KEY SCRIPTURE: John 14:6 KJV “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Someone said, “you Christians claim Jesus is the only way”. The truth is we did not say that, it was Jesus Himself who made that statement. We only repeat what He said. No one beside Jesus ever said so and proved it. None of the religious leaders with a sizable following said so. Only Jesus made that claim. Just consider another strong unambiguous statement He made about Himself. John 10:9 KJV” I am the door: by me if any man enters in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” He did not mince any word in this statement. He says He Himself is the door to salvation.

How audacious could one be in making such uncompromising statements. Please note this, these are not claims, that we are making about Him. He said He is the way. He is the truth and finally He is the life. Among all that He said is the fact that He is the truth. Now to you who has not surrendered your life to follow Him, what do you make of the fact that He said, He is the truth, meaning He does not lie?

Who is a liar? Every liar has three characteristics that clearly portrays them.

1. A liar says he has something yet he does not have it.

2. He says he can do a thing which in reality he cannot do it

3. He has done a thing yet he has not done it

All these cannot be said about our Lord Jesus. He said He has life and indeed all who believe in Him have experienced this life. He said He can save anyone who believes in Him, and true to His word, any man who believed in Him has been saved from sin, , and satanic harassment. Lastly whatever He claimed He’s done, indeed he did it. He claimed He bore our sins on the cross, and indeed, He carried away our sins and sicknesses, He did take away the sin of the world. The certainty of His claims is the fact that everything He said has been proved in His life.

Now, what are you going to do with Jesus? Would continue arguing against Him, and remain in your sins, or you would humble yourself to Him and joyfully taste of His goodness and power to save, heal, lift and bless. All He has promised can only be received through humbling yourself to Him.

THOUGHT: IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO FIGHT TRUTH, JUST BOW TO IT AND BE SET FREE

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Joh 8:32 KJV” And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

2Thess 2:10, 11KJV” And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 14:4 KJV” And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.”

The Lord after speaking of His mission to heaven and back, said His disciples know the place where He was going, as well as the way to this place. These men have lived all their lifetime on the earth, yet the Lord said they know the place. What did He mean. Jesus’ life in totality was a manifestation of the kingdom of heaven on earth. He demonstrated to them the life in the heavenly kingdom. Jesus led a life that was in charge of all situations, with no problem that could not be put right. He consistently led his life to please the Father. He brought the heavenly atmosphere to them. In a way, these men had had a foretaste of life in heaven through their encounter with the Lord Jesus.  Jesus was right when He said you know the place.

He also said, you know the way to this place. What was the way to heaven? Jesus Himself is the way John 14:6. The way is not a set of practices. It is also not a kind of doctrine that one needs to go there. The way was a comprehensive package. It involved

1. The way is a person who becomes access to the place, this person must be divine. Jesus revealed by His life, and words that He is God. John 17:5, Phil 2:5,6.

2. The way to heaven or the Father must give life. The condition of men is not a lack of doctrines, but man is spiritually dead and needs life. Jesus is the one who gave us that life.1Jn 5:11 KJV” And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son”.

3. The third package of the way is that, it must be the truth and everyone must be certain about what He says and does. The Lord Jesus proved that He is reliable in all things. He proved that by resurrecting from the dead. He proved that when He ascended to heaven in the full glare of about one hundred and twenty people. JESUS is that truth.

Some have argued that there are a number of ways to get to the Father, yet none of these ways that   these people claim, provide even one of these requirements that gives access to heaven or the Father

Jesus is not a myth, but a real person who demonstrated fully that He is able to save heal and resurrect all who trust Him. Dear one, Jesus is the way and the sure way.

THOUGHT: JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY

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Joh 14:6 KJV “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Acts 4:12 KJV” Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 14:3 KJV “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”

The Lord Jesus will come back again. This is a message many have heard so much, and some even feel, His coming has been long overdue and should not be bordered about it. Some preachers or pastors also think, He has delayed in coming and so, people should forget about His coming back. The second advent of Jesus has been spoken off throughout the bible. The Lord Jesus Himself kept saying it till He was taken up into glory. On the day of His ascension to heaven, the bible said two men wearing white apparel, stood close to them, and said, Acts 1:11 KJV “Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. “

Our key scripture reiterated the same message that the Lord, after preparing a place of rest for His people, will come back. One of the signs that He mentioned, pointing to His coming back, is the abounding of iniquity. (Matt 24:12) Human beings are now evolving sinful acts to spite God and to provoke his anger. I heard of an open-sex competition in Sweden. Men and women will perform sex on stage to be watched by multitudes with judges to choose the best performers. I believe if this is done for heterosexuals, then homosexuals will also demand that they be given the right to go into that competition. These things are private matters and are done in secret, but to openly celebrate it, put it in an unprecedented level.

 Any nation that endorses LGBTQ+ practices acknowledge in disguise that, there is no God over this world, and men should be allowed to practice what pleases them.

 The scriptures teach that God’s longsuffering and patience   for men to repent, is a factor that has influenced His coming.2Pe 3:9 KJV” The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Our world is terribly engulfed in sin. The Bible has been taken out of schools in the so-called elite nations, and are bringing witchcraft and the worship of Satan into its place.

Jesus is surely coming back. If the grave could not keep Him dead, then He would surely honour His word to come back. If His Spirit is still working in the midst of men, working strange miracles, like giving new eye balls, new kidneys, new ovaries to women whose ovaries were surgically taken off to save their lives. If the Lord is still doing these creative miracles as He said,  then what He said about His coming is also true.

Dear reader, do not join those who say the following, 2Pet 3:4 KJV “And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.” This statement is a scriptural prophesy and it is playing right before us. Repent of your sins and surrender your life to Jesus. Confess Him as your Lord and Saviour and get serious serving Him. Jesus will come again. To some, their meeting His coming is when they die, of which, many have tasted it, and I believe have miserably regretted their stubbornness when they were alive.

THOUGHT:IT IS ONLY WISE TO SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO JESUS.

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2Peter 3:8 KJV” But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

2Peter 3:10 KJV” 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.

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 14:2 KJV” In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

Jesus was consoling his disciples, who were affected with grief at the idea of his separation. To comfort them he addresses them in this language: “The universe is the dwelling-place of my Father. All is his house. Whether on earth or in heaven, we are still in his habitation.

In that vast abode of God there are many mansions. The earth is one of them, heaven is another. Whether here or there, we are still in the house, in one of the mansions of our Father, in one of the apartments of his vast abode. This we ought continually to feel, and to rejoice that we are permitted to occupy any part of his dwelling-place. Nor does it differ much whether we are in this mansion or another. It should not be a matter of grief when we are called to pass from one part of this vast habitation of God to another.

 I am indeed about to leave you, but I am going only to another part of the vast dwelling place of God. I shall still be in the same universal habitation with you; still in the house of the same God; and am going for an important purpose – to fit up another abode for your eternal dwelling.” If this is the meaning, then there is in the discourse true consolation. We see that the death of a Christian is not to be dreaded, nor is it an event over which we should immoderately weep. It is but removing from one apartment of God’s universal dwelling place to another – one where we shall still be in his house, and still feel the same interest in all that pertains to his kingdom. And especially the removal of the Saviour from the earth was an event over which Christians should rejoice, for he is still in the house of God, and still preparing mansions of rest for His people.

He added, if it was not so, I would have told you. By this He was saying , I have concealed from you no truth. You have been cherishing this hope of a future abode with God. Had it been ill founded I would have told you plainly, as I have told you other things. Had any of you been deceived, as Judas was, I would have made it known to you, as I did to him.”

THOUGHT: THE CHRISTIAN’S ABODE WHETHER HERE OR IN HEAVEN, ARE ALL IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FATHER, ALTHOUGH IN HEAVEN, WE GET INTO THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF THE FATHER.

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2Corinth 5:8 KJV” We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”

2Corinth 5:2 KJV For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 14:1 KJV” Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”

The Lord Jesus, when talking about events of the last days said in Luke 21:26 that, men’s hearts will fail them because of fear, in considering the many horrible things that would be coming on them.

He spoke of pestilence of which we went through the covid threats. There are more pestilences occurring in various parts of the world. There is the threat of natural disasters, like earthquakes, torrential rains, tornados, tsunamis, and many more. There is the threat of wicked men with potential weapons of mass destruction. America and China has been throwing words of threats to destroy the world to each nation. In addition to this are sinful actions of men, that bring untold torments to their souls.

All these leave many very much troubled. The Lord says we must put our trust or confidence in Him. Our faith in Him is faith in God. Faith in the Lord is the most positive virtue that any man could cultivate.

Believing in Him is an invitation of the Lord to prove His integrity in our affairs. This is the reason it is so important to trust in Him. There is no failure for anyone who truly places his confidence in God.

Believing in the Lord gives Him an opportunity to function through you. This is the reason all things are possible for those who believe. Mark 9:23.

Believing in Him means you cease stressing, fretting, and worrying over the prevailing condition, and the outcome of the condition.

Believing in Him is a form of spiritual shield we take up to stop every opposing threat to us. Eph 6:16 “… above all taking the shield of faith, by which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked”

To believe in God is a decision a man makes to accept the revelation He’s given about Himself. This is the main answer to the level of terror and threat that is coming on the world. Cast yourself on the Lord and save yourself from the current horror that is coming on the world.

THOUGHT: THERE IS NO RISK IN TRUSTING THE LORD, FOR THERE IS VERY RELIABLE DATA OF PROVEN RESULTS OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS, OF THOSE WHO TRUSTED HIM.

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Heb 13:7 KJV” Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.”

Heb 10:35 KJV “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: Joh 13:38 KJV “Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.”

Peter expressed his desire for the master and said’ I will lay my life for you’ The master asked, ‘ are you going to lay your life for me’? He added, the cock will not crow and you would deny me thrice. This was the statement of God. It is perfect truth. I think Peter should have sensed danger in that moment, and to have acknowledged he was going to fail miserably. He should have quickly cried unto the Lord to help him, not to fail. He rather kept his position and went ahead with his self-will. The end was a full manifestation of what the Lord said, and big feeling of failure and disappointment.

This event teaches us how not to fail in life or how to fail. If you wish to win then just agree with whatever God says about you, in whatever condition, or state that you may find yourself.

God’s word is in the first place the truth. This means, no matter how incredible what He says may seem, it is what He says that will   occur.

Secondly His word is superior and more powerful than any other condition that may seem to occur. Aligning with His word will make you the ultimate winner.

Thirdly you would never be put to shame agreeing with His word. Peter kept to what he said, and went to the place to prove his boldness, yet in the end he found himself weeping and ashamed. Rom 10:11 KJV” For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.”

Fourthly, any time you agree to do what God is saying, you receive the ability to  do and  also obtain the results  His word talks about Phi 2:13 KJV” For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”

God’s word is the highest law or principle in the universe and so choosing to go with His word surely makes you a ruler and an authority over every negative situation in this life.

THOUGHT: YOUR VICTORY IS GUARANTEED IF YOU STAY WITH GOD’S WORD

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Heb 4:12 KJV” For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

2Tim 3:16 KJV” “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 13:37 KJV” Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake”.

When the Lord told His disciples that in a little while, He would be leaving them to a place where none of them could come there. Apostle Peter in his usual actions said to Jesus, Lord why can’t I follow you, and he added, Lord I will die for you. Why did Peter say that he will die for the Lord? Was it an expression of his love for Him? Did he understand what he was saying, talking about dying for the master? No one could die for Jesus, for He came to give His life as a ransom for the souls of all men. Peter had not enquired from the Lord why he made certain statements. Was he really prepared to die for the master?

Later events showed that, he did not really understand what he was saying. He was actually speaking from his fleshly mind. During the trial of the master, he could not identify or associate himself with the Lord. He denied Him thrice. Many people make vows unto the Lord without thinking about the consequences, only to break that promise in the heat of challenging situations. Some give their word of assurance to other persons but fail to honour their words when the demand arises.

What does the Lord say about those who say what they mean, and actually do what they say.” Psalms 24:3,4 KJV “Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. The Lord is saying He is going to give audience to such faithful men. Such people do not speak out of excitement, or play to the gallery. They understand the implications of speaking deceitfully.

Peter failed because he trusted in himself. We can never achieve anything for the Lord by our wisdom, experience or strength. We need to daily go before the Lord asking for His help and direction. The Lord spent a great deal of His moments in prayer seeking for the help, and counsel of the Spirit.  The Lord said pray that you may not enter into temptation.

THOUGHT: IT IS ONLY THE SPIRIT WHO CAN DO THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT, THE FLESH WOULD ALWAYS PROFIT NOTHING.

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Joh 15:5 KJV “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

Rom 8:6 KJV” For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”

KEY SCRIPTURES: John 13:35 KJV” By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another.

Any time one sees a combination of red, yellow, and green with the black star in the yellow then, it could be concluded that this is the Ghanaian flag. No one would have double thoughts about what it is. Our Lord Jesus said what distinguishes us as His disciples is the selfless love we show to our fellow brothers. Gal 6:10 KJV” As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” Showing love involves being good and kind towards all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. Please be mindful of the fact that the Lord is talking about loving one another ‘as he has loved us.’

Jesus our master said greater love has no man than this, that a man should lay down his life for his brother John 15:13. The love the master is talking about is to learn to prefer your brother more than yourself. The Lord’s death was a preference of others more than himself. One may ask, how does this kind of preference for others come near loving thy neighbour as yourself? Now please understand that, loving your neighbour as yourself, works on the principle that you do unto others what you want them to do unto you. Now if you are in a desperate condition far lower than your brothers’ state, you would expect them to reach out to you in that state although, it is in a condition far lower than theirs. It takes one with Christ’s love to go down to those cast down in very poor conditions. To love your neighbour as yourself is actually to do unto others what you would want them to do unto you.

The above exposition reveals that when your brother is in a very deprived state which demands a great effort or self-denial to get him or her out, then do make that sacrifice, because in that state he would want you to do for him what he desires. Dear children of God, our love and acceptance of one another should not be superficial.

We may have divergent views at certain moments, yet we should never become mischievous to one another. Issues like blackmailing, slandering one another, and envying among the people of God should be very alien to us.

Now, what is the level of understanding do we need to have, to help us function in the way the master expects of us? Dear one the Christian is actually Christ’s representation on the earth. You are not just dealing with another human, but Christ representing himself as a human. The Lord told Saul, why are you persecuting me Acts 9:4. Do not hurt your brother or speak evil about him, for he is Christ living in that brother. Whatever you do to a Christian, you have done it directly to Jesus. By this understanding let us approach one another with more caution and sincere love.

THOUGHT: THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY BROTHER CHRISTIAN AND MYSELF, FOR WE ARE ALL EXPRESSIONS OF JESUS IN EACH OF US.

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Joh 17:21 KJV “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”

Phi 2:2,3 KJV “Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves”.

KEY SCRIPTURE: John 13:34 KJV” A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”

Creation is a product of love, and creation is sustained by love. God created our world because of His desire to fellowship with His creation. Every principle for the proper functioning of creation is founded on love. The sun freely gives its heat, light, and energy without demanding payment in return. Every element like rain, wind, and earth all gives its substances freely and joyfully do so. Any act which is anti-love, like selfishness is a poison to creation as a whole. ANY NATION, WHOSE CITIZENS ARE PREDOMINANTLY SELFISH, PRACTICALLY DESTROYS ITSELF.

The Lord tells all children of His to love his or their fellow brother, just as He loved us. He called it a new commandment. He calls it so because His kind of love is outside and higher than the normal human love we know. This is the God kind of love. It is selfless love. It is called in Greek the ‘ agape’ love.

Men are used to relational or phileo love or the amorous love called ‘eros’ in Greek, which is love between a man and a woman. The natural human love is the kind of love expressed because of  a benefit of some kind that  one may  obtain  from the person he or she is showing   love. A girl will be cooking for a man because she is writing an application for a marriage proposal or vice versa. A father loves the son because of the relation that exists between them. The Jesus love gives and seeks nothing in return.  It loves in spite of who you are.

Our homes will be more stable if the Jesus kind of love is admitted into it. Our children would grow not hearing any harsh words from daddy or mummy. This love does not keep wrongs, it seeks no advantage over its neighbour. It is the love that is ready to lose for the peace and comfort of his brother or sister. This love does not allow the sun to settle without throwing away the anger.

Well, if you are born from above, then you have that kind of love, because, that is the nature of our father. It is the normal fruit we bear.  Gal 5:22,23.

The greatest enemy of love is fear. Fear to lose, fear of becoming vulnerable because of love and many more. Our place in Jesus establishes faith in our hearts, which drives fear away. This is why the scripture says in 1John  4:18  that ” There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”

THOUGHT: TRUE JESUS LOVE SPELLS TRUE FREEDOM, BECAUSE IT LIBERATES US FROM FEAR

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1Co 13:3 KJV “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.”

1Jn 4:16 KJV “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”

KEY SCRIPTURE: Joh 13:33 KJV” Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.”

Is there life after here.? Would a man live again? Job 14:14 KJV “If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.” This is a question Job asked. I believe this is a question many ask themselves in their most solemn moments. Many people think through it, and conclude this life is all there is.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses teaching from Ecclesiastics 3:19 “For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. They say that since Eccl 3:19 says that which befall men, also happen to animals, and so there is no place or no life after one dies. Well, it is rather unfortunate to draw such a conclusion, since the preacher was talking about events under this sun. This means he was relating to the same thing happening to animals and humans alike at death. Sadly, they do not read just two verses away, which says,” Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?” Now the scripture comes to talk about the spirits of each and says different things happen to each.

Jesus said to His disciples that He was going to be with them a little while and then He would be gone. They would not be able to come there. The Lord meant He would leave them, and live somewhere else that they can’t physically come. On the cross He said, father into your hands I commit my Spirit. It is the spirit of the person who departs from the body. Jas 2:26 KJV” For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” There is a spirit in man” (Job 32:8).it is this spirit that departs to go where it has prepared itself to go.

Where do the spirit of men go? The spirit of all those who are sons of God, having their spirit born from above, they go back to their father. Remember as many that received Jesus are given the power to become sons of God, and so they go back to Him, when they depart from this body. The man without Jesus is a creature of God, but not a son of God. If you are not a son of God, how do you go to Him, when you depart this life.? 2Co 5:1 KJV” For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” My question to you is where do you go if you are to live this earthly body?

THOUGHT; LIFE IN THIS PLAIN IS CERTAINLY NOT THE END OF EVERYTHING, BUT ARE YOU AMONG THOSE WHO SADLY THINK HERE IS ALL THAT MATTERS?

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Isa 5:14 KJV” Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.”

Phi 1:23 KJV” For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:”