Truth

 

• TRUTH

Disclaimer: this book is not meant to discriminate against anyone or any religious belief whatsoever, but it's only meant for educational purposes. 

This book might contain grammatical or printing errors but the reader should focus on the message passed by it.

             DEDICATION:

This book is dedicated to God the father of all the universe, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob the (I AM THAT AM). I want to personally thank God for giving me the courage to accomplish this project. I thank God first for saving my soul and bringing me from the darkness to the light of his word and I also thank him for giving me the wisdom to compose this book.

Time will fail me to make mention of the different dimensions of greater heights he has taken me, the Lord has been the one building my life, nurturing it from grass to grace, the Lord has been my anchor, my shield, my refuge, and my shelter. 

(Except the Lord built the house the builders build in vain except the Lord watch over the city the watchman watch in vain Psalm 127:1)

The Lord has been the watchman and the builder over my life and gives him all the glory he deserves forever. Amen 

THANKSGIVING:

I thank God again for this project and for the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who enables me strength to walk in his part and also never forsaken me even when I failed him. His unconditional love has kept me going and a big thanks to the Holy Spirit for the encouragement in the journey of the kingdom of God may your name forever be praised.. amen

SPECIAL THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

A big thank my pastor, pastor David Afolabi Olaniyi for putting me to the test and making me realize my potential, your courage was helpful, and also to pastor Ebike Amiyaibo for encouragement and wise words you implemented into my faculty of reasoning and to my boss Mr. Olotukeme Emiyaibo you're a friend and more than a boss my God bless your pure heart.

A special thank you to the late Mr. Luke Makinde though you are no more I still remember the many times I ran to you as a young believer looking for answers may your soul rest in peace. A big thank you to my stubborn friend Sakiru Adeyemi Akinlolu you're well appreciated

And finally to my daddy Saturday Yoko and to my big brother Alex Tam and to my only brother who shared the same dreams with me Andrew Offer you imparted my so great and I appreciate you, my mother whom I will never forget though you are late you will forever be my mother late Mrs. Rose Saturday I love you greatly mother may your soul rest in peace with God.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: THE PROPHET …………………………………….…………………………….. page.  5

Chapter 2: MOSES AND JESUS …………………………………………………………….. page.  7

Chapter 3: MOSES AND MOHAMMED

……………………………………………………….page  13

Chapter 4: QUESTIONS OFTEN ASKED

…………………………………………………….page. 14

Chapter 5: HOLY DAYS/ DAYS OF WORSHIP

………………………………………………page. 19

Chapter 6: MY ENCOUNTER

…………………………………………………..page.  23

Chapter 7: PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

……………………………………………………..page.  26

CHAPTER 1

THE PROPHET.

As I begin to work through life, life itself becomes a mystery, unseen truths become more and more visible. Sometimes we ask if there is truly God, is there a marker somewhere out there seeing and observing everything we do? How do we know that he exists? Why do we have one Satan but many Gods?

These are some of the many questions I use to ask myself, but as I begin to ponder around religion I begin to see some answers in the Christian holy book (the Bible).

The Bible, currently the oldest religious book and also the best-selling book ever existed in the history of man, seems to have an answer to how the world was made and also has predicted how the world is going to end but can we really trust a book that talks about things beyond imagination or should we just believe in logic? 

Let us see some convincing details below.

Starting from the life of Moses and Jesus we're going to see some extreme similarities between Moses and Jesus Christ, in the verse below we see that Moses was prophesying about a particular person that will come into the World that will be like him, so we're going to look into that today 

Deuteronomy 18:15,18,19

15, Lord thy God will raise unto thee a prophet like me from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, ye shall ye hearken 

18, I will raise them a prophet among their brethren like into you and will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

19, and it shall come to pass, that whoever will hearken to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require of him.)

Before we continue we must have to make know the understandable fact that Muslims also believe the verses above to be speaking about Mohammed, 

However we have red and we have seen that two things are obvious here, Moses keeps repeating two words, 

1) Moses keeps repeating that the prophet will be like him (Moses)

2) Moses keeps repeating that God has required everyone to hear and accept the words of the prophet.

Now the second point where Moses said God required every man to listen to that prophet makes the matter interesting, so in this case, Christians think the prophet referred to here is Jesus and that every man must listen to Jesus, while Muslims think that the prophet is Mohammed that every man must listen to Mohammed, but they cannot be both right?, And since both parties think of the prophet that Moses said should come to be the prophet that every man must listen to both Christians and Muslims can agree on one thing, ( the distinguish similarities) remember Moses repeatedly saying the word when he said that the prophet will be like him, in this case, both Muslims and Christians must present the resemblance acts of the life of their prophet to the life of Moses. 

CHAPTER 2: 

MOSES AND JESUS:

1.  KILLING OF NEWBORN BABIES

When Moses was born the king of Egypt (pharaoh) ordered all the male newborn children of Israel to be killed but the female children he left alive ( Exodus 1 verse 15)   

When Jesus was born the King of Israel (Herod) ordered all the male newborn babies from 2 years down to be killed but the females he left alive (Matthew 2 verse 16)

2. HIDDEN

When Moses was born he was hidden by his parents for three months because of the persecution of the King (Exodus 20 verses 1 to 2)

When Jesus was born he was hidden by his parents in Egypt because of the persecution of king Herod ( Matthew 2 verses 14 to 15)

3. THE ROYALTIES

Moses' mother placed him on a basket and floated him on a river where it got picked up by royalty (Pharaoh's daughter) (Exodus 2 verse 3 to 18)

Jesus also was visited by 3 royalties at birth who the Bible called The three Wise men (Matthew 2 vs11)

4. THE REJECTION

Moses was rejected by his people but later become their prophet ( Exodus 2 vs 14)

Jesus was rejected by his people but later become their King (John 19 verses 6- 21

5. THE OPPRESSION

Israel was under the oppression or colonization of the Egyptians when Moses was born (Exo, 1:8-14)

Israel was under the oppression or the colonization of the Roman empire when Jesus Christ was born (John 19:1-16) (Luke 23: 13-25)

6. THE TWELVE TRIBES

Moses led the 12 twelve tribes of Israel (Exodus 1 vs 1 to 4)

Jesus chose 12 disciples representing the 12 tribes of Israel (Mark 3vs16-19)

7. THE SHEPHERDS

Moses Shepherd the sheep of his in-law (Exo,3:1) 

Jesus said I am the good Shepherd (John 10:11)  

8. WITNESS 

God told Moses that his name is I am (Exodus 3:14)      

Jesus also told the Jews, before Abraham was born I am (John 10 vs 58)  

9. THE SACRIFICE

Moses and the children of Israel made sacrifices to God after 3 day's journey into the wilderness (Exodus 3 vs 18)

Jesus went into the heart of the Earth 3 days using his body as a sacrifice (Matthew 27 vs 32 -56) (March 15 vs 33 - 47)

10. ANGELS IN THE WILDERNESS.

Moses saw an angel in the burning bush in the wilderness which ministered to him (Genesis 3:2)

Angels also minister to Jesus in the wilderness after he fasted. (Mathew 4:11)

11. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ANGLE,

The angel Moses saw in the wilderness in the burning bush encouraged Moses will free the children of Isreal and save them from slavery. (Genesis 3:2-8)

The angels that appear to Jesus in the wilderness encourage Jesus that he will overcome and save mankind (Mathew 4:11-12)

12. THE DECLARATION

Moses declared himself a true prophet from God by doing the signs God told him to do (Exodus 4:1-9)

Jesus declared himself a true prophet by quoting (Isaiah 56vs1) saying the spirit of the Lord is upon me.

13. MADE AS GOD'S

God told Moses he will be god on Earth precisely to Pharaoh ( Exodus 4 vs 16, Exo, 7:1)

God declared (prophesy) through the mouth of Isaiah that a child will be born on Earth and he will be God on Earth ( Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 7:14)

14. THE PROPHETS

God made (Aaron) the senior brother to Moses and a prophet to Moses (Exo, 7: 1)

God made ( John the Baptist) Jesus's senior and cousin brother a prophet to Jesus ( Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:5-6) (Luke 1:76)

15. THE DEATH OF THE PROPHETS

Aaron died before Moses (numbers 20:22-29)

John the Baptist died before Jesus ( Mathew 14:1-12)

16. THE RUN 

When Moses run out of Egypt he waited until the death of the king pharaoh before he came back to Egypt ( Exo,4:19-20) num, 20:22-28)

When Jesus was taken out of Israel for the fear of king Herod he and his parents waited patiently until the death of the king before returning to Israel ( Mathew 14:1-12)

17. THE PLAGUES

Moses performed 10 plagues in Egypt before taking the Israelites out of Egypt (Exo, 7:8-24/8:6-30/9:8-34....)

Seven plagues are revealed in revelation starting from chapter 15 after which the children of God ( the Christian) will be taken home ( see Revelation chapter 15- chapter 19)

18. THE BLOOD OF SALVATION

Moses told the children of Israel to kill the Virgin lamb and paint the blood on the two-door post and the lintel for their salvation ( Exo, 12:7-12)

Jesus used his blood as a sacrifice for our salvation on the cross having his two hands pierced and his head wounded with an iron crown  ( mark 15:21-25)

19. LAW AND GRACE

Moses brought the law (Exo, 20:7-17

Jesus brought Grace (mat, 5:1-42)

20. SPEAKING TO GOD

Moses spoke to God publicly ( Exo, 19:22-25)

Jesus spoke to his father (God) publicly ( John 12:27-29) Matthew 3:17)

21. FASTING

Moses fasted 40 days and 40 nights ( Exo, 34:28)

Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights (Luke 4:1_2)

22. THE SNAKE AND THE CROSS

Moses lifted a snake in the wilderness for the Israelites to look upon and be safe ( Leviticus 21:8-9)

Jesus was lifted on the cross so that we may look at him and be saved ( Mathew 27:32-44) John 3:14-16)

23. THE 72 

Moses appointed 72 elders to help him in doing the work of God (num, 11:16-24,26)

Jesus appointed 72 disciples to help him preach the gospel and cast out demons (doing the work of God) (Luke 10; 1-23)

24. THE MANNAR

Moses and the children of Israel ate the manna in the desert (Exo, 16:1-31,35)

Jesus said I am the bread that comes down from heaven, I am the bread of life which means he represents the manner in the wilderness ( John 6:51-53)

25. THE WITNESS

Moses saw God back (exodus 33:18-18)

Jesus said I have seen the father (Mathew 11:27) John 8:55)

26 CONSECRATION.

Moses consecrated the old testament with the blood of virgin lambs, goats, and sheep (Exodus 24:8)

Jesus consecrated the New Testament with his virgin and sinless blood(Mathew 27:27-44 )

27. BAPTISM

Moses and all the children of Israel were baptized in the red sea by passing through it. (Exodus 14:19-31)

Jesus and all the followers do and must be baptized. (Mathew 3:13-17)

28: DEATH CAUSE.

Moses died because of the sin of the people he was leading (Deuteronomy 1:38) 

Jesus died because of our sin (John 3:16) Isaiah 53:1-23)

29. THE DEAD BODIES.

Moses died and his body was not found (Deuteronomy 34:5-7)

Jesus died and his body was not found ( Mathew 28:5-7, John 20:1-9)

30. THE HANDING OVER.

When Moses was about to die he handed over leadership to Joshua and Joshua did not make his law but read from the law of Moses ( Joshua 1:7-8)

When Jesus was about to die he handed over leadership to the holy Spirit and the holy Spirit also hear from Jesus and speak to us as Jesus Christ has promised ( 14:16-17, (John 16:7-14)

31 . THE LIVING LEADERS

Just as Joshua was alive and successful lead the Hebrews to the promised Land so is the holy Spirit Christ said he will live in us forever and lead us to all truth until we get to heaven ( John  14:17) Joshua 1:6,)

32. NOTE: Joshua did not make his laws but red from the law of Moses. (Joshua 1:1-24)

So is the holy Spirit, Jesus said he will speak on his own but he will hear from me and tell it to you. (John 14:17)

CHAPTER 3

MOHAMMED AND MOSES 

We have seen some convincing similarities between Jesus Christ and Moses now we're about to look into the lifestyle of Mohammed and Moses.

I had the opportunity to speak to some Islamic apologists and Clerics and even other Muslims who have common knowledge of Islam their answers seemed to be almost the same

Question: can you tell me some similarities between prophet Mohammed and prophet Moses

Answer: well they were both prophets of Allah

Answer: they both suffered from childhood

The answer is they're both human

That was the most expected answer I received most of the time so we don't have so much to write about Mohammed and Moses. However looking at the long similarities between Jesus and no sane person can doubt the similarities between Jesus Christ and Moses,

 So then does that mean Jesus Christ is the only prophet that we must harken to gain access to heaven? The answer is yes, just like Moses said in the old testament where we read in 

• Deuteronomy 18:15-18 as Moses said God will raise a prophet and that every man must listen to that prophet Jesus Christ turned out to be that prophet that everyone must follow, man is expected to learn from Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ in his words confirmed this saying many times in 

• (John 14:6 Jesus said I am the way the truth and life no man can see God except by me)

Jesus Christ has once again defined himself to be the one spoken of Moses.

CHAPTER 4

QUESTIONS UNBELIEVERS OFTEN ASK.

In this chapter we're going to look at some frequent questions unbelievers use to ask when we are in the field of evangelism, being in the evangelical field is not as easy as eating bread and butter as a matter of the Modern day Christianity suffers the boldness of preaching the Gospel to the world due to the happenings within the church, some Christians may call it presentation or declaration of your faith to your fellow human being some Christians believe that confession of faith is equivalent to preaching the gospel, well maybe, some Christians find it had to preach the gospel to because they have already concluded I their mind that he or she is not going to accept the good news preached to them, but the gospel is preached while God is to change whoever he, please.

In the evangelical field, we use to come across questions like.

• Is Jesus Christ God.?

• Do Christians worship Jesus as God?

• Can God be born.?

• Is Jesus Christ the son of God. ?

• Can God have a son without having a wife.?

• Can God die?

• Why did God kill Jesus instead of killing Satan

• How do I know that the blood of Jesus takes away my sins.?

1) IS JESUS CHRIST GOD?

The answer to this question is simply "YES' and at the same time 'NO' 

WHAT!! I AM SO CONFUSED! well if you are please sit back and let me do the explanation for you, it all took us back to chapter 1 of the book in chapter one we can remember talking about Jesus being like Moses and we saw the illustrations, in Exodus 7:1 we saw that Moses was made a god to Pharaoh, in this case, one might refer him to be small god but the point of the matter is that he was a god on earth made by God so Jesus being like Moses was also made as God on earth by God the father, Isaiah prophesied about a child who shall be born into this world and that his name shall be called God,

• Isa.9.6 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son, is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

So in this sense, Jesus was God on earth over the devil just like Moses.

2) DO CHRISTIANS WORSHIP JESUS AS GOD? 

Not really though Moses and Jesus Christ lived as gods on earth we're not allowed to serve or worship them because God himself gave the law to Moses saying thou shalt not worship any image 

• Exod.20.4 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

• Exod.20.5 - Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Now, for this reason, we're not allowed to worship any other than God himself but in the case of Jesus Christ, there seems to be some glory the father is sharing with the son.

• Matt.3.17 - And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

First God has confirmed that he is pleased with whatever Jesus does then Jesus himself gave a revelation in the book of John when was asking God to glorify him

• John.17.5 -And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

So It makes sense to think that the reason Jesus Christ receives some forms of glory when Christian worship God is because God the father shares his glory with his son.

3) CAN GOD BE BORN?

The answer to this question is yes if God himself is born he can 

4) IS JESUS THE SON OF GOD?

 

Yes, God himself called Jesus Christ his son 

• Matt.3.17 - And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased

And Jesus confirmed this word said in the book of John 

• John.3.16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Calling himself son once again of God.

The primary reason why the Jew hated him was that he subsequently confessed himself to be the son of God which amounts to blasphemy according to their belief system.

5) CAN GOD HAVE A SON WITHOUT A WIFE.?

yes, he can because if anything is limited to God then he is not God we can see a sample from the Bible. Mary happens to have given birth to Jesus Christ without the touch of a man being a virgin yet got pregnant and delivered the baby Jesus 

• Luke.1.28 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

• Luke.1.29 - And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

• Luke.1.30 - And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God.

• Luke.1.31 - And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name JESUS.

• Luke.1.32 - He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

• Luke.1.33 - And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom, there shall be no end.

• Luke.1.34 - Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

• Luke.1.35 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

6) CAN GOD DIE?

No, not but that doesn't mean that immortality has become his limitation God can die and at the same time raise from the dead if he want to, we saw another example of the son of God who died and rose again from the dead

• John.20.9 - For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

(See also references from the Gospel)

7) WHY DID GOD KILL JESUS INSTEAD OF SATAN?

As a social media user, there was a time this question went viral on the internet today I am going to answer it to the best of the knowledge given to me by God. Why did God kill Jesus instead of killing Satan who broke the world? Well, the answer to this question is because of the law, below is the law.

• Gen.2.16 - And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

• Gen.2.17 - But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Oh yes you have just read the law 

* Thou shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil 

* For the day you eat of it thou shall die

These were the two laws given to Adam so when Adam broke the law the consequence of the law which is death follows so in this case Adam (i'e man) must pay the price of disobedience so now let's say God kill Satan because he deceived Eve would that have made Adam free from the law? Or would that have caused Adam not to die since the law requires the death of the trespasser? Of course not but when Jesus came to earth he came to die in Adam's place though Adam broke the law Jesus Christ came to die in the place of Adam (man) so by his death, the law is fulfilled and man (Adam) is free from the law he broke

• Matt.5.17 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

His death on the cross fulfilled all the laws we have broken and also make way for the remission of sin 

7) How do I know that the blood of Jesus took my sin away?

From the days of ancient God doesn't forgive sin without blood, like the question we just answered every law has its penalty if you broke any law there must be protocols to follow so you can fulfill that broken law for example if you broke a traffic law and if it required of the traffic law breaker to pay the sum of 100 thousand nairas then you must pay that sum of money to be free from the law or maybe you go to prison to serve the prison terms to be free from that law so does God have implemented his law-breaking God's law requires some sacrifices to be carried out for us to be free from the law and one of the requirements we are expected to be carried out when we break some of the law is the sacrifice of blood. 

• Lev.17.11 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

So we can see the command from the time of Moses that the one necessary way for to God forgive us was by blood so the blood of Jesus was nothing new in the history of God and man when it come to remission of sin, so just God said he has given us the blood in the alter for the remission of our sin, son Jesus Christ merely came to fulfill that law and went for the Cross as the sacrificial lamb one and all.

Chapter 5

THE HOLY DAYS

The Jewish worship day is called Sabbath, while the Christian worship day is Sunday and the Muslim worship day is Friday. In this segment of the book, we are going to talk about some basic details and the connection they all have with one another. Without further adieu

The Sabbath day is the Jewish holy day when the Jews go to worship God, it is required strictly in the old testament that they shall not forsake that day

• Exod.20.10 - But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

• Exod.20.11 - For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

The Sabbath day was so important that God said himself rest on that day also, so we all are required to rest on the Sabbath day which happened to be Saturday according to the Hebrew calendar, the Sabbath day was given to the Jews by divine revelation from God and he implemented it as one of the most important laws to follow, so now the question is why are some Christians not worshiping in the Sabbath day as the Jews and seventh day Adventist do and why the Pentecostals and Catholics and some other sects choose to worship on Sunday seemly disobeying the command of God. Well the thing is they don't disobey God in any way first Jesus Christ himself said that the Sabbath was for man and not man for the Sabbath

• Mark.2.27 - And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

So this means man can choose a day he wants to worship and secondly when Jesus died the rules changed a new covenant was made

• Jer.31.31 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

A new covenant was made the moment Christ was crucified on that cross the very temple that holds the authority of the Sabbath law was torn to two the Veil was open and the cotton torn to two because the law has been fulfilled, and the rules become meaningless even the sacrifices stopped, the race of the high priesthood ended immediately.

Jesus dies on Friday according to God's plan Jesus is the lamb of sacrifice for the season of the Passover that's why it was necessary for Jesus to die on Friday for this reason alone God changed the rules of worship Jesus become the Temple of God himself, remember the moment Jesus gave up the ghost on the cross the temple rent into two earthquakes took down the temple and the holiest of all where God dwell become visible that means God left the temple the moment Jesus died, but why did the spirit of God left the temple because God in the first place dwell in men from the beginning we can see from the book of Genesis 

• Gen.1.26 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

• Gen.2.7 - And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

God is not so much interested in us coming to worship him in a particular place that is to say a synagogue or a church or any other place but what God wants us to do is to have him in our body, he wants to feel us he want to live in us, our bodies are his home, he wants to possess us unless he possesses us we cannot live up to his expectations, so when the Spirit of God left the temple it went about possessing the elect because the blood of Jesus has washed the whole earth clean from sin. 

Now therefore the church is the worship center and the worship center is the coming together of the people with the Spirit of God.

Matt.16.18 - And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

What is the rock?, the faithful, the elect the ones who have the testimony of Jesus Christ, therefore, first of all, the church is the body of Christ and not the building of the coming together of the elect of the ones within the fold, in the above verse Jesus said he will build (his) Church on Peter which is an indirect statement of Peter as the leader of the church.

Secondly the first Christians the apostles usually come together on Sunday because that was the day Jesus rose from the grave, they were in one accord when Mary Magdalene came to hook them up with the good news that she has seen the Lord (hallelujah) therefore the day Sunday became the day Christians meet together to worship in one accord, therefore, Sunday worship is not just a decision Christians made up for themselves but it's a day chosen by God according to his promises 

• Jer.31.31 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

• Heb.8.7 - For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

• Heb.8.8 - For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

God made a new covenant with his people by the replacement of the Sunday in the place of the Saturday worship tradition just as he used Jesus in the place of the animal sacrifices every year and also accepted the gentiles as children in the place of the Jew, now this doesn't say that the Jews are not children anymore but it means the same grace that the Jew had the gentiles now have it also.

FRIDAY: THE ISLAMIC WORSHIP/HOLYDAY. 

The Qur’an invokes the importance of Friday as a sacred day of worship in a chapter called “Al-Jumah,” meaning the day of congregation, which is also the word for Friday in Arabic.

It states, “O you who believe! When you are called to congregational (Friday) prayer, hasten to the remembrance of God and leave off trade. That is better for you if you know.”

Muslims believe Friday was chosen by God as a dedicated day of worship. In addition to the prayer itself, which is shorter than the usual midday prayers, Friday services include a sermon, usually given by a professional male Muslim clergy member in Muslim majority countries, but in the West, they are also given by a male lay community member.

Muslim men are required to attend Friday prayers as long as they not traveling, while women are given the option to attend, given their traditional role in the household when Islam was established.

CHAPTER 6 

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CHRISTIANITY.

It was this fateful Thursday in October 2019 that I had a supernatural encounter with the Cross, before I start to tell you my encounter I want to tell you a little bit about myself, though it doesn't seem nice having you read almost all the chapters of the book only for me to be telling you myself now I apologize. However, my name is Emmanuel Yoko from Nigeria born in Delta State, the last child of my mother yet the third child of my father my family drama is one of the most epic and dramatic lifestyles I have ever seen, growing up in a polygamous family got to be fun right? Yes, it is, coming From a place like Nigeria is just another whole drama most especially the one from the Creek, yes I grew up in the Creek my life in the creek is just another story that I can't tell today anyway my nursery and primary school was done in Delta State while my secondary education was acquired in Ogun State, while my higher institution was obtained at moshood Abiola University in Ogun State Nigeria. 

Life was tough and somehow sweet and at some point bitter, a young man who left home for fifteen years only to wander around the world. life was not that successful and fair to me even when I try to look back there was not anyone to lean on so I spent all my life living on my own. But there was part in my life that without the help of my big brother it wouldn't have made sense today. I was attracted to hip hop music I choose music as a lifetime career and I was hoping to become one of the biggest superstars in the music industry, life was tough because in my family there was not anyone to hang into thinking of how to make a difference amid poverty became my priority and though I hard the value and the zeal to make a difference in the family favor and opportunities we're not coming, therefore sometimes I become very depressed others time angry, and sometimes I even fail to live up to the explanation of the life of that the average Nigerian

Anyway, enough about myself, and now let's talk about my experience with God. It was October 2019 that the Lord appeared to me in form of a cross it was a beautiful Thursday like many others, I was in my room watching pornography and then caressing myself (masturbation) I was addicted to masturbating and smoking so very after three good times of masturbation I was satisfied and started watching some other YouTube videos, then a video clip with the title rapture popped up on my playlist and I was convinced to watching it so I did while Watching the rapture video seeing people flying off the earth people running to and fro I heard a deep voice in my heart that said ( DO YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING IS ABOUT TO COME TO PASS?) And that was it I was convinced in my spirit that I needed to be born again and be saved, thought I was a Christian but I was not saved so right there in that moment I fell on my knees I call on to Jesus Christ I said Lord Jesus all I mentioned was the name Jesus and immediately I saw a cross in front of me and immediately I knew I was a sinner, I was guilty, naked shameful though I saw nobody on the cross but I knew that the Cross knew everything about me and he reminded me of all my sins in a second, and there was something specific about the Cross as I was looking at the Cross I knew I was the one who killed Jesus I can feel his pain, his sorrow, his anger, his love, and I wasn't willing to be there because I was engulfed with guilt I felt frustrated hating myself for what I have done, regret and sorrow feel overshadowed me now all this is happening to within some seconds it was almost like a flash but it was so real that I was crying so hard that tears was flowing down to my panties.

But the good news is after I came out of the trans I knew I was different I instantly knew that something died in me and something else took me over, I became happy, overwhelming joy took me I look at the sky In the daylight out From my window and it looks as if I just been seeing the sky for the first time in my life it was so beautiful, the everyone and everything I look upon becoming very beautiful then I started having the urge to Jesus though I have been listening to preaching and going to church it was like that day was the first day I became a Christian and I needed to know Jesus more, I got myself a Bible and started studying then I realized how sweet Jesus Christ is and today I thank God for what he has done in my life, now am a proud child of God.

And that's why I believe that you can also become a Christian today and get to know Jesus Christ who died for our sins, who bore them on the cross for you and me, I know you can be saved there is sweetness in Christ there's love, peace, and joy there's tranquility, he healed me of my depression, my masturbation, my addiction to pornography, my addiction to secular music he made free from all that, and he gave me a new life and I believe he wants to do the same with you also, he loves you, he cares for you, 

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life john 3:16

• John.3.17 - For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Jesus wants to save you, give him the chance today, now if you believe that heart that Jesus Christ has died on the cross for your sin I want you to pray this prayer with me.

LORD JESUS' I CONFESS THAT I AM A SINNER, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED FOR ME ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY, LORD FORGIVE MY SINS, I ASK YOU TO COME INTO MY HEART TODAY AND BE MY PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR, FROM NOW ON OH LORD BE MY LORD, FEEL ME WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TODAY, THANK YOU FATHER FOR SAVING MY SOUL.

If you have prayed that prayer I want to congratulate you you're welcome to the kingdom of God (hallelujah). I welcome you with the love of God and I pray that you receive the sweet fellowship of the holy spirit, Amen.

CHAPTER 7 

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

The Christian faith is a personal faith for the Bible said the just shall live by his faith,(ROM 1:17). Our God is the father of love. With wisdom and understanding he created the universe and everything else in it, we live by his breath, our means of reasoning come from him, and the natural laws we follow come from him. We are God's creatures who are made like himself and not just that but his breath that is in us is what we call life, wisdom, sense, thought, ideas, plan, understanding, and whatever we could do with our bodies is because of the breath of God that's in us, that's why when the breath is taking the body become lifeless and become good for nothing. Now the big point of the matter is you have something a connection something in common with God and that's the breath in you, by the breathing breath every man has a certain relationship with God but such a relationship cannot be emphasized as a personal relationship, in the brotherhood among one father all the sons and daughters have the blood of one man which enable all of the children to have a fatherly relationship with their father but among each of these children would have a personal view toward the father or the father would have a personal view toward each of his children, they all may be his be from his blood YES' but it won't be all that he will love equally some he will love some he will his favor some will have the best financial support and many other ways according to their respective relationship between them.

Now that's exactly how it is even with God and man we are all children of God created by God and have his breath living in us but not all of us know who God is, some of us do not even believe in God's existence however some of us have a personal relationship with God, in the time past men have seen, heard or feel God or spiritual beings such has angel from God and this Angel came with personal mission depending the relationship the person has, for example, Mary, Moses, Joshua, Daniel, Abraham, etc and even in this Modern world people have had an encounter with God severally I am one of them, we have Muslims, atheists, etc who had encountered supernaturally with the Lord.

Christianity is a personal race that has nothing to do with anybody, Christianity is not something you do because someone in your family is a Christian or because you were born into a Christian family, or maybe because you think the church is a custom or a tradition or maybe legacy that was pass down by some ancestors that it is now our responsibility to go to church Christianity is not any of that but Christianity is a personal decision you have to make can enable your friendship with God and by that friendship, you will begin to know God personally and better until then what people say about God won't Matter to you anymore either good or bad what you know about him will be different from whatever someone will tell you about God because he is not just your God but a friend and no one should know your friends better than you.

• John.15.15 - Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

The verse you just read is what it means to know God, once you are in a relationship with God that's worthy to be called a friend you won't care what the world may say about God, let them call him any name or paint him with whatever color you wouldn't mind because you know him and that will be your strength, with such strength through friendship with God Abraham was able to wait on God even in his old to bear Isaac and become the father of many nations.

• Isa.41.8 - But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

Yep,' you just read it that Abraham was a friend by the kind of relationship Abraham had with God but someone may say but how do I make such friendship when I do not know God? Well, the good news is that God is like a federal medical care help center line he is always available at any time anywhere.

• Jer.33.3 - Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

• Jer.33.8 - And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

Good news God is not willing to deny your access to him when you call on him intact he said he is ready to cleanse you from all your sin, my friend God is more interested in your friendship than you could ever do because seeing you save is God's joy seeing you loving him make him proud and happy, I don't know God so I don't know how to approach him? No' that shouldn't be a problem. God sees you as you read this book now, God is calling you now to come to him.