The Greatest

Who Is The Greatest?

And they came to Caper′na-um; and when He was in the house He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest. And He sat down and called the twelve; and He said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” And He took a child, and put the child in the midst of them; and taking the child in his arms, He said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.” Mark 9:33-37

Against Power Tussle

And He sat down and called the twelve; and He said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” Mark 9:35

Apostle Matthew: Why do the children of God struggle for leadership?

The Head: They think that that is where the blessings are. By making themselves religious leaders and heads, they position themselves to be collecting tithes and offerings, and get public honours and respect.

What shall it profit them if they gain the whole world and go to hell fire?

By struggling for leadership, by making themselves heads and founders of various churches, ministries and fellowships, they have lost their way to the Kingdom of Heaven, and are following Satan without knowing it.

They are building their personal church businesses, whereas they were called to work in one and only Covenant Church of God.

They are building and expanding churches, ministries and fellowships that are not recognized in heaven.

Is that not foolishness?

By all these churches, ministries and fellowships, they create confusions and divisions, and thereby scatter the one flock of God into various places that are not approved by God Almighty, Yahweh, the Lord of the Hosts.

This is one of the reasons why I have disqualified, resigned and dismissed all the religious leaders and ministers of God in the world. They are misguided leaders who are busy deceiving multitudes. I do know who they are. I have said this before and I have posted the same all over the world. Whoever that follows them have nothing to gain from them, except confusions, lies and fabrications.

If there is any of them that wants to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, let him come to this DivineBase Ministry, become an ordinary member and start afresh to study the original and complete holy book of God, called Yahweh's Book Of Life. The same thing applies to all the religious leaders, ministers of God and their numerous members.

Failure To Recognize

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, how can the ministers of God know who is the head in their midst?

God does appoint one person as the head?

The Head: Yes. But these humanity do not want to know. Everybody wants to be the head, each person makes himself a king.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, sometimes, some of them do pray and the Holy Spirit reveals the head in their midst?

The Head: Yes.

Apostle Matthew: But because of the thoughts of their hearts, because of what they want, they disobey the Holy Spirit. Instead of doing the will of God, they are busy doing their own wills.

The Head: That is true.

Apostle Matthew: They start to create confusions, by forging many and diverse churches, ministries and fellowships, doing so many things that are irrelevant.

The Head: Yes.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, what happened during our own time?

Ourselves, The Twelve Apostles, were asking, who is the head in our midst?

The Most Important Things

The Head: And Jesus proved to the world that it is not being the head that is most important. What is most important to God is to live in peace and love, in brotherly relationship, like the children who are quick and happy to forgive one another. Doing God’s work with purity of heart, and with joyfulness and gladness of heart.

Let every person know his own work and do it very well. It is not in the posts that you find and get the blessings, favours, success and prosperity of God. And it is not by being famous, not by doing so many works, but by doing one’s duty very well. God can exalt a person from whatever his conditions are and make him the head. For example, Joshua was a servant at the time of Holy Moses. But because he was a very good servant, God the Father exalted him above all the elders to whom Joshua was answering, “Yes, sir.”

God is able to raise a gatekeeper to be the head. God can make the sweeper the leader of His people. What is important is for everybody to know his duty and do it very well. And not struggling for leadership positions. If a person does not know and do his work very well, there is never a time he will be made the head.

A Solution To Power Tussle

Another thing that shall help solve the problem of struggling for leadership, power tussle, is that those already in the leadership positions, who were made the heads by God, must endeavour to ensure that all the ministers of God get what belongs to them, respectively. The tithes, offerings, gifts, first fruits, donations and allowances shall be very well shared, to ensure that nobody is cheated or neglected.

In many churches, ministries and fellowships, the sharing method is such that the head takes all the tithes, gifts, offerings and contributions, all the riches and wealth. That is why everybody wants to be the head, and therefore, makes himself the head. That is why the ministers and members are dividing the one true church of God into so many churches, ministries and fellowships that cannot be counted. These churches, ministries and fellowships are the deceptive handiworks of Satan, and they are the gateways into the hell fire.

Asking For What Is Not Theirs

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, ask all the prophets, all the ministers of God and all the children of God, do all of them want to be the head?

They do not know what is being the head or leader of God the Father.

The Head: Yes.

Apostle Matthew: They do not know the duties and responsibilities of being the head in the church of God the Father.

The Head: That is true.

Why Many Fail

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, some of them go into being the head. But along the line, they fall.

Son of man, why do they fall?

Why do they not lead to the end?

The Head: It is because they were not called to be leaders. They were not called to be in leadership positions. They were not given the anointing of the Holy Spirit to do such work. It is because they were not called to be heads. The Holy Spirit is not working with them.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, have you now seen the differences, as yourself have just explained it.

The Head: Yes.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, should the children of God be struggling for leadership?

The Head: No. They do not have to struggle for leadership. They should not even involve themselves in it. Not even in the least, except the person is a person anointed by God.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, even so it was during our time. Jesus knew who the head in our midst was. He knew it was peter.

The Head: Yes.

The Path Of Wisdom

Apostle Matthew: But did Jesus tell us?

The Head: He was not quick to tell you apostles, to make peter humble, for Peter to know many things that are important. That is number 1.

Apostle Matthew: Number 2?

The Head: For the twelve Apostles to know that themselves also are among the leaders of the church of God, despite the fact that there is one head. Wherever they are, if Peter were not prevent, one of them should lead the way.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, yourself answered very well.

Apostle Matthew: Number 3, ourselves were just growing up in spirit. We were just students, who were still learning.

The Head: Yes.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, students, do they just become teachers?

The Head: No.

Apostle Matthew: A student has to first make efforts, to pass all his examinations and gain promotions, before he qualifies to be a teacher.

The Head: Yes.

Apostle Matthew: Even so it was during our own lifetime.

The Head: That is true.

The Right Way

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, another point, number 4, ourselves did prayer. We prayed and inquired, and God the Father told us that the head in our midst was Peter.

But when God told us that, what did we do?

The Head: Let God make us to know.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, ourselves bowed down to God. And we gave Peter very good gifts.

The Head: Thanks be to God.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, ourselves showed love to Peter.

The Head: Yes.

Apostle Matthew: By the way we accepted Peter as our head, God also gave us the powers of the Holy Spirit with which ourselves did our works, and God also gave us our respective blessings. And ourselves were able to do our works to the end.

But why, son of man, do the children of God not emulate all these good examples of good and perfect relationship?

The Head: They want to do their own wills. Another cause, number 5, is the training being given by the religious leaders and senior ministers of God. If the religious leaders and senior ministers of God were teaching the young and future ministers the right things to do, the upcoming ministers would have remained steadfast in doing the right set of things. The religious leaders and senior ministers of God do not know what they should be teaching the other ministers of God.

They create the impression that the junior and future ministers of God, once you complete your training, you are free to establish your own church, ministry and fellowship. That is why, once a person is called, and he answers the call, what he bears in mind is to undergo training for 2 or 3 years, and then leave to establish his own church. This trend makes them to be disobedient and proud. Sometimes, they take offence and leave, to open their own private church businesses which they call churches, ministries and fellowships, even so by fire and by force.

And the general public do not usually know that such a person is not yet qualified to be a minister of God. All that people know is that the person delivers messages and performs miracles. And people do even abandon the head appointed by God, and follow the unqualified and self-made minister.

Without The Holy Spirit

Apostle Matthew: But son of man, do they know that before a person shall be made the head, the person should first have the Holy Spirit with which to do his works?

The Head: That is true. But on many occasions, people do not know this fact. All they are after is that the church, ministry or fellowship is booming, prayers are being answered and many testimonies are being given.

Disregard Of Training

Apostle Matthew: Do they not know that such a person should first go for training?

The Head: Many people do not want to go for training nowadays. Instead, he starts rebuking the mentor that should train him up. Or, he starts to battle against the head.

And members soon after starts following the person because he sees visions and delivers messages that come to fulfilments. The members do not want to know whether the messages are from God or evil spirits and demons. They do not want to know whether it is God that is answering prayers or that the person is using the powers of the evil spirits and demons.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, is this how they should be doing it?

The Head: No. not at all.

Control Of Children

“Let the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” Mark 10:14

Apostle Matthew: Why did the apostles try o keep the children away?

The Head: Unusually at occasions, the children stay by the side, because they may not know what should be done or may not do things the way things should be done. The children do stay in the pace preserved for them, to avoid hindrances and embarrassments, misconducts or loss of a child. But in this very case, the bible authors supposed to have written exactly what happened and should have explained it very well.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, the explanations here is that the children of God should be knowledgeable, wise and behave like children. At that point, ourselves were asking questions. And the questions were very important to us, because some of us were married and had children. We wanted the children to come in later, after we have finished our discussions. But Jesus saw what happened and told us to allow the children to come in to him.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, why did Jesus say that we should sallow the children?

The Head: When children stay in the midst of the adults, they learn a lot of things, while various discussions are going on. But often, the children seem not to be interested or attentive. They learn a lot.

Another point is that it is good and necessary to start in their childhood to train them, to lay a very good and strong foundation in their lives, and teach them many things about God and life. That is why the white people and developing nations progress better than other nations. They start in the childhood to teach the children what the adults know.

Even so it should be in the house of God. If the children were not trained when they are still very small, it shall not be possible to train and control them when they have grown up. By then, it is very hard to train them, because by then they have decided on what to do or how to live their lives.

Son of man, what yourself said are true. But, there are many things which the children should know.

That is true.

At those times, when what the children should know are being discussed, they should stay in the midst of the adults. But they should not be allowed in the midst of the adults to know certain things which they should not know, until they have grown up to know various things which they should know.

Apostle Matthew: Son of man, it is because yourself is the FirstSon, Jesus Christ that is why yourself is making all things to be well done and ordered in sequence. During our time, there was a custom. Children do not stay in the midst of adults, especially when an adult is discussing with another adult. The children should not be there. But yourself was making us to know that the children should learn many things from the adults. But it was not like that during our time.

You have to write and explain these points, is that the children of God shall know what they should do.

Respect, Humility And Obedience

"Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven. For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. Matthew 18:10-11

Explanations:

Every child of God is very very very important to God.

Good and loving relationship is very important in the life of every one. A lonely person on the mountain top knows that greatness is not most important thing, for the biggest rock, remains lonely and benefits nothing, if left alone.

The Request Of The Mother Of James And John

And James and John, the sons of Zeb′edee, and their mother, came forward to him, and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.”

But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:35-45

About Sitting On The Right And Left Hand

1. Sitting on the right hand and left hand simply means the favourite positions and best thrones.

2. In heaven, every reward, position, crown or throne is by merit, and neither by grace nor by favouritism.

3. In heaven, there is division of labour, and the angels and saints stand according to their works. Where a person shall stand is determined by the works he does.

4. At a particular point in time, the angel or saint presiding is determined by what is necessary. For examples:

a. During sacrifice, Holy Aaron takes the lead.

b. During praises and celebrations, the Cherubim and Seraphim take the lead.

c. During warfare, Archangel Michael and his hosts take the lead.

d. In matters of healing, Archangel Uriel takes the lead.

5. It is because of the above facts that Jesus said, “but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared (those who merit it).” Mark 10:40

6. There is seniority and hierarchy in heaven. There are different spiritual levels, different levels of spiritual vibrations, and different levels of perfection. There are various crowns, thrones, dominions, kingdoms, principalities and powers. You attain any of these only by merit and not by mere wishes.

A Choice Of Wisdom

The Head: What is it James and John or their mother that made the request?

Apostle Matthew: It was the mother of James and John that brought the two and made the request to Jesus. They first made the plan at home, before coming to Jesus to make the request. Ourselves, the twelve Apostles, did not blame or condemn the woman. Nobody sees where coronation is taking place and leaves it, to go to a place of mourning. The woman welcomed Jesus and believed in Jesus. She saw and knew when Jesus was born and witnessed glorious works which baby Jesus was doing, even so while Jesus was growing.

When Jesus started His ministry, the woman believed it, that Jesus is the Lord and Saviour. And she took her sons and all her family to Jesus. She was securing positions, salvation and … for her sons. She was not doing so out of wickedness, greed or jealousy. What she did was what every parent should do by encouraging their children to do the work of God. What she did was good, unlike what humanity are doing in this second coming of Jesus Christ, as the man who saw God face to face, before more than forty (40) times, later more than seventy (70) times and now more than hundred (100) times, Raphael Okechukwu Nweze, when everybody, every family, all humanity and their numerous churches, ministries and fellowships abandoned the Lord and Saviour, and were even frustrating all his efforts to save humanity. Only very few people, about less than forty persons, were earnest in following and obeying the Lord and Saviour. It was so for many years.

When she came, Jesus kept quiet and explained in details to her, for her to know that the race of salvation is not what parents can do for their children. The only thing that parents can do for their child is to give the child encouragement, support and facilitations, for the child to run the race of salvation to the end. This is what present and modern generations should have done, even so readily and willingly, in this second coming of Jesus Christ. But humanity failed in this very needful work and did not even know that Jesus Christ was living in their midst, despite their numerous religious leaders and their various churches, ministries and fellowships. Despite so many publications, messages and warnings that Jesus is in the midst of the present and modern generations, humanity did not believe it. And despite so many disasters, calamities and strange incidents, humanity refused to turn to the Lord and Saviour for themselves to be saved from death and destruction.

Be A Good Leader

And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. Mark 10:42

Even so in the underdeveloped nations. And worse still in various offices, ministries, agencies, establishments and families.