THE CHRISTIAN WALK

Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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Cameron, Texas, USA
GUEST COLUMNIST: BOLA BOLAWOLE
MY TESTIMONY OF HIS EXCELLENCY MR. UDOM GABRIEL EMMANUEL CON, GOVERNOR OF AKWA IBOM STATE (2015-2023)

first heard of Gov. Udom Emmanuel from unusual quarters: Each time I wrote in my newspaper columns and online blogs advocating restructuring and fiscal federalism as panacea to Nigeria's myriad problems, Femi Falana, SAN, would snap in reply: "Go to Akwa Ibom and see what their governor is doing there! Of course, Femi Falana, my comrade from our University of Ife days in the early 1980s, surprised me. Our Leninist-Marxist ideology and orientation forbid us to see anything good in what we call bourgeois politics and the members of the ruling class. Femi Falana was a fire-eating Students Union leader during his university days and have gone ahead to learn under and or associate with radical lawyers like Alao Aka-Bashorun, Gani Fawehinmi (both of blessed memory) and radical activists like Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti (younger brother of Fela); he was also Fela's lawyer until the death of the Afro-beat king. So, I was surprised that Femi Falana could eulogize or have anything good to say about a prominent member of the Nigerian ruling class, which Udom Emmanuel is by virtue of his being a State Governor. But FF, as we fondly call Femi Falana, kept insisting that I go to Akwa Ibom and witness the wonders going on there. He specifically mentioned Ibom Air. His argument was that despite the imperfections in the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, there is still a lot that any serious, focused, and competent governor can do to uplift their people.

The second person I heard the name Udom Emmanuel from was my brother journalist, US-based Dr. Moshood Fayemiwo. Moshood and I hail from the same town, Owo in Ondo state but more importantly, we were both in the trenches as Nigerians fought the military dictatorship of General Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Sani Abacha. Along with many other activists, we were hounded, harassed, and detained. We were lucky to escape with our life. Dr. Moshood called me from the US one day and said he wanted me to work with his friend, Gov. Udom Emmanuel, who wanted to run to be the presidential candidate of the PDP. I said to myself "Udom Emmanuel again!" I told him I would think about it. I decided to pray about it. I called one of my prayer partners but as soon as I mentioned the name, he interjected: "I know him. He used to be Oga in Zenith bank before becoming governor. He is a good man" He explained to me how he knew Gov. Udom Emmanuel - through our mutual spiritual father, Pastor Benjamin Ajayeoba. When I contacted Daddy Ajayeoba, he told me to jump into the next available plane going to Uyo to meet Gov. Udom Emmanuel.

The word of God says from the mouth of two or three witnesses the truth of a matter shall be established (2 Corinthians 13:1). That was how I came to work with Gov Udom Emmanuel as his presidential spokesperson as he campaigned to become the PDP's flag bearer in the recently-concluded presidential election. Had he been given the flag, the result, I dare to say, would have been different. But hope deferred is not hope denied! Was I disappointed? Not in the least! The attestations of Femi Falana, Dr. Moshood and Pastor Ajayeoba all stand true. Coming with him to Akwa Ibom while the campaign lasted, I have seen more than Ibom Air. I saw the coconut oil factory and when the sample I took to Lagos with me got exhausted, my wife moaned. I have been here since last Monday, 22nd May to honor this special breed of a leader that we call, in Yoruba, "akanda eniyan" (specially made by God). All the superlatives that have been used to describe him are well earned. His record of achievements are astounding, to say the least.

Gov. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State (2015-2023): He came, he saw, and he conquered. So, the last has not been heard of this man. His greater achievements lie ahead, in the womb of time.

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But there is one significant area in which many of those I have listened to have been wrong if you pardon my effrontery. It is in the way they all appropriated Gov. Udom Emmanuel to Akwa Ibom alone. Far from it! Udom Emmanuel is God's gift to the whole of Nigeria in particular and humanity in general. Akwa Ibom has only been fortunate and privileged to offer him the pedestal on which to showcase the stuff of which he is made. Like Archimedes said: "Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world" Akwa Ibom is that place. All the record of achievements is at that lever which, I must say, is more than long enough. From here, Udom Emmanuel will proceed to do greater exploits on a larger scale and bigger theatre.

Until I came across Gov. Udom Emmanuel, I used to promote in my various write-ups and platforms the candidature for higher office and greater responsibility of two prominent Nigerians - Prof. Ishaq Oloyede of JAMB and NDLEA's Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa. I have since added Gov. Udom Emmanuel to the list. No one has faulted my list of leaders that have what it takes to turn the fortunes of this country around. These days Nigerians flock to Dubai but hear what a citizen of that country said about Nigeria and his own country, Dubai: "If you compare Nigeria with Dubai, listen to this: Nigeria has (crude) oil before Dubai; that is the history. They are richer than us. They have agriculture, they have mining, they have everything, you name it; they have it. Am I right or wrong? When you have true leadership - which we have - we have nothing, but we have everything because we have the right leadership. That is the only thing you need - the right leader for your country... That is what brings your country to the top. You don't need anything. We don't have water; we don't have agriculture; we don't have mining..." That, in a nutshell, is the real value we must attach to Udom Emmanuel - the right leadership; true and sincere leadership- which he has demonstrated in Awa Ibom for all to see and which must be replicated on a larger scale at the national level for all of us Nigerians, not Ibomites alone to benefit from. So, the last has not been heard of this man. His greater achievements lie ahead, in the womb of time.

Thank you and God bless!

Bola BOLAWOLE: Spokesperson, Udom Emmanuel Presidential Campaign Organization; former Editor, Chairman Editorial Board and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of PUNCH Newspapers; MD/Editor-in-Chief of THE WESTERNER Newsmagazine; Columnist with Sunday Tribune and New Telegraph newspapers.

GIVE YOUR LIFE TO OUR LORD, MASTER, AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST NOW!

"Jesus told them: You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am [the one I claim to be], you will indeed die in your sins." (John 8: 23-24)

The world is going mad! The people of the Noahic Age didn't perpetrate sins and abominable acts to the current astounding level in the Face of the True Lord God Almighty before He wiped that generation away with the Great Deluge. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah will protest their evisceration if the True Lord God Almighty spare this cursed and present generation from their sins. Where is the world going? The United States has confirmed that all countries in the world, in order to establish good relations with the great powers, must accept same-sex marriage (woman/woman or man/man. Germany has just signed the law that declares that there is no more incest, that is to say: brother and sister can get married, mom and son, dad, and daughter, etc. The city of Miami is now proclaimed the city of purchase of public sex. That means on the way, to church, at the mosque, at the market, at the football field, if you need sex, you can enjoy it at any time without any problem. Canada has allowed bestiality (sex with animals). In Spain: pornographic films are allowed in high school and universities. The authorization of the prostitution of minors is given. One Marg Luker of Canada states that any young girl at the age of 10 who feels sexual pleasure, no one should prevent her from exploring or finding out how her body works. Here in our Old USA Satanic churches can now operate and be legally allowed to congregate publicly under the guise of religion liberty. These are frightening days and moments in our generation. Do you see the artifices of Satan and his fallen agents across millennia using sexual perversions to destroy the human race? They did it during the Days of Noah when the Nephilim invaded the earth and consorted with women to pollute the earth. Again, they invaded the heartless people of Sodom and Gomorrah as well with this potent weapon of sexual depravity. Our Lord Jesus Christ drew analogies and parallels between these two cursed generations and our current human events: "As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Therefore, keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect" (Matthew 24:37-44).

People of the world, and especially fellow believers and co-pilgrims, my fellow strangers on earth and disciples of our Lord, Master and Savior Jesus Christ, the end is near, the departure in Glory is approaching. Christians are being distracted and Satan and the fallen angels want to drag the maximum number of souls with them in order to remove them from divine mercy. Let's be careful. Unbelievers and non-confessors of our Lord Jesus Christ; deniers and apostates, you can still turn your life around now and today and begin on a clean slate. No matter how far you have gone and strayed away from your Creator, you can confess your sins and disobedience to your Maker now and give your life to the Owner of your life, Who is our Lord, Master, and Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth. It is not too late! If you think you will get away with your disobedience and sin against your Creator, you are sorely mistaken. Whether you like it or not, you will leave this temporary earth one day and again, whether you like it or not, you will be made to account for your deeds during the number of years you spent on this earth. Believe me, Jesus Christ is the Only Judge. Hear Him: "Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him" (John 5:22 & 23). The True Lord God Almighty Who incarnated in the flesh in our Lord, Master and Savior Jesus Christ is the Only One Who will judge you and I on the Day of Judgement "For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead" (Acts of Apostles 17:31; See also John 5:27; 9:39, Acts 10:42).

There is no other life to live apart from the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is our Creator, believe me. He is not a prophet, He is the Lord God Almighty Himself, because He said so in John 10:30; "I and the Father are One." Again, He said in John 14:9 thus: "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? There is plethora of Bible references for you to know that my Lord, Master, and Savior Jesus Christ is the Sovereign Lord God Almighty Himself. So, if you think you believe in God, you must give your life to our Lord Jesus Christ, because as He again declared to us in John 14:06: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." You can give your life to Jesus Christ now! Say this prayer now using Romans 10:9-10:

"Jesus Christ, I come to You now with penitent heart and contrite spirit. I confess I am a sinner. I have been living my life the way I want, which is a rebellion against You. I know that nothing good resides in me. That is why I come to You today to forgive me of my sins and rebellion. I believe in my heart that You came to this world over 2,000 years ago. You were born by the Virgin Mary in the city of Bethlehem of Judea. You lived with us for 33 years and was sinless. Then, You went onto the Cross and died for my sins and sins of the world. Then You rose up again three days later after defeating Satan and the hordes of darkness in the nether gloom and today, you are holding the keys of death and hades in Your Hands. Jesus Christ, I confess You with my mouth as my Lord, Master, and Savior. Your Death on the Cross had paid the penalty for my sins and Your resurrection was for my justification. From today onward, I will obey, worship, and praise You. I will not live for my self-centered and egoistical life anymore. I will do what You want me to do. I will serve You for the remainder years of my life. I will tell others about You and witness to others about Your love and works of redemption and finished work on Calvary. Take me as Your Own. Seal me with the Holy Spirt. Enable me to do what You have created me for on this earth. Use me for Your Glory Jesus Christ and let me live my full life span. Let me fulfill my destiny and after I have accomplished the purpose for which You created me and sent me to this earthly temporary realm, I will return to You as the Shepherd of my spirit and soul reign with You in Your Kingdom for eternity in Your Holy Name, Amen."

It is done now. You are saved and are now a child of the Living God. He is your father from now onward. Pray that this Jesus Christ will direct you to a Holy Spirit-filled and Word-based Church in your neighborhood where you can join other believers to grow in your new faith from now on. Please be careful you do not keep company with your former friends and crowds so they will not draw you back to your former ways of life. Remember the Holy Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come The old has gone, the new is here!" Remember you confessed your sins to the Lord Jesus Christ, and He forgave you, because He cannot lie. Make sure you do not renege on our vows never to commit those sins again. Find a Bible believing Church and tell the pastor or shepherd there that you have just given your life to our Lord, Master and Savior Jesus Christ and you want him to walk you through walking the Christian Walk. Hallelujah! Tell him I sent you and if moved by the Holy Spirit to contact me, shoot me an email: [email protected]. Congratulations and welcome to the family of the Living God!

JOIN US AT E-CONGREGATION CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY BIBLE CLASSES

Now that you have accepted our Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord, Master and Savior Jesus Christ which He truly is, you need to saturate yourself with the Word of God so you can grow in your new faith. You need to change and renew your mind with the Words of God which are contained in the Greatest Book on earth given to humanity as a compass to navigate our paths in this Satanically-controlled and demon-infested earth following the fall of our First Parents in the Garden of Eden. That Book is the Holy Bible. The three basic reason for this is that the secular education has been totally corrupted by Satan hence, the Holy Spirit commanded us in Romans 12: 2:" Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his good, pleasing, and perfect will." You cant discover His Will for your life now that you are one of His Own until you read His Word. Second, there is a spiritual war afoot and in the not-too-distant Time Street over your life now that you are a child of the King. Satan and his demons, including their human agents will fight to bring you back to their cursed and darkened kingdom. You need to know how to fight through the deployment of the Word of God, because from now onward, "� our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." (Ephesians 6:12-17). Thirdly, you need the Word of God for good success according to Joshua 1:8: "Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."

We will love you to join our weekday Bible Class from Monday to Friday. Our normal E-Congregation Assembly Bible Classes at Cameron TX Zoom Link still is this:- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87942253858?pwd=N2EzZ2I5aGUvTFQzNWdPRzVQem9pdz09

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We would love to see and welcome you to our midst. We are drawn from four Continents of Africa, North America, Europe, and Asia at our 5-Day Monday to Friday Bible Classes and be rest assured there is a seat waiting for you among the children of the Most High God. Our Teacher is the Holy Spirit (John 16:13-16) and all of us are His children and students. You are blessed as we anticipate your congregation with us in Jesus Mighty Name Amen.

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