Behold, the saviour of the world

General Overseer of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, Worldwide, Pastor Lazarus Muoka, ministering at the just-concluded crusade, titled: “Except The Lord Build The House,” held at the church’s headquarters in Ijesha, Lagos
The creation of man was unique and well thought out. God’s intention was to create man and empower him as His representative on earth. While other creatures evolved, God took special time and attention to mould man from sand and breathe life into him. Man was empowered to take charge of the earth; subdue it, be fruit and replenish the earth. Man was placed in the Garden of Eden where all the comforts he needed were provided for him.
The earth, according to God’s plan, was to be the colony of heaven with man at the head of the government, while God, the King, rules in heaven. Man was to rule on the earth according to the will of God by being in total obedience to God’s word. Man, made in the image and likeness of God, was to function like God as the Bible reveals in Genesis 1:26-28. It says: “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. 27: So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
The earth would have been like heaven with people manifesting heaven’s culture in their daily activities, but the Devil, the pretender, represented by the serpent, came in his subtle way to deceive man and led him into the sin of disobedience. This made man to disobeyed God’s instructions and ate the forbidden fruit. Sin then entered earth and the kingdom was lost to the Devil, the pretender. Man was ejected from his comfort zone, the Garden of Eden, to fend for himself. The Devil took over the rulership of the earth and introduced death, sin, desperation, murder and many other evils into it.
However, God’s original intention was not abandoned, hence God promised to send the seed of man who will bruise the head of the serpent at the appointed time when He will come. This seed of man is our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, which the Bible presents in the lead scripture above. God loves the man He had created to represent His heaven colony on earth. The Saviour of the world our Lord, Jesus Christ, came to reclaim the lost kingdom, and to bring back the culture and government of heaven to His people on earth, using the church as an outpost for the propagation of the heavenly culture on earth. The people of the earth who will live according to the legacy, the Saviour has come to propagate will live everlasting life with Christ and they will be raptured when He returns in His glory.
Whosoever lives his or her life according to the will of God, and the kingdom principles will be raptured, when the Lord will come for the saints. They will be with Him forever. Those who remain adamant in their sin will not be part of this rapture and the glory that will accompany it. This is why the Bible says in Romans 3:23-24: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. 24: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Through the sin of Adam in the Garden of Eden, we all have sinned, but there is redemption through our Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world. Sin is defined in various ways: as transgression against the law, as an overstepping of the law, as the divine boundary between the good and evil, as a departure from the right or failure to meet the divine standard.
It is also a trespass, which is the intrusion of self-will into the sphere of divine authority. It is could also be defined as lawlessness, or spiritual anarchy. Sin originated from the Devil and the only remedy is to accept the Saviour, Jesus Christ, who was crucified on the Cross of Calvary for the salvation of mankind. He came to redeem the people under the bondage of sin. He came to save the world from the bondage sin has imposed on them through the Devil. Redemption is to deliver someone for a price, which our Lord Jesus Christ has paid on the Cross of Calvary by shedding His blood for mankind.
He is, therefore, the Saviour of the world. He has come for the salvation of mankind. His kingdom and government will be made manifest in the life of the people who will abide by His word and teachings of the kingdom truth. He has come to seek all for everlasting life with Him. The Bible captures this in Luke 19:10 saying: “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the seed of man, which God said was coming to bruise the head of serpent, and he has come for the salvation of the entire mankind. He has come to reclaim and restore the kingdom, which the Devil stole by his craftiness. So your role in this whole exercise is to believe in the redemption work of the Saviour of the world. Sin has entered the world through Satan, the Devil, and will only live in the heart of any man who refuses to accept our Lord, Jesus Christ, into his or her life. When you accept Jesus Christ, you start the race for His second coming to rapture the saints who will reign with Him forever.
Today, as you read this message, reject everything about the Devil in your life, ensure the spirit of God rules in your life by accepting our Lord, Jesus Christ, as your Lord and Saviour. After this, be ready for the second coming of Jesus, so that when the trumpet shall blow you will be raptured in Jesus’ name.

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