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Zacharias Tanee Fomum

Zacharias Tanee Fomum (1945–2009). Born on June 20, 1945, in Bamenda, Cameroon, to Presbyterian minister Solomon Tanee and Rebecca Angum, Zacharias Tanee Fomum was a Cameroonian evangelist, author, and professor who founded the Christian Missionary Fellowship International (CMFI). Raised in a devout family, he converted to Christianity on June 13, 1956, fully surrendered to Christ’s service in 1966, and was filled with the Holy Spirit in 1970. A brilliant scholar, he earned a BSc with honors from Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone (1969), a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Makerere University, Uganda (1973), and a D.Sc. from the University of Durham, UK (2005), for his 160+ scientific articles. As a professor at the University of Yaoundé I, he supervised over 100 theses, viewing research as obedience to God’s command to “subdue the earth” (Genesis 1:28). Fomum’s ministry spanned 700 missionary journeys in Cameroon and 500 across 70 nations, planting churches in 130 countries through CMFI. He authored over 350 books, including The Way of Christian Character and The Art of Intercession, with 10 million copies in 100+ languages, emphasizing prayer, holiness, and discipleship. Married to Prisca Zei, a children’s minister, they had seven children, all active in ministry. Fomum died on March 14, 2009, in Yaoundé, saying, “My supreme ambition is to hunger, thirst, and gasp after God.”
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In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of seeking opportunities and working diligently. They encourage the audience to express their thoughts and ideas without fear of shocking others. The speaker also emphasizes the need to do good and make a positive impact in the world. They highlight the importance of spreading the word of God and becoming like Christ through healing and sharing the message of their group.
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This recording is provided by Christian Missionary Fellowship International, Boston. You're welcome to make free distribution to friends. However, all for-profit distribution is a violation of the existing copyright and other applicable laws. For more information about our churches, visit www.cmfiboston.org. I'm going to give you a quote. It's from a song called Toujours que ta main dégage par ailleurs qui avait sûrement une certaine ouverture qui a sûrement dit qu'il y avait une vie forte qu'il faut donner affaire à cette âme. Lorsque des gens viennent à le payer et retournent pour faire le péché ils donnent l'autorité au diable tentant de se relèver par fascisme tentant de récupérer par fascisme pour servir le diable à lui et à son compagnon jésus-christ. Concerne-toi devant moi et ma jambe je te donnerai tous ces pays, tous ces territoires Jésus-christ Regarde-toi devant moi. Jésus-christ Je te donnerai tous ces pays, tous ces territoires Je te donnerai tous ces pays, tous ces territoires que tu m'as donné Je te donnerai tous les royaumes du monde et je donnerai tous le pouvoir et la gloire de ces royaumes car elle m'a été remise et je la donne à qui je veux et qui m'a été donnée car tous ces royaumes lui ont été donnés Quand Adam pécha Adam était le dépositaire de tous ces territoires Donc il s'est donné au diable et qu'il pécha Il est donné à tous au diable Alors ça c'est en fait un message Le diable est en train de dire ici Concerne-toi devant moi et adore-moi et je donnerai le royaume et la gloire si tu n'as pas besoin de la croix Concerne-toi et adore-moi et je donnerai une victoire sans la croix et il y a beaucoup de gens qui veulent des grandes choses mais sans payer le prix qui veulent des grandes choses mais sans payer le prix pour ils marchent sur le même patin que le diable ils veulent la gloire sans la croix et ça c'est une petite stratégie ça c'est une petite stratégie mensonger du diable Vous savez, cette nuit j'ai réfléchi à propos des Etats-Unis toujours à propos des Etats-Unis Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique ont été bâtis à un grand prix par des gens qui voulaient la liberté d'adorer Dieu comme ils le voulaient le médecin a déjà dit, il y a toujours ça gagner le monde, gagner le monde ça c'est être sûr du monde ça c'est gagner des choses ces personnes ne peuvent pas nager sans des bonheurs Pourquoi sont-ils aux Etats-Unis ? Pour s'accaparer, s'accaparer, s'accaparer Ce n'est pas l'esprit de la vie Vous savez pourquoi ? L'Amérique aujourd'hui est l'un des endroits les plus dangereux actuellement L'Amérique est remplie de bonheurs d'accapareurs C'est le Dieu de l'Amérique Elle a été bâtie par des investissements durs pour faire le plus grand bien du monde C'est ça, s'accaparer Il n'y a qu'en Amérique, le Dieu du Ciel l'avait dit Il n'y en a pas Il n'y en pourrait pas Il n'y en a pas Ils ne viennent pas aux Etats-Unis pour donner Ils viennent pour prendre C'est ça, nous connaissons Ce n'est pas le Dieu La Bible ne fait pas partie sur le fait d'y croire He's a prong, he's a prong, he's a prong. Oh God, it's so dark in what I see. God, do you have something in the room? Is that Tony? I know that this is a place of contact with the sun. Hey, that's... That wasn't a mirror, that's a vase. That is not what we're supposed to do. There's nothing that... Oh, I think I could hear him. Please, say his name. I think it's a decision... It's a decision, I swear. I think we're going to let him speak. He's already commented on the message. It's the cause of a bad contact with the sun. A poor contact with the sun. It's the cause of a poor contact with the sun. Life doesn't present itself... ...as a person to be exploited. Life doesn't present itself as a person to be exploited. It's not the beginning. It's not the beginning. Life doesn't present itself... ...as a person to be exploited. It's the cause of a bad contact with the sun. It's the cause of a bad contact with the sun. Life doesn't present itself as a person to be exploited. What does this question mean, Thomas? It's a grave counseling. You shouldn't play with your life. be arrogant and self-esteem and selfishness This is extreme hard work. There is no pleasure there. It is the desperate that has the man's own pleasure. Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! This is the dream. It is not a young man who is looking for a job. It is those who work. That's wrong, wrong, wrong. Hey man, in Africa we are just like this. If I were in your country I would not give you anything. It is a poor context. It's not a good context, it's not a good context. Africa is a rich country. Africa is richer than the rest of the world. Because God brought it here. There is no question about it. The minerals are there. For people from each country. For people from each country. It's a sin against God. It's a sin against God. It is not the spirit of life. It is not the spirit of life. When your attitude to God When your attitude to God is an attitude of anger is an attitude of anger you will not be saved. You can become someone You can become someone with a conversion with a conversion but you will not have the right conversion. Contact the government contact the government and you are in the wrong group there. Yeah, you, that is a problem. Yeah, you are. Come and take the cross. and take the cross. You are not allowed to do that. You cannot do that. If anyone comes up here If anyone comes up here and takes the cross He charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged him with murder, he charged If you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, if you give up your own dreams, Someone said, a radical conversion includes the fact that you abandon all the sins of your life. If you cannot be saved, then what is to be saved? If you cannot be saved, then what is to be saved? That's why they come and follow, come and follow. That's why they come and follow, come and follow. He is lying. He is lying. That's what I am saying. He says, I am saved. He says, I am saved. I get to America by foot. I start in America by foot. And he gets up and looks at me and says, look, this is the one who saved you. What does it mean to be saved? A man who lies fully. The woman who lies to me fully. And he says, I am saved. What does it mean to be saved? A man who lies to me fully. A man who lies to me fully. And he says, I am saved. And soon he becomes a pastor. But he dies. He dies. He becomes a pastor. Pastor of Satan. Because God cannot kill a man. God cannot kill a man. Everyone who lies is a devil. Everyone who lies is a devil. There is no concept of God having friends. Everyone who lies is a devil. What does it mean to be saved? He heard an instrument. An instrument in our original country, in our African country. He said, listen, I think there is a church here. A political church. When I arrived here, I declared myself a political refugee. He said, we are going to look for you somewhere, and then we are going to give you all the papers. And he said, what do you want? What do I want? And what do you want? I want to be a pastor. A man who lies to me fully. And where is he now? I don't know where I sent him. Write it down. He cut my head off with me. And say that, it was not a mistake. That he was beaten and thrown out of his job. And if he was fired from his job, he would have never left to go to power. But we are not so good. We have put a camera there. We have put a camera there. I was in Nigeria and I met a friend there one morning. So I got up to meet him, to have a meeting with him. And he told me clearly that he was a former missionary in Penang. And I wrote to him. And I wrote to him. I made the photocopy of my message and I sent it to him. And then he answered and said, Yes, it's really true. And he wrote me the story that he told me. And he told me, Don't tell me that you are going to lie to me. Go and tell them that you are going to lie to them. He went to declare that he was lying. And they said, Since you are the first person who is charming, You are the first person who is charming. We are not going to sanitize your office. We are not going to sanitize your office. Go home. You can reapply to come back. What do you believe in? They don't believe in religion. They are not converted. They still need to be converted. They are not yet converted. They still have to be converted. They have never lived with a convert. Nothing has changed. They are converted to religion. They are converted to dance, to sing, to pray. Oh God, oh God, oh God. There is no regeneration. Regeneration is what God does. Come on, Nathan. Go, come in, go, come in. See, there is a condition under which a man can't lie. See, there is a condition under which a man can't lie. There is a worm who is about to eat the deepest part of his heart. He has to kill this worm before this worm destroys him. It is the nature of God to be partial to the one who is oppressive. It is true that we look in the Bible. Someone can say, Mark, chapter 10. Mark, chapter 10, verse 17. Mark, chapter 10, verse 17, with joy. Jesus said to him, Oh mother! Jesus asked him, What should I do to avoid eternal life? Jesus said to him, Why do you ask me? There are good things in God alone. You know the commandments. You don't know how to add them. You won't kill them. You won't rob them. You won't do anything wrong. In the name of your father and mother. He answered him, Mother, I have observed all these things. Imagine. Jesus, having looked at the masses and said, There is one thing missing. Do whatever you want. Give to the poor. And you will have a treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me. Mother, after these words, this child was surprised. He said to him, Jesus, looking around him, said to him, It will be difficult for those who have wealth, to enter the kingdom of heaven. And he said to him, Give me this. Give me that. Give me this. Give me that. And he came to Jesus. He understood. He understood. And he said to him, There is one thing missing. There is one thing missing. He knew that danger was a priority. And he said to him, All these things. He was humble. He was humble. He asked the right question. He asked the right question. The right question. What should I do? And he said to him, All these things. These things have come to me morally correct. All these things have come to me morally correct. Then he said to him, I have observed all these things. Imagine. Imagine. He was morally correct. He said to him, I have observed all these things. There is one thing missing. All these things have come to me morally correct. All these things have come to me morally correct. And it broke the heart of this man. And it broke all his hopes. A less expensive sky, a good market. This young man was not saved. But he could be a very important elder in the church of today. He chose to think he was a good man, he chose to keep his wealth and lose it entirely. He preferred to perish with his wealth. His face was sad, and he was sick of it. His hope was to earn a good market, pure asian. He chose to keep his wealth, and he chose to perish with his wealth. He chose to perish with his wealth. He chose to perish with his wealth, and he chose to perish with his wealth. Because any negotiation would have led him to enter into a counterfeit experience. There are a lot of counterfeit conglomerates. There are counterfeit pastors, counterfeit preachers, counterfeit singers. How much interest does he have to enter into the kingdom of God? Is he rich in money? Or is he rich in money? Or is he rich in money? Or is he rich in capital? Or is he rich in a hard heart? Or is he rich in self-importance? He can't be rich in self-importance. So I see that the world is too difficult. Is it more difficult than this? Why do you want to be deceived? If you love the world, you will perish. If you love the things of the world, you will perish. If anyone loves the world, it is the love of the Father. For all that is in the world, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of the heart, they do not come from the Father, but from the world. And the world is peaceful, and the lust of the eyes, the lust of the heart, the one who does the will of God, stays eternally. Only those who do the will of God, stay eternally. The rest will be lost. There is something that bothers me. There is this dream. Who will read it for us? There is this dream. There is this dream. Two chapters and thirteen verses... Hey, do it like that, like this... This one is here, I have five thousand for you. This one is here, and ten feet down on the ground floor. Two chapters and thirteen verses... Edward, he put his hands on her and he shall reach straight in her... Look, what I see... Someone in the crowd said to him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance in kilos with lies. The man who appointed me a judge of an appraisal between you, then he said to them, What shall be on your blind against all kinds of truth? A man's life does not exceed the abundance of protection. And he told them this paragraph, The ground of exceptional judgment shall be good for a man. He thought to himself, What shall I do? I have no place before my God. Then he said, This is what I will do. I will tear down my land and build it again. And there I will sow all my grain and I will take to myself. You have plenty of food to be made of for many years. You take rice to eat with your family. There is lots left to give you food. This government has the right to demand it from its people. That's what you have to tell the people. This is how it will be if everyone is caught up in the government. So, it is my duty to tell the United States, Lord, tell my brother to share my land with me. The land of Israel, the rich land of your great brother, He has come to take it. He has come to take my share. The people who have broken immorality, the bad guys, They want to use Jesus to find their rich land again, to recover their rich land. I don't know what to do. People don't know. Oh, God. No one can know that I am free. I am free in this way. If you are free in this way, come to me. Come to me and share with me another image. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Jesus, Jesus. Or everyone points you as utterly large and you have meager chance of saying that person because you dared confront them with that truth. First you have to manage to bring them somewhere where they're only the two of you. Because if he's praying right then, he has something to tell them, they stop your prayer. You have to humiliate him before everybody. And everyone will tell the brethren are against you. And even to just say the truth will just depress themselves. He's tired in this environment and in the churches that's how it is. And the amount of brethren that's how it is also. You cannot tell him what you're confessing is incorrect, do it this way. You sung that song wrong. This thing you did here wasn't normal. You must find the right expression. You really must seek for your words and seek for your opportunity just to try to express that thought to that brethren without damage so that you won't be shunned. And so that not all the brethren will be shunned. If they did something wrong you better start off by saying you know it was all good, you know, it was good. And you know what you can do better. Brother, I have my first question, I can say it. You know why I need to do that, don't you? I want to be sincere to call people out for crucifixion. So the first question I want to make clear is that there is no God's will to save you. So my first question... Before I die, I will give you a name of your daughter. And she will have your name on her. And she will have your name on her. And she will forgive your sin. And you will be at the meeting, throughout the meeting. And you will look at the pastor. When I gave him the wording I knew that he said stop! Please let him do that! Wait but don't scream too much! You can't just scream out loud, anymore! You have to scream, as loudly as you can! Stop! The man has changed. If he was on the party he would have killed him immediately. If he is a fan, the man would have become a lot cooler. The man would have loved it. I'm gonna give it to you. 46 notes! That's badass! I'm gonna beat you up! Badass! I appreciate your entertainment. I appreciate your satisfaction. You're not even a fan of the art team. The artist team is right there in front of me. Stop it, stop it! It's like in the days of the 1300s. The problem for you is that 400 people have committed suicide since the beginning of the world. It's just a few people, uncompromisingly, who have ceased to occupy the people of God. They will have 3,000 people, but they will be full. This is the face of God. God will add other people, full of people. I would like to make a comment on the question of life. I see that here, sisters, you live, you are hard. Everything is good for you, so you know what to do. I would like to make a comment on the question of life. If you take the passion of this world, if you take the love of this world, you will pay. There is a difference between the life of a believer and the life of a non-believer. The non-believer's life is the one that people run after. The belief of your life, with no one to catch you, with no one to catch you. One, his life is short, after plunging the greatest number into hell. The others, his life, to help people go to heaven. When? Next year, next month. Next month, we will have the convention. I would like to put the pastor of the church of Camp Heidelberg, who is dead, and he is shocking. I saw the hair, it's like crazy people. Listen. There is a difference between a believer and a non-believer. Everyone who convicts you, you will answer to the judgment of his case. Only a holy son is entitled to die, unless he is holy. We can't do what people do. We can't listen to their methods. We can't see the facts. We can't walk in the same way. They are not our brothers. They are children of Heaven. They are exiles on Earth. They are children of Heaven. Our houses are in Heaven. They are exiles on Earth. When an exile falls in love with the country where he was exiled, he cries and sighs after his country. Dear, are you a citizen of Heaven? Are you an exile on Earth? Is the word of life on Earth offensive? Is the style of life on Earth offensive? Are you a citizen of Heaven? Do you have the strength to bear the country in which you were exiled? Have you forgotten that you are an exile? Why don't you come to your Lord? Your Lord is here. Your Lord is here. I am an exile. I am an exile. I am the glory of the country I was exiled to. The glory of the country I was exiled to is gone. My heart has been seduced. To love what you don't really want to be loved. You can't love the world. You can't love the things of the world. Because you love Heaven. You are here for a reason. You love the things of Heaven. Have you forgotten that your heart is being corrupted again? Have you forgotten that your heart is being corrupted again? To seek and to perish the honors that have brought you back to Heaven. It's a great waste of time. I am pleased to return to you. I am pleased to return to you. There is a work that is going on in your heart, there is a work in your heart that the Lord says, are you absolutely rendered, the person who is absolutely rendered does not do anything,
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Zacharias Tanee Fomum (1945–2009). Born on June 20, 1945, in Bamenda, Cameroon, to Presbyterian minister Solomon Tanee and Rebecca Angum, Zacharias Tanee Fomum was a Cameroonian evangelist, author, and professor who founded the Christian Missionary Fellowship International (CMFI). Raised in a devout family, he converted to Christianity on June 13, 1956, fully surrendered to Christ’s service in 1966, and was filled with the Holy Spirit in 1970. A brilliant scholar, he earned a BSc with honors from Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone (1969), a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Makerere University, Uganda (1973), and a D.Sc. from the University of Durham, UK (2005), for his 160+ scientific articles. As a professor at the University of Yaoundé I, he supervised over 100 theses, viewing research as obedience to God’s command to “subdue the earth” (Genesis 1:28). Fomum’s ministry spanned 700 missionary journeys in Cameroon and 500 across 70 nations, planting churches in 130 countries through CMFI. He authored over 350 books, including The Way of Christian Character and The Art of Intercession, with 10 million copies in 100+ languages, emphasizing prayer, holiness, and discipleship. Married to Prisca Zei, a children’s minister, they had seven children, all active in ministry. Fomum died on March 14, 2009, in Yaoundé, saying, “My supreme ambition is to hunger, thirst, and gasp after God.”