By Bishop Okoh Fryde ENUGU HOUSEHOLD “Truth has no substitute” © BRIDE
OF CHRIST MINISTRY WORLD-WIDE
There is the Supreme
God; and He is a Being that took His origin from Black Africa. Believe it if
you can, God is not found outside Africa. The influence of God is felt
everywhere, but God is living in Africa. Believe it if you
can...
-The Son of Man
From the Message:
LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS VOL. 1 (PP.3)
Brethren, despise Me
not for I am black. The crime of the black is always the same in every nation.
A black man can never acknowledge anything good in a fellow black man. Every
good thing has always been attributed to the white, everything evil attributed
to the black. They are turning the record upside down.
Brethren accept me,
I am a black man. I am your kinsman redeemer. The sun has acted on me well,
well. Weather has acted on me very well. Do not look down on me because I am a
black man. I am your Messiah, I am the Gate, I am the Door, without me you are
not making any headway. Without me no Eternal Life –The
Son of Man
I AM THE DOOR PP.
86, VS 18-19
1
DIVINE INTERVENTION
“I AM THE DIVINE SOURCE, THE TRUE DEITY, THE INFINITE
BEING, THE CAUSE OF ALL CAUSES, AND OF ALL EFFECTS; ONE WHO GOVERNS THE WHOLE
COSMOS. BELIEVE IT IF YOU CAN”-Son of Man-
These words tend to define the totality of
the being in our midst. He is the cosmic spirit of the living light whom the
entire existence of man hangs upon His perfect point of decision.
2.
He only remains the spirit of beneficence and wisdom and
the strongest personality in existence. All is accomplished by His Sole actions
and His energy is inexhaustible.
3.
He is the glorious victory of love and learning and he
alone maketh our mortality worthwhile. The Ancient of Days and the Perfect
Master who will ever remain the only key that can unlock the mysteries that
hangs beyond the reason of man.
4.
His appearance on this earth plain in this generation
that is perverse is solely to release the bonded minds glued to religions and
heathen practices and make them heaven bound. He remains a blessing to those
who believe and a curse to those who heard Him and refused to obey.
5.
“I WILL HEAR WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SPEAK:
FOR HE WILL SPEAK PEACE UNTO HIS PEOPLE AND TO HIS SAINTS: BUT LET THEM NOT
TURN AGAIN TO FOLLY.
6.
SURELY HIS SALVATION IS NIGH THEM THAT FEAR HIM; THAT GLORY MAY DWELL IN
OUR LAND. MERCY AND TRUTH ARE MET TOGETHER: RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE HAVE KISSED
EACH OTHER.
TRUTH SHALL SPRING OUT OF THE EARTH,
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL LOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN”
Psalms 85:8-11 [KJV]
7.
Son of Man started as a Breeder. (A breeder is one who
rears animals). We were likened to animals before he came. When he began his
ministry, most of those he met were those with discouraging and less desirable
characteristics who refused to adhere and accept his instructions and leadership.
8.
Those who refused to be bred left. Painstakingly he
moved on knowing that human nature finds it difficult to accept the truth and
more so when they have been entangled by traditional belief system cum
religion. He continued this process of transforming a less evolved soul
personalities into a more refined state. It took a lot of sacrifice and He was/is
doing all these for our sake.
9.
“I WILL BRING THE BLIND BY A WAY THAT THEY
KNEW NOT; I WILL LEAD THEM IN PATHS THAT THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN. I WILL MAKE
DARKNESS LIGHT BEFORE THEM, AND CROOKED THINGS STRAIGHT. THESE THINGS WILL I DO UNTO THEM AND NOT FORSAKE THEM” Isaiah 42:16 {KJV}
10.
Has the scripture not fulfilled. Didn’t he do as he promised?
Did he abandon us not minding our stupidity and stubbornness which we have been
exhibiting?
11.
“BECAUSE THAT WHEN THEY KNEW GOD, THEY GLORIFY HIM NOT AS GOD, NEITHER WERE THANKFUL,
AND BECAME VAIN IN THEIR IMMAGINATION, AND THEIR FOOLISH HEARTS WAS DARKENED”
Romans 1:21 (KJV)
12.
For we to have a change of heart, we must accept
holistically all the words emanating from the mouth of our Breeder, Our Master and
our God. What does this entail – having absolute faith in Him? Then the
question arises – WHAT IS FAITH? Son of man said that – “faith starts where
knowledge stops”.
13.
Larry Huggins contributed thus “Faith is confidence in
the veracity of what God has said”.
14.
In her own words, Carrier Judd Montgomery said, “You get
faith by studying the word”.
15.
Another writer said, “Faith isn’t the ability to believe
long and far into the misty future. It is simply taking God by His WORD and
taking the next step”.
16.
Rex Rouis has
this to say “faith comes alive when the word read from the page becomes the
word heard in your heart”.
17.
There are two types of faith – the natural faith acquired
through experience and tailored with pride and over confidence and the
supernatural faith which is a gift from God and Divine. This faith never fails
but natural faith in most cases end up in frustration and disappointment.
18.
“AND HE WAS IN THE HINDER PART OF THE SHIP
ASLEEP ON A PILLOW; AND THEY AWAKE HIM, AND SAY UNTO HIM, MASTER CAREST THOU
NOT THAT WE PERISH.
19.
AND HE AROSE AND REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID
UNTO THE SEA, “PEACE, BE STILL”.
20.
AND THE WIND CEASED AND THERE WAS A GREAT
CALM. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM “WHY ARE
YOU SO FEARFUL? HOW IS IT THAT YE HAVE NO FAITH? AND THEY FEARED EXCEEDINGLY,
AND SAID ONE TO ANOTHER, ‘WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS, THAT EVEN THE WIND AND
THE SEA OBEY HIM” – MARK 4:38-41 [KJV]
21.
Is this not the demonstration of Supernatural Faith in action?
The same spirit who did that is still with us bodily. David as recorded by the
Biblical history defeated Goliath, the Philistine giant by supernatural faith
using a tiny stone.
22.
The faith of the centurion that met Jesus as regards his
sick servant also reflected the supernatural faith which is Divine. When Moses cast
his rod and a snake appeared, didn’t his snake swallow that of Pharaoh?
23.
When supernatural faith is displayed all eyes must
marvel because it must stagger the human imagination but when the natural faith
which can be magical or cultic is displayed, the difference is clear.
24.
Adolf Hitler, the German dictator using his power of
oratory, demonic energy and a capability of bending men to his will either
individually or in mass caused the death of over 50,000,000 people and
destruction of thousands of cities and towns during the Second World War.
25.
His actions were expression of natural faith based on
conviction, pride, demonic power which had no supernatural backing and because
of that, he dragged his people who, to their shame, followed him willingly to
their doom.
26.
Hannibal, the Carthaginian General, warlord and
conqueror, Leonidas the Spartan king, Genghis Khan, an uneducated savage that
ruled Mongol and many others did all their various conquests by applying
natural faith which the result of their actions are all left for history.
27.
Canute the Great, the savage King of Denmark, Norway,
England and Sweden because of his ruthless and war like attitude he conquered
many cities and that gave him false status – he saw himself as god, but when he
decided out of pride and over confidence to challenge God, by using his natural
faith to command the sea to recede on the shore, he was disappointed, then he
noticed that there is a great difference between natural and supernatural
faith.
28.
This made him to bow to the Almighty God and he
proclaimed “God is the only king whom all things obey. It is him you should
honour”.
29.
This is a comparative analysis which has revealed to us
that without God no man can have that gift of supernatural faith. He alone
gives the gift.
30.
Brethren, it is this Supernatural Faith that Son of Man through
His teachings, WORDS, and leadership has transmitted into all of us. He told us
that once we are in the Son of man, we are laminated and no evil will come our
ways.
31.
You march on scorpion, have a snake bite, touch naked
wire, etc and once you call that name, nothing will happen. Is it a natural
faith that we exhibited? NO! It is a supernatural faith because He, the son of
man has created supernatural beings moving about on the earth plain.
32.
This Supernatural Faith comes by accepting the one sent
in our midst as having the totality of God head and when we believe, we can
then exhibit that power of faith that remains the fruit of a special revelation
from God.
33.
Our spiritual power depends on God himself, speaking
those promises to us. Andrew Murray said that supernatural faith is – “it is
nothing other than the certainty that what God says is true” and an unknown
author added “faith is not belief without proof, but trust without
reservation”.
34.
“YOU MUST ENTER INTO THE FAITH OF THE SON OF
MAN BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO KNOW YOUR POSITION IN THE SON OF MAN. YOU CANNOT STAY
OUTSIDE THE FAITH OF THE SON OF MAN AND KNOW YOUR POSITION IN HIM” – Revelation from
God Vol.2 pages 33 vs2 -Son of Man-
35.
If we accept the Son of Man as our God and savior who
came purposely to sanitize our contaminated and poisoned minds then our
characters from now should manifest so
36.
“ANY MESSAGE THAT DOES NOT TRANSFORM THE LIFE OF A MAN
IS NOT WORTHY TO BE PREACHED. ANY MESSAGE YOU KNOW NO MAN CAN OBEY, NO MAN CAN
KEEP, NOBODY SHOULD PREACH IT” – IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD, YOU ARE MY
DISCIPLES INDEED – If you continue in my words you are my
disciples Indeed. page 56:30
-Son of Man-
37.
As Rex Rouis said in the same way that salt without
taste is worthless, and a lamp that is covered is useless, so faith without
action is lifeless. faith cometh by hearing the word of God and so it must be
expressed, it must be reflected and it must be defined. SELAH.
2
PERIOD OF WAITING
KINGS THAT PLEASED GOD WERE ONLY THOSE THAT
WAITED ON GOD. LEADERS THAT NEVER MADE SHIPWRECK WERE ALL THAT DIDN’T STRUGGLE
TO THE THRONE. THEY WERE ALL THAT WAITED ON GOD. USING JOSHUA FOR EXAMPLE:
REMEMBER AARON WAS A BROTHER TO MOSES. AARON COULDN’T WAIT; HE DESTROYED
HIMSELF. – The Difference between A Friend
and A Neighbor Page 81: 51 -Son of Man-
2.
One of our problems is that we don’t have patience with
God. God works with time and when anything is due, he will act. When the angel
of the Lord appeared to Zacharias informing him that his wife Elizabeth will
bear a son to be named John, did it happen immediately? When she became
pregnant wasn’t there a period of waiting before delivery?{ Luke 1:13-14}.
3.
When angel Gabriel visited Mary and made the promise of
the birth of Jesus Christ wasn’t there a period of waiting?( Luke 1:26-33).
4.
When the Israelites were leaving Egypt to Canaan, while
on their journey in the desert, wasn’t there a period of waiting? When the
cloud stops, they will pinch their tents there for days.
5.
When the mother of our God, the son of man conceived of
him, wasn’t there a period of waiting before his birth? Jesus and Son of Man,
when they came into the world, wasn’t there a period of waiting before they
individually commenced their ministries?
6.
When a student finished sitting for an examination,
common sense informs us that there will be period of waiting before the papers
are marked. God does everything according to time and that’s why we have the
rainy season and dry season, day and night, etc, and that’s why in all God’s
creation time were involved.
7.
So brethren, if we come to the consciousness that God is
a master planner, we will relax our nerve and by faith we will realize that he
knows all we are passing through.
8.
“FOR ALL THESE THINGS DO THE NATIONS OF THE
WORLD SEEK AFTER; AND YOUR FATHER KNOWETH THAT YE HAVE NEED OF THESE THINGS.
BUT RATHER SEEK YE THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO
YOU”
– Luke 12:30-31 [KJV]
9.
An unknown author wrote “God didn’t promise days without
rain, laughter without sorrow or sun without rain, but he did promise strength
for the day, comfort for the tears and light for the way. If God brings you to
it, he will bring you through it”.
10.
Son of Man told us clearly that we should be sustained by
our individual experiences and those experiences are the parameter by which our
faiths are measured and it will also open our eyes to the realities of where we
are and who we are having dealings with. The principle of cause and effect
explains that there is a cause for every effect and effect for every cause.
11.
Mark Victor Hausen added, “Your belief determines your action
and your action determines your result, but first you have to believe”.
12.
God allows our experiences to confront us either to
bring us back from the “lost track” or to test our faith. At that period what
is actually required of us is to remain calm.
13.
An unknown author wrote “calmness is the way we show
that we are trusting God”. Dietrich Bonhoeffer reflected: “Only the believer is
obedient and the obedient believe”.
14.
In the message – the
difference between a friend and a neighbor – page 117:16-17, Son of Man
said, “IF GOD SPEAKS AND THERE IS CONTROVERSY IN YOU, IT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE
NOT BELIEVED GOD, AND YOU CANNOT BELIEVE GOD UNLESS YOU ARE A PART OF GOD, FOR
GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONTROVERSY. CONTROVERSY EXISTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT
OBEYED GOD. HE IS NOT GOD OVER YOU UNTIL YOU HAVE OBEYED HIM. I AM NOT YOUR
COMMANDER IF YOU ARE NOT OBEYING MY INSTRUCTIONS.
15.
AS LONG AS YOU CANNOT OBEY MY INSTRUCTIONS, I CANNOT
GUARANTEE YOU SAFETY IN WAR FRONT. I CAN ONLY GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF MY LOYAL
TROOPS”.
16.
And in another message titled – if you continue in my word, you
are my disciples indeed, page 49 vs9, Son Of Man said, “A BELIEVER
BELIEVES THINGS THAT ARE AGAINST HIM, SO THAT HE WILL CHANGE, THAT IS A
BELIEVER. GOD CALLED US TO OBEY. I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN
SACRIFICE; IF YOU DON’T WANT TO OBEY GOD DON’T TRY HIM. I AM TELLING YOU THE
TRUTH”.
17.
He told us, in this race, we should be focused and watch
the finishing line. We should not allow anything, no matter our present
situation to distract us. Once we obey and act according to his instructions,
we will see ourselves winning laurels.
18.
It is when we have decided to follow and not to lead,
fall in line and not to scatter, watch him and not to look away, that His
Ultimate Grace and love will shine like the crystal stars upon us.
19.
A child that makes his parents happy will always reflect
happiness and confidence in his life. A wife that makes her husband happy
always will also be happy. So if we strive to make God happy always, we will
always be happy.
20.
“Eternal life does
not begin with death, it begins with faith” – quote by Shoemaker Samuel .M.
When we live happily is when we are in harmony with the radiations of God, The
Ultimate that governs the Universe. By so doing, we will have His approval and
He will be proud to call us His children.
21.
We cannot achieve all these by our canal mindset but by
always praying, believing in Him and by so doing, the words He speaks to us
will then transform us to supernatural believers which gives us the
supernatural faith.
22.
Rex Rouis said, “Faith
is God’s sovereign stamp of approval upon the things you are holding for, his
presence graced upon your seeking, and his witness placed upon your request.”
23.
Son of Man in the message – If you continue in my word, you
are my disciples indeed, page 56:30 said, “I am pleading with you now, get reconciled with God; this is a
special favour God has offered you.
24.
Look at how God has brought us
back to himself. Use this opportunity God has granted you, unless you are not
in his salvation programme. If you abuse it, let it be known to you that there
is no second chance. Amen”.
25.
Let our spirits continue to sing praises to God for his
abundant mercies. Let our personalities continue to reflect his aspirations.
Let us continue to believe him no matter the circumstances we find ourselves
but our prayers remains that he should not load us with challenges that can
whither our legs and strength.
26.
A loving father cannot do that to his own but allows
certain situations for a purpose. ONLY HIM KNOWS WHY. It is when we want to
know why that we start grumblings, murmuring, complaining, accusing,
disbelieving and revolting.
27.
Do all these character manifestations solve the
problems? NO! Rather it heightens them and leads to more complex situation
which may end up in frustration.
28.
We should know as Max Lucado puts it “a faith is not the belief that God will do
what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right” God may not
be right before a canal man.
29.
What we ask of him may not be our present need but may
be our present want. He knows at every point in time what is best for us –
sickness, good health, lack of money, plenty of it, etc. Ralph Waldo Emerson
reflected that “All I have seen teaches
me to trust the creator for all I have not seen”.
30.
In the same message – if you continue in my word, you
are my disciples indeed – page 91 vs6, Son of Man said.
31.
“don’t join a
rebellious PERSON; God will uphold you till the end. God has preserved the
disobedient for punishment and obedient with a reward, check your bible”.
32.
Nobody has ever achieved success or marched to stardom
without a visible scar or an experience. The road is thorny, rough and rugged.
With God’s guidance and faith in him the end of the tunnel will be reached.
33.
There is a saying that a faithless one is he or she that
says farewell when the road darkens and also John Tada added: “Sometimes God
allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves”.
34.
Our Lord and teacher made us to understand that there is
a price to pay. So if we know how to please God, let us start now.
35.
In the same message – if you continue in my word, you
are my disciples indeed, page 86:31, Son of Man said, “SOMETHING YOU
KNOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, YOU WILL BE THERE, FEIGNING IGNORANCE, EXPECTING
SOMEBODY TO DO IT FOR YOU. EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE KNOWS HIS RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS FAITH IS BUILT ON THE BASIS OF REALITY”.
36.
We all have individual talents which God endowed us with
and that talent(s) is what we will use to praise and worship God. We should not
shy away from the works of God. If you are a member of the family, you must
protect the interest of the family.
37.
Our major contributions are what God needs from all of
us at this material time so that the unity of the family will be upheld.
38.
Elbert Huggard said, “God will not look you over for
medals, degrees or diplomas but scars”.
39.
It is at this particular moment that our individual
contributions would be measured. Most of us are guilty and it is not late for
us to amend our ways. When we do so, the Law of Natural Attraction will prevail
– like attracts like.
40.
In the world of quantum physics, we know that everything
is energy. Everything has its own vibration, including belief, words and
actions. The energy we will start radiating from now will reveal if we have
changed, it will reveal who we are because our belief will be made manifest,
the words we have heard will question our consciences.
41.
-If you continue in my word, you are my disciples
indeed, page 70:68, Son of Man revealed in that message that “GOD HAS
CHOSEN YOU FOR HIMSELF; YOU ARE CHOSEN AND SEPARATED FOR THE LORD AND YOUR GOD
ONLY. IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR TARGET WILL NOT BE TO PLEASE BROTHER OR SISTER BUT
TO PLEASE GOD ALONE”
42.
Our duty is to please God alone. His messages to us
remain the spiritual matrix upon which our faith have been growing and
developing. As a paradigm shift, it has actually changed our collective
perception and has also finally erased our spiritual blindness, weaknesses and
doubtful spirits that had engulfed our minds before we met him in person.
43.
All these messages invigorate the mind and provide the
needed supernatural faith that had been keeping us moving.
44.
The supernatural experiences we had encountered on this
journey remains an eye opener. Yes most of us are still passing through various
experiences in life but we can’t deny the fact that there was never a time God
put smiles on our faces.
45.
Remember God warned us about syndicating our problems.
He made it clear to us that we should be sustained by our individual
experiences and that is only what can keep us stead fast in this faith and also
it will make us not to be shaken by the events and fortunes of the world. God
makes people rich and adds no sorrow.
46.
Our collective prayers should be for God to keep us
healthy and alive with sound mind believing that one day He will remember us.
There is a time for everything. Some of us who are today enjoying financial
blessings from God went through stumbling, rocky and tortuous terrains in the
past.
47.
HAVE WE SUFFERED LIKE THEM? We have heard the
testimonies of Son of Man. How many of us can bear what he went through? Let’s
tell ourselves the truth. He is our masterpiece and a living example.
48.
Blessings of God come in different shades and colours.
Some may be Red, some Yellow, some Blue, others White, etc. all these colours
have their individual effects in the colour spectrum. No one is useless.
49.
That’s why God created all the beautiful landscapes that
adorn the universe in different shades of colours, all manifesting his beauty
and glory.
50.
When we view the rising sun from the East in the
morning, we can appreciate the various colours playing complimentary roles,
creating harmonious relationship and also when the sun is receding in the West,
another shades of classically laid out colours will appear portraying His essence
and love.
51.
What a marvelous spectacle! When we see all these
manifestations, don’t they portray the supreme wisdom of God? SELAH.
3
CONCLUSION
Let me start by quoting Hensi J.M. Nouwen,
he said – “Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our
life is not success, popularity or power but self rejection.
2.
Success, popularity and power can indeed present a great
temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are, part
of much larger temptation is self rejection. When we have come to believe in
the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity and
power are easily perceived as attractive solutions.
3.
The real trap,
however, is self rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as
soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking: “Well
that proves once again that I am nobody” – (my dark side says). I am no good –
I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected and abandoned.
4.
“Self rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual
life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved. Being
the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence”.
5.
Our faith in God is not a blind faith. “Belief is having a firm conviction that
something is true, not hoping it’s true”.
6.
Corrier Broom said, “Every
experience God gives us, every person he puts in our lives is the perfect
preparation for the future that only He can see”.
7.
Faith is about doing. You are how you act. I am how I
act, not just how you or I believe. By acting on the word the Son of Man has
for many years been teaching us, we will be able to get across the darkest tunnel.
8.
A rabbit that
runs faster than others may be more likely to escape from predators, and algae
that are more efficient at extracting energy from sunlight will grow faster.
9.
We should never be afraid (unless we don’t actually
believe, accept and obey the words and instructions of son of man) to trust our
unknown future to known God. Watching the main attraction and not taking part
in all the actions revolving around the Bride remains an open question for all
of us to answer.
10.
We should remember that “the beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of
true faith is the end of anxiety” as George Mucler puts it. As we are
marching on, let our faith in the son of man be our main thrust.
11.
Let our trust in his leadership be our anchor. Let our
obedience to His instructions be our pillow and let our individual and
collective experiences backed by God continue to propel us with enough wisdom,
courage, focus so that we can navigate this turbulent waters to the land of
eternity.
PRAYER
O! thou Solitary Spirit of entire existence,
Ancient of the Ancient Ones, Most Higher Intelligence beyond the comprehension
of created beings, inspire in us a measure of thy peace and abundant love. We
all acknowledge the authority of Thy Divinity. There is no other greater than You.
2.
Let Your words manifesting through the highest fountain
of knowledge keep us in check. We pray that we may always please thee so that
you will always be in a position to bless us and lead us on through the trials
of life.
3.
We always remember your kindness, protection and love
towards we all and may we in humility ask you to help us act accordingly
because without your mercy we can achieve nothing.
4.
We hope on you to take us across the portal of darkness
into the greatest transcendental illumination. It will be an enthralling
experience. AMEN.
5.
You are blessed, sir.
Bishop
Okoh Fryde