Tony Alamo with Tony Alamo World Wide Ministries

Choosing Life Through Consecration: Tony Alamo on Obedience, Fear of God, and God’s Life Within Believers

Ep184 How To Have Gods Life Living In You Part 82

Tony Alamo Introduces Part 82 of How to Have God’s Life Living in You

In this archival program, identified as program 184 and part 82 of How to Have God’s Life Living in You, Tony Alamo opens by explaining that listeners may request a copy of the broadcast after the program. He prays for God to anoint the message, change lives, convict people he believes are unsaved even if they attend church, and expose Satan so that Satan can be spiritually bound. Because the recording is identified as taking place on Mother’s Day, Alamo also prays for good mothers while using the moment to criticize government policies, homosexuality, abortion, birth control, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Islam, all of which he presents as contrary to his religious worldview.

Letters from Congo, Illinois, and Ghana

Alamo then turns to listener letters read by Michelle. A writer from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo thanks him for Bibles, newsletters, pamphlets, and French copies of The Messiah, saying the materials have helped transform lives and asking to be included as a monthly distributor. A listener from Galesburg, Illinois, thanks him for a CD of How to Have God’s Life Living in You, says she has returned to church after backsliding, asks whether she should be baptized again, and reports distributing his literature at a high school. A third writer from Samonya, Ghana, West Africa, says Alamo’s literature is being embraced by people there and requests Bibles, The Messiah, and newsletters for a youth camp meeting.

Free Literature and the Ministry’s Purpose

After the letters, Alamo emphasizes that his ministry sends literature, tapes, CDs, and Bibles free of charge, including postage. He contrasts this with ministries he accuses of offering supposedly free items while making money through handling or shipping fees. He says the purpose of his ministry is not to profit from listeners but to spread the gospel worldwide. In responding to the Illinois letter, he encourages the writer to keep distributing literature even if recipients reject the message, arguing that God rewards the effort of preaching regardless of whether people accept it.

The Power of Choice: Life, Death, Blessing, and Cursing

The teaching portion begins with Alamo and Sharon reading from Deuteronomy 30, where Moses sets before the people life and death, blessing and cursing. Alamo uses the passage to argue that every person has a will and must choose either God’s way or self-will. He says people who claim Christianity but live for themselves are choosing death, while those who obey God’s commandments are choosing life. Alamo repeatedly warns that ignoring God’s commandments will lead to destruction, shortened life, hell, and the lake of fire, while obedience brings blessing and eternal life.

Loving God Means Keeping His Commandments

Alamo next turns to John 14, emphasizing Jesus’ statements that those who love Him keep His commandments and that those who do not keep His sayings do not love Him. He applies this directly to churchgoers, pastors, and religious teachers, warning against what he calls false prophets who teach that believers may continue in sin after salvation. He also criticizes popular religious and cultural claims involving The Da Vinci Code, Judas, and Mary Magdalene, rejecting them as heresy and insisting that Jesus was not married to a woman but is spiritually joined to the corporate body of believers as the bride of Christ.

Consecration, Sacrifice, and Renewal of the Mind

The central message continues the theme of consecration. Alamo teaches that believers must present their bodies as living sacrifices to God, drawing from Romans 12:1–2. He explains that consecration means dying to self, surrendering one’s will, and allowing God to live and work through the believer. He says the mind must be renewed by repeatedly reading, memorizing, and meditating on Scripture so that the Word of God replaces worldly thoughts. In his view, a person who continues lying, committing sexual sin, acting selfishly, or mistreating others has not truly consecrated himself or herself to God.

Fear of the Lord and the Motive of Love

Alamo distinguishes between the reason and the motive for consecration. The reason, he says, is that Christ purchased believers through His death, resurrection, and sacrifice; the motive is the love of God, along with fear of the Lord. He stresses that fear is essential because, in his view, people will not obey God unless they understand the consequences of disobedience. He cites 2 Corinthians 5:14–15, teaching that Christ’s love should constrain believers so that they no longer live for themselves but for the one who died and rose again for them.

Closing Warnings and Salvation Prayer

Near the end, Alamo warns that current world conditions, diseases, pestilences, and future tribulations show the urgency of salvation. He rejects the idea that Christians will be raptured before tribulation and says people must prepare to endure while letting God live through them. The program closes with a salvation prayer asking Jesus to forgive sins, enter the heart, wash the listener in His blood, and save the soul. Sharon then gives instructions for requesting program 184 by website, mail, phone, or fax, and Alamo invites listeners to return for part 83 of How to Have God’s Life Living in You.