Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministry (EGFM)
Programme: Believers’ Convention 2023 (Day 3 - Evening Session)
Date: Tuesday, 8th August 2023
Speaker 1: Pastor Dimeji Elugbadebo
Transcript Excerpt
“We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. [2] (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Cor. 6:1-2). The ministry of glory is also the ministry of salvation, for salvation is glorious. It refers to the building of God’s stature in men, even in the days of their flesh. Therefore, to be saved is to become the full stature of the temple of God.
At the New Birth, we received a measure of the name of the Holy Ghost, which qualified us to be temples of the Holy Ghost. One must have the name of the Holy Ghost in its fullest to completely be the temple of the Holy Ghost. The name of the Holy Ghost is the measurement of the stature of God, in the Holy Ghost. In its fullest measure, the name of the Holy Ghost will seal a man. Seals are measurements of landmarks in the building of temples. Therefore, the seal of a man is his measure.
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost…” (Matt. 28:19). Jesus commissioned the apostles to raise the complete temple of God in men, when He sent them to baptize the nations in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. These names are measurements in the temple of God, beginning with the name of the Holy Ghost. In the New Testament, salvation means to come to the full stature of God, even when one is still in his natural body.
“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. [21] For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Cor. 5:20-21). Reconciliation is the process of finishing the building of God in men. The Corinthian church had been built to the measure of Christ’s temple. However, this is not the full measurement of the temple of God in man. The landmark or measurement of progress for the building of God’s temple in man is by how much of His image we have in our souls. The image of God is the material that is used to build the temple of God. Salvation is the revelation of God’s nature, and He desires to lay the slabs of His nature in man until man becomes the complete temple of God, witnessing His image.
Righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just like the measurements of the temple. Until righteousness is completely revealed, the temple of God cannot be finished. A full temple of God is a temple that is of full righteousness. There are different levels of righteousness and at every level, there is an image of God that should be built in man. The day of salvation is the day when God will finish the building. This day is not a particular year in the calendar of men but a season in the spirit, when salvation will be taught to men and then, they will become full witnesses of salvation.
“For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Cor. 6:2). The time accepted is the last time in the season of the sanctuary. In the sanctuary, there are two years — the good and acceptable year — which are landmarks in the building of the temple. The day of salvation and the acceptable time intersect with one another. This is because the acceptable year is already a step into the day of salvation. One who is in this state has developed the consciousness of salvation in them. In the season of Christ, there is the season of life and of peace. The fullness of the sanctuary, which is Christ, is peace. A man who is at peace is one who can respond to the call of God for salvation.
One must first understand the measurements of God before he can understand how God builds. Thus, we are taught precepts (knowledge), so that we can quickly be brought into lines (natures). Before one can lay hold on everlasting life, one has to come into the fullness of the measure of Christ. The nature of peace must have been worked in a man for him to comprehend salvation. The acceptable time is the season when a soul journeys and acquires the nature that can enter into salvation. Grace is the empowerment to be saved. It is the energy to trap and bear witness to the nature of salvation.
“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” (John 4:34). One cannot access everlasting life without doctrine. The doctrine that is needed to gain access to this life is the strong meat of the word (John 6:27). The meat is the will. When a person is doing the will, he is working. The work of a man is measured by his walk in the spirit. By walking, a man’s stature is built. The work of God is finished when the process of salvation is completed in a man. Finished works are completed temples.
There is a meat that can deliver salvation to a man. In the New Testament, salvation is the acquisition of the incorruptible nature of God and it is far beyond the New Birth. It is a journey to a state where one is incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading (1 Pet. 1:4). Peace is a measure and it becomes an inheritance by obedience to the truth of Christ. We have to quickly become a company of peace and the conversation of this company is charity. The conversation of peace is measured by our charity walk, for a people of peace are people who have fervent love for one another.
Charity is a measure of strength that keeps us standing to be raised. A people of peace are people who are standing because They want to bring the measurement of salvation. Salvation in the new testament is what the prophets called glory in the Old Testament. Any glory that can be corruptible and stolen is not our glory. The most glorious thing that can happen to us is to have the building of God erected in us, and for us to become a walking temple. Salvation cannot be measured without tribulation.
The work of the New Testament is to repair temples and not just about blessing people naturally. A New Testament minister is one who has the solution to sin and can catch sin in all of its shades because sin is a mystery. It is by the remission of sins that the sin of the world is dealt with. When a man’s sins are being remitted, he is being raised. What makes men dead is sin, therefore, men are also raised by cleansing. The place where this cleansing takes place is the Church.
Sin is a secret and can only be dealt with by another secret. You cannot understand the kingdom of God without knowing the architecture of the structure of sin in men. That a soul is delivered from demonic oppression does not mean such a soul has been healed; this is because carnality cannot be cast away. You need Christ to deal with the structure of sin in men. Sin is a structure that cannot be tampered with, except by empowerment and access to the mysteries of the kingdom, which start with the mystery of Christ. The gospel of Christ is what facilitates the remission of sin to raise the first temple called the temple of Christ or the holy temple in the Lord.
Just like there are two gospels — the gospel of Christ and the gospel of God, sins are also in categories. Sin and death is in one category, while hell and death is in another category. A man is resurrected from the force of sin and death by cleansing. When filthiness is being dealt with, holiness is being perfected (2 Cor. 7:1). We cannot arrive at holiness without doing righteousness. Righteousness is beyond precepts because precepts only empower you to obey or do what you have heard. Without lines, you have not started doing or obeying.
The Lord must help us to do all that we are hearing, for as we do them, we increase in measure (stature). When we do not have the love of a level of truth., we are not ready for the next level because every truth has its love. A holy man is a man of love. A pastor who does not have the judgement to measure the congregation will not know the level of truth to bring at every point in time. Jesus cannot raise His church above the level of the ministers, therefore, we need ministers of the New Testament.
When our sins are being remitted, a cadre of spirits are being dealt with. The spirits in the air, in their various categories, have their dominion and foothold in men. But the influence of a spirit cannot be dislodged without dealing with their work. This is because this is what will make them lose power over you. Our warfare over them is by our growth. As we see (understand), we walk. As we walk, we grow and as we grow, spirits fall. Therefore, we must become very conscious of our daily growth.
It is a wicked work for a soul to perish, but the temple of God is against wickedness. A soul that is perishing is a soul that cannot be useful to God. There is a plague of perishing coming upon the earth, but the servants of God must be sealed in their forehead before this time. In this meeting, the eastern angel is with us because of this plague. God wants to equip His ministers. He wants to seal them so that they can be a shade for His people.
“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” (2 Cor. 7:1). Cleansing from the filthiness of the spirit is cleansing from hidden things that constitute a blockade to the finishing of the building of the temple. The temple will not be finished except God cleanses us from the filthiness of the spirit. That which will make us renounce these hidden things is everlasting light, for it has the ability to expire hidden things and administer healing to our souls; so that we will become immune to perishing. God has to search man because there are things hidden in men.
Hidden things of dishonesty are ways and they stop the raising of God's temple but Jesus is a High Priest who knows how to take ways from us. The building of the temple of God is the opening of the everlasting way in men because everlasting life is the solution to the perishing in men’s souls. God wants temples that are complete because complete temples are gates of heaven.
A gate of hell is a completed temple of sin; they are also men. There is a project in the last time to quickly hasten the work of salvation and finish temples, so that the temples of men will become gates of heaven. A gate is a point of entrance where the Prince can come in and where waters can flow from the east. Satan is also raising temples which are gates of hell. Gates of hell are floodgates of iniquity.
“So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” (Isa. 59:19). When the enemy is coming like a flood, it means there are gates of hell already on earth. But the Spirit of God will raise a standard by building temples in men. The temple of God is the standard that Jesus will raise.
In this Convention, the Lord wants to give us entrance, for this convention should launch us into another realm of building. It is a meeting set to open a gate to us as a community, the body of Christ and the nations of the earth.
Blessings!