Rev. Raymond Baah Abekah prophesies.
Devout Christians worldwide will receive Divine Visitations in the year 2016 and Divine Visitations come with surprises, Rev. Raymond Baah Abekah, resident Minister of the Ghanaian Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Canada, prophesied at watch night service to usher in the New Year.
Delivering the sermon on a sub-theme Prepare yourself for a DIVINE VISITATION, the Rev. Baah Abekah said if something unexpectedly comes through ones encounter with God the levels change, adding that God should lift up believers to higher grounds in Jesus Mighty name.
The mid-night service was jointly hosted by the Ghanaian Anglican Church, Toronto, and the Ghanaian Presbyterian Church, also in Toronto, at the sanctuary of the recently built Church of the Ghanaian Presbyterian.
He told the midnight worshippers that God needs all hardened hearts to be spiritually circumcised to enable Christians to receive Divine Visitation. He said the Holy Bible urges Christians to serve the Lord with all their hearts, their strength, their minds and their souls.
God, according to the Holy Bible, requests the people to keep His covenant and he will surely keep his promises over “you and your descendants.”
According the resident Minister, it does not matter where one is born or where he/she comes from. There are some people in the Holy Bible the stories around them are distasteful and unpleasant. But when he/she gets the Divine Visitation, he/she is transformed.
He assured the worshippers that God was willing to visit them in a special way to change their destinies.
Referring to Judges Chapter 11 verses 01 to 11, Rev. Baah Abekah said there was a gentleman called Jeph’thah the Gileadite, was a mighty warrior and the mother was a prostitute. That was the negative part of this gentleman’s story and it was not his fault to be the son of a prostitute.
None of us has the power and authority to choose parents. But with friends, “we have the authority and power to do so,” the resident Minister emphasised. He said Jeph’that’s father had a wife who bore him sons and when they were grown up, they drove Jeph’thah away and was not going to get any inheritance “in our family, because you are the son of another woman”.
According to the Biblical story, Jeph’thah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob and joined a group of truants.
Sometime later, Rev. Abekah said, Ammonites made war against Israel; the elders of Gilead went to get Jeph’thah from the land of Tob, pointing out that it did not matter where one was born or where he came from.
“The condition you find yourself today doesn’t matter. What matters is DIVINE VISITATION. There comes a time the elders of your family will look for you.” This was greeted with tremendous “I RECEIVE IT”.
When they got Jeph’thah, the elders of Gilead said “come and be our commander and fight the Ammonites. Joph’thah told the elders, did you not hate me and expelled me from father’s house?
And why do you come to me now when you are in trouble? The resident Minister remarked that God’s ways are mysterious. When God decides to bless you, no matter what, He will do so. “When the time comes the people will come and beg for you”. This was a point Jeph’thah wants to ruffle the feathers of the elders of Gilead, he added. There was a prolong laughter.
The elders said to him, “nevertheless, we are turning to you now. Come with us to fight the Ammonites. You will be our head over all who live in Gilead. Jeph’thah answered: suppose you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, will I truly be your head?”
Rev. Abekah remarked again “I like the belief of Jeph’thah in God. He did not depend on his natural strength but on God.” To this, the worshippers gave a deafening clap offering.
Gilead Elders replied: “the Lord is our witness. We will certainly do as you say”. Jeph’thah went with them and the people made him head and commander.
In conclusion, the Resident Minister quoted Psalm 23, the Lord is my salvation and urged the worshippers put their trust in God and experience DIVINE VISITATION IN 2016.
On January 1, 2016, the Church recognised eight members who were born on New Year’s Day with Happy Birthday Cards. They included Brothers Kwasi Addo, Chief Usher, and Isaac Mensah, Chief Maintenance Officer of the Church Building.
There was merry making till 20 minutes past 12 mid-night. The benediction was given by the Ghanaian Anglican Church Minister in Toronto, the Rev. Father Leonard Abbah.
