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SUNDAY VANGUARD, NOVEMBER 29, 2020, PAGE 17<br />
Walking by faith and not by sight (2)<br />
Although God is invisible, when we walk<br />
by faith, we know He is with us and<br />
can see Him with our hearts. I once<br />
caught God looking through my eyes. He was<br />
not looking at me. He was looking through<br />
the window of my eyes.<br />
We have two eyes, but they must be single. We<br />
must see the physical in the light of the spiritual.<br />
We must see the visible in the light of the<br />
invisible. Even as we only fully understand the<br />
Old Testament in the light of our understanding<br />
of the New Testament, even so, we must<br />
interpret the physical by the invisible.<br />
In all cases, our focus must always be on<br />
knowing what God is doing. It means we are<br />
interrogating situations and circumstances. We<br />
are asking God questions. We know He is behind<br />
everything. So, we ask: “Daddy, what are<br />
you doing?” “Daddy, what do you mean by<br />
doing this?” “Daddy, why are you doing this<br />
like this?”<br />
The answer is always to trust God. The answer<br />
is always in knowing that no weapon fashioned<br />
against us can prosper. Knowing that<br />
all things work together for our good. Confident<br />
that God always causes us to triumph in<br />
Christ. Recognising that Jesus has overcome<br />
the world.<br />
Spiritual warfare<br />
Living by faith means we are always engaged<br />
in spiritual warfare. It means our physical and<br />
spiritual lives are lived as one. We know what<br />
is happening in the physical is being controlled<br />
or manipulated by what is going on in the spiritual.<br />
We know the devil, who often manipulates<br />
the physical, is a liar. Therefore, we don’t<br />
believe our lying physical eyes. We rely on our<br />
The new Heaven and new Earth (3)<br />
Everlasting gospel delivered by<br />
the Holy Father, The<br />
Supernatural Teacher and Sole<br />
Spiritual Head of the Universe,<br />
Leader Olumba Olumba Obu<br />
(BCS) WHQ 34 Ambo Street,<br />
Calabar, Nigeria<br />
From that moment, they have opted for<br />
eternal condemnation. Their desires for<br />
wealth will not be met and they will forever not<br />
have peace, joy and freedom.<br />
This same reason explains why you see people<br />
wandering from one church to the other<br />
and from one hospital or juju priest shrine to<br />
the other yet do not have peace. But a true child<br />
of this Kingdom has no problem; he is ever<br />
blooming with joy every minute.<br />
At times many people begin to wander why<br />
My life was saved by<br />
my faith in God who<br />
is my eyes<br />
spiritual eyesight.<br />
If we walk by sight, we can only do the<br />
possible. But if we walk by faith, we can do<br />
the impossible. We can even walk on water.<br />
This is because we know that the God with<br />
whom nothing shall be impossible is with<br />
us. He is the doer of the work. David acknowledges<br />
that God Most High: “performs<br />
all things for (us).” (Psalm 57:2).<br />
Peter got out of the boat to walk on water<br />
by faith in Christ. But he started to drown<br />
when he started walking by sight. This is<br />
because walking by sight brings anxiety.<br />
But walking by faith brings peace. Therefore,<br />
child of God, don’t believe your eyes.<br />
Believe your God.<br />
Eye of faith<br />
Do you see with your natural eyes? See<br />
what eyes cannot, and have not, seen. See<br />
with your eye of faith. The scriptures say of<br />
the men and women of the Hall of Faith in<br />
the book of Hebrews: “These all died in<br />
faith, not having received the promises, but<br />
having seen them afar off were assured of<br />
them, embraced them and confessed that<br />
they were strangers and pilgrims on the<br />
earth.” (Hebrews 11:13-14).<br />
we converge here every blessed day singing,<br />
dancing and receiving the word of God,<br />
and get surprised that we do not spare a<br />
time for rest. Of course, the reason for their<br />
thought is lack of adequate knowledge<br />
about our hope and expectation. They do<br />
not know that we are desirous of sharing in<br />
the new heaven and a new earth. Already<br />
we are in the Kingdom of God where righteousness<br />
and peace dwell.<br />
God’s word is true and ever sure. We have<br />
read that it was written that this generation<br />
would not pass away until all the words of<br />
God come to manifest. Read St. Matthew<br />
24: 34. “Verily I say unto you, this generation<br />
shall not pass, till all these things be<br />
fulfilled”.<br />
Today have you not seen all that was written<br />
about this age manifesting? The limiting<br />
factor for very many of you in this King-<br />
The bible tells us that our God Himself is not<br />
constrained by the visible. Paul says God, who<br />
gives life to the dead: “calls those things which<br />
do not exist as though they did.” (Romans 4:17).<br />
Therefore, he prescribes the same approach for<br />
us. He says we should stop looking at the things<br />
that are seen and start looking at the invisible:<br />
“For the things which are seen are temporary,<br />
but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2<br />
Corinthians 4:18).<br />
dom is that you are still walloping in sins; so<br />
long as you are still in sin, you are blinded against<br />
God. The truth is that no sinner can see God.<br />
For you to see God and be in close communion<br />
with Him, you have to sanctify yourself. Furthermore,<br />
for you to benefit from your call into<br />
this Kingdom, you have to re-order your priorities.<br />
Stop henceforth to ask God for mundane<br />
things, rather focus your hope in this new heaven<br />
and a new earth where righteousness and<br />
peace dwell. This is the Kingdom of God. For<br />
you to merit it you have to refrain from sinful<br />
acts and frivolous demands, after all, these are<br />
not what brought you into this Kingdom.<br />
You came here principally to inherit the new<br />
heaven and new earth – anything outside this is<br />
secondary and appendage. Many people have<br />
this misconception that when they are told to<br />
love one another and embrace peace, it is because<br />
in so doing people will love them back, so<br />
that they will have to utilize that avenue to establish<br />
links that will aid them to acquire wealth.<br />
Blessing of faith<br />
When the disciples told Thomas that Jesus<br />
had risen from the dead and appeared physically<br />
to them, he would not believe. He said to<br />
them: “Unless I see in His hands the print of the<br />
nails, and put my finger into the print of the<br />
nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not<br />
believe.” (John 20:25).<br />
Therefore, Jesus appeared in his presence:<br />
“Then He said to Thomas, ‘Reach your finger<br />
here, and look at My hands; and reach your<br />
hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be<br />
unbelieving, but believing.’ And Thomas answered<br />
and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God!’<br />
Jesus said to him, ‘Thomas, because you have<br />
seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those<br />
who have not seen and yet have believed.’” (John<br />
20:27-29).<br />
In the world, they say: “seeing is believing.”<br />
However, believers in Jesus believe to see. If we<br />
say seeing is believing, we cannot walk with God<br />
for God is invisible. But if we believe to see, we<br />
will receive a great blessing. Only those who<br />
believe to see can see the glory of God.<br />
Thus, Jesus said to Martha before He raised<br />
Lazarus from the dead: “Did I not say to you<br />
that if you would believe you would see the glory<br />
of God?” (John 11:30). David expressed the<br />
same sentiment: “I would have lost heart, unless<br />
I had believed that I would see the goodness<br />
of the Lord in the land of the living.” (Psalm<br />
27:13).<br />
The bible says: “The just shall live by his faith.”<br />
(Habakkuk 2:4). When we do, the word of God<br />
defines reality for us. That means we not only<br />
believe in the promises of God, we walk according<br />
to them. We also talk about them, confident<br />
of their fulfilment for: “From the fruit of<br />
his mouth a man's stomach is filled; with the<br />
harvest from his lips he is satisfied.” (Proverbs<br />
18:20).<br />
Indeed, those who walk by faith see things<br />
in the past tense, knowing God’s promises are<br />
fulfilled in the spirit long before they manifest<br />
in the flesh and in the world.<br />
So, if God says he is going to make you rich,<br />
what should you expect? You should expect<br />
the evidence of what you do not see. Expect<br />
the contradiction first. Expect to become poor<br />
and then you will become rich. Remember<br />
this: “The Lord makes poor and makes rich;<br />
He brings low and lifts up.” (1 Samuel 2:7).<br />
Saved by Faith<br />
Recently, I decided to walk from my office<br />
to my bank rather than go by car. To do that,<br />
I had to cross a major road, Adetokunbo<br />
Ademola. It was a one-way street, divided in<br />
the middle by a big intersection. I waited patiently<br />
for the cars coming on the road to pass<br />
by. When it was free, I decided to make a<br />
move.<br />
But God cautioned me. “Femi,” He said.<br />
“The fact that it is a one-way street does not<br />
mean you should not look on the other side.<br />
Look on the other side before you cross.”<br />
I obeyed immediately. I looked on the other<br />
side, only to discover that there was no impediment,<br />
then crossed the road. But I completely<br />
forgot about this injunction on my way<br />
back. I had to cross again the same one-way<br />
road from the other side, so I waited again<br />
patiently until there was no car coming.<br />
But as I took a step to cross over, a motorcycle<br />
moving at top speed on the wrong side<br />
of the road whizzed past me. I had forgotten<br />
to look at the other side because it was a oneway<br />
street. Had the motorcycle been just fractionally<br />
slower, it would have killed me because<br />
I would have moved right in front of it.<br />
My life was saved by my faith in God who is<br />
my eyes.<br />
Far be from this; the fact that you are told to<br />
practice righteousness is to qualify you to inherit<br />
the new heaven and a new earth. Therefore,<br />
brethren, whatever is done here is not to<br />
please man or acquire wealth. It is for the<br />
sake of the new heaven and the new earth that<br />
we are awaiting. Ipso facto, it behoves us all<br />
to be without blemish.<br />
The people of the world see Brotherhood<br />
members as a group of insane fellows, why<br />
this impression? It is because we do not want<br />
the things of this world, our hope is in the new<br />
heaven and a new earth and our lives depend<br />
on its arrival because it is our treasure. For it<br />
is said that where one’s treasure lies his heart<br />
is there. The reason why we opt for the new<br />
heaven and a new earth as opposed to the<br />
material lust of their world is that the material<br />
things of this world will soon fade away<br />
with time, whereas the new heaven and earth<br />
is forever. To be continued<br />
Dr. William Orakwue Egbuna<br />
Healing Disciple of God<br />
And Knight of The Holy Grail<br />
08055765207<br />
What is killing Nigerians!(2)<br />
Continued from last Sunday<br />
CLINICAL PATHOLOGY AND<br />
FEATURES<br />
The syphilis germs from the mother<br />
through the placenta invade all the or<br />
gans and tissues of the foetus. The bony<br />
deformities persist after birth and constitute<br />
the stigmata. The damage continues after birth<br />
and causes progressive destruction of many<br />
organs and tissues. The secondary rash appears<br />
at about two years of age and often mistaken<br />
for and termed late measles epidemic. The<br />
early tertiary rash appears between the ages of<br />
12 and 15 years i.e. the Pimples. Almost every<br />
Nigerian has gone through the adolescent pimples.<br />
GENERAL SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS<br />
Symptoms arise from many organs and tissues.<br />
They are varied and at times weird in<br />
nature that the average Nigerian with his simple<br />
intuition calls it spiritual attack, witchcraft<br />
or juju. He is frequently amazed when after<br />
successful treatment lasting about one<br />
month that he recovers often fully! The<br />
symptoms include generalized itching and<br />
"pins and needles". Numbness and "things<br />
crawling round the body. In children, persistent<br />
fever, catarrh and cough, inability to<br />
gain weight and vomiting. Those cervical<br />
and axillary glands are prominent. Chestx-ray<br />
may show "Tuberculosis". At times pericardia!<br />
effusion occurs. Bone pains is a<br />
common symptom and with the associated<br />
skull bossing, raises the question of Sickle<br />
Cell Disease differential. Pain in the muscles<br />
is also common. Individual peripheral<br />
nerves are also affected, most commonly<br />
the sciatic nerves, at times causing severe<br />
pain and pseudo-paralyses (Sciatica).In<br />
many older children and adults these symptoms<br />
and signs persist. In the rest, the BCG<br />
infection burns itself out but the syphilis<br />
progresses to death unless treated and the<br />
organ and tissue damage arrested medically<br />
or corrected surgically.<br />
ILLNESSES AND DISEASES<br />
These include persistent or recurrent headaches,<br />
dizziness, amnesia, insomnia, dementia,<br />
twitching, convulsion, epilepsy, blindness,<br />
deafness, dumbness, asthma, catarrh,<br />
cough, haemoptysis, weight loss, stroke, heart<br />
failure, kidney failure, liver failure, ulcer, abdominal<br />
pains and discomfort, tendency to constipation,<br />
frequency of passing urine, infertility<br />
in both men and women, various forms of cancer<br />
and insanity!<br />
APPLICATION<br />
The recognition by a discerning physician that<br />
these two chronic diseases i.e. Congenital Syphilis<br />
and "Tuberculosis" are present in almost all<br />
Nigerians from birth, affords him a fantastic<br />
advantage. Any other illness is superimposed<br />
on these. Even very bad kidney cases and crippling<br />
heart diseases recover within a few weeks<br />
of management1. And infertile couples become<br />
blessed with children!<br />
SOLUTION<br />
A good Basic Heath Structure for the Country<br />
will eradicate both Syphilis and Tuberculosis<br />
simultaneously within a couple of years.<br />
The Secondary and Tertiary Health Institutions<br />
will join in managing the major organ<br />
damages and complications. In a decade or<br />
two, a healthy and vigorous Nigerian population<br />
will emerge and Medical Tourism will<br />
become history!<br />
Bishop Ore goes home in a blaze of glory<br />
By Sam Eyoboka<br />
THE General Superintendent of Deeper<br />
Life Bible Church, Pastor William Ku<br />
muyi, former General Overseer of Foursquare<br />
Gospel Church, Rev Wilson Badejo,<br />
founder of Christ Life Church, Bishop Francis<br />
Wale Oke and the immediate past chairman of<br />
Lagos Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria,<br />
Apostle Alex Bamgbola were among several<br />
dignitaries who graced the final burial ceremony<br />
of Bishop Sola Ore who died on October<br />
26<br />
Ḃishop Ore was the chairman of the Lagos<br />
Chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria,<br />
PFN.<br />
The burial ceremony which held at the LAW-<br />
NA Territorial Headquarters, Ketu Lagos also<br />
witnessed a large gathering of Pentecostals<br />
and members from other blocs of Christian<br />
Association of Nigeria, CAN across Nigeria.<br />
Speaking at the ceremony, Bishop Oke who<br />
described Bishop Ore as his spiritual son said<br />
believers don’t die. He added also that when a<br />
believer dies he has only changed residence.<br />
Describing Bishop Ore as a jovial and engaging<br />
personality, he said there was nowhere<br />
Bishop Ore entered that would not be lightened<br />
up.<br />
In his words: “He was a man of high-level<br />
integrity though he cracked jokes, he was highly<br />
principled. In all my years of relating with<br />
him, I can tell you that he was a Christian<br />
indeed. He never told a lie to my knowledge<br />
all through the time I knew him.”