2: The Church, Trimester 1: Preparing the Way
The Lion Is In The Way
An oracle is: (a) in ancient Greece, a holy place where
the gods could be asked about the future; (b) the answer given often having a
hidden meaning. There are many things
hidden in the way to Heaven that are hindrances and which have to be
revealed. The
Lion Is In the Way
is an oracle I saw of Jesus as a Lion, as a Priest and a Judge who was standing
in the way disapproving of and disagreeing with our complacency in how
we live. . . .(Rev. Peter Osei Akwasi Anyamesem, Chapter One:p.1).
From
our first discussion, “Why is the Lion in the Way?”:
Our Trinity God designed us as Trinity
beings and so our lives, too, just like the life the Church, is designed in
Trinity. For the sake our discussions, we
can also study the history of the Church in terms of Trimesters. Trimester One: When and how the Church
Ecclesia began. Trimester Two: What occurred
during its development; and now, through the divine revelation of Rev. Peter Osei Akwasi Anyamesem, we shall examine
the state of the Church during this last Trimester which he describes as the
End-Time Church.
The
Church:
Before the conception of first trimester, God, in His usual meticulously
elegant style, put everything in order; that is, He prepared humankind on four
levels between 333 B.C. and A.D. 329.
These levels were: 1) Cultural; 2) Political; 3) Religious; 4)
Philosophical; and, as Rev. Paul O. Ajah goes on to describe in his work
entitled, The Church Militant © 1989 (pages 7-17), 5) Immediate.
Cultural preparation propelled the
military conquering machine, Alexander the Great, into achieving such
outstanding conquests so as to unite into one community all nations of the
then-known world under one lingua franca, the Greek language. In this way, the gospel was spread both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the
earth.
Religious preparation had to mold the
nation of Israel from polytheist idol-worship to monotheism, the worship of one
true God. Due to the dispersion of Jews,
synagogues were built in every nation they resided in as their special place of
worship and as centers for studying the word of God. These synagogues allowed the gospel preachers to tour the world by visiting these holy places. And, by proclaiming the gospel through the translated Greek language Scriptures (The Septuagint), Messianic hope was revived and the written scripture was instrumental in conditioning the minds of the people to teachings and preachings about God’s will, God’s plans and God’s wonderful works.
There was a way in which God used the
philosophy of Greek thinkers such as Thales of Miletus, Pythagoras, Permenides,
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to make the world ready for the birth of both
Jesus and His Church. The clear thinking
of these men, believe it or not, helped to prepare the minds of new generations
to receive the gospel.
After these four preparations were set
in order, finally, the greatest event of human history was introduced with John
the Baptist and six months later, the birth of Jesus Christ! John the Baptist came onto the scene and
transformed not only nations of people but the nature of people into believing
in the coming Christ. The ministry of
Jesus Christ was the greatest event that ever happened in Israel, if not the
whole world. The death and resurrection
of our Lord Jesus ushered in the immediate founding of the Church.
And from the Immediate preparation,
the physical structures of the Church were set up ushering in the initial
gestation period of our Body—all . . . with one accord in prayer and supplication. (Acts 1:14).
Then Saul, still breathing threats and
murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked
letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who
were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to
Jerusalem.
(Acts 9:1-2).
The disciples of the Lord were known
as members of “The Way”, that is, the way of Jesus Christ. How He lived, how He taught, healed, and
obeyed His Father unto crucifixion demonstrated the way our own
individual and congregational lives should be today.
How do we live in 2017, almost two
thousand and twenty years later? How do
we teach or listen to God’s Word? Are
there any works of faith going before us, introducing us in our individual societies
as “giver”, “healer”, “evangelist”? Is
our obedience 100% to the instructions clearly written and defined in the
Bible? Which way do we live today—as the end-time Church?
The Lion Is InThe Way reminds us about God’s perfect way
and man’s permissive way. It reveals the impediments on the broad way
and unveils the secrets a discerning Christian can find along the narrow way. Finally, the author asks us, when we reach a
crossroad, “How do you know which way to go?”
An oracle is: (a)
in ancient Greece, a holy place where the gods could be asked about the future;
(b) the answer given often having a hidden meaning. There are many things hidden in the way
to Heaven that are hindrances and which have to be revealed. The Lion Is In the Way
is an oracle I saw of Jesus as a Lion, as a Priest and a Judge who was standing
in the way disapproving of and disagreeing with our complacency in how
we live.
Rev. Peter Osei Akwasi Anyamesem.
In our next discussion, we shall
continue our journey uncovering The Lion’s
reasons for being In The Way.
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would be most helpful to journey with Rev. Anyamesem if you had a brand new
copy of his book entitled THE LION IS IN THE WAY!: A Message to the Naked Church.
To place your order, please contact
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ABOUT THE
AUTHOR OF THE LION IS IN THE WAY
Rev. Peter Osei Akwasi Anyamesem is a
seasoned minister of Assemblies of God, Ghana; and is currently, the Head
Pastor of Assemblies of God, Ghana—Philadelphia Assembly in the Ashanti Region.
He is also the Founder and Proprietor of
Global Village Christian Academy Int’l School, a private Christian school
dedicated to academic excellence and the winning and keeping of the souls of
children and teens for Christ Jesus. He
was born on April 16, 1956 in Achinakrom, Ejisu—Ashanti Region in Ghana, West
Africa. The Lord has blessed him with a
dynamic wife, Mrs. Perpetual Osei-Anyamesem, by whose assistance, he has
reached his current level in his career and in his personal life. In 1979, at the latter part of October, he
confessed Christ as his personal Saviour and Lord according to John 3:1-5. Rev. Anyamesem’s educational background
includes current Masters Degree studies in Educational Psychology; Diploma in
Theology from the Mid-Ghana Bible College—Assemblies of God School; Ghana
Institute of Languages, Kumasi, English Proficiency Level; and graduate of
Faith School of Evangelism.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Lion Is In The Way is an oracle for today’s
congregations and tomorrow’s generations.
It is a revelation about the attitude prevailing in our contemporary
churches. This revelation is concerned
with the behaviour of complacency among His Church leaders; and how Jesus
grieves about how His Church has gone wayward.
This book reveals to all readers, especially to the born-again who are
walking in the narrow way to heaven, the warning about the consequences of
backsliding. His appearance is to
correct the errors of those going wayward and bring them back to The Perfect
Way in order to avoid His wrath before His second coming. He is coming soon.
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