Matthew Chapter 23
THE SIXTH MESSAGE OF UJU ACCORDING
TO THE SCRIPTURE TO
WORLD
A message from Uju a servant of Christ Jesus by the grace of God through Christ Jesus, according the Word in the scripture,
2. To the WORLD; glory and honor be unto LORD God Almighty and Christ Jesus our Lord savior forever and ever. Amen.
3. According to Amos 7.14-15:
“Then Amos answered Amaziah, I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, “Go prophesy to my people Israel.”
4. So am I, Uju a worker of art by trade; the Word of God, the Spirit of God, in the name of Christ Jesus appeared to me in a flame of fire from the Scripture; and I immediately prophesied saying, “Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand” to people of the world.
5. I am no pastor, evangelist, prophet nor an apostle, but by the grace and mercy of God the father of Christ Jesus, I am writing this message to world according to the scripture.
MATTHEW CHAPTER 23
Israelites – the Jews
6. From the fall of Adam, God set in motion a divine means to redeem mankind, because his divine purpose of creating man is for eternal life.
7. The fall of man bringing about sin and death to all mankind makes God angry and causes pain to his Spirit because God loves all his creation especially man that he made in his own image. God could not afford to see man go into eternal destruction. No!
8. In a bid to achieve the divine purpose for the redemption of man and manifest his steadfast love to man, God worked out a divine plan wherein he would relate with man through mutual reconciliation by the hand of men and women who have genuine fear of him.
9. For this purpose God began to speak to man through selected men and women who really fear him referred to as prophets and prophetesses or men and women of God as the situation may be even in their own respective shortcomings.
10. These men and women of God, were used by God to reveal his true divine nature and intent for redemption leading to eternal life of all mankind. Through them God gave man his Covenant: law, statutes and ordinances through commandments, oracles and prophesies by his Holy Spirit.
11. But the greatest hindrance to this divine purpose of God to reconcile man to him is man himself by the activity of the evil one – Satan, the ancient serpent and Devil.
12. Man out of ignorance has allowed Satan to use him against God, whose divine for man is for his own salvation. It is these men used by Satan as an individual or group is condemned by God. They are one among the greatest challenges faced by mankind to achieve salvation; but nothing is impossible with God, for his will must definitely come to pass despite all odds.
13. The Covenant set out for the redemption of man was in the old called the 1st Covenant. This 1st Covenant failed to bring salvation to man though given to a people who seemed to acknowledge God and his divine nature among nations of the earth whose way of life was in ignorance of the existing of God. Therefore came the 2nd or the New Covenant – Christ the Son of God being the mediator.
14. These people through whom God manifested his divine nature were called Israelites – the twelve tribes of Israel through their forefathers: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, by promise and not by the works of the law.
15. The scripture said of them – Israelites in Rm 9:4-5,
“They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who is over all be blessed forever.” Amen.
16. It is evident from the above mentioned that salvation came from them to this day by the hand of the Lord their kinsmen by flesh. They are also called the Jews to this day; and salvation came from them according to the Lord in John 4:22,“……. for salvation is from the Jews.”
The Pharisees, Scribes, Sadducees, etc.
17. Every generation of any nation has societies formed by men, women, families and groups that their activities are the bedrock of the wellbeing of the people.
18. In Israel of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – the people were driven by such formation. Such formation existed in the days of the manifestation and revelation of immortality of life through the gospel of the expected Messiah – Jesus Christ.
19. The people of Israel more especially the Jews have long been expecting the coming of the Messiah to free them from a perceived bondage of their enemies, presumably the Romans as in the days of the Lord; though the people of Israel have long been having continual fierce enemies throughout their lives.
20. The perceived freedom from the oppression of their enemies never came as expected by them; and this consequently led many of them delusively to disregard, attack and kill the all expected Messiah by their hands!
21. As a result, a great opposition was mounted more especially by religious groups and individuals against the expected Messiah who came in disguise to their unbelief.
22. Despite the works: miracle, signs and wonders performed by the expected Messiah coupled with his holy living with them all fall short of their expectations out of ignorance.
23. Notable among the opposing forces against the Messiah were the Pharisees, the Scribes and the Sadducees – fellow Jews!
24. The Lord – the Messiah, had both a divine and physical knowledge of them, and consequently condemned them in every way.
25. The origin of the opposing force against God the Father and his Son, Christ Jesus, was from Satan, the ancient serpent and Devil – the antichrist, to this day in the sons of disobedience from Adam to the rebellious twelve tribes of Israel whose offshoots were the Pharisees, the Scribes and the Sadducees in the times of the Lord in the flesh.
26. Surprisingly, the Christendom have become the Pharisees, the Scribes and the Sadducees of our time – today, by same activity of the evil one, Satan.
27. Christendom with the numerous and various religious groups in them are the Babylon the Great as mentioned in the scripture in Revelation chapter 18.
28. The activity of Christendom – Babylon the Great, is eviler than their wicked ancestors – the Pharisees, the Scribes and the Sadducees.
29. Christendom – Babylon the Great, is a host of the good, the bad and the ugly, mixing up together to form a formidable beast of a nation by the subtle exploits of Satan and his demons.
30. This is why God is calling out his people to come out of her according to the scripture in Rev 18:4-5,
“Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; for her sins are heaped high as heaven and God has remembered her iniquities.”
31. In plain language, Christendom is Christian religion of our time, eviler than their mirror image – the hypocritical Pharisees and the Scribes.
The Great Condemnation Pharisees, Scribes and Christian Religion
MATTHEW 23
1. Pharisees, Scribes, Sadducees and Christian Religion are the same in every standard, only that Christian Religion – Babylon the Great, is more wicked than them.
2. The scripture called them, Synagogue of Satan, by the Lord himself in Rev 2:9.
3. Matt 23:1-3,
Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; so, practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they the preach, but do not practice.”
4. The so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion sit on the Lord’s seat; and twist the gospel and do contrary to the gospel they profess.
5. The scribes and the Pharisees were better in that the preach according to the law of Moses, but practice otherwise. While the so-called ministers of the Lord twist the gospel and at same time practice contrary to the sound doctrine of the Lord: showing how more wicked they are compared to their ancestors – the scribes and the Pharisees. 6 Matt 23:4,
“They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.”
7. This is the same with the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religious, only that the burdens the lay on men’s shoulders are weightier than that of the scribes and the Pharisees; showing how more wicked they are. 8 Matt 23:5-6,
“They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for the make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men.”
9. Just exactly like the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion, only that they went steps further from this wicked practice. They dress and live even more than the stars in the entertainment industry; for they are themselves superstars in their own evil world. Some of them have entourages larger than a president of a country. The accolade they acquire – pride and prejudices, is without rival. They assume the highest standing in their ‘churches’ established, and own and run by them with lofty trappings. They assume the highest honor and fanfare in public places and gatherings; and love to be addressed as Papa GO, Mama GO, GO, senior pastor, pastor, evangelist, prophet, prophetess, apostle, reverend, and all kinds of religious titles to intimidate the people in their grips.
10. Matt 23:8-12,
“But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
11. The above mention command of the Lord is totally disobeyed by the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion. And in contrast to the command they like to be called rabbi of the highest order, and masters of superlative order; exalting themselves above all high mountains; and as such creating a big gulf of laity and priesthood instead of being one brethren before the Lord according to the creeds of the New Covenant.
12. Matt. 23:13-14,
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.”
13. Precisely what the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion do, hypocrites! They claimed to be custodians of the gospel but failed to repent unto salvation thereby leading a host of men to eternal damnation. Thus, they disguise themselves as angel of light like their father – Satan, and delude people, taking them to hellfire.
14. Matt. 23:15,
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees hypocrites! For you transverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.”
15. The so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion have far done worst as stated above, hypocrites! They stage high profile crusades crisscrossing the globe for converts and then lure them into perpetual ‘seed sowing’ and hold them captive far away from the light of the Lord just more than themselves. These days, these false men of God have gone beyond expectations in establishing mind-blowing religious centers, using the same to intimidate and bamboozle their captives into delusive believe that these are the manifestations of their righteousness in the Lord.
16. Matt 23:16-22,
“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘if you any swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say, ‘if any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So, he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it; and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it; and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.”
17. The songs and praises of the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion are seed-sowing meaning urging captives to donate money for possible breakthrough, righteousness and freedom of sin and death: peddling the gospel. In these strange circumstances the high donors and purported rich of the congregation have frontal reserved seats, and preferential treatment, while the presumed poor are back benchers. The friends of these false ministers of Christian religion are the ones who swear by the gold of the temple and the ones who swear by the gift that is on the altar – the money bags, regardless of the means of the money. Hypocrites!
18. Matt 23:23-24,
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!”
19. The pre-occupation of the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion is tithe offering and various manufactured offerings to amass wealth; worshippers of mammon. They went as far as setting the lowest money denomination to be offered, and at various times it should be offered. They compete among themselves with the wealth amassed from offerings and induced donations, boasting about the quantity and quality of high profile captives. Consequently, holiness and righteousness is thrown to the dust bill. The flaunt the proceeds of the sinful money in building lofty ‘church’ edifices, bigtime business establishments, schools, estates, private jets, exotic cars, big mansions and dresses of the highest order. They are religious superstars and celebrities with evil religious money, outdoing the ones in circular life. Subsequently, the identity of these fake ministers of the Lord is wealth: a righteous minister is a wealthy one. They seek mammon first before the kingdom of God and its righteousness; hypocrites!
20. Matt. 23:25-26,
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisees! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean.”
21. These hypocritical so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion always put the cart before the horse. They seek mammon first before the kingdom of God and its righteousness. They make fake religious promises to gain advantage and win over the public to their wicked religious organizations and make them twice as much children of hell as themselves. They are always jumping the gun; and in swift chase of shadows. Hypocrites!
22. Matt. 23:27-28,
“Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. So, you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
23. The so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion – wolves in sheep clothing! You are religious superstars and celebrities flaunting evil wealth as a manifestation of holiness and righteousness, deluding your captives and leading them to eternal damnation. You disguised yourselves as angel of light like your father – Satan, driving men in droves to hellfire. Hypocrites!
24. Matt. 23:29-36,
“Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, saying ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ Thus, you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?” Therefore, I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly, I say to you, all this will come upon this generation.”
25. Yes, this is the generation of the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion who have killed more people put together than their ancestors – scribes and Pharisees. These fake ministers of Christian religion kills spiritually rather than physically which is the worst death – spiritual death. All their captives are walking dead – living dead who thought they are saved. Incredibly, these false men of God are themselves twice dead while living; roasting in hell with their father, Satan, with the delusive believe that they are going to heaven as servants of the Lord.
26. Matt 23:37-39,
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate.’ For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”
27. The same is applicable to the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion – stubborn fools! The kingdom of God and the Son will suddenly come upon them. They will be pre-occupied with their sinful activities believing they are saved, when unexpected destruction will befall them.
28. From every indication it is obvious that the so-called ministers of the Lord in Christian religion are the scribes and Pharisees of our time, and more evil than them.
29. I pray to God the Father, through the Son, Christ Jesus to free the captives held bondage by these wicked ministers of Christian religion such that they will come to repentance unto salvation. Amen!