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CONTINUED My third recourse to Revelation : *It Fast-tracks the Future!* _"the time is coming and NOW is."_ In the hour of Revelation, the _"time that is coming_ " can *NOW* be. It can, from tomorrow, be today. For Revelation closes the gap and hastens the time. We may, through Revelation, enter into age-long promises and make their day of fulfillment TODAY. Jesus enters the Synagogue on Saturday having recently returned from that " _desert experience_ ". He is to read the scriptures and the scrolls of Isaiah are handed to Him. He reads from Isaiah 61:1 _"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, He has appointed Me to preach Good News to the poor; he has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted and to announce that captives shall be released and the blind shall see, that the downtrodden shall be freed from their oppressors, and that God is ready to give blessings to all who come to Him."_ It is Revelation! A message unto Him. Brought alive to Him! Made

What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 1 Cor. 3:5. If there's a man you admire so much because he's doing great things, be guided that he was fulfilling his assignments. Men are messengers from heaven to other men. Few are superstars because they chose to become responsible. Now note that no man deserves to be worshipped but can be appreciated for his good deeds. Men (including pastors) are custodians of good works and your being blessed through them is a privilege for them. *** SELAH *** Men aren't to be worshipped but can be appreciated. ************* BUSINESS TIP: Always celebrate people if not for anything but for being in and around your business. ©Olaotan Jeremiah

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt...talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.... and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deuteronomy 6:6-8 One of the reasons Gloria and I have seen the results we have in our lives and in our ministry is because when we realized what the Word of God would do, we literally immersed ourselves in it. We turned off the radio and television, put down the newspaper, and spent nearly every waking moment of the time available either reading the Word, listening to tapes on the Word, or thinking about the Word. All that time in the Word eventually had a powerful effect on us. It began to revolutionize everything about us. It began to turn failure into success. All that didn’t happen overnight, however. It took time. A great many believers don’t realize that. They start out devoting themselves to the Word,

For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men? 1 Cor. 3:4. Many of us may live in the body but sincerely not mere men because we have been regenerated. But if you're still battling with division in your heart about Christ's potency then you're a mere man. If you're the reason there's division in church then you're a mere man. If you think your pastor is superior to another pastor, you're just another mere man. If you're always tossed around by your pastor for spiritual things, you're a mere man. ***SELAH*** Mere men can only stand before mean men. ************** BUSINESS SECRET : Focus more on what makes you productive rather than getting busy with mere activities. © Olaotan Jeremiah

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? 1 Cor. 3:3 You can be born again, Spirit filled, tongue speaking and still be very worldly... If you claim you've been redeemed and you still keep little quarrels, malice then you're worldly. If you're born again and jealousy still drives your ego then you're still very worldly. If you're born again and still condemns people, culture, leaders then you're still practically worldly. The salvation you received came with love for all so as to attract all for love. ***SELAH*** Worldliness is living contrary to the Word of God. ************* BUSINESS SECRET: Your business thrive faster when her culture is maintained. © Olaotan Jeremiah

"Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly--mere infants in Christ". 1 Cor. 3:1 You can be in Christ and still be very worldly in action— that makes you an infant in Christ. Even though maturity isn't attained in one night yet you don't have to remain so long in infantry stage. Infants in Christ are moved by worldly things (things that are seen with the eyes). Infants in Christ are always afraid to dear and so live so much a mediocre life. You ain't meant to remain at infantry stage but to reach for maturity everyday. ***SELAH*** Always reach out for growth. ************* BUSINESS SECRET: The size of your library is also the size of your growth including your business/career. © Olaotan Jeremiah

"We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 1 Cor. 2:12. There are many things God has given us for free than most Christians have realised. You ain't meant to lack divine plan, direction and leading but most do because they can't relate with the Spirit of God. You ain't meant to pay for salvation with your blood but most are already positioned to pay heavily for it. Most people toil and work hard without results because they don't know how to get things done rightly. The Spirit of God can teach you all things, give you understanding of any matter as well as deliver your portions with God. ***SELAH*** The Spirit of God is your no 1 counsellor. ************* BUSINESS SECRET: The Spirit in you has enough power to deliver real solution to any matter. © Olaotan Jeremiah

(Continued) Revelation makes us witnesses of the truth. It makes us                     " _accomplices_ " of Divine Facts. It                " _implicates_ " us, it involves us and we become attached for life. It then becomes difficult to betray the truth, because we have seen it and we have been seen by it. My first recourse to Revelation lies in the fact that it back-tracks spiritual reality. I mean that the day of Revelation is the day we catch up with long-existing facts. It is not the day those things occur, rather it is the day we catch up with them. The day I discover I am a sinner, what a day! But it is not the day I became a sinner. No! I became a sinner over six thousand years ago when Adam ate the apple. It is a divine fact. The divine verdict was this _" All have Sinned..."_ Romans 3:23. When Adam sinned, all sinned. Fair or not fair? I was in him when he disobeyed, and so was affected by the corruption that resulted, for my life is traceab

(Continued) Revelation makes us witnesses of the truth. It makes us                     " _accomplices_ " of Divine Facts. It                " _implicates_ " us, it involves us and we become attached for life. It then becomes difficult to betray the truth, because we have seen it and we have been seen by it. My first recourse to Revelation lies in the fact that it back-tracks spiritual reality. I mean that the day of Revelation is the day we catch up with long-existing facts. It is not the day those things occur, rather it is the day we catch up with them. The day I discover I am a sinner, what a day! But it is not the day I became a sinner. No! I became a sinner over six thousand years ago when Adam ate the apple. It is a divine fact. The divine verdict was this _" All have Sinned..."_ Romans 3:23. When Adam sinned, all sinned. Fair or not fair? I was in him when he disobeyed, and so was affected by the corruption that resulted, for my life is traceab

Witnesses needed! I do not necessarily refer to Evangelists. That would make you picture only a small group of people. Whereas the Lord addresses a wider group here; all those He chose. They shall become witnesses. He is not satisfied till they become such. It's His very " _dream_ ". _"...And you shall be my WITNESSES..."_ _"...In Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the ends of the Earth."_ Witnesses! Not story tellers or Narrators! He knew well the sophistication of the  World which they were called to capture. Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria are too sophisticated for anything less than witnessing. Talk less of the Ends of the Earth. Mere preaching won't cut it, they will have to be witnesses. Perhaps we are not penetrating the systems of this World order because we are not witnesses. Many of us are 3rd parties to the truth and 5th parties to the gospel. We carry what we were told by people who were also absent at the scene. So we report what was rep