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FfI-IE PRIMARYCOMMANDMENTFIRST BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 1:17

"For the law was given by Moses butgrace and truth come by Jesus Christ. "SECOND BIBLE LESSON:MATTHEW 22:37

IfJesus said unto him, Thou shaltlove the Lord thy God with all thy heaft,and with all thy soul, and with all thymind. "GOLDEN TEXT: MATTHEW 5:8

If Blessed are the pure in heart: forthey shall see God. "TOTAL SURRENDERING

Beloved, from now until eternity, wewill not talk about any other person but OurLord Jesus Christ. This is so because He aloneloves God and in Him lies the hope for theworld's salvation. He is the only one who hastaught us the truth, and our lives depend onHim. The first lesson reads that the law wasgiven by Moses, but grace and truth came fromJesus Christ. The problem of the entire worldstems from the fact that you do not hear theword of God, and you neither accept it norpractice it. If the people of the world had lovedGod with all their hearts and minds, and aboveall, believed, and had seen Him as the only hopefor man's salvation, we would not havelamented, experienced lack, or .had: any problemat all. I f we had sanctified our heart, refrainedfrom sins and practiced His divine teachings wewould abide in peace.

A lot of people may not have realizedthat the attendant reward derivable frompracticing the word of God is far more valuablethan one person owning the whole world. Afterali, His word is more than the whole world. Youhave been enjoined thus: "This is mycommandment, that ye love one another as Ihave loved you. " (John 15:12). Brotherhood ofthe Cross and Star is actually the real kingdom

of God you have been hearing about. We shallcontinue to preach love to you at all times.When you have this love richly endowed in youthen you would not commit sin, and you wouldbe perfect and pure as He is. And above all, youwould be saved. If you listen to, assimilate,accept and put to practice all that you have beentaught about the kingdom of God, r amconvinced that the world will be problem free.And in addition, peace will return to the world.It is through a perfect heart that you can practicerighteousness. Mercy comes from the mind,patience, love, humility, benevolence, honesty,obedience and all virtues are the function of themind. Even truth is a fruit of the heart. And so,if one's state of mind is negative, nothing goodcan ever come from such a man. This accountsfor why Our Lord Jesus Christ said to thePharisees: "Ye generation of vipers, how can ye,being evil, speak good things for out of thefullness of the heart, the mouth speaketh ..(Matthew 12:34). A good man out of the goodtreasure of the heart bringeth forth good thingsand an evil man out of evil treasure bringethforth evil things." (Matthew 12:34-35), And soyou would realize that loving God with all ourhearts, minds and lives is nothing to toy aroundwith if we must be joint heirs in the kingdom ofGod.

If we are rich in righteousness we wouldbehold God in our lives and we would not havetime to commit all sorts of sinful acts. Ipsofacto, we would spend all our times and lives indoing the work of God. For Christ said: "Hethat rejecteth me, and receiveth not my word,hath one that judgeth him: The word that I havespoken, the same shall judge him in the lastday." ( John 12:48).

Let us abide in the love of God. And ifwe allow this love to dwell in us it will be ouramour. In so doing we would not commit sin. Iam revealing to you in clear terms that theproblem of the whole world emanates fromthe fact that, the world has rejected the onethat has come to lead mankind (among othercreation of GQd) to the perfect knowledge oftruth. Wife, children, husband, money, houses,cars, jewels, position, academic qualification,

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pure all things are pure: but unto them that aredefiled and unbelieving is nothing pure: but eventheir mind and conscience is defiled." (Titus 1:15). You all have been commissioned to go intothe world and teach this particular injunction tothe people of the World. And if you and thepeople of the world practice this injunction, thejoy of God would be yours. The injunction doesnot come from anyone here on earth or beneaththe earth. It is from the Almighty Father. It isonly when we practice these teachings, that wewill know the source of the teachings. Thisgospel constitutes the key to knowing God andbeing with Him. Therefore, stop seeking forGod in different parts of the world, instead,stay put where you are and love Himwholeheartedly and be pure, for you will seeHim at will. By so doing, you are saved. Readour second lesson again.SECOND BIBLE LESSON:MATTIffiW 22:37"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt lovethe Lord thy God with all thy heart, and withall thy soul, and with all thy mind. "THE FIRST INJUNCTION:Having read the above exeerpt, whathas Jesus Christ enjoined you to do? Has Henot enjoined you to love the Lord yourGod with al l your heart, soul and mind?This is what you have to infonneverybody about. Hardly would you seeanybody asking about what God expectsof him and what Christ enjoins all topractice. You would hold yourselfresponsible and your blood would be onyou, should you fail to practice thisinjunction. The injunction given in thissermon by Christ constitutes the first andforemost commandment. It is theinjunction that constitutes our joy, truthand love. Should we practice this gospel,we would see the reward instantly. Whoeverfails to see such reward should know that,he has not practieed this injunction. Should

anyone fail to behold God, it means then hehas not loved Him with ::>.11 his heart, souland mind.LOVING GOD WITH ALL YOURI-IEART:

I f peace eludes you it means you donot love Him with all your heart, mind andsoul. If you find yourself in an adversesituation then know that you do not loveHim with all your heart, mind and souLWhen Christ told His disciples that He wasgoing to Bethany, they asked why He shouldgo back to where they sought to stone Him,so He answered them and said: Are therenot twelve hours in the day? If any manwalketh by day he stumbleth not, because heseeth the light of this world." (John 11: 9).

If you should love God with all yourheart, mind and soul, you would neverencounter any kind of problem. You wouldnever see, nor come across any thing evil.All you will see will be the Father and youwould only talk about the Father at alltimes. Christ was always calling on theFather, referring to Him at all times. Youcan neither see the Father nor talk aboutHim for now because you do not love Himwith all your mind heart and soul. Can younow see the reason why when Christattended the feast with His parents atJerusalem and after the feast, the parents didnot see Him for two days, when the parentscame back and saw Him, He asked them,what was their business with Him? Hefurther asked them whether He should notabide in His Father's House? If you loveGod with all your heart, mind and soul, youwould never encounter any problem, nor seeanything evil. It is only the Father thatwould completely occupy your thought.With this type of love you will never beannoyed. It is only the Father who willseverything in your life. This is the reasonwhy Christ warned: "Love not the world,

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neither the things that are in the world if anyman love the world the love of the Father isnot in him." (John 2: 15).

The main theme of this sermon andothers to come shall be centered on how tolove your God with all your heart, mind andsou!. It was because of the lack of this lovethat Christ reminded the people thus:(Matthew 15:8) "These people draweth nighunto me with their mouths, and honoreth mewith their lips; but their heart is far fromme." Search yourselves because, most ofyou only profess to love God with your lipsbut your hearts are far from Him. Since Hedoes not wish that we should perish, this isthe reason why He has seen it necessary todel iver this message to us so that we wouldgo back to that first love, I feel that Godloves us so much that He would not want usto perish. This is the reason why He hasgiven us this gospel at this eleventh hour sothat we would not forget these facts. It iswritten: "Nevertheless I have somewhatagainst thee, because thou has left thy firstlove. Remember therefore from whence thouar t fallen and repent and do the first worksor else I will come unto thee quickly , andwill remove thy candlestick out of his placeexcept thou repent." (Revelation 2:4-5).Today has really proved the fact thatGod's love for us is so great and sounfathomable. It is said that though youbestow all your wealth to feed the poor andgive yoUr body to be burned, if you fail tolove your God with all your heart, mind andsoul, it avails you nothing.(l Cor 13:3).Whether you have money or not, you arebeautiful or not, educated or not, thesethings are not important. All God needsfrom you is to love Him with all your heart,mind and soul and you will behold Him. Hewill dwell in you and take control of yourlife. You will not even need food, money orany carnal thing apart from the Father.Remember that Moses had said that when

the time comes, God shall raise a Prophetamongst you, whom you all should listen to.And that whoever shall not listen to Hisvoice shal [ be cut off from the face of theearth.(Acts 3:22-23). If somebody shouldask you the reason why we are faced withproblems, the simple answer is that we haverefused to listen to the voice of God.THE GRACE OF GO D

If the people of the world shouldseek for the solution to all the problemsplaguing them, you should advise them tostart to love God with all their heart,mind and soul. This is therefore, thegrace and the truth. The reason why youkeep talking about man, juju, ghost,mermaid, witch and apparition is becauseyou do not love God with all your heart,mind and soul. Whoever loves God talksonly about God, and sees God at all times.Such a person can never indulge insinfulness because his testimonies are alwayscentered on God. If somebody should comeand invite you to Jerusalem or to the desertto see God, do not go for God can never befound in those places. He dwells in you. I fyou love God with all your mind, heartand soul, you will see Him. Also worldlythings will never torment you. You wouldnever experience famine or darkness in yourlife. Christ had said that, blessed is hewhose heart is pure for he shall see God(Matthew 5:8). Little did we know that thestatement consists of salvation and grace ofGod. It is also the life and glory of God.The statement is nothing but the truth and istrust worthy. The moment you love yourGod with all you, heart, mind and soul,you have been completely separated fromth e world. You would have nothing to dowith any other thing apart from theFather. You would always testify of theFather alone. I thank the Father so much,because he does not wish that the world

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are not the words of angels or men. Our LordJesus Christ once asked the people why theyshould call Him Lord, Lord but fail to do whatHe said: "And why call ye me Lord, Lord, anddo not the things which ( say?" (Luke 6:46)

He went further to say that not all thosewho call Him Lord, Lord shall inherit theKingdom of God, but those who do the will ofHis Father who is in heaven. He said again thathe who rejects Him and His words will not bejudged by Him bu t the word that He preacheswill judge him on the last day. If you do notlove God with all your heart, mind and soul,how will you love your neighbor? And if youfail to love your neighbor, what then is thepurpose for which we gather here in thiskingdom? Man is unable to love his neighborbecause he does not love his God. This gospel isdelivered for your own good: to bring you anawareness of God's expectation of you. A manis never static in life. It is either he progressesor retrogresses. For not loving God, we areequally unable to love our fellow man. Thequestion now is, what has man gained from hisdisobedience? Your salvation and that of thewhole world is centered on this gospel. Whoeverloves God with the whole of his heart, mind andsoul will never lament, cry or be distressed. Itwill be very simple for any person who lovesGod to love his neighbor. If Adam and Eve hadloved God first with all their heart, mind andsoul, they would not have been enticed to eat ofthe forbidden fruit. This means that whoeverfails to love God is bound to fall. This expla'inswhy Christ said, "As the Father loves me so alsohave I loved you. n He loves you, and as such,you should continue in His love.

All the material things such as money,houses, cars, wives, husbands, and children thatwe struggle for are transitory. The mostimportant of all the commandments in the Bibleis what you have been told here. Whoever failsto love man has no life. We should thereforediscard the advice of man, and practice God'sinjunctions. What you are reading here does notcome from Leader Olumba Olumba Obu or anangel but from God.

THE MYSTERY OF NATURE:Man ard God are one. Therefore, if we

love God with all our heart, mind, and soul, wewill love our neighhors as ourselves. The mostprecious an d greatest of all beings are Ou rLord Jesus Christ and the Almighty God. Ourlife here on earth and anywhere else isdependent upon the love of God. It is said that,tongues, knowledge, prophecy and all themundane things shall pass away but love shallendure forever. It behooves us that we shouldlove one another; for God is love. God Himselfloves us. His Son, who is the Son of God lovesus. We should, therefore, continue in the samelove. The problems that plague mankind aretraceable to his disobedience. Human beingssteal, fornicate, commit adultery, kill andgenerally live abominable lives because they donot love God. Read the first lesson again.FIRST BIBLE LESSON:MATTHEW 22: 38 - 39ttThis is the first altd greatcommandment. And the second is like unto it,Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. II

HIS DIVINE INJUNCTIONIt is the creator of heaven and earth who

has enjoined us all to love the Lord, our Godwith all our heart, mind and soul so that we willbe able to love our neighbors like ourselves. Thequestion is, has man ever blamed himself for thesins he commits? Whatever you wish men to dofor you, you have to do same to your fellowman. As you love yourself, by taking good careof yourself, you should do same to your fellowman. Money, house, food and the rest of thematerial things are man-made. God wants fromus what He has given to us which is the love ofone to another. If we had loved God with aU ourheart, mind and soul, we would not quarrel,fight, steal, hate our fellow men and we will notcause division. At the time when Adam and Evecomplied with the commandment of God, therewas no problem or evil at all. It was from themoment they deviated from God's love that theydisobeyed Him and were consequently visitedwith vicissitudes of life. The solution to all your

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problems is provided in this gospel. In timespast, the gospel of repentance had been preachedand will continue to be preached. The questionnow is, what is repentance all about? It is lovingthe Lord, your God with all your heart, mindand soul. Man has no other responsibility apartfrom loving God first, and then his neighbor.God is the creator and owner of everything. Heis life, peace, prosperity, truth and all thevirtues. Heaven and earth are made of love, andlove is the kingdom of God.THE ONLY COMMANDMENTPeople erroneously believe and preach thatGod gave Ten Commandment';. Is it true thatGod's commandments are ten? God has onlyone commandment, which is love. That is whyHe enjoins us to love God with, all our heart,mind and soul and also love your neighbor. Ifone gives you a vision or advises you to donatemoney to God or sweep the church, tell such aperson to get behind you. The only vision oradvice is to love God with all your heart,mind and soul, which is the firstcommandment. The second is that you shouldlove your neighbor as yourself. The reasonwhy I do not relent in preaching this gospel oflove to you is because it is the key tosalvation. I f we love God, we would bespotless, and the whole world would be inpeace.I want you to live by this wisdom. If Godcommands you to count one, two, you have torepeat exactly what He tells you to do, notadding or subtracting anything there. If youcount one, two, three when He said you shouldcount one and two, then you have failed. On theother hand, if you count one only when Heinstructed you to count one and two, it meansyou have also failed. If God reveals Himself toyou in Spirit and thereafter He warns you not todisclose His identity to any person, you have todo just that, even at the point of death. If Hereveals five things to you and instructs you todisclose only three, you have to do just that. Ifyou do more or less than He has instructed you,it means you are inviting trouble upon yourself.If God gives you twenty things to give out to

people, do not attempt to keep one or even halffor yourself. If you reserve any quantity forjourself, you arc reserving problems to yourself.Do you not know that wherever there issmoke, there is fire? If you fail to love God,how then would you love man? Whoever loveshis neighbor had loved God first. You do notneed to ask a person who loves God his name,where he comes from, or his qualifications. Thename, qualification and nationality of such aperson are found in love. Read the secondlesson.

SECOND BIBLE LESSON:J O H : ~ L l ~ - = ) A - 35

IIA 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 allmen know that ye are my disciples, if ye havelove one to another. IILOVE IS THE IDENTITY OF THE GODLYWith what was Christ identified as achild of God? It was with love. That is why itwas written about Him that: "A bruised reedshall he not break, and smoking flax shall he notquench .. . " (Matthew 12: 20). It was alsowritten that He shall not resist an evildoer, Heshall not fight and shall not cause any division.I f you intend to inherit the Kingdom of God,you have to apply the first formula, of lovingGod with all your heart, mind and soul, andthe second, that of loYing your neighbor. I fyou desire to answer the name, "a child ofGod, t you have to love your neighbor asyourself. Even if God gives you power to healthe sick and to do many other wonderful works,it does not profit you anything, unless you loveyour God with all your heart, mind and soul.Even if God should give you money, food andevery other material thing, without the love ofGod in you, it does not profit you anything.Whether your name is Christ, Jesus, God orAlmighty; all these names cannot avail youanything except you love God. Even if you builda mighty cathedral, and you furnished theinterior with expensive furniture, and go ahead

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to feed the congregation of the church daily, allavail you nothing if you do not love God withall your heart, mind and soul. What particularquality of garment would you put on to showthat you are a child of God? What nature of foodor dwelling place can grant you the necessaryqualification into the kingdom of God? There isno other type of teaching or behavior that willidentify you as a child of God other thanloving the Lord your God with all your heart,mind and soul. You are privileged to hear fromthe horse's mouth; as such, you have no excusewhatsoever to give. The only way you could beidentified as a child of God is to love yourneighbor as yourself.THE ONLY EXISTING INSTITUTIONNo Church, or prayer house, orinstitution of learning exists other than the manwho loves his neighbor as himself. The time youwould have wasted in stealing, fighting,quarrelling, killing and living abominably shouldbe used to love God with all your heart, mindand soul, and in addition, extend such love toyour neighbor just as you love yourself. Manyclaim to have seen God face to face, goodenough. The question is, if you have seen Godface to face, what will that avail you if you aredevoid of love? If you profess to have dinedwith God and have drank with the same cup asHe did, what form of salvation will that affordyou if you do not love your God with all yourheart, body and soul? A person who has nophysical contact with God equally stands to gainnothing except he loves God. Learn from thecase of Judas Iscariot. He was a relation ofChrist, and came from the same tribe ofJudah. He dined with Christ, slept with Himand was also appointed the treasurer. Despiteall these privileges, did Judas Iscariot obtainsalvation? He was also an Apostle. That is thesame error many of you make in thiskingdom. You boast of being an Apostle,Pastor, Visioner, Elder among other positions.All these positions and names do not avail youanything except you practice Hiscommandments. If a person should be invited tostay with the Father in the vestry, such a person

will not fail to go about boasting of his closenesswith the Father, even at the point of workingwith the Father in the vestry. Others would evenbegin to be jealous erroneously, believing thatthe Father discriminates. Such persons would notsit back to reason that such privileges do notavail a man anything good. This explains whyHe said that He is the way, life and truth; thatno man can come to the Father except by Him.Therefore, no person can inherit the kingdom ofGod, or even be called a child of God, except heloves God. Do not allow any privilege you enjoyfrom God to get into your head. He is asufficient and gracious God who allows His sunto shine on both the just and evil and His rain tofall on the roofs of all. Therefore, whatever youmay enjoy from God, you are expected to loveHim and your neighbor. In essence, all thethings He gives to you do not avail youanything.

It is not true that God loves you more thananybody else. Whoever says that God abideswith him alone is a liar. Even if people hail youas Jesus Christ, Spirit or Jehovah, do not rejoiceover such claim if you do not love God and yourneighbor. This gospel should be made availableto Presidents of all nations, all heads ofchurches, all the creation of God including theangels. Read the golden text.(':.OLDEN TEXT: JOHN 15: 9 - 10liAs the Father Itatlt loved me, so have Iloved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keepmy cOlllmalldments, ye sltall abide my love:even as I have kept my Father'scomllUlltdments, and abide in Itis love. ItLOVE: THE APEX OF CHRISTIANITYThis gospel is so brief and clear for all tounderstand. Whatever names you may callyourself as true descendant of God, members ofthe New Jerusalem, among other names, none ofthese names will avail you any good except, youlove God and your neighbor. I have been tellingyou that the Spirit that is here has neverexisted anywhere else. Christ said that as theFather loved Him, He continues in that love. Healso said in the scripture that if you keep His

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There is hell and heaven here on earth. Thechildren of God and those of the evil one arealso here. AI1 those who have no love arechildren of perdition. All those who fail to loveGod with all their hearts, body and soul, and donot love their neighbors as themselves are boundto perish. What is happening here now is notsurprising and should not surprise anybody. It isthe manifestation of the dream, whichNebuchadnezzar had, and was given accurateinterpretation by Daniel. It was explained to himthat a kingdom shall arise and will encompassevery other kingdom. All we have to do is toobey Him, abide in His love so that peace mayabound.

Love does not cause division, fight, steal,or do any evil. The money and other materialthings people steal here, how do they enjoy suchthings? Must we continue to indulge in suchunprofitable life?

The prodigal son realized his mistakes intime and returned to his father where he enjoyedpeace, love and prosperity once again.

Many people who knew about thiskingdom and were waiting for it were notopportune to behold it. But the arrival of thiskingdom has brought about peace and sanity tothe children of God. Go out and preach the wordof God freely without any obstruction.May God bless His holy words. Amen.THANK YOU FATHER.

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TEXT: ~ O M A N S 12:20"Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feedhim; if he thirst, give him drink: for ill sodoing thou shalt heap coals of fire Oil hishead. II

All the evil things you do, stealing, killing,committing fornication, and thoroughlyeducating yourself from primary school,secondary school through the university, falloutside the perfect will of God. For the scripturestates that, "The heavens are thine, the earth alsois thine: as for the world and the fullnessthereof, thou hast founded them." (Psalm89:11). His will for us is to dwell inrighteousness from our childhood by having loveand other virtues of God.

As I have already told you that I have noother weapon to use in defending myself apartfrom Love. When you come with craftiness, Iwill overcome you with love. When you comewith deceitful tendencies, I overcome you withlove. Any act of evil you come with, with myweapon of war which is Love, I will overcomeit. If you claim to have deceived the Father oryou have done anything of which the Father isnot aware, you are deceiving yourself because Ihave turned away my eyes from such things. Itis only love that I recognize, and with love, Ihave been able to overcome the world. Have youbeen able to see this weapon?OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD:The world has no regard for anyone whopossesses love, but recognizes the evildoersbecause people are stilI living by the Torah. Thatis why Our Lord Jesus Christ condemned suchlaws and promulgated another one, THAT YOUSHOULD LOVE YOUR NEIGIIDORS ASYOU LOVE YOURSELF, AND EVEN YOURENEMIES TOO. Whosoever possesses love hasovercome the entire world. That is why we areadvised that we should not be overcome by evil,but we should overcome evil with good. IFSOMEBODY HATES YOU DO NOT HATE

HIM IN TURN, RATHER LOVE HIM. IFYOUR ENEMY IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIMWATER TO DRINK. THAT WAY YOUHEAP COALS OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD.LOVE OVERCOMES THE WORLD:

Love is the only weapon that is greater thanall other weapons. With love you overcome theentire world. But up till now none has realizedthis truth. The children of God however realizethis truth because God is dwelling in them andthey are the only people who have been able topractice the injunctions of the Holy Spirit.Now one of the Children of God promisedto donate a lantern to a bethel at Obutong AbasiIke because there is no lantern there. Is he acivil servant or has he any source of livelihood?Where has he got the money to donate thelantern? It is the work of love. IF YOU LOVEYOUR ENEMY YOU HAVE HEAPEDCOALS OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD, AND THECOALS OF FIRE WILL BURN ALL THEEVIL IN HIM AND DRIVE A WAY THEDEMON IN HIM, AND BY SO DOING HEWILL BECOME A MAN OF GOD.You cannot overcome your enemy with amatchet or cutlass, neither can you do so withyour physical power. None of these things canbe used to overcome your enemy. That is thereason I continue to preach Love to you fromJanuary to December. So even if a thief gets intoyour house, and you catch him, do not harmhim. Just give him something to eat and clothehim. AND THAT IS THE ONLYEXAMINATION THAT IS SET FOR THEENTIRE WORLD. IF YOU ARE ABLE TOPASS IT, YOU HAVE OVERCOME THEWORLD. That is why Our Lord Jesus Christasked His disciples whether He did not electtwelve but one among them was a demon. Thatdemon was their examination. By theexamination God wants to observe whether youwill be able to abide by His injunctions.LOVE IS MY WEAPON:A certain blind woman went, out of joy,to welcome the new born child, the Holy Father,when he was only four days old. During the

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celebration of the feast, she received her sightand at that time I was not even able to see nortalk. What can a child of only four days do? Hecould not do anything. That alone is theremarkable indication of the work of God. As Ihave told you that since February 1942, I haveno idea of mine. Neither do I have a house, acar, nor anything. The only food I have is Love,the car I have is Love, my house is Love, andeverything of mine is Love. Therefore,whosoever has love has everything. Whosoeverhas love can overcome the entire world, andin addition he has everlasting liFe.

l t is said in our familiar spiritual chorus thatthe truth remains stationary and accomplishes alot of work. Have you not heard of thewonderful works in the distant and nearcountries, in the water, and everywhere andfrom there the world receives salvation. A lot ofpeople are in the habit of using destructiveweapons. The same did the disciples of OurLord Jesus Christ do. Thus He told the peoplethat He did not come to destroy any person butto give life to all those who believe in Him andaccept Him. So this is not the time for you toquarrel or commit any vices at all but it is thetime of Love. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS ASYOU LOVE YOURSELF AND ALSO LOVEYOUR ENEMIES AS YOU WVEYOURSELF. BY SO DOING YOU WILLNOT CONFRONT ANY PROBLEMSANYMORE.

That is the reason why it is stated inPsalm 127: "EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THEHOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN TI:IA TBUILD IT: EXCEPT THE LORD KEEPTHE CITY, THE W ATCIlMAN W ATCHETHBUT IN VAIN. H

LOVE PROTECTS:You are not aware that God does

everything, that is the reason why you purchasea gun, matchet, machine gun and a lot of variousweapons to keep watch over your house. But ifyou have love, you have every other thing youlacked because it is only love that protects you.LOVE IS EVERLASTING LIFE, IT ISPOWER, IT IS EVERYTHING AND IT ISALSO GOD.The Father has called a lot of children ofGod into this Kingdom. Have you not seen a lotof changes since they came in? They do not usematchets, gun or any weapon apart from love toaccomplish various works. They constitute theNew Kingdom of God where righteousnessdwells. But in your own case, if anyone offendsyou, you seek to revenge because you do nothave love and you do those things so that youfrighten people. But all those things areabominations in the sight of God. So whosoeverhas love, one mind, mercy and humbles himselfas a small child, shall definitely inherit theKingdom of God which was hidden from youwhen you were in the world. This kingdom isthe mustard seed.A stroke of the cane is enough for thewise. Let he who has ears, hear what the HolySpirit has imparted to the entire world. May Godbless His Holy Words. AMEN.THANK YOU FATHER.

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LOVE IS THE IDENTITYCARP OF THIS KINGDOM

(THE CHANGEOVER GOSPEL)

First Bible Lesson: John 13:35"By this shall all men know that yeare my disciples, if ye have love one toanother. IISecond Bible Lesson: Revelation 2:4-5

liNeverth eless I have somewhatagainst thee, because thou hast left thy firstlove. Remember therefore from whence thouart fallen , and repent, and do the first works;01: else I will come unto thee quickly, andwlll remove thy candlestick out of his place,except thou repent. "Golden Text: Revelation 3:21

liTo him that overcometh will I grantto sit with me in my throne, even as I alsoovercame, and am set down with my Fatherin his throne. IIBrethren, that is the theme of our

revelation this night. If we have love, we shall~ t ! Y ~ t h e r with our Lord Jesus Christ in theKingdom of God. If we have love the whole worldwill know that we are the diSCiples of Christ.Founding a church does not cause any person tobe known as the disciple of Christ. To build aschool and be highly educated cannot make you adisciple of our Lord Jesus Christ either. To go tochurch and be appointed to a high position in thechurch cannot make you a disciple of our LordJesus Christ. The only passport and credential andqualification required is "Love." As one of yourspiritual choruses asks, "Whether you have anidentity card?" The identity card of this Kingdomis love. Whosoever has no Jove, has not got anidentity card; and C ~ . ! l . . J . h e r e f o r e , not enter.The Principle of The Kingdom is Love

If you fail to enter this kingdom of God,it implies that you have departed from the first

l o ~ e ~ h a t ~ o u had. And so Brethren, the guidingprmclplc IS that we all must have love. See thatnone of you is exasperated, or quarrel, or fight,or begrudge any person, or take court actionsagainst anyone. But seek after love, which isthe only injunction from heaven. All those whotell lies, have no love. All those who hate theirbrethren have no love. All those who begrudgeothers have no love. All those who quarrel, haveno love. All those who fornicate have no love. Allthose who are not merciful unto others, have nolove. And here we are reminded that if we havelove for one another, then will people know weare the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ.We Have Passed From Death Into Life

People are very fond of shouting upon thename of our Lord Jesus Christ. No matter howloud your shouts are, if you have no love, yourshouts mean nothing. Some claim to know OurLord Jesus Christ. Why is it that they have nolove? Whosoever loves his brethren, has love. Ifyou have love you will sit on the right hand ofGod in his throne, even as the Son of God issitting. Wherever you find yourself if you havelove, you are admitted into the throne of God.We have been taken out from the old world, thatworld of suffering, and woe, and sorrow into thenew kingdom of God. We have been taken out ofthe world of sin into the world of righteousness.Now there is no other law in this Kingdom apartfrom love alone. Therefore, in the throne of Godonly love prevails.Love Prevails In The Throne of GodYou are aware of the spiritual chorus wealways sing, "The covenant has gone, the covenantof Moses, love is the new commandment. " Do notbe deceived that you are a chorister, a visioner, apreacher, one who offers prayers, an elder, andwhat have you. If you have no love you are notallowed to enter. This kingdom is nothing else butlove. What will make the people identify you asthe child of God is this love. It is because of lovethat people will hate you. It is only through lovethat you have dominion over death, sickness,poverty and all manners of sin. It is only throughlove that you sit in the throne of God and the

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Lamb. The secret in this Kingdom is love. Thefoundation stone of this Kingdom is love. TheChrist said, "Not those who call me Lord, Lordwill enter into the Kingdom of heaven but thosewho do the will of my Father. (Matt. 7:21) Whatis the will of tbe Father? The will of the Fatheris to love. The kingdom of God is love, sinceOur Lord Jesus Christ is love, it is incumbentupon all the inhabitants of the world to love oneanother. It is love that makes you realBrotherhood.You Should All Change OverAll those who have no love are subjects ofsufferings and afflictions. This explains why weshould repent and go back to the first love we had.Money will not make you sit with our Lord JesusChrist in His throne. If you have money, orchildren or wealth it means you have notovercome but if you have love, you haveovercome. This "Changeover" should symbolizelove. All those who quarrel and fight, begrudgeothers, think evil, become exasperated, and bearmalice, should change over and wear the armor oflove. It is a period of changing over from hatred,from maliee, from anger, from fastidiousness,from falsehood, from theft, from fornication andfrom all acts of sin. If you had been imputing sinson people, change over and begin to lead arighteous life so that you can sit in the throne ofGod. If you had never appreciated what anotherperson was doing, please change over andappreciate others. If you are one who alwayswants people to serve you, change over and serveothers. If you were proud and arrogant changeover, and be humble. I f we profess to beBrotherhood and in this period of change we donot love all men, we are deceiving ourselves. Allthose who confess they have neither love norgoodness, should remember the first love andchange over. So brethren whether or not you havemoney, have love, because only love can take youinto the kingdom of God. No other thing can entertherein except love. The new kingdom is love, thethrone of God is also love. I do not want tooverload you. The first lesson will now be read.

First Bible Lesson: John 13:35"By this shall all men know that yeare my disciples, if ye have love one toanother. ffBrethren have you heard that? That isexactly what Jehovah God and His Christ requiresfrom us. Whosoever has love is known of God.Let us have love which emanates from a pureheart. Whosoever has love will not wait to beasked to do what is good. If you have love, youwill do what is good always, and you will alwaysthink rightly. You have to live exemplary nfe inyour thoughts, words, deeds, actions andmovements so that you will give glory to theAlmighty God.

Only Love Can Save YouIt is not vision or prayer or preaching thatwill save you but if you have love for all men thenyou stand saved. If you had no love in the past,from now on, beginning from this changeover,you must love. If in the past you had been doinggood to somebody but because he offended you,and you refuse to do good to him, seize thisopportunity and change over and repent andconfess your sins. You have heard that any personwho has love has passed from death unto life, butthose who have no love abide in death. (1 John3:14) You can observe that from January toDeeember every year, we preach no other sermonexcept love.Only Love ConquersWho is the person who conquers? It is theperson who has love. Since God himself abides inlove, the Christ abides in love, the Holy Spiritabides in love, we all ought to abide in love. Loveis the throne of God and of the Christ and it is thethrone of Brotherhood. It is this opportunity thatthe Holy Spirit has seized to chasten us, reproveus, rebuke us and to change us where we err, sothat we go back to our first love. Now that He haschanged you, do not go back to the world of sin.He uses love to change us. We should, thereforehave love, lowliness of the heart, meekness andtolerance, accommodating and enduring what wesee from day to day.

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The Corruptible Puts On IncorruptibleWhoever comes into the Kingdom of Godwill realize that it requires no other thing apart

from love. There is no other throne of God a[)artfrom love. There is no other glory, a[)art fromlove. It means, that whosoever has love, hasovercome tbe world. Any person who has loveovercomes death, sickness, the Hades, tribulationsand wretchedness. Rebuke and reprove all thosewho have no love, and teach them to love. Fromnow on, irrespective of your station anddisposition in life, let no person nurse animosityagainst another person. I f you begrudge any other,repent and be saved because the Father haschanged us and has taken away from us the carnalbody of sinfulness, the corruptible body, the bodyof fornication, the mortal body, the vile body, andhas changed us into spirit, incorruptible andimmortal. (1 Cor 15:53)At every moment of our life, in themorning, in the afternoon, in the evening in thenight, during the day, at dawn and at duskhave love, show love, demonstrate love, speakthe word of love in your prayers, in your songs,in your testimony, and in your preaching.When you submit to love, you will also submitto God.The Land Of Righteousness

The promise which He made to us wasthat if we have love we shall sit in the throne ofGod even as He sits on the throne of the Father.As He has the right to sit and enjoy everyprivilege, you also have the right, and we all havethe right and the privilege. A great many of us,have eyes but cannot see, this is the throne of Godnotwithstanding. In it nO sin can enter. I f you wereto know the throne of God, no person wouldquarrel or fight, or commit any sin or evenpronounce woe and curses on people. You are notcalled to quarrel and fight, to scramble andbegrudge people, to criticize and condemn but youare called to demonstrate love.

If somebody asks you what Brotherhoodis, tell him that Brotherhood is love. I f he furtherasks what you learn, tell him you are taught love.If he asks you further the reason of your faith, tellhim-your faith is in our Lord Jesus Christ. He

says whosoever overcomes will sit with Him in theFather's throne. (Rev 3:21) Today He had openlydeclared to us that if we have no love, we will beannihilated from the surface of the earth.

A wise man suspects a disaster when it isyet far away and takes precaution, but a foolishman stays until it reaches him before he arrangesto take caution. Do not boast because of yourwealth, or because of your beauty or because ofyour education or that you are in Brotherhood, butboast because you have love. If you bear maliceagainst anyone, if you begrudge any person,repent. Repent of all your sins, your evilutterances, your animalistic behavior, yourpugnacious and quarrelsome tendencies, and beginto demonstrate love.Whosoever has no love, has no share inthe kingdom of God. Whatever you are, if you donot demonstrate love, you have no share in thekingdom of God. Do not be laughed at by anecromancer on the final day of reckoning becauseof lack of love. The scriptures say that whosoevershall keep the whole law and yet offends in onepoint, he is guilty of all. For he that says, Do notcommit adultery also says do not kill, if you donot commit adultery but you kill, you havebecome a transgressor of the law(James 2:10-11).We are definitely very lucky in this era that thingswe have forgotten, what we do not know, what wehave less regard to, the Father reminds us all.Brotherhood Came From The Throne Of GodMany people believe that when you love,you are submitting yourself in the service ofpeople, but they do not know that when you loveyou are in the throne of God. Whosoever loveshis fellow human being, sits in the throne ofGod. All those who love, dwell in the kingdomof God. Whenever you see any person who haslove, do not ask him about Jehovah God andHis Christ because He dwells in him, and he inHim. All those who love came from the throneof God into this world. Brotherhood came fromthat throne. That is why when you are inBrotherhood if you were to have love you wouldnot have shown any propensity to fighting andquarrelling and committing al l acts of sins. Whywe deny ourselves of evervthing, why we do not

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fornicate, steal, tell lies is that we may sit onthe throne of God. I do not say such a personwill sit, but whoever has not love cannot sit on thethrone of God, neither can he demonstrate theattributes of truth, humility, patience, peace, joyand self control.Ever}ihing Will Pass Away But Love WillEndure ForeverWhat we should now concentrate ourattention on is to have love, one to another, not tobe exasperated with anyone, and not to indulge inany act of sin, in order that we may have goodreport. We are told that the commandment of Godis that as the children of God we should have love,one towards the other. If, therefore, you have no

, love, you are dead. Love had existed before thefoundations ofthe world were laid. The world willpass away but love will not pass away forever. IfI love you and you reciprocate my love we shallremain in peace; there will be no quarrelling, nofighting and no warfare. If you love me and I loveyou, the desire to do good will always be kindledin our hearts and this will remain indelible,constantly reminding us of what good we shoulddo. When that is done, death, sickness, poverty,warfare will be swept away. Any person who istruthful and humble. sits on the throne of God.Brethren I do not want to take you any further.Our second lesson will now be read.

Second Bible Lesson: Revelation 2:4-5"Nevertheless I have somewhatagainst thee, because thou hast left thy firstlove. Remember therefore from whence thouart fallen, and repent, and do the first works;or else I will come unto thee quickly, andwill remove thy candlestick out of his place,except thou repent. /I

Brethren can you notice what is calledlove. He says I have something against you thatyou departed from the first love. If you have beenloving somebody from your infancy and at youradulthood, misunderstanding sets in, and you severyour relationship, go back and revive that firstlove, install and maintain it.

Return To The First LoveWhen God sent Jonah to tell the people ofNineveh to repent, he went and preached to them.The King fell from his throne and rolled in dustputting on sackcloth. All the citizens repented andGod saved them. (Jonah 3:6-10) This night thatwe are finalizing the period of changeover for thisyear, (JULY 7TH-JULY 14TH .. ) every personshould' do what is good in the sight of Godthroughout his life on earth, Do not turn back, donot backslide, do not retrogress to steal andfornicate, and tell lies, and drink, and snuff, andgive or take bribe, and indulge yourself in thepreparation of concoction. But move forward withjoy to do what is good throughout the days of yourlife. This statement is not made by an angelbut by our Lord Jesus Christ, straight. He said,"Nevertheless I have somewhat against youbecause you have left your first love. Rememher.therefore, from where you have fallen, and repentand do the first works or else I will come unto youquickly and will remove the candlestick out of itsplace, except you repent. II You have departedfrom the love of God, and you rather love food,preparations of concoctions, drinking, snuffing,fornication and other carnal things which lead youto death, sickness and wretchedness.Change-Over Means Glorification Of GodA great many people do not know that oldthings have passed away that love alone is invogue. The celebration we observe in this'Change Over' week is the glorification of Godand demonstration of love because the Father,the Son, the Holy Spirit and the children ofGod have joined hands together. All those whofell short of the love of God should now repentand be penitent; and from now on you should notallow any person to induce you to quarrel or fightor commit any act of sin, but always ahide inlove. Wine and the preparations of concoction willnot admit you into this Kingdom, neither will theworldly knowledge of this Kingdom save you,except love alone.Brotherhood has come to save the wholeworld from roguery, quarrelling, fighting andother acts of sin, and from death, sickness,

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poverty, oppression; and to use love to save all.When you go home read that passage of the Bibleagain whether your own version will be different.Our Great Judge, our Great Leader, our GreatWarrior, our Great Father says He has somethingagainst the inhabitants of the world for loss of thefirst love. He warns that we should go back topick up from where we had fallen and repentotherwise we will not be saved because He willremove the candlestick from its place.Love Casts Away Fear

I f you have bitter envying and strife inyour heans, glory not, and lie not against thetruth. The wisdom descends not from God but isearthly, sensual and devilish. For where envyingand strife is, there is confusion and every evilwork.(James 3: 13-17). The house we have is love,the bank we have is love, all we have are based onlove. We should remember the first love andpursue it. The spirit we have is love. Whateverlove costs us we should endeavor to stand by it.In righteousness, the Holy Spirit judgesand makes war. B r o t h ~ ~ r h o o d is love, the HolySpirit is love, our Lord Jesus Christ is love, andJehovah God and His Christ is love. We shouldforsake hatred, animosity, malice, and seek afterlove; love which is without dissimulation andflattery and try to eschew craftiness.

Any War Waging Is Warfare Of LoveYou continue to drink but you forget thatyou were not born with wine. You fornicate andargue that you cannot do without fornication, youwere not horn with fornication. You who indulgein the preparations of concoction and charm, youwere not born with these diabolical things.Abandon all these and follow our Lord JesusChrist. We have to love because if we do not loveHe will deny us, and He will remove thecandlestick from its place, and we shall fall shortof the glory and salvation of God.

A great many of you have now beenelevated to the first temple. Some to the secondand others are in paradise. You always think thatit is a dream. It is not, but real. There is no otherwar apan from the warfare of love. Whensomebody offends you, do good to him. Evilshould always run away from you. Do not be

overcome with evil but overcome evil with good.(Rom 12:21) Anger is in the hean of a foolishman (Eccles 7:9) but a real child of God who is inthe throne of God cannot be exasperated. Ourgolden text will now be read.Golden Text: Revelation 3:21"To him that overcometh will I grantto sit with me in my throne, even as I alsoovercame, and am set down with my Fatherin his throne. "

This throne is kept for all the children ofGod. The throne is not only for our Lord JesusChrist or for Peter but for me and for all who seekafter Him.If you overcome, not through enmity, and

not through vengeance, and not through departurefrom the first love, you will sit in the throne ofGod. We have the right to thank God for changingus over, and for making this week a Holy Week.All those who conquer will sit on the right hand ofGod the Father.The Kingdom Of God Is WithinYou.Do not say in your heart, "Who shallascend into heaven to bring down the Christ from. above or who shall descend into the deep to bring

up the Christ from the dead. "(Rom 10:6-7)But what has righteousness said? The wordis near vou even in your mouth and in your heartthat is the word of faith which we preach. TheKingdom of God is nearer to you than thetongue to the mouth. He is looking for you andfor all creations.God Chastens A Child He LovesWhatever you see is the chastening ofGod. (Heb 12:6). People in the world depart fromthe love of God and rather tend towards love formoney, for knowledge, wealth, wife, husband,children and all mundane things. That is why Godhas chosen to chasten us. There is good and allother things in this Kingdom, but when once youhave love everything is at your disposal. It doesnot cost you anything.

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Any Person Who Has Love Is Known or GodTo serve in the Kingdom is to have love.What we do is (lone by the Father. and we have todo all the work. If you have love. you are knownof God. But if you do not love, you are not knownof Him.

Brethren, I do not intend to be tediousunto you.:One stroke of the cane is sufficient forthe wise. Those who have ears let them hear.May God bless His Holy Words. Amen.REFERENCE: Everlasting Sermon Delivered ByThe Sole Spiritual Head or The Universe,

Leader Qlurnba Olumba Obu on:"LOVE IS THE IDENTITY CARD OP THIS KINGDOM"Prom: KEY TO SPIRITUAL FREEDOM.Pages: 40-49
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