I thank
our Lord and God, Simeo Melkio Messiah for calling me to his glory.
This glory
was promised more than 2000 years ago by Jesus of Nazareth before the end of
his mission. For when Jesus knew his death was drawing near, he told his
disciples about his father’s house and the glorious heavenly throne. He told
them that in his father’s house are many mansions and that he was going back to
heaven to prepare places for them and would come back again to take them with
him to heaven. This promise of the glorious return of the son of God was
repeated by the angels who stood by Jesus’ grave.
No One
Knows the Hour
And when
Jesus disciples were excited about the promise of glory, they sought further
answers from the Lord, inquiring persistently what time those things would come
to pass. But Jesus told them bluntly that of the day and the hour, no one knows
except the father in heaven. And so, while Jesus spoke passionately about the
signs of his second coming and described some of the things that would come to
pass before that hour, he did not and could not reveal the day and time of such
events.
The
Holy Spirit Shall Tell You Everything
But
before Jesus had died, he made another exciting promise to his disciples. He promised
them of the coming of the helper, the Holy Spirit, who would tell and teach
them everything, even the things that Jesus himself had not or could not reveal
to them. He, the Holy Spirit, would guide them into all truth, opening their
minds to the knowledge of God, and infusing them with power and gifts for
serving God.
The
Holy Spirit of the Father and Son
The
Holy Spirit is God, and he communicates the will of God to men. He knows the
plans of the father because he is the spirit of the father. And he knows the
plans of the son because he is the spirit of the son. He can reveal the hidden
will of the father to all men, and he can reveal the redemptive acts of the son
to all men. He is the spirit that led Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; He is the guide
that helped Moses and Joshua; He is the one who inspired Prophets Elijah,
Ezekiel, Isaiah and all other prophets; He is the one who fell upon the
disciples of Jesus during the Pentecostal Day; and He is the one who led
Christianity to global triumph.
The
Spirit Knows the Day and Hour
Because
he is the spirit of the father, he knows the plans of the father. And since
only the father knows the day and hour of the second coming of Jesus; only his
spirit knows and can reveal the time. The Holy Spirit is one with the father
and he is in the father just as the father is in Him. The father cannot hide
any plans from his own spirit and his spirit is, therefore, in perpetual
knowledge of what the father has planned.
Holy Spirit
is Superior to Scriptures
The
scriptures are a product of the work of the Holy Spirit. In fact, scriptures
are records of the progressive self-revelation of God to men through the Holy Spirit.
They are records of the human experiences of God. And since the Holy Spirit is
the helper, arch-revealer and true-author of the scriptures through inspiration
of the writers, He is above the scriptures.
All scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit
and is therefore a product of the work of the Spirit. A product is not bigger
than the producer just as the end of a stream is not bigger than the source. So
which is above the other? Certainly, the Holy Spirit is superior to the
scriptures. The scriptures are the work of the Holy Spirit so they cannot be
above the spirit.
Endless
Inspiration by the Holy Spirit
The
Holy Spirit is eternal and his help to the people of God has never and will
never cease. He reveals God today just as he revealed God to men in the past. And
while what he has revealed today may not form part of the Old Testament or New
Testament, the message is still as useful and holy as the message revealed in
the past and recorded in the Bible.
Moreover,
since truth has history and God reveals his truth progressively, what the Holy
Spirit says today is a powerful and critical addition to what had been revealed
before. In fact, today’s revelation should help men to understand the
revelations of the past better and more lucidly.
And while
truth from the same God should be consistent so that the past revelation
remains in consonance with the present revelation, God is sovereign and chooses
to reveal his truth through the Holy Spirit in ways that are in line with his
will and without restricting himself to scriptural consistency and logic. And
as his servants, ours is to learn what he has revealed and to obey his will.
God
Deals With Us in Our Time
While scriptural
arguments and logic can only create more Pharisees and Sadducees, the Holy Spirit
brings us to the glorious presence and knowledge of the father. Our God knows
us so well and deals with us directly during our time. He does not deal with us today as if we live
in the past, but he deals with us as those living in the present world. And he
has given us his Holy Spirit today to lead us into serving him well today.
The
Glory of God Was Revealed by the Holy Spirit
And today,
God has revealed to us through his Holy Spirit that his son has come again. On Friday,
March 9th 1962, when 1,150 people were gathered at John Baru’s home
in Suna Migori, the Holy Spirit came down in wind and song, right from Kachola
Hill to John Baru’s home. The Spirit of God filled all the people present,
opened their eyes at once, and enable them, to experience the power and glory
of God.
They
saw angels and saints coming down to earth upon the clouds of heaven, and they
saw Simeo Melkio seated on his glorious throne of heaven, passing judgment; and
the hosts of heaven bowed and prostrated before him. Then, the spirit took
control of Siprianus Ochieng and spoke to the gathering, declaring Simeo Ondeto
Messias as the second Christ.
Therefore,
the truth that has been revealed to us by the Holy Spirit today is that the son
of God, who took up flesh as Jesus of Nazareth, has come again and taken up
flesh as Simeo Melkio Ondeto. That the Christ of faith who exists eternally as spirit
has become man again to fulfill the promise of God; and that he is giving glory
and life to all men today. This truth has been revealed by the Holy Spirit who
is above scriptures.