SERMON TITLE; The Threshold of Glory: God’s New Agenda for Africa 

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SYNOPSIS: God is breaking the wall of partition, establishing Ghana as a model for Africa, rewarding decades of sacrifice with prosperity and global recognition. 

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TRANSCRIPT 

 We thank you, Father, for the grace of fellowship, for the beauty of your holiness, and for your majestic glory that you reveal day by day to those who believe and follow you. We praise you for the joy of salvation, the assurance of faith, and the victory you have won for us. We thank you this moment, O Lord, that again you have brought us to this threshold of glory, where we see your goodness towards us and celebrate you in our lives always. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen. 

Beloved, tonight is a night of glory. Before I came here, I wrote this down, and we are here for Jesus Christ. 

This afternoon, I was informed that we would not have access to the car park. I contacted Reverend Ankrah to understand what was happening. He explained the situation, and I was somewhat unhappy, but the phone disconnected. I chose not to call him back. It came to my mind that this seemed to be an attempt to corner us, to make us feel as if we have no home and should leave. I recalled that this happened years ago, and at this time of our lives, some may feel we do not even deserve to exist, much less have a place to worship. I comforted myself, thinking, “Thank God they have gathered the people; the people will come and meet Jesus Christ, and that will be the beginning of the beginning”. The Lord has truly spoken tonight. 

Reverend Ankrah has confirmed it: you are at the right place. The significance is not in numbers or anything else, but in the fact that the Spirit of the Lord is here. I was dancing when I came in, and the Spirit of the Lord was with me. While I became sober and quiet at one point, there was something welling up within me, compelling me to worship the Lord. I now see why. 

We are here to celebrate God, our redemption, and our hope in Him. We have already seen every evidence of this God. We recognize the significance of our redemption and are assured that we must continue to believe and hope in God, remembering the beautiful story of Job. 

Last Sunday, we had a joyous celebration of God, our liberty, and our hope in Him for the continent of Africa. It was a blessed occasion. We had a guest speaker who represented the President, and he came not just to speak, but to show his understanding and sharing of our burdens, vision, and hope for Africa. He came to help lift the burden God has placed on us concerning Africa. 

Representing the President, he pledged 10 million toward the African Redemption Mission. This is the highest form of recognition among men for a church in mission. If the head of state recognizes, supports, and encourages us in our mission, we must surely rejoice and praise the Lord. The Minister who arranged the visit told me, “I know the man I’m sending,” and when I spoke to the gentleman, he said he could sense our feelings and would come. I thank God that he was humble and proved himself to be a Christian. 

We also thank God for another reason: for the first time in many years, the Daily Graphic and the Daily Guide gave a good account of the proceedings. They covered the program from different angles. The Graphic focused more on the direction and movement of the speech, while the Guide provided a reported statement and an account of the event. The fact is that both gave the nation the opportunity to hear what God has done for Africa. 

The emphasis of this vision or battle for Africa, which we have sustained for a long time, has led us to organize Africa Day worship services for the past eleven years. For some time now, Parliament has begun celebrating Africa Day, but it is moving toward a different direction: reparation seeking money for the slave trade. There is a money agenda; they are interested in the Europeans or colonialists paying us money, not necessarily in the development or progress of Africa. 

We, however, are interested in Africa for what it is. You need to understand the mind of Christ and the mind of men; people are moving, and you may think things are the same, but they are not. The Lord has already told us that this world will pay for all the things they have stolen, and they will return some of it. This includes the debts that have been written off. They will come and invest their money here. Today, the Cocoa Association of the world has come to Ghana. They know that if they want cocoa and chocolate, they must come here. The mountains are now moving to the sea. 

This means that soon, some of these international companies will come and establish their factories here because Ghanaian and African companies will rise up and process our cocoa here. We will produce our cocoa drinks, cocoa oil, and the best cocoa chocolates. They will not be able to compete, so the best thing for them is to come here early and make friends. They will bring their machines here. Furthermore, the way they have done business will change because this is a different land this is the time of Africa. Many of them will not go back to Europe; they will stay here. 

The Lord has given me a task: to ensure the wall of partition is all broken within the next 10 to 15 years. Within five to ten years, you will see a great collaboration between white and black; it will be blended, and there will be unity. This is the work I have to do before I die, and it will happen. 

The Lord spoke to us at the last Edison Council meeting. He said that within five years, starting from this year, great changes shall take place in Africa, and the people of Africa and the world shall know that God works in the affairs of men. They will acknowledge that God has been with us, and the people of Africa will confirm God’s hand upon us. There will be no more doubt about the work of God in our affairs. As the scripture says in Ezekiel chapter 12, the time of doubt will be gone, and He will prove that whatever He says shall come to pass. 

He also told us that the time of our sacrifice is not in vain. We have been sacrificing our time, energy, and resources, and it may have seemed like a burnt offering, with no reward. It may have seemed like we were fools for giving constantly, but the Lord says, according to Luke 6:38, “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over”. There is a time when the cup will be full and begin to run over; then you will see that your giving has not been in vain. 

Ministers will rise who will worship God and this written Word in truth, serving God in a sacrificial way, following our example. Christians who are not ministers will also see the proper way to worship God, and the church shall change. The outflow will touch the hems of many garments, leading many ministers and saints of Africa to join the African Redemption Mission and the proper worship and service of God. 

We have reached what I describe as the threshold of glory. Ghana has become a star, an example, and a sign. I stated last Sunday that the political, economic, social, and cultural processes of Ghana shall be the model by which all other African countries will follow. They are going to learn from us. 

One thing that is going to happen in Ghana is a lot of shipping. Ghana is going to be a great shipping nation. Countries like Mali and Burkina Faso, as they grow economically, will need to ship goods overseas, and Ghana shall be the place. Ghana shall prosper. This is why you and I must take this God seriously; this is what we are working for. If we had not stood on our knees in prayer, this would never have happened. 

The Lord was telling me that David did not declare, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want,” cheaply. He had passed through certain things. We learned that if Job had not gone through his trials, there would be no testimony. If David had not gone through all that he did, he would not have said, “The Lord is my shepherd”. 

In a word of exhortation two weeks ago, I shared a summary of 1 Samuel chapter 3. The Lord was saying that the church in the world, particularly in Ghana, has reached a place where the Holy Spirit is almost out of the church. The older generation of leaders are old, sick, and passing on, but the young men who should be taking over their ministries are not. 

Those who have left this ministry and now have large ministries of their own have not followed the call and work that God has given us. They have been interested only in the benefits: the sacrifices, the offerings, and the sinews of office. They are stealing the church, like the children of Eli, and the Holy Spirit is not working in the church; the lamp of God is getting dimmed. None of them have been able to take over the ministry. If the founder should die today, there is nobody to take over the ministry. 

The Lord told me that even though I am past 70, and this is the time for me to rest, the church has been raided. He said, “Go and bring my church back”. Now that I should be resting, I am instead waking up. This is why I had to postpone a program in Kumasi recently because the Lord told me I was tired and needed rest. 

This is the time, not a time to run away. The Lord has a word for you tonight, a word of commitment. We have labored, and the Lord has been faithful to us. The word the Lord has given me is: “You have answered me.” We base this on Psalm 22:21b, which says, “For You have answered me”. 

Now, let us hold onto the teachings of our Tuesday Teaching Service, Revival Service, and Communion Service. This is not a place you can run away from. It is the Lord’s wish that we continue to believe in Jesus Christ and to continue the mission. May the Lord richly bless you.