1

CONCEPTION OF SELF-CONTROL

FOR BUILDING YOUR MIND

BY

MENEKO TSEFINO CHARLES

(B. TECH, HND; UPH Nigeria)

“And Unto the Royal Tribunals of David

KING OF ISRAEL

YAHWEH SABAOTH”

WORLD WITHOUT END, AMEN! (PSALM 18:10; 122).

2

CONCEPTION OF SELF CONTROL FOR BUILDING YOUR MIND

BY MENEKO TSEFINO CHARLES…….!

CONTENTS PAGE

Foreword 3

Acknowledgements 4

Introduction 5

Biblical Quotes 7

Indicative Diagnosis 8

Chapter 1:

The Greatness of God and Self Control (PRAYER OF FAITH) 9

Chapter 2:

The Happiness of the Sage 15

Chapter 3:

Conception of Securities 17

Chapter 4:

Conception of Intellectual Knowledge 22

Chapter 5:

Conception of Spiritual Knowledge 26

Chapter 6:

“The Tongue” 38

FOREWORD

3

This book Conception of Self Control For Building Your Mind helps the reader to deal with life in a way that is successful and pleasant to mankind. Do not fizzle out. In order to build courage, a man must live by principles that are friendly to nature and have the ability of success and positive thinking.

Life is made up of moments; there are happy times and therefore sad times in all our lives. In a time of difficulty, we long to be comforted and only our thoughts can determine how easy it is going to be for us to pass through.

There is always a better and improved version of whatever had existed.

Meneko Tsefino Charles “Masterpiece” this book “conception” is a must read, it talks about the greatness of God, and how we can improve in our lives by being close to God by self control.

There is something about this book that touches every area of life and could be beneficial to those who really want to improve in their attitude in life.

The words, idea or behavior of the writer is suitable and appropriate for a particular situation to find or achieve true happiness.

I sobriquet this book a fountain of knowledge and wisdom. Read it and identify your potentials and put it to work and it will build you.

Prince Ayo M. Kaiser.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4

I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to the Almighty God who has brought the knowledge and wisdom for writing this book.

Special thanks also goes to my parents Engr., & Mrs. J. A. Deribi-Meneko, my brothers and sisters: Mr. Ayomi, Miss Toyin, Mr. God’spower, and others. And relatives and friends too numerous to mention; Mrs. Beautytanrose Adewoye, Mr. Collins Akpe, Uncle Daniel Deribi-Meneko, Mrs. Vanessa Benson, Dr. Williams Uzoukwu, Pastor David Greatman Aideloje (LFC, Ogunu), Mrs. Olaitan Ibeneme, and to my lovely wife and daughter: Mrs. Blessing and Miss Susanna Meneko, only to mention but a few. I would also like to thank IYC World Wide, INYC, and to all those who have contributed and given me good advice which has brought meaning to my life.

Also I would like to thank and acknowledge the management and staff of Century Energy Services Limited (CESL), and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) for their in-house trainings and safety tips, Chief (Lt. Col.) Etoromi Ayomike (rtd.), Uncle Anthony Meneko, Comrade Felix Eyiangho, Engr. Godwin-Onos Enibueta, Engr. God’spower Nwokogba (CESL), Chief Johnny Aribogha, Mrs. Angela Darlington, “Ijaw National Congress Nigeria (INCN)”, University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association Warri Branch, ‘National Association of Itsekiri Graduates (NAIG)’, House On The Rock Church, Believers Love World Inc. (BLW), Living Faith Church a.k.a. Winners Chapel, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Word of Life Bible Church (International Gospel Center), Holy Trinity Catholic Church, and to the entire Christendom, courtesy of World Council of Churches Inc., and the “Ikwerre National Youths League,” and also, Ogbe-Ijoh, Kantu, Odidi, Okere and Koko Communities, etc.

“Proverbs 16:32” (NKJV)

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city!

INTRODUCTION

5

Having got a set of beautiful attitudes that can lead to business requirements and having assigned a relative priority to each of them, we can begin to look at the characters of great and noble men who have used their attitude to become leaders and to make a difference by being exceptional, stand-out.

Conception means the process of forming an idea or a plan. It is an understanding or belief of what something should be. It is also the process of an egg being FERTILIZED inside a woman’s body so that she becomes pregnant; the moment of conception.

Idea and plan work together. To set up a business requires plan and idea. You will have to conceptualize that plan so that it may produce maximum results.

You don’t have to abscond from the situation or circumstances around you. Build faith in you as you believe in God, you can achieve whatever you want, but you just have to work it out.

Man is justified by faith; therefore we can conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law (ROMANS 3:28).

For your conception to materialize you must have a belief or trust in someone or something; like the faith or belief among Christians in the Holy Trinity. Faith without works is dead. (JAMES 2:17)

Self Control is the ability to remain calm and not show your emotions even though you are feeling angry, excited etc.

You have to regain self control rather than lose it to experience and deal with something that is painful, pleasant, or unpleasant especially without

6

complaining. This is the act of enduring. If every human being has self control the world would have been a better place than it is now.

We need to show love to one another, because love is the key factor of self control. God is love and this is the greatness of God.

“Beloved, let us love one another; for Love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (1 JOHN 4:7).

NOTE: Endeavour To Read and Follow the Holy Bible Scriptures That Appear In Each Paragraph of Every Page of This Book So As To Get a Comprehensive and Meaningful Understanding Of What You Are About To Read. Thank You!!!

BIBLICAL QUOTES:

7

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

- JOHN 3:8

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

- ROMANS 3:4

“Is He the God of the Jews only?

Is He not also of the Gentiles?

Yes, of the Gentiles also:”

“Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.”

“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid:

Yea, we establish the law.”

- ROMANS 3:29-31

“Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

- 2 CORINTHIANS 10:7

“And unto man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”

- JOB 28:28

INDICATIVE DIAGNOSIS

8

I am awakened by the supernatural ability that cause the world to be in a magnificent Admire of the beautiful creatures that hallowed each generation to the utmost immortality of God’s presence which spreads in awe over the long-stretched ocean, the baffling mountains, and the beautiful skies, which connotes that every time we have interpreted nature to the tail-end of mysterious indefiniteness of amazing conceptuality. Yet, perpetually great goodness adorns all the living creatures in the planets.

Specifically, the co-ordinates of the foundation of the ozone layer that holds the earth has never been dug, for while men must burst until the dusk of the dawn – they also will return to dust, all, to face the other end of life which is in the Spiritual Planes of never-ending mysteries: unconditionally – The fear of what is in the other end of the ‘After Life’ is not an egocentric amusement of those who flames the victory of heavenly conformity and incorruptibility in spiritual conscience of consciousness. But Indeed Celestial!

Liveliness is much more than a mission of livelihood; but an aphorism of spiritual growth and accumulated prosperity that incubate the strength of rejoicing:

These words always bring about instruments of merriment and sanity to just this one life that every man has to live. These elixir of exciting epitome, where judgment was first adjudge in the Eden; we all did not conform to, but the infallible Sovereignty Incarnate Deity made a renewal of life (covenant) by implicating His Son to be the propriety for our sins: until that day when the final judgment that is ascertain has come………. “And we all who believe in the Son shall sing mysteriously to the present presence of the Helper who is the Comforter!

“These déjà vu may not be whimsical!”

In the practical aspect of spiritual apprehension is an adventure that is above specification.

Unique Encrypted Claymore: ***** - MENEKO TSEFINO CHARLES

The greatness of God and Self Control

9

Chapter 1

The greatness of God and Self Control

The Greatness of God:

He who lives for ever created all the universe. The Lord alone will be found righteous. He has given no one the power to proclaim His works, and who can fathom His magnificent deed?

Who can assess His magnificent strength, and who can go further and tell of His mercies?

Nothing can be added to them, nothing subtracted, it is impossible to fathom the marvels of the Lord. When a man finishes he is only beginning, and when he stops he is as puzzled as ever.

Offer God no bribe He will not accept it, do not put your faith in an unvirtuous sacrifice; since the Lord is judge who is no respecter of personages. - (1 PETER 1:17).

He shows no respect of personages to the detriment of a poor man, He listens to the plea of the injured party. ‘(PROVERBS 24:23-25)’.

He does not ignore the orphan’s supplication, nor the widow’s as she pours out her story. Do the widow’s tears not run down her cheeks, as she cries out against the man who caused them?

The man who with his whole heart serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds, until it arrives he is inconsolable, nor will he desist until the Most High takes notice of him, acquits the virtuous and delivers judgment. And the Lord will not be slow, nor will He be dilatory on their behalf, until He has crushed the loins of the merciless and exacted

10

vengeance on the nations, until He has eliminated the hordes of the arrogant and broken scepters of the wicked, until He has repaid each as his deeds deserve and human actions as their intentions merit, until He has judged the case of His people, and made them rejoice in His mercy. (JAMES 5:16).

Mercy is welcome in time of trouble, like rain clouds in time of drought.

This is the justice of God!

God has a deep affection, devotion for us His children. The Bible says in PROVERBS 10:12 “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. (KJV).

To be a partaker of God’s greatness, we must show love for God and for our fellow men like us. “Jesus said; A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do what I command you. I shall not call you servants any more, because a servant does not know his master’s business;

I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.

You did not choose me, no, I chose you; and I commissioned you to go out and to bear fruit that will last; and then the Father (God) will give you anything you ask Him in My name. What I command you is to love one another. “(JOHN 15:13-17).

So you can see that love is the instrument of God for us to achieve greatness. God wants us to reciprocate our love for Him, and also for one another.

This was why Jesus Christ came to die for our sins; LOVE.

11

(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.”………………………. For God is love. (1 JOHN 4:8).

………………………. “Jesus said unto him, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

(MATTHEW 22:37-40).

The man who fears the Lord will accept His correction; those who eagerly look for Him will win His favour. The man who seeks the law will be nourished by it, (the law of love), the hypocrite will find it a stumbling block.

Those who fear the Lord will have justice done them, and make their good deeds shine like a light. (MATTHEW 5:16).

The sinner waves reproof aside, he finds excuses to do what he wants.

A sensible man never scorns a suggestion; a proud and godless man will be immune to fear.

Never act without reflection, and you will have nothing to regret when you have done it. Do not venture on a rough road, for fear of stumbling over the stones. Do not be over confident on an even road, and beware of your own children. Watch yourself in everything you do, this is what keeping the commandments means.

12

The man who trust in the Law of God as written in the Holy Scriptures of “Matthew 22:37-40” pays attention to the commandments, the man who has confidence in the Lord will come to no harm.

“If a man fears the Lord, evil will not come his way, again and again he will be rescued in his trials.”

The man who hates the law is not wise, if hypocritical in observance, he is like a ship in a storm. “A man of understanding will put his faith in the law, for him the law is as dependable as an oracle.”

Prepare what you have to say and you will get a hearing, marshall your informations before you answer.

The feelings of a fool are like a cart-wheel, his thought resolves like a turning axle. A ruttling stallion is like a sarcastic friend; he neighs, whoever rides him.

Self Control

Do not follow your lusts, refrain your desires. If you allow yourself to satisfy your desires, this will make you the laughing stock of your enemies. Do not indulge in luxurious living, nor get involved in such society. “Do not beggar yourself by banqueting on credit when there is nothing in your pocket. Behave like that and you will never grow rich; he who despises trifles will sink down little by little.” – (PROVERBS 22:26-29).

Wine and women corrupt sensible men, the customer of whores loses all sense of shame. Grubs and worms will have him as their legacy, and the man who knows no shame shall lose his life. (PROVERBS 31:3; 23:26-28).

Your adherence must be against loose talk: Being too ready to trust shows shallowness of mind, by committing sin a man does wrong to himself. Taking

13

pleasure in evil earns condemnation, by hating gossip a man avoids evil. Never repeat what you are told and you will come to no harm; whether to friend or foe, do not talk about it, unless it would be sinful not to, do not reveal it; you would be heard out, then mistrusted and in due course you would be hated. Have you heard something? Let it die with you.

Courage! It will not burst you! A fool will suffer birth pangs over something told him, like a woman labouring with child. Like an arrow stuck in the flesh of the thigh, such is a piece of news inside of a fool.

“Your shadow is a replica of your image (your person himself). Watch your shadow and nurture your image. Mind where you go to, and the things you do, because when you die your soul will take over your shadow. And your shadow will judge you before God.”

PRAYER OF FAITH

Eternal Life

14

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace!

Where there is hatred . . . Let me sow love.

Where there is injury . . . pardon.

Where there is doubt . . . faith.

Where there is despair . . . hope.

Where there is darkness . . . light.

Where there is sadness . . . joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much

Seek

To be consoled . . . as to console,

To be understood . . . as to understand,

To be loved . . . as to love;

For it is in giving . . . that we receive;

It is in pardoning . . . that we are pardoned;

It is in dying . . . that we are born to eternal

life.

The happiness of the Sage

Chapter 2

15

The happiness of the Sage:

The heart of a sensible man will reflect on parables, an attentive ear is the sage’s dream. Happy the man who has not sinned in speech and who need feel no remorse for sins. Happy the man whose own soul does not accuse him, and who has never given up hope.

Happiness is an instruction given to us by God. The only way you can stay happy is just by acquiring wisdom. Cultivate your neighbours as far as you can, and consult with wise men, let all your discussions bear on the law of the Most High. – (PROVERBS 24:6).

The Bible tells us in “PHILIPPIANS 4:4-5” that: Rejoice in the Lord Alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.’

The word of God can give you true happiness, if only you trust in God alone. Happy the man who meditates on wisdom, and reasons with good sense, who studies her ways in his heart, and ponders her secrets.

He pursue her like a hunter and lies in wait by her path; he peeps in at her windows and listens at her doors; he lodges close to her house, and fixes his peg in her walls; he pitches his tent at her side, and lodges in an excellent lodging; he sets his children in her shade, and camps beneath her branches; he is sheltered by her from the heat, and in her glory he makes his home.

It is time to rejoice; apply the word of God to your life and it will guarantee you wisdom. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” – (PROVERBS 4:7).

16

Whoever fears the Lord will act like this, and whoever grasps the law will obtain wisdom. She will come to meet him like a mother, and receive him like a virgin bride.

She will give him the bread of understanding to eat, and the water of wisdom to drink.

He will lean on her and will not fall, he will rely on her and not be put to shame. She will raise him high above his neighbours, and in full assembly she will open his mouth.

He will find happiness and a crown of joy, he will inherit an everlasting name.

Foolish men will not gain possession of her, nor will sinful men set eyes on her. She stands remote from pride, and liars cannot call her to mind.

Praise is unseemly in a sinners mouth, since it has not been put there by the Lord.

For praise should only be uttered in Wisdom, and the Lord Himself then prompts it.

Sage is resemblance for a very wise person especially because you have a lot of experience.

Conception of Securities

Chapter 3

17

Conception Of Securities

Talking about securities, there are a lot of definition for the word “Security”. Conception of securities means a plan or idea of security guaranteed.

Security is the activities involved in protecting a country, building or person against attack, danger, etc. Security is the department of a large company or organization that deals with the protection of its building equipments and staff.

“Security is the protection against something bad that might happen in the future for example financial or job security.”

Security is the state of feeling happy and safe from danger or worry. It also means a valuable item, such as a house, that you agree to give somebody if you are unable to pay back the money that you have borrowed from them for example: home and business being held as security for the loan.

Securities in finance are documents proving that somebody is the owner of shares, etc in a particular company.

In all, only the Word of God can guarantee you true and effective security.

The Word of God is a light full of radiance and vigour to invigorate you, and to build you up and give you understanding about the knowledge of God’s Word.

“The word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path: (PSALM 119:105”.

The entrance of thy word giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple – PSALM 119:130.

18

You must develop the act or habit of praying. Prayer is the words which you say to God giving thanks or asking for help or prayer is a fixed form of words that you can say when you speak to God. Prayer is the key to success. For you to be successful, you must become prayerful.

For effective security you must know the Word of God for yourself and use it. – (2 TIMOTHY 2:15).

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. – (PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7).

A good man will go surety for his neighbor; a man has lost all shame if he fails him. Do not forget the favour your guarantor has done for you; He has given His life for you. – (LUKE 24:1-9; JOHN 20:18-31; 3:16-17, 21).

A sinner is careless of his guarantor’s prosperity, an ungrateful man forgets the one who saved him. Going surety has ruined many prosperous men and rocked them like a wave of the sea. It has driven powerful men from home to wander among foreign nations.

The sinner who involves himself with guarantees, in pursuit of a deal, will find himself involved in lawsuits. Come to your neighbour’s help as far as you can, but take care not to fall into the same plight.

Security is Home and hospitality. In God you will find securities and be established. – (ACTS 16:31).

The first thing in life is water, and bread and clothing and a house for the sake of privacy. Better a poor man’s life under roof of planks than lavish fare

19

in the house of another. Whether you have little or much, be content with it, and you will not be dubbed an intruder.

It is a miserable life, going from house to house; wherever you stay, not daring to open your mouth; you are a stranger, you know the taste of humiliation, not to mention the sound of embittering words.

‘Come along, stranger, lay the table, if you have anything with you, give it to me to eat.’

‘Go away, Stranger, make room for someone important; my brother is coming to stay I need the house.’

It is hard for a cultured man to hear himself begrudge hospitality and treated like an undischarged debtor.

Riches:

The sleeplessness brought by wealth makes a man lose weight, the worry it causes drives away sleep.

The worries of the daytime interfere with slumber, as a serious illness drives away sleep.

The rich man toils, piling up money, and when he leaves off, he stuffs himself with luxuries; the poor man toils, his livelihood dwindling, and when he leaves off, is destitute.

The man who loves gold will not be reckoned virtuous, the man who chases after profit will be caught by it.

20

Many have gone to their ruin for the sake of gold, though their destruction stared them in the face; it is a snare for those who sacrifice to it, and every fool will be caught by it.

“Happy the rich man who is found to be blameless and does not go chasing after gold.” – (1 TIMOTHY 6:17-19; PROVERBS 10:2; 24:11-14; 30:5-9).

Who is he for us to congratulate him, since he has achieved wonders among his kind?

Who has been through this test and emerged perfect?

He may be proud of that! Who has had the power to sin and has not sinned, to wrong another and not done it?

His fortune will be firmly based and the assembly will acclaim his generosity.

The fear of God can grant you all level of securities and independence.

The man who fears the Lord will accept correction; those who eagerly look for Him will win His favour.

Never have a plan or idea without the fear of God. Those who fear the Lord will have justice done them, and make their good deeds shine like a light.

21

(The prime needs of mankind for living are water and fire, iron and salt, wheat-flour, milk and honey, the juice of the grape, oil and clothing).

Conception of Intellectual knowledge

22

Chapter 4

Conception of intellectual knowledge

Intellectual knowledge is the knowledge connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things so as to know. It is of a person well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things.

You cannot use intellectual knowledge to ascertain the fear of God.

“God is Spirit, and His worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth.” - JOHN 4:24 (NIV).

You must worship God in spirit and in truth. If you pray for your spirit to have knowledge and understanding you shall have it.

“The life of every brute and plant on earth Is by the quick beams of the sacred fires From its combining potencies drawn forth.

But the Supreme Benignity inspires Directly your life, making it to love Itself, and kindling it to fresh desires.

For thee this argument may further prove Your resurrection, if the thought be weighed How human flesh was formed to breathe and move, when the first parents both of them were made.

One must hope that each of us might increase our capacity for greater humility, that we might become more mature and hence give more of ourselves, and in a broad sense, love more effectively.

These are the virtues that are cardinal in every religion and hence are the centers of interest of the rabbi and the priest and the minister in each of his parishioners. I happen to be one of those physicians who believes that these

23

virtues are the center of our focus. In advocating this necessity to learn to love more effectively, one is mindful of the fact that every religion has taught us that God is love – and that it is from Him that one can gain strength (knowledge) – so well verbalized by the Psalmist: “I lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.”

It is my conviction that this belief can be a bulwark of strength (Spiritual Knowledge) in the life of every one of us.

Life as the godless see it:

But the godless call with deed and word for Death, counting him friend, they wear themselves out for him, with him they make a pact, and are fit to be his partners.

For they say to themselves with their misguided reasoning:

‘Our life is short and dreary, nor is there any relief when man’s end comes, nor is anyone known who can give release from hades.

By chance we came to birth, and after this life we shall be as if we had never been. The breath in our nostrils is a puff of smoke, reason a spark from the beating of our hearts; put this out and our body turns to ashes, and the spirit melt away like idle air.

In time, our name will be forgotten, nobody will remember what we have done; our life will pass away like wisps of cloud, dissolve like the mist that the sun’s ray drive away and the heat of it overwhelms.

Yes, our days are the passing of a shadow, from our death there is no turning back, the seal is set: no one returns. ‘Come then, let us enjoy what good things there are, use this creation with the zest of youth: take our fill of

24

the dearest wines and perfumes, let no one flower of springtime pass us by, before they wither crown ourselves with roses.

Let none of us forgo his part in our orgy, let us leave signs of revelry everywhere, this is our portion, this is the lot assigned us.

‘As for the virtuous man who is poor, let us oppress him, let us not spare the widow, nor respect old age, white-haired with many years.

Let our strength be the yardstick of virtue, since weakness argues its own futility. Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys us and opposes our way of life, reproaches us for our breaches of the law and accuses us of playing false to our upbringing. He claims to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a son of the Lord. Before us he stands, a reproof to our way of thinking, the very sight of him weighs our spirits down; his way of life is not like other men’s, the path he treads are unfamiliar.

In his opinion we are counterfeit; he holds aloof from our doings as though from filth; he proclaims the final end of the virtuous as happy and boasts of having God for his Father.

Let us see if what he says is true, let us observe what kind of end he himself will have.

If the virtuous man is God’s son, God will take His part and rescue him from the clutches of his enemies.

Let us test him with cruelty and with torture, and thus explore the gentleness of his and put his endurance to the proof. Let us condemn him to a shameful death since he will be looked after – we have his word for it.

25

The godless gravely mistaken

This is the way they reason, but they are misled, their malice makes them blind.

They do not know the hidden things of God, they have no hope that holiness will be rewarded, they can see no reward for the blameless souls. Yet God did make man imperishable, He made him in the image of His own nature;

It was the devil’s envy that brought death into the world, as those who are his partners will discover.

Read – (REVELATION 7:9-17; 8:1-5; JOEL 2:11; 3:4; 2:30-32); [ISAIAH 14; REVELATION 12; EZEKIEL 28:11-19; JEREMIAH 4:23-31].

Curses reaped by the wicked

Do not long for a brood of worthless children, and take no pleasure in godless sons.

However many you have, take no pleasure in them, unless the fear of the Lord lives among them.

Do not count on their having long life, do not put too much faith in their future; for better have one than a thousand, better die childless than have godless ones.

26

Conception of Spiritual Knowledge

Chapter 5

Conception of Spiritual Knowledge

Spiritual knowledge begins with Wisdom. Spiritual knowledge is connected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things.

Wisdom is a spirit, a friend of man, though she will not pardon the words of a blasphemer, since God sees into the innermost parts of him, truly observe his heart, and listens to his tongue.

The Spirit of the Lord, indeed, fills the whole world, and that which holds all things together knows every word that is said.

A Prayer For Wisdom

‘God of our ancestors, Lord of Mercy, who by your word have made all things, and in your wisdom have fitted man to rule the creatures that have come from you, to govern the world in holiness and justice and in honesty of soul to wield authority, grant me wisdom, consort of your throne, and do not reject me from the number of your children………………………………………

(WISDOM 9:1-4) (TJB).

Let us take a look of some of our ancestors who had worked in spiritual knowledge because God granted them wisdom:

Eulogy of some of the ancestors:

Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.

27

The Lord created an abundance of glory and displayed His greatness from earliest times. Some wielded authority as kings and were renowned for their strength; others were intelligent advisers and uttered prophetic oracles.

Others directed the people by their advice, by their understanding of the popular mind, and by the wise words of their teaching; others composed musical melodies, and set down ballads; others were rich and powerful, living peacefully in their homes.

All these were honoured by their contemporaries, and were the glory of their day. Some of them left a name behind them, so that their praises are still sung. While others have left no memory, and disappeared as though they had never been, and so too, their children after them.

But here is a list of generous men whose good works have not been forgotten. In their descendants there remains a rich inheritance born of them. Their descendants stand by the covenants and, thanks to them, so do their children’s children.

Their offspring will last forever, their glory will not fade. Their bodies have been buried in peace, and their name lives on for all generations. The peoples will proclaim their wisdom, the assembly will celebrate their praises.

Enoch

Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up, an example for the conversion of all generations. (HEBREWS 11:5); (GENESIS 5:24).

Noah

Noah was found perfectly virtuous, in the time of wrath he became the Scion: because of him a remnant was preserved for the earth at the coming of the flood. [Noah’s ark: the ‘proud giants are the Nephilim of Genesis 6].

28

Everlasting covenants were made with him that never again should every living creature perish by flood. (GENESIS 6–9; 6:18; 9: 11-12); (2 PETER 2:5).

Abraham

Abraham, the great forefather of a host of nations, no one was ever his equal in glory.

He observed the law of the Most High and entered into a covenant in his own flesh, and proved himself faithful under ordeal.

The Lord therefore promised him an oath to bless the nations through his descendants, to multiply him like the dust on the ground, to exalt his descendants like the stars, and give them the land for their inheritance, from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth. (GENESIS 11:31; 15:7-21); (GALATIANS 3:7); (HEBREWS 11:12).

Isaac and Jacob

To Isaac too, for the sake of Abraham his father, he assured the blessings of all mankind; he caused the covenant to rest on the head of Jacob. He confirmed him in his blessings and gave him the land for his inheritance;

He divided it into portions and shared it out among the twelve tribes.

(GENESIS 21:1-12; 25:19-27; 37:1-3; 47:28; 49:33); (PSALM 105:8-15; GENESIS 27:27-29;35:9-13; 49:1-33; REVELATION 7:2-8); (EZEKIEL 9:4; 44:5).

Moses

From him He produced a generous man who found favour in the eyes of all mankind, beloved by God and men, Moses, of blessed memory.

He made him the equal of the holy ones in glory and made him strong, to the terror of his enemies. At the word of Moses He made the miracle stop,

29

He raised him high in the respect of kings; He gave him commandments of His people, and showed him something of His glory. For his loyalty and gentleness He sanctified him, choosing him alone out of all mankind; He allowed him to hear His voice, and led him into the darkness; He gave him the commandments face to face, the law of life and knowledge, to teach Jacob His ordinances and Israel His decrees. (DEUTERONOMY 33; also EXODUS 28:30, LEVITICUS 8:8, EXODUS 20:1-21; NUMBERS 12:3-16).

Joshua

Mighty in war was Joshua son of Nun, successor to Moses in the prophetic office, who well deserved his name (Joshua means ‘Yahweh-saves.’ The Greek form of the same name is Jesus), and was a great savior of the Chosen People, wreaking vengeance on the enemies who opposed him, and so bringing Israel into its inheritance.

How splendid he was when he raised his arms to brandish his sword against cities!

Who had ever shown such determination as his? He himself waged the wars of the Lord.

Was not the sun held back by his hand, and one day drawn out into two?

He called on God the Most High, and he pressed the enemy on every side; and the great Lord answered him with hard and violent hailstones.

He fell on the enemy nation, and at the Descent he destroyed all resistance; that the nations might acknowledge his war like prowess and know that their foe was the Lord. – (JOSHUA 1-24); (NUMBERS 14:6-9).

30

Caleb

For he was a follower of the Mighty One, and in time of Moses he did devoted service, he (Joshua) and Caleb son of Jephunneh, by opposing the whole community, by preventing the people from sinning, and by silencing the mutters of rebellion.

Hence these two alone were preserved out of six hundred thousand men on the march, into a land where milk and honey flow.

The Lord gave Caleb the Strength – which he retained right into old age – to tread the highlands of the country which his descendants still hold as their inheritance, for all the sons of Israel to see that it is good to follow the Lord. – “(NUMBERS 13:30; 14:6-9); (1CHRONICLES 4:15, 38-41)”.

The Judges

The judges too, each when he was called, all men whose hearts were never disloyal, who never turned their backs on the Lord – may their memory be blessed!

May their bones flower again from the tomb, and may the names of those illustrious men live again in their sons. – (EXODUS 18:13-27; JUDGES 3-21).

Samuel

Samuel was beloved of his Lord; prophet of the Lord, he instituted the kingdom, and anointed rulers over his people.

In the Law of the Lord he judged the assembly, and the Lord watched over Jacob.

31

By his loyalty he was recognized as a prophet, by his words he was known to be a trustworthy seer. He called on the Lord, the Mighty One, when his enemies pressed him on every side, by offering a sucking lamb.

And the Lord thundered from heaven, and made His voice heard in a rolling peal; He massacred the leaders of the enemy, and all the rulers of the Philistines.

Before the time of his everlasting rest he bore witness before the Lord and His anointed, ‘Of no property, not even a pair of sandals, have I deprived a soul’.

Nor did anyone accuse him.

And after he fell asleep he prophesied again, warning the king of his death; he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people. – (1 SAMUEL 3:1-21; 10:1-8; 12:1-25; 16:1-13; 25:1).

Nathan

After him (Samuel) arose Nathan,

to prophesy in the time of David.

- (2 SAMUEL 7:4-17; 12:1-15).

David

As the fat is set apart from the communion sacrifice, so David was chosen out of all the sons of Israel. He played with lions as though with kids, and with bears as though with lambs of the flock.

While still a boy, did he slay the giant, and relieve the people of their shame, by putting out a hand to sling a stone which brought down the arrogance of Goliath? – (1 SAMUEL 16:12-13; 17:14-50; 17:34-37).

32

For he called on the Lord Most High, who gave strength to his right arm to put mighty warrior to death, and lift up the horn of his people. Hence they gave him credit for ten thousand, and praised him while they blessed the Lord, by offering him a crown of glory; for he massacred enemies on every side, he annihilated his foes the Philistines, and crushed their horn to this very day. (1 SAMUEL 21:9; 18:6,7; 21:11; 17:57-58).

In all his activities he gave thanks to the Holy One, the Most High, in words of glory; he put all his heart into his songs out of love for his Maker. – (2 SAMUEL 22; 23:1-7; PSALM 105; 89; 114; 136; 18; 19; 9; 23; 68).

He placed harps before the altar to make the singing sweeter with their music; he gave the feasts their splendor, the festivals their solemn pomp, causing the Lord’s Holy name to be praised and the sanctuary to resound from dawn. (2 SAMUEL 6:5; 7:18-29; (PSALM 119:97-104; 122; 27:4).

The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever; He gave him a royal covenant, and a glorious throne in Israel. - (1 SAMUEL 16:1, 13);

(2 SAMUEL 3:9,10; 2:4; 5:1-5; 7:4-17; 12:13; 24:25).

Solomon

A wise son succeeded him (David), who lived spaciously, thanks to him. Solomon reigned in a time of peace, and God gave him peace all round so that he could raise a house in His name and prepare an everlasting sanctuary. How wise you were in your youth, brimming over with understanding like a river! – (1 KINGS 1:28-40; 3:16-28; 3:1-15; 5-9: 1-9).

Your mind ranged the earth, you filled it with mysterious sayings. Your name reached the distant islands, and you were loved for your peace.

33

Your songs, your proverbs, your sayings and your retorts made you the wonder of the world. – ‘(1 KINGS 4:29-34; 5:4,12; 10:23; 10:1-29).

In the name of the Lord God, of Him who is called the God of Israel, you amassed gold like so much tin, and made silver as common as lead.’ You abandoned your body to women, you became the slave of your appetites.

You stained your honour, you profaned your stock, so bringing wrath on your children and grief on your posterity: the sovereignty was split in two, from Ephraim arose a rebel kingdom. But the Lord would not go back on His mercy, or undo any of His words, He would not obliterate the issue of His elect, nor destroy the stock of the man who loved Him; and so He granted to Jacob and to David a root springing from Him……….. ( 1 KINGS 11:1-13; 26-43; 12:16-19; 14:20-21; 14:29-30).

“Solomon means ‘man of peace’ “.Rehoboam (The reign of Rehoboam 931-913)

Solomon rested with his ancestors, leaving one of his stock as his successor, the stupidest member of the nation, brainless Rehoboam, whose policy drove the nation to rebel. – (2 CHRONICLES 10-12); (1 KINGS 14:21-31).

Jeroboam (The reign of Jeroboam 931-910)

Next, Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, and set Ephraim on the way of evil; from then on their sin multiplied so excessively as to drive them out of their country; for they tried out every kind of wickedness, until vengeance over took them – (1KINGS 11:26-40; 14:1-20).

34

Elijah

Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch. It was he who brought famine on them, and who decimated them in his zeal.

By the word of the Lord, he shut up the heavens, he also, three times, brought down fire.

How glorious you were in your miracles, Elijah!

Has anyone reason to boast as you have? – rousing a corpse from death, from Sheol by the word of the Most High; dragging kings down to destruction, and high dignitaries from their beds; hearing reproof on Sinai, and decrees of punishment on Horeb; anointing kings as avengers, and prophets to succeed you; taken up in the whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with fiery horses; designated in the prophecies of doom to allay God’s wrath before the fury breaks, to turn the hearts of fathers towards their children (MALACHI 4:6), and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

Happy shall they be who see you, and those who have fallen asleep in love; for we too will have life. – (1 KINGS 17-21; 22:1-54; 2 KINGS 1; 2:1-18).

“[‘Sheol is the Hebrew term for Death’, while ‘Hades is the Greek term for Death’]”.

Elisha

Elijah was shrouded in the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit; throughout his life no ruler could shake him, and no one could subdue him. No task was too hard for him, and even in death his body prophesied. In his lifetime he performed wonders, and in death his works were marvelous. – (2 KINGS 2:19-25; 3-12; 13:1-21).

35

Zerubbabel and Joshua

How shall we extol Zerubbabel?

He was like a signet ring on the right hand, so too was Jeshua son of Jozadak; they who in their days built the Temple, and raised to the Lord a holy people, destined to everlasting glory. – (EZRA 5:2).

Nehemiah

Great too is the memory of Nehemiah, who rebuilt our walls which lay in ruins, erected the gates and bars and rebuilt our houses. – (NEHEMIAH 1:1-11; 6:15).

Retrospect

No one else has ever been created on earth to equal Enoch, for he was taken up from earth.

And no one else ever born like Joseph, the leader of his brothers, the prop of his people; his bones were honoured.

Shem and Seth were honoured among men, but above every living creature is Adam.

36

The Lord Jesus Christ not only son also Lord of David:

Later, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, ‘How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said:

The Lord said unto my Lord:

Sit at my right hand

And I will put your enemies

Under your feet.

David himself calls Him Lord, in what way then can He be his son? And the great majority of the people heard this with delight. MARK 12:35-37.

I Jesus sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. – (REVELATION 22:16).

Exhortation:

And now bless the God of all things, the doer of great deeds everywhere, who has exalted our days from the womb and acted towards us in His mercy. May He grant us cheerful hearts and bring peace in our time, in Israel for ages on ages.

May His mercy be faithfully with us, may he redeem us in our time.

Conclusion

“…………Happy is he who busies himself with these things, and grows wise by taking them to heart.

37

If he practices them he will be strong enough for anything, since the light of the Lord is his path.

(Do your work before the appointed time and He in His time will give you your reward.’).

38

“Tongue”

Chapter 6

“The Tongue”

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. – PROVERBS 18:20-21.

The tongue is the soft part in the mouth that moves around, used for tasting, swallowing or speaking etc.

You must learn to control your tongue. Speak positively: but know when to speak and when not to, and you will be respected by those you are following or leading.

Avoid inappropriate talk!

Better a slip on the pavement than a slip of the tongue;

this is how ruin takes the wicked by surprise.

A coarse-grained man is like an indiscreet story endlessly retold by the ignorant.

Lying is an ugly blot on a man, and ever on the lips of the ignorant. A thief is preferable to an inveterate liar, but both are heading for ruin.

Lying is an abominable habit, so that disgrace is the liar’s for ever.

A kindly turn of speech multiplies a man’s friends, and a courteous way of speaking invites many a friendly reply. Let your acquaintances be many, but your advisers one in a thousand.

39

Practice the art of giving: My son, do not temper your favours with disparagement, nor any of your gifts with words that hurt. Does not dew relieve the heat?

In the same way a word is better than a good present, but a generous man is ready with both.

A fool will offer nothing but insult, and a grudging man’s gift makes the eyes smart.

Why surely, a word is worth more than a gift.

SILENCE AND SPEECH

There is the rebuke that is untimely, and there is the man who keeps quiet, and he is the shrewd one. But how much better to rebuke than to fume!

The man who acknowledges a fault wards off punishment.

Like a eunuch (Eunuchs were bastards, and they were excluded from the community of Israel and from the blessings promised to the Chosen People - ‘DEUTERONOMY 23:2’) longing to take a girls virginity so is he who uses force to argue cases.

There is the man who keeps quiet and is considered wise, another incurs hatred for talking too much.

There is the man who keeps quiet, not knowing how to answer, another keeps quiet, because he knows when to speak. A wise man will keep quiet till the right moment, but a garrulous fool will always misjudge it.

The man who talks too much will get himself disliked, and the self-appointed oracle will make himself hated. A wise man advances himself by his words, a

40

shrewd man will please princes. He who tills the soil will have a full harvest, he who pleases princes will secure pardon for his offences.

There is a manner of talking that is fraught with death; let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob, for devout men will keep all that far from them, they will not wallow in sin. Do not habituate your mouth to coarseness and foul language, for this means sinful talk.

Remember your father and mother when you are sitting among princes, in case you forget yourself in their presence and behave like a fool, and then wish you had not been born, and curse the day of your birth.

A man in the habit of using improper words will never break himself of it however long he lives.

Avoid quarrelling and you will sin less; for a hot tempered man provokes quarrels, a sinner sows trouble between friends, introducing discord among men at peace. The way a fire burns depends on its fuel, a quarrel spreads in proportion to its violence; a man’s rage depends on his strength, his fury grows fiercer in proportion to his wealth. A sudden quarrel kindles fire, a hasty dispute leads to bloodshed. Blow on a spark and up it flares, spit on it and out it goes; both are the effects of your mouth.

In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a man appear in his talk.

The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a man is in his conversation.

The orchard where the tree grows is judged on the quality of its fruit, similarly a man’s words betray what he feels. Do not praise a man before he has spoken, since this is the test of men. – (PROVERBS 27:2).

The Tongue

41

A curse on the scandal-monger and the deceitful, he has ruined many who lived in concord.

That third tongue has shaken many, and driven them from nation to nation; it has pulled down fortified cities, and overturned the houses of princes.

The third tongue has driven virtuous wives out of house and home, and deprived them of the due reward for their hard work.

Anyone who listens to it will never know peace of mind, will never live in peace again. A stroke of the whip raises a weal, but a stroke of the tongue breaks bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but many more have fallen by the tongue.

Happy the man who has been sheltered from it, and has not experienced its fury, who has not dragged its yoke about, or been bound in its chains; the death it inflicts is a miserable death, Sheol is preferable to it.

It cannot gain a hold over the devout, they are not burnt by its flames.

Those who desert the Lord will fall into it, it will flare up inextinguishably among them, it will be let loose against them like a lion, it will tear them like a leopard.

Look, fence your property round with a quick thorn hedge, lock away your silver and gold;

Then make scales and weights for your words; and put a door with bolt across your mouth.

Take care you take no false step through it, in case you fall a prey to him who lies in wait. [PROVERBS 25:11].

42

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. (1 JOHN 4:18).

The mind and the tongue agree in one thing. For out of the abundance of the mind, the mouth speaketh. The mind is the ABILITY TO THINK.

It is the part of a person that makes them able to be aware of things, to think and feel. The mind is the particular way that somebody thinks: it is your intelligence.

If you control your tongue then you control your mind. One of the best way to control your tongue is by talking less.

If you can conquer your mind, then you dictate what happens to you next!

We are One hundred percent of what we think.

PROVERBS 7:4

“Say unto Wisdom thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman.”

Words to Live By

The spectrum of love has nine ingredients:

Patience: “Love suffereth long.”

Kindness: “And is kind.”

43

Generosity: “Love envieth not.”

Humility: “Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.”

Courtesy: “Doth not behave itself unseemly.”

Unselfishness: “Seeketh not her own.”

Good Temper: “Is not easily provoked.”

Guilelessness: “Thinketh no evil.”

Sincerity: “Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.”

Patience; kindness; generosity; humility; courtesy; unselfishness; good temper; guilelessness; sincerity – these make up the supreme gift, the stature of the perfect man. You will observe that all are in relation to men, in relation to life, in relation to the known today and the near tomorrow, and not to the unknown eternity. We hear much of love of man.

We make a great deal of peace with Heaven; Christ made much of peace on earth.

Religion is not a strange or added thing, but the inspiration of the secular life, the breathing of an eternal spirit through the temporal world. The supreme thing, in short, is not a thing at all, but the giving of a further finish to the multitudinous words and acts which make up the sum of every common day.

DIVINE REVELATIONWhen God created man according to the Holy Bible book of GENESIS 1:26-27; 2:18-25;

44

‘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.’‘So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them.After God created man and saw that man (Adam) was alone, He agreed with the priest of the Most High God “Melchizedek” who is in the order of Jesus Christ” and the Holy Spirit and the angels in heaven that a help mate should be created for man. God and all the host of angels in heaven decided to create a woman, then the Devil came in the midst of them, and said unto God, the creator of the universe; that you made male man (Adam) a little lower than the angels…..‘Are you going to make woman (female man), higher than O’ Lucifer?Make woman (female man) to be a little lower than man (Adam), so that I can use the woman to persecute the man, because you promised me the whole earth – so that I may rule it with my cohorts; and that you may devour sinners: those who will fall into temptation, and those who commit evil acts and atrocities, and those whose heart are far away from you holy God.The Almighty God was vexed, because when He made man (Adam) there was no guile in him; so He (God) couldn’t breathe into the woman’s nostril because of the Devil’s request. For God is stirred up by His righteousness, holiness

45

and goodness. And God allowed the Devil’s request to come to pass to enable Him test the faith of Adam.The Almighty God caused man (Adam) into a deep sleep that was after he had breathed life into man, and man became a living soul; and God took one of his (Adam’s) ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (But Adam never knew that God granted the Devil’s request to use Eve to persecute him: until after she had ate the forbidden fruit and given it to him (Adam) who also ate from the fruit; For the LORD God wanted to test the faith of man (Adam) over Satan, but man fell.Perhaps, God breathed life into the nostril of man which He made from dust, but a woman was given life by the rib that God collected from man, though she was also made from dust. So the man became the head of the woman.‘From dust we came, and to dust shall we all also return’:“(To enhance your scope about this revelation read these scriptures below:

46

GENESIS 1:26-27; 2:18-25; 3:19-20; ISAIAH 14; REVELATION 12; ECCLESIATES 1:4; HEBREWS 7:1-28; 1 CORINTHIANS 11:3). “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet……..”

- (PSALM 8:4-6)

‘This is why the saints must have constancy and faith:’All the riches of this world belong to us men. Through redemption by Jesus Christ, Christians are to be the most successful, the richest and the most prosperous of all people (Deuteronomy 28:1-15), because we have been restored to Eden.

47

WHAT IS A REVELATION?

“A ‘REVELATION” (CALLED APOCALYPSE, FROM THE GREEK TERM) IS A DISTINCT LITERARY FORM; APOCALPYTIC WRITING WAS VERY POPULAR IN SOME JEWISH CIRCLES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ‘CHRISTIAN’ ERA.” THE FRAMEWORK OF A ‘REVELATION IS ALWAYS A VISION OF HIDDEN SUPERNATURAL EVENTS; THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH THE VISION IS DESCRIBED IS RICHLY SYMBOLIC AND SO ALLUSIVE THAT THE MESSAGE CAN BE INTERPRETED IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. ‘THUS THE “BOOK OF REVELATION” IS NOT TO BE ACCEPTED SIMPLY AS AN ALLEGORY WHICH CAN BE DIRECTLY TRANSLATED INTO OTHER TERMS…..’

Then I saw another angel, flying high overhead, sent to announce the Good News of eternity to all who live on the earth, every nation, race, language and tribe.’ “He was calling, ‘Fear God and praise Him, because the time has come for Him to sit in judgment; worship the maker of heaven and earth and sea and every water-spring’….” – REVELATION 14:6-7.

(A parody of the name Michael, ‘who-can-compare-with-God?’)

48

[NOTE: As so often in the Old Testament (O.T.), ‘virginity’ stands for faithfulness, and ‘adultery’ or ‘fornication’ for idolatory].

“Back Page” About the Author:

“Meneko Tsefino Charles” is a Christian, and he has undergone evangelical training at the “House on the Rock Church” The Heritage House – Garden City Church, Port Harcourt, River State, where he became a member of the “Special Authority Unit in the year 2001.” He has also been trained by Believers Love World A.K.A. Christ Embassy, Main Church Port Harcourt, in 2003. He has attended the Word of Faith Bible Institute (WOFBI) of Living Faith Church A.K.A. Winners Chapel Warri in 2010, and he participates in worships and prayers unto God at different churches and locations, e.g. ‘Redemption Camp Conventions of The Redeemed Christian Church of God’, “Let God Arise” of the International Gospel Center (WLBC-IGC)’, ‘Power Must Change Hands of The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries’, etc. among others.

Meneko Tsefino Charles is a business man with adverse experience, and presently works as a Beach Master in the oil and gas industry with CESL. He is also a trained Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Consultant and has the extensive experience in the areas of Law, Science, Public Affairs, Human and Industrial Relations as well as ethics and value. He has earned a B. TECH Degree/HND Certificate in Physics/Electronics from the University of Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria, in 2004. He is a wide traveler, and he loves sports and farming, etc.

49

He strongly believes in ecumenicalism (ecumenism) and Christendom, taking delight in uniting the churches of Jesus Christ, by the grace of God.

This book has the conceptuality of transforming your life from a phlegmatic and wretched being to a pure regenerated species of Yahweh’s creature. Read it, and it will wholly bless your life in Jesus name, Amen.