WHY MAN WAS CREATED

First lesson: Colossians 3:2 “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” Second lesson: Romans 8:6 “For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” Golden text: Galatians 6:8 “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.” 4.1 Stop being carnally minded Brethren, the above texts form the theme of our sermon. A careful deliberation on the above texts will aid you to know the source and solution to all your problems. The first lesson advises that, we should not set our affection on earthly things rather on things above. Our second lesson discloses that to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. The two lessons have clearly revealed to us that, all the commandments of God are for our betterment and if we abide by these rules, we will surely have life and peace. Failure to do them leads to death. It is often said that , a testimony of two or three people ascertains a fact and in line with this, our golden text confirms that, he that soweth to his flesh shall, of the flesh, reap corruption. This accounts for why you have been warned not to be carnally minded, because it is of no gain. Stop requesting for money, cars, wives, children and estates. All the lust and desire for all these things are death. Be informed that, he that soweth to the spirit shall, of the spirit, reap life everlasting. This invariably means that, if we serve God whole heartedly in truth, to us, everlasting life is sure. Your desire to be elected the President, Governor, Commissioner, Minister or Local Government Chairman earns you nothing but vanity. Therefore, you either seek for eternal life or condemnation. Know that, it is for your own good that God tells you not to do a particular thing or commit a particular sin. Mark 8:36 states. “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” You have what you refer to as nice time on earth. You run after women, have a chain of degrees, cars, estates, companies and expensive wears while on earth and completely forget about your Creator. But the pertinent question is, where will you spend your eternity? Be rest assured that, in the last day, you will surely go empty handed. Everyday you keep lamenting and blaming your poor situation on witchcraft and wizard, mermaid or evil spirit. But this is not the truth. All that is worrying you is the work of the flesh. Your predicaments emanate from carnal mindedness. No matter the number of times you confess your sins, if you do not live according to the commandment of God, you will surely leave here empty handed. But if you set your affection on serving God, you shall have peace and eternal life. The reward for the service of God is eternal life, glory, prosperity, peace and joy. Earthly things represent evil but heavenly things represent God and you have been warned to desist from setting your affection on earthly things but on things above. This invariably means setting your affection on God. You fornicate, steal, murder, lie, begrudge, hate, fight, quarrel and do evil against one another because of your affection on the things of this world. 4.2 Why God created man All your troubles emanate from your desire for earthly things and not from God. A number of you come in here in quest for money, admission, employment, wealth, husband, wife, children and material things. These things cannot fetch you anything other than perdition. I am giving you these pieces of advice because I love you and would not want you to perish but to have eternal life, peace and joy. God, the Creator, did not create man to live a life of his own by doing what he deems fit but He created man to serve Him in all his (man) life so that he may have eternal life. Now is the time for everybody to strife harder in the services of God. Gone is the era of the work of darkness, death and shame. Now is the era of love and the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. We have to worship our Creator in the daytime, for the night cometh when no one will see the way to do that which is good. Therefore, beloved, do not follow after anybody but diligently follow after God, the Creator. You are duty bound to follow the exemplary life of our Lord Jesus Christ who gave His life as a ransom for the redemption of mankind. Let us also emulate what Peter, John and the other disciples did when they had the invitation to serve God. Do not relent in doing that which is desirable in the sight of God. This is the end of time when all hands must be on deck towards the worship of God. Those who had hardened their heart against this injunction will lack what to eat but all those who have given and shall give themselves to the services of God will never lack what to eat. It is better to serve God than to serve man. This is so because whatever you do for the flesh perishes and the flesh itself will perish too. Your incessant quarrels, court cases, fighting and killings emanate from nowhere other than your affection on the things of the flesh. Read the first lesson again: First lesson: Colossians 3 : 2 “Set you affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” 4.3 Obedience is better than sacrifice It is said that obedience is better than sacrifice. Now is the time for all the inhabitants of the earth to serve God. Do not seek to please man because you will fail. Do not seek to please yourself because you will not be able; but always seek to please and serve God. You may recall the relentless and timeless services which the prophets of old; John the Baptist, our Lord Jesus Christ and a host of others carried out. This is the end of time and the last generation where all must succumb to the worship and praise of their Creator. All those who are still with the love and affection for carnal things of this world will perish. Quarrelling, fighting, fornication, idolatry, medication, murder, stealing, segregation and oppression are all earthly things. Heavenly things include peace, love, patience, joy, meekness, humility, truth, goodness, longsuffering and obedience and other virtues of God. Therefore, if we follow after the heavenly things, we will surely have everlasting life, peace and joy. You may recall that when Adam and Eve did not taste of the forbidden fruits, they did not have any problem but joy and peace. But everything started befalling them when they disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruits. Similarly, many of you profess to be haunted by members of your family for being Brotherhood members. This is not true. The truth remains that; your love and affection are still on the things of the flesh. Our second lesson has clearly pointed out that, 'to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. It is therefore a confirmed fact that the holocaust, famine, inflation, death and all the hardship experienced in the entire world emanate from man's love and affection for the carnal things. We should desist from all carnal luxuries but concentrate in doing that which is pleasing in the sight of God. Read the second lesson again. Second lesson: Romans 8:6 “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” 4.4 Carnal mindedness is death For your health, joy, peace, prosperity and eternal life, you have to be spiritually minded. You must always seek for the glory of the most High God, if you want all the good things of life to come your way. Be informed that, you cannot serve God with strong affection for carnal things. It is an offense to say that God is responsible for the problems affecting man; far be it. God does not rejoice in the fall of any man neither does He rejoice in the death of an evil doer. All problems emanate from carnal mindedness. Carnal mindedness gives birth to sin and the aftermath of sins is death. You would recall that, when the clarion call fell on Peter, he left his fishing boat, net, hooks fishes and other things in his possession and companies. John and Andrew, his brothers and James left everything too and responded to the call when it was their turn. Let me emphatically tell you that, money is vanity; same applies to houses, cars, wife, children, land, companies, the affection for carnal things has so overwhelmed you such that, you can no more breathe neither can you do anything good. You are so carried away and trusted on it such that you have missed life, happiness and peace. At 2nd Timothy 2:22, it is said, “Flee also youthful lusts; but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart”. You claim that a certain man is wise just because he has money. That is why people leave what they were supposed to do; worshipping God and preaching the gospel, to run around for carnal things which are not beneficial in any way: thus, they die. This explains why our Lord Jesus Christ earlier warned, “Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he posseseth”. (Luke 12:15). 4.5 Why man was created The purpose of your creation was that, you should worship God. If God wants you to serve Him and you refuse, it is a sure condition that you must perish. Spouse, children, money, qualification, position, houses, land, fleet of cars, government, church or secret societies cannot give you salvation but if you give up yourself to the service of God, then salvation, eternal life and peace are yours. He is the author of life. A farmer anticipates for a good yield; a trader looks forward to a reasonable profit. In the same vein, your Creator (God) created you so that you may in turn, worship and serve Him. God is not stupid neither is He blind or deaf. He has clearly seen and knows all about your problems. If you refrain from and denounce all carnal things, He will restore unto you, eternal life. Though people still do not believe the statement of our Lord Jesus Christ, that says, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” (Mathew 19:24), This sermon has gone a long way to authenticate the statement. He also said. “And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever”. (1 John 2:17). Be informed that, the things of this life have little gain but the fear of the Lord goes with a promise of eternal life and salvation in this life and in the life to come. The harvest is ripe and the end of time is nigh. The time of judgment is nigh. I am therefore, pleading that, you use this opportunity to serve God, refrain from and denounce all the carnal things of this world if you love yourself. All the happenings which you find around the world are posing serious challenges to the entire world. Decide this day therefore to follow God or eternal perdition. Beauty, children, qualification, position, wealth, etc. cannot give you eternal life. Eternal life, peace and salvation only come from God. If you worship and serve God in truth and humility, you will surely have all your needs met. It is very true that no child of God will perish except the destined child of perdition. I am making this revelation to all the inhabitants of the earth and the angels that, whosoever does not refrain from sin and follow after righteousness will surely perish. Day and night, with tears running down my cheek, I plead with man to practise righteousness for, his life depends on it. I lament profusely when I reflect over what will befall all those who do not heed God's instructions. Your membership in one church denomination or the other, secret society, cult or organization is of no gain to you. Flee from darkness, death, hell, bondage of Satan and sins and make up your mind to serve God. Come out to serve the living God so that you may have everlasting life, peace, joy, glory and prosperity. You would rightly recall that Christ, at the completion of His assignment on earth said, “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” (John 17:4-5). In your own case, what would you say you have done and what will be your reward? If you devote your time for the lust and affection of the carnal things of this world, what reward will you receive from God? Now, let it be known that a sinner has no share in the kingdom of God. If you practise this gospel you will surely have eternal life. If you do not practise it, you are perished. Read the golden text again. Golden text : Galatians 6:8 “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.” 4.6 The reward of sin is death Have you now seen the end of all those that set their affection on the things of the world? It is vanity and all of them, at the end, will go empty handed. They have no share in the kingdom of God and God does not know them. They have nothing because even their flesh shall perish. All those that worship God however, will have eternal life, peace, joy, and prosperity and the kingdom of God belongs to them. This could be confirmed by the story of Lazarus and the rich man. Lazarus, despite the fact that he was poor and wretched on earth, had much in his possession in heaven but the rich man, who had everything in his possession on earth went to hell and his situation became the reverse (see Luke 16:19-31 for detailed story). 4.7 Learn from the mistakes of Israel Upon the three and a half years which our Lord Jesus Christ preached on earth, nobody took Him seriously. But seventy years after His ascension into heaven, something happened and lingers on till today. The Israelites still suffer the consequences of their stubbornness. History reveals that, 70 years after the ascension of Christ, the Romans attacked and killed very many of them remaining only ninety thousand. And this remaining people were taken into captivity, some by Germans, Russians, British and others. They were dispersed to other places. All these came as a result of disobedience. Till today, Israelites are still suffering. There is a local adage which has it that, one yam is often used to set a trap for the pig, knowing fully well that, if the pig gains entry into the farm it will destroy more than one tuber of yam. You would realize that, if the Israelites had listened to the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, by now, they would be ruling the whole world. They refused to adhere to His teachings but professed that, they were looking for Elijah. But the question is, up till today, have they seen the Elijah who they were waiting for? Let them keep waiting. But let them not forget the adage that, if you wait for the moon light to lead your way home, you will surely go home in darkness. Our Lord Jesus Christ had relentlessly preached the gospel of repentance to the entire world. If you care for everlasting life, you have to refrain from all the carnal things that abound on this earth. What we are witnessing now in the world is mere 'police action', indicating that the time of judgment is fast approaching. Decide now for yourself where you will be. Death is the fate of the evil doers, but to them that have completely decided for God, eternal life is sure. Remember the time of Noah. People married and were given to marriage. They ate and enjoyed their lives. They did not take the preaching of Noah for anything. But when finally the flood came, how many of them were saved? Only eight. Where do you think the rest of the people went to? They all perished. Again, cast your mind back to Sodom and Gomorrah in the time of Lot. They sold, bought, married and were given in marriage. They ate, drank and enjoyed their lives. But what happened to his household? Even Lot's wife became a pillar of salt as a result of her disobedience. You have been hinted that, nobody knows the judgment date, not even the angels. But the fact remains that, this generation shall not pass away until every word of God comes to fulfillment. 4.8 Decide now for God The entire world now is in confusion. The scientists, ministers, professors and the self-acclaimed intellectuals of the world knew that there is God, but refuse to acknowledge and obey Him. But the question is who can save the entire world from the wrath of God? No one, except the Father who is the Creator of heaven and earth and the fullness thereof. No one knows the day of judgment. Be informed that, whosoever soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh, reap corruption but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit, reap life everlasting. This message is for you to decide conclusively on saving yourself out of the destruction which is due to befall the entire world. Let those who have ears hear, may God bless His holy words; amen. THANK YOU FATHER