The Comforter Has Come (book)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

THE COMFORTER

We thank the Father for the fulfillment of the prophecy of Our Lord Jesus Christ that a Comforter will come who will teach us all things, and bring to our remembrance, whatsoever things He has taught us. (John 14:26)

HAS COME

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STATEMENTS BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

PAGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......................................................2 TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................3 STATEMENTS BY THE FATHER...........................................4 BIBLE WITNESSES............................................................7 THE COMFORTER HAS COME.............................................8 HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE PROMISED COMFORTER?.........21 THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME TO REIGN............................36 SIN: THE PRECURSOR OF DEATH.....................................55 THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME TO CHANGE, RECREATE, LEAD, AND RULE THE WORLD.......................71 RESIST NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT..........................................92 UNIVERSAL EVANGELISM..............................................104 MY MISSION: By: Leader O. O. Obu.................................124

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THE COMFORTER HAS ARRIVED: The whole world knew of the coming of the Great Teacher. But today, I want to use this opportunity to announce to the whole world that The Promised Comforter, The Holy Spirit of Truth, has arrived. All the instructions, ways of life and words of eternal life that you heard from our Lord Jesus Christ was only preparing you for His arrival. He is here to teach you ALL things, and to bring to your remembrance all that you heard from our Lord Jesus Christ. Right now the Comforter, even the Spirit of Truth, has arrived. We should therefore avoid inulging in evil tendencies. The long expected Comforter is here, and he is our Father, and we are His children. We have been redeemed from carnality to His everlasting glory, we should therefore abhor stealing, fornication, idiolatry and other evil acts. Have you not heard our Lord Jesus Christ when he said, “It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you.” Do you want to tell me that another person was going to be sent? Was that Comforter not Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself who was going to re-appear? Today it is my intention to reveal to you the mysteries of Jehovah God and His Christ. I have come to reveal to you the Second Advent of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Take a look at the Book of Isaiah, Chapter two, reading from verse two: "And it must occur in the final part of the days that the mountain of the Lord's house will become firmly established above the top of the mountains, and it will certainly be lifted up above the hills, and to it all nations must stream. And many people will certainly go and say: Come you people, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and 4

He will teach us about His ways, and we will walk in His paths." This is the house of the God of Jacob in which you have been called to be taught by God Himself.

it then means, that the Comforter has not come.

Here on this Great Mountain like an Institute of Higher Learning, you are not taught about any other person than God. You are taught exclusively about His paths and will, and also what to do to gain salvation. Brethren, if the world were to know of the scheme of God’s teachings and have the insight of the perpetual benefits, they would have made use of this golden opportunity. Here we are concerned with Godly virtues that provide complete spiritual and physical liberation to all successful students of God. Christ spoke about this promised Comforter, that He will bring ALL things to your remembrance, whatsoever He (Christ) had taught or spoken (John 14:26). Consequently, He is now here with you in this School. What then prevents you from being taught? What you now see is the fulfillment of what Christ spoke about. You do not need anybody to teach you anything. Look unto the Holy Spirit, the only Principal Tutor, and be taught by Him. He has taught you the basic principles of life, chastity and holiness. You are told to refrain from fornication, adultery, drinking any type of wine, and from all forms of loose conduct. You must not take instructions from anybody. Listen only to the Holy Spirit always. The Holy Spirit has come to remind you of all these basic teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ as taught in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Of course, there are also, New Truths taught by the Holy Spirit, because as Christ said, "I have many things to say unto you but you cannot bear them now, however, when that ONE arrives, the Spirit of Truth, He will guide you into ALL Truth, for he will not speak of Himself but whatsoever He will hear, that will He speak, and He will show you things to come." (John 16:12-13) There you have it! New things must be taught. "He will declare to you the things to come." If there are no new teachings, 5

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BIBLE WITNESSES

THE COMFORTER HAS COME

John 14:16-16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; John 14:26-26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:7-8 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement.

John 16:12-14 I have many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

First Bible Lesson: John 6:45 "It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me." Second Bible Lesson: John 14:26 "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." Golden Text: Revelation 7:17 "For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." Brethren, this is the revelation of our lesson. This will help you to understand the events of things on earth today. What is happening today on earth is a fulfillment of Bible Prophecy. It is so stated, even in the Prophets, that you would all be taught by Jehovah God (Isaiah 2:3 / Hebrews 8:10-11). If God does not teach you about Himself, or reveal Himself to you, you would not know Him nor understand Him. Your problems emanate from rejecting the teachings of God, and relying on the quest for material things. Because of your interest in money and material wealth, many people refuse to come to this Institute of Higher Learning to know about God, and to be taught by God. FULFILLMENT OF BIBLE PROPHECY: Today, in this generation, what was written a long time ago has come to be fulfilled. God has come to teach you ALL things (John 14:26). God has not come to pray for you, nor give you money, nor material things. No, rather He has come to teach you and to lead you to the accurate knowledge of ALL Truth and to lead you to spiritual maturity. HUMAN TRAINING COMPARED WITH GOD’S TEACHING PROGRAM:

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You are witnesses that teaching is a basic requirement. This at all times starts from infancy. When a child is born, the child will be taught how to sit, crawl and how to stand, and then, how to walk. Many families do provide a rolling wheel to help their children move. The child then is taught how to utter sounds. Thereafter, other teachings will follow as months and years pass by. This child will be taught good manners and proper behavior; how he must conduct himself or herself in and out of the family. You can see that these methods of teaching and training take effort and time. Now the child progresses. He may now be sent to Nursery School, to Primary School, to Post-Secondary School, then to the University. Some of the teachings that this child will receive in this School may be exactly what he was taught while he was very young in the family. For him to graduate and qualify, he must undergo a study of them once more. This is why it is said, "as to learning, there shall be no end." Take for example in a field of learning like Medicine, where Specialists are required. You may obtain your doctorate degree but you must undergo another Study in order to be a Specialist in a certain aspect of medicine. In the Universities, we have many faculties of learning and many departments of Studies - but the same teaching program. We have lecturers on special subjects, professions and trades. You, as a Student, must be taught in order to qualify. At last, where do these teachings lead you? The Scriptures did not say that man will teach his fellow man rather, that Jehovah God will teach you all things. Apart from this, you may be so educated and still you want to be initiated into any of these so-called secret societies: if you are not taught the preliminaries of that Society and you appear to have some understanding, you will not be initiated. So, also, in any cult in this world, you must be taught by a fellow man before you are initiated in it, irrespective of your status in life, and academic qualification and experience in life. You must understand that all that you have learned and have been taught are all about the prince of this world. It is demonic, earthly and death-dealing. It is contrary to God’s teaching program and His purpose. To this effect, I have every right to denounce any standard of academic qualification that one may have obtained in this world, because it is not from God (the only authorized Tutor). Take a look at the Book of Isaiah, Chapter two, reading from verse two: "And it must occur in the final part of the days that the mountain of the Lord's house will become firmly established above the top of the mountains, and it will certainly be lifted

up above the hills, and to it all nations must stream. And many people will certainly go and say: Come you people, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us about His ways, and we will walk in His paths." This is the house of the God of Jacob in which you have been called to be taught by God Himself. Here on this Great Mountain like an Institute of Higher Learning, you are not taught about any other person than God. You are taught exclusively about His paths and will, and also what to do to gain salvation. Brethren, if the world were to know of the scheme of God’s teachings and have the insight of the perpetual benefits, they would have made use of this golden opportunity. Here we are concerned with Godly virtues that provide complete spiritual and physical liberation to all successful students of God.. What is happening now is exactly what happened during Christ’s ministry at a marriage feast in Canaan when there was shortage of wine (John 2:1-10). Christ turned water into wine. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made into wine, he said: "Every man brings forth good wine at the beginning, and when people have well drunk then that which is worse; but you have kept back this good wine until now." This miracle of the wine was metaphoric. Today, in this final part of the days, we have the meaning of the old wine which typifies the worldly wisdom, no matter what level or status. This wisdom that you have accumulated from the world has rendered you unreceptive to God’s ways of teaching. Look at the Christendom churches today. They are filled with members. These individuals have been indoctrinated right from their youth so that no one can convince them with any other teachings. Many of you belonged to these churches. After such people have been so drunk with these fables and doctrines of demons, now comes the new teachings in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Incidentally, like a person who has been filled with old wine, you have no more room for the new wine. They term this, a new church with New Teachings. Some who have tasted the teachings to be truth, wonder, like the Ruler of the marriage feast in Christ’s parable: "Why did this church not exist a long time ago?" There is no point in lying against the truth; for it is the fulfillment of Bible Prophecy in our time.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT'S MANNER OF TEACHING: Here, you are told not to put on shoes, not to dress as the worldly people do. The Principles based on God's Word are brought to light. Definitely,

with the old doctrines in you, figuratively as old wine, you cannot take in the new truth. You cannot put the new truth to harmonize with the old. No; for Christ in another parable said: "No man sews a patch of unshrunk cloth upon an old outer garment; if he does, it’s full strength pulls from it, (the new from the old), and the tear becomes worse. Also, nobody puts new wine into old wineskins, if he does, the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. But, people put new wine into new wineskins." Of course Christ also said, "No man also, having drunk old wine wants the new wine; for he says, The old is nice." Has this not been true today? What has been the reactions of the so-called learned men and the so-called religionists of Christendom today? These people have been drunk with the old wine, and do not desire the new, even if it is good and nice. This is where the difficulty lies. There is no church on earth today that teaches about God. They teach about persons and doctrines of demons which lead men to destruction. It is very unreasonable therefore, for any individual to seek consultations with The Sole Spiritual Head, Leader O.O.Obu, on scriptural conversations just because such a person is a Pastor, Bishop or an opportuned Religious leader, or even if he has gone abroad to study about religion. What has that got to do with the Truth? Practically, nothing! I only laugh at the limitation of what the worldly people call wisdom. They are very much to be pitied. You have been told that Christ will not teach except in parables (Matt 13:34). That miracle at the Canaan marriage feast was a parable. Christ was figuratively speaking about His teachings in the world at that time. The making of water into wine referred to His teachings. That His teachings were not from man’s origin or earthly. His doctrine was new and it was from God. The Holy Spirit is power, love, wisdom; and He is THE ONLY ONE capable of teaching you ALL things (John 14:26). The reason Governments and Churches of the world are unstable is because they lack the wisdom from God. They are not taught by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit alone can teach you about God and ALL things. Jesus spoke about the confusion of worldly teachings, and described their teachers as blind guides. "Let them alone,” Christ said,”They are blind leaders, and if the blind leads the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." (Matt 15:14). Also, referring to those who were offended because of His teachings, He said: "Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up.” (Matt 15:13). On other occasions, Christ referred worldly

wisdom to magnificent buildings that shall be thrown down. "See ye not all these things, verily, I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down." (Matt 24:2). The people thought Christ referred to their literal buildings. Not at all! He was speaking of what you falsely call knowledge today, which must be brought to nought. You accumulate this knowledge in order to succeed in life. How useful is this knowledge to you now? Such worldly wisdom is of no value in the sight of God. It is vanity, and striving after the wind. Let us read again the first Bible lesson of this gospel.

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First Bible Lesson: John 6:45 "It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me." Brethren, I would like everybody to read this portion of the Bible once again. To be admitted in a school, is one thing, but to be regular in attendance, is another. To obey and apply the instructions given, is one thing, to succeed in the final examinations, is another. Those students who would not read their lessons and apply them shall find difficulty in their examination. In an institute of learning, you may have 100 students but only 10 may be the teachers. These ten are the learned ones. God has come in these final part of the days to teach you all things. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEACHINGS AND THE TEACHER The teachings you now receive, should not be joked with. No one is too young or old to learn now. These teachings are entirely new. All your years of study in worldly Universities lead you to where you now find yourselves, and nowhere else. All the heresies that you have accumulated from the churches of Christendom, right from your youth, end in vanity. Your many years of experience do not help you here in this teaching program. In this school, experience is a student, and not the best teacher. I am not saying that I am God or that I am Christ or that I am the Holy Spirit. But I am telling you that God, the Holy Spirit, the promised Comforter, is now teaching you. Therefore, you must pay more than the usual attention to the things that you are taught. With the aid of the Holy Spirit, God’s active force is being poured on you, believing you are able to comprehend these new teachings. Only those who receive and

apply His teachings shall receive everlasting and beneficial result. Therefore, let it become known to the whole world that all of God’s creatures must now submit and subject themselves to the Universal Teacher now in session. They must set aside all previous wisdom and understanding, status and experience in life, and should now present themselves as Students to the Holy Spirit of Truth. Take a look at the world today; what do you see? Changes in governments, coups and counter-coups, assassinations, corruption, mal-administrations, nepotism, bribery and instabilities all over. In the Institutions of learning, there are also major changes even from the alphabets. You now have what is called the new autographic difference, quite distinct from what you had in your days. Methods differ. School sessions have changed to academic year. All Institutions shall continue to dwindle until finally taken over by the Universal and Sole Tutor, The Holy Spirit of Truth. Christ said: "The Kingdom of God is likened to a mustard seed, which is sown in a field. Although, very small of all seeds, when it is grown, it becomes the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air shall come and lodge on the branches thereof." (Matt 13:31-32) THE SCOPE OF TEACHING: In this School, you are taught to refrain from all forms of lawlessness, immorality, and loose conduct. By so doing, you are on the way to everlasting life. There is no point to argue or to envy others who may make rapid progress in learning. You will be taught ALL things. This includes professions, trades and careers - for example, engineering and other technical works. It is written that He will teach you ALL things. What shall it profit you, if you are admitted in this School, and given all privileges and opportunities of learning, yet you fail to receive these teachings? Christ spoke about this promised Comforter, that He will bring ALL things to your remembrance, whatsoever He (Christ) had taught or spoken (John 14:26). Consequently, He is now here with you in this School. What then prevents you from being taught? What you now see is the fulfillment of what Christ spoke about. You do not need anybody to teach you anything. Look unto the Holy Spirit, the only Principal Tutor, and be taught by Him. He has taught you the basic principles of life, chastity and holiness. You are told to refrain from fornication, adultery, drinking any type of wine, and from all forms of loose conduct. You must not take instructions from anybody. Listen only

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to the Holy Spirit always. The people of this generation could be likened to those in Jesus’ days, who were still waiting for the Messiah while He was in their midst. The Samaritan woman said: "I know that Messiah is coming, who is called the Christ. Whenever that One comes, He will teach us all things. Jesus said to her, I that speak unto you, I am He." (John 4:2526). People did not know Him, although His coming was long prophesied. Were you not told that Jesus commenced His ministerial work with followers up to 5,000? But that number in a short time dwindled to 12. Then on one occasion, Jesus turned to the remnant of them and asked: "You do not want to go also, do you?" Simon Peter answered him: "Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God." (John 6:67-69). What happened at that time is happening today, because of these words of everlasting life. At another instance, people were coming from different places seeking for Christ and when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said unto Him: "Rabbi, when did you get here? Jesus answered them and said, Most truly I say to you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs but because you ate from the loaves and were satisfied. Work not for the food that perishes but for the food that remains for life everlasting, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon this one the Father, even God, put His seal of approval." (John 6:25-27) This is exactly what the second Bible lesson of this gospel has to reveal to the world. For up till now, the entire world is still waiting anxiously for the Holy Spirit to come and teach, and rectify all things in all levels of humanity. May we have the second Bible lesson read.

Second Bible Lesson: John 14:26 "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." THE COMFORTER HAS ARRIVED: The whole world knew of the coming of the Great Teacher. But today, I want to use this opportunity to announce to the whole world that The Promised Comforter, The Holy Spirit of Truth has arrived. All the

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instructions, ways of life and words of eternal life that you heard from our Lord Jesus Christ was only preparing you for His arrival. He is here to teach you ALL things and to bring to your remembrance all that you heard from our Lord Jesus Christ. THE BASIC TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIS "If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, hate not his life, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever does not bear His cross and come after me cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:26-27). "Go and sell all that you possess; come and be my follower." (Matt 19:21/Mark 10:21/Luke 18:22)! "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21). "If any man will sue you at the law court and get possession of your inner garment, let your outer garment also go to him. And if someone under authority impresses you into service for a meter, go with him two meters. Give to the one asking you and do not turn away from one that wants to borrow from you. Love your enemies, pray for those hating you and those persecuting you. For if you love them which love you, what reward have you? You must be perfect even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." (Matthew 5:40-48) The Holy Spirit has come to remind you of all these basic teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ as taught in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Of course, there are also, New Truths taught by the Holy Spirit, because as Christ said, "I have many things to say unto you but you cannot bear them now, however, when that ONE arrives, the Spirit of Truth, He will guide you into ALL Truth, for he will not speak of Himself but whatsoever He will hear, that will He speak, and He will show you things to come." (John 16:12-13) There you have it! New things must be taught. "He will declare to you the things to come." If there are no new teachings, it then means that the Comforter has not come. THE NEW TEACHINGS: It is on record that Christ wept. In the Booklet, ‘FIRST STEP TO GOD,’ weeping is condemned. To weep and mourn is contrary to the teachings of the Holy Spirit. Sadness, frowning of face, sighing, grudge, are also condemned by the Holy Spirit. Anger, provocation, annoyance, indignation are not allowed by the Holy Spirit. You must not say because Christ was provoked and He drove away the money changers from the temple, therefore, you can be provoked today. If you do, you will fail in this new teaching. The new teaching of the Holy Spirit,

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encourages, joy, happiness, compassion, temperance, self-control, meekness, and humility. Many people say, because Jesus cursed those in Bethsaida and also the unproductive fig tree, so they are free to curse or use abusive words. This is wrong, because the Holy Spirit teaches that YOU MUST NOT CURSE BUT BLESS. If you want to qualify and also graduate in this School, you must follow closely the Holy Spirit's method of Teaching and certain rectification on the method and teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ, outspokenly told you that He could not lead you to the accurate knowledge of the truth, not until that One arrives, i.e. the Holy Spirit of Truth. Now that the Holy Spirit is here, it is only His teachings that can lead you to everlasting life. If you say because Christ changed water into wine, therefore you can brew or turn water into crude gin and drink, you are pitiful. So, if you drink anything bottled, and of wine origin, whether African or European, you have no portion in this kingdom. I want you to take note of this statement: ANYONE WHO DRINKS WINE, WHETHER ALCOHOLIC OR NON-ALCOHOLIC, SOFT OR HOT DRINKS, SQUASHED OR FERMENTED DRINKS OR ANY KIND, PALM OR CHEMICALIZED DRINKS, WILLINGLY OR MISTAKENLY, SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THIS KINGDOM. THESE ARE SOME OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. It is stated in the Bible that, “John came neither eating nor drinking, yet people say, He has a demon. The Son of man did come eating and drinking, still people say, Look a man gluttonous, and given to drinking wine, a friend of the publicans and sinners.” (Matt 11:18-19). The Holy Spirit is now teaching you that - ANYONE WHO DRINKS ANYTHING BREWED OR BOTTLED AS WINE, SOFT OR HOT, SQUASHED, ALCOHOLIC OR NON-ALCOHOLIC, NOTWITHSTANDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED IN THE DRINKING, SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THIS KINGDOM. The Holy Spirit condemns all forms of medical treatment. He teaches you that faith is essential in the greatest doctor (The Holy Spirit), and that you should consult Him for all treatment. Anything, outside this, is rebellion. The Holy Spirit teaches you about your position in marriage. He refers you to what Jesus said concerning that woman who was married to seven brothers: In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. In the new Kingdom there is no marriage (Luke 20:28-36). Have you noticed in the

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book of Revelation Chapter 14 verses 4 to 5 about the 144000. “These are they which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. And in their mouth was no guile found, for they are without blemish before the throne of God.” These are the only ones to remain and rule with Christ. All those who marry are no part of the 144,000 sharers of the Kingdom. Christ confirmed this stand when He referred to the inheritance of the Kingdom of God. Those counted worthy to receive this Kingdom, they neither marry nor are given in marriage. You are not forced to receive these teachings. Wherever you find yourself remain there for God's grace is sufficient for you. However, those who will remain with the Holy Spirit must meet these requirements. In any Institution of Higher Learning, you have many faculties and departments of studies. Do you not? It all depends on what subjects you are taking and on which area you want to qualify. Likewise, it is so in this School of the Holy Spirit. Christ said, "In my Father’s House, there are many mansions." (John 14:2).In other words, there are many faculties and departments of studies. Whatever subject you choose to take, you can be sure of being located to your stream with disciplinary measures in sight. All are under the overall supervision of the Principal Chancellor and Director of Studies, the Sole Spiritual Head. There are several subjects to be taken, and the students are told, and are well-informed of the advantages and disadvantages of all subjects. Subjects like fornication, adultery, heresies, sedition, uncleanness, variance, revelries, loose conduct, anger, wrath, emulation, contention, strife, fighting, gossiping, envy, jealously, stealing, craftiness, robbery, polygamy, abortion, etc. have their departments. You are warned of the disastrous ends, but if you are interested in any of them, you are free to go ahead and graduate. You will have yourself to blame at the final end. Notwithstanding, the School's prescribed subjects are: Love, peace, goodness, kindness, joy, humility, meekness, self-control, long-suffering and all godly virtues. The Holy Spirit declares that against these prescribed subjects there is no law (Gal 5:22-23). At your graduation, you are immediately absorbed into this Kingdom government. The followers of Christ knew nothing about this, for they all were waiting for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Today, the Holy Spirit has come with His teachings. What a fortunate generation! Remember that Christ sent out His disciples, in twos, to go only to the lost house of Israel and not to the Samaritans. But today, the

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Holy Spirit has directed that we love one another, and His message and teachings are Universal. The Holy Spirit's message is called "THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL." The teachings of the Holy Spirit have everlasting benefits. Read the golden text of this gospel again.

Golden Text: Revelation 7:17 "For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." I am telling you that anger is a deadly poison. Cursing, and the use of vile words, observed jesting, abusive words and jokes are very provocative and they boomerang and affect the speaker. The use of tobacco, cigarettes and snuff are devilish and poisonous. When any user of tobacco dies, the corpse immediately decays. Fornication drives away the Holy Spirit, and it brings sickness, pains, sorrow, and separates you from God. It brings death. Even conjugal intercourse deters your relationship with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has taught you not to keep account of injury, not to judge nor condemn others. You must not plan ahead for the flesh. Christ said that those who came before Him were thieves and robbers (John 10:8). Therefore, today, when you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts (Hebrews 4:7). Refrain from all forms of immorality and lawlessness for these things bring tribulation, hardship, affliction to you, and separate you from God. This is what the Holy Spirit teaches. Flippancy, falsehood, are detrimental. Polygamous life is condemned. It divides the home and makes the home a competitive place. The Holy Spirit comes with truth and life. Why not open the doors of your minds for this Great Teacher. If you are preparing to travel to a foreign land, you must be familiar with the customs of that land, lest you will be deported when you get there.. From the day Adam forsook the instructions of God, he stopped seeing good days but found death. Therefore, leave behind the worldly teachings. Come here as a child. Put away all erroneous teachings that you have had, and press on to maturity. You cannot claim to be a Pastor, Apostle, or a Prophet and you continue to drink and fornicate. It is very unreasonable. There is nothing hidden in the sight of God. His eyes and ears are wide and large enough to see and to hear things done in absolute secrecy. Anything done outside this line of truth

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leads to eternal destruction. Remember Brethren, your calling was not to get money, children, cars, houses, or for eating, but you were called to be taught by the Holy Spirit so that your joy may become full, to be free from all lusts and wants of life, and to graduate as Masters from this great Institution of Highest Learning. You are inexcusable O man! Should you fail to receive these teachings. Why are you here for many years and yet you still succumb to acts of lawlessness and immorality? The answer to that question is vivid. You did not come here to be taught, and you have not learned from the Holy Spirit. It is because you have become drunk with the old wine, and do not desire the new wine. Yes, it is because you have been indoctrinated with false doctrines and the wisdom of this old world. It is because your hearts and minds have become blunt due to the heresies that you have been taught. What a sad situation that you are in? Some of you because of pride and arrogance, have failed to become like your Tutor. The Holy Spirit has demonstrated His teachings practically to you. When Adam and Eve were created, instructions were given to them as to their food. They were to feed on fruits only. I do not intend to go in detail with you in this aspect. I shall leave this for future lectures to treat, on how this applies to you today. I cannot continue to enumerate these requirements to you; the more I do so, the more you are becoming more pitiful indeed. I understand that you only come here for blessings, and not to be taught by the Holy Spirit. I have taught you not to keep funeral parlors and mourning houses. When someone dies you should give thanks to God, and then dispose of the remains. But is it not surprising that you have refused to heed this vital instruction? As I am standing here, delivering this gospel, I am speaking to you and the whole world from heaven, so that no one would say I did not hear. You are inexcusable, I repeat. These teachings could be likened to the rejected stone by the builders which later became the chief corner stone (Psalm 118:22 / Matt 21:42 / Mark 12:10 / Luke 20:17). I did not come to receive praises, honor and vain glory of men, but I have come with the knowledge of truth, and to impart same to all who want to be taught by me. I am not after the effect of the cause but the cause of the effect. All those who commit sins are slaves of sin and we have no room for slaves in this kingdom. Christ said: "Every doer of sin is a slave of sin." (John 8:34) If you start to practice these teachings from today, you will see

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changes in your life. Let us be thankful to God, because if I did not come, the whole world would have perished. For no one would have taught you about God. Therefore, if you have problems it is because you do not practice the teachings of The Holy Spirit. THE TRUE BLESSEDNESS: Do you remember what our Lord Jesus Christ told that woman who said unto Him: "Blessed is the womb that bare thee and the breasts which you had sucked. Christ said to her, Rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it." (Luke 11:27-28).I have not come as a Pastor, Apostle or Prophet. I have come to lead you to ALL the truth, and to bring back to your remembrance all that Christ spoke about. All that I say unto you, are not from any other source but from the Holy Spirit. Therefore, if you reject my sayings, you do not reject me but the Holy Spirit that was promised by the Father to come and teach you, and to lead you unto ALL TRUTH. The Holy Spirit is here and what you have heard is from Him. You will have yourself to blame if you reject these teachings. I do not intend to be tedious unto you. Those who have ears to hear, let them hear. May the Everlasting Father, The Spirit of Truth, The Teacher and Leader bless His Holy Teachings now and forever more. Amen. THANK YOU FATHER.

HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE PROMISED COMFORTER? First Bible Lesson: John 13:20 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me." Second Bible Lesson: John 14:26 "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

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Golden Text: Acts 2:17 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams." DO YOU NOT KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT? IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THE STATEMENT WHICH THE JEWS MADE WHEN THEY ARGUED THAT THEY KNEW MOSES AND NOT JESUS; AND IN THE TIME OF MOSES THEY KNEW ABRAHAM AND NOT MOSES. TODAY ARE YOU ALSO ARGUING THAT YOU KNOW JESUS, AND NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT? ARE YOUR EYES NOT OPEN TILL NOW? IF YOU SPEAK EVIL ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, BY ASKING FOOLISH AND TEMPTING QUESTIONS, YOU WILL MEET WITH PROBLEMS. Brethren, this is the theme of the gospel which marks the commencement of this year's celebration of the Reception of the Holy Spirit Week. Since He was the beginning, He is the Middle, and He is the End. Throughout all ages, this gospel will stand as a watch word for the whole world. The Comforter has neither a beginning nor an end, and He has no genealogy. When the world was void and without form, the Holy Spirit was in existence.(Gen 1:2). When the heavens and the earth were created, He still existed. He was a part of the creation process when He said: "Let us make man in own image." He was not only a witness but also the Creator. You will remember that after He had created man, He entered into man because man is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. (Gen 2:7). Without Him man is nothing, and does not even exist. You are His building, you are His city.(1 Cor 6:19). You are His husbandry.(1 Cor 3:9). It is because of ignorance of Him that the whole world has been plagued till today. That is why this week has been set aside and named the Reception of the Holy Spirit Week. It is like the short story of the young antelope who asked her mother what their name is. The mother asked her to wait. Everyday the young antelope continued to ask her mother: "What actually is our name?" And the mother asked her to wait.

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One day she called her young one and asked her to listen to their name. There were two patches of bush separated by a farmland. The mother took her and raced from one patch of the bush across the farmland to the other patch of the bush, and the people working on the farmland shouted "Look at the antelope; antelope; antelope." When they both reached the other patch of the bush, the young antelope said to the mother, "so we are called antelope?" The mother said, "you have learned that yourself." Compare this anecdote with what is happening today in the world. Everyday, people keep asking what is Brotherhood? What is Brotherhood? Where does the power in Brotherhood come from? How can one become a Brotherhood? Today, all such questions will be answered for you. I do not think that any person can answer questions for the Holy Spirit, when He Himself is alive. He speaks for Himself and reveals Himself. You all, including all those who did not see Him or know Him, are going to realize His glory this week. The three lessons are self explanatory. We have nothing more to say. He has revealed Himself openly. But you have to blame yourself because you do not rejoice with Him. You are guilty. But we who rejoice with the one sent in His name, are justified today. Can you see how pitiful the people of the world are? Our Lord Jesus Christ is the one who testified about the Holy Spirit. The very Jesus whom you pray to until He comes again, is the one making this statement - that whoever rejoices with the messenger whom the Father shall send in my name, rejoices with me. What else do you want me to say? All His words testify about the Holy Spirit. He did not bear witness to any other thing apart from the Holy Spirit, so that we may rejoice with Him and know that ours is the last age. You have heard what He says:"I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end. (Rev 1:11/22:13). The Holy Spirit existed when the world was void and without form. And He has resurfaced at this end of time. It is pitiful that the inhabitants of the world do not know Him, they do not rejoice with Him. They argue that since they cannot see Him they cannot honour Him. They argue that they only know Our Lord Jesus Christ. But Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself bore witness about the Holy Spirit.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT History has today repeated itself. Just as Christ said to them, “you claim to know Moses; do not think that I will condemn you to the Father. The same Moses whom you claim to know, is your judge. Because if you were to believe Moses, you would also believe Me, because Moses testified about Me.”( John 5:45-47/Acts 3:22) And today again, they argue that they are waiting for "Jesus" because He is the one they know. The same Jesus whom you know will be your judge, because the Lord Jesus Himself testified of the Holy Spirit. If you were to believe in Our Lord Jesus Christ, you would have believed in the Holy Spirit, because the whole testimony of Our Lord Jesus Christ, is about the Holy Spirit: His arrival, His functions and operations in this last age. You argue that you do not want a Spiritual Church, you do not want the Spirit, but you want the real God. But who is the real God? Do you not realize that all the problems of the entire world hang on the fact of knowing the Holy Spirit? He does not hide His testimony, just as John did not hide his. You do not have to hide testimonies.

days He will pour out of His Spirit upon all flesh.(Joel 2:28/Acts 2:17). Have you not realized this for yourself? What else is there to be said? Today is only the introduction of what we have to do, what the Holy Spirit is, in what time we now are, and what is going on in the world. These are going to be revealed to you. Have you not realized that our age is the end of time, and that the world has come to its end? The Bible says when you find things where they should not be, know that the time is near. (Matt 24:335/Luke 6:20-28). People have been asking: What is going to happen in the world? Why are there all these changes? He says in the last days, I will pour my Spirit upon all flesh. This is the "last days," the end of the age. This is the reign of the Holy Spirit. If somebody argues that there is time still left, such a person is deceiving you. You have seen with your eyes what is transpiring in the world. This is the end of time, and as He has said, He poured out His Spirit upon all flesh. Young men prophesy and see visions, the old dream dreams, and many wonders are wrought. You have seen these things for yourself. What more do you want to hear?

thief in the night. You are Thomases. You want to see with your eyes before you believe. But can you see the Holy Spirit? You claim to be Adam. Did Adam see the Holy Spirit? You claim to be Moses. Did Moses see the Holy Spirit? Every person has been waiting to see Him. But He says that during the last

The joy of it is the statement made by Our Lord Jesus Christ, that whoever receives the messenger sent by the Father in His name, receives Him.(John 13:20). That is why this week has been set aside for the expression of this particular joy. Whatever you can do to manifest the glory of God, be it in songs or in dances or in testimony, you should do it well. Have you not seen your nakedness, you who have prepared food and are waiting for the Lord Jesus to come back again. Why do you not rejoice in the Holy Spirit? Whoever rejoices in the Holy Spirit rejoices in our Lord Jesus Christ. When you do this, there is nothing left to be done again. If you keep prepared food for the Lord Jesus to eat when He shall come, it means you do not know the Holy Spirit. But I know Him. I do not think that when it was said that Elijah shall come before the Messiah, the Elijah did not come. (Mal 4:5). Did he not come? John the Baptist did not come with the same facial appearance of Elijah.(Matt 11:14). He came in the way and manner they did not expect, and so they did not rejoice at his coming. You argue that you are gazing at the sky to see the time He will come down. But He says that He will pour His Spirit upon all flesh. Have you not witnessed this? And so,

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Christ says, “whoever speaks evil against the Son of man shall be forgiven but whoever speaks evil against the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven, in this generation nor in the generation to come.” (Matt 12:32). That is why He has set aside a whole week to manifest His glory. From today on, all your songs, testimonies and dances should concern the Holy Spirit. Everything is done by Him without the help of any man. We shall reveal Him so that man may have no defense for himself. It is said that heaven and earth shall pass away but the words of God shall not pass away until they are all fulfilled. (Matt 5:18, and 24:35 / Mark 13:31). Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself has said that this generation shall not pass away until everything is fulfilled.(Matt 24:34).

BUT NO ANGEL KNOWS THE DAY ; NOT EVEN THE SON , BUT THE FATHER ALONE . Right now He has taken us unawares, as a

Brethren, it is a great privilege for you and me and for as many as would share in this joy. Do not ask questions again or make any statement. The only work you have to do is to receive and to rejoice with the Holy Spirit. Do not ask any person where the power comes from, or where He derives this wisdom, or how a certain thing is done. Such inquisitiveness spells destruction on us. Christ has told us all what we have to do. Whoever receives the messenger whom the Father shall send in my name, receives me. And so if we receive and rejoice with Him, we have accomplished much. We have no other thing to do He has come by Himself. He is God. He is the Father. He is the Son. He is the Holy Spirit, and He is everything. What do you have to teach him? All you have to do is to rejoice in Him. He has made it known that when the Comforter shall come, He shall teach us all things and bring everything to our remembrance.(John 14:26). What else do you want?

the truth. The problem of this world is to know what is in Brotherhood. They complain that they cannot understand the world because it is very deep. But what we have to reveal to you will answer whatever question you have. Listen to our first lesson so that you may know the word spoken by Our Lord Jesus Christ, whom you claim to know.

First Bible Lesson: John 13:20 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me."

Since He is a spirit, He has poured out His Spirit upon all flesh. Since He is power, He has poured His power upon the whole world. Do not attribute this work to a white man or a black man or to any other person. This is the manifestation of His word that whoever receives the messenger sent by the Father in His name, receives Him and whoever receives Him, receives the One who sent Him. Every work you see in the world is done by His power. He is all the powers you find in the world. Christ has re-emphasized the point that if He does not go; the Comforter would not come, but if He went away He would send Him.(John 16:7). When He comes He shall lead you to the wisdom of

Brethren, have you heard that? Have you received the messenger and rejoiced with Him? Have you rejoiced with the Holy Spirit? Has Africa rejoiced with the Holy Spirit that is in her continent? The inhabitants of the Western world, do they rejoice in the Comforter that is in their midst today? It is not said that He is called Messiah, or prophet, or pastor, or Bishop. It says the messenger whom the Father shall send in my name. He is called Messenger, and so his new name is Messenger. It is left for me and you to ask ourselves this question: whether we have rejoiced with the messenger. Have you not seen Him? We have no other thing to preach now, because He has entered the water and has taken dominion over it. He has taken dominion in the sun and in the moon, and He has entered into every human being and has taken possession. The only thing is for us to rejoice in Him. We are not doing it for this week alone but for all the days of our lives till eternity. We have no other thing to do, we have no questions to ask or statements to make. We have no arguments at all. All we have to do is to rejoice with this Messenger. Who has ever advised the Spirit? You have nothing. All you have to do is to rejoice in Him because He has come by Himself not sending anyone. You can see that this is the end of times, invariably the end of the world. You are the children of promise spoken of. All the writings in the Bible from Genesis to the Book of Revelation are manifested. Our duty is to rejoice in Him. I have not seen you expressing this joy because you are weeping and lamenting. You are still telling lies and committing many evil deeds; whereas it should be all joy. Everything is done, and heaven and earth have merged into one. It is like someone who is carrying the

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He is teaching, instructing, healing, changing and doing everything Himself. All eyes shall see wonders. All inhabitants of the world and all doubting Thomases who want to see with their eyes will see spectacular things. You will see something you have never seen before. You will hear something you have never heard before. Something that has never been done, has been done by the Holy Spirit at this end of time. The only thing is for you to know Him and receive the One that is in our midst; the power, wisdom, truth and love that is here. THROUGH THIS GOSPEL SHALL BE REVEALED TO ALL THE PLANES OF MANIFEST THE ONE WHO IS IN THE WORLD; WHOM THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW.

carcass of an elephant, and feeling with his feet to look for snails! That is the experience I have with you. God has come down to dwell with man. The Son has come down to dwell with man, and the Holy Spirit has come down to dwell with man. And He has poured out His Spirit upon all flesh.(Acts 2:17). Have you rejoiced in Him? Can you not realize that this is the end of the world? Can you not realize that you are the children of promise spoken about? Can you not realize that God has come Himself? He does not send any person. Can you not realize that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are now on earth? It is now left for you to rejoice in Him. This invitation to rejoice is extended to all men and fishes and animals and birds and all other creations. This joy is not for a handful of persons. If the Spiritual Council of Churches did not extend their invitations to animals in the bush, and the angels, trees and men, they should go and do so. He is not a partial God. He said that He shall pour His Spirit upon all flesh, including the whites and the blacks everywhere. People wonder what is going to happen in the world but now it is going to be revealed to you what is happening and what will happen in the world. Some are in the hospitals, some in the psychiatric homes and some in the prison houses, and you think they are sick and demented and afflicted. It is the Holy Spirit at work. It is ignorance and unbelief that make people suffer unbearably. If after hearing this Gospel, all those who are in the prison houses confess their sins and are baptized, all of them will be discharged to go home free. Those who are in the hospital, sick to the point of death, should confess their sins and receive baptism, and they will recover from their sickness. All those who are in psychiatric homes are not demented, as people think they are.It is the Holy Spirit who is working in them. If they should confess their sins and receive baptism, they would go home completely healed. You hear people complaining of diabetes, hypertension, insomnia, pains and movements in the body, cancer and the rest of the diseases. Nothing is worrying them. It is the Holy Spirit who has entered His house. Are you not surprised that you have gone to all the hospitals without cure, you try the native doctors and there is no help, but when you come to confess your sins here, believe and receive baptism, you are healed? People say that there is power in Brotherhood

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much more than there is in the world, and people do not know what is happening. We want to reveal that it is the Holy Spirit who is operating in the whole world, and in all flesh. When you find people complaining that they are not feeling fine; right from now, if only you rejoice in Him and listen to Him, all will be well. People are prophesying, some are giving visions and some are dreaming dreams, and others speaking with tongues. It is the Holy Spirit who is doing all these things, but do they rejoice in Him? The church denominations, prayer houses, governments, spiritualists are still doubting, but today the Holy Spirit wants total submission and surrender because He does not want the world to perish. He comes with water and the blood. That means that if you confess your sins, and repent of them, and receive baptism, the Holy Spirit can reside comfortably in His house, and you will have peace and joy. Foolishness is sin. When the Holy Spirit enters into someone, and the person takes injections and tablets, then problems set in. When the Holy Spirit enters into a man people will complain that it is Satan, and Beelzebub and ghosts. When you doubt Him and do not let Him in, trouble starts. Wherever you go, you will discover that the word of God covered all nooks and corners of the world; people are dreaming mighty dreams and testifying of the mighty things they have been seeing. But they do not know the source of all these things. That is why we are told not to drink, or commit fornication, or hate any person, neither should we take any form of medication because the Holy Spirit has come in a very secret way into the world. It is not because of our goodness or righteousness. It is not because of our faith; for He is all these things. But it is because of His own promises. Even now you have not seen Him, and you will not see Him forever but you have to rejoice in Him. Speak good words, listen to Him and do all that He instructs you. Whether you listen to Him or not, He has entered into the whole world. Today you know that the Comforter has arrived.I do not know whether He comes from the sun or from the moon or from the sky. All I know is that He has arrived. But you do not know about this. This wonderful stranger has come. The second lesson will now be read.

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"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." Brethren, have you heard that? It has been the case that it rains without the knowledge of the earth. Do you think that Our Lord Jesus Christ did not know that the Holy Spirit has come? He is the one who testified that the Holy Spirit will come. Has He not come? Is He not with us today? There is no other person who bears witness to the Holy Spirit apart from our Lord Jesus Christ. And now He has arrived in a miraculous way. IF SOMEBODY ASKS YOU WHERE YOU LEARNT HOW TO PRAY, TELL HIM THAT IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO TEACHES US HOW TO PRAY. IF ANOTHER PERSON ASKS YOU WHERE YOU LEARNT HOW TO PREACH, TELL HIM IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE IS THE ONE WHO IS DOING EVERYTHING. WHAT ABOUT THIS POWER? IT IS GIVEN BY HIM. WHAT ABOUT THESE WORKS? THEY ARE DONE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO HEALS AND CHANGES US. AS HE HAS SAID, THIS IS THE END OF TIME AND HE HAS POURED OUT OF HIS SPIRIT LAVISHLY INTO THE WORLD; BUT THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW HIM. It is a pity that people deny that they know Him. Do you know the Holy Spirit? It is exactly like the statement which the Jews made, when they argued that they knew Moses and not Jesus, and in the time of Moses, they argued that they knew Abraham and not Moses. Today are you also arguing that you know Jesus and not the Holy Spirit? Are your eyes not open till now? If you speak evil about the Son, you will be forgiven.(Matt 12:32). If you speak evil about the Holy Spirit, by asking foolish and tempting questions, you will meet with problems. If you ask where the power comes from, whether Brotherhood or Beelzebub, what the content of the Holy Oil is, this Gospel is given to you so that you may safeguard yourself, and keep your mouth shut. He is salvation to all those who say that Brotherhood is Beelzebub, and ghost and mermaid and concoctions. If you continue to think like that you have reached your wits end. That statement of Our Lord Jesus Christ is now made manifest. The Comforter has come. The Holy Spirit has come to teach,

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It is what He has promised. Christ said: "If you love me, you will keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father, and He will send you another Comforter to abide with you forever, whom the world does not know but you know Him because He dwells in you, and shall be in you forever."(John 14:15-17). The whole of this Kingdom belongs to Him. The Kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdom of Jehovah God and His Christ. You are witnesses to the fact that in the past, you were a drunkard, a fornicator, a necromancer and a murderer; but today you have refrained from all these evils because the Holy Spirit has fought and conquered and taken dominion over you. Yesterday, you were drinking and fornicating but today you cannot commit such vices again. Do you know the reason? The good things you did not want to do are what you are doing now. Do you realize then that the Kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdom of Jehovah God and His Christ, and that God has taken dominion over you? That is the spiritual war you heard of. When the Holy Spirit enters into someone, you will not fail to say that the person is so sick that he cannot lift up himself. That is the Holy Spirit. Why does He torment people in this way? It is because people do not know Him. They do not receive and rejoice in Him. That is why they have problems. And that is why there is great joy here in Brotherhood. When somebody is brought here, no matter what his problems are, once he is baptized, all his problems are solved. And people will testify that there is great power in Brotherhood. This power is found not only here but everywhere throughout the world. If you like, do not come here. Stay in your church, and make your confession, believe in the Holy Spirit and be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and you will see that all your ways will be straightened. If you like, do not go to any church, but if you watch your television and listen to this gospel and believe that the Holy Spirit has arrived, you are saved. This work is not done by any person. This wisdom does not come from man. This love and all the power and other virtues you find here come from the Holy Spirit. He is the God of ability and might. He does not discriminate. He is a sufficient God. He loves every person in the same way, that is why He has poured out His Spirit upon all flesh. That is why if you go to any church denomination today, they are giving visions and prophecies, and dreaming dreams. Prayer houses and necromancers are doing the same thing. But they regard

such happenings as something they have acquired. They do not even know where they come from. The source is the Holy Spirit. Others, through misconception, because they are warned not to tell dreams or give visions otherwise they would be held responsible for the death of a certain person, are afraid; and for this reason they keep quiet.But you are told not to quench the Spirit.(1 Thess 5:19) Tell your dreams and visions and preach the Holy Spirit to the entire world. You are deceived that dreams are figments of your own imagination, that visions and prophecies no longer exist, and that the power to heal is no more. But what was said will happen in the last days? He says: "This is the New Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days. I will put my laws into their minds, and write them in their hearts. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord. For all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful unto their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more." (Heb 8:10-12). This promise is fulfilled today in heaven and earth. All the testimonies of our Lord Jesus Christ are the Spirit of prophecy. You who doubted this power, know that it is the Holy Spirit. All that our Lord Jesus Christ had testified about was the coming of the Holy Spirit. You will be surprised that you have never remembered your dreams, you give visions and prophecy. Can you not see that He has poured out His Spirit upon all flesh? This concept is enunciated in order to indicate to you that this is the last age. Secondly, to indicate to you that you are the children of promise. Thirdly, to make it clear to you that He has arrived. You doubting Thomases, have you not seen that He has arrived? The Golden Text will now be read.

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Golden Text: Acts 2:17 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” Brethren, the cat has been let loose from the bag. Everything has been laid bare before you. A spiritual song says that the time is up. The

angels and the children of God say that the time is up, but Satan says that there is time left. What time is left? This is the time He spoke about, that in the last days, He shall pour out of His Spirit upon all flesh. He did not say that He will pour it upon a portion of the world, but on all the inhabitants of the world. Every person in the world will testify about this. The problem is that they do not understand it, because they have been told that the Holy Spirit is no more in existence. And they argue that the Holy Spirit ended on the day of Pentecost. Did God die after the day of Pentecost? When you say that God will not come down; if He does not come down, will you go up to Him? You say that God has forgotten us. If He has forgotten us, what about His promise that is fulfilled in us? It is said that the people of this world marry and are given in marriage but they who shall be accounted worthy to inherit that world, do not marry or are they given in marriage.(Luke 20:35). Because they are the children of the resurrection and are equal unto the angels; for they cannot die again. Realize that the whites have long been in search of the Holy Spirit. They remained unmarried; they have fasted and gone naked but they did not see Him. They did not possess Him because He did not yet come. That is why they threw away the Bible saying that the Holy Spirit ended on the day of Pentecost. Now that He has come today, we have all seen Him. It is only at this time that He has poured out of His Spirit upon all flesh. No person or scientist knows about it. All that you see happening is God pouring His Spirit upon all flesh. Charm removers, charm diggers, great dreamers, healers visioners, miracle workers, it is the Holy Spirit who has poured out of His Spirit upon all flesh. No person is responsible. He has given you one lesson to make you realize that this is the end of the world. You do not need any other person to preach to you. You are made to understand that this is the end of the world. It is also clear to you that you are the children of promise, the heirs to the inheritance. It is also made known to you that there are no charms or concoctions because the Father has come by Himself. He is here. He is the Father. He is the Son. He is the mother. He is the husband. He is everything. Surrender yourself completely unto Him, and rejoice in Him. Do not doubt Him again. Do not weep and do not lament. Do not make any plans for yourself. He is the Master-planner. He plans everything for you, and He has given you a new life. We are a very fortunate generation. Do not go to study the Bible. He is the one who

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Brethren, that is our lesson. When I tell you that all of you are the Christs of God, you do not seem to believe me. I have also told you that the Holy Spirit has existed from the beginning of the world. It is

only the Holy Spirit who can do this work. Our Lord Jesus Christ is called Jesus the Christ because the Spirit that dwells in him is God. This is why He said, "I am in the Father and the Father is in me." (John 14:10). This Spirit is responsible for the mighty works which were wrought by Our Lord Jesus Christ. Right from the time the Holy Spirit entered into Him, He was fortified, and, therefore He did not live according to the dictates of the flesh. It was for this reason that the Spirit took Him into the desert. He did not lead the Spirit into the desert, rather it was the Spirit which led Him into the desert. You will observe how sickly some people become during the Easter Pentecostal. When the Holy Spirit enters into you, it disintegrates you completely, so that you have no appetite for food throughout the whole month. Many people do not realize that when the Holy Spirit enters into them, they become weak and unable to exert themselves. Out of ignorance, they go to the hospital, take tablets and injections, and for this reason they encounter problems. Brethren, you should realize that you are the luckiest generation. The Holy Spirit has descended upon you. Who amongst you believes that the Spirit which dwelt in Our Lord Jesus Christ is the same Spirit that dwells in all of you today? The Spirit that gave our Lord Jesus Christ the power to preach has now descended upon all of you. When you are asked to go; for you have been healed, and you go, and this statement comes to pass, it is the Spirit which is at work. Without the Holy Spirit this work would be impossible. During the advent of Our Lord Jesus Christ, it was He alone who received this Holy Spirit in that generation. This is why He said, "Except a grain of corn falls to the ground and dies it remains alone. When it dies it brings forth much fruit."(John 12:24) In those days John the Baptist baptized many people but none of them received the Holy Spirit. From this you will realize that to have the Holy Spirit is not a small thing. None of the disciples of Our Lord Jesus received the Holy Spirit. This is the Holy Spirit that Our Lord Jesus Christ obeyed. This is why Christ said, "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me."(John 5:30) Our Lord Jesus Christ did nothing out of His own volition but acted as He was directed by the Holy Spirit. Anyone who has this Spirit no longer owns himself, and should no longer act according to his own will. Your former body has been deadened. The body which you possess today is a new body. The body which you possess now is

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One stroke of the cane is sufficient for the wise.I do not wish to be tedious unto you. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. May God bless His Words. Amen. THANK YOU FATHER.

THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME TO REIGN FIRST BIBLE LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 2:12

"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God." SECOND BIBLE LESSON: ROMANS 8:11

"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." GOLDEN TEXT: MATTHEW 3:16

"And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him."

not the one that you had from your mother's womb. The body which you have now is the body of Our Lord Jesus Christ. That is why drugs and injections have no effect on you. You can see from our second lesson that when this Spirit, which rested on Our Lord Jesus Christ, rests on you, the flesh will be completely subdued. No matter how powerful you are, when this Spirit rests upon you, the flesh will die completely. Brethren, you have cause to rejoice and thank God because you are the luckiest of all the generations. We are unworthy to have the Holy Spirit in our midst neither do we have a heart of appreciation. You can see how great is the love of God that He should descend to dwell in our midst. Before He came into the world He was completely free of sin. When He came into the world, He did not marry, and He had nothing to do with sin. John testified about His glory. The reason that John baptized with water and taught the people to fast is so that the Holy Spirit would rest upon them. If it were to be because of our money or education none of us would be qualified to be here. Brethren, if this phenomenon had taken place in America or London, they would rule the whole world. The Spirit which caused Our Lord Jesus Christ to resurrect from the dead is who the whole world professes to know; but still knows nothing about Him.The Spirit which enabled Our Lord Jesus Christ to overcome the whole world is the Spirit present in our midst. It is with this Spirit that Our Lord Jesus Christ commanded His disciples to go and heal the sick and raise the dead; and when they went these signs came to pass. With this Spirit Our Lord Jesus Christ was able to overcome all those who conspired to destroy the Father's work. This is the Spirit which we seem not to know. It is just like throwing precious jewels before pigs. The Europeans, in their search for the Spirit have gone naked, refused to marry and even lived in the bush. You cannot equate the Spirit with any mundane things God is supreme and great. God had said that the covenant He would make with us is not like the one He made with our forefathers, in which He abandoned them when they went astray. If the Holy Spirit has allowed us to go our own way we would have strayed and perished. GOD IS LOVE, GOODNESS, AND KINDNESS. THAT IS WHY HE HAS COME TO THE BLACK RACE HAVING SEEN THAT THE BLACKS ARE FILLED WITH EVIL AND WICKED ATTITUDES. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT HE HAS MADE A NEW COVENANT WITH US, AS

OPPOSED TO THE FORMER ONE HE MADE WITH OUR FOREFATHERS. AT THE FULLNESS OF TIME, "I WILL CALL THEM MY PEOPLE WHICH WERE NOT MY PEOPLE; AND HER BELOVED, WHICH WAS NOT BELOVED."(Rom 9:25). I want you to realize that this work is not done by you or by flesh and blood, but by the Holy Spirit. Many of you refer to people as teachers, doctors, lawyers, and give other people glory that they can heal, raise the dead, compose songs. When we say these things we are blaspheming. There is nobody who can compose songs apart from the Holy Spirit. When you refer to someone as a good visioner, there is no visioner except the Holy Spirit. You give glory to human beings by referring to a particular person as a good charm-remover. No one can extract charms except the Holy Spirit. You say that man is generous. No one has generosity apart from the Holy Spirit. You say, that person is powerful. No one is powerful except the Holy Spirit. You say a person is very intelligent or knowledgeable. I am telling you that no one has wisdom. We should refrain from giving vain glory to ourselves and to other people. INSTEAD WE SHOULD GIVE ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT. He has not come in a simple way but in a way which baffles the whole world. HE HAS NOT COME AS A STRANGER OR AS THE SON. HE HAS COME AS THE TRINITY OF GOD THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. He has not come to play but to reform the whole world. If you like you can run to the moon, the depths of the seas, you will find Him in all these places. If you like you can project to the moon. When you reach there, you will find Him there. The Holy Spirit has consumed the pride of the world. He has subdued the most stubborn of men

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Just as the Holy Spirit entered into our Lord Jesus Christ, and rebuilt Him to be like a stone, so also has He remolded each of us like a stone. Our vile bodies are now being raised up to resemble the glorious body of Christ. I pity those who go to hospitals for injections, and those who go to consult native doctors. There is no injection or medication which has power over you. There is no gun or any destructive weapon that has power over you. It is not you of yesterday who are sitting down here. The old things have passed away. Everything has now been made anew. The world has testified that no matter how wicked a person may be, if he comes to Brotherhood of the Cross and Star even for one day,

he is bound to be reformed. People always ask why is it that when a person comes to Brotherhood his behavior changes completely. You have no answer to give. When you are asked why is it that when no one can charm you or harm you when you come to Brotherhood, you have no answer to give. The majority of you have hope in the Holy Oil because you feel that all the power is concentrated there. All the ordained ones place their hopes in their girdles. That is why when anything happens they send for their girdles. THESE PEOPLE HAVE DIVERTED THEIR ATTENTION FROM THE SOURCE OF THE RIVER TO THE ITS TRIBUTARIES. Brethren all the words you speak are nothing but spirit. Your entire body is spirit. All the clothes you put on are spirit. Even the food you buy and eat become spirit. All your footsteps are spirit though you do not know this. When you give someone a handshake that is spirit. It is for this reason that you are warned not to utter any evil words because any word spoken by Christ is power. Brethren, the Spirit which dwells here is the source of everything in this kingdom. It is the one that heals, preaches, gives vision, renders songs, and does everything in this new kingdom. Therefore academic excellence or worldly wisdom has no place here. Many people come here with the intention of investigating Brotherhood to know the source of the power. I am asking you, "What do you find in Brotherhood?" Many of us suspect that the source of the power is in the vestry; but when we go in there we cannot see this power. So we begin to wonder whether it is at 26 Mbukpa Street, Calabar. When we do not see it there we suspect that it might be found in the Biakpan Water. When we go to Biakpan, and fail to find this power, we are left bewildered. Many people have been asking why the brethren in Brotherhood are filled with the Holy Spirit but when they backslide they become empty. And so people begin to suspect that the Holy Father extracts the power from them. This statement is not true. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “Anyone who believes and is baptized shall be saved.” (Mark 16:16). Anyone not born of water and of the Spirit cannot enter into the kingdom of God.(John 3:5) No matter how educated you are, or how much you have studied, when the Spirit does not dwell in you, you are useless. Anyone without the Holy Spirit is deaf and blind. This is the reason why Our Lord Jesus Christ did not ask anyone who they were, because the Holy Spirit in Him revealed everything about everyone.

(John 2:24-25)This Spirit also enabled Him to read people's minds. (Matt 9:4/Luke 5:22). IT IS THIS SPIRIT WHO IS GOD; AND HE ALONE IS ABLE TO REVEAL THE LIKES AND DISLIKES OF GOD. WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT IS SIN, AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING GOOD, AND YOU WILL NOT KNOW GOD. IF YOU LACK THE HOLY SPIRIT, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU READ THE BIBLE FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EVEN ONE VERSE. THE REASON IS THAT THE HOLY BIBLE IS WRITTEN IN SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE. WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT RESTS UPON YOU, IT WILL REVEAL THE BIBLE FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION TO YOU. WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD ENTERS INTO YOU, NO ONE NEEDS TO DIRECT YOU IN ANYTHING. YOU WILL BECOME AN EXPERT IN EVERYTHING DONE IN BROTHERHOOD. THIS HOLY SPIRIT WILL TEACH YOU EVERYTHING, AND DIRECT YOU TO DO ALL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR YOU. Brethren, we are so fortunate to have been given this Spirit free of charge because we did not go to the mountain to pray or go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem in order to have this Spirit. We did not suffer or labor for it, but it has been given to us free of charge. The people of old sought for this Spirit to an extent they went naked, but they did not receive it. This is what makes people to believe that God no longer exists. This is why they decided to help themselves, and establish secret societies and other cults. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE LOVE OF GOD, THE WISDOM OF GOD, AND EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO GOD. ONCE YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU ARE GIVEN THE POWER AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT GOD. AT THIS TIME WE ARE LAYING EMPHASIS ON LOVE AND YOU CANNOT HAVE LOVE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT SINCE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LOVE. Man is just like a doll. He has eyes but he cannot see. He has legs but he cannot walk. Man is like a grave. On the outside it is well adorned but when you open it, the inside is filled with bones. WE HAVE TO GIVE GLORY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE HE HAS NO BEGINNING AND HE HAS NO END. We are unrighteous and unholy. We are not worthy

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to receive the Holy Spirit. The spirit that dwells in the world and operates in all churches is nothing but elementary spirits. Are you not surprised to see members of the churches drumming, clapping their hands, drinking, and committing terrible sins? This is because they are directed by the spirit of the world. WHEN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS ON EARTH, IN THE FLESH, HE DID NOT CLAP HIS HANDS OR BEAT DRUMS OR DO ANY OF THE THINGS WHICH THE CHURCHES ARE DOING. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST DID NOT READ THE SEVEN BOOKS OF MOSES OR GO TO THE MOUNTAINS TO PRAY. HE WAS SOLELY DIRECTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. NOW THIS SAME HOLY SPIRIT HAS RESTED ON EVERYONE OF US, AND HE HAS MADE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS HIS DWELLING PLACE. HE IS DWELLING IN US, AND HAS REMOVED ALL SINS FROM US, AND MADE US ONE WITH HIM. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE BOLDNESS BEFORE MEN AND THE ANGELS. THERE IS NO HUMAN BEING OR ANGEL WHO DOES NOT BOW DOWN TO THE CHILDREN OF GOD. It is not meant for you that you should understand yourselves to the extent that I am revealing to you. It seems to me that if you were to understand yourselves, you would be so proud and pompous. This is why He does not want us to understand ourselves beyond this limit. It is for others to know us. Read the First Lesson.

WILL GO AND FIGHT. NOW HE HAS COME BY HIMSELF, WITHOUT SENDING ANYONE. THIS IS THE REASON WHY HE HAS REVEALED HIMSELF TO HIS CHILDREN. If you go to the spiritual churches like Cherubim and Seraphim, Mount Zion, those churches who profess to be filled with the Holy Spirit, you will find them drinking, smoking and snuffing. In short, while you will see them falling about and claiming to be moved by the Holy Spirit, they will make meaningless sounds, attempting to speak in tongues. All these things amount to total deceit because there is nothing there. They burn incense, light candles, and sprinkle perfumes. ALL THESE SHOW THAT THEY ARE BEING DIRECTED AND LED BY ELEMENTARY SPIRITS. They are directed to go to the riverside, and offer sacrifices; go to mountain tops; and they also draw circles. THESE ARE ALL THE DIRECTIVES OF THE WORLDLY SPIRITS.

THERE IS NO OTHER CHURCH WHICH HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT EXCEPT BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR.

"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God."

Brethren this is why people from Mount Zion, Apostolic Church, and secret societies come to you in a crafty way to ascertain the source of this power. Today they are being deceived into believing that the power is concentrated in the Holy Oil. THE HOLY OIL COMES FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT IS ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO CAN REVEAL TO YOU THAT IT IS NOT GOOD TO DRINK OR FORNICATE. ONCE YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU WILL SEE YOUR NAKEDNESS, AND REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOTHING BEFORE GOD. NO MATTER HOW HIGHLY EDUCATED YOU ARE OR HOW WEALTHY YOU ARE, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL EXPOSE YOUR NAKEDNESS BEFORE GOD, AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE EMPTY.

Brethren, have you heard the text which has been read out to you? When I refer to the spirit and the flesh, I mean the spirit which operates in the world, which is the elementary spirit. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS DIFFERENT. The spirit of the world operates only here in this world. THE SPIRIT IN OUR MIDST IS GOD ALMIGHTY WHO HAS DESCENDED TO DWELL WITH US. IT IS SAID THAT WHEN THE WAR IS FIERCE, THE KING HIMSELF

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GIVES US. We must not do things according to the worldly wisdom or according to our independent volition. SOMEONE WHO GOES TO SCHOOL IS ONE THING, BUT FOR YOU TO HAVE A TEACHER TO TEACH YOU IS ANOTHER THING. IT IS MOST ESSENTIAL THAT YOU LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER, AND PUT HIS INSTRUCTIONS INTO PRACTICE. IF YOU HAVE A TEACHER, AND YOU DO NOT LISTEN TO HIM, OR PAY ANY ATTENTION TO HIM, EVEN IF YOU REMAIN IN THAT SCHOOL FOR TWENTY YEARS IT MEANS NOTHING. Many of you here do not listen to your teacher. This is what causes your problems. THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME TO LEAD YOU TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH. HE TEACHES YOU NOT TO FORNICATE BUT YOU PAY DEAF EARS TO HIM, AND YOU CONTINUE TO FORNICATE. HE TEACHES YOU THAT THERE IS NO JUJU, AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN SUCH DIABOLICAL THINGS, YET YOU CONTINUE IN THEM. HE TEACHES YOU NOT TO TELL LIES BUT YOU CONTINUE TO TELL LIES. ALL THESE INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN YOU THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO BUT YOU HAVE REFUSED TO PRACTICE THEM. THE INSTRUCTIONS I AM GIVING YOU NOW ARE BEING RECEIVED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IN DIFFERENT PLANES OF MANIFEST. THIS IS WHY I TELL YOU THAT I AM IN HEAVEN DECLARING ALL THESE WORDS TO YOU. EVEN IF YOU ARE SLEEPING YOU ARE RECEIVING THESE INSTRUCTIONS. THE TROUBLE IS THAT YOU REFUSE TO PUT MY TEACHINGS INTO PRACTICE. ALL THOSE IN THEIR OFFICES, THOSE IN THE MARKET PLACES, THE FARMS, THOSE WALKING IN THE STREETS HEAR THESE TEACHINGS; FOR THEY ARE ALL BEING TAUGHT IN THE SPIRIT. I DO NOT TEACH YOU ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. YOU MUST NOT LISTEN TO THE FLESH OR TO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO DWELLS IN YOU, AND HAS REFORMED YOU. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE POSITION OF THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER. OTHER TEACHERS IN THE WORLD ARE MERELY

TEACHERS BUT THE ONE IN OUR MIDST IS A SUPERNATURAL TEACHER. Are you all aware that the body you were born with is not the same body you have now? Who among you realizes that the original body has been demolished, and that this new body is under the control of the Holy Spirit? RIGHT FROM THE DAY YOU RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU WERE COMPLETELY CHANGED. OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY. It is only when you lack the Holy Spirit that you act according to the directives of the flesh. If you have the HOLY SPIRIT you become totally demolished and this vile body HAS BECOME THE GLORIOUS BODY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. YOU DO ALL THE SAME WORK AS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST DID WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT RESTED UPON HIM. HE WAS LED INTO THE DESERT TO BE TEMPTED FOR FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS. Unfortunately for you, but fortunately for Our Lord Jesus Christ, before He was led into the desert He had already passed through the primary school, the secondary school, and the post-secondary school, and so for Him to graduate into the university was not difficult. In your own case, you have never been to school but you wake up and find yourself in the university. This is what is happening to all of you. IT HAS PLEASED GOD TO USE THINGS DESPISED AND REJECTED TO CONFOUND THE WISDOM OF THE MIGHTY. THEREFORE GOD HAS USED US TO CONFOUND THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD. YOU CAN SEE THAT GOD DOES EVERYTHING TO GIVE GLORY TO HIMSELF. It surprises the people of the world when they see the children of God who have never been to school and yet they do things that graduates and post-graduates cannot do. At the moment you are telling lies and fornicating but when you come across a sick person and you say, "LET..," that person becomes well. People wonder what type of power this is. A person can point a gun at you but he would not be able to pull the trigger. Some others send thunder to destroy you but thunder would not come to you. In fact all their plans against you have always met with failure. For this reason the people are confounded. It has pleased the Father to do this for you even though you do not realize that you are beyond human destruction. If you enter into the house of a juju doctor, all his juju are destroyed forever. Your problem is that since

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you feel that you are sinful the power of the Holy Spirit is not dwelling in you. I AM ASSURING YOU THAT THIS SAME SPIRIT WHICH CAUSED OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO RESURRECT FROM THE DEAD IS THE ONE DWELLING IN YOU. THIS SPIRIT HAS ENTERED INTO YOU AND DEMOLISHED YOU SO THAT YOU HAVE EQUAL POWER WITH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. "He who believes in me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do,...."(John 14:12). Some of you say that you are the only Brotherhood in your family. I advise you not to speak in this way. If I were to give you the power of the spoken word, that whatever you say must come to pass, you would harm yourselves. Therefore I overruled it. I have not given you that power yet. As the Father has given us this power, He has made it that whatever He says is final. When the Father says that the whole world is Brotherhood, and you say that you are the only Brotherhood in your family, you have no right to say this, so the Father overrules it. The Father's word is final. For instance if you are indebted to someone in Lagos, and you are living in Calabar, if someone tells you that he has paid the debt, if you go to Lagos you will not be afraid of your debtors arresting you. In times past, you were afraid of your debtors arresting you and in times past, you were riddled with fears, but it has pleased the Father to redeem you and give you the Holy Spirit which has turned you into spirit. You do not realize that you are no longer a human being but a spirit. There is no visioner who can see that it is THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. THIS IS WHY I HAVE COME AS YOUR LEADER TO KILL THE FLESH, AND GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT DOMINION IN YOU. None of you is any longer in the flesh. It is the Holy Spirit who has taken dominion, and is ruling now. Today if you decide not to go to the Bethel, you will find yourself the first person to be there because the flesh is dead, and it is the spirit which leads. The day you decide to remain at home, you will find yourself going on ministry work to so many places because you are no longer the owner of yourself. There is none of you who knows how he comes into this kingdom. You do not know where you are going and where you are coming from. The Spirit can go anywhere it likes and the flesh has no power to question it. As you bore the image of the earthly man, so must you bear the image of the heavenly man. YOU SHOULD REALIZE THAT YOU NOW

RESEMBLE OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ALL YOUR ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS ARE NOW CONTROLLED BY CHRIST. YOU ARE NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS. ALL YOUR FACULTIES ARE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. This is why you have no other thought than the fact that the whole world should become Brotherhood. Your Brethren in the world testify that you do not go into their houses alone. This is true because it is the Spirit who does the going out and coming in. Now if you plan to kill the Spirit, can you kill the Spirit? THE SPIRIT ONLY WEARS THE FLESH AS A GARMENT. Just like the soutane you wear. I do not know why I am exposing all these mysteries to you now. The people of the world say, "Look at this small child who has not even been to school. Are you going to preach to me?" IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS DOING THE WORK. YOUR MAJOR ASSIGNMENT AND MINE IS TO LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. You can plan to go to a certain place and make a statement. If the Holy Spirit does not give you the authority, you will go to that place, and you will come out without saying a word. All the notes we make in our diaries of what we plan to do, none of them is carried out. YOU CAN ONLY BEHAVE ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTIVES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THIS IS TO PROVE TO YOU THAT GOD HAS PASSED IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS TO DO HIS WORK ON EARTH. You may plan to trade or engage in a business but unless this is sanctioned by the Holy Spirit, you will not succeed. SINCE HE CONTROLS YOUR MIND AND YOUR ACTIONS, IF HE WANTS YOU TO WORK, HE WILL GIVE YOU A JOB. WHEN HE DOES NOT WANT YOU TO WORK, HE WILL TAKE THE JOB FROM YOU. Initially other people used to give you advise, not knowing that they are advising God. This is why you look at them as people lacking in understanding. When a person leaves Brotherhood, he is only on ministry work to go and bring in other sheep. When you backslide from Brotherhood, it only means that the Holy Spirit has sent you on ministry work, either to Apostolic, Qua Iboe, Mount Zion, or even in prison. Our brethren who are in the prisons are there to preach the gospel, and to liberate those in prison.

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Brethren, we have no problems. There is no sickness for us and there is no death for us. We are free because the flesh is now dead, and

the Spirit has taken His reign. Since God does His things slowly He gave the flesh a breathing space. This is why people feel that the Holy Spirit no longer exists. People have been asking when they shall go to heaven.

I am asking you where are you now, are you not in heaven? People are asking when they will be changed in the twinkle of an eye. I am telling you that all of you have already been changed. Read the Second lesson again. How many times do you want God to change you? He is the fire that consumes, and the Spirit that gives life. Brethren, have you heard that? The Spirit has demolished and rebuilt you. You are no longer the same with the past. I have been observing the visioners. I have never heard them reveal this. All that they see is juju and witchcraft binding their hands and feet. They see how mermaids are disturbing you. They only see how your entire household has been sold to witchcraft so they advise you to abandon your household and live in the Bethel. ALL THOSE VISIONS COME FROM THE ELEMENTARY SPIRITS. WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT RESTS UPON YOU, THE FLESH BECOMES DEAD AND THE SPIRIT MAKES YOU TO RESURRECT AND YOU BECOME SPIRIT. THE SAME SPIRIT THAT CAUSED OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO RESURRECT HAS ALSO RAISED YOU UP AND NOW RESTS UPON YOU. SINCE YOU HAVE DIED ONCE AND RESURRECTED THERE IS NO MORE DEATH FOR YOU. ETERNAL LIFE IS YOURS. LABOR AND WORK HARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LIVE FOREVER. NOW THAT YOU HAVE MADE PLANS FOR YOUR DEATH, I AM ASSURING YOU THAT THERE IS NO DEATH FOR YOU, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT. ETERNAL LIFE IS YOURS FOREVER. IF THE SPIRIT WHICH CAUSED OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO RESURRECT RESTS UPON YOU, IT MEANS YOU HAVE OVERCOME DEATH. If He likes to

send you to the depths of the sea you will go. Perhaps the water kingdom is lacking in workers. Therefore, you may be assigned to go and work there. You can be sent to work in the sun, you may be sent to work it the prison because they are all lacking in preachers there. You may go to offer prayers in the hospital. The staff may ask you to return later. If it pleases the Father He may send you there as a patient to work. The way and manner He will assign you to duties will be unknown to you. You may ask that since you pray for the sick and they are healed and the Father has said that you will not be sick or die, how then will you go to the Hospital? Ask whether you will not go? When the Father wants to send you on that ministry work, you would become sick, and no prayer would cure you. No amount of Holy Oil will heal you. When you are asked if you will go to the Hospital or not, you reply that you do not go to the hospital, but you would be forced to go. And though you may be a patient, you will find yourself praying for the other patients, and also praying for them. You may remain there for a month or two, as it pleases the Father because you do not own yourself. When it is the fullness of time, He would discharge you. When you witness this situation, do not blame any one. If the Holy Spirit does not want you to go to the Hospital, nobody can force you to go. Refrain from asking why a person should do this or that. If I were to go deeper into this mystery you would not understand. Prophet Ezekiel said, the bones shall rise again.(Eze 37:7-10). If the bones shall rise again, what can the Holy Spirit not do? If I did not know Him to be the Father of love, and mercy, I would have run away from Him. It is the Holy Spirit who does everything. All the instructions which you do not obey are written on your palms. You have been driving about without meeting any police check points. One day you decide to go to the market. You are stopped by the police, and it is discovered that your documents are not in order and they are incomplete. The case then is taken to court. You begin to shout Olumba Olumba Obu is before and behind me. When you are given a fine to pay and you do not pay on time, you find yourself facing imprisonment. You can curse the magistrate, and cause any amount of confusion, and the Holy Spirit will protect you. If He wants you to go and work in the prison, you will get thrown into prison for the smallest offense. No matter how you will call on the name of the Father, He will not redeem you because He wants you to go and work in the prison. Judas Iscariot betrayed our Lord

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"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."

Jesus Christ because He knew that there was no power that could cause Him to be arrested. He had witnessed many instances in which people tried to arrest Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Christ disappeared from them. Judas Iscariot's own plan was to take the money from the high priest and disappear. When his hope to trick the high priest failed he threw down the money, and went and hanged himself. This was so because Judas realized that Our Lord Jesus Christ had been condemned to death. Remember what happened in the Cameroons? Dinka did not know that he was destined to go on ministry work in the prison in order to reveal the glory of God. When Dinka received the document to practice as a lawyer, he did not study the document to know whether it was forged or not. He was not interested because he knew nothing could happen to him. This was because the Father wanted to use this way to reveal His own glory. When the forgery was discovered, they were all arrested and imprisoned. The Holy Spirit owns all the parts of your body. He alone owns your eyes, ears, nose, brains, mind and conscience. Since the flesh is dead the Spirit has taken dominion. Brethren, this is why we must humble ourselves before the Lord, because He can lead us anywhere He likes, and none can question His authority. Within a short time you will see millionaires, billionaires, kings and queens, lords, and heads of states all coming before the Father. Where in the world have you ever seen millionaires mingling with paupers? In the world there is so much class distinction. The wealthy people cannot mix with poor ones. In the world the millionaires are supreme because everyone looks up to them. This is why our Lord Jesus Christ said that it is very difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God (Luke 18:25). What does a rich man want there? In this kingdom we do not have millionaires or paupers. No one is ugly or beautiful. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS ALL IN ALL. In the world people worship money. Everybody wants to have money by all means. If you ask some one to bring out some money, a quarrel can break out. IN GOD'S KINGDOM WE DO NOT VALUE MONEY OR ANY MUNDANE THING. SINCE THE FATHER DWELLS IN US, WE ONLY GLORY IN THE GOOD VIRTUES SUCH AS LOVE, PEACE, MEEKNESS, HUMILITY, LONGSUFFERING, PATIENCE ETC. OUR DUTY IS TO RESEMBLE THE FATHER, EXACTLY. Just as our Lord Jesus Christ called the Jews children of vipers, so also in this new kingdom, we do not value millionaires, lawyers, or any other people who are

worshipped in the world. This is why the world says that Brotherhood do not count on positions. SINCE THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS IN YOU, YOU DESPISE ALL WORLDLY THINGS. When you visit your family, they will show you their storey buildings and other material possessions. They will try to convince you to come and enjoy with them. While they are trying to convince you, you begin to testify about God and show absolutely no interest in their material acquisitions. By the time you depart they begin to wonder what kind of person you are. When people testify that their wives have delivered babies or have acquired material gains, you only pity them and ask the Father to open their eyes to see this new kingdom as you are seeing it. All your mind will be just like the Father. FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT DO THIS WORK. UNLESS YOU HAVE THE SAME SPIRIT AS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOU CANNOT SUCCEED IN THIS WORK, BECAUSE FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT ACCOMPLISH THIS ASSIGNMENT. THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD NOT GIVE GLORY TO ANY HUMAN BEING BUT TO GOD WHO OUT OF HIS LOVE HAS DESCENDED TO GIVE US THIS SPIRIT. Read the Golden Text.

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GOLDEN TEXT: MATTHEW 3:16 "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straight out of the water: and, lo, the heavens opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him." Brethren, have you heard that? Many people ask why you should be steadfast in Brotherhood. You have a wife, children, money, and everything. When you hear such a question you feel sorry for the person asking such a question. This person is your junior, and is not even educated; but he asks you why you humble yourself so much in Brotherhood. Your only reaction is to ask the Father to forgive him because he knows not what he is saying. The greatest problem now facing you is to refrain completely from sin, and resemble the Father. Your interest is not in anything material. Your other major problem is how to convert the whole world into Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. This is why you wonder how you would convert your family so that they may not perish. If a person in Lagos wants to see the Father you are prepared to borrow the money to give to him, so that he may come.

You plead day and night to remain with the Father, though you are miserable sinners. Our anxiety to remain with Father could be likened to a Father who when he wants to go out gives his children food so that they may not cry. Immediately the Father leaves the house all the children abandon the food, and run after the Father. Even those who own buildings and numerous cars, if they hear the Father is leaving this place, they would abandon all their wealth and children to follow the Father. I want you to show me anything in the whole world that is greater than this kingdom. YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF THIS WORLD, BUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. None of us is interested in the things of this world anymore. All our mind is now focused on how to be with the Father and how to refrain from sin. This is why you attribute everything to the Father. IT IS ONLY THE FATHER WHO HEALS, PRAYS, AND DOES EVERYTHING. When people try to tell you that you are responsible for doing anything, you tell them that it is not you but the Father. For this reason the world marvels and people ask you where this Father is to be found. Your only desire is to make the whole world know the Father, either through charity, gospels, songs, or testimonies. In fact everything you do is in order to convince the people to believe in the Father. When you see someone canvassing for contracts, do not say that he has backslided; rather go and convince him to believe in the Father. Those in the civil service are there solely to convert the whole world to the Father. You can now see that it is not flesh and blood that is doing the work but the Holy Spirit. Since the creation of the world, there has never been one person who remains in one place, praying, fasting and delivering the gospel from morning until evening. In this place the people come and sit down foolishly though there is no drink or any other worldly thing to be found here. In the places where the worldly people assemble, though they have drinks, beautiful women, food and everything, they cannot remain in one place for more than an hour without going out. The major work that the Holy Spirit has done is to demolish you and remold you, by removing all the pride and evils from you and taking absolute dominion over you. The vision of John the Divine has manifested. As it says that the Kingdoms of this world have become the kingdom of Jehovah God and His Christ and He shall reign forever and ever (Rev 11:15). All your pride, craftiness, arrogance, and stubbornness, are they still in you? You will be surprised to see

handsome men, beautiful women, educated people, highly placed persons, all congregating here. No matter how ugly you may be, or how dirty or filthy or crooked you may be, once the Holy Spirit enters into you, you are reformed and made handsome and beautiful. No matter how foolish you are, once the Holy Spirit enters into you, you become reformed, and you become the king of knowledge. No matter how sinful you maybe, when the Holy Spirit descends into you, you become like Our Lord Jesus Christ. Even if you are a slave under someone, immediately the Holy Spirit descends on you, you become a king. WHO IS THIS HOLY SPIRIT? IS IT NOT GOD? Why do you continue to tell people to come to 34 Ambo or 26 Mbukpa; are you not 34 Ambo and 26 Mbukpa yourselves? YOU SHOULD GIVE ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE ALL OF YOU ARE SAVED. WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT INITIALLY ENTERS INTO YOU, JUST AS IT LED OUR JESUS CHRIST TO THE DESERT, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF COMPLAINING OF ACHES, AND PAINS IN THE HANDS, STOMACH, HEAD, AND EVERYWHERE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A CONSUMING FIRE WHEN IT ENTERS, IT BURNS ALL THE FILTH AWAY AND REMOLDS YOU. WHEN HE HAS FINISHED HIS WORK, YOU BECOME YOUNG AND FRESH. THE WORLD TODAY IS FILLED WITH POWER BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON EARTH. THIS IS WHY NO ONE IN THE WORLD CAN CONFRONT YOU. The world suspects there is something sinister in the power found in Brotherhood. WHAT IS IN BROTHERHOOD IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. If God can be killed then you can be killed. But as long as the Holy Spirit or God cannot be killed, you cannot be killed either. The whole world is thanking God that if He were not the God of Love, Peace, Mercy, Joy, etc., He would have destroyed them all. THIS SPIRIT IS HERE TO CONVERT THE WHOLE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF. This is why if you curse a person, the Father will bless that person and the person will testify how God, the Father has blessed him. The Spirit does not kill or punish. It rather remolds you and makes you younger and younger everyday. People run away from Brotherhood because they want to remain in the world and take vengeance. Once the Holy Spirit descends into you, you can no longer take vengeance. Rejoice because you and

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the entire world are saved. We have to listen to Him, to His likes and dislikes. He is the head, and you only have to second the motion. He is the government in power. Our duty is to conform to all His instructions. He does not seek for anyone's opinion before doing His will. He goes out quietly and does His work and comes back. He is not the kind of spirit who begs people to follow Him; and people make excuses that they want to go and bury their fathers first. Our Lord Jesus would look at them without doing anything. And so Brethren, I do not intend to be tedious with you. It is said that a stroke of the cane is sufficient unto the wise man. Let those who have ears to hear, hear. May God bless His Holy words. Amen. THANK YOU FATHER.

SIN: THE PRECURSOR OF DEATH FIRST BIBLE LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:26 "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." SECOND BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in His love." GOLDEN TEXT: 1 JOHN 3:14 "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brethren abideth in death." Brethren, we all should be happy and give thanks to the Father for the second advent of Our Jesus Christ. In His re-emergence, He has, among other duties, to take away death. We have to love Him alone for He (Christ) is the Greatest Teacher. It is for this reason that I do not relent in preaching the word of God to you, all year around. There is no other gospel greater than this, and this is so because man's greatest enemy is death. This sermon seeks to reveal the means of overcoming death. It is erroneous to blame the source of death and other vicissitudes that afflict man on juju (voodoo), mermaid, tree, water, air, sun, animals and other things. Know that it is sin that kills. The source of death is traceable to sin. This satisfies the word of God in the scripture, which states that: "The Wages Of Sin is death, but the gift of God is everlasting life."(Rom 6:23) The rain cannot kill you, fire cannot kill you; a tree is incapable of killing you; a snake cannot kill you, and no man can indeed, kill you. What kills a man is sin. It is for that reason that death has reigned, since the time of Adam and Eve, and even up till now. Therefore, no matter what you do to help fortify yourself, all such protective measures are in vain for your sins will always find you out. God is not responsible for your death, neither is Our Lord Jesus Christ or any other thing for that matter. The moment

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you commit sin, the consequence is an obvious issue. It is immaterial whether you hide inside a strongly fortified room, and you are under military guard; whether you surrender yourself to a team of medical doctors for checkup or take other measures to ensure that your life span is extended, your sins shall always find you out. Death is the ultimate effect. It is the consequence of sin. This sermon proves to you that Our Lord Jesus Christ is God. There is no person who is aware of the fact that the source of death is sin even though there are the so-called preachers that are found all over the place. If you steal, tell lies, indulge in idolatry, hate, get exasperated; if you quarrel or commit any vices, you have to face death. Otherwise why is it that one initiates into twenty secret societies, yet one is still subjected to death? Whosoever commits sin has surrendered himself unto death. God instructed Adam and Eve to eat of every fruit in the Garden of Eden except one; and He added that if they eat of it they shall die. The same punishment also awaits whosoever commits sin. Hence, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Matt 16:24). I have not advised you to refrain from sin so that you will have a wife, husband, child, or any material thing. Since our warfare is against death, my admonition is directed towards this goal. Whosoever does what is right, whosoever completely forsakes sins, has passed from death unto life. These indeed are the teachings which I have brought to mankind; however, man has rejected them. This gospel is from the Almighty God, and it was not revealed to me in a vision or dream. At the age of three years I had the knowledge of these facts. Now, I give this knowledge gratis. Consequently, whoever disobeys my teaching is doomed for you know not the one who is in your midst. If you were to know Him, you would not toy with His teachings. Whoever disobeys Him has failed and has perished. Our warfare, therefore, is against sin. A certain regime in the country came up with a social order tagged, "War Against Indiscipline (WAI). "Ours is "War Against Sin." (WAS). Sin is solely responsible for all the calamities and problems that plague mankind. Man did not know about this despite the fact that he had constantly been reading the Bible, and out of ignorance and frustration has given up. This recondite wisdom has been part and parcel of the Scriptures, which Our Lord Jesus Christ preached as the gospel of salvation, the Gospel of love. You will realize that since that time up till now, there is no person who has been able to practice His injunctions.

Death did not have dominion over our Lord Jesus Christ because He did not indulge in any act of sin. He knew fully well that if He engaged in any act of sinfulness He would surely die. If somebody calls you a thief or abuses you, and you get angry; or if you respond, you are in the warm embrace of death. If you resist an evildoer you are finished. If you tell lies, that is the worse thing you could do. If you bear anyone malice, if you curse, you surely have invited death unto yourself. What is the difficulty in practicing love? Love is the simplest and most profitable amongst the injunctions of God. Sins include the following activities: Stealing, telling lies, deceit, fornication, malice, murder, idolatry, and division, to mention a few. Death has no dominion over you if you adhere to the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. The words of our Lord Jesus Christ are true. He is the truth and speaketh the truth, and does the truth. He has come to take away death and give it a befitting burial. Whether the world believed Him or not, is irrelevant. It did not affect His performance. No matter how you could shout on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and even do so frequently, except you forsake sins completely, it avails you nothing. If you profess that Christ is God, is the Son of God, is the Creator and the Messiah, that will fetch you nothing. Unless you forsake sin, you are a moving corpse. Consequently if He had not come to teach man the love of one for another, there would not have been any salvation available for man. He is the only Messiah, the Savior, the Life, the Way, the only truth. For the words of our Lord Jesus Christ constitute life. It is said that each man shall bear his own burden (Gal 6:5). As this sermon is being preached to you, if you disobey, you are dead. If you claim to be the Father's son, daughter, relation or friend, it profits you nothing, if you do not forsake sins. Refrain from sins, and save yourself. The only source of your salvation is the practicing of this sermon and loving one another. If you do not love one another, you have yourself to blame. The commandment of the Lord is not burdensome. He has not asked you to give Him money, to fetch water or hew fire wood for Him, or do any other form of labor for him. He requires you to love one another even as He loves you. It is not God's pleasure that we should be sick or troubled, of our sins. That is why the scripture in Luke 15:7 states as follows: "I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance."What

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does it profit a man if he amasses wealth unto himself, tell lies, swindles, kills and oppresses others, just to prosper?(Mark 8:36) Know ye not that, death is awaiting you at the corner, as you indulge in these things. If you are a sinner, you will perish with your wealth. Who is to be blamed? If you know fully-well that fire burns, but you put your hand into it, why do you cry wolf. Right from Adam to Moses and the rest of the Patriarchs, who has ever given this kind of teaching? It is for that reason that Christ spoke through Paul in: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-3 saying, "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have no charity, I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Also, in Revelation 2: 4-5, it is stated that, "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent." There is no other source of salvation to mankind than to practice the gospel of love one another. Christ came, everybody saw Him, and He demonstrated the gospel of love unto every person. Yet nobody took Him seriously. He was rather spat on, derided, tortured and called names, yet He did not take any offence. He did not retort or revenge because He knew the consequence. He knew He would fail if He derailed. It is irrational, and indeed, unreasonable to use a bullet manufactured for killing elephant or other very big animals, to kill cats or fox. My mission is a to fight against sins, and not against flesh and blood. Many of you request the Holy Father to try to speak The Word so that you would prosper, so that you would have a wife or husband, and other mundane things. Are these my mission? All the same, if you should have all the things you request for, the question is are you saved? My mission includes the abolition of death through abstinence from sins. If you abstain from sins, you will not be sick, you will not be troubled and you will not die. Man has departed from the path of righteousness and rectitude, and my duty is to lead man, and bring him back to salvation. The whites whom you claim are wise do not have this knowledge. If they had, would they continue to cause the

troubles they are causing? All those who will practice this Gospel shall overcome death (John 5:24). Whoever possesses love has passed from death into Life. What did Christ say to that impotent man who was by the pool of Bethsaida for thirty years? "Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." (John 5:14). The problems that afflict man, the hunger and pains that plague man come about because of his sins. That was why He told Peter to put back his sword into its sheath; for whoever goes by the sword shall die by it. He continued, “Think ye that I have no power to request my Father to send down legions of angels, but if I do so how will the prophecy be fulfilled?" (Matthew 26:52-54) If you commission another person to kill, it is you who will be held responsible for the killing. If you instigate somebody to beat up another person, you are responsible for the beating. Whoever advises another person to divorce his wife or husband, or to commit any vice is responsible for the offence. It is for that reason we are advised that many of us should not be teachers; for the judgment of teachers is grave. All those who lead others astray have double punishment. That explains why mankind has continued to suffer right from the time of Adam. God has also commanded man to have no other god other than Him. Thus man has continued to disobey and has rather indulged in idolatry and shaping graven images unto himself. The only thing we have and should worship is God. If you love any other thing more than God you are doomed. Of a truth He is God, and His teachings are superb. Note the commandment, which states as follows."...Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment." (Matthew 22: 37-38)

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Have faith in God, and hope on Him alone. If you comply with the above commandment that you should love the Lord thy God with all you heart, soul and mind, have faith in Him, give your hope completely unto Him, then you are free. No person has ever loved the Father but hates the child. If you love God, you will, of a necessity, love all things created by Him. He created the air, sun, moon, stars, water, animals, fishes birds, etc., and abides in them. Whoever loves God will love His creation, for they are all part and parcel of God. If we love Him, we will obey Him and keep all His commandments. The last enemy man has is death. Wherever there is a sinner such a place is in disorder. If you have

a fornicator, a liar, a murderer, or one who practices tribalism in your midst, such a group is thrown into disunity and pandemonium. All the inventions made by man are to enhance his ability to commit sins. Machets, guns and other dangerous weapons are manufactured for this purpose. Man has various forms of devices for protecting Himself; for instance, security forces we assembled to enforce Laws and protect life. Also armaments are kept for this purpose, yet life and peace have continued to elude man. How can man be protected? How can he obtain freedom, peace and eternal life when he is still indulging in sin? See the first lesson below.

Man is so afraid of death, yet he does not know that death is derivable from sin. If you disobey God, if you steal, if you fornicate and dishonor your parents, you shall die. Death has no power over you if you are sinless and without blemish. All sinners are slaves to death. Your energy should therefore be directed towards fighting against sin and death, which is our last enemy. Our Lord Jesus Christ should have explained this statement, if He had not spoken in parables. It is my duty as the Supernatural Teacher to explain this condition clearly to you with all authority. Our Lord Jesus Christ came to take away our sins, and so, He surrendered Himself as a Supreme Sacrifice. Today, the assignment is different. He has come to destroy death. God is a Spirit and His children are of the same element. Since God cannot be destroyed, His children cannot be destroyed either. Christ hung on the cross because of our sins and that was why He declared, "It is finished." (John 19:30) That marked an end to hostilities and sinfulness, and opened a new chapter of love. If man had practiced the gospel of love, he would have overcome death. His advent marked a new era of love and peace. The Father wanted a spotless blood to be shed once and for all. He came but the world rejected Him and persecuted Him. Despite the offense against Him, Christ did not impute sin upon any person. He demonstrated what He wanted to do to all the inhabitants of the world. The best thing to do therefore is not only in hearing the words of God only, but also in practicing them. Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Sermon on the Mount.(Matt 5: 39-48) had implored:

"But I say unto you, that ye resist not evildoers but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also, And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat let him have thy cloak, And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for them which despitefully use and persecute you: that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the unjust. For if ye love them which love You, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only what do yet more than others? Do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Christ came to affirm the Commandments. Moses did not have the complete knowledge; and so he did not reach the accurate wisdom of truth. Moses was himself a physical and carnal man and that explains why he collected the commandments from an Angel. He was completely ignorant of the truth and knew not its essence. The same case is applicable to you all today. None of you knows the efficacy of the word of God, that you should love one another even as He loved you. If you were to know, you would not indulge in any form of sin neither will you disobey. There is nothing in the world worthy of seeking after and craving for, except Eternal Life. Our desire and goal is eternal life. Any sin a man commits throws him in geometrical retrogression. If you commit the second sin. You will become very old, and if you commit the third one, you will become very, very, old. Then, if you go further to commit another, you will forfeit your life. Under geometrical progression, if you do one good thing, you will become young. If you do another good thing, you will become younger, and the next good thing you do again makes you youngest. Subsequently, if you continue in goodness, you will attain eternal life. However, no one was created to be afflicted, to be sick or to die: The cause of man's problem is sin. Many people have undertaken to investigate Brotherhood and its activities. Many academicians have carried out studies and researches into Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, but up till now, they have not been able to come out with any tangible and

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FIRST BIBLE LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:26 "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."

undisputable result. Worse still, they have never seen the virtue of love in Brotherhood. Everything revolves around love. Love is God, love is Christ, love is the Holy Spirit, love is power, love is eternal life. Love is wealth and love is the kingdom of God. People have gone to the sky, to the sun, to the moon and to the stars for various studies. None of these is important and even not one interests me. The only thing that interests me is LOVE which is the ultimate. Love is the fulfilling of the law With love, death is overcome. Our Lord Jesus Christ said: "Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." (John 15: 4-5). God is nothing other than love, and Christ and the Holy Spirit are nothing other than love. It means, therefore, that whoever possesses love has got the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Whoever has love is not hungry, does not lack, does not get sick and does not die. It is said that Love endures forever. But knowledge, prophecy and tongues shall vanish away. (1 Cor 13:8). The new heaven and the new earth is love. The Kingdom of God is no other thing than love. The children of God mean nothing else than love. The meaning of "Brotherhood" is also love; the meaning of "Cross" is love, and the meaning of "Star" is love. If you practice love, your light will always shine far and near. That explains the reason the Holy Father is here, yet His presence and power is felt all over the universe. It means that love is Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient. The Holy Father is everywhere: in your house, inside the water, in the air, in the Hades, etc. This ability is not restricted to the Father alone but to all who practice love. Love is the centerpiece of everything. It is the source of life, peace, prosperity and good health other virtues like patience, mercy, kindness, meekness, or truth, are all components of love. Our Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples, "Take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”(Luke 12:15). The children of Brotherhood and indeed the entire world, suffer because they lack this wisdom and truth which is love. There a nothing that is capable of uniting the whole world other than love. Every work that is done in this kingdom is executed by love. Whatever the offence that is committed against you, if you have

love, you will not take offence or punish. If somebody slaps you on the cheek, you should turn the other, and with joy. You lose nothing by practicing this sermon. If you love one another, you have overcome the world, and you are with the Father. Once you are with the Father, you will no longer hear and see anything evil, and you will not be exposed to any problem or danger. You may ask, why Our Lord Jesus Christ was arrested and killed? Immediately after the last supper, Christ saw the cup filled with the iniquities of the world. He prayed to Our Father saying, “If thou willeth, take this cup from me, but let it be according to Thy Will and not mine.” (Matt 26:39). He did that only as a mediator. When He did not drink of that cup, nobody was able to arrest Him Christ. God accepted that Christ should drink of that cup and be crucified, to indicate His abhorrence of sins, and the need to cleanse the world of evil. To show that death had no dominion over Him, Christ was resurrected on the third day. The world today is peddling the news that

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Christ is dead. All those who say this are false prophets. Many of you may have been asking, why it is that whatever offence any person commits against the Holy Father, He does not punish? The reason is that the Holy Father is an embodiment of love. See the second lesson below: SECOND BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in His love." Love is the only force that can bring us all together in everlasting unity. If you abide in love, it means you abide in God and have overcome death. You can see how He made it clear that anyone who keeps His commandment shall abide in His love as He kept His Father's commandments, and abides in love. Money, wealth, knowledge, power and mundane acquisitions do not denote love. In love, you do not tell lies, fornicate, hate, envy, murder or perpetrate evil thoughts and practices. Love does not backbite; neither does it display pride and arrogance. Love is not discriminatory. It accepts all and favors all. All things will pass

away but love will never pass away. Love does not grow old or weary. Love is life, good health, power, and wealth. It signifies the kingdom of God. All good things exist in love and emanate from it. The moment you practice love, death is subjected to you. This is so because love is life. When you abide in love, you abide in life, you will be in the Father and the father is you. It is in oneness with God that you can proudly proclaim:"..Death, where is thy sting?... The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law." (1 Cor 15:55-56) Examine the world; you will notice that there is no love. When you observed the activities of the whole world, laws and regulations govern it. Does this not show that they seek death and abide in it? Love is a negation of the law, and love is life. Every one who is under the law is under death, and is perished. The law was given as a temporary guide, and it carried sanctions. The manifestation of the Father and His Supernatural Teachings have put aside the law. The Almighty Father is physically present with His children. He is omnipresent, He is always with you. That is why poisonous meals have turned delicious and become highly nutritious for you. Do not be weary in performing good works. If one pushes you into the toilet, the feces shall become gold. If someone spits on you, the saliva becomes silver. This is the reign of the Holy Spirit. You are all witnesses to the fact that all negative plans of the worldly people turn positive and good for you. The time has passed when the law was your school-master. Now is the rule of love; for the Father Himself has come and has enjoined us to practice love. It is written in James 4: 17 that, "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." If you therefore, abide in sin, it therefore means you abide in death. It is also said that you should not be tired of doing good works (Gal 6:9). If you do good works to a point in your life, and you stop, you shall die, having departed from the path of life. You are directed not to allow evil to overcome you, rather, use good words to overcome evil (Rom 12:21), otherwise you shall die. Man money, house, car and other forms of mundane wealth are of the

flesh. Love is supreme. God is the controller and owner of all things. If you possess true love, you are free from all kinds of problems. Love is a must to every human being. I do not worship anything apart from love. Why do you attach importance to empty vessels? Why should you cast your love on objects? Love must be directed to God and His Creation. Everything shall pass away but love shall endure forever. You are all witnesses to the fact that all the laws promulgated by governments, groups, churches and communities are now based on love. Therefore, if you possess and express love for all the creations of God, you are very free. Show love for trees, snakes, animals, fishes, birds and all things visible and invisible. If you kill any of them they will in turn kill you. Do not conceive evil against any person, so that no person would plan evil against you; for once you plan evil against another person, someone else will plan evil against you. The sermons I deliver daily are not copied from any textbook or literature book. They are all practical, and have great effects on our daily lives. If you, therefore, depart from them, you are dead. Do not harden your hearts anymore whenever you hear His voice because it is dangerous for you to do so. It is said in Hebrews 12:25, "See that ye refuse Him not that speaketh: for if they escaped not who refused Him that speaketh on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from heaven." Recall what happened between our Lord Jesus Christ and Simon Peter? Peter had fished throughout the night, yet he had no catch. When our Lord Jesus Christ asked him to throw the net again out to sea, he was a bit skeptical. However, he did throw the net towards his right hand as directed by our Lord Jesus Christ, then he alone could not draw out the net and its contents because he had made a huge catch. Peter had the greatest catch of his life that morning (John 21:4-11). Elisha and Naaman had the same experience when Elisha told Naaman to go and bathe in the River Jordan Seven times, Naaman was reluctant to comply because he had been bathing in other bigger rivers. Besides, he had bathed in the Jordan several times. His servant pleaded with him to give the

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instruction a try. He did, and got healed. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, I judge him not for he hath the one that judgeth him, the words that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”(John12:49). Consequently, all God's children must hearken and practice His words. Let me reiterate the statement of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Luke 19: 27 that, "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." So, if you hearken to the words of God and practice same, all is well with you. If on the other hand, you refuse to practice the word of God, you are in for trouble.

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"We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brethren abideth in

Any person who loves his brethren has conquered death, sickness, lack, lamentation, and other unfortunate predicaments. When you practice love of one another your radiance shall be like bright lights, and this will subject many things under your control. I persist in preaching the word of God daily and all year round due to love and not for any other reason, like performing miracles, wonders and signs. It is my belief that these continuous sermons shall transform you from sinfulness unto sinlessness and enhance the attainment of eternal life. The performances of marvelous and miraculous feats are immaterial to me. Take for example, Lazarus who was raised from the dead, but did he not die again? I can pronounce that you are a millionaire, and it so happens, but will that give you life? If someone donates one billion pounds for your upkeep but thereafter and it turns out you lost all the wealth to armed robbers, of what gain is that to you? My motive is to give you eternal life through my supernatural teachings. This explains why I have not relented my efforts in teaching and admonishing you. This I do with practical examples and demonstration of love. In this kingdom, love reigns supreme. As brethren we should possess love so as to be worthy. People who do not have love are afflicted with problems and difficulties. They complain bitterly about lack, sickness, and other problems, which they erroneously attribute to witches and wizards. Witchcraft, juju, and mermaid do not exist. What is worrying you is your sins. You are suffering because you are a sinner. The words of the scriptures say: "If we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged: but when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world."(1 Corinthians 11:31-32) As had been said earlier on, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star wages: "War against Sin." We are seriously fighting against sin, no matter how small or big, sin must be eradicated completely. Our wages for this great warfare is the possession and expression of Universal Love for all and sundry. If you refuse to give out

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However, you are not the Word, for the Word practices itself. That is why He proclaimed: "Ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you." (John 15:3).You have refused to practice His words because you do not possess love, let alone love Him. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments."(John 14:15) All those who are not the children of God cannot receive these words. All those who are the children of God receive His words joyfully and put them into practice. They have no difficulty in practicing the word of God because His words have been part of them. The people of the world are now very interested in the teachings of Christ, as taught in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Many of them always inquire from you what the Father has said or directed. They are eager and willing to practice the teachings of the Holy Father as soon as they are aware of them. I am not asking you to practice love in order to get money, children or any form of mundane wealth. One thing is clear, and that is, if you have love, you have passed from death unto life. Re-examine the golden text. GOLDEN TEXT: 1 JOHN 3:14

some money to a brother who is in need you will not rest. This is so because your conscience will disturb you in respect of his welfare. Many people always flee from the premises of 34 Ambo Street Calabar, the Brotherhood World Headquarters, and they would not worship there even when they have committed sin. This is to confirm the saying that "The wicked ones run away when nobody pursues them." When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and committed sin, they dreaded the presence of God. This confirms the fact that sin instills fear into people. The moment you commit sin, your eyes are darkened and you become afraid of every little movement around you. The slightest knock on your door will send you shivering. Once you commit any vice you will always behold the evil consequences of sin that I have come to eradicate. Do not attribute your problems and failures to anybody, rather you should blame yourself, for it is said, "Man is the architect of his fate." Brethren this is the luckiest generation of all generations. If the Father had desired that man should perish, He would not have explained those things so plainly. A lot of people are asking what could be done to please the Holy Father. I do not expect anything from you. What I require and understand is the fact that whosoever loveth has passed from death unto life. FOR THIS REASON I HAVE COME SO THAT YOU ALL MAY POSSESS AND PRACTICE LOVE, AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. You rejoice over your children, wealth. I lament and sympathize with you because I know that as long as you are devoid of love, all those possessions are useless. No amount of wealth can save you. I relent no effort in teaching and demonstrating love to you. And because "The tree has not fallen, the axe cannot rest." Some people think that the gifts of vision, healing, prophecy, charm extraction, and raising the dead are enough to qualify them to have eternal life. That is not true. Without the possession of the virtues of love, you are a rebel. Some of you claim that you have been rewarded with evil for your good deeds. Subsequently, if you refuse to do that which is good, well, death is the resultant effect. You are enjoined to stop beating your child, wife, husband, 67

housemaid, or any other person you interact with. Do not begrudge nor plan evil against any person. Abhor sin or anything that will hurt your neighbor. Never perceive, or aid or abet any evil. These are the cardinal factors if you are seeking for eternal life. Our Lord Jesus Christ said in John 8:34-35 that: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, whosoever committeth sin is a servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house forever, but the son abideth forever." Do you want to live in the House of God forever? After a careful reading of this sermon, you will not consider Leader Olumba Olumba Obu stupid for not retaliating or paying back evil for evil. You will not blame Him for not confronting the world about their campaign of calumny against Him. The picture is now clear. After all, what have you committed against me? Whatever you do to me, I accept it in good faith. If for instance you push me into water, I will swim to the shore only to ask you what you would like to eat. The debt I owe the whole world is love. I am obliged to love all creation. However I am aware of the fact that you regard yourselves as being wiser than Leader Olumba Olumba Obu. Yes, of course my stupidity and your wisdom are left for posterity to judge. However I have nothing to do with any evil, hatred, or sin. You should realize that if a mad man runs off with your clothing while you are naked in the public pool or stream, and if you pursue him while you are still naked, you will be considered equally mad. That explains why you are implored not to resist an evildoer. Do not quarrel with the evildoer. If anyone snatches someone's wife, commits fornication, adultery or steals, he is courting death. What is your concern if somebody decides to make or purchase a girdle? You should not be worried since yours is not missing. What he or she has done does not affect you at all. These Christ’s students who have stayed with me for twenty-two years now are living witnesses that the Father has never failed to conduct morning prayers, morning services and evening devotions. The Father Himself carries out all the activities in this kingdom. He has never complained to any person, and he has not been weary. I stand for several hours 68

teaching, and yet I do not worry, provided you will hearken and change for the better. That is my wish for you, that you may be where I am, to behold my glory. I am not jealous of your possessing so much money or children. I want you to have everlasting life. If everybody comes here to listen to this sermon and endeavors to put same into practice, all will have life in abundance. What is the need of being healthy only to become sick tomorrow? What should make you to be wealthy today only to become a pauper the next season? What a vanity of life it is for you to resurrect today only to die again. If you have everlasting life, your wealth and good health will endure forever. It is sheer misconception to thank the Father for one's children and other material blessings. Endeavor to practice The Father's teachings, and abide by His injunctions to have everlasting life as your reward. Do not put your love and hope in material things. May the Lord bless His Holy Words, Amen. THANK YOU FATHER.

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bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." Golden Text: John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come." I want everyone to remain in complete silence. I also want everyone to open his mouth and sing this chorus. I want everyone to focus his attention on me. Do not look at any other thing or direction. The song is:- "He has come, He has come, He has come to rule the world. ....He has come to save the world. ........He has come to judge the world. .........He has come to lead the world." Olumba Olumba Obu, The Comforter, Being God Incarnate, Needs Not Be Taught By Any Person Brethren, what had been mentioned in the song are the qualities of the Holy Spirit. I do not intend to be tedious unto you but I want to tell you that all the eloquent testimonies borne by our Lord Jesus Christ about this time have all come to fulfillment. It is a truism that the man you call Olumba Olumba Obu has never attended any Bible College or Seminary, neither has He attended any Church, nor has He ever read the Bible, nor has He been taught by any human being. Every time I have to give testimony about this kingdom of God. It is not clear to you that this glory does not come from any human being. But this is the promise which God had made through the mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Have you not heard what He has said, "But the Comforter, even the Spirit of truth, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will bring to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you." Look around; have you seen anything different? The Word Of God Will Not Pass Away Until All Are Fulfilled You, who were not in the world, during the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, you have to revise and recapitulate the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, and then compare with what you find in the world today,

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whether there is anything different. That is why it is said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but the word of God will not pass away, until all be fulfilled."(Matt 5:18,24:35/Mark 13:31). The Teaching of Brotherhood Is The Revisitation and Recapitulation Of The Teaching Of The Christ People refer to the teaching of Brotherhood as a new doctrine. How is it a new teaching? Brotherhood teaches you love; teaches you the truth; teaches you mercy; teaches you patience; teaches you humility, teaches you forgiving one another; teaches you meekness and temperance; teaches you long suffering and all good virtues. Because our Lord Jesus Christ Himself is love; He is the truth; He is mercy; He is peace; He is humility; He is meekness and temperance; He is long suffering; He is righteousness; He is hope; He is joy; and He is everything to every man. The chorus you have heard tells you that the Holy Spirit has come to save the whole world. He has also come to teach the whole world the wisdom of the truth. He has come to protect all the inhabitants of the world. He has come to rule the whole world. He has come to save all the inhabitants of the world. He has come to recreate, and rebuild us and make us anew. He has come to love every human being. He has brought perfect peace, which will never depart from you. He has come to judge every human being. His judgement is true because He himself is the truth. With the truth He judges. He has not come to kill us; He has not come to punish us; but He has come to save us; to change and recreate us. He has brought peace and love unto us. The Holy Spirit Is Our Guardian He guards and protects us while we are asleep. He guards and protects us while we are walking along the street. In all ways whatever, He continues to guard and protect us. He gives us clothes. He provides us with food. He teaches us those things we did not know. He reminds us of those things we have forgotten. The Holy Spirit has in effect taught us everything. The Holy Spirit has come to teach us everything and bring to our remembrance whatsoever our Lord Jesus Christ had commanded, so that you may walk in His footsteps. The Christ Came To Preserve Men's Lives And so Brethren, you have to look around, whether you have not seen all those things being fulfilled. As we have been told in our first

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lesson, the Son of man has not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. When the disciples asked, "Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?"(Luke 9:54). Our Lord Jesus Christ replied, "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of." His spirit is the image and likeness of God; for God is love, the truth, meekness and temperance, humility, patience, long suffering, self-control, mercy, everlasting life and peace. Flesh and blood cannot do this work. It is only the Spirit which can do it. That is why I have been telling you that you should not look at the body. The spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ was the spirit of love. That is why I say that He was God. For His spirit was love, His spirit was the truth, peace, grace, everlasting life, and all other virtues. John The Baptist Came In The Power And Spirit Of Elijah (Luke 1:17). All that you do are based on the type of spirit with which you come. Elijah came first; and when John the Baptist came, people sought to know him in the flesh. But John came in the spirit and the power of Elijah. Our Lord Jesus Christ came in the Spirit of God. He was (and is) God. He came to save the whole world from death; and from tribulation and from affliction. That is why He said, "I did not come to judge the world, but to save it."(John 12:47) That is why our Lord Jesus Christ also said, "The Son of man did not come to be ministered unto but to minister and to give His life a ransom for many."(Matt 20:28). It was not our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, His body that people saw, which did those works. But the Spirit of God in Him, known by no one, was what did everything. That is why He said,"..Of mine own self, I can do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgement is true. For I seek not my own will, but the will of Him that sent me."(John 5:30). The Concept Of Equality It was said that our Lord Jesus Christ went to India to study different disciplines. He went nowhere, but it was the Spirit in Him which taught Him everything, and showed Him everything. When He went to India, He only went to teach the people. It was in India that He taught them about the concept of equality: that everyone should be equal. It was then that they planned to kill Him for teaching them the concept of equality.

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If you examine carefully, you will discover that the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ did not come from any human being but directly from God. He taught that man should not resist an evildoer (Matt 5:39); and "if any person demands that he should walk a mile with him, walk with him two miles (Matt 5:41); and if a man will sue him at the law to take away his coat, let him have his cloak also (Matt 5:40). Love your enemies, and bless them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you, pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you (Matt 5:44); that you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you only love those who love you, what will be your reward?" (Matt 5:45-46). Have you seen any person who practises the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ? Have you also found a person teaching others that same lesson? But He had said, "When He, even the Spirit of truth will come, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance whatsoever He had said unto you." The Holy Spirit Has Shown Man Everything I am always sympathetic with you; and I also laugh you to scorn when you say that Brotherhood is not found in the Bible. What testimony did our Lord Jesus Christ bear. Our Lord Jesus Christ had borne eloquent testimony about this Kingdom of God. All the testimonies of our Lord Jesus Christ were about these happenings, now invariably the work of the Holy Spirit. He said, "Whoever blasphemes against the Son of man shall be forgiven but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, in this generation and in the generation to come."(Matt 12:32). He also said, "It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you."(John 16:7). He concluded by saying, "When He, even the Spirit of truth will come, He will lead you to the accurate wisdom of the truth; for He shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak; and He will shew you things to come."(John 16:13).

Countries, and other places, have you ever heard this type of teaching imparted to you? Why is it so? It is because that Spirit spoken of by our Lord Jesus Christ is the one operating here. Many people often say that they have twenty, ten or forty certificates. I have no certificate, and have never attended any school. Many others boast that they can preach. I cannot preach but it is the Comforter, even the Spirit of truth, who preaches, and teaches you everything. Because He is the Spirit which will never depart from this world. He has brought peace to the whole world, to both heaven and earth. He has not come to destroy any man but to save your souls to save those who are weak and heavy laden (Matt 11:28), those who are sick, and afflicted, those who are sorrowful, those having different problems; the outcast and the rejected. The Holy Spirit has never been exasperated. He has never quarrelled with any person. He does not tell lies. He does not deceive any person. He does not kill or destroy any person. He cannot disgrace any person. He does not steal. He does not commit fornication. He does not hate any person. When people erroneously complain that the Holy Spirit is punishing them, I have to tell them to keep quiet, because they do not understand what they are saying. The Christ Has A Virtuous Spirit Our Lord Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.(Heb 13:8). Do you remember when He said, "My peace give I unto you. I have brought peace into the worl?" (John 14:27). He is the Spirit of Peace. He is the Spirit of Power. He is the Spirit of Mercy. He is the Spirit of Truth. He is the Spirit of Patience. He is the Spirit of Humility. He is the Spirit of Self-control. He is the Spirit of Joy. He is the Spirit of Everlasting Life. He is the Spirit of Good Health. He is the Spirit of Beauty. He is sinless.

The Sermons Preached In Brotherhood Are The Words Of God You are witnesses to the fact that all the teachings imparted to you do not come from any human being, nor from the wisdom of the world. They are not from an angel but simply the words of God. You have attended the University, attended Seminary; you have gone to European

The Holy Spirit Is A Perfect Being Whoever comes to Brotherhood should realise that our Lord Jesus Christ does not seek for any warfare. He has come to redeem you. He has come to comfort you. He has come to give peace unto you. When you are sad, He will console you. When you are confused, He will advise you. He has come to guard and protect you. He has come to wipe away your tears. He has come to change you. He has come to cleanse you of all sins, so that you may be like Him. Do you not realise His love for us? Do you not know how He is truthful? Do you not see how He has healed you of your sickness? There has never been any point in time

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when the Holy Spirit came to destroy the world. The Holy Spirit has never told lies. The Holy Spirit has never deceived any person. The Holy Spirit has never quarrelled with any person. The point is that when you depart from Him, you are beset with problems. When Adam and Eve were with the Holy Spirit in the Garden of Eden, they were given instructions to eat of all the fruits of the trees in the Garden except the fruit of the tree in the midst of the Garden. While they had not eaten of the forbidden fruit, they were not sick, they were not poor, they were not hungry, there was no heat of the sun, nor were they drenched by the rain. Man and beasts lived together. Their trouble started right from the day they ate of the forbidden fruit, the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They were driven out of the Garden of Eden.I want to tell you that the Holy Spirit is the Only One. I do not want to overload you. Let our first lesson be read. First Bible Lesson: Luke 9:55-56

“ But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village." Brethren, have you heard that? When Our Lord Jesus Christ wanted to go to Jerusalem, He passed through one of the Samaritan villages. When He was resisted by the people, the disciples asked, "Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?"(Luke 9:54). You all know who Elijah was. That is why He told them, "Ye know not the manner of spirit I am of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."(Like 9:55-56).

peace, neither does it seek for peace. The flesh does not tell the truth. It has no power. That is why our Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples, "If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever. Even the spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him; but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you."(John 14:15-17). The Holy Spirit Is The Spirit of Truth Whoever has the Holy Spirit cannot commit any sin. The Holy Spirit will never tell lies. He is the Spirit of truth. He is and will continue to be peace and the Prince of Peace ad infinitum. He will continue to live forever. He has neither the origin of days nor the end of life. He is the beginning and the end. He has no deputy nor any opponent. He does not hate any person nor discriminate. He does not require anything from any man. He is not in lack of anything. He does not impute sins on any person. The Holy Spirit has only come to save us, and to be merciful unto us, and to wipe away all tears from our eyes. Of what use is money to the Holy Spirit? Of what use are houses to the Holy Spirit? Of what use are beautiful women to the Holy Spirit? Of what use are clothes to the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit has only come to save us, to redeem us, and to wipe away all tears from our eyes. I always feel pity for people who say, "If God answers my request, I will give him twenty naira." I simply laugh because they have not yet understood themselves. The Holy Spirit does not want any house. He has come to save you and to save me. He has also come to regenerate us. He has come to guard and protect us. He has come to recreate us, redeem us, and lead us in the path of righteousness.

Without the Holy Spirit There Is No Virtue Our mothers cannot save us. Our fathers cannot save us. Our husbands cannot save us nor can our wives save us. We can only be saved by the Holy Spirit. Wherever the Holy Spirit is not found, neither peace can be found there, nor love nor mercy nor grace nor truth. There is no good thing which can be found at such a place. That is why our Lord Jesus Christ said, "Except ye be born of water and spirit," which means except you have the Holy Spirit, you cannot do any good thing. The flesh has no love. The flesh has no patience. The flesh has no

Only The Lamb Who Was Slain Could Open The Book You have heard that when the angel took up that book, and then asked John, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?" (Rev 5:2). And no man in heaven nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. John wept because no man was found worthy to open and read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders said unto John, "Weep not: behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof; for worthy is the Lamb that was slain and has redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue and people, and nation."(Rev 5:3-9).

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Where The Spirit Is, There Is Liberty (2 Cor 3:17) The Holy Spirit has not come to be ministered to but to minister to us; to make us live in peace and also have everlasting life. That is why our Lord Jesus Christ said, "...For if I go away I will send him to you. When the Comforter, even the Spirit of truth will come, He shall teach you all things and bring unto your remembrance whatsoever I have commanded you." Whoever does not have the Holy Spirit knows nothing, and is unable to do anything. Wherever you find people quarrelling amongst themselves, know that the Holy Spirit is not there. Wherever there is division and segregation, know that the Holy Spirit is not there. Where there are thieves; the Holy Spirit is not there. It is said, "God is a Spirit and where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty."(2 Cor 3:17). The Holy Spirit does not require any praises. What song can you sing for the Holy Spirit? He has only come to save us, and to teach us His ways, and what we are to do in order to live forever. It Is Because Of Man's Frailties That The Holy Spirit Has Come When a teacher teaches a student any lesson, and the student is unable to understand, he will be given corporal punishment. Such a thing cannot take place in this Kingdom of God because no sin is in the Kingdom. That is why every person must forsake sin. All of you who come before me, and those outside are witnesses to the fact that I have nothing to do with anything sinful. I do not see what is sinful, nor associate myself with sins. Our Lord Jesus Christ saw the weakness and frailties of human beings. That is why He said, "The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance whatsoever I have taught you." If all of you who come to Brotherhood were to receive and practise the teachings imparted to you, by now you would have had no problems. The Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost Bear Witness in Heaven Do not say again, when you have headache, that it has been caused by the Holy Spirit. Do not ever say, when you are sick, that it is because the Holy Spirit has sent you and you had refused to go, that is why you have been sick. Do not make any such statement. It is said, "We are the children of God, but the whole world lieth in wickedness." (1 John 5:19). The teachings I impart to you bring peace to you. That is why it is said that He is the Spirit of peace, Spirit of truth, Spirit of good health, Spirit of hope, Spirit of faith, Spirit of joy, Spirit of mercy, Spirit

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of everlasting life. That is why it is also said that three of them bear witness in heaven: The Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost. The three of them are one.(1 John 5:7). This is the end of time. The Holy Spirit has come as the controller of everything. He has come as the Father of love. He is the Father of truth. He is the Father of mercy. He is the Father of humility. He is the Father of grace. He is the Father of life. He is the Father of power. He is the Father of everlasting life. Hail! The Reign of the Holy Spirit Our Lord Jesus Christ had said that this generation will not pass away until all His words are fulfilled (Matt 24:34). Can you not realise that the Holy Spirit is here on earth working? If He had not come, the world would have perished. Because He is everything. Whatever is not good, be it water or something solid He will change into His form or image. We must preach the Holy Spirit to the entire world. Whether they believe or not, we are duty-bound to preach. We must also thank the Father for the Holy Spirit because, without the Holy Spirit, the world would have perished. The Holy Spirit guards and protects us in our sleep, while travelling, and teaches us those things we do not know. He teaches us everything; teaches the animals in the forests, birds in the air and fishes in water. The Holy Spirit is not like the Universities where you pay thousands of money to acquire knowledge. He teaches us free of charge because He has come to save us free of charge. He has come to give us everything free of charge. You have only to surrender yourself to Him, and listen to Him. Listen to the Still Small Voice That is a man who has neither attended the University, nor gone to any church, nor attended any prayer house, nor gone to any place in the world, nor has he initiated into any society, nor has he had any dealings with any person in the world. But all the works we see in the world are done by Him. The Holy Spirit had instructed me in my infancy, not to listen to any person, because every person in the world is a liar. He said that I should only listen to Him because He alone has the wisdom. All the things done in Brotherhood are done by Him. If Brotherhood were to come from man, from where is that man? Can you find this type of glory in European Countries? Can you find this type of glory in India or in America, or in Russia or in Africa, or in all other

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places? No matter where you go to, you can never find similar things as in Brotherhood. Brotherhood has puzzled the whole world. When you go to America, you are looked at with amazement. When you go to India, you are looked at with surprise. Any place you may go to, you are being looked at with amazement. It is the Holy Spirit which is doing everything. The Holy Spirit Is All And In All At your house, when children disobey their parents they are beaten up. Exactly the same thing happens between a wife and a husband; between brothers and sisters. But, here in Brotherhood, have you ever been beaten, has anyone become angry with you; has any person frowned or become fastidious? In the world, before anything is done for you, you have to pay for it. But here in Brotherhood everything is done free of charge for you. No money is taken from you. What will the Holy Spirit use your money for? He is peace. He is life. He is money. He is everything. He comes with love, peace, life and every other thing. Some of you complain that the Holy Spirit is angry with you. What have you done so that He should be angry with you? When you say that the Holy Spirit has been angry with a person due to his sin, I have to ask, what can He not do? If anything is bad, He will change it. He has come to reform and rebuild us. Without Faith No Person Can Please The Lord You have heard that our Lord Jesus Christ did not do great works in His home town. Why was that so? It was because of their unbelief. You have also heard that Paul, during his missionary journey, if he went to a place where the name of God was blasphemed, he would depart from that place after preaching. (Acts 13:46-51) You have also heard that man is saved by faith. Any person who has no faith cannot be saved. But who has faith amongst you? Is there anyone who has not blasphemed, even now, against the Holy Spirit? You ask him questions and smite him on the cheeks. Despite the way human beings treat the Holy Spirit, yet has He no problems. If you have any problems, you have to search yourself. The Holy Spirit has come with love and peace, with mercy and grace. What is man? He had said, "I will wipe away all tears from their eyes."(Rev 21:4). The Holy Spirit has come to wipe away tears from your eyes and also take away death from you, in spite of the blasphemous words against Him, in spite of the abuses, in spite of our doubts, in spite of the fact that we continue to tell lies, and steal, and

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blood upon the cross. When he said, "It is finished" he had forgiven men of past trespasses. That is why the Holy Spirit has come today. That is why the Trinity God, the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost is one. At first He came to create the world. He came the second time to redeem the world. Finally He came to gather together all the children of God, teach them, lead them, save them, and rule over them. Your problem is that you have become accustomed to old wine. When you are told to forsake tradition, you would resist. But I have to tell you that you will forsake all traditions. The teaching you receive now is the teaching which had been at the beginning, which the world received not. But now, the Holy Spirit has come to teach all men and to lead them to the accurate wisdom of the truth, so that you may no longer die, nor commit sins. The Unification Of The People Of The World Who is the black or the white? The Holy Spirit has come to unite all of them together. What is food to man? The Holy Spirit is everything to you. That goes to confirm what our Lord Jesus Christ said when Satan told him, "If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." But our Lord Jesus Christ replied, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."(Matt 4:4/Luke 4:4) You have also heard that food was made for the belly and the belly for food, but God shall destroy both it and them.(1 Cor 6:13). God did not create the body for fornication but for Himself; to live in you and to live in every person.(1 Cor 6:18-19) If the Holy Spirit had not come, the whole world would have perished completely. We should always thank our Lord Jesus Christ, for if He had not come to shed His precious blood, and promise us the Comforter, what do you think would have happened in the world? Brethren I do not want to take you further. The golden text will now be read.

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Brethren have you heard that? The Holy Spirit has come to teach you everything, and everything is done by the Holy Spirit. Our Lord Jesus Christ had said, "I do not speak anything of my own self." (John 5:30) Everything is spoken by the Father. It is the Holy Spirit who teaches. It is the Holy Spirit who advises. Lust Leads To Sin, And Sin Leads To Death What brings death unto the people of the world is fornication, falsehood, stealing, murder, sorcery, indulgence in the preparation of concoction, and other evil things of the world. What brings about the sins, is the lust for the things of the world. You rather love material things of the world more than God. Why you continue to commit these sins is that you have neither received nor practised the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is why Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "Do not think that I will condemn you? Even Moses, whom you hope on, will condemn you." Our Lord Jesus Christ told the Jews who professed to have believed in Moses that if they were to believe in Moses, they would have believed in Him also, because Moses himself bore testimony about Him.(John 5:45-47). If you were to comply with the instructions of Our Lord Jesus Christ, there would have been no problems for any person; for he had taught you not to kill; "Do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not have any other God before me; do not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." That is why it is said that our Lord Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.(Heb 13:8). He had said, "Do not think that I have come to destroy the law and the prophets. I have come to confirm them. Verily, verily, I say unto you, this generation will not pass away until everything be fulfilled. Whoever breaks the least of these commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the kingdom of God. But whoever keeps those commandments and teaches others to keep them will be called the greatest in the kingdom of God."(Matt 5:17-19). Today the Holy Spirit has come to teach you, and do not think that I have come to destroy all the teachings and instructions of our Lord Jesus Christ. You have heard what our Lord Jesus Christ had said, "For he shall teach you all things and bring to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you." Righteousness Is The Only Passport To The Kingdom The teaching imparted to you is not a new teaching but the teaching which you and the world had rejected. It is now incumbent upon you to

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practise the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is why he said, "When he, even the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you to the wisdom of truth for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he had heard, that will he speak to you." Search properly what is transpiring today, whether you will find any differences from what our Lord Jesus Christ taught to you. Right from Genesis to the Revelation of John the Divine, what else do you find apart from the word of God? Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "If you do not repent of your sins, you shall perish." He also said, "If your righteousness does not exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will also perish."(Matt 5:20). What the Church denominations tell you is that once you are able to pay your dues, you will go to heaven. They also tell you that you have a chair, and a number of houses in heaven. When our Lord Jesus Christ was asked, "Show us the kingdom of God," what was his reply? He said, "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe heavenly things?” (John 3:12). If someone who has never gone to Lagos comes to tell you stories about Lagos and you listen to such a person, it means you are a fool. The mother of the two sons of Zebedee went to our Lord Jesus Christ and knelt before Him. Our Lord Jesus Christ asked her, "Woman, what do you want me to do for you?" The woman replied, "I pray that my two sons should sit with you in your father's kingdom, one on your right hand, and the other on your left." What was the reply of our Lord Jesus Christ? He asked, "Are they able to drink of the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism wherewithal I am baptized?" She replied that they are able. And our Lord Jesus Christ said, "They shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized, but to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father."(Matt 20:23). God Does Not Know Workers Of Iniquities But now, people will come to tell you, if you pay your dues, you will go to heaven; and if you fail to pay your dues, you will go to hell. Where have you found such conditions in the Bible? At times you say, let me pray for you, so that your father may be removed from hell to heaven. Where have you found such a passage in the Bible? Our Lord Jesus Christ had said, "I must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; the night cometh, when no man can work."(John 9:4). I have already told you that if you do not forsake fornication,

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stealing, indulgence in the preparation of concoction, hatred, murder, maliciousness, and all vices, you will not enter into the kingdom of God. That is why it is said, "Not all those who call me Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of God, but those who do the will of my Father."(Matt 7:21). Many will say on that day, "Did I not cast out demons in your name; did I not make the blind to see, the lame to walk, the dumb to speak in your name? But I will say, depart from me, ye workers of iniquity. I have never known you."(Matt 7:23). Just as our Lord

Jesus Christ came to confirm the words of the prophets, so has the Holy Spirit come to confirm the words of our Lord Jesus Christ; that His words are true. Be Holy So That You Inherit The Blessing Our Lord Jesus Christ had instructed, "Love ye one another." If you do not love one another, you will have no share in the Kingdom of God. It is not all Abraham's children who are the children of Abraham. It is not all the children of Israel that are Israelites; but the children of promise (Rom 9:6-8). As I will tell you now; it is not the white that matters; it is not calling yourself a Brotherhood that matters; what matters is being Brotherhood in spirit. If you are led by the Holy Spirit, you will neither indulge in the preparation of concoction, nor fornicate, nor commit murder, nor commit any sin. For it is said, "Wherefore henceforth know ye no man after the flesh."(2 Cor 5:16). I do not know you in the flesh. I only know you in the Spirit. I know that you are indulging in the preparation of concoction, telling lies, committing murder, stealing, fornicating, hating one another, sacrificing to idols, consulting oracles, begrudging one another. You may choose to hide yourself, but one thing is certain, and that is, unless you are holy, you cannot enter the kingdom. I know what you are. If you wish to institute any court case against any person, you may do so. If you wish to marry many wives, you may marry. If you wish to look for much money, you may do so. I know the type of spirit in you; I know you. It is said, "You should look for a black goat when it is not yet dark." The Kingdom Of God Is Love Our Lord Jesus Christ had borne eloquent testimony when He said, "Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you unto the wisdom of truth."(John 16:13). I have actually led you unto the wisdom of truth. No sinner has a share in this kingdom of God.

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This is a kingdom of love. A lawyer will not enter; a visioner will not enter; a professor will not enter; an Apostle will not enter; a Pastor will not enter; a president will not enter; a Governor will not enter; a Chief will not enter into the kingdom. It is only love, truth, mercy, meekness and temperance, righteousness, humility and patience which prevail in the kingdom of God. The Church denominations say that if you become a member of their Church, you will be saved. I do not say that if you enter Brotherhood you will be saved, because I know that everyone is Brotherhood. Except you are born of water and spirit, you cannot be saved. Why do you call our Lord Jesus Christ, "Lord," but reject His teachings? His teachings are true. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of man, Son of God, and God Himself. It is that same spirit

which created man, who personifies in our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the same spirit who has come now. This is the end of time. He has come to rule. No other spirit will come. The Wrath Of God Is Upon The Children Of Disobedience The Holy Spirit is love, and therefore teaches you the concept of love. He is the truth and therefore teaches you the concept of truth. He is patience. He is humility. He is peace. Here, there is no fighting. There is no quarrelling. There is no anger. All those who commit sin have no share in this kingdom. Their share is the lake of fire. Whatever you sow, same will you reap.If you commit any sin, you will suffer as a sinner. You have heard that the wrath of God has come upon the children of disobedience. And the world is angry about His own judgement. For it is said, "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great: and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."(Rev 11:18). What do you think about yourself? Human beings are empty. It is only Jehovah God and His Christ who now reigns throughout the world. It is He who created the world, heavens and earth and the fullness thereof. Do not bow down to idols. There is no ghost. There is no mermaid. There is no witchcraft. There is no ghost. There is no human being. It is only the Holy Spirit who reigns. Only listen to Him. Do only those things He bids you to do.

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Have Faith In The Lord Do not believe in any human being. Only believe in the Holy Spirit from now henceforth. Let your faith be one with Him alone. He is in your house. He is here. Make your request known to Him. He is ever ready to help you. That is exactly what He told Philip when he asked, "Shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us." Our Lord Jesus Christ replied, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me had seen the Father, and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself. But the Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works." (John 14:8-11). When you see me, you see the Father. This is exactly the same thing transpiring now. Angels Are Militant In Nature Do not seek after the Holy Spirit in the sky. Do not seek after Him in the wind. He is everywhere. Do not go to preach Olumba Olumba Obu. But preach the Holy Spirit. Do not preach about any human being. Preach the Holy Spirit for that is what has eluded many people in the world today. Do not look on me. Only look on the Holy Spirit, because personally, I only look on to the Holy Spirit. He is the only one who does all the works. The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Truth. Whatever He says is true. There is no argument in whatever He says. And our Lord Jesus Christ had said, "At the end of time the Son of man will send out his angels." (Angels are different groups of persons.) They are soldiers. It is they who kill and destroy. But the Holy Angel does not commit any atrocity. He is holy. You have to know that if you do not forsake sins, you cannot go near to the Holy Spirit. You cannot also enter into the kingdom of God. Very shortly you will not be able to enter into 34, Ambo Street. You will only stand outside the gate. Brethren, this is the time of the Holy Spirit. Go and preach the news of the Holy Spirit to all the inhabitants of the world; whether they choose to believe or not. To Be Carnally Minded Is Death (Rom 8:6) It has been said, "When the Comforter, even the Spirit of truth will come...."(John 14:26). Go and declare to the world that He has come. Tell them that the Holy Spirit is love, He is truth, He is mercy, He is humility, He is grace, He is peace, He is righteousness. He is

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meekness and temperance. He teaches us, and what He teaches is the truth. Do not argue. Do not doubt whatever the Holy Spirit teaches but practise what He has taught you. When you depart from the teachings of the Holy Spirit, then you are overshadowed with darkness. For the Holy Spirit both sees far and near. And He knows what will happen in the end. That is why you are advised to listen to your spirit. If we walk in the Spirit of God,(Gal 5:16) we shall not perish. But if we walk according to the promptings of the flesh, we shall perish.(Rom 8:13). Brethren, I do not intend to be tedious unto you. It is said, "One stroke of the cane is sufficient for the wise." Any person who has ears to hear, let him hear. May God bless His Holy Words. Amen.

RESIST NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT First Bible Lesson: Acts 7:51 "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." Second Bible Lesson: Acts 5:39 "But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."

THANK YOU FATHER.

Golden Text: Matthew 26:39 "And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." Brethren, that is the revelation of our lesson this morning. I have already told you that the Holy Spirit is not new in the world. He had existed before the foundations of the world were laid. (Gen 1:2) There is no person who can actually say anything about Him or explain His emergence on earth. But the Holy Spirit is capable of narrating all the events and stories in the whole world because everything emanates from Him. Our major problem is the fact that the whole world continues to resist the will of the Most High. From the time of Adam, people have been fighting against the Holy Spirit. And because of this resistance, they are beset with all types of tribulations, poverty, sicknesses, wars and rumors of war; afflictions, pestilence, and other problems we have in the world. The World Fights Against God If I may ask, Who is this Holy Spirit? He is the Father, And who is this Father? He is the Almighty God. And who is God? He is the Christ. So, Brethren, you realize that the entire world is constantly fighting against God. In as much as you continue to pray to God to take away your problems or forbid one temptation or another, do you actually know where God wants you to be? And where do you want Him to push

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such a thing to? And sometimes you suggest to God that He should remove a particular thing from one place to another; and I ask, Do you know whether God specifically kept it there knowing fully well that it was right to keep it there than to keep it somewhere else? If you move around the whole world you will find that all factions of the world constantly fight against God; and our forefathers did the same thing. When God has created you as a man, but you wish that you were a woman, have you not realized that you are fighting against God? You are resisting His will, and you are not resisting against the will of any man. And when God has created you a woman, you wish to become a man. Do you not think that you are fighting against the will of God and not that of a human being? If God has created you a black person but you bleach yourself with "monica smart" to become fair complexioned, you are resisting the will of God. If God has created you a short person, but you look for certain devices to make you tall, can you not notice that you are fighting against God? If God has blessed you with the fruit of the womb so that you put to bed as many children as possible but you go to find charms, contraceptives and drugs to protect yourself against pregnancy, you are fighting against the will of God. If God has created you a very productive type of man so that any time you are carnally intimate with a woman, she becomes pregnant, and for that reason you refuse to be intimate with any woman so as not to make them produce more children, you are resisting the will of God. All those who commit abortion do fight against God. When your daughter is pregnant, and you cause her to commit abortion, by your own action, you are fighting against the will of God, the Creator, not the will of any man. Have you forgotten what happened to Judah and his children? Judah had two children. The first child married a wife but after sometime he died, and the father asked the second son to marry the wife of his late brother in order to raise up issues into the brother's family. The second son did fight against God because he decided that as long as he lived, he would not put her in the family way even though he would be carnally intimate with her. As a result of this and the atrocity of "pouring out the blood," he died in his youthful age. Do you know that by your actions, attitudes and behaviors daily you are fighting against God?

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Do Not Resist God's Will You make certain preparations: charm, concoction or talisman to protect you against anything evil, or to ward off any trouble from coming your way, do you not know that you are fighting against the will of God? God has given you two children, and on discovering that they are twins you try to do away with one so that your wife delivers only one child. Are you not fighting against God? God has not given you any child, but you pray to God that if He is the real and true God he should give you a child, And if, because of your childlessness, you go to native doctors, soothsayers, necromancers and all sorts of persons in order to get children, you are fighting against God. Maybe you want them to conduct one operation or another to enable you to get a child which is entirely against the will of God. God has not yet given you a husband but you explore all avenues within your power to get hold of a man as your husband. Do you not think you are fighting against God? God has not given you book knowledge but you want to get it by force, and because of the quest for knowledge you go to places, do certain evil things, swallow pills and fight with all means, and using various devices to be educated. With all these acts and behaviors you are fighting against God. Whosoever is not satisfied with the position, he is being kept by God fights against the will of God. Whosoever does not allow the will of God to manifest in him is fighting against Him. If you suspect theft in your house, and you pray to God that He should give you the ability to know the thief, you are fighting against God. Our Lord Jesus Christ did ask His disciples, "Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a demon?" (John 6:70) Even though He had discovered that one of His disciples was a devil, He did not expel him. God actually selected those 12 persons for Our Lord Jesus Christ, and if He had expelled the one referred to as demon from the midst of His disciples, He would have resisted the will of His Father. And since He Himself is God, He cannot afford to fight against Himself. All Who Come To God Will Not Be Cast Out If there is anyone amongst you who would disprove the fact that our Lord Jesus Christ is the Almighty God, he should come out and prove. He has said that all those given to Him by His Father will follow Him, and as many as will follow Him, He will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37) If it were that our Lord Jesus Christ had expelled Judas Iscariot, the devil, He would have resisted the will of God, and the Kingdom of

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God would have been brought to nought. Remember when our Lord Jesus Christ sojourned in a certain country where He cast out demons from a man, and the people in the community ordered that He should leave their country. (Mark 5:17) He quietly left the place without any question or argument. If He were not God, He would have resisted the people, He would have argued with them; He would have told them, "Do you not know that since I am the Son of God the country belongs to Me?" If He had argued with them or refused the order, there would have ensued a fight, and His action would have been tantamount to fighting against God. Do you remember when He was about to be arrested, and Peter took out his sword and cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest; our Lord Jesus Christ commanded Peter to put back the sword into its sheath because any person who takes up the sword must surely die by it. He added that if it were a matter of warfare, He would have prayed to His Father and He would send down twelve legions of angels to fight. (Matt 26:53) But if He should have taken that course of action, the will of the Father would not have been fulfilled. So Brethren, you will notice that the world is constantly at war with God. How can the will of God be fulfilled if you constantly fight against His will? Everyday you continue to request from God all sorts of things. Today you ask God to give you life, and tomorrow you would want to die off, and the next day you ask for wealth. Do you not realize that you are fighting against the will of God day in, and day out?

fighting against God and not against a human being. If you laugh at somebody because the person has no child, you are laughing at the Holy Spirit, and not at that person. If you come across somebody who has got nothing to eat and you laugh at him, it means you are laughing at God and at the same time fighting against the Holy Spirit and not the person. If you hinder anybody from doing what he had intended to do, it is not the person that you have hindered but the Holy Spirit. You should allow the person to do what he wants to do because if what the person intends to do shall bring glory unto the Almighty God that thing shall stand; but if it shall not bring glory unto the Almighty God, it shall not stand. Most of us here would frown at a person and disturb him if we find him doing a particular thing we dislike, and would say such a person cannot do such a thing even upon your dead body. Do you not know that you are fighting against God and not against that person? When you say, and also use some means, that some other person may not have any children, or that you do not want the other person to live, do you know not that you are fighting against God?

First Bible Lesson: Acts 7:51 "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye."

Who Are You, Man, To Advise God? Remember that Paul prayed three consecutive times that God should leave him to die (2 Cor 12:8-9). Do you not realize that by his action he was fighting against God? Elijah prayed to God (1 Kings 18:1-46) to allow fire to rain down from heaven and consume the Israelites because they had killed all the prophets of God, destroyed their altars, and that he was the only person left, and that they were still seeking to kill him. By his action, words and prayers he was fighting against God. It was only our Lord Jesus Christ who surrendered Himself completely to the Almighty God because He Himself was God and so could not resist His own will. Have you read somewhere or have you been told that our Lord Jesus Christ imputed sins unto anybody? If you impute sins on any person, it means that you are fighting against the will of God. In your effort to be inquisitive, you ask God why the other person is made tall while you are short. Such inquisitiveness means you are

Brethren, I want you to tell me the difference between what is created by God, and what is not? After that, you will also prove to me what God had done, and what you feel He cannot do. When you have a simple headache you complain that it is not ordinary headache, that there is something behind it and that something should be done about it. How do you know that it is not ordinary headache? If somebody falls sick, and you allege that the sickness has something behind it, and for that reason an oracle should be consulted, how do you know that the sickness is brought about by somebody and that an oracle should be consulted to find out? If somebody goes on a transfer, you begin to argue that the person has not stayed for a long time and so should not be due for a transfer, how do you know and determine that the period the person has stayed is short? If somebody is wealthy and you suspect that there is something sinister behind his wealth; can you prove to me what is behind his wealth? So brethren, I see you as people who constantly fight with the Holy Spirit as your forefathers did. Your forefathers

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fought with the Holy Spirit, and you should realize that nobody had been and will be able to fight against God, the Holy Ghost, because He is the Almighty God who created heaven and earth. Be Content With What You Have Why are you not satisfied with the position you have been kept by God? And why do you murmur against Him? Who are you to ask God any questions? Who are you to order God to do anything for you at any time? Is that not an insult unto God? Brethren, that is the source of your difficulties and problems. It is not witchcraft, juju, concoctions and talisman to which you attribute your problems and difficulties. And I tell you that you encounter all these problems because you constantly fight against the will of God. God has given something to somebody but you say that you cannot live to see that person enjoy that thing; and so a number of you conspire to rob him of his property. By plotting to remove that property from the owner, you also stand removed. You will then attribute the cause of your removal to other factors in the world. Can you not realize that you were fighting against God and that has caused your removal? Even if a small child comes to the world with specific assignment; if the child begins to carry out the assignment you conspire jointly with others to fight against him. It is not this child that you are fighting but the will of God. All those involved in such ignoble acts will be removed. We should, therefore, be cautious of our actions because anything that does not come from God can never stand, but that which comes from God shall stand no matter your efforts to destroy it. If you have a child in your family who is a thief and you continue to advise him to stop stealing but he does not obey, do not fight against him, do not quarrel. But only pray to God that His will be done. This is so because if you apply any force or measures to stop him from stealing you are fighting against God. Shall God Not Avenge His Elects We are advised by our Lord Jesus Christ not to resist an evildoer (Matt 5:39) because there is some implication in the injunction. When you hear that God will revenge,(Rom 12:19) in what way or form do you think His vengeance would take? Sometimes you are a very generous and benevolent person but all of a sudden somebody who has committed a crime somewhere comes to you for help, but you ignore him. Your refusal to help this person is not of your own making, but it is the will of God. And when people see this act they accuse you of being

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hard-hearted and not helping that person out of his trouble. By their utterances, they are fighting against God and not you. If you see a woman sent out of her matrimonial home by her husband despite her good and commendable character, and he decides to marry another woman, you should not worry because the type of woman he will take up, will be such that will put him under her legs, control him and dictate terms for him. Although people will allege that the new woman has charmed him, do not say anything because the man is the architect of his fate. Despite the fact that people will say all sorts of evil things against the woman and pray God to punish her for maltreating the man, you should not say anything because you never can tell if it is the vengeance of God visited on the man for having maltreated the first wife. We should always keep mute and be satisfied with the position we find ourselves lest haply we find ourselves fighting against God. Do you know that if an event in your life had not been waived, something more serious would have happened to you? You pray God to take away trouble, robbery, shame, disgrace, and pestilence; do you know what would have been your position if these things do not come your way? And, I tell you that of all things created by God, there is none which is evil; each of them has its specific assignments. If all of them are put together, they will produce a beneficial result. Everything you see day by day is being done by God. Prophets Killed By The World The Scripture says unto Pharaoh,"Even for this same purpose have I raised you up that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth." (Ex 14:4) This instruction is now given to you in this last generation because of your luck. Your forefathers had fought with the Holy Spirit and failed, and you have come up again to fight against God. Who is the prophet who was not killed by the world? And, so Brethren, today again, are you not fighting against the Holy Spirit? Brethren, when you hear those words do not hesitate because I am standing in the high heaven to proclaim them unto you. Your forefathers resisted against the will of the Almighty God and perished; and so, when you listen to these instructions you should cease from fighting against God. A servant is not greater than his lord Our Lord Jesus Christ has said that any person who blasphemes against the Son of man will be forgiven; but anybody who blasphemes

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against the Holy Spirit, will never be forgiven in this generation and in the generation to come.(Matt 12:32) The trouble with the whole world, including those of us here, is that we constantly fight against the Holy Spirit. If you see a person who is rich, you will claim that the person is your age group, and if you do not possess as much wealth as he has, you would want to die out of this world. Do you not realize that when you behave in this way you are fighting against God and not any person? If somebody is worshipping a juju or God, allow the person to continue in his way, but be satisfied with the position God has kept you. When you say that people call you Beelzebub, demon and other names, and because of that you pray God to punish them and pronounce woe unto them; how do you know that you are not fighting against the will of God? It has been said by our Lord Jesus Christ that if the world hates you, you know that it hated Him first. (John 15:18) If you were of the world, the world would have loved its own but because you are not of the world, I have chosen you out of the world. Therefore, the world, hates you. Remember the word that I said unto you that a servant is not greater than his lord. (Matt 10:24) If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your own also. So, brethren, if you observe these things being done to you, do not quarrel with or curse any person lest haply you find yourself fighting against God. We shall now have our second lesson read.

are the cause of your problem. You have got no peace of mind because you are fighting against God. If you allowed God to use you to do what He likes you would have no problem. Anything we possess that does not come from God is counterfeit and does not yield any useful result. And, anything which does not come from Him cannot stand. All your lusts and desires which make you fight against God do not bring any good result unto you. You are warned not to trouble yourself about tomorrow because each day has its trouble. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof" (Matt 6:34) It is said, life, wealth, strength and prosperity belong to Him. Why then do you worry yourselves? If all those things belong to God they also belong to you. Whatsoever anybody does that does not come from the Almighty God cannot stand. But, if anything done by any person was being directed by God, no sin can be found in it and no one can annul it. Although you have failed, you are fighting against God. You should realize that what brings sickness, poverty, death and tribulations is the fact that we are constantly fighting against God. Sometimes we wrongly attribute those ills to some other things.

Brethren, have you heard that? Anything that comes from the Almighty God can never be destroyed by any person. We should allow every person to his own way lest we find ourselves fighting against God. To avoid fighting against God, let us surrender ourselves entirely unto Him. Avoid asking God to take away illness, to give you health, to give you anything. You have no right to request anything from God. He has everything: life and wealth, but you should keep quiet and allow Him to fulfill His will. When you ask God to give you money, children and wealth, do you know the usefulness of any of these things? Why do you not keep quiet and allow God to do his will? Right now you have employed your lusts and desires to acquire children and money; these

How Can God's Will Be Fulfilled If You Resist It? If God does not give you anything, do not request for it; because if you ask, you are fighting against Him. And if God gives you anything, do not reject it because if you do, you are fighting against God. An adage says, "A messenger does not use parables when delivering a message." How can God's will be made manifest if you constantly resist and fight against Him? Whatever we are forbidden to do by God is what we constantly like to do. God commanded, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”(Exod 20:3) But, right now you keep and maintain many other gods: god of the leaves, an amulet, a talisman, and all preparations of concoctions and charms. With all these, can't you observe that you are fighting against God? God has commanded that you should not hate any human being, but the first thing you did is to express that you hate a particular person, and would not even want to see the person, and that you are annoyed immediately you see him. It is conclusive that what we like is what God hates, and what God likes is hated by us. And so, you will observe that man is always opposed to, and fighting against, God. Our Lord Jesus Christ has told us that He and the Father are one. (John 10:30) He is in the Father and the Father is in Him. (John 10:38) His

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Second Bible Lesson: Acts 5:39 "But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."

own thoughts, statements and conduct were in line with those of the Father. There was no difference between the Father and Christ. You will find that in the life and teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ, from the beginning to the end, there was no inconsistency in Him. What was liked by our Lord Jesus Christ was also liked and cherished by His Father. Whatsoever happened to our Lord Jesus Christ, were those which were written about Him. If He had resisted any of those things, He would have rebelled or fought against the will of God. If He had not surrendered Himself completely unto God, it means the will of God would not have been fulfilled on earth. It was written that the shepherd shall be struck and the sheep shall scatter. (Zech 13:7 /Matt 26:3/Mark 14:27). Many other things were written about Him that He would be sold for 30 pieces of silver (Zech 11:12/Matt 27:9), His garments shall be shared (Psalm 22:18/Mark 15:24/John 19:23), temptations shall come His way, and the rest of the revelations prove to us that He was the Christ. And so, if it was written about you that you shall be sick, poor, and shall encounter many difficulties and if you do not allow these revelations to come to fulfillment you are fighting against the will of God. There is an adage which goes thus - "The frowning of a billygoat does not prevent it from being sold for slaughter." Therefore, if you continue to resist the will of God, whether you like to hide under the stones, forest, sky, abyss or wherever you like, you will find out that one day, you will be crushed. Why do you behave as if you are very knowledgeable and intelligent? I tell you that your knowledge is very vain.

cannot stand, but whatsoever comes from Him stands forever. We should be careful and mindful of ourselves lest we find ourselves fighting against God. Every problem that comes to you has its own solution, there is therefore, no need for you to bother about anything. I want to show you now how you will stop fighting against the will of God so that you may live in peace and comfort.

Golden Text: Matthew 26:39 "And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."

To disobey is to resist the will of God When God was in the process of creating human beings, were you there to witness it? When He created heaven and earth and the things therein, were you there to witness the creation? And have you been told that anybody was there to witness it? When He created man and bestowed unto man His glory, were you there? Or was there any person who advised Him on what course of action to take? Since that day Adam and Eve fell down the path of rectitude, have you not seen the position of the world? They were instructed to eat of all the fruits in the Garden of Eden except one; and any day they would eat of that forbidden fruit, they would die.(Gen 2:17) By eating that forbidden fruit, they were fighting against God and so God in turn vented His wrath on them. I have to emphasize the fact that anything that does not come from God

Always Allow The Will of God To Be Manifested In You Brethren, that is the only way of our salvation. If our Lord Jesus Christ did not make the statement read out to you but commanded God to take away death from Him, although it would have been possible for the Father to do that, He would have lived till today. On the other hand, God would not have set death aside because Christ would have died still, but would have scored zero for resisting the will of God. As it was being read out to you, Christ only prayed to the Father that if it were possible He should let the cup pass away from Him; not according to His will but according to the will of God, because He did not wish to fight against the will of God. You, who drive away somebody from your house without asking God's consent, do you not know that you are fighting against the will of God? You, who act by your own promptings to decide not to use your wealth, why can you not allow God to direct you? Why do you take it upon yourself to make a decision? Do you know that nobody has any authority to do anything, but that God has the absolute authority to do everything? Anything you do out of your own volition means that you are insolent, and you have to suffer for it. If you have a wife, husband, children, or anything whatsoever you want to do with them and any line of action you want to take for and against them should be placed before the Almighty God that His will alone be done. Whatever happens thereafter is the will of God and you have to knock your head on the ground and thank Him. Our Lord Jesus Christ was aware of what was happening all around Him and that was why He prayed that if it were the will of the Father the cup should be taken away from Him and that it should be as the Father wishes and not

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as He, Christ, wishes because He actually wanted the will of the Father to be fulfilled so as not to fight against the will of the Father. And so, as human beings, if we do not toe the same line as our Lord Jesus Christ we shall find ourselves fighting against God. Sometimes it may please God to send thieves to rob you so that your life could be spared. But, if you fight with the robbers and do everything possible to refuse them entrance into your house you are fighting against the will of God, and thus scoring a zero. At times you take a decision that you are no longer going to be kind and benevolent to any person in order to conserve your wealth for yourself. Do you not know that by this attitude you are fighting against the will of God, and so you have to suffer? The Bible clearly states that, "Except the Lord builds a house, they labor in vain who built it; and except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."(Psalm 127:1) We should therefore, surrender ourselves completely to God and allow His will alone to be done in us. If anything happens to you, place it before the Almighty God, and ask that His will alone be done. Let Him decide what to do, and whatever happens, go your way, and do not worry yourself about it. Do not allow anything to bother, confuse or trouble you. Allow the will of God alone to be manifested. Do not prejudge issues until the Lord comes. If our Lord Jesus Christ had prejudged any issues, He would have fought against God. Brethren, I have no intention to be tedious unto you. One stroke of the cane is sufficient for the wise. He that hath an ear, let him hear. The Lord bless His Words. Amen. THANK YOU FATHER

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YOUR ASSIGNMENT: The above texts constitute the message for us and what is expected of us all. It is surprising to note that many of the people who claim to be serving God cannot even go out to spread the gospel of salvation to the world. How do you serve God, if you do not preach His gospel to all nations? It is inevitable that we should preach the gospel to the world. And our primary assignment in this kingdom is to preach the word of God, because man's salvation is contingent on the word of God. This accounts for the response of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the tempter that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out from God. There is much blessing in preaching the word of God. There is void in someone who cannot preach and practice the word of God. All good things are at your disposal when you preach and practice the word of God. Of what use are you if you do not preach and practice the word of God? The food of the people of the world are fufu, pounded yam, rice, beans, plantain etc, but the food of the children of God, whom we are, is to hear the word of God, practice same and preach it to the world. SPREAD THE GOSPELS: You are all living witnesses to the fact that the field is over-ripe, but there you are in your house, relaxing. You neither practise nor preach the word of God, yet you allege that you are worshipping God. How do you worship Him? You have been enjoined to put in your best in the service of God and, know that you will be rewarded based on your

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effort. If you do not hear, practice and preach the word of God, where then lies your hope for salvation? As many as have received the Holy Spirit, they are the implements and laborers in the vineyard of God. Your work is to hear the word of God, preach and practice same. If you do not have the Holy Spirit, you are not of God and as such you are dead. And those who receive the Holy Spirit are expected to go out and evangelize the world. It is one thing to hear the word of God and another to preach what you have heard; yet a third and very important thing is to practice what you preach. You should know that Our Lord Jesus Christ did not only preach the word of God, He practiced it to the letter. Even today in your midst, you have seen the Father preaching and exhaustively practicing His teachings. You are tools unto God. He did not create us to come and toy around the surface of the earth aimlessly. You are not expected to blaspheme and murmur against God. You should not talk about what you do not know about. This will result in confusion and chaos. Note that you will give account of your work here on earth. When the time comes, what would you say you have done? Our Lord Jesus Christ accomplished much before He said to the Father: "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do; and now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." (John 17:4-5). Our brother Paul was also confident in himself, and was sure to receive the crown of glory, having accomplished much in spreading the gospel of Christ to many countries. Peter also accomplished much. Suppose you are given an orange, which you have not yet sucked, how would you tell people about the taste of the orange? It is only when you taste the orange that you will be able to tell others about the taste of it. We glory in nothing but in hearing, practicing and preaching the word of God. Here lies, our joy, peace, power growth, wealth, life, health and indeed salvation. Who are those to receive good things from God and who are those who will go empty handed? The children of God will inevitably receive the gift of God. The people of the world suffer because they despise the word of God but desire and seek for the material things of this world. Money, cars, houses, husband, children and food are earthly things. The gift of God is embedded in the word of God.

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THE INSTRUMENT FOR CHANGE The word is given to you so that you could, in turn, spread it to others. The word should be preached to the people of the world, so that they too might repent and have salvation. You cannot preach the word except you listen to it and practise same. The word of God is the only effective means which can change man on this plane of manifest, and in the future. A man may plan to kill his fellow man with a very sharp machete. And that may be the time one goes to preach the word of God to him and in the end, he changes his mind and desists from the planned murder. FATHER'S ILLUSTRATION: IMPORTANCE OF PREACHING: There was an Evangelist who had a son. When the Son was in his youth, the evangelist used to take the boy along on field ministry. One day, as they were about to leave for preaching, the sky became very dark, a sign of a very heavy down pour. On seeing this, the Father told the son that they should stay back so that rain might not disturb them on their way. The son raised an objection, and told the father that there could be someone somewhere, planning to commit suicide, and that, if they do visit and preach to him, he would change his mind and live on. The boy further told the father that if they avoided going for the field ministry it means the person would kill himself. The boy further stressed that, since their work is that of saving souls, they should proceed unperturbed by anything. The Evangelist did not see any sense in the son's statement; and so since the boy so stressed that preaching should be done that day, he went into the room, brought out a rain coat which he gave to the son, and then asked him to go to preach in the rain. The Father, then relaxed in his room. As if the boy was given a vision; the first place he called to preach, he knocked at the door and when he went in, he saw a man trying to hang himself. He had already tied a string to the rafters of his room and was trying to fix his neck into the string. When eventually the boy knocked on the door and waited for a while he heard nothing, for there was no response. The boy was however convinced that there was somebody inside. He knocked persistently for three times before the man climbed down the table he had positioned to aid him carry out the act, and opened the door. When finally they settled down for the word of God, the boy decided to preach against murder. He told the man that murder is sin, and that whosoever commits murder shall be killed. The boy intimated the man that killing

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one's self is murder. This, he explained, is because in killing yourself, you have destroyed a man that was created by God and so, you will have to be killed the second time. The man was surprised at this revelation and confessed that he was about to commit suicide before the boy knocked on the door. Sequel to that visit and the wonderful revelation from the word of God, the man changed his mind and gave up the idea of committing suicide. The man told the boy that he thought that if one kills himself that there is no problem but that having heard from the boy that suicide and murder equally carry death penalty, he was repentant. You would realize that the life of this man was saved through the boy's intervention and subsequent preaching of the word of God. EVERLASTING GOSPEL: You have no cause to relent in preaching the word of God. Recall that for the three and a half years that our Lord Jesus Christ preached the word of God, He never rested for one day. That was the reason why the Jews sought to kill him for performing the act of healing on a Sabbath day. He said: "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." (John 5:17). Paul also used to preach round the clock. It was on one of such occasion that a certain young man named Eutychus, sat by the window and having fallen into a deep sleep, he slipped and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. Paul went down, and fell on him. Embracing the body, he said: "Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him!"… (Acts 20:7-12). The word of God is everlasting and inexhaustible hence, Paul said: "I was imprisoned but not the word of God."You would realize that if you are a preacher and taken into prison, there, will you be preaching the word of God even more than ever. Even though one is chained or handcuffed, the word of God remains the same and untampered with. Recall Paul's encounter with king Aggrippa. When Paul had finished telling the people the word of God, the king turned and said to Paul, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds!" (Acts 26:29) You are all indebted to the people of the world. You owe them the word of God. You are to take the word of God to every nook and cranny for them to practice. You claim that you want to do the work of God. What is the work of God? The work of God is hearing, practicing and preaching the word of God. The scripture has it that, everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. But it is

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said: "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:14-17). According to the above excerpt, we are made to understand that anyone who has faith in God has eternal life. But the question is, how would we believe or have faith in Him, whom we have never heard of? That is the reason why we have been enjoined that, any town or city without a prophet is perished. Without a preacher (prophet) in a city, the inhabitants of such a city would not believe in God, and practice His words. To that effect such a city is condemned. One of our brethren, residing in Zaire testified that everybody in the compound he lives is afraid of the house, owing to the landlord's dubious character. In fact, he further testified that, he is the only person, and a Nigerian for that matter, who is living in the compound till now. He added that what he had used in winning the landlord is the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star pamphlets. And after going through the books, the man did not hesitate to be baptized. He then testified that the man and his entire family are now members of this wonderful kingdom. A spiritual song has it that,"Preach, for the world is blind and deaf." So Brethren, we all should preach ceaselessly for the entire world is blind and deaf. This is because their misconceptions cannot be corrected, if they are not preached to. The words of God preached here by the Father are so interesting and striking that people always say that the gospels are working marvelously each passing day. This is so because the Father always preaches to correct the people's misconceptions. In fact, this is the more reason why I do not relent in my efforts in preaching to you. And it is imperative that, you avail yourself of this golden opportunity to listen to the word of God and practise same. A local adage has it that wine torments someone according to the person's behavior. The word of God contains love, mercy, power, peace and other virtues. Therefore, for one to possess these virtues, he needs to come into this kingdom (the reservoir) and imbibe the gospel. Once you

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have the word of God lavishly in you, you can never be stupid because your eyes would be made to open. Read our first lesson again.

FIRST BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 4:34 "Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." THE ALMIGHTY FATHER: How would people have been salvaged, if Our Lord Jesus Christ came but failed to impart the divine word of God to all and sundry? If Our Lord Jesus Christ came and departed without making pronouncements and giving instructions, what then would have been written about Him? There would have been no proof regarding His coming and departing, and because of this, there would have been more doubts about His advent than what is being speculated now. It is clearly evident that there is no mention made about the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the old testament. Moreover, there is no excerpt in the Old Testament which tells people that, God is spirit. There is no portion in the old testament which indicates that God is the Father. Take for instance, the case of Moses. There was a time he had a revelation, and in that revelation, he was instructed to remove his shoes for the place he stood was holy. And when Moses heard that, he inquired to know who the speaker was and the voice said that He was the living God - "I am that I am." The speaker did not say that he is Jehovah. I have been telling you always that, Jehovah is not God; rather, it is a general title for angels. For Instance, Jehovah Jah is the angel who rules over the forest. So when you hear people professing that God has many names, do not be astonished, for they are making such claims ignorantly. But it was Our Lord Jesus Christ, who, when He came, narrated to all and sundry that God is Truth, God is Spirit, Father, and Good. Now the question is, if Our Lord Jesus Christ did not come and alert us about this truth, how then would we have known?

moon and also performs all the functions lined up for the second day of the week. But it is not uncommon to hear people regarding Monday as the first day of the week. This is the reason why it is imperative that you come here and listen to the word of God. Because what I have in store for you is tremendous and superb. In the olden days, there was nothing like the months of the year and the time of the clock. But in this modern world, the whites have introduced all these things without knowing their meanings. For instance, January is the name of an angel assigned to take charge of the activities of the first month of the year; while February is the name of the angel who performs the assignment lined up for the second month of the year. The names for other months are also names of angels.

NAMES AND DUTIES OF SOME ANGELS The seven days of the week we have now is not found in the Old Testament. God started His creation on Sunday, the first day of the week. The word, Sunday is the name of the angel assigned to carry out all duties on the first day of the week. He is also the angel who rules over the sun. Monday, on the other hand, is the angel who rules over the

Do you know that April which is regarded as the fourth month of the year is the first month? December, which is regarded as the twelfth month is in fact, the ninth month. But the names were just mixed up ignorantly. And so, in a chronological order, the correct thing should be: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, and March. The above is the correct order of the twelve calendar months of the years. Did you know this? Your fore-fathers never heard of such truth but it has pleased the Holy Spirit to reveal it to you at this end of time, in fulfillment of His promise that when He comes, He will teach us and lead us unto the accurate knowledge of truth. Most people do profess that Satan loves evil doers. This is erroneous because, there is no such statement in the bible. In the past, Paul wrote letters to the Corinthians, Ephesians, Thessalonians etc. And these letters were used as gospels, whereas they were private affairs which do not really teach mankind the right way to perfection. BUT NOW THE FATHER IS HERE TO IMPART TO HIS CHILDREN, THE REAL TEACHINGS THAT LEAD TO PERFECTION. That is the reason why I insist that these gospels should be published in different languages, and distributed to all and sundry in every nook and cranny of the world. These gospels are the only way through which the world would be united in love. These are the only teachings that will dominate the entire world. The Old Testament constitutes the elementary teachings. It was after the arrival of Our Lord Jesus Christ that we started to experience what could be termed as secondary teachings. However, these teachings, (the secondary teachings) were not properly analyzed because there was no Holy

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Spirit by then. This explains the reason why our Lord Jesus Christ said: "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?" (John 3:12). Owing to the above fact, Our Lord Jesus Christ further said: "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. (John 16:12-13). JUST AS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST PROMISED, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOW ON EARTH TEACHING MAN ALL THAT HE DID NOT KNOW; AND SO, WHOEVER DOES NOT HARKEN ONTO HIS WORDS HAS NO LIFE IN HIM. The people of old were primarily taught about prophesying. This is the reason why the teachings in the Old Testament deal exclusively with prophecies. In other words, there were no good teachings of the word of God by then. Our Lord Jesus Christ was the first person who introduced the real teachings of God to the world. He is true, and His words are true. In fact, He is the word. That is the reason why, when He told His disciples that, the Holy Spirit would descend upon them on the day of Pentecost, it happened just as He said. From this, one could infer that Jesus the Christ was the one who became the Holy Spirit and descended on His disciples on the day of Pentecost. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOW ON EARTH: All the miracles performed by the disciples of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles were not really accomplished by them per se; rather, the works were accomplished by Our Lord Jesus Christ through them. That was all for that time. But now, the real and only teachings of God can be found in the Revelation of John the Divine. It should be noted that the book containing the divine teachings of God was kept in the custody of an angel. And this has reference in Revelation 5:2: "And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals there of?" However, there was none in heaven or on earth or under the earth who was worthy to open the book and look into it. Moses was given some commandments for the people of the world. THESE COMMANDMENTS WHICH WERE FROM AN ANGEL WERE NOT WELL-DESIGNED. THIS WAS THE REASON WHY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS SENT TO COME AND EFFECT

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THE NECESSARY CHANGES. And when He came, He said: "Think not that I am come to destroy the law or prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." (Matthew 5:17). The laws of Moses were to no avail. But after the fulfillment of the laws by Our Lord Jesus Christ, He gave, as His last commandment, "Love one another." But it is very pathetic that up till now, none is prepared to abide by the said law (commandment) of Our Lord Jesus Christ. None of the disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ kept to the words of the master while He (Christ) was still on earth. That was the reason He told them that, they (His disciples) would not be able to practise His teachings until the arrival of the Comforter. The disciples could not understand the words pronounced by the Master due to the fact that they did not possess the Holy Spirit. During His time, Our Lord Jesus Christ could only reveal His glory through the miraculous feats, which He was noted for, but not through preaching, because there was no Holy Spirit by then to aid the listeners to understand His preaching. Thus, after His preaching, He closed the book and gave it to the attendant, and this was the book which the angel referred to in Revelation 5:2. And we have been made to understand that there was nobody in heaven nor on earth who was able to open and read the book. Now the question is, if there was nobody to open and read the book, would we have seen the light which we are seeing today? The entire world would have been condemned, but for the coming of the Holy Spirit. The whites and others tried their very best to renovate the condemned world but to no avail. That is the reason why the coming of the Holy Spirit is so significant. The Holy Spirit has come and put a great change to the entire world system. This explains the reason why most churches do things which they had never been doing before. For example, the Roman Catholic members are found dancing now in the church which hitherto was forbidden. The various governments of the world too have changed from their former misconceptions about God because of the light which the Holy Spirit has brought to mankind. The doctrine and glory of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star eluded the entire inhabitants of the world. That is the reason why they often claim that Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is not in the Holy Bible. The entire world has been disorganized by its inhabitants to the extent that it could be likened to a situation where the thief steals someone's car and reconstructs it, to conceal it from the real owner. Six a.m. to six p.m. makes a full day while six p.m. to six a.m. constitutes a

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full night. This is the best way of counting days and night. But today, due to the illegal changes effected by the people of the world, one a.m. to twelve midnight is now regarded to constitute a day. But for the coming of the Holy Spirit, none would have been saved, because there was no other source of salvation to mankind. The teaching imparted to you by the Holy Spirit is neither learned nor derived from any books. Rather, it is because there was no other source of salvation to mankind. The teachings imparted to you by the Holy Spirit are neither learned nor scanned from books; rather, it is because of the love of God for humanity that He sent to us the Holy Spirit of truth to reveal the things that were hitherto hidden from man. To prevent the people of the world from saying that Brotherhood of the Cross and Star does not use the Holy Bible, I chose to start teaching you from the Holy Bible. There are many teachings that I have brought to mankind. Most of them are yet to be touched. That is the reason why it is disadvantageous for one to be absent for even a day. The members of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star are now flying like birds in the air. Every member of B.C.S. has been exposed to all the secrets of the world. But these are mainly the elementary teachings of the Holy Spirit. These teachings are getting you prepared for the main teaching ahead. And when the advanced teachings are brought to you, you will always yearn for more. DO AWAY WITH EVIL: Brotherhood does not constitute preaching and hearing the words of God alone, rather it constitutes the practical application of all the teachings of the Father. However, since none of you is engaged in the practical application of the words of the Father, I have deduced that Brotherhood has not yet started. I would start whenever you are prepared to practise the teachings which are imparted to you. The most needed things in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star are righteousness and love. And by the time one or two persons would possess the above needed things, you would see how Brotherhood of the Cross and Star will then bloom all over the Universe. Since Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is yet to start, people have not come as they are supposed to. But once righteousness and love are exhibited, then practical Brotherhood will start. On this note therefore, desist from telling people about Brotherhood of the Cross and Star but strive to love one another in righteousness, for people will flock into the Kingdom through your

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behavior. Brotherhood of the Cross and Star seeks after unity (oneness) and righteousness. That is the reason why the Father seems to shun the indigenes of Biakpan. They do not wish or intend to do away with their diabolical deeds. Here in the kingdom, I always try to make sure that oneness and righteousness prevail. And for the scripture, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,"(Matt 6:10) to materialize, you need to seek after oneness and righteousness wherever you may be. The entire people of the world are one, and so there should be no segregation among them. As it was through one man that evil (sin) came into the whole world, so also is it that through one man (Our Lord Jesus Christ), that salvation has been brought to mankind. Hearing the word of God has its own function(s). In the same vein, the practising of the word of God also has its own function(s). Moreso, preaching the word of God has its own function(s) but the greatest of these functions, is practising the gospel. But if you do not hear, how would you practise? If you do not practise, how would you preach? Therefore, the three functions are all the same. Thus, it is imperative that you abide by them all. What is being done now is the introduction of this kingdom. At the fullness of time, the Father will choose the real Brotherhood members, and pack them into one place designated for THE KINGDOM OF GOD. And that is the time that you will see the exodus of people into the kingdom, just to witness Brotherhood of the Cross and Star by example. By then (the fullness of time), there would be no more preaching of the word of God, because all who would be in the kingdom would not wait to be preached to, before they practise the right thing; rather, they would always practise the word of God. By then, it is only those who would do away with evil that will be enlisted into the Kingdom of God. A time is coming when people from far and near will come into the kingdom to embrace this truth. At that time, you would not need to preach to such people because they will be convinced by the truth, and the Holy Spirit shall teach them everything. It is written:"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." (Hebrews 6:4-6). People will bear eloquent

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testimony about the wonderful power and wisdom of God. As more and more people continue to believe in this power, so will idolatry and every form of medication cease. It is only the power of the word that will eradicate stealing, lying, fornication, and every other sinful act. There shall be no more sickness, pains, war, death and problems any more. It is only God who has the power and the right to change man and the adverse conditions in the world. It is only the love of God that will reign at that time; nobody shall claim ownership of anything. The power of lies shall cease to control man as there will be no need to tell lies, to hate, to quarrel, fight or beat anybody. Court cases and litigation shall be no more. The need to maintain the army for peace keeping and security shall cease. In some developed countries, only the police force is allowed to go around, to maintain peace and order. Soldiers are not seen in the streets and in public places, yet they are living in peace and harmony. Their governments respect human dignity and freedom. Public utilities and other essential services are well-controlled for the good of the people. In the event of power failure for instance, apology is made to the public, and the cause of such failure, stated and rectified. But here in Nigeria and the whole of Africa, the situation is different. The people are brutalized by the police and dehumanized by the government. The few available public utilities are very irregular and poorly managed. Security agencies turn into agents of brutality instead of protecting the lives and property of citizens. The situation could be compared to one keeping his yams in the custody of a goat, or trusting one's sheep in the care of a leopard. The kingdom of God has been established here on earth. Before now you had been wondering about the possibility of getting someone in the likeness of the Father. On many occasions, you openly confess that none would be like Him. Have you not been proved wrong today? It is said that Rome was not build in a day. Gradually, the will of God shall be made manifest on earth. There is a local adage that if you travel to the community of toads, and there you discover that both the mother and father toads squat, all you have to do is to squat with them. In other words, if you are in Rome, do as the Romans. The children born into the world now are different from their parents. These are the children of God who have nothing to do with evil. All over the world people are testifying over the wonderful works and power of the Holy Spirit. His power has no beginning, nor an end.

STATE OF HOLINESS: Those of us who are God's children have to continue in a state of piety, and serve him day and night. It is on the basis of this that there is joy both in the days and all the nights here in the Kingdom. This also explains the reason why there is no sickness, poverty or mourning in our midst. It is only joy, joy, and joy everyday. Brotherhood has not even started in earnest. When it is in its full form, the world will be shocked. Here in the kingdom, there is none who is considered as bad, stranger or weak. We are not under tradition of law. Read the second lesson again.

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SECOND BIBLE LESSON: LUKE 4:18 "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised." THE FREEDOM OF THE CAPTIVES: Have all the things enumerated not come to pass? Is the spirit of God not upon you? Have you gone out to preach the gospel? Have you refrained from stealing, quarreling, telling lies, causing division and the rest of the vices? Is there any sign of understanding in you. That is the work of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is why He said that if the world hates you,(John 15:18) you should realize that the spirit of God which is the spirit of salvation is upon you. Whoever abides in this spirit is a child of God and cannot be loved by the world. Such spirit is the spirit of kingship and glory. Moreover, it is the greatest of all spirits, and it is of God. That is why whenever a member of Brotherhood arrives at any place, all demonic spirits in such places are destroyed. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE FATHER, THE ONE DWELLING IN YOU. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND THAT YOU ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY ANY ANGEL, OR MAN, BUT BY THE FATHER HIMSELF WHO DWELLS IN YOU. Unfortunately, the thoughts of what to eat, drink and put on do not allow you to know Him and feel His presence in you. Many of you pray to the Father to help you secure a good husband or wife, or to make your business profitable, and

your farm to bring out a bumper harvest. Do you think the Father has come to do any of such things? It is said that the Spirit of God is upon me to go and preach the gospel. When God is with you, who will be against you? GOD WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH HAS CAME TO LIVE WITH MEN. Why then do you lament? He is money, He is life, He is the truth and wealth. He is everything to every man. Why then do you enslave yourself to a fellow man?

farm was not yet sold, it belonged to him. And after the harvest, the proceeds therefore also belonged to him. Peter reproached him for lying to the Holy Spirit. Ananias fell down immediately, and died. The wife also came and repeated what her husband did and also fell down and died. Such is the spirit that is obtainable in this kingdom. This spirit does not tolerate any sinful act or evil. I do not see evil nor hear of it. It is only you, members who talk about and see evil. I HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU REPEATEDLY THAT ALL THOSE WHO SHOUT, STAMP THEIR FEET AND CLAP THEIR HANDS ARE COMPLETELY DEVOID OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE MERELY DECEIVING THEMSELVES. The situation could be compared to threatening a crying baby with the sight of a masquerade. And so, in order to stop a child from crying, the mother may mention the coming of the masquerade. This is exactly what is done by the world. I have nothing to do with evil at all. God is not a respecter of persons. He does not tell lies, He does not cheat, nor is He corrupt. Therefore, you go into all the four corners of the world with the teaching I have imparted to you. There is no sickness, death and nothing at all. Just believe in Him and obey Him for you will have no problem at all. He rules over the heaven, and earth. In a short while, all the security agents like police and army will cease to exist. Courts of law will cease to operate. What is needed in this kingdom is oneness. A time is coming when there shall no longer be visa and passport needed before travelling to other countries. If you are endowed with the Holy Spirit, you would realize that apart from the Holy Spirit, nothing exists in the world at all. The garments we wear, the food we eat and all the material things we attach much interest to, are nothing before God.

ABSOLUTE FREEDOM In the kingdom of God, there is absolute freedom. There is no sickness, or hunger; and above all, there is no death. Your problem is ignorance. You are spiritually blind while your physical eyes are open. That is why I always pity you because you do not know where you are? God is an epitome of perfection. He is all knowing, excellent, perfect and righteous. He is peace, joy, power, harmony, life everlasting, truth and all the virtues. Therefore, once you possess these virtues as nominated by God, you will have no problem; even all the angels will worship you. Once you possess these qualities, you will cease to he afraid of any person or thing; and everything will be subjected under your feet. Instead of practising His injunctions, you rather prefer to steal, drink, smoke, tell lies, indulge in idolatry and to live abominably. You are easily annoyed, you quarrel, fight, kill and reject God. If the spirit of God is upon you, why do you continue to steal, get angry, doubt, deceive, and shed tears. You lament and acknowledge the presence of juju and witchcraft. It means that, you are still devoid of the Spirit of God. Whenever you are endowed with the Spirit of God, that gives you justification and the right of sonship. Once you are controlled by the Holy Spirit, you would realize what is expected of you. For instance, you will be patient, truthful, humble, meek and generally godly. Once the Spirit of God is upon you, you will not wait to be ordered to go out and preach the gospel, or to refrain from evil. It is said that those that believed and had the Spirit of God upon them, sold all the things they had and brought the proceeds therefrom to the Apostles. But those who did not believe and were without the Spirit of God like Ananias, even though they had sold all that they had, hid some of the proceeds. When Peter asked him why he should tempt the Lord his God, He reminded him that when the

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of God. This is exactly why you do not have the Spirit of God. This is exactly what you have to go and preach to the world. You have seen this truth in me. All those who abide in the Spirit of God are indebted to their friends, families and the people of the world. These are the people you are charged to preach this gospel to. Teach them this truth, the love, oneness and equality. It is not your duty to impute sins on any person nor to acknowledge the existence of juju, mermaid, witchcraft or any other evil. It is not your duty to cheat, to tell lies, to defraud or covet. If you do so, what will be the difference between you and the world? You should be informed that the Spirit of God is upon you to preach the gospel of deliverance and freedom. Do not oppress any person, do not cheat any, do not be angry with your fellow man, and do not engage in any evil. Live peaceably with your fellow man and encourage all to grow in the Spirit of God. You can do this by going out to preach freedom to all. Preach about love and unity of all, to all. Do not you have faith in any man and do not believe in a human being. Believe in God and have faith in Him. He is the one who sustains us. He feeds and protects all of us. He abides in you, teaches you and does everything for you. Do not cast your hope on any man or thing other than God. Whoever has God is a free man, and has no stumbling block on his way. The entire world is facing difficulties because they are without the Holy Spirit. Whoever is devoid of the Holy Spirit is lifeless. This is why it has become necessary for all men to seek for the Holy Spirit and abide in Him. It is expedient for all of you to go out and inform the people that God has come. That since God is holy, He requires all to be holy too. Here in this kingdom, we are not bound by the rules and regulations of man. We have nothing to do with the traditions and cultures of men. The Holy Spirit is the only teacher and provider. THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS NO DEPUTY. We should believe in Him, and do the right thing. Once you are fastidious, once you weep, or, once you are angry, you have made yourself unworthy, and you have also lost the kingdom of God. The Kingdom does not admit lies, hatred, deceit, division or any vice at all. If you obey Him you are free, and free indeed. Believe in Him, and cast all your problems to Him for He cares. He knows everything and He is the only one capable of solving your problems. Do not contest His actions or resist His will. He provides both the rain and sun when it becomes necessary. He has come to dwell with man on earth. Whoever believes in Him is saved. Whoever fails to believe in Him should blame himself.

You should be holy as He is. IF GOD HAS SET YOU FREE, WHO CAN ENSLAVE YOU? In this kingdom, there is neither Jew nor Greek. You do not need to pray to God at all. He knows your problems and what to do. Recently, members of Brotherhood intended to go on pilgrimage in Biakpan. The only available short route to the place was not accessible. The ferry had broken down. To enable the children of God to travel to Biakpan as planned by God at that same time, the Governor of Cross River State visited the Local Government Area; thus, necessitating the rehabilitation of the ferry to carry people, and also to repair the road. Biakpan, in due season will be an important city with a network of good roads and also an airport with modern facilities. In spite of this, I do not pray God for any of these things. That would amount to foolishness and disbelief. Be assured that He is the light of the world, and also gives life to whoever comes to Him. The Father cannot fail to do His will at the fullness of time. Biakpan, today is an unknown place, an insignificant hamlet without any attraction. That cannot make me to go to the Government to plead for attention and provision of facilities there. I know that at the fullness of time, God will draw both the government's and some individual's attention to the place to develop it. If God does not do a thing, no man would. This is the reason why it is profitable to believe in God alone. You will live to see the place called Biakpan. It will be a city all the inhabitants of the world would long to live in. If you were to know the God you worship, you would not have worried yourself for anything. Your problems are brought about through your ignorance of the one you worship. He is not somebody you should toy with. He is the true God, and the creator of heaven and earth. Read the golden text again.

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fornication, hatred, tribalism and other vices. Whether the world listens to this message or not, it should not deter you from spreading the good news. You should continue to preach to them. You have been asked to do your own part of the duty and allow God to do His. That is your indebtedness to the world. It is about 2,000 years now since our Lord Jesus Christ physically departed this world. Is it not foolish for people to continue to gaze into the sky expecting His arrival from the sky? When Elijah had ascended into the heaven, it did not take a longtime before John the Baptist emerged. People keep on coming and going away.

normally takes place is the destruction of the defiled body, and the introduction of the Spirit into a new self, another abode. It is a complete change of the person into a new being. That phenomenon you call sickness is not what you term it; rather, it is a medium through which your body undergoes reconstruction.

Some of you will weep and refuse to be consoled when your dear ones depart the old flesh. Sometimes you want to kill yourself in order to join them in the hades. What do you mean by hades? Where is such a place located? I have told you time without number that there is nothing called death. We are still the same old people reincarnated. What

THERE IS NO DEATH You will soon be in the know about any hidden things of this world. A sister once testified here that she was married at Ika-Annang and had three children. She had a prayer house, and was well vested with power, and she was also a talented midwife. Having done this for a long time, the village demanded that she should give them a goat and other things, but she refused. And consequently, she was transferred to the great beyond. After sometime she was born at Uruan in Uyo to another person. She grew up and was married again. She gave birth to six children. At Uruan, she had a vision that she was formerly married at Ika-Annang to Etim Ekpo, and that her three children are still there, alive, though they are grown up, and they too have grown up children. She visited Ika-Annang, and saw her children, and was able to recognise her compound and the tree she had planted before she died. When Our Lord Jesus Christ whipped the people out of the temple and told them that His Father's House should not be used as a market, they questioned Him about the signs to prove that He is the Son of God. In reply, Christ asked them to pull down the temple and that within three days, He would rebuild it (John 2:19). The people did not understand Him. He was merely referring to Himself, that He would die and resurrect on the third day to live thereafter forever. He is a spirit and lives eternally. He lives on and continues to interact with men. This is to prove to you that there is no, death. What you call death is a mere transfer to a new body. This transfer does not take you out of this world, you still stay and belong here. The market, school, churches you go to are not attended by you alone. Others whom you regard as having died do attend these places too. If a man is transferred to another body, the former body is buried. That which you originally had was the dust of the earth, and it will definitely return to this earth and become manure, while the soul remains the same. Dust goes back to dust while the spirit remains the spirit At times, you complain why a woman does not give birth to a child. This is so because the spirit is yet to go into her. The moment the spirit, is transferred into her, she will immediately become pregnant and

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THE RETURN OF CHRIST Therefore, there are many who do not believe in reincarnation. But our Lord Jesus Christ assured that He would go away but would come back to take you to Himself. Is He not here with men on earth now? Is He not the one responsible for every work in this kingdom? Why then are people expecting Him to fly down from the sky? He said that it was the Father who sent Him, and to Him (the Father) was He going. Now, where does God Himself go? On another occasion, He declared that He and His Father are one. The Father is a spirit, and Christ Himself is a spirit and both of them are The Word. They are the truth, and had never left any man comfortless. They abide in us always. I spend endless hours preaching to you so that you may understand. Today, you still doubt Him, and you are ignorant of His ability. You are still telling lies, getting angry, stealing and killing one another. This is the time for all men to practice the word of God. For those of you who are proud because your parents are in the world, you should by now realize that you are holding a false belief. When you claim that a person is dead, you should know that that is when his spirit changes its abode, and is later born into the world. This fact has been variously proved in many communities and cities. For instance, certain people who had scalding marks on their bodies were later born with such marks to prove to the world that they have reincarnated. Many of you have reincarnated up to five times or more.

eventually give birth to a baby. Without these transfers, there would be no child bearing in the world. There are very many things you have misinterpreted in the world. The things you sow need manure to grow, and without these things growing and becoming manure once again for other plants to grow, there would be no food. There is nothing in this world. God is everything. You may say you have no brother, He will come into you and dwell therein, and become everything for you. Do not boast about what you have, and do not have hope in another person. Do not say somebody loves you because only God loves you. It baffles me what you term man to be. Man is nothing. Why then do you despise God and believe and have hope in man? You cannot help yourself except God helps you. God has promised never to leave you comfortless, and has not left you comfortless. A stroke of the cane is enough for the wise. May God bless His Holy teachings. Amen. THANK YOU FATHER.

MY MISSION TO TEACH TO SANCTIFY HUMANITY TO ESTABLISH THE KINGDOM OF GOD

To do what nobody, angel or man, has ever done in the world.

The only thing that can save you in Brotherhood is the Word of God delivered to you daily. When you confess that you have quarrelled, that you have no patience, and indulge in other vices, it is because the word of God does not dwell richly in you. You cannot stand firm in the Lord if you do not receive the recondite teachings of the Holy Spirit. The field is white but the reapers are few. 1 Peter 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto also they were appointed.

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I have not come into the world to joke. I have not come to teach the word of God in theory but in practice. In the church denominations, when you are accepted as their member, you will only be asked whether you believe in Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour? When you reply in the affirmative, you will be told to go and continue in paying your dues; and whether you practice the word of God or not, you are sure to go to heaven. No matter how heinous your sins may be, whether you commit fornication and adultery or indulge in occultism, once you accept that Jesus Christ is your Savior in the church denominations, you are saved. Such teachings are the teaching of demons. In all the church denominations the only aspect that they know is that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. But as for His teachings, exhortations, injunctions and commandments, none of the church denominations is able to put them into practice. James 2:14-17 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Brethren, you profess to believe in Our Lord Jesus Christ but you fail to practice His teachings. Does this then mean that you believe in Him? Whosoever professes to believe in our Lord Jesus Christ and fails to abide by His teachings is a liar. In the same token whosoever professes to have faith, without practicing the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ is a deceiver: Faith without works is dead. Just as you believe in the existence of God, the demons also believe in His existence. Even though the demons believe in God, they continue to steal, fornicate, commit adultery, indulge in concoctions and charms without the least intention of practicing a single word of God. When some members of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star are in my presence they pretend to be very religious, but when they depart from my physical presence, they start fighting and indulging in all manner of vices. Does this kind of behavior prove that you have faith in the Holy Father?

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Matthew 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name have done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Why will He deny these people? Just as you are professing to be members of Brotherhood with your white soutanes, yet continue to tell lies, drink, fornicate, sue people to court, hurt one another and indulge in all sorts of vices. Is this how a Brotherhood member should behave? Even if you fast for one month and continue in sin, your fasting does not help you. It is of no benefit to you or to God. Even if you no longer eat meat, fish, stockfish and you are a complete vegetarian yet you are stealing; you are easily exasperated, you envy and impute sins on others. For you to be a vegetarian and continue in sin is of no use to you, to God or the entire world. You also go about trying to resemble Leader O.O. Obu in the way that He dresses. You wear white shorts, white short-sleeved shirts and go barefooted. In the case of a sister, she puts on a white gown and a white head scarf but indulges in fornication and other vices. What is the usefulness of wearing white, and going about barefooted professing to be a Brotherhood? Do you know that the aim of the teachings is to bring you up, so that you may resemble me? Which means you must not commit any sins. All the members of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star and the entire world should be informed that my mission on earth is to lead the whole world to the accurate knowledge of truth. You must not beat your child, your housemaid or your wife. You must not count sins for anyone nor judge any person. You must not commit any act of sin. Now that you are wasting your time, it is incumbent that you put these teachings into practice. Do you know that one man should marry one woman? Each man has to have only one wife, for the whole of his lifespan? Nobody is to consult oracles or soothsayers and you must not inject any black powder into your body or rub any concoctions on your body. You must not believe in ghosts, mermaids, witchcraft or any evil forces. If you believe in these illusions, you are not a true and born Brotherhood. At the moment there is no member of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star

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who practices Brotherhood. Right now, it is only when you come to Calabar to 34 Ambo Street or 26 Mbukpa Road to see the Leader physically that you can see the real Brotherhood being practiced. Immediately you leave the presence of the Holy Father, you cannot find any one practicing real Brotherhood. Show me any one person who possesses all the virtues of God in him? Such a person would be a true representative of Brotherhood. When you come before me, you pretend to be very pious but when you depart, you behave like your great grand parents. You cannot compare this era with the time of Our Lord Jesus Christ. When Our Lord Jesus Christ was first in the world, before He shed His blood, His disciples did not receive the Holy Spirit. At that time man was not united with God. After Our Lord Jesus Christ shed his blood man became reconciled with God, and both of them became united. That was why our Lord Jesus Christ said, "it is expedient for you that I go away: For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you: but if I depart, I will send him unto you." (John 16:7) He also said "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself: but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come". (John 16:12-13) Most of you are complaining that my teachings are new and that most of them were not taught by Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ in His advent had a very short assignment, He only came to shed His blood. Since He only came for a short assignment, He did not come with His whole family. He came alone. Even if Our Lord Jesus Christ had remained from that time until now, He would not have completed His assignment. All the gospels that I give to you daily are only introductory teachings leading to my main assignment. If I do not do all these things, you will not come to the accurate knowledge of truth. I have known Adam, Moses, Abraham, Noah, Enoch, Elijah and all the other patriarchs. I have spoken about Abraham, Moses, Elijah and their assignments in this world. The work that I have come to do on earth is so great and significant that no one has ever done such work before. It is also impossible that any other person can accomplish this work. The ability to make people to become wealthy is a small assignment. Money had existed in the world from time immemorial. Raising the dead,

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making the blind to see and performing miracles had been in the world, right from the time of Elijah. All these are minor assignments. The major assignment that I have come to do has never been done before nor will it ever be done again. It is to reform a sinner and return him to the standard required by God, so that he may live according to the expectations of God. Since the creation of man by God, have you ever found anyone in the world, who is able to reform a sinner? Right from the time of Adam, have you ever seen a man who has been able to change himself from this vile body to the glorious body of Our Lord Jesus Christ? I have told you that Our Lord Jesus Christ did not attain the accurate knowledge of the truth. That was why He became annoyed and drove out the people who were selling their merchandise in the temple with a cane. Today in this new Kingdom of God, if you take up a cane and beat anyone, you have derailed from the path of truth. Any day that you take up a cane and beat anyone, I will give you zero and you cannot enter this kingdom.You know that Our Lord Jesus Christ cursed the two cities of Bethsaida and Chorazin (Matt 11:21/Luke 10:13). Right from today whosoever curses or abuses anyone cannot enter into this Kingdom. Even though Our Lord Jesus Christ cursed and abused, He did not commit sin because that was His own assignment. I am not criticizing Our Lord Jesus Christ neither am I criticizing Moses. I am merely informing you that their assignments differed from my own. This is so that you may know exactly what assignment I have come to perform at this close of the age. Many people in the world who want to glory in vices always say that even Our Lord Jesus Christ was angry or that he changed water into wine for people to drink. Our Lord Jesus Christ behaved in this way because things had not yet been made perfect by then. That is to say that He had not yet shed His precious blood. The moment that He shed His blood and made the pronouncement "It is finished" (John 19:30), everything was concluded. When we were using the old currency i.e. the pound sterling which was the legal tender then, at that time; you could use that money in buying anything that you wanted. But now that it has ceased to be the legal tender, if you use it now, you are acting against the law.

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I want to quote to you various passages from the Bible, so that you may know the assignment of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This is so that you may guard against the errors and mistakes that He made. Our Lord Jesus Christ wept and mourned when Lazarus died. But now, any day that you weep or mourn, no matter the circumstances, you cannot enter this Kingdom. Any day that you say woe unto any person, then you have deprived yourself of this Kingdom. Matthew 11: 20 - 23 Then began He to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sack cloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgement, than for you. And thou Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which had been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, It would have remained until this day. When you come into Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, you are told all the things that you should not indulge in. Therefore if you entangle yourself in those things which you were warned not to do, you are lost. I have come to establish the new Kingdom of God on earth. This is the new heaven and earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. (2 Pet.3:13) Moses in his own advent came to establish judgement. But our Lord Jesus Christ came to modify and confirm the judgement of Moses. My mission is to establish the new Kingdom of God on earth, so that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven. In this new Kingdom, I have nothing to do with abuses, annoyance, hatred or any vice. I have not come in order to judge and condemn you, but to make everything new. Therefore, no matter how badly behaved your children are, do not beat them. Do you understand the intricacies of the Kingdom? The intricacies of this Kingdom are quite clear to the outsiders. That is those who are not yet born into this Kingdom. They know that no one inside this Kingdom is permitted to indulge in any manner of sin. I have told you that many of you do not understand my mission on earth. Just as you have in the secular world, various stages of establishments like the magistrate courts, the court of

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Appeal and the Supreme court, so also does the same situation prevail in the spiritual world. The Supreme court is the equivalent of the Holy Spirit personified. Even though Our Lord Jesus Christ cursed the Scribes and the Pharisees, such a thing cannot happen in this kingdom. You are not to pronounce woe unto any person, because this is the new Kingdom of God where righteousness dwells. You are not to curse or abuse anyone. Neither are you to frown your face. Any day that you curse or abuse anyone, you are under the judgement of hell fire. John 11:35 "Jesus wept." Perhaps you want to console yourself by shedding tears. Any day that you weep in this new Kingdom you cannot enter into it. You are not to shed tears or be sorrowful throughout your life. Our Lord Jesus Christ wept and became sorrowful because He was in the flesh. This is the beginning of the spiritual assignment. Brethren, have you not read the small pamphlet in Brotherhood entitled "The First Step to God" which says that you must not shed tears. You must not cry or mourn in the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Is there any of you, who is aware that nobody is permitted to cry no matter the circumstances. To cry is the work of the flesh. All those who attend funerals and shed tears have scored zero. Do you know where a man comes from or where he goes when he dies? Man is the property of God, and whatever it pleases Him to do with human beings, He is entitled to do. You have no right to question Him. John 2:15 And when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables. All that Our Lord Jesus Christ did was what was written about Him. If He had not accomplished all these things, He would not have been the one prophesied about. He did not make any mistakes. After accomplishing all that had been written about Him He made a pronouncement "it is finished".(John 19:30). Tomorrow when you argue that Our Lord Jesus Christ wept, turned water into wine and became angry, remember that

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He told you that the work of the flesh was over. All of you know that when the battle is very fierce, the King Himself will come and lead the army. All these facts prove to you that I know Our Lord Jesus Christ and the assignment He had come to perform. From time to time, Jehovah God and His Christ has to send a human being to the world for a specific assignment. Where one person stops, is where the other person will begin. The assignments of God can be likened to a contractor who is erecting a building. It is not the brick-layer who will do the roofing of the house neither will it be the carpenter who will handle the wiring of the house, and so on. The same thing happens when God sends a person to perform a certain assignment on earth. When one person finishes his assignment, another person will continue from there. Our Lord Jesus Christ came and finished His assignment by shedding His blood for the remission of our sins. The present assignment is an entirely different one. That is to establish the new Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. The new heaven and the new earth where righteousness dwells. I have told you that during the colonial era, there were many rules and regulations. If you rode a bicycle without a lantern, you have contravened the law. One person was riding a bicycle in the night and he carefully hung a lantern on the bicycle without lighting it. He was consequently arrested by the Police for riding his bicycle without a lantern. You can see that the law was very flexible. It is for this reason that laws are always amended. The man who had been arrested told the Police that he had been riding his bicycle with a lantern in conformity with the law. Therefore the people who made the law found that a certain clause in the law needed amendment. So they instituted another law that any person who rides a bicycle should have a light on or a lantern with light. Matthew 5: 17-20 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your

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righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of heaven. These are the amendments to the law of Moses. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "I have not come to destroy the law or the Prophets but to fulfill Except your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of heaven." The Kingdom mentioned in the statement is Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. The disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ requested Him to teach them how to pray (Luke 11:1-2). He taught them to say, "Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." This is that Kingdom which they had prayed for, for so many years ago. The question is, "Who is prepared to enter into this Kingdom?” This Kingdom has nothing to do with sin. Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. When Our Lord Jesus Christ will appear the second time, He will have no association with sinners. At the moment, you are still calling Him a friend of sinners. Do you think that He will come to continue the work of death by associating with the evil ones? Who are those who are really waiting for the second advent of Our Lord Jesus Christ? 2 Peter 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless. Many of you are not looking for this Kingdom. Rather you are looking for the mundane things which have nothing to do with this Kingdom. In this Kingdom only righteousness is expected. Nothing unrighteous will enter into it. 1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. How many people in the world have prepared themselves for this Kingdom? You only come here to joke and play, seeking for only material things which

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means that you do not want to enter this Kingdom. This thing that you are joking with will become a source of lamentation at the end of this generation. I have often told you that you do not understand the meaning of this Kingdom. I have warned you not to compare me with Moses, Melchizedek, Adam, Elijah and Jesus Christ because their assignments were different, and had already been completed. I have come to accomplish a new phase which even Our Lord Jesus Christ was not able to achieve. That is the establishment of the new Kingdom of God on earth. I know the reason why so many people cannot come into Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. I also know why even members of Brotherhood cannot refrain completely from sins. It is because your brethren in the church denominations indulge in fornication, preparation of concoctions and charms. They fight and quarrel, cause division and glory in vices. Yet they claim that they will go to heaven. When they see you, they regard you as fellow Christians. But while refraining from concoctions and charms, and that you should not drink, smoke, snuff or sue people to court, do you feel that you should behave like fellow Christians? It is the same situation that we have in Brotherhood. We have different fellowships, like Christ Students, Christ Servants, the Ordained ones and the Elders etc. A Christ Servant is allowed to marry, and can live like an average Brotherhood person. The Christ Students are not allowed to marry or be given in marriage. They must be celibate. But now, nobody can see the difference between the Christ Students and the average Brotherhood person. This is so, because most of the Christ Students have defiled themselves with men and women. Many people are asking questions as to why the Christ Students are not allowed to marry. Are they not also in this Kingdom? Many people also want to know the difference between the Ordained ones and the others, since they are all in this same Kingdom. A great deal of people in the world attend spiritual churches yet they fornicate, steal, quarrel, cause division, prepare concoctions and charms and glory in vices. Have you heard what has been said to you that when our Lord Jesus Christ will return the second time, He will have no association with sinners? Do the church denominations understand that I have not come to have any share with them at all? It has been clearly stated in the Bible that Our Lord Jesus Christ will have no share with sinners in His second advent.(2

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Pet 3:13/1 John 3:3). Members of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star are to be pitied because they do not want to put the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ into practice. Some of them attend parties with members of the church denominations, they drink and become intoxicated. The word of God which is given to you is a two-edged sword. That is why I am pleading with you to refrain from all manners of sin. The long patience of God should not be regarded as stupidity. Why are people anxiously waiting for the second advent of Our Lord Jesus Christ? He came and shed His precious blood to reconcile man with God. He revealed God as love to all human-beings. In addition He performed many miracles. He gave sight to the blind, raised the dead, cleansed the lepers and made the dumb to speak. Why do people still want Him to come back again? Philippians 3:20-21 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. The reason why the whole world is looking for our Lord Jesus Christ is so that He may come and change our vile body from mortality to immortality. Since the creation of man, have you ever heard of a person who can change this vile body to the glorious body of Christ? If you are not reformed now, that is to say you must refrain completely from all manner of vices, how will your vile body be changed to the glorious body of Christ? Now that some of you have been completely reformed, what do you think Our Lord Jesus Christ will do when He comes back? Peter, Paul and the rest of the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ were waiting for this time. That is why Peter said in 2 Peter 3:13. "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." Is this a strange language? Where you find people quarrelling, fighting, committing fornication, causing division and judging one another, can you say that righteousness dwells there? When people weep and cry, can you say that they are righteous? Where you find people cursing and abusing one another saying, "Woe unto you, your family or country. Can you say that

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is where righteousness dwells?" Brethren, you know that material things are no problem. But our problem is to practice righteousness so that our vile or mortal bodies might be changed to immortality. Therefore all those who are looking for Him must purify themselves, even as He is pure. If you are seeking for a new earth, then you must have love, peace, meekness, temperance, endurance, self-control, humility, tolerance and the spirit of forgiveness. Who will our Lord Jesus Christ choose as His disciples, and who will rule with Him in His second advent? Luke 20:34-36 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be counted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. In the whole world, how many people are prepared to follow our Lord Jesus Christ and comply with these instructions? Many of you dance about professing to be Brotherhood. How many of you are prepared to follow our Lord Jesus Christ? Our Lord Jesus Christ has said that those counted worthy to inherit that new world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. I have been preaching to you that a special number of people are required in this new Kingdom of God. They are 144,000 virgins. All those who hope in Him have made themselves holy even as He is holy.(1 John 3:3). How many people think of purifying themselves and making themselves holy even as He is holy? Since you are waiting for Him, you should be perfect without spot or blemish. How many people in the whole world have fulfilled the laid down principles? Inside this new Kingdom of God, you are not to indulge in any vice. Do you not see that your thoughts are at variance with the principles of this new Kingdom? Some of you want to attain great heights in education, you long to be elected into any of the legislative posts, you want to become a President, Commissioner, Minister or Permanent Secretary. Some of you want to acquire all the wealth of this world. How many of you stop for a moment and consider entering into this new Kingdom of God? Do you know that to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace?(Romans 8:6)

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Luke 14:26-27 If any come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. How many of you are prepared to hate your parents, children and family in order to enter into this new Kingdom? Everyday you put on your white soutane and attend morning and evening prayers but you are not prepared to practice the word of God so that you may have eternal life. Revelation 14:3-5 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders; and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile; for they are without fault before the throne of God. Who among you is prepared to comply with this instruction? From where were they redeemed? Are you not now on earth? Are you really prepared to be redeemed? Now all of you are now on earth if after hearing this gospel you comply with it, you have left the world which means that you are redeemed. Matthew 19:11-12 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. Where do you stand? Are you for this new Kingdom of God or are you for the world? Are you still maintaining your position in this Kingdom with the slogan, "As the Father likes it?" Do you want to wait until all the people have been selected for this new Kingdom of God before your eyes become open?

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After God has selected the 144,000 virgins, the door will be closed, and you will not be able to enter. A fornicator will never enter this new Kingdom of God. If you like call the name of the Holy Father, Leader Olumba Olumba Obu, one hundred times, you will never enter the Kingdom of God unless you fulfill these conditions. 1 Corinthians 7:29-34 But I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none: And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of the world passeth away. But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. It is because you do not understand the principles of this new Kingdom of God that many of you regard Brotherhood of the Cross and Star as a church, prayer-house, school or a healing home. In Brotherhood of the Cross and Star people are divided into different categories:o

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When material things are brought before you, you fight and struggle for them. But for spiritual things you are not prepared to fight and struggle for them. You want to continue with the slogan, "As Father likes It". You want to continue with this slogan until the judgement day when it will be too late to change. People from all the nations of the world will come and fill up this new Kingdom of God. Galatians 5:22-26 But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith; Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. What do you think of these passages which have been read out to you? What is your hope about this new Kingdom of God? Everyday you go about fornicating committing adultery and all forms of sins. You go about collecting money from people under false pretense, when you indulge in these things, do you think that God is a respecter of persons? Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is

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in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Unless you practice the word of God, there will be no room for you in this new Kingdom of God. Have you heard the text read out to you? This is so that you will not complain that you were in the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star but did not enter into the Kingdom of God. If you are in the Brotherhood of Cross and Star and yet fail to practice the word of God, you will not enter into this new Kingdom. I am shouting and pleading with you that those who indulge in fornication, adultery, stealing, lying, deceit, envying, cunningness, anger, quarrelling, fighting, gossiping, snuffing, heresy, lasciviousness, pomposity, division, laziness, covetousness, argument, flippancy, pride, fraud, bullying, murder, insult, rancor, vain-thinking, aggravation, whispering, cursing, herbalism, traditional plays, worldly dance, swearing by blood, oath, inordinate lust, and evil concupiscence, both native and English treatments, occult science, burning of incense, playing of bands or drums, weeping, frowning of face, sighing, bribery, or being bribed, selfishness, beating of children, wife or servants, disobedience and lamenting; wearing of gold, pearl earrings, necklace, finger rings, piercing of ears, offering people drinks, keeping company with fornicators, mourning, keeping a mourning house, secret societies, such as Rosicrucian, Lodge, Abu, Ekpe, Ekpo, and others; court actions, backbiting, sacrifice, being present in worldly society, sooth-saying, or worldly gathering, eating meat of strangled beasts or meat of animals which die by themselves and such ungodly manners, will not enter. All your sins have been forgiven. All the sins that you have committed from the time of Adam up till now have all been forgiven. For this reason you are all justified before God. I have no business with churches, prayer houses or service centers. Wherever you meet anyone, tell him or her to confess his or her sins and become truly repentant so that he may avoid the wrath of God to come. This is the era in which the children of God have to judge the people of the world. Whosoever sins you forgive, his sins are forgiven. Whosoever says he has no sin, his sins will remain with him. (1 John 1:8) Do not behave like the prophets of old who had no hope of salvation.

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In this generation salvation is nearer to you than the tongue to the teeth. Since all your sins have been forgiven and you have been brought into this new Kingdom, so do not go back and get entangled with sins. Wherever you go, ask the people to confess their sins and accept baptism in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. As for those who claim to have no sins and are not prepared to accept baptism, pass them by, there is no way of salvation for them. This explains the reason why our Lord Jesus Christ could not do any effective work in His birthplace. Since you have been redeemed from this world of sin, woe, poverty, anguish, tribulation, and sickness, into this new Kingdom of joy, peace, righteousness and holiness, you should not go back to commit sin again. Now all of you have been endowed with the power of the Holy Spirit. You have been commissioned to go into all parts of the world and forgive people of their sins. Do not try to convince anybody to come into Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Can you see the promise of Our Lord Jesus Christ? He had promised to pray the Father to send the Holy Spirit of truth to come and dwell with you. Have you now seen this promise manifested today? He says that you have received the Holy Spirit and whosoever sins you remit, they are remitted unto them and whosoever sins you retain, they are retained.(John 20:23). Why do you complain, when you are sent out to preach these good tidings to the world, that you have no holy oil holy water or the power of giving visions. You do not require all these things. All that you need to do is to gather people around you, ask them to kneel down and confess their sins. Then you tell them to go because their sins have been forgiven. When you do this, their sins will be forgiven and all their problems will be solved. When people meet you and confess their sins and are baptized, all their sins are remitted. They have received the Holy Spirit. Pass on from there to another place.

no avail. This is because the church denominations do not have the Holy Spirit to forgive sins. Whoever wants to experiment on this lecture can do so. Come into the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star as a woeful sinner, prostrate on the ground, confess all your sins, destroy all your idols and secret society books, withdraw your membership in secret societies or worldly traditions, and all your sickness, afflictions, suffering will be solved instantly. The mighty works that you witness in the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star are not performed by me. It is the promise of God which is fulfilled in the last generation. We should try to confess our sins always, and know that whenever we sin, there is one who makes intercessions for us (1 John 2:1). Brethren, I do not intend to be tedious unto you. All those who have ears to hear, let them hear. May God bless His Holy Words. Amen. REFERENCE: MY MISSION: To Teach, To Sanctify Humanity To Establish The Kingdom of God. To Do What Nobody, Angel Or Man, Has Ever Done In The World. By: Leader Olumba Olumba Obu

Whichever school or church a person belongs to, does not matter. Whenever somebody confesses his sins, and becomes truly repentant and is baptized, then all his sins are forgiven. Can you now see why a person baptized into the church denominations finds that his troubles, and afflictions still remain with him because his sins have not yet been remitted. This is the reason why people jump from one church to another seeking for salvation but all to

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THIS IS WHY OUR GOSPEL HERE HINGES ON LOVE AND THERE IS NO OTHER PERSON WHO WILL TELL YOU TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER EXCERPT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO LOVED YOU FIRST. I DO NOT WANT ANYTHING FROM YOU APART FROM LISTENING TO MY TEACHINGS AND PRACTICING SAME. THIS IS BECAUSE YOUR SALVATION LIES IN PRACTICING

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MY TEACHINGS. WHEN YOU GO CONTRARY TO MY TEACHINGS, YOU HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME. -----------------(The Holy Spirit: Our Source of Inspiration) SECOND BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 16:13-15 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you."

other believers in the teachings of Christ. This is also the reason you have been told that Brotherhood is not a church, not a service center, not a prayer house, nor a community nor a nation. Brotherhood is not any of the things you conjecture it to be. BROTHERHOOD IS SIMPLY THE KINGDOM OF GOD WHERE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS TAUGHT AND PRACTICED

THE GOD YOU ARE SEEKING AFTER IS NOT FOUND IN THE SKY, IS NOT EVEN IN YOUR BEDROOM, HE IS NOT FOUND ALONG THE ROAD, NEITHER IS HE FOUND IN SOME STRANGE PLACES, GOD IS FOUND WITHIN YOU. HE LIVES WITHIN YOU.

GOLDEN TEXT: JOHN 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

What reveals God to you is a peaceful atmosphere. When you create a peaceful atmosphere around you and you are calm and humble, then God can get close to you. At that point, God speaks with you and He tells you what you have to do. And if you abide by God's directives you receive your salvation. You have been told that one servant cannot serve two masters. A lot of you have been here in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star for forty years but your forty years is fruitless. It has not availed you anything because the trouble you create around you makes it impossible for you to receive the word of God. You seek God in the moon, the sun, on the high seas and in the Atlantis, you seek God through all other places, have you found Him? GOD IS THE WORD, HE IS NO OTHER BEING EXCEPT THE WORD. We in Brotherhood understand this fact, which is why we are unique among

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AND THAT IS WHY YOU ARE ASKED TO LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO THE GOSPEL OF GOD, CONCENTRATE ON THE WORD OF GOD AND MAKE USE OF THE WORD OF GOD. I HAVE OFTEN TOLD YOU THAT GOD DWELLS IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MEN. HE STAYS WITHIN THE MIND. BUT SOME PERSONS HAVE UNDERTAKEN THE ASSIGNMENTS WHICH THEY THINK IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, LIKE BUILDING CATHEDRALS. OF WHAT USE IS A CATHEDRAL TO GOD? GOD DOES NOT DWELL IN ANY EDIFICE BUILT BY MAN, HE DWELLS IN THE HEART AND MIND. So when you begin to disturb people that they should go on ministry work, celebrate feast, donate to charity, etc., that is not the basic thing. The basic thing and primary requirement is to forsake sin and accept the word of God.

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SECOND BIBLE LESSON: REVELATION 19:11-13 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he Himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood and his name is called the word of God.

GOLDEN TEXT: REVELATION 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God and his throne.

(The World's Ruler Is Here) 10. I HAVE COME BY MYSELF, SENDING NO ONE, AND I WILL REVEAL MYSELF TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. I HAVE COME NOT TO DIE AGAIN AS THE WORLD THINKS, MY CHILDREN SING AND REJOICE FOR I THE LORD HAVE COME TO TAKE MY GLORY.

His name is the word of God, there is another name of His written on his garment which no man knows except He, Himself. He wears numerous crowns of glory on His head. This explains why in Brotherhood we have many names for Him. We call Him Holy Spirit, King of kings, Lord of Lords, Redeemer, Comforter, Savior, etc. All are correct, call Him what you like.

nominated in the scripture. He is the word. He is everything. He is always with His Children where ever they are. This is the being whom all the angels and other must bow down for. He is the embodiment of all virtues, such patience. He does not talk at random because He knows that when He talks wonder happen.

HE HAS COME BACK WITH HIS GLORY, POWER, AND EVERYTHING TO JUDGE THE WORLD AND TO RULE THE WHOLE WORLD. HE RULES WITH PATIENCE, LOVE, MERCY, AND OTHER VIRTUES. HE DOES NOT WANT US TO PERISH, AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY HE KEEPS PLEADING WITH US TO REFRAIN FROM SINS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL HIS PRONOUNCEMENTS MUST COME TO FULFILLMENT. Brotherhood of the Cross and star is not a place for jokes. THIS IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD WHERE A BEING WHOM NO ONE KNOWS DWELLS. He does not make use of a cane or punches to coerce anyone to recognize Him. He rather uses words. Everyone must reap the reward of his or her works. If your works are good you will have good reward and vise versa. There is no deceitfulness here. If you fail, you have perished. Even if you claim to be a Brotherhood member, you will reap the fruits of your labor.

AS HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN IN THE LIKENESS OF MAN, SO HAS HE COME SO THAT WE MAY RESEMBLE HIM IN ALL ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE. HE LOVES US, THAT IS THE REASON WHY HE TEACHES US ABOUT HIS KINGDOM.

He is the Sole Spiritual Head. He rules over other spirits. He has come to judge the living and the dead. Those who still continue in sin stand the risk of being judged. He is no respecter of persons as

. DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS ON EARTH WITH MAN? THE SON OF MAN AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HERE ON EARTH. WHY IS THE MAN CHILD CALLED THE SON OF MAN? IT IS BECAUSE HE COMES IN HUMAN FORM. WHY IS HE CALLED

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THE SON OF GOD? IT IS BECAUSE HE HAS THE SPIRIT OF GOD. WHY IS HE CALLED GOD? IT IS BECAUSE HE IS SPIRIT. HE IS EVERYTHING. HE IS THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

SO BELOVED, DO NOT BE MISLED TO BELIEVE OR TO HAVE THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THE SAID MALE CHILD IS NOT THE RESURRECTED JESUS CHRIST. HE IS STILL THE ONE IN A DIFFERENT FORM AND NAME. IT IS THE SAME PERSON WE REVILED, RELEGATED, MOCKED AT, SPAT ON, PERSECUTED AND CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY, WHO HAS COME THIS TIME AROUND TO BE SEATED ON THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER AND JUDGE THE ENTIRE WORLD.

IT IS THEREFORE NOT YOUR PLACE TO TELL THE WORLD THAT THE PROMISED ONE IS HERE. HE THE ONE TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO ALL AND SUNDRY.

The one in your midst was destined to rule the world with an iron rod. And it does not matter who you are, or wherever you hail from, He is the one to rule over you. The fishes, animals, and indeed all creations are subjected to His divine rule. He uses truth, love, and peace to overcome the whole world and force them unto Himself. He is the one to rule because He was ordained to rule, and no other.

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nothing material that I would not have possessed. The possessions would have been a source of litigation, fighting, heart-break and restlessness. The effect therefore would have been the loss of this glory. You can now see why I ceased to be angry since 14th of February, 1942. If I were carnally minded, I would have quarreled many times over and grown long face with many. FROM TODAY, RESIST THE LUST FOR MATERIAL THINGS FOR IT IS THE BANE YOUR PREDICAMENT AND STATE OF AFFAIRS ON EARTH. THE THINGS OF THIS EARTH BRING NO GLORY TO GOD

I have not only taught you the truth, but I have practiced it for you to emulate me.*I HAVE BEEN A FRUITARIAN FROM THE ONSET. DO YOU SEE ME WITH GORGEOUS DRESSES, SHOES, ETC? The 25th of December, 1944 was the last time that I put on a tie. I MAY APPEAR LEAN PHYSICALLY BUT IN SPIRIT I AM A GIANT. ANYBODY WHO ABIDES BY MY TEACHINGS HERE WILL NEED NO ONE TO PRAY FOR HIM, SETTLE HIS PROBLEMS OR INDULGE IN LITIGATION BECAUSE UNTO THOSE THAT ARE PURE, EVERYTHING IS PURE.

THE HOLY SPIRIT AS PROMISED BY CHRIST IS HERE. You are merely shouting His name yet none of you is willing to emulate me. EVERY MUNDANE THING IS TRANSITORY, SAVE GOD ALONE IN WHOM OUR FAITH AND HOPE LIE. SINCE MY ADVENT, I HAVE NOTHING ON MY OWN, NOT EVEN A SPOON, DRESS, WIFE, CHILD, OR PLATE. GOD IS EVERYTHING TO ME.

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