Programme: Believers’ Convention Prayer Meeting 2021 (Week Six Day Two)
Date: 20th July, 2021
Powered by: Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministry (EGFM)
Minister: Reverend Kayode Oyegoke
God has given Jesus many sons so that He can father them for Him (Heb. 2:10). Therefore, Jesus will midwife the process of sonship in us and escort us unto everlasting life, so that we can be harvested as sons in life everlasting. Everlasting life has the ability to raise a man’s status and sight into accurate judgement. All of its commandments are love commandments and they end with mercy, which is Eternal Life. God’s nature is merciful and He is compassionate towards all the things He has made, even the animals (Psalm 111:4, 145:9).
When Adam disobeyed God, Satan took over the control of nature from him. Since then, creation (both heavens and the earth) has been groaning in pain for the manifestation of the sons of God (Rom. 8:19-23). This pain is the pain of corruption, and it is a weight upon creation. The manifestation of the sons of God refers to redemption from the bondage of corruption.
“Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.” (Rom. 8:21). Those who would come into the glorious liberty are children; because it is one who is an extreme child that will not interrupt but allow God to flow freely. It is one who is highly innocent that will allow the free course of deliverance to take place in his soul, because he is meek. It will take a lot of meekness and humility to operate the power of glory. The higher one goes spiritually, the more dependent he will become. Your authority in the spirit depends on how childlike you are.
The man-child will rule the earth with the rod of iron. They are the ones who will sit on the throne. The throne of God is used to administer salvation to souls; it is a shepherdic throne. One who is not a shepherd cannot sit on this throne. As such, God is ensuring that we all grow up; even as we are being pastored by shepherds, to also become shepherds. Those who are interested in sonship should be interested in becoming shepherds. The work of a shepherd is not a calling. It is higher than the fivefold ministry because it is the office of immortality. It will take a king and a priest to conscript into a shepherd. The kingly operation is not about exertion; rather, it is a different sense of dominion that can bring liberty to the oppressed.
Eternal Life cannot have full expression in men except when they are children. The nature of a child is one that will not hinder God. The mind of a child can believe anything that he is told. As such, when the Father warns a soul not to believe Satan but he does otherwise, he is not yet completely a child of God. Our childhood in God is expressed by how well we believe on Him and the Lord Jesus. The one whom God can trust with immortality is one who has become a child. The childlike heart may seem foolish to the world, but it is only this kind of heart that can inherit the kingdom (Matt. 18:3).
The candlesticks in the book of Revelation represent churches that have journeyed to the realm of everlasting life (Rev. 2:1-2). The reason why they can remain in their place is because they have done works (the first and last works). However, when the stick is removed from its place, the church will no longer be recognized as an everlasting church. Many churches today have not yet reached this level. However, God wants us to come to this state and for this reason, He is giving us speed. The purpose of the works is so that the churches will be connected to the Head (God).
The sticks are an insignia of the stature of everlasting life. The measure of the candlestick is the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Son of God. The unity of the faith does not refer to believing God for things but the faith of God’s elect. It is the faith that gathers the saints. If the whole church begins to teach this faith, everyone will drop their doctrines, unite, and begin to hear the unity of the faith. Then, they will come into the knowledge of the Son of God and to a perfect man.
The unity of the faith is the learning from faith to charity. The perfect man comes from the unity of faith, and then, the measure of the stature of the fullness of God, which is the stature of Christ. When he has attained this, he will be able to grow up to God (the Head) in all things (Eph. 4:13-15). The war of the enemy against us is so that we will not grow up to the Head. This will only happen to a man when his Christ stature is crippled. What cripples the Christ stature in a man are the rudiments of this world, philosophies, traditions of men and vain deceit (Col. 2:8).
The fullness of the Godhead bodily is everlasting life. This fullness is the full measure of the candlestick; and it is the fullness of the stature of the Son of God. Jesus grew into this stature and occupied it. As such, He could occupy the position of the Bride of God first. Jesus also wants the church to occupy this position, but we are not yet doing so. The actual occupation of the church is to break through into everlasting life.
Christ's life is a victory over the world; while the fullness of everlasting life is a victory over hell and death. The whole world, starting from the church, must see these two messages of everlasting life and Eternal Life. The way God will make this message known to the world is by preaching; for the end will not come until this message is preached (Isa. 61:1-4, Matt. 24:14). However, before one can preach this gospel, its life must be manifest in him.
God’s agenda is to grow churches with everlasting and eternal power. The pastors of these churches have to be stars, otherwise, they will not be worthy to lighten the candle. This is because the flames on the candle only respond to the stars. These stars are stars of light; they are everlasting stars. The standard of Jesus for every church is that they come into the everlasting abode, in the very least. When churches are like this, they will be able to influence the government of nations because they would be governmental churches. The governmental power of these churches is not that of earthly dominion but one that men on earth do not recognize nor can they look for.
There is no government except one comes into judgment (Isa 9:6-7). The Father gave all judgement to the Son by giving Him all things (John 3:35). The reward of the saints (the church) is judgement, although this is not their eternal reward. When you overcome the world, you become godly. The purpose of godliness is to have judgement. There are reservoirs of God that only the realm of judgement archives. As such, judgement will not come to you except you have grown to a place where you can participate in it. Judgement is an exercise in the spirit.
Those who have come into the realm of judgement are those who have resolved that they will not be driven away by the wind. This is why the ungodly cannot stand in judgement nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous (Psa. 1:4-5). The righteous are those who can learn judgement. God’s intention for all men is that they will be able to judge. Those who are ungodly (who have the tendency to be driven by the wind) are not allowed in the realm of judgement. These are those who cannot pass the test of godliness or of Christ, who is the stature of the godly tree. Only a godly tree can enter judgement. The exercise of denying ungodliness and worldly lust purifies the mind and helps it develop spiritual sensitivity for judgement.
God’s school is not about intelligence; it is a school of the heart because this is where God teaches and illuminates hearts. Satan, on the other hand, deceives and darkens it and then hands wickedness over to it. The education of the earth can be corrupted; it is too weak to know wickedness because Satan can pervert the light of the earth. He deceived men to make them think that status is determined by the environment; and by so doing, he taught them to give glory to the creature rather than the Creator.
Those who do not like the teaching of the word, as against the spectacular, do not want the advancement of the church of God. The word of God is finetuned by theories which people will fetch out and build upon. Theories can change thoughts and these thoughts can bring about breakthroughs. The scripture is an exercise of thoughts; but Satan does not want the knowledge of God’s thoughts to come to the universe. We will not have breakthroughs on what life really is if we deny God’s thoughts from invading our world. Therefore, we should give room to the thinking pattern of God. The knowledge of Eternal Life is a breakthrough for the church.
The intention of the Father is that this unholy world will become a Holy Place because the flood of everlasting waters will come and sweep off the refuge of lies. After a while, majority of men will begin to hear life everlasting. The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea (Hab. 2:14). This knowledge that will cover the earth is the knowledge of eternal power; and it is the teaching of the stature of the candlestick. God’s expectation for mankind is for them to be candlesticks; and the way our Father will achieve this is by producing everlasting churches and ministers.
Everlasting churches must be certified by the throne because such churches will employ materials of the highest. We must develop the strength to be able to express the life of the star, which is able to keep churches away from the doctrines of Jezebel, Nicolaitans and Balaam. We should be patient enough to remain in the church and shine as stars, regardless of any natural factor like age or time. The nature of a star is a complete sense of shepherding. A star is loaded with the sense of charting the course. Everlasting stars are also called daystars.
Daystars evaporated from the candlestick. It speaks of works that position one as a star. The stars are a result of the last work. Churches are works of God’s feet; while stars are works of His hand. Therefore, churches should do works until they also become works of His hands (stars). Jesus’ desire is that all candlesticks will overcome and become stars.
The man child company are not candlesticks but stars who have become one. Just like stars form a galaxy, the man child is a body of stars who come together to form a child that sits on the throne. The man child is an Eternal star made up of men who would be raptured into Eternal Life. They are an unbreakable formation of men who are patterned after Jesus. The wife of Jesus (the queen in gold of Ophir) is a body of stars who will sit on the throne and inherit Eternal Life. Each person in this company is a star. The next in rank to this queen are daystar churches, and then, candlestick churches which are the honourable women that are ready to be stars (Psa. 45:9).
The King has daughters who are among the honourable women. The queen is from among these daughters. Some of the women are in the Court, some in the Holy Place and some in the Most Holy Place. The honourable women are raptured from the candlesticks, when they arrive as a daystar. The queen who is clothed with the gold of Ophir is the one who enters into Eternal Life. The queen is a daughter and it is when she is about to be exhumed (to the Holy of Holies) that she is told to forget her people because this is how the King will greatly desire her beauty. Her beauty will not show forth until she forgets her people (Psalm 45:10).
When a woman does not forget her lineage after she has gone to her husband's house, it is not good for either her or her husband. A woman should not take the things of her fathers’ house to her husband's house otherwise, she would be unable to build her home. Instead of building her home, she would be rebuilding her father’s house (Prov. 14:1). This depicts Eternal Life because we cannot truly marry Jesus except, we forget our fathers and mothers and become as though we are without descent, beginning of days nor end of life (Heb. 7:3). Jesus must see this in us before our beauty will find expression.
There are many women but there is the commandment to the daughter who will marry Jesus. When she does them, she will become the King’s daughter. It is one whom the Father will own as a daughter that will marry Jesus. Jesus must marry the person who has His exact nature, otherwise, she will not be able to reflect Eternal Life. This is because Eternal Life needs an environment that is completely void of things that men allow or treasure, to be fully expressed.