A REWARD FOR SELFLESS SERVICE * IT IS HIGH TIME WE STOPPED SEEKING FOR MORE GOSPELS, BUT ALWAYS PRACTISE THE ADVICE FROM OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AS RECORDED AT LUKE 14:13-14 But when thou maketh a feast, call poor, maimed the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. This particular gospel supersedes all other gospels, SO GO AND PRACTISE IT AND STOP COMING HERE EVERY TIME FOR MORE GOSPELS YET YOU DO NOT PRACTISE ANY OF THEM. FIRST LESSON: LUKE I6:12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another mans, who shall give you that with is your own SECOND LESSON: LUKE 14:13-14 But when thou maketh a feast, call the poor; the maimed the lame and the blind And thou shall be blessed: for they cannot recompensed thee: for thou shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. GOLDEN TEXT: LUKE 12:43-44 Blessed it that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing of a truth I say unto you that he will make him ruler over all that he had. BE CHARITABLE TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED Beloved, the above text constitute the revelation from the Father. Often we times, are told that it is more blessed to give than to receive, we but do not understand what the statement is all about. In the same vein, many people not understand what our Lord Jesus Christ meant by saying that, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God (Mark 10:25) Today, many people still doubt how it is possible for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. But is the scripture at Luke 16:12 not clear to you? I want you to read this sermon with proper understanding so that you may be able to ascertain those who will be saved and those who will be condemned. An adage has it that, it is only the pepper soup of another mans goat that is tasteful. Put it differently, we have always been expecting to receive things from others. A REWARD FOR SELFLESS SERVICE FIRST LESSON: LUKE I6:12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another mans, who shall give you that with is your own SECOND LESSON: LUKE 14:13-14 But when thou maketh a feast, call the poor; the maimed the lame and the blind ;And thou shall be blessed: for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. GOLDEN TEXT: LUKE 12:43-44 Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing; of a truth I say unto you that he will make him ruler over all that he had. BE Charitable TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED: Beloved, the above text constitute the revelation from the Father. Often times, are told that it is more blessed to give than to receive, but do not understand what the statement is all about. In the same vein, many a people not understand what our Lord Jesus Christ meant by saying that, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God (Mark 10:25) Today, many people still doubt how it is possible for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. But is the scripture at Luke 16:12 not clear to you? I want you to read this sermon with proper understanding so that you may be able to ascertain those who will be saved and those who will be condemned. An adage has it that, it is only the pepper soup of another mans goat that is tasteful. Put it differently, we have always been expecting to receive things from people, but how many of us have ever wished to give things out to people? Another question is, how many people are willing to be faithful in that which is another mans now,as we are looking forward to inheriting the kingdom of God and probably claiming God to ourselves. But the question is, how would you receive that which is yours, when you are not faithful to the things which belong to another man? It is true that if a man is asked to gather things for himself, he would rejoice in doing that. But if he is mandated to gather things for God, he would show apathy towards such mandate. This therefore forms a proof of the fact that nobody is faithful to God. For instance, men find it so difficult to remit their tithe, one tenth of their income, to God. Hence, it is not an easy thing for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. It is always very uncommon to see people accepting to be charitable to others and to serve those they have never known before. Instead of serving and being kind to this set of people, they prefer to mock at these people and attribute their disheartening situation to their sins. A pauper may witness a millionaire counting his millions and at the same time, request for help. But the millionaire, in-order to disoblige the pauper, would claim that the money he counted is not his, but another persons. But if the same pauper goes back to the millionaire and inform him of any lucrative deal, he would lie to say he had gone to the bank for overdraft, but invariably brings the money he counted and invest in the deal so as to get more. It is indeed very pathetic to realize that among the inhabitants of the world, there is none who knows what to do so as to inherit the kingdom of God. But today you have been exposed to the scripture that if you have not been faithful in that which is another mans, who shall give you that which is your own? Many people who come in here always long to be served and blessed with many things by God. Nobody is ready or willing to serve God and be dedicated to His services. We all prefer our welfare to Gods and other peoples welfare. But how shall we receive our desires from God when we are always- ready to disoblige people and even God? As quoted for the first lesson, we are not faithful in what is Gods and another mans how then shall we be given that which is ours? Gods services are to be rendered freely, irrespective of the magnitude which such service may be. Therefore at any time you go contrary to this DIVINE ADVICE - become a hireling or seek for filthy lucre, you are eluded of the kingdom of God and you have no share in it whatsoever. Each and everyone of us is a hireling, hence, we often complain of lacking food, money, clothes etc. This is because we are not faithful to God and others. If this is the case, who then shall be faithful to us? Note that the things you claim to be significant are worldly (vanity) whereas the things you claim to be insignificant are godly and are significant before God. A sister testified and those who were present heard that there is an orphanage in Lagos where the disabled of diverse grades are kept and are ministered to. She said that the set of people who serve in the said orphanage only render humanitarian services and do not request for any pay. This is exactly the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and it is worthy of emulation. These employees are not hirelings just as our Lord Jesus Christ was not, hence, they should be emulated. This is exactly what is expected of us always. THE MOST PARAMOUNT SERVICE A MAN OF GOD SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK TO RENDER IS TO BE CHARITABLE TO THE POOR AND NEEDY. Always seek for the good, betterment and welfare of the disabled, needy, frustrated and orphans. If these things are overlooked in the kingdom, our stay here is of no use. See Galatians 2:9-10. Gal 2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. Gal 2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. Luke 10:30-37 A certain lawyer, on trying to tempt our Lord Jesus said to Him, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Then our Lord Jesus Christ asked him what is written in the law. And he answered that man should love the Lord his God with all his heart, soul, strength and his neighbor as himself. Then our Lord Jesus Christ told him that he has answered correctly and advised him to do same in order to inherit eternal life. But this lawyer, desiring to justify himself, asked our Lord Jesus Christ who his neighbor is. Our Lord Jesus Christ then told him a story about a certain good Samaritan as recorded at Luke 10:30-37. Use the story to ascertain in you that serving God is not an easy task. BE YOUR BROTHERS KEEPER: Beloved, many people do take offence at others for being neglected, whereas they have never one day strived at ensuring other peoples welfare and betterment. The most paramount thing expected of everybody is to be our brothers keeper, if we desire that God saves us, rekindle our hope and strengthen our ways. FIRST LESSON: LUKE 16:12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another mans, who shall give you that which is your own? You are a witness to the fact that ingratitude and gratitude existed in the world long ago. None of these starts today. So, for you to be a good child of God who seeks to receive blessings from God, you have to render selfless services to people and be your brothers keeper without seeking any special compensation from those you help. Even though your services - charity, kindness etc to people yield no good return, you should not mind. When you hear that the field is ripe but there are no labourers to work in the field, do not think it is the agricultural field that is being referred to. Instead, note that the statement connotes that there are many disabled, orphan, oppressed and the like people, but there are no people to help them. Bear in mind that whenever you engage in this act, God is bound to reward you bountifully. A spiritual song goes thus; I love to answer that name, a man of God. It is after you might have practised this gospel that you are worthy of answering the above name. Therefore, you are duty bound to render selfless, services to people, be your brothers keeper and not a hireling. Between a person who serves for filthy lucre and a person who serves freely, who do you think performs the real work of God? Note that the former is carnally minded whereas the latter is spiritually minded: SO, AS MANY AS SERVE FOR FILTHY LUCRE BUT CLAIM TO BE SERVING GOD ARE NOT SERVING GOD IN ESSENCE, FOR IF THEY WERE REALLY SERVING GOD, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE CHARGED FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED. Any person who established a spiritual hospital, healing home, bethel, prayer house etc and charges money for the services rendered is doing the work of the flesh. But if in such establishment, he renders selfless services to people, he is truly doing the work of God. SECOND LESSON: LUKE 14:13-14 But when thou maketh a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind And thou shalt be blessed: for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. RENDER SELFLESS SERVICE Beloved, if you-do not practise the above portion, yet you claim to be a man of God, and you wished to be blessed by God, you are a liar - a worldly person and cannot receive anything tangible from God. Furthermore, note that whatever you do to people, you do same to God. So, do not think your deeds are for naught. After all when our Lord Jesus Christ talked about judgement, He said that when the Son of man shall come in His glory, he shall separate the goats from the sheep. Then, He shall bless the sheep on His right band and curse the goats and send them to hell for everlasting punishment. See MATTHEW 25:31-40 FOR DETAIL. Do you now realize why virtually everybody is gazing into the sky today? AMONG THE PROPHETS AND THE MEN OF THIS WORLD, NO ONE PRACTICES THE WORD OF GOD APART FROM OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. An adage has it that the owner of a corpse always carries the head. Our Lord Jesus Christ knew the task ahead of the children of God, hence, He came to bell the cat and that, He successfully accomplished. People always long to have the Children of God around them. This is sequel to the fact that it is only the Children of God who render selfless services for people. Our Lord Jesus Christ provided a model which we should follow suit. During His advent, He healed, comforted and rekindled the hope of many, gratis. He never charged for any service He rendered. But the prophets of old who made sure any time they were visited, things were taken to them by the visitors thus, did not render any service freely. This explain the reason why our lord Jesus Christ was greatly glorified. Even as the Son of man came not be ministered unto, but minister; and to give his life a ransom for many (MATTHEW So as many as wish to be worthy of being Gods children and to receive blessings from Him have to emulate our Lord Jesus Christ. IT IS HIGH TIME WE STOPPED SEEKING FOR MORE GOSPELS, BUT ALWAYS PRACTISE THE ADVICE FROM OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AS RECORDED AT LUKE 14:13-14 But when thou maketh a feast, call poor, maimed the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. This particular gospel supersedes all other gospels, SO GO AND PRACTISE IT AND STOP COMING HERE EVERY TIME FOR GOSPELS YET YOU DO NOT PRACTISE ANY OF THEM. The scripture of Galatians 6:8 states: For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting.” What you have just read constitute the work of God. So if you go out without being told and you practise this gospel by being of help to people gratis, you are bound to be blessed and rewarded accordingly. The prophets, apostles, pastors, visioners etc. cannot practise this gospel because they are all hirelings. Being that you are Gods treasurer and custodian of wealth, the theme of this gospel is your watchword till eternity. Once you practise this gospel, the afflicted, oppressed, disabled and the hopeless will be made alright and equally, they will enjoy the bliss of God. And once this happens, you too will receive your reward from God. I earlier told you in an illustration some time ago that there was a man who became very rich because of a favor his fore- father did to certain people many years back. So there is nothing beneficial as being your brothers keeper and rendering selfless services to people. Giving people money, awarding them scholarship and buying car for people do not constitute the work of God. INVITING DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE TO YOUR FEAST TOO DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE WORK OF GOD. THE CONTENT OF OUR SECOND LESSON CONSTITUTES THE WORK OF GOD. In the Lords prayer, it is said, Give us this day, our daily bread. So it is imperative that you should not live and see people being hungry in any aspect. Give out to people and do not long to be recompensed, for by so doing, you will be rewarded on the last day. This alone constitutes the work of God. If you could recall that when Mary Magdalene used that costly ointment to pour over the head of our Lord Jesus Christ, some of His disciples who were thieves took offence at that and asked why the ointment was wasted. They reasoned selfishly that the ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and the proceeds given to the poor. And they reproached her. This they did, not for the benefit of the poor, but for their own benefit, for they were thieves. But our Lord Jesus Christ said to them, thus: ...Let her alone, why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever you will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always she had done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel is preached throughout the whole world this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. (Mark 14:6-9 Today, the poor, disabled, comfortless, hopeless, etc abound in the world. But have you tried to rekindle their hope and make them feel alright and enjoy the rights of the children of God? Now that we are with God, it is advised that we search ourselves so that we may not err as some Israelites erred and received due punishment. The above explanations form a proof of the fact God does not relent in giving you what to eat daily. So, do not, as a result of precautional or selfish motive, hoard the food God gave to you to share with others. God has His reasons for all the things he does. He knows the essence of giving you food on a daily basis instead of giving you for future use. David knew this hence, he beseeched God not to give him too much so that he might not disgrace His name. Because of this, God gave him a little at a time. This is exactly what is happening with us. He has a limit to which He gives you something, for He knows very well the resultant consequences of giving too much or too small. This is the reason the scripture enjoins you to always call the poor, orphans, disabled, hopeless etc to your feast. So, if you realize that a person can feed himself or lives in affluence, do not invite him to your feast. As many as call the affluent and distinguished people to their feast do so, so that those people might in turn invite them to their feast. And this depicts that you are engaging in contribution and this cannot profit you anything. But if you invite the poor to your feast, your reward is in heaven. There is much gain in rendering selfless service but people do not know. But as many as know this have long been reaping their bountiful harvest. This is what is meant by the statement, Store your treasure in heaven, for the treasure stored on earth is vanity. God has designed it in this very way for the manifestation of His glory. So it is nobodys making. This teaching is neither learnt nor taught. It is practised by those who know it. The Children of God have acquired this accurate knowledge of truth, hence they engage properly and diligently in it and reap the reward accordingly. God is regarded as Ominpotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient because there is no field of study in the world ranging from Marketing, accounting, Business Management, Medicine, law, Architecture among others which He is not an expert in. He is an expert in purchase and supply hence. If a fat sum of money is given to a man now, he would claim it for his own selfish interest. But God distribute everything at His disposal to everybody evenly in accounting, credit and debit have to balance. And this is exactly what God adopts. God makes sure He gives you a certain amount of money for a particular purpose and would love to see how the account balances at the end of the work. If at the end, the credit is above the debit, it means that you have cheated and if debit is over credit, it means that you have been cheated. GOD IS THE DEAN ALL FACULTIES IN THE WORLD. And should we emulate Him, we would have no problems whatever in life. Sing the spiritual song that goes thus: Lay your treasures in heaven, for the treasures of this world are vanity. Have you now realized that aside from heaven, there is no other bank that stores without risk? I am sure many people here would reverse their thought and start laying up their treasure in heaven. An adage quotes a monkey as believing that anything in its cheek is for the bullet, whereas, that which is in its stomach is its own. This is because at any time a monkey is shot, the food inside its cheek falls out. The things you give out to people for the purpose of charity are the things God uses to measure your reward, for by so doing, you have laid your treasure in heaven. But if you hoard things for yourself without minding the welfare of others, thieves would come in and do away with such things whereby you and the rightful people who were meant to use the things can no longer use them. This is the evil of laying ones treasury on earth. Gods wisdom surpasses the wisdom of all. He knows best, hence, we should adhere strictly to His own teachings and injunctions. None of us is knowledgeable, so, it is to no avail trying to apply our carnal and misleading wisdom and knowledge. He alone can keep everything in safe custody. He makes sure our souls are saved till the last day, provided we are worthy of Him. Why then do you not strive hard so as to be worthy of Him? GOLDEN TEXT: LUKE 12:43-44 blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. OUR REWARD IS GREAT The second lesson of this gospel has enjoined you to always invite the poor, disabled, orphans, etc. to your feast without seeking for any recompense. Now if you keep to this injunction, having known that it is right and proper to do so, your Master (God) on coming to see you doing this, will make you the ruler over His possessions; for He has found you to be a good shepherd. This is the most rewarding thing in your life so it should not be neglected by anyone who desires to be blessed by God. At times, people reason that God do neglects some people but blesses others bountifully. This is as a result of the fact that a reasonable person cannot appoint an embezzler to man his business ventures, not to -talk- of financial institutions. Everybody in the world today is self-centered. The Father knows everybody very well even to the extent of knowing your inner self. A person may donate one million naira today during fund raising ceremony because he lives in affluence, but because he becomes poor after one year, he refuses to attend such occasions any longer. God alone knows everything and how best to design plans and execute them. That is why, each time people claim to be economist, I laugh them to scorn for I cannot imagine an economist, -auditor, -manager etc existing yet fraudulence, embezzlement, business failure, and misappropriation of fund are still the order of the day in the world today. He alone knows all. So once you emulate Him and keep to His teachings, you lose nothing and cannot meet any failure. Once you practice this gospel, God would see you as being trustworthy and He would make you the store-keeper, treasurer and custodian of all His property. But so far as you are not ready to make yourself trustworthy before God, you cannot be given such an opportunity. It is to this end that the scripture at Hebrews 13:1-2 states: Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for them by some have entertained angels unawares. By inviting the poor to your feast and not neglecting anybody, you have automatically made many people to ascertain in them that all hopes are not shattered. THAT IS THE REASON WHY THE FATHER MAKES SURE THERE IS NO SINGLE DAY FEAST IS NOT CELEBRATED AT THE HEADQUARTERS. AND THIS HAS, TO A LARGE EXTENT, CAUSED A LOT OF THINGS TO HAPPEN. IN FACT, WITH THE CELEBRATION OF FEAST IN THIS KINGDOM, WE LIVE CONTINUOUSLY IN AFFLUENCE. This informs why it is said that to whom much is given, of him will much be required and to him little is given, of him also is little expected. A rich man who is a miser would always give excuse that he does not have anything. But a poor man who is charitable wastes no time donating,even his last kobo without fear to Gods service. And as the latter so donates without fear, so is he blessed with more by God. In fact, the riches of the former person may even be collected from him for being a miser and given to the latter for being charitable. This informs why our first lesson advises us to be faithful in that which belongs to another person so as to be blessed with ours. The scripture has it that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Here, camel connotes a poor but charitable man who can enter into the kingdom of God at the expense of a rich man who is a miser. The miser men are today suffering the adverse effect of going contrary to Gods injunction, for they are always self-centred and concerned about their fellow rich men at the expense of the poor. It is said that a stroke of cane is enough for the wise. Let those who have ears hear what the Holy Spirit has imparted to the entire world. May God bless His Holy words. Amen FATHERS GOSPEL (SATURDAY(M) 06/08/94 THANK YOU HOLY FATHER.
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