged and inspired to think inventions and creative arts. We wonder why we don't yet have our own Silicon Valley. 

For more than 2000 years, Christ has been proclaimed through the church as the power of God, but He is not only the power of God. He is also the Wisdom of God. We have arrived at the era when Christ will reveal his glory to the world as the Wisdom of God. It will take the Wisdom of God for the church to come out with unmatched creative inventions and innovations as 21st-century "tracts" to introduce Christ as the Wisdom of God to the world. 

God made wisdom his possession at the beginning (Proverbs 8, verse 22) even before He created the heavens and the earth. That explains the secret behind the uniqueness and the glory we see in all his creations. The time has come for the practical application of wisdom in crafting solutions, a time for witty inventions, ingenious contrivances, smart devices, and bright ideas. To operate in the glory of this era as God's people, we must seek God's Wisdom more than we look for silver (Money). The Wisdom of God is Christ. 1 Corinthians 1, verse 24. I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me: Proverbs 8, verse 17. 

Solomon is famous after 4000 years, not for the power he exhibited, but for his wisdom. 

1 Kings 3, verses 5 to 13.

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. Amen! 

The wisdom of Solomon brought royalties to Israel to see and hear the wisdom of Solomon. Famous among them was the queen of Sheba. 

Meditate on Proverbs 8, verses 1 to 36. We are in the wisdom era of the church: Isaiah spells out the impact of this era in his own words in Isaiah 2, verses 2 to 3.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Isaiah's prophetic vision of the last days clearly shows that the nations will come to the mountain of the house of God, not for prophecies or miracles, but to learn the ways of God. Does that mean the power of God will no longer be in operation? That is not what we are saying, the power of God will always be available, but the wisdom of God will take its rightful place as the principal thing. 

Proverbs 4, verse 7.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Wisdom is the principal thing, not power. May the Lord inspire us to seek Him as wisdom in this strategic wisdom era of the church in Jesus name! We hope you have been inspired to seek Christ as wisdom, not limiting Him to power. Glory to God! 

Dr. Etta

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WHEN YOU ARE A THREAT!

When You Are A Threat! When You Are A Threat! When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. Acts 23:12
 
Who is after your life? When last was your life threatened because of your faith, love and impact for Christ? Who is persecuting you?
 
If you are enjoying a quiet life, it may not be a sign of God's grace at work, but an indication that you aren't enough threat to the kingdom of darkness, and what you are doing may be weak and anaemic. When the forces of darkness ignore you, go for a retreat and seek for raw fire!
 
The Jews formed a conspiracy and bounded themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed the Apostle Paul. Why?
 
You don't need to guess! The Apostle Paul wasn't a man-pleaser who plays to the gallery. He was a kingdom revolutionary. He stirred up the wrath of Hell wherever he went. The ideas, visions, dreams, and ministries, which have changed the world, and impacted time and eternity faced the beast.
 
Why would Hell fight an idea, vision, ministry and movement when it is not a threat? That's why the devil sponsors some churches and ministries since they don't threaten his overall agenda.
 
When one is no longer a menace (threat) to forces of darkness, Hell will stop fighting the individual, while concentrating on those carrying out dangerous assignments against the devil's kingdom, and destroying his deceptions.
 
May God help us not to mistake disgrace for grace.
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DrBenard Etta
GFC Visionary
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While the church sleeps, the devil is damaging souls with the Babylonian system. Here is a strategy crafted by an occultist who died 65 years ago. Till today, the system she designed is still dragging people to hell. What system will you develop to repair these damages and spread the gospel massively? THE STRATEGY:- The 10-Point Charter PURPOSE: - To change Christian tradition or to redeem the nations of Christian tradition.

1. TAKE GOD AND PRAYER OUT OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Change the curriculum to ensure that children are freed from the bondage of Christian culture. Why? Because children go to school to be equipped to face life, they are willing to trust and they are willing to value what is being given to them. If you take God out of education, they will unconsciously form a resolve that God is not necessary to face life. They will focus on those things the school counts them worthy to be passed on and they will look at God as an additional if one can afford the additional. N.B. Today they introduce Transcendental Meditation (TM) in schools which takes children to altered states of consciousness to meet with demons (spirit guides) = New Age.

2. REDUCE PARENTAL AUTHORITY OVER THE CHILDREN

Break the communication between parent and child (Why?). So that parents do not pass on their Christian traditions to their children, liberate children from the bondage of their parent traditions (how?)

a) Promote excessive child rights; (1997-1998 South Africa introduced Child rights legislation – UNICEF Charter; Today a child is able to say to parent ‘I do not want to hear that, I don’t want to do what you are telling me. Teachers cannot talk to children, children step up and say I have my rights, you cannot talk to me like that).

b) Abolish corporal punishment; (this has been made law). On the other hand, the Bible says “Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. You shall beat him with a rod and deliver his soul from hell.” (Proverbs 23: 13-14) N.B. Jesus said in the last days – wickedness will increase, there will be rebellion and children will not obey their parents. It is not a trend, it is organized.

c) Teachers are the agents of implementation – from workshops, teachers tell children, “Your parent has no right to force you to pray or read the Bible, you are yourself, have a right of your own, you need to discover yourself, self-expression, self-realization, self-fulfilment are all buzz words.” In the West when the child is 7 years, the teachers begin to say to the child “you have a right to choose whether you want to follow the faith of your parents or not, parents are not allowed to enforce their faith upon you.” Question is, what type of decision can a 7-year-old make?

3. DESTROY THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN FAMILY STRUCTURE OR THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN FAMILY STRUCTURE

(Why?). It is oppressive and that the family is the core of the nation. If you break the family, you break the nation. Liberate the people from the confines of this structure (How?)

a) Promote sexual promiscuity – free young people to the concept of premarital sex, let them have free sex, lift it so high that the joy of enjoying it (sex) is the highest joy in life, fantasize it, that everybody will feel proud to be seen to be sexually active, even those outside of marriage. This is contrary to the word of God which says “… But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints… for this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.” (Ephesians 5: 3-5)

b) Use the advertising industry, media – T.V., magazines, film industry to promote sexual enjoyment as the highest pleasure in humanity. Have they succeeded? Have they done it? If you want to see whether they have succeeded or not, go to the advertising industry, it does everything to catch your attention and today almost no advert comes out without a sexual connotation. Even when they advertise ice cream, they must show you a thigh of a woman and a bikini, they must do something to set off a trail of thoughts. They will show you more thighs than ice cream. Why? Because that is what must be in the minds of the people. N.B. Advertising industry pops out so much money towards their advertisements to the T.V. and radio.

4. IF SEX IS FREE, THEN MAKE ABORTION LEGAL AND MAKE IT EASY

Build clinics for abortion – Health clinics in schools. If people are going to enjoy the joy of sexual relationships, they need to be free of unnecessary fears, in other words, they should not be hampered with unwanted pregnancies. ‘Abortion, as told by Christians, is oppressive and denies our rights, we have a right to choose whether we want to have a child or not. If a woman does not want the pregnancy, she should have the freedom to get rid of that pregnancy painless and as easy as possible’. Today it is not only accessible, it is forced. Today abortion is a strategy to curb population control together with the use of condoms and ‘pill’.

5. MAKE DIVORCE EASY AND LEGAL, FREE PEOPLE FROM THE CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE FOR LIFE.

Alice wrote over 65 years ago that love has got a mysterious link called the love bond. It is like an ovum that comes out of the ovary, as it travels through your system, it clicks a love favor in you and there’s one other person in the world who can respond to that love bond, when you see that person, everything within you clicks, that is your man/woman, if you miss him, you’ll never be happy until that love bond cycles past, for many years, so for you to be happy get that person at whatever cost, if it means getting him/her out of that marriage, get him/her that is your man/woman. It’s a mistake for him/her to be elsewhere. And if you go together for some time and find that love has died, don’t be held in bondage by the Christian values it will never come back, what you need is an easily arranged divorce and allow another love bond to come forth, just like an ovum comes up, and when it comes forth you’ll enjoy life again.

On the contrary, God’s word says in Malachi 2: 16; “For the Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce…” N.B. People enter into marriage having signed contracts of how they will share their things after divorce. People enter with one foot and another behind. In the past, divorce was unthinkable. It is one thing for a marriage to fail but it is another thing for people to enter marriage with an intention to enjoy as long as it was enjoyable and to walk out of it.

6. MAKE HOMOSEXUALITY AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE

Alice Bailey preached (over 65 years ago) that sexual enjoyment is the highest pleasure in humanity, no one must be denied and no one must be restricted on how to enjoy themselves. People should be allowed in whichever way they chose they want, whether it is homosexuality or in incest or bestiality, as long as the two agree. In the world today so many laws have been made that promote homosexuality and give so much freedom to gay rights, that a time will come when it is illegal for a preacher to mention homosexuality as an abomination in the eyes of God, or to read scriptures publicly that talk about homosexuality. At the International scene, Western nations now sanction African countries that have resisted homosexuality, with threats of withdrawing foreign aid and investments.

Today many churches marry gays/lesbians and ordain gay priests. According to the Bible, this is an abomination before the eyes of God. “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.” (Leviticus 18:22)If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. (Leviticus 20:13)

7. DEBASE ART, MAKE IT RUN MAD

How? Promote new forms of art which will corrupt and defile the imagination of people because art is the language of the spirit, that which is inside, you can bring out in painting, music, drama etc. Look at the quality of the music that is coming out, the films out of Hollywood.

8. USE MEDIA TO PROMOTE AND CHANGE MINDSET

The greatest channel you need to use to change human attitude is media. Use the press, the radio, T.V, cinema. You can tell today how successful they have been in implementing the plan over 65 years via media as well as advertising agencies, billboards, magazines. Who controls the media? (New Age). So much money is pumped into media and advertising spreading of pornographic material and other sources. Sex outside of marriage is thrown on your face 80-90 times than sex in marriage. Promiscuity is being promoted as natural, you watch gay sex on T.V. in homes where children’s minds are being neutralized to sensitivity to these things. You wonder why newspapers, T.V, etc do not record anything about Christian activities.

9. CREATE AN INTERFAITH MOVEMENT

Promote other faiths to be at par with Christianity, and break this thing about Christianity as being the only way to heaven, by that Christianity will be pulled down and other faiths promoted. She said promote the importance of man in determining his own future and destiny – HUMANISM. She said tell man he has the right to choose what he wants to be and he can make it happen, he has the right to determine his cause – this takes God off His throne. Interfaith movements are rising everywhere in the world today.

10. GET GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE ALL THESE LAW AND GET THE CHURCH TO ENDORSE THESE CHANGES. 

The church must change its doctrine and accommodate the people by accepting these things and put them into its structures and systems. Have they succeeded? Today you wonder why our governments are legislating laws contrary to the Bible and why the church is compromising the Word of God. It is a process of implementing The Plan - A 50-year strategy of the New Age Movement to fulfil its ultimate goal to establish a One World Government, a One World Economic system and a One World Religion. Today the strategy almost in its entirety has been adopted by the United Nations and today a lot of it is already law in many nations. This deception has crept up unobserved on so many people. It can best be demonstrated through the well-known analogy of the frog in the pot of water. If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it is smart enough to know that it is in terrible danger and will immediately jump out to safety. But if you turn up the heat very slowly, a little at a time, it doesn’t notice the changes that are taking place and will slowly cook to death.

Many people today are slowly cooking to death and don’t seem to realize how far they have come from where they once were. Today the Western World is not struggling to resist these because the New Age Movement focused primarily on the West because that was the Christian world in the 19th century. The New Age Movement has a school called the Akanni School, which is the school of all the leaders of the Western world. They subscribe to it. It is recorded that they say they have succeeded the task in the West but suddenly they realize Christianity has migrated to the rest of the world, so they have now to use every resource in the West to deal with the rest of the world.

In Africa, South Africa is the number one state, it is changing at such a rapid speed. They are saying give to the African States a financial package with conditions to Legalize abortion Take God and prayer out of school. Governments are so attracted to this package, they can’t say no to it, they need the money, and they ask the church to find an answer. These are done secretly.

Christianity is 5%, the rest is Hinduism, Buddhism, and Spiritism. New Age is being taught to teachers, they are being taught to teach this in schools. It is interesting to note that Blavatsky, Besant and Alice Bailey (1880 -1949) were well known Masonic leaders of the day. Albert Pike referred to Freemasonry as the ‘custodian’ or special guardian of these occult secrets and revealed the hidden agenda of his institution, the forming of a Luciferic One World Government.

Watch and pray.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT!

 
When you get into something older than you, ask"the good way" from those who have been there before you came.
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We are all children of God, but we don't operate at the same level of revelation and authority. Even in heaven, there are Elders!
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In the body of Christ, we are in three levels. Children, Emerging leaders and Fathers. 1 John 2: 12-14.#ReceiveSense
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Anyone teaching you that you are equal with the Elders in the faith is preparing you for self-destruction. #ReceiveSense
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Lucifer craves for a lawless world, and he is working 24/7 to undermine the place of authority at home, church and society.
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There are foundational truths that must remain unchanged irrespective of progress in time & civilization. Don't alter them!
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Any "Reformation" that seeks to change the unchanging statutes, precepts and concepts of God's infallible Word is 'Deformation.'
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Fathers of faith are not necessarily titled clergies,but those raised by God into that dimension of authority & Responsibility.
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Elders & Fathers of faith are "Made by God" and chosen from "the furnace of affliction" to guide and lead the body of Christ.
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Titles don't make a person an Elder in the faith. The fact that we have opportunists who are masquerading as elders and fathers and causing harm; that doesn't mean the underline principle is questionable. What we need is the discernment to distinguish between fake and the real deal. Just as nature teaches us the value of parents, spiritually, God has put in place parents in the faith. This equality notion designed to grant premature independence to people who should be under genuine authority is responsible for the madness we see in Pentecostal circles today. We don't worship men but God, but failure to submit to spiritual authority leads to spiritual chaos.
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We are in a state of chaos in Christendom today, especially within pentecostal circles because children and emerging leaders are now parading themselves as elders and fathers of the faith. As a result, the children of God are misled, misinformed, and misdirected, leading to colossal damages. The underline cause of this mayhem is the quest for control and earthly vanities. God is correcting this error in his own way!
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Dr. Etta
GFC Visionary
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Prescription To Avoid Disaster!

Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

The text above unveils the reason for the several casualties among emerging leaders within Christendom the world over. The Lord gave me the leading to post this message; maybe someone needs it.

When you come into something older than you, it is wise to keep pride aside and talk to those who understand "the good way." It doesn't matter how gifted you are, build a relationship with those with a genuine heart, who knows the path of truth, not the dubious or diabolical way.

Individuals who have been on the path before you gave your life to Christ or joined the ministry, and are still walking with the Lord with increasing commitment and wisdom. Please, don't allow the crowd or praises from people to 'swell your head,' be humble and surround yourself with those who can tell you the truth even when it hurts.

Be wary of those who want your offerings, but can't tell you the truth either because they are enemies of the cross of Christ themselves. We have many of them out there; collecting envelopes, and carrying out money-driven ordinations, but can't give proper direction and guidance.

Jeremiah 6:16 says;

-Stand ye in the ways, and see!

- Ask for the old paths, where is the good way?

- Walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

"But they said, We will not walk therein," Sad!
The above statement is the unfortunate position some emerging leaders have taken, especially those who say they are prophets. And it is the reason for the several casualties today the world over.

When the Lord speaks, they don't listen. They run away from anyone who can show them the right way. What is driving some of them is the desire for fame, name, wealth and influence, and once they begin to see a level of success, they start thinking they have arrived. Those who were supposed to play the role of fathers in their lives become colleagues or subordinates. I see more casualties piling up if we continue on the wrong path. May the Lord have mercy!

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Dr.Benard Etta                                                                                                                                    GFC Visionary

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PONDER!

Completing the mission before us is what matters and not necessarily being successful in the definition of the world. What the world considers as success isn't it in the perspective of the kingdom of light.

It is easy to substitute the completion of one's assignment with success in the world's view. Most leaders are distracted by their obsession for success, and as a result, they are losing sight of the mission before them.

The church of the Laodiceans was successful in the world's perspective (Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing). However, in God's eyes, they were "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." Rev 3:17

That is the problem with the world's perspective of success; it makes people proudful and boastful of their financial and material wealth but blinds them to their true condition. 

The church of the Laodiceans thought they needed nothing because of their financial and material success, but unknowing to them, they were "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

In the kingdom of God, what some consider as 'poor' could be great riches, and riches, gross poverty.

Sadly, the church today in some quarters is divided between the line of 'rich' and 'poor,' a reflection of the world's system. As a result, the race to be successful ( Make money and acquire material things) has replaced the passion for getting the 'job' (Mission) completed. Also, the above mindset deprives us of seeing the connection between what God has given us and the completion of the mission. 

Hear this, if we don't repent and press on, laying down everything to get the job done, we may be here during certain phases of the Great Tribulation, which wasn't God's perfect will. And all the rhetorics about leaving the earth before the Great Tribulation will not change that since it wasn't associated with 'getting the job done!'

We can hasten the coming of the Lord, or delay it! It depends on when we get the job done. The wise will understand! 

Ponder!

Dr. Etta

GFC Visionary

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IF ONLY WE LISTENED!

PSALM 81:13-16

"Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured forever. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee."

As powerful as God is, yet there are things He won't do with us if we choose not to listen to Him. God has been speaking, and He is still speaking, but are we listening? Some people have chosen what to listen to, especially if it is what they want to hear.

2Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears, they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

Remember King Ahab, he had 400 self-promoted Prophets telling him to go to war with the assurance of victory, but the only person he didn't want to listen to was the one with a message from heaven.

1Kings 22:5-7

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD." 6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, "Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?" "Go up," they replied, "and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king." But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?"

The days are evil; we can reduce the casualties if we choose to listen to the 'orders' heaven is issuing by the Spirit through God's messengers. Be weary of people who are always dishing out what you want to hear and not what God is saying.

What was Ahab's problem with Micaiah?

1Kings 22: 8

"There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." 

When you meet a true messenger of God, you may tend to hate him because they will only tell you God's mind and not necessarily what you want to hear.

One of the distractions of the last days against believers is the 'flood of men and women who are professing mandates God hasn't given them, who claim to be speaking on God's behalf when they don't even know His order. The Pentecostal movement is in trouble, but God will see us through this season.

Read what Micaiah told King Ahab.

1Kings 22: 28

And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. 

Did King Ahab return in peace as the 400 self-styled prophets told him? The answer is NO! (VS 37) God has been speaking and is still speaking, are we listening?

Ponder!

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The proof of our belief in the second coming of the Lord is not our preaching about his coming, but how it impacts the way we think, live and do things. When you finally accept the truism of the return of the Lord, the following signs will be visible in your life

1) You will set your mind on things above. Colossians 3: 2

Competing for the things of this life will no longer be a part of your lifestyle. That does not mean you will no longer go to school, work or create wealth, etc., but God's kingdom will be the heart and soul of everything you do and possess.

2) You will live a moderate life (saving extra cash) in favour of aggressive soul-winning and perfecting the Saints kingdom projects.

Christ told the rich guy in the Bible to sell everything he had and to give the money to the poor. Luke 18:22, Matthew 19:21-22

What best gift can someone give the poor? Christ said He came to preach to the poor. Who were those Christ referred to as the poor? Luke 4:18

I believe he was referring to the entire human population that is not in a relationship and right standing with God. Any human being, whether wealthy or financially weak who is not in a relationship and right 'standing' with the creator of the heavens and earth, is spiritually poor.

Secondly, any 'church' that considers herself powerful because of their material and financial strength and not their spiritual alignment with God's will and kingdom agenda is wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Revelation 3: 14-18

So, when you say you believe in the coming of the Lord, the proof isn't your post on social Media or preaching about his return, but the extent you are willing to go in denying yourself certain things, to make provision for the gospel both to the poor in the world and church.

I sometimes wonder how a believer or minister who invests several thousands of dollars on highly expensive clothing, wrists watches, pieces of jewellery, holidays, cars and others can claim to believe in the return of the Lord. I know this right here is like setting the idols of some individuals on fire. Why? They have accepted a lie that acquiring those things is a sign of God's goodness. Who bewitched us?

The reason we weren't supposed to live like the people who don't know the Lord is that we have a mission, and time isn't in our favour. Secondly, we also understand that this world is passing away as the scripture says.

2Peter 3:10-12

Let's ask ourselves, if COVID-19, which has shut down several nations was the actual coming of the Lord, what would have become of all the things we have amassed? I'm talking about our millions in the bank, private Jet planes in airport hangers, the several expensive fleets of cars, our multi-million dollar 'church' auditoriums and others we use for showing off? Ponder!

You can't believe in the coming of Christ and live for the things of this world. Claiming to believe in the return of the Lord while competing for the things of the world is hypocritical. Sadly, it seems that is where we are now!

We preach about His coming; we post it on Facebook, but our hearts aren't after what He is after. We bother less about the millions of souls perishing, and millions of believers in need of the word. Making the sacrifice toward project soul winning and perfecting the saints seems to be very unpopular these days, especially before COVID-19.

"Woe to those preachers and believers who live like 'earthly kings' while millions of people are dying in the valley of decision and several millions of believers without the word."

Meditate On the text below!

2 Peter 3:10-12

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

It is time to stop the hypocrisy! If we believe in the return of the Lord, we won't live for the things of this world anymore. We'll live wholly for the Lord and his kingdom. Whatever we do or acquire will have the kingdom of God at the centre and the reason for everything. 

Oh, Lord, have mercy! Ponder And Stay Blessed

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"Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word (o. logos) of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God." 2 Corinthians 4:1-2

When people visit witch-doctors, most of the time, they just want "solution." They don't care if the witch-Doctors sacrifice other human beings or engage in horrible immoral acts for their power. That isn't the concern of the people; they want their "solution." Sadly, most people come into the kingdom of God with the same mentality.

Listen, none of us is perfect, but it is worth knowing that the life of a messenger of the kingdom matters. It isn't loyalty to stay under a ministry whose leader is perpetually engrossed in immoral acts, but religious bewitchment.

There is a lifestyle that disqualifies one from ministry even if the individual continues with ministry activities. Some of us are still in the race today because we were told this truth.

There is a difference between blackmail and reality, and Kingdom leaders are always subject to attacks aimed at destroying their reputation. That is understood! However, in a situation where a leader continuously engages in immoral acts, don't allow such to lay their hands on you. That is not rebellion but maturity.

Leaders aren't perfect but must endeavor by the grace of God to be good examples.

You say someone is your 'spiritual father;' he gets into occultism, you are still there! He changes 'sex partners' like one is changing clothes. Still, he is your "spiritual father." Hahahahaha! Where is he leading you to except to hell? God, save this generation from bewitchment!

Ministry is not for everyone! Those who aren't ready to crucify the "Old man" and its based desires should leave the ministry alone!
We were to follow a leader as they follow Christ!

Pentecostals, it is time to wake up! The kingdom isn't about miracles and solutions; the devil also performs miracles and provides temporary solutions. It is time we focus on the life we live. May God help us!


DrBenard Etta

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