How Can You Say Goodbye To Your Godly Heritage?

• How Can You Say Goodbye To Your Godly Heritage?
  ByEvangelist. Ilona Henry Afamefun
  
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• Sometimes, I have decided never to write again, yet something keeps propelling me in my spirit to speak out, it burns in me like fire, oh yes, fire begat fire, I belong to the fire group (He Jesus, will baptise His own with the Holy Spirit & Fire) .
  No idiot, principalities, dominion, thrones, powers, etc, would make me to shut up my mouth like a fool, such a power has not been born, I belong the eternal victor-Jesus.
  
  I will like us to consider some bible passages in this article and carefully consider and rethink, if we Christians are really truthful to ourselves, if we are really defending the faith that has been once and for all delivered to the saints, of which Jesus and the apostles gave their lives to preserve.
  I would like us to read together verse to verse of 1 Kings 21, you all know the story.
  
  No wonder so many of our children know the names of sex idol television movie and pop stars, but they don’t know of the names of bible heroes, (what a pitiable state for Christianity)
• We would be reading about the story of Naboth the Jezreelite and his vineyard and of Ahab king of Samaria and his malodorous request to Naboth to give him (king Ahab) his vineyard, and Naboth’s response and refusal, we are going to see how this story relates to Christianity.
  This article would be somehow lengthy, but please take a breath and relax a little bit, reload your mind and keep on reading-until you get to the core of the matter.
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  I would be taking my text from 1 Kings 21, using the American Standard Version.
  We are going to see how this story is relevant to all generations past, present and future; it is a story of enduring legacy for all them that will fear God.
  
  1 Kings 21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
  
  I want you to notice something here, Naboth had an inheritance from his fathers, that inheritance was beside king Ahab’s palace, how does this story relate to Christianity, what on earth does this story has to do with Christianity?
  
  Do you know the meaning of vineyard in the spiritual sense, okay I will like us to see what the bible has to say about vineyard and how it relates to Christians, but before I proceed further, I want you to remember who king Ahab was, an Israelite king with a weak faith moral competence, also you should note that Samaria was never a godly city, it was founded on human ideology, I will not go into details about Samaria and all the stuffs that accompany it, but I just want to create a literal mental image of what Samaria is all about with that of Ahab.
  
  I am quoting John 15 : 1-I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
  
  Can you see that the vine here stands for Jesus, he is the true vine and we are the branches, we are expected to bear good fruits, as the vine of Naboth is near the palace of Ahab, so is that glorious and precious name near at the ears of the kings of the earth, it is up to them to accept Him and be saved or reject him and be judged.
  
  1 Kings 21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
  
  Foolish Ahab, he wants to buy Naboth’s vineyard with money, a precious inheritance handed down to him by his fathers, as Ahab asked Naboth to give him his precious vineyard for money or in exchange for a worthless and valueless terrain, so are the world institutions asking us to compromise our faith, stop preaching about Jesus publicly, promising us false security, financial aids (as if God needs their money), recognition, etc, only if we can stop preaching the dead, resurrection and the Lordship of Jesus (are you catching the joke) ?
  
  1 Kings 21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
  
  Good response from Naboth, Ahab thought he could cower Naboth with the promises of materialistic wealth in acceptance to give out his precious vineyard. Oh my God, how does this relate to Christianity, what is this idiot talking about?
  Okay, I would like us to go to the book of Acts 5:27-28,
  
  And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us (King James Version) .
  
  Could you see how the council or whatever tried to shut up the apostles mouth from declaring the eternal truth, Ahab tried to bribe Naboth over his vineyard, the council threatening the apostles to keep quiet or face extermination, even as the world and her idiotic governmental systems are threatening Christians to stop preaching that name Jesus, please notice why the council wanted to apostles to stop preaching that name, and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us, whenever we preach the gospel uncompromisingly, we declare the world guilty before the lamb, we dare Satan to the face, we turn the world upside down and bring man’s ideological and philosophical satire to a thing of naught, we proclaim the lamb worthy and bring down to earth God’s kingdom to the heart of men of goodwill (praise the Lord somebody) .
  
  1 Kings 21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
  
  Whenever the gospel is preached undiluted, the hearts of evil men begin to boil, sleep and aggrandizement will flee from their hearts, their delicacies would be turned in gall and wormwood, peace will be taken away from their hearts, why, because the truth is piercing, discovering all the secrets of the mind.
• I believe by now you are getting the whole scenario, okay, let us come home to the New Testament and see the similar of Naboth, continuing from the book of Acts 5, now we are traveling through verses 29-33
  
  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
  
  Can you see the Naboths of their time, people who will never cower down to empty demonic threats and fallacious promises of mythical nonsensical nonsense?
  A people whose sole goal is to declare the truth at all cost necessary, a people who would die obeying their God rather than man and his foolish ideology.
  
  Though Naboth stood his ground, he paid a price for it, but that was not the price paid for evil deeds or being deviancy, no not all, he paid the price that every godly and principled person would pay for the sake of the truth.
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  1 Kings 21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
  1 Kings 21:6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
  1 Kings 21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  
  Oh yes, the people of the world always believe that imposing antichristian laws could stop Christianity, they can stop the messenger, but they cannot stop the message, they can imprison the preacher, but they cannot imprison the word.
  How easily our leaders are been overtaken and manipulated by Jezebelian political advisors, whose main goal is to shut up the people of the word.
  
  1 Kings 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.
  1 Kings 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
  1 Kings 21:10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.
  1 Kings 21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
  1Kings 21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
  1 Kings 21:13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
  
• 1 Kings 21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
  1 Kings 21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
  
• 1 Kings 21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
  
  Jezebel’s plans did work fine for her, good, at times the world would behave as if they are for God, you see guys, we ourselves are Christians, in fact we are knights in our churches, we are defenders of the faith, but you see, you know, politically speaking, ideologically viewable, philosophically touching, humanistically and otherwise, we are ought to be tolerant and not discriminating.
• When we go to church, we become godly, but when it comes to politics, even Jesus said; give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.
  Can you see them putting laws in place that are anti God, preach against homosexuality, you get yourself into trouble, we should live in unity with evil doers and not to discriminate, we are told what to preach in the church and what not to preach, some churches have began to remove the blood of Jesus and Jesus is Lord from their hymn books, some have began to wed homosexuals and lesbians, calling it holy matrimony, Jezebels have succeeded in destroying our godly heritage, but they will never go free, their plans will never work, for it is written;
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  Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us (Isaiah 8:9-10).
  
  All them who have tried to quench the fire of the word, ended up becoming preachers and propagators of the word, no one can fight against the God of the Christians, no one can quench the tide, their plans will always to come to a futile.
  
  Voltaire (1694-1778) promised to write off the bible in hundred years, after fifty years, his house became a bible printing house (praise the Lord somebody) .
  Naboth paid with his life defeating Ahab, our brothers did the same:
  
  Rev 12:11 Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives (Contemporary English Version).
  
  Hallelujah, hallelujah, we will not give up nor succumb, until every heart the kingdom message proclaimed, until our lives for the sake of the lamb and of the testimony have been poured out, until from Africa’s well the lamb drinks.
  
  We will continue the fight, until they (the enemy) surrender, we will neither give up nor flee from the face of the enemy, no matter how numerous his host may be, until heaven comes to our aid and dashes in pieces the hordes of darkness.
  
  Let the sleeping giant awake, O America, sleep no more, let not the children of the ungodly your heritage destroy, remember the price your founding fathers paid to build America on godliness, let not the burning candle of liberty quench.
  
  Let the godly and the fearless arise and speak, keep quiet no more, tell them their evil and cause them to know their sins, stand in the gate and shout like a drunkard.
  
  Lukewarm Christians are ignorant of the devices of the devil; I know that it will strike many to the heart for saying the naked truth, but those you who understand know where I am heading and what I am trying to bring out.
• There are locusts are invading our society in an alarming rate of high speed velocity of accelerated gear, nations and the so called Christian leaders are gradually bowing to these swamps of locusts and their radical animalistic hell inspired doctrine.
  We see Europe progressively loosing her identity, she is becoming a thing of yesterday, with more than fifty million radical religious adherents living all over Europe, one should know that in the next 25 years if Jesus tarries, many parts of Europe would become an evil religious oriented countries, parts of north Africa used to be Christian nations, but rarely could we see the traces of Christianity, it has gone to the archives.
  
  I sense in my spirit that many professing western Christians don’t really understand what is called evil religion, read carefully the account of Sudan crisis from Christian news agency, your heart would break down at the untold suffering, murder, rape and brutality against the Sudanese blacks (especially Christians) by mad radical religious adherents, there in the middle east, we see the ugly fruits of anti-Semitism and the satanic ideology to clearly wipe Israel from off the surface of the earth, yet some of you will tell me that there is something like “moderate religionism”, if you westerners (especially the Americans) don’t know that you are called infidels by blind and misguided religious adherents, I want you to know that today.
  
  The attack on WTC and Pentagon should have been a warning to all of you of what is called radical religionism, but it is unfortunate to see the government of America supplying arms worth of billions of dollars to the same people whom on September 9-2001 sent more than three thousand innocent Americans to early grave, putting tears and sorrows in the hearts of many, yet I hear President of America saying that other religions and Christians worship the same God, that’s right, that is what we expect to hear, but I say by the inerrant word of God that Christians and other religions don’t worship the same God, the God of the Jews and Christians is a merciful God, while the god of the radicalism is a blood sucker demon that commands his followers to sacrifice their children as suicide bombers, let Mr. President rethink his words, let him compare and contrast by reading his bible.
  
  Your government has been supplying arms to terrorists to kill the Jews and Christians, remember he who feeds a monster would soon be eating up by the same monster which he feeds, read history and learn your lessons.
  I don’t want any one to misunderstand me, I love you that is why I am telling you the truth, the religious oriented world hates you with a passion, and they consider you as threats and impostors, your are their next target, you have a godly heritage, fight to defend it, cry out to God to spear you from these invading locusts.
  They are every where, we who are living here in the West Africa know what we are telling you please go to this site and see what radicalism is all about, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467764660&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull, after reading the story, and you will know the true face of extremism.
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• We are seeing the entire world gradually submitting to fear, this may sound funny, but I tell you the truth, here where I am living in the West Africa, there is a great mental religious war going on, while Christians are at odds with one another, the radicals are seriously wiring their net work all over the cities of West Africa by building their temples every where, hardly pass from one street to another without seeing a satanic, there are places I know as of seven years ago, I did not see any satanic temple standing in those places, as I was passing through those areas last three days, I saw that they have been populated by satanic temples, what a shame for us.
  I read from the internet the other day, the first radical senator to be sworn in into office with his satan inspired book in his hand, God have mercy upon us.
  World and religious leaders are daily submitting to radicalism, pope Benedict of the Roman catholic church, went to one of their countries and removed his shoes and prayed to wards their holy city, as an apology to the radicals all over the world for his inflammatory remark over their founder and his blood sucker religion, okay, how many radicals have made an apology for relentlessly bashing Christians and that Holy name Jesus?
  
  Only champions made history, fools don’t, it is time we stand up and defend the faith once and for all delivered to the saints (Jude 1) or posterity will never forgive us, let us learn from our past mistakes over the centuries ago and correct ourselves.
  God will not spare us if we fail to defend the faith for which thousands gave and are giving their lives on daily basis.
  God bless you for reading this article.
  

HE CARES FOR YOU, WHY THEN THE WORRY?

IF HE CARES FOR YOU, WHY THEN THE WORRY?
By
Evangelist. Ilona Henry Afamefuna

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:6-7, English Standard Version)

One day, while browsing the internet, I came across an internet ad that says, “Americans, The Most Depressed People On Earth”, immediately something sprang up in my mind-how on earth could a people like Americans be the most depressed people on earth?
We that are living in the third world countries believe that Americans are the most happiest and buoyant people on the surface of the earth, how then come about them being the most depressed?

As I was murmuring all these in my mind, I decided to carry out some personal research myself, to see why a people considered the most blessed and happiest people on the earth becoming depressed, if compared to other countries of the world (after all are they not the world superpower).
While doing the research, on browsing the net, every site I entered, I would be flooded with every kind of adverts, some telling me that I have just won three billion dollars, while some would be showing me how excellent their products are, some promising me how quickly they could make me rich, wealthy and prosperous.
In fact, the net is full of various kinds of adverts, that if one spends all his time buying all that he saw on the net, even if that person is a trillionaire, he would go bankrupt within some hours.

In reality, Americans are not the most depressed people on earth, but Christians are, because the way the people of God are after material prosperity has made it so hard for Christians to be contented with what they have, the truth is that every body wants to be rich and prosperous, forgetting that the kingdom of God is not all about eating and drinking, but joy, peace and righteousness in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17).

This fantasy gospel that is been preached nowadays has made millions to believe that except one is reach, he has no right standing with God (God’s love is not measured by material wealth).
We are told to believe that it is not the will of God for his people to suffer, please know that I am not saying that Christians would suffer all their lives, what I am saying that it is through suffering that we are made perfect (Jesus had His own share, who are we). I have not come across in the bible where God promised his people an easy life, so how come about this fantasy gospel and its’ destructive elements, is it just men’s invention in order to make themselves rich and exploit the simple?

I am not saying that giving to ministry is a sin, in fact we are been commanded to support the work of God through our freewill offering, but we are not commanded to make ministers of the gospel rich, giving to man of God is acceptable and honorable, but we must give prayerfully with wisdom, insight and understanding.

In fact I have heard times without number that it is time for every Christian to get rich, because that is the will of God for them, while I do not argue that, even I have many bible references to back it up, but the truth is that everyone has a different timing and calling from God.

All of us cannot get rich at the same time, not every body would be rich.
Some even went at length by saying that it is time to get rich so that we can show to the world how great and mighty our God is, my dear friend, God is not in any financial competition with anyone, (read Isaiah 66:1).

Others are saying the time has come for the manifestation of the sons God, and this would be accomplished when we are financially mighty and prosperous, come on get real, the sons of God would never be made manifest by financial and material wealth, the manifestation of the sons of God would be through the manifestation of power by the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

The three thousand that came to Christ on the day of Pentecost was not because they saw how the apostles and rest were flooded with money from heaven, they saw something quite different and supernatural, so how is it that it is through material and financial prosperity that the sons of God would be made manifest? Let us stop deceiving ourselves.

While carrying out some personal research on why some Christians are depressed and burdened with cumbering loads of care, I came to discover the following:

1. We want to live in the best houses.
2. Own & ride the best cars in town.
3. Marry the most beautiful women.
4. Attend & send our children to the best universities.
5. Visit the best places in the world.
6. Want to be recognized internationally (popularity context).
7. Wear the best clothes and shoes (materialism).
8. Have the best shopping mall around.
9. Own the best private jets.
10. Feeling of insecurity.

The list can go on; these are the few I just found out.
With all these in the mind, how can one worship God freely, how can we not but blame & criticize God for not giving us our insatiable wants full of greed & lust?
God has promised to meet every of our needs, He knows when to give that which is appropriate in His time, He has not promised to meet our every wants.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? (Matthew 6:24-25, King James Version)

The Word of God is full of practical advice for every day to day life activities.
No one can serve two masters, which is clear and prompt, you cannot be full of desire for material riches and at the same time have time for God and for His word.
No wonder Christians betray themselves just for a morsel of bread.
Two captains cannot sail one ship, one must to cede to the other, you and God cannot be in control at once, either He leaves and then you be in control, or you surrender, period. God cannot be thinking of you and at the same time you be filled with anxieties, there is one who cares for you, yours is to relax, His is to do the thinking and every other stuff.

The truth of the whole matter is that, all that you need for the day would be provided for you.
Things will happen at their decreed time, who can make straight that which God has made crooked (Ecclesiastes 7:14), the answer is no body, not even science & technology. Your life has much greater in value than all that the world could offer; God considers your life more precious than all the material things of this ephemeral world.

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor do they gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they? (Matthew 6:26 English Majority Text Version)

I could well remember eight years ago, when I was living in a farming village, the villagers would spend all the year sleeping in their rice farms, weeding them of grasses and all the stuffs that follow, this they do every day and would retire late at night to their various houses.

But there’s one funny thing, after all these struggles, during the time of harvest it is the birds who do harvest the first portion, these birds would come as early as possible in thousands, and before the farmers would come to their rice plantation, the birds had had their fill. Isn’t it funny, look at how these people would labor for the year and end up loosing the most parts to the birds, nature is full of lessons for us to learn and humbly trust God to meet our every need, it is not to him that worries, but to him who trusts God in every situation.

"Can any of you add a single hour to your life by worrying? "And why worry about clothes? Notice how the flowers grow in the field. They never work or spin yarn for clothes. But I say that not even Solomon in all his majesty was dressed like one of these flowers. That's the way God clothes the grass in the field. Today it's alive, and tomorrow it's thrown into an incinerator. So how much more will he clothe you people who have so little faith? (Matthew 6:27-30, God’s Word)

The truth is that worry or worrying does not add any thing good to our lives, instead it reduces a person to a miserable and deplorable condition, and worry is a monster.
Just look at how God in His infinite love takes care of His frail creatures, how much more will He not take care you and me who are so ungrateful and insatiable with wants & greed.

If Solomon in all his splendors and majesty was not clothed like one of the lilies of the field, it means that our pursuit and aspiration of material for material prosperity is nothing but madness, material wealth is not an end in itself, it is God’s support to our daily needs.

"Don't ever worry and say, 'What are we going to eat?' or 'What are we going to drink?' or 'What are we going to wear?' Everyone is concerned about these things, and your heavenly Father certainly knows you need all of them. But first, be concerned about his kingdom and what has his approval. Then all these things will be provided for you. (Matthew 6:31-33, God’s Word)

The kingdom and its’ righteousness should be our priority, God knows that we have needs of these things, yet they should never be our foremost priorities, don’t tell God what you want Him to do for you, ask Him what He wants you to do for others, this is the real blessing.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own affairs. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34, English Majority Text Version)

Do you know why we are been told not to worry about tomorrow? Because tomorrow is full of uncertainty, it is unpredictable, we don’t what it contains, that is why we must trust God to see us through, a people in peace today, may tomorrow be living in pieces, so why the worry?
World organizations are serious in their campaign to bring poverty, sickness, disease, epidemic, war, racism, etc to an end, but we see that these things are daily on the increase.

Stop believing that tomorrow would get better, the bible made it clear that things in this end time would continue to get worst, let’s see what the scripture says about our time:

Remember that there will be difficult times in the last days. (2 Timothy 3:1, Good News Bible)

Look my dear friend, you should stop believing that tomorrow would get better, because we are living in the most hazardous time of history, things would continue to get worst and even much worst, because the devil knows that his time is very short (Revelation 12).
Our safety depends on how much we trust and believe God, it doe not depend on how much we worry, it will only destroy us at last, believe God and hang on there, do you understand?

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Proverbs 18:10, King James Version)

This eliminates all fears, all doubts, all worries of every kind, God has promised to take care of you, you need not to worry and be filled with anxiety, and He loves you more than you think, you don’t have to fight and struggle to get there, allow God to carry you on the eagle’s wings (be the commuter, let Him be the rider, you will never be confounded).

Now before I conclude this message, I would like us to mediate on the following bible verses:

If the LORD does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless; if the LORD does not protect the city, it does no good for the sentries to stand guard. It is useless to work so hard for a living, getting up early and going to bed late. For the LORD provides for those he loves, while they are asleep. (Psalms 127:1-2 Good News Bible)

Hmmmmmmmmmm, can you see clearly that all our worries, anxieties and human toils and the feeling of insecurity are stupid, nonsense and nonsensical, is it not high time you begin trusting the Lord to meet all your needs and graciously take care of you, hey you there, is God talking you or not?
Spend time with God in prayer, make your needs known to Him, he will answer at the right time, don’t allow cares and anxieties to rob you off the peace of God.
If He Cares For You, Why Then The Worry?
God bless you real good.