 Hello, beloved viewers. We are delighted to know that you are out there following our programs since we began seven days ago. Today is day seven and we only have eight more days to go before the climax of our program. Before we start our program for today, shall we bow down our heads and pray? Our father, which is in heaven, Lord, we are delighted to listen to your voice in the middest of crisis, in the middest of pandemics, in the middest of confusion. We are delighted to listen to the still small voice which shows us this is the way to walk in. Father in heaven, thank you so much for the consolation, thank you so much for the comfort and thank you so much for the assurance that you have given us that even though we face tribulations and trials, Lord, the assurance that be not troubled because you have overcome the world. Lord in heaven, we are delighted to know that we have indeed a loving Savior who has loved us so and is desiring the best for humanity. Lord in heaven, today as we prepare our minds and our hearts to listen to your voice and to even delight in the wonderful music that is going to be sung by the choristers, Lord, we pray that you may be with us. May your presence be with us because the Bible says, Lord, you tabanakul and dwell in the praises of your people. As the songs are going to be lifted up to your throne, Lord, I pray that you will come down and tabanakul in the midst of your people. Father in heaven, we also take this opportunity to pray for the good health that you have granted us ever since the program began. All the participants in the program, Lord, you have held our health together and we glorify and lift up your mighty name. Father in heaven, indeed you have assured us that you will be with us up to the end of time, not only up to the end of the time of this program, but even to the end of the time of the age. Lord in heaven, we pray that your presence will always be our comfort and assurance that indeed we are not alone in this dark world. Father in heaven, we commit each and every participant in your hand. We commit each and every equipment that is being used to transmit this service to different homes. Lord, we commit them into your hand. Father, you promised us that we will never be alone, but you will send us another comforter, the Holy Spirit. And we know, Father, that if we do it on our own without your spirit, then we will not be able to do much. But if we work in harmony with your spirit, Lord, we know that indeed the gospel will go forth to the ends of the world and indeed the end shall come. So we pray, Father, and even as the equipment that are being handled in this place, Father, we pray that you may hold them together, that indeed they may be able to fulfill that which you have purposed. Father, for each and every participant, even to our guest speaker, Lord, we pray that you will prop him up by your strength and by your power, that Lord, we will not just see him or listen to a mortal man, but, Father, we pray that through this mortal vessel, Lord, we will hear the divine voice of our Lord calling us, this is the way, walk in it. Father, in heaven, we also pray for the other participants who are going to stumble upon this program, even at a later date, Father, we pray that your voice will continue resounding clearly to all the living rooms and to all the homes and to all the offices where these messages are going to be replayed. Father, in heaven, guide us on this day. May your name be glorified, may your name be lifted up because you promised us, if you are lifted up, you will draw all men to yourself. Father, through this service, may your name be lifted up and may hearts be drawn to you because we pray, believing and trusting in the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Praise God to all who are tuned to this service. We are streaming live from Nairobi Central SDA Church. It is a good evening from Nairobi and my name is Damaris Ndira. With me is Beatrice Okongo and we are here to serve in the song session. We'll start with song number 137 from Nimbosa Kristo, which is our Swahili Himnul. Sir Harry Yasala, we welcome you all and encourage you to sing along with us. Let's turn to song number 601 on the SDA Himnuls. Watchmen on the walls of Zion. Watchmen of Zion. Thank you for that wonderful singing. Hallelujah, everyone. What a joy it is for us to commune again at the feet of Jesus. I just want to welcome each one of you wherever you are watching us from. Those of you who are watching us locally within the borders of Kenya. Those of you watching us from East Africa all the way into the other parts of Africa. Not forgetting those who are watching us from the other parts of the world. Wherever you are we want to say Karebosana and Asanteni. God bless you. Thank you for tuning in and may this experience that we get out of this evangelism campaign be a step closer to getting to know God and as we aim to get to heaven. So I just want to bring some very few brief introductions. It's been a long time, it's been a while since I was on this pulpit. I want to take this opportunity to thank the members of Nairobi Central SDA church and the wider SDA Fraternity for being with our family at the moment when we were bereaved with the death of our dad, the late mzejosi for Mambia. I just want to say that as a family we are very delighted with the kind of service and warmth and comfort that you are calling us during that moment of pain. It's wonderful to belong to a church and at such moments for sure you'll get to see how God comes through. So I'm delighted that yes once again I'm back to service and I thank you Lord for it. So today we are most delighted to be served by our guest pastor, pastor Senzo Mwakanan Zee all the way from Zambia. We are delighted to have you and it just reminds me of our late pastor Chamba who was here. You are wonderful speakers. I don't know what happens in Zambia but it tells me that it's one good wonderful cooking pot of very wonderful recipes of pastors, powerful speakers and may God continue working through you and so that we can get to hear more from Zambia and more about the word of the Lord. So please tune in and I believe that today's topic being the liar's lie. Where I come from the letters L and L and R normally it's a mess of confusion. Where I come from they would say the liar's lie but here we're talking about the liar's lie. So I'm not forgetting that our theme of this campaign is finding Christ in the crisis. So I want to believe that we shall be enriched when a pastor's time comes. So today those serving with us are the pulpit. We have a brother Abu Rakathiani. Abu my friend did the opening prayer and also we are very humbled and pleased to have the scripture reading which will be done by sister Kristina Chola. I think she's on standby and we are delighted to also have our choristers and our singers, the Makrinodira and it's wonderful you sing Swahili very well. We're not known to do very good Swahili here but you've brought the level up and keep it up. All right and then we also have a sister Beatrice Okono or your rendition. Awesome. Keep it up we pray that you continue serving the Lord and then at the piano we have Crispin Otino. Can I have a tune over there? Can I get to hear? We call that skill. If I knew how to do that Crispin I would be a brag on that piano but the Lord just gave me this match and I'm grateful. Then we have also at the sign language is our sister Zeprijit who's doing it today. Awesome. Go to see you. You're already there. I don't know how you would describe Jeff Ombambia in sign language. Oh that's how it looks. Some fingers going to the sky. Oh okay thank you so much. Wonderful. I think today I am also delighted to find that one of the biggest desires that I've always had like an ICT professional is to have a call center in this church. It is a project we're working on and I'm just delighted that it's up and running whereby this call center is taking care of canceling, it's taking care of Bible study and also preparation for baptism and it also takes care of prayers and any other concerns. So whichever concerns you have you'll get to see the numbers on the screens of how to reach the call center. This shall be displaying and please feel free to use WhatsApp, you can SMS, you can call and well you don't have to walk into the call center but just use technology to reach the call center and there shall be somebody who shall be able to get back to you. So our runtime today is where our program runs all the way from 1700 hours all the way to 1830 East Africa time and we want to believe that the Lord shall be able to bless us immensely as we get to hear whatever that the man of the Lord has for us. So I just want to say Karibuni, welcome and feel at the feet of Jesus Christ. Let's enjoy this together as we purpose to also welcome Sabbath that is now with us here. May God bless you as you get to tune in. Welcome and asante. I greet you all in the name of Jesus. Our scripture reading today is from the book of Genesis chapter three verse three and four and it reads but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden God has said you shall not eat of it neither shall he touch it lest he die and the serpent the serpent said unto the woman he shall not surely die may God add his blessings to the reading. Amen and amen thank you so much for that wonderful scripture reading and now shall we bow as we pray. Precious Lord in heaven we want to thank you father for the many blessings that you have upon us thank you for the opportunity you've given us to serve you Lord we want to thank you Lord for the gift of life we want to thank you for every other provision that you give us we are delighted Lord that so far so good this fire brought us we don't have many more words to thank you other than continue to seek that Lord in heaven you as the provider continue to shower us with your blessings Lord in heaven we have our children at home we have those who are working in the offices those who are working Lord during this time at the frontline our health workers we have those who are providing security we have those who have sacrificed father the Lord to take care of our board as the soldiers we have firemen we have nurses we have doctors engineers servicemen Lord in heaven we continue to seek that you bless them be with each one of us whatever we are in the world but the Lord we have this particular pandemic and a situation that is not normal for us as human beings and that's why we come to your feet father Lord crying and seeking that Lord please take this kajawi we want to plead Lord for your masses we want to seek that father because you've said in your holy scripture that if we come to you and confess you shall heal our land Lord in heaven heal our land we come unto you because we are just mortals we are not worth you of your face but Lord we know that you have a purpose for us you love us and Lord in heaven when we come to you in prayer and supplication for sure Lord you will make changes and because you know the beginning and the end we want to put all this unto your hands because we know that Lord you are the great king you are the great physician of the Lord heal us give us hope give us understanding and above all Lord the endeavors that each one of us has we seek that Lord you bring it to reality we thank you for everything Sabbath is here and you give us a day to rest and worship you how sweet it is we are grateful Lord thank you and give us a wonderful service bless our speaker Pastor Senzo and also for the rest of the program want to put it into your hands Father Lord we want to thank you also for our general conference right into our divisions all the way into our local churches be with us Lord and forgive us our sins we pray all this trusting and believing in Jesus mighty name we pray and say amen and amen God bless you thank you so much elder for such wonderful prayer I know we are really looking forward to today's presentation but before our today's speaker comes and present today's presentation I would like to bring all of you to today's to special attention especially on how we are able to support such a very important program we do have eventually in programs spanning out in all ministries so we are bringing you to attention or now you can support with your finances but before we do that let me just read one verse limitation chapter 3 verses 22 it says as you summon to a feast day so you summoned against me teras and on every side in the day of the Lord's anger no one escapes the survival those who cared for and read my enemies was destroyed thank you so much um the numbers will be passed uh down there the empesa number is uh go to bay pill to a three two zero one hundred and uh you just specify uh evangelism thank you so much uh let's pray gracious father is in heaven we do thank you and glory for your name we thank you for this day we thank you God for this very important uh session of prayer we put today's speaker before you God and as he continue blessing us Lord bless him also and also as uh viewers contribute and support uh this very important evangelism mission Lord you may bless them open them up for today's word Lord as we thank you and glory for your name amen it's actually one of time to be uh in the house of the Lord one more time tonight we welcome you uh from wherever you are tuning from we've been receiving uh good feedback from viewers not just within Kenya but across Kenya and even from Zambia we welcome you and we are delighted that every other time every other night you are joining us to listen to God's word from here in Kenya we say abarizeno uh mongwa abarike water uh for those of you that are in Zambia if you do not know what that means please receive me at airport and I will lecture you all our message for tonight the liars lie the liars lie shall we pray together one more time Lord you have gathered us from far and near to listen to your word as you go through your way tonight Lord we ask that your spirit your presence and your power may speak to each one of us wherever we are to your glory and our enlightening enlightenment and our salvation we praise ever divine that you may make scripture real and reveal even the things that are deemed mysterious and impossible to be understood we praise ever divine that you may make the preaching of this gospel simple but salvific that through the power of the spirit and the power of the spoken word Lord Almighty mankind will be brought unto you and heaven will be real this we pray in the name of Jesus Christ amen death is a mystery and it can be a mystery and the subject of death is a very big subject in christianity today so many beliefs so many philosophies about the dying about the dead about those that are said to have had near death experiences there are so many things that have been said about the subject of death even by those that claimed died and resurrected and so death is not a small subject in christianity and tonight we ask and plead through the power of the holy spirit that he may make this subject clear as far as the bible is concerned there is no doubt the question of death is a painful one especially in a crisis as we are in when earlier on we were only discussing figures of the people that we have heard died but now we are discussing names of the people we have heard died earlier on we are only hearing numbers in other countries but now this issue is right in our home right before our eyes and so it remains a topic that is close and passionate and emotional to a lot of us death is painful none can ever say they have been used to death to sing death to sing people die and they become immune to the pain of death every other death experience presents a new emotional experience that we have to go through but the bible also has a word and what it says about this painful yet emotional subject the subject of death one day my friends allow me to add the footnote even before we go for that one day there will be a resurrection there is there will be life after this death life will be restored and given back to those that lose life so inasmuch as death may be emotional a painful experience must add at the very preamble of this word my friend that is something that is not supposed to scare none of us because from the reading of scripture we know what will happen to death death can kill now but death will be the last one to experience death i know you didn't get me for now death can seem to be a star but there will be a day when death will die when death dies there will be no more death because he will inflict death will be no more to inflict death until that day death lives with us now before we expound what death is we must be able to understand it from its roots from its beginning and we get back to creation because before creation there was no death death came as a result of creation and subsequent sin so for us to be able to understand this mysterious subjects of death we got back to the basics before there was death before there was life and God decided to create life how did he do it now when you understand how life began then you understand how life ends genesis 2 verse 7 the bible reads and the lord god formed the man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrues the breath of life and man became a living soul the elements of the dust the elements of the ground and god's breath then man became now listen carefully when god formed man from the elements of the earth and breathed into his nostrues his breath of life man did not receive a soul man became a soul a combination of the two the dust of the ground and god's breath made man become a soul in other words we are saying body plus breath equals a living soul in other words we are saying the elements of the earth plus god's breath equals a living being a living soul means a living person i'll say that again a living soul equals or it means a living person and man only became that when god formed throw the elements of the earth and breath his spirit into his nostrues and man became a living soul or a living person or man came to be alive so there is no distinction between a living soul and man they are one and the same i hope that is clear living soul and man one and the same but what happens when someone dies so we have heard rate the coming of life is the coming together of two things the elements of the ground the elements of the dust and god's spirit putting them together we have a living soul or a person or man but what happens when someone dies after man sinned Genesis 3 19 comes in as the pronouncement from the lord after sin came into the world Genesis 3 verse 19 by the sweat of your bro you will eat your food until you return to the ground since from it you were taken so dust you are and to dust you will return now god says you came from dust this is happening after sin you came from dust and because you came from dust it gives you sprinting to Sin and the man comes in at 7 to 7 to unrest Enlightenment upaya zid Slowly Ya Ya Asu In Ya Asu Ja Ja Ay Yus Tata Yada Asu Asu N'ri Asu N'ri Asu N'ri Asu N'ri So genesis 319 hadizatia na nau wajisha ote niha ganduman, but wajisha? What happen to the spirit? Because a person is a combination of two things as already explained, a combination of two things. So the dust, the body go back to the ground but what happens to the spirit, the Old Testament Hebrew word for spirit is the word Tahu. Which means breath. So the breath The spirit is a breath of life that God breathed into a man's nustrus and man became a living soul. What happens to this spirit? Ekhelee justice Chapitof Vseven And the dust retains to the ground, it came from and the spirit They are the people who return to God, who gave it. It is clear that what happens when something is killed. The two elements that make a man go back to where they came. The body places itself back to the ground. The spirit places itself back to God. So means Euntu is access to Kid n Go ahead. At that point man seizes to exist. We said a soul is a combination of the two things. The dust and the spirit becomes the soul. In other words, we are saying 1 plus 1 is 2. 2 is a product over an addition of 2 things. One of them is taken away, it cannot remain standing. It must be called something else, not what it was called when it was composed of two elements. What is death? Death is simply creation in reverse. All things going back to where they came from. Death is like a marriage that ends. The man goes back to his father's house. The woman goes back to her father's house. There is no marriage. So you cannot claim now. A man leaves you, goes back to his father. You remain as a woman alone. You cannot claim to be married. Because the thing that composed the marriage was a man and a woman. You have separated, there is no marriage. So marriage, the coming together of two people is like the word, the soul. The coming together of God's breath and the dust of the soil. So now you become a soul because the two elements have come together. It becomes marriage because two people have come together. When they separate, there is no marriage. When the dust of the ground and God's spirit separate, it is no longer a soul. Death is creation in reverse. The spirit goes back to God, dust returns to the earth where it came from. This gives us another mathematical formula. A living person minus breath equals a corpse. A soul minus breath equals a corpse. So there is no soul. Let me put it clear. There is no soul after the death of someone dies. So there is no soul that rests in peace because there is no soul that exists. It is like telling a divorced person, may you enjoy your marriage. It makes no sense. But there is a problem in Christianity today. People believe the soul does not die. They believe the soul is immortal. Let's allow the Bible to speak and the Bible alone. People believe the soul is immortal. James 5 verse 20. Let him know that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. He who converts a person, he who converts a soul, he who converts an individual will save a soul from death. A soul dies. We go back to the verse we read again. Genesis 2.7. And the Lord God formed the man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living soul. Man became as a result of the two things coming together. Man became a living soul. And once one of them is taken away, man is no longer a soul. A soul stops to exist when one of the composing elements departs. A soul is therefore not immortal. Only God is immortal. The word immortal means subject to death. And the word immortal means imperishable, something that does not die. The Bible never uses the term immortal soul or immortality of the soul. Never uses it anywhere. Ezekirating for the soul that sins, it shall die. A soul dies. But if a soul dies, at what point will man again begin to exist? It's at the resurrection. We explain as we go by. But again, what is the condition? What is the nature? Or what is the state of the people that have died? Where do we go when we die? Or those that have already died before us? Where do they go? Let the Bible speak and the Bible speak alone. Where do the dead go? What is the state? The nature or the condition of the person that dies. Daniel chapter 12 verse 2. Daniel 12 verse 2. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life, others to shame. The Bible describes death as a sleep. A dreamless and conscious state. A long inactive sleep where you know nothing about what's going on. The Bible describes death as a long sleep. Inactive and aware of nothing. It is like you're sleeping. You know nothing of what's happening. So according to Daniel, the dead are the person that is sleeping and knows nothing. Now this is in the Old Testament. The New Testament supports this theology that Daniel gives that the dead are asleep. There's a New Testament used a similar language to describe the state of one that has died as one that is in a deep sleep. Remember the story of Lazarus? John chapter 11. And I read verse 11. And after that, Jesus said unto them, our friend Lazarus sleeps. But I go that I may awake him out of his sleep. Verse 14. Then Jesus said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. Now look at the harmony. Daniel describes death as a sleep. Jesus at the death of Lazarus tells the disciples Lazarus is sleeping. But I go that I may awake him. And later on in the story he explains clearly what this sleep was. He says Lazarus is dead. Now look at the harmony of the Bible. Even Jesus called the death a sleep. He went to awake Lazarus by resurrecting him. When Jesus goes to awaken, he is literally resurrecting from the dead. Death my friend is nothing but a sleep. It is a sleep longer than the sleep that we the living undertake. We sleep and hope to wake up in the morning. But the dead sleep and hope to wake up in the morning of resurrection. So it is a long prolonged sleep. Not different from the sleep that we undertake. When we are asleep, we know nothing of what's going on. And so when one dies, they equally know nothing. The next thing they awake to is the trump of the salvation and the coming of the Lord. Let me say that again. When one sleeps, they know not anything. The next thing they know and realize about themselves is at the resurrection. Whether to salvation or to condemnation and that will only happen when Jesus comes at the last day. Everyone who is dead will awake but that awaken is not now. It's ultimately when the son of man comes. But today there are so many traditions about death, theologies about death, loss of his unbeliefs about death, the dying and the state of the dead. But the Bible only has one understanding, one teaching of the true state of the dead. Anything other than what the Bible teaches is man's concoction. The Bible has one understanding, one teaching and one theology about the condition of the dead. Anything other than what the Bible teaches is man's teaching and has no biblical support. Now listen. The controversy began from the very beginning of things. From the very entry of sin when our patriarchs Adam and Eve tolerated that conversation that changed the course of the world with the devil. Genesis 3 verse 3. The Bible tells us that God did say you must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden and you must not touch it or you will die. Eve confirms it and it was very clear that the day they touched the tree hurt from it that was in the middle of the garden they will die. But suddenly came disguising himself into accepting it. And responded to them in Genesis 3 verse 4. He says you will not surely die. The serpent said to the woman. Now this was the grandest of the liar's life. All the other lies you find coming from pulpits today emanate from here the confusion, the misunderstanding of God's word begins here. The grand liar of the liar he lies because his DNA is full of falsehood. He says you will not surely die. Now this is as simple as it can be get. God says the day you eat of that fruit you will die. The devil says you will not surely die. Now simple semantics I come from Lusaka if I tell you now Kenyans that after this crusade I will go back to Lusaka but I will not surely go. What do I mean? I simply mean I may disappear from this pulpit but I will still be around. I will go to Lusaka but I will not surely go. I am simply telling you ya you may not really see me the way you are seeing me today but somewhere you will see me on the streets of Nairobi. By the way I was happy to find a street today in town named Banda a Zambian Malawi name. So I would probably tell you Nairobi Central you will not surely see me but at least somewhere on the streets of Banda you will find me. Now what I am literally telling you is I am not going anywhere. I will still be here. I will maybe change my form when you turn into something else but I will still be dominating Nairobi. Now what God told our patriarch is you will die first up. The enemy comes and says you are not going to die countering what the sovereign and eternal word of God says. Listen my friend God says you will die. Satan says you will not surely die. Choose who you believe and most of us go with the latter what the enemy said that we don't surely die. Revelation 12 verse 9 the Bible says and the great dragon was cast out that old shepherd called the devil in Satan who deceives the whole world. He has managed to deceive the entire world with this great deception about the state of the dead and the large scale of this world the majority of Christendom is wide awake to the devil's deception and fortunately it includes a lot of theologians a lot of pastors have misunderstood and they have not just misunderstood but from the pulpit every day they preach the devil's sermon ah I know you are not getting it from the pulpit of acclaimed Christians the devil's sermon is preached that the dead don't really die they are there somewhere now listen that sermon belongs to the devil if you are not part of the devil's camp leave his message alone don't copy it and paste it that is the devil's sermon he is the one that tells us that here we may die but somewhere somehow we'll be on the streets of Bandar that sermon has an exegetical emphasis of the devil he is the one who is a progenitor and the one that concocted that theology some Christians also believe that when people die they ever go to heaven or they go to hell immediately that is they believe when people die they go to heaven and you hear sentiments the Lord has called him the Lord has called her he has answered the Lord's call meaning someone has been called to go to heaven that is not biblical the Bible tells us people say when someone dies the Lord has called him listen to his statements I think a year or so ago that went viral of the Ugandan president he says he was talking about a young man who had died prematurely because of his carelessness here and there he says I don't think the Lord can be calling people this careless as if he is lonely in heaven if death he comes we must approach it as it has come the whole idea was someone disputing that God calls people even when they leave a careless life God has called them no sometimes of course we die because of a carelessness the way we live our lives but the whole issue is God does not call anyone to heaven we die we remain here we are going to explain this in a bit Job 14 verse 10 of the Bible says that man dies and is laid low now listen man dies and is laid low he breathes his last and is no more as water disappears from the sea or a river bed becomes past and dry so man lies down and dies must rise till the heavens are normal men will not awake or be roused from their sleep man dies and is no more man lies down and dies must rise and will not awake or be roused back to life from their sleep and to heaven is no more Psalm 115 verse 17 the Bible says they are dead praise not the Lord never they that go into silence or into the grave now listen they are dead praise not the Lord never they that go into silence or they that go into the grave they praise not the Lord now somewhere in the scripture I read that the heaven the host praise the Lord they sing holy holy holy to God in heaven now if they dead some tells us they praise not the Lord now all the beings were in heaven praise the Lord if they dead go to heaven and they don't praise the Lord what are they doing in heaven are they in the opposition party what are they doing how did they get themselves to heaven where people praise and they don't praise oh there's no opposition political party in heaven those are Kenyan politics african politics not in heaven they dead no not anything the Bible is very clear they dead praise not the Lord they dead remain in an unconscious state they remain in a sleep where they know nothing of what's happened they are dead and they praise not the Lord that is the theology we must understand now from the writings of one of one of the greatest theologians I think from not I think one of the greatest theologians arguably John Inbiti who was a Kenyan deceased he says in one of his books that Africans are notoriously religious these Africans are notoriously religious now there is so much attachment to the subject of death from the African perspective or from the African belief even before the Bible came Africans were already religious believing in certain things they believed in some of those beliefs of which we are notorious about even when the Bible has been given to us and we understand the true state of the dead sometimes we find it extremely hard to give up that notorious beliefs that we have and so inasmuch as we may read the Bible there is still something that seems to defy what the Bible says when logic comes in I can read today and talk about the dead not knowing anything but the day I passed through a graveyard I just hear some animals running around the grave I will be very sure there is one of the dead people who has risen and is after my life and I will run even when I have read now that is how notoriously religious Africans are the Bible came to dispel all these notorious beliefs we are believing in but even after the Bible teaches us still somewhere somehow we still believe in what we believed in before there was biblical belief and so we find I don't know how prominent cleansing is here in Kenya when a spouse dies but you find a Christian mother that believes in the dead not knowing anything they lose their dear husband or they lose their dear wife but when that moment hits them they will succumb to what tradition tells them that for them to purely move on and not be haunted by the spirit of the ghost of the departed person they must be cleansed through some unbiblical methods at that point a lot of us are faith in the Lord become so weak and frail and we give in to unbiblical practices but I'll tell you now my friend when such moments come hold on to the word of the Lord the dead don't know anything they can't come back to haunt you they can't pass by your house they know literally nothing at all a few years a few years back my grandfather died old man 180 years old and so went to bury him way in the village getting there I arrived late of course with my other cousins the grandchildren so we arrived after they had buried so now according to the practice the custom was that early in the morning those of us that did not the grandchildren that did not attend his burial near to go to his grave early in the morning about faith in him before the sun was up all of us grandchildren that arrived late they woke us up early in the morning before dawn and they took us to the grave where they had buried him the previous day and they made all of us surround his grave and then they told us their words were supposed to say to him now they were in my mother's language in Shona which is original from Zimbabwe and we were told what to say and unfortunately I was the one to start now I became uncomfortable so I pushed my cousin next to me to begin the talking so he began and the words to be said were Sekuru Dinumzukuru reinyu nabiyaku soku wa nai that means grandfather and your grandchild have come to see you so my cousin begins Sekuru Dinumzukuru reinyu nabiyaku soku wa nai the next one Sekuru Dinumzukuru reinyu nabiyaku soku wa nai the next one Sekuru Dinumzukuru reinyu nabiyaku soku wa nai the next one Sekuru Dinumzukuru reinyu nabiyaku soku wa nai then it came back to me I also say in the midst of sobi Sekuru Dinumzukuru reinyu nabiyaku soku wa nai okay we were introducing ourselves to a dead man so we go back home the funeral is over I asked my mother what that was all about she also cannot fully explain to me what that was all about my father died one day we are seated in town my mother comes to usaka to visit me so we sit in an open space as we are seated an old man who knew my father then way before I was born comes and meets my mother and so my mother introduces me this man claims he is a prophet I know it may not be the church may not be common here in Kenya but it is common in South Africa for the shonas where they shave their heads their heads bowed and live a long beard so of course that is our traditional church so this old man who says he is a prophet he sees things in the spirit he comes and finds us seated there with my mother so my mother introduces me to him and says this is Senzo my last born son so the moment the old man knew I was her child then in a moment he goes into a trance of some sort he goes into a spirit form of some sort after a few minutes he begins to speak and he says in shona translated now he says in shona he goes into a trance he sees things in the spirit form that is to say the father to the child is asking the kato he left at the farm are they still there now my parents owned a lot of kato back then so the man after he knew I was a child he asks my mother says the father to this child is asking my father what he has been dead 5 6 7 years is asking are the animals he left at the farm still there now listen a few years ago I had done that nonsense of talking to a dead man but I had read the Bible and understood the true state of the dead so when this man comes and asked that question my mother knows I have read the Bible and I am critical on biblical issues so instead of my mother answering she tells him well he is listening you answer for himself so instead of answering him I answer him through my mother I also responded and said well ask him if now let me finish I told my mother referring to this man I said ask that man that if my father is able to see she seated here today from wherever he is why didn't he go straight to the farm and check how many animals are there so apparently my father became a spirit that sees only limited things he sees we are together but can't go to the farm to see for himself now these are deceptions that are permeating Christians in Africa because we are notoriously religious even on wrong things personal question today is at death the righteous dead if at death the righteous dead now that is a personal question if at death the righteous dead go to heaven immediately why does the Bible refer to them rising out of the graves at the resurrection day did you hear that question if those that are righteous go to heaven immediately why then does the Bible say they will come out of their graves at the coming of Jesus Christ listen friends there are many sense of old great patriarchs friends of God in the Bible that died and they didn't go to heaven they are still here Godly characters righteous men died and they are still on earth waiting for the resurrection the Bible tells us about David in Acts 2 verse 29 and 34 Acts 2 29 and 34 brothers I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried and his tomb is here to this day we are thankful for David did not ascend to heaven and this is a guy who was a friend to God this is a man who was right before God's heart he is here for God didn't resurrect his friend and then he has resurrected you to go to heaven now listen there are sense that are not yet in heaven that have died Abraham the father of our faith he is not in heaven Daniel the great pat prophet is here he is not in heaven Jeremiah the great prophet he is here he is not in heaven Joshua the great war warrior is here he is not in heaven David a friend of God man before God's heart is here he is not yet going to heaven Isaiah is still here Paul is here John a bath Mary the mother of our Lord is here now listen you believe what they tell you that when they died die they go to heaven that your grandmother has died and has gone to heaven to a better place how would God be so heartless that he resurrects your grandmother take her to heaven and leaves his own mother on earth how would God be so heartless to leave his own mother Mary on earth and you believe your grandmother or your grandfather is in heaven when God's mother is right here on earth John 14 verse 3 Bible says and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself he says when I go if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be also now if at death we all go to heaven who is Jesus coming to receive He's coming to get our clothes the ones we left if at death we instantly go to heaven then Jesus now this is another thing that puzzles me if at death Jesus says I have gone to heaven to prepare a place for you how do you go to heaven that is still under preparation you want to go and start and be a street adult in heaven to do what Jesus has told us explicitly He's still preparing the mansions are there He's securing the spot He's preparing a place for all of us but you at death you want to go to heaven to do what wait wait for the mansions to be done then you come and receive us all in that moment some among us offer prayers to the dead and believe that there is a pregatory or a prison of some sort prayers for the dead and so forth what does the Bible say first Thessalonians 416 for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout and with the trump of God and the date in Christ shall rise first listen great consolation is the date in Christ we rise first though we may die today there is a heaven my friend that God is preparing and when he comes we will rise first as we are saying to Gloria is there anyone in heaven now as we are talking is there anyone that's in heaven the Bible is clear Inok is in heaven Moses is in heaven Elijah is in heaven the John Fyotas Reversion 5 they are in heaven other than these no one else other than the heavenly beings that the Lord created and we are in heaven Eklizasis 9 verse 5 Bible says for the living know that they will die but the dead no not anything the living know that they will die but the dead don't know nothing some one for the 6th verse 4 talking about the dead one for the 6th verse 4 of the book of psalm his breath goes forth he returns to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish everything about the dead person see says to exist the moment that person dies dear God say in Genesis you will die the devil says you will not surely die the question is could you believe tonight God says you will die the devil you we will not surely die who do you believe tonight John 5 verse 28 and 29 do not be amazed at this for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out those who have done good who rise to live and those who have done evil will rise to condemnation a time is coming my friend when all will be resurrected when all will be given back life some will rise to salvation others will rise to condemnation some will rise to ascend to glory land some will rise to be condemned to the depth of hell and where they will burn in hell Bible tells us words of the Lord Jesus Christ John 11 verse 25 he says he who believes in me we will leave even though he may die so if father confesses that he is the resurrection Jesus is the resurrection listen my friend the subject of death may be personal to many of us maybe something close to many of us but it is also something close to Jesus that's why he decided to become what he became so that the very thing that is close to us is what Jesus is he died and he resurrected and he tells us in his word that he is the resurrection listen never be dismayed by the fact that we die or we shall die and resurrected he is the resurrection he is the life this life that we live my friend is only mortal this life is limited we earn for a life that is unlimited this life is subject to sicknesses we earn for a life when sicknesses will be a thing of the past we can listen to die that is why you are born you grow up grow old become weak and when and you die listen this life my friend is not the permanent is temporal one day it shall go but when it goes whom would you have lived with for he tells me John 1125 that he is the resurrection he is the resurrection now listen my friend hold on to Christ he is the resurrection death will come it comes even when we are not ready for it but don't be dismayed don't fear Jesus is our resurrection Jesus is our comfort you see this life is so temporal that it kills both the rich and the poor the health and the otherwise those terminal ew and those who are enjoying super health they all go presidents and their subjects kings can be their subjects they all go death my friend is no respecter of status it has nothing like you are a kissy you are a law or otherwise it kills into the governing jubilee party or the opposition that is in the opposition opposing everything to be opposed it kills all presidents or vice church leader or otherwise believer or unbeliever it kills all if death is no respecter of persons then choose Christ He alone who will take care of you in your life and in your death when you are alive and when you are dead Christ will take care of you when you are alive today even when you die He will take care of you and he will remember you he tells us in Isaiah 49 that a mother might forget but look I have inscribed you in the palm of my hands and I shed that blood for your sake if Christ had to die for you you can't forget those you died for you said my friend your life is only safe when you are working with Christ even in your death we only be safe if you die in Christ because though you die He will remember you He will mark your grave for a day is coming when they died in Christ shall rise they shall rise fast we shall be caught up together with them and be able to rejoice as we reminisce the moments we spent with them in Kenya or any part of the world where we have come to know them a day is coming when Christ will come to resurrect his own and we shall meet our beloved ones and forget together be with them as we enjoy that journey to glory land not far from now and I pray today that you be ready to meet him when he comes whether you be alive or you be dead get here yourself ready today for tomorrow we go we as men on a journey when you are on a journey you do not oversleep you prepare as a man that is preparing for a journey you pack your suits pack everything you need to pack as you use along the way and the things that are important you don't carry them they are useless, they are earthly but prepare the most important things and that is your spirituality pack your bags of spirituality cleanse yourself from the earthly droughts and the earthly sin be pure and righteous be sanctified on a daily basis as you get ready we go to heaven shall we pray our father in heaven tonight lord and tonight we thank you for speaking to us in this man and as much as the subject is painful to many of us help us lord approach it with comfort and peace and fortitude because this life is only borrowed and one day it shall come to an end this life is coming to an end prepare us lord for that day when this life will come to an end but over and above prepare us lord for that day when you will come and take us to glorieland we are eagerly waiting for that day and lord make us ready that each and every day that we live on earth we may be prepared for your second coming for your coming as near may we live as children there's people that know that your coming is imminent until that day when we see you in glorieland keep us safe keep us secure keep us faithful and circumspective in this path of righteousness that none of us may derail from this path of righteousness none of the people listening to this voice may move away from the path that leads to eternal life keep us safe and keep us decided on that path for this we pray in jesus name amen christ is coming again but the hour when the master shall appear let's sing song number 604 sdhe himnals halleluja let us watch and be ready for we know not the hour what a wonderful salmon and thank you for that awesome singing we've had a wonderful salmon and thank you so much pastor senzo and i have picked a couple of highlights and more so even including the shona where you are speaking to se kuru trying to speak to the dead and i'm delighted to know that the dead know nothing and yes africans where we speak from say to be yeah notoriously religious by nature but we thank the lord that we are now biblically religious and we can reflect on the savior jesus christ thank you very much pastor senzo and we are most delighted that pastors authored a book titled revolutionizing the mind of the adventists i would like to have a copy of that book and guess what it's only 7 bucks 7 dollars 7 usd dollars and it's available you can reach us for that book you can also get it through abura and their office and for 7 dollars yes i would like to know what it takes to revolutionize the mind of an adventist now on behalf of the pastorate the eldership and the leadership of Nairobi centrosity church we want to take this opportunity to thank you for the program that has run throughout the week and now wish to welcome you to our morning program tomorrow being saturday on sabbath that begins at 8 30 am east africa time and ends the morning devotion shall be over by 11 30 am begins a bit early so please plan for it and our program has been running all the way from 17 April 2021 and shall be running all the way up to first of may 2021 and you can keep following us on facebook youtube and not forgetting twitter and you can be sure there is so much that will lift our spirit it's been awesome having you all thank you for having tuned in today we look forward to having you tomorrow again we want to say that the lord bless you and keep you may have his face shine upon you and for now i just want to finish by saying the grace may the grace of our lord Jesus christ and the love of god and the fellowship of the holy spirit be with us now and forever more amen have been your elder jeff magetomambia until we see you again another time that the lord gives us we say se se niwa and shalom goodbye and have a happy sabbath asante na