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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 asks the audience to reflect on what has changed in their hearts in the last five years. He emphasizes the importance of identifying and removing negative traits or behaviors that have been completely eliminated from their lives. The speaker specifically mentions lying as an example of something that should be removed. He also criticizes the prevalence of falsehood in America and encourages the audience to strive for truthfulness in all areas of their lives.
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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 existing copyright and other applicable laws. For more information about our churches, visit www.cmfiboston.org. Now, I'm going to give you some work to do right now. I'm going to give you some work to do right now. What has changed in your life in the last five years? What has changed in your heart? What was there five years ago that God did not want and has been removed completely? I'm not talking about modifications. What has been removed? What has been removed completely? What was there five years ago that there is no trace of it left? Does that need to look more carefully? Lying. Are you lying five years ago? And others, if you'd rather die than lie? Deceit. Falsehood. Hypocrisy. Dishonesty. Malignancy. The first of which is malignancy. The seventh is discrimination. The eighth is exaggeration. The tenth is justice. The eleventh is coercion. And the twelfth is approach. Gaia. Portugal. No. Gaia. La Rousse. La Rousse. Gaia. La Rousse. In the convention we had two years ago in the U.S. I heard about a student come to see me. They are not believers. But they have been in the gospel. They are not part of the systems engineering. And he told me, because he came to two of the messages. He told me, don't believe those people. They don't believe what they are saying. They are all practicing falsehood in one area or the other. America is the land of falsehood. He told me, I know I must believe. If I told you I am believing now, I will be lying. The day I will be leaving America, that day I will believe. Because it is all built in lies in one way or the other. You cannot practice truth and not be in violent opposition to the system. That's what it is. You cannot practice truth and not be in a violent opposition to the system. When I came to London, I went to the city of Rouen and we had meetings there. I arrived in London. On Monday we had meetings in Rouen. On Tuesday we had meetings in Caen. On Tuesday we had meetings in Caen. Many people have been in the church for so long. To receive Christ. When I got to Paris, I had intended to share with them on spiritual progress. I decided I would use the Bible as an example. I cancelled the Bible. Cancelled. A young believer. Then I went to eat myself before going to the mission. Then I went to eat myself before going to the mission. The Lord said to me, Hypocrisy is the nerve center of the church in Paris. Hypocrisy is the nerve center of the church in Paris. And the third time he said he hypocrisy the left hand side. And the third time he said he hypocrisy the left hand side. That he talk on only another thing. That he talk on only another thing. He gave me some marks of hypocrisy. He gave me some marks of hypocrisy. He does not practice what he preaches or what he says. Two. He does everything for man to see. He does everything for man to see. Three. He loves the praise of man. He loves the praise of man. Four. He loves big titles, honors, fame. He loves big titles, honors and fame. Five. He hides his faults and failures. He hides his faults and failures. Four. He loves big titles, honors, fame. Five. He hides his faults and failures. Six. Seven. He is preoccupied with the externals. He is preoccupied with the externals. Starting from the leader and the leaders. Starting from the leader and the leaders. In the whole room, they started to confirm that the description they made was precise. It was extremely precise. They confirmed that it was hypocritical. Far apart. That they smiled when they were angry. They slept and danced when inside they were cold and close to God and far from God. They slept and danced when inside they were cold and close to God and far from God. There was a blot on their lips when inside they were frozen. That they were selfish while pretending to be interested in each other. That they lost intimacy. Some lost intimacy with God long ago. That they kept up their fanaticism. A member came to the house where I was. Before I went to the airport yesterday evening. Just to confess the deplorable condition of their heart. And the accuracy of God's message. And the accuracy of God's message. I told the church not to meet. Not Sunday. There is time to work on the heart. They should meet again on the 2nd of July. They should meet again on the 2nd of July. Are you deceiving yourself? Because it is not possible to deceive God. Are you lying? Is it possible to lie? Civilized lies. Deceit. Falsehood. Hypocrisy. Dishonesty. Tire. Dissimulation. Exaggeration. Pretence. Duplicity. Corruption. Fraud. And the depth of your heart. Where God alone knows you. Is this your heart? And it's been that way here. Can you say God you know? I am true. I'm not a hypocrite. I don't practice falsehood. I don't practice deceit. I don't practice dishonesty. God you know I'm true. I know I'm true. Someone said, a Christian is someone who prefers to die than to tell one lie. A Christian is someone who prefers to die than to tell one lie. A Christian is someone who prefers to lose everything he has in the world. than to tell one lie. If you practice falsehood in one domain of your life or the other, you are lost. Because no liar will be in heaven. You have run in vain. If the Lord's people cannot save somebody from hell, from deceit, from falsehood, from hypocrisy, from dishonesty, from guile, from dissimulation, from exaggeration, from pretense, from duplicity, from corruption, from fault, you cannot save someone from these basics. What has he done in the person's life? What message does he have for the world? What message can a liar have for the world? What message can a person who practices deceit have for the world? What message can a hypocrite have for the world? What message can a person who practices falsehood have for the world? What message can a hypocrite have for the world? Can a dishonest man, a person who practices guile, from dissimulation, from exaggeration, from pretense, from duplicity, from corruption, from fault, What message can he have for the world? No message. The Gospel has failed us in Him. As far as He is concerned. Jesus is an important Savior. How can He do in another person what He has not done in the previous life? In the witness life. It reduces all of it to a bad game. It reduces all of it to a bad game. To a bad game. Because the person is saying the Gospel is important. Jesus is no Savior. Because if Jesus were the Savior He would save him. He would deliver him. Between last night and this morning I was being told that after September 11th the churches were flooded with people. After that after some time the numbers started to be lower than they were before. People rushed there. And then discovered the fraud. The emptiness. The hypocrisy. The deceit. And they left not to come back. What has changed? Tell God what has changed. And get the confirmation of God. Lying defeats falsehood. It's all the same. Your heart is ready for God. Your heart is open to God. Your heart is naked in front of God. And your heart is also naked in front of your own eyes. And here is the mirror. There are people who say they are Christians. But they are now committing sins that they did not commit before they became Christians. But they are now committing sins that they did not commit before they became Christians. Is that your heart? Is that the portrait of your heart? If that's your heart, the Bible says that you are lost. If that's the portrait of your heart, the Bible says that you are lost. Because all liars will be in the lap of hell. No one can be saved who keeps one sin in his heart because he is afraid for nothing. We have decisions without conversions. I was thinking about this for some time. An author, A.W. Pink, an author he submitted. He said that there is genuine faith and counterfeit faith. Where there is genuine repentance and counterfeit repentance. And counterfeit repentance. He says genuine faith, genuine repentance is the gift of God. Counterfeit repentance is manipulated by preachers by the people with us or by the individuals who think they can come to God and get something out of God. So he says that there is repentance that leads to salvation. And there is repentance that leads to nowhere. And externally they look alike. He said that there is this faith that is the gift of God. And there is natural faith. A man striving to get something from God. He said where there is true repentance all sin is hated. All sin is hated. Increasingly. Not totally, increasingly. And with no compromise. So there is counterfeit repentance. A hypocrite is produced. He abandons external sins. But the heart is not fundamentally altered. But the heart is not fundamentally altered. There is no hate of sin that issues in the heart. For all sin. So he talks of saving faith and non-saving faith. Repentance leads to salvation. And there is repentance that produces a hypocrite. The book is titled The Salvation of God. What does God say about your heart? With these 12 points in general. There are millions who declare themselves saved but they are not departed from all sin. And they know it. How are you fooling me? It is not possible to jump over sin. What you do is confess. And it is possible to manage only deceit and abandon it totally. You may never have this experience again in your life. This may be the day of your salvation. And after this your heart may harden forever. Until you face what I believe. God cannot build on lies. God cannot build on deceit. He cannot build on falsehood. He cannot build on dishonesty. He cannot build on cowardice. He cannot build on any plant that I have planted that I have not planted. It may be the American way. It may be the Canadian way. It may be the European way. It may be the African way. It is not the way of the land. I have finished. No, no, we will not come back to it. You have heard. The Lord will not cut his tooth. And no falsehood can dwell in him one bit. In no way whatsoever. In our ministry we pray that God will pull down all that is false. And pull it down radically, totally, completely. How do you know Lukas Ekomi? Who was my driver for 18 years? How do you know Lukas Ekomi? Who was my driver for 18 years? God exposed him radically. For utter corruption. He has been excommunicated. God does not give people a rope to draw on. God does not give people a rope to draw on. Central pen. God gives people time to repent. To forgive their sins. But God does not compel anyone to repent. If God is speaking to you today lay hold on this opportunity and save your soul from the lack of faith. From the lack of faith. God is not interested in religion. He is too content with nothing. He is interested in the truth that can be held in front of him. I often find myself in a state of dissonance, saying things that are not entirely true. I say things half-hearted, I say certain things given certain reasons to progress, to defend certain situations, which are not the real reasons. Lord, I recognize that Jesus is the truth, and I decide to return to the truth, and to walk in the truth, and to say the truth in the right way, and to walk in the truth, in the truth in detail, and to say things, Lord, as they are. I do not always exaggerate, and I decide to walk in the truth as it is, and to assume the consequences, Lord, of walking in the truth. In the name of Jesus, Amen. I am lost. I want to return to where I am, to Paris, to you. I am lost. I would like to return to this experience, which I did not have the opportunity to experience by myself this morning. I thank you, Lord, for this opportunity to be able to repent to you. For your grace, Lord, and your forgiveness, and also for the gift of repentance, Lord. This hypocrisy, this profanity, this lie in all its forms, Lord, I propose to leave it. I leave it, Lord, and I go to the root, the depth of things, Lord, to be de-rooted. If we don't want to continue, I just want to go to the surface and find myself in the same mess, in the same mess that someone else is in. That's what I'm doing for the rest of my life. This repentance, this salvation, when you don't think about it anymore, is a total waste of time. I don't want to go to the surface, I don't want to go to the surface, I don't want to go to the surface, I don't want to go to the surface, I don't want to go to the surface. I don't want to go to the surface, I don't want to go to the surface, I don't want to go to the surface, I don't want to go to the surface. 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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.”