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CHRISTIAN SUPERNATURAL TEACHINGS, BIBLE CLASS LESSONS, GOSPELS BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU, THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER AND SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD, BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
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THE WORD CENTER
THE WORD CENTER
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PRESENTS
CHRISTIAN SUPERNATURAL TEACHINGS
BIBLE CLASS LESSONS AND
EVERLASTING GOSPELS
BY:
LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER, AND
SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
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THE WORLD LOVES FALSEHOOD
FIRST LESSON: ST. JOHN: 5:43
“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if
another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”
SECOND LESSON: ST.JOHN: 15:19
“If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but
because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out
of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”
GOLDEN TEXT: ST.LUKE: 6:26
“Woe unto you that are full! When all men shall speak well of
you! For so did their fathers to the false prophets.”
Brethren listen to and receive the Word of God. This Word is
pointed directly at you, because unto this day a great many
people continue to wonder why the world does not like a
truthful person. But when a liar comes they will welcome
him and rejoice with him and shower him with abundance of
blessing. And this is the situation that is going to be
revealed to you today. He says I have come in my Father’s
Name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his
name, him ye will receive.
The latter refers to the liars and deceivers who come to you.
When they come to you, they will claim that the Father has
sent them and you will give them houses and cars. You call
them very wonderful names. You can now see why someone
is a deceiver and a liar is received and honored by the world,
but you who really do the work of God are referred to as
Beelzebub and juju men.
Whomever God sends is never welcomed nor rejoiced with
by the people of the world. The world does not love them.
Even if their crumbs of bread fall to the ground they will not
want a man of God to pick it. They would rather have him die
of hunger. But when the deceivers go to them, they will build
houses for them. Buy them cars and call others to worship
the true God. All of them will pack their riches to him.
No person is responsible for this state of affairs. It is what
had already been written. Till eternity the world will not like
the children of God because they do not love God. The world
does not love the truth; they love falsehood. The world does
not love peace. They love war. The world hates life and love
death. They are not looking for any good thing. They only
look for evil.
You will realize that even here in Brotherhood of the Cross
and Star if you are truthful person you will never be
welcomed at any place. No matter where you go to, you will
remain there hungry and homeless and no person pays
attention to you.
When you are doing the work of God, somebody will drive his
car along and will not stop to carry you even if you wave at
him. No person cares for you, no person remembers you. But
when the deceivers approach them, they will proclaim that
somebody has come.
One person will donate a bed. Others will bring out money
and they will shower him with wealth. This is not done by
anyone; it is what God had written before time. No person
wants to help the man of God. Even if he asks for a pound,
no person will give it to him. But when the deceivers come,
they will be given two thousand pounds when they ask for
two hundred.
Many people who go on ministries and are fully received will
say that they are very fortunate. They will fornicate; seduce
another person’s wife or husband. They will quarrel and fight
and tell lies but the people will continue to hail them as a
very good person. They will acclaim his sermons. And every
person will be encouraging the other to give him something.
They do this because he is one of them. This situation has
made some people sit back and ask why things are like that.
It is what has now been shown to you; the reason is that he
is one of them. They are deceivers and this preacher is also
a deceiver and they are in harmony, with each other.
When he is preaching he will always emphasize the point
that man is saved by grace and not by works. The people
will intone, “Exactly, that is true. This is the real Word of
God.”
But when the other person preaches against fornication and
theft and falsehood, they will ask what sort of sermon he is
preaching.
If you are a preacher and you are not a fornicator, all the
women around will allege that you have asked each of them
for sex. That you are a deceiver, a juju person and a very
wicked man. They will argue that you are not a true man of
God. You can recall the incident between Joseph and the
wife of his master, Potipher. Why did the wife of Potipher
hate Joseph? It was because Joseph was of the Father.
When she asked Joseph to lie with her, Joseph refused. And
for this reason she had animosity against him and reported
to her husband: and he had brought a Hebrew slave to laugh
at her. Joseph was thrown into the prison. I want to ask you
if Joseph had complied with her desire, would the world
have heard anything about the affair? Would she have told
her husband that Joseph had made advances to her?
No, rather Joseph would have had the best of everything
including food. She would have recommended Joseph as a
very faithful servant. Why did she hate him? Because Joseph
was not of the world. He was not her kind. And so do not
doubt when the world hates you because you are not of
them.
If you are a thief, since they are all thieves, they will love
you. If you are a fornicator, since they are fornicators, they
will exalt you as a very good person. If you are accused of
fornicating, they will all rise in concert to defend you. They
will say that since you come you have never looked any
woman in the face. Even if you steal, they will say that you
are not a thief but that you are a very good person.
Even when you sit in the church and prepare charms and
concoctions, people will come and buy these preparations
from you and go back to argue that are worshipping the real
God. They will see nothing wrong in your activities.
If you are a person who neither fornicate nor drink nor tell
lies nor steal but since they are of this flock they will
condemn you as a wicked person. They will allege that you
have bewitched them, you have asked them for sex; you
have stolen all their money. They will all connive against
you.
And so if you are a person who indulges in all manners of
sin, since the world is filled with sinners, you will have very
many supporters. A person will volunteer to fight for, and on
your behalf if any person accuses you of any sin. He will say
that you are a very quiet and unassuming person. Since you
are one of them, they will give you the highest
commendation.
If you are a person who does not indulge in the preparations
of concoction and diabology, if you do not steal and tell lies,
all of them who indulge in these vices will condemn you as a
wicked man. They will accuse you of every evil deed under
the sun and that since you came to their town everything
was bad. They will all demand your death and no person will
ask what has he done?
Do you not remember what happened to our Lord Jesus
Christ? Pilate’s wife sent a message to him saying, have
nothing to do with that righteous man’s death because my
soul has suffered many things in the dream because of him.
But Pilate asked them which of these two men should I
release to you, Barnabas or Jesus who is called the Christ?
Mind you Barnabas was a murder. Everybody knew that he
murdered someone and that was why he was in prison. He
was a thief, a fornicator, and necromancer and in everything
reprobate.
But he was one of them, a man of the world. But our Lord
Jesus Christ gave his life to people. He came from God and
loved them all. But they said release Barnabas unto us and
crucify Him. Pilate further asked them what has He done?
But they all replied, “Crucify Him.” No person said no. Why?
“Crucify Him.” The reason is that He was not one of them. It
was not because our Lord Jesus Christ sinned against them
but it was because He was not one of them. For that reason
they hated Him.
As He says in our second lesson: “If ye were of the world,
the world would have loved its own.” This goes to confirm
what He has said in the first lesson I am come in My Father’s
Name and the world does not receive Me, but when another
comes in his own name, him will they rejoice.
You can see what is happening in the church denominations
today. People stay in the church to commercialize in human
beings. They indulge in every kind of concoction and kill,
steal, quarrel, fornicate and tell lies. But people will throw in
millions and exclaim that the person is very powerful and
that they worship the real God.
That is why many people are tired of the world. You will hear
of a church, which is acclaimed to have much power, but
when you go there, you will see carved images and idols,
you observe that there is fornication, drinks, stealing and
you will not see anything of God. But you will see lawyers,
magistrates, and millionaires going there in great numbers.
Do not doubt. They are birds of the same feathers.
That is why our Lord told Pilate: My Kingdom is not of this
world. If my kingdom were of this world then would my
servants fight that I may not be delivered unto you? But
since His kingdom was not of this world, did any person
raise his hands to ask: “What has He done?”
That testimony of our Lord Jesus Christ is true. My Kingdom
is not of this world. If it were here my servants would have
fought that I may not be delivered into your hands. Have you
ever seen any person who does not commit sin but every
person including those he had healed shouts out that He
should be crucified. What has He done? They said He should
be crucified because He was not one of them.
You find a church leader being given houses, lands, cars and
many other things by the members. This is so because he is
one of them. He prepares them talisman, amulets and all
forms of charms. He is fornicating and stealing and drinking
and these are what the members are doing and so they are
well pleased with him because he approves of what they do.
Are you not flabbergasted with the case of John the Baptist?
He neither ate nor drank anything and the whole Israel
referred to him as a demon. Our Lord Jesus Christ came and
ate and drank they said he was not only a Beelzebub the
prince of demons but also a gluttonous fellow and wine
bibber. Throughout the whole of Israel no other person was
a Beelzebub or had a demon except our Lord Jesus Christ.
Because he was not one of them. Upon all the necromancers
and sorcerers and witch doctors and thieves and swindlers
in Israel, none of them was accused of being a Beelzebub
except our Lord Jesus Christ.
And so when you hear any gospel, think over it because
heaven and earth shall pass away but that word will not
pass away. Today you have heard our lesson: “I am come in
my father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall
come in his own name, him ye will receive.”
If you ask somebody to recommend any church or place
where you can go and obtain salvation, he will mention a
number of church denominations up to the last spiritual
house. He will recommend the Resocrusian Order, Amorac,
Eckankar and every other cult including the new ones. He
will refer you to a mermaid priest in Ikom or Oron. If you ask
him about Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, he will warn
you that the moment you step in there he is done with you.
That Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is Beelzebub.
Of all the mermaid priests, the juju priests, the witch
doctors, the sorcerers, the necromancers inundating this
world Brotherhood of the Cross and Star alone is the acme
of satanic activities. As far as they are concerned there is
no good thing in it. That is why it is said that the majority
carries the vote and the whites add that the minority must
be reconsidered.
Even now people continue to reason: if Brotherhood of the
Cross and Star was a good place why is it hated by all the
inhabitants of the world? Now if a house is filled with
people, and you introduce Brotherhood of the Cross and star
to them, every person will want to push you down. No
person wants to hear anything about Brotherhood of the
Cross and Star because the people are of the world.
If you go there to speak against sorcery, they will tell you
not to speak any evil about it because it is what preserves
their lives. To them sorcery is a very good thing. If you talk
about concoctions they will argue that it is very good for the
very reason that they all indulge in it. If you continue to
condemn stealing, people will come and ask you what is the
matter with you stealing? They will also ask if there is any
person who does not steal? Or whether the person is the
only thief? That you should leave him alone. And so every
person will rise up against you asking you why you are an
innocent man. This is because all of them are thieves.
If you murder somebody the people will congratulate you
and hide you from being caught by the law, but when you
mention Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, they would want
to kill you without allowing a drop of blood to fall on the
ground. It will begin from your mother, father, son, brother,
and friends. They would rather have you dead than be a
Brotherhood of the Cross and Star member. When the Jews
conspired and lied against Stephen, and when they
summoned him before the people, he lifted up his face to
heaven and proclaimed. “Behold I see the heavens open and
the Son of God standing on the right hand of God.”
They all rent their clothes and exclaimed what further
witness do we need? They stoned him to death. And so the
children of God are not persecuted for any other reason
other than not being of the world. If you are not of the world,
the world will hate you. If your father is of the world and
your mother is of the world and if your children are of the
world, forget about them because they are not yours. There
is nothing you can do to please them. They always think that
every evil thing in the world is committed by you and it is for
the very reason that you are not one of them.
No matter what you do for your town they will not
appreciate it because you are not one of them. Even if you
distribute money and food to them, since you are not of the
world, it is a waste of time. No matter what you do in this
world, as long as you are not of the world, all your efforts
are like pouring water at the back of a duck. If it is a
question of electing a good person, it is a member of their
own clique that they will elect. He is the person, whom they
understand.
As for you no person understands you. You will ask them,
with amazement, what you have done. They will tell you to
shut up because no person wants you.
Our Lord Jesus Christ understood the situation and that was
why He said it is expedient that I should go away. If I do not
go the Comforter will not come. But if I go the Comforter will
come and lead you to the accurate wisdom of the truth. It is
said that he who is of God hears the Word of God. Any
person who is not of God does not listen to the Word of God.
And so the person who is of God knows God. And that is why
Our Lord Jesus Christ said I have come in my Father’s Name
but you do not rejoice with me. As many as receive Him, He
gave power to become the children of God.
Apart from those who are born not through flesh and blood
who else can rejoice with the children of God? There is
none. Whatever God does to you, if you are not His child, you
will not see, you will not know nor will you appreciate. And
that is why they went to our Lord Jesus Christ and asked
Him how long will you make us to doubt? If you are the
Christ, tell us openly. Our Lord replied and said to them, “I
have already told you but, you do not believe me because
you are not of my sheep. My sheep know me and I know
them and they follow me.
All that we are telling you is not from man. They are what
had already existed. They are from God. Never you hope that
any worldly person will help you or do any good thing for
you. Do you not remember what God said to Adam? Eat of
every fruit of the trees in the Garden except the one in the
middle of the Garden because it is the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil. And so Adam begets children. The first pair
was a male and a female. Eve further put to birth a male and
a female. Cain was of the world and Abel was a man of God.
Do you see where the trouble lies? Abel did not wrong him in
anyway.
Simply because Abel was from heaven while Cain was of
this world that was the source of their trouble. If Abel were
of the world like him, Cain would not have killed him; he
would not have had any problem with him. Cain killed Abel
because he (Cain) was of this world while Abel was from
God. Right from that time until now that is what obtains in
the world. Our first lesson will now be read again.
FIRST LESSON: ST. JOHN: 5:43
“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if
another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”
You have been reading that verse before now but did you
understand its meaning. And that is why when Phillip asked
the Ethiopian eunuch, “Do you understand what you are
reading?” He answered: how can I, when there is no one to
explain it to me. And so, whatever thing you do not learn,
you cannot know. That was why our Lord Jesus Christ said
the Comforter, who is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
send in my name. He will teach you all things, and He will
bring to your remembrance all what I have said to you.
Now can you not realize this? I have come in my Father’s
Name but you do not rejoice with me nor receive me. But
when another person comes in his name, him will you
rejoice.
That is why one portion of the Scripture says since they
received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved,
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who
believed not the truth, but had pleasure not in the truth, but
had pleasure in unrighteousness. Now in Brotherhood of the
Cross and Star people prefer to go to the prayer house and
healing homes, places where charms are extracted from
their bodies, and where they will be given visions. But this
hall is always empty. You will see a person recommending a
Bethel for ministry work. This Bethel has power and the
visioner can see very well. And you will begin to find your
way down there. But here is the fountain no person wants it.
They do not know why this thing is like that. Since they have
refused to receive the wisdom of truth, so God sends them
deception to work in their hearts so that they may believe a
lie. They believe in apparition, witchcraft, mermaid and the
fact that the other person wants to kill them, and that their
house has been sold to witchcraft. They prefer to give
anything demanded from them. They will be washed at
midnight. They will collect all your money up to the last
penny because you have refused instruction which says
believe and have faith in God; forsake fornication, stealing,
lying, anger, practice the Word of God: you refuse those and
look for visions, you want charms to be extracted from your
body.
There are very many people who belong to Brotherhood of
the Cross and Star but they have never come before the
Father in 34, Ambo. When they see you coming here they
would want to know why you are always coming to 34, Ambo
Street when the Father is everywhere. They will tell you that
the Father is using them there to do many mighty works.
There are other members too who live in Lagos or London or
America but they make their Bethel at 34, Ambo Street.
They do not go to any other place. What the Father says is
what they practice.
They live their life without any thoughts about whether
charms are extracted from people or not: because they have
seen the truth. All those who are of the world and not of
God, give all their food and tithes and wealth to the people
of the world like themselves. But as for God they will not pay
even their tithes. They do not remember God in any of their
dealings. God is not in their thoughts. You then go to the
necromancers and see the amount of money people pump to
them in millions: especially during the last civil elections in
this country. But when you go to God, you will go with empty
hands and profess that God wants the heart and not money.
You once heard of a man called Akpan Ekwong. The
governments and communities loved him and paid him huge
sums of money. He used to buy thirty cars in one day. They
exclaimed with one accord that they have seen God face to
face. You also heard of our brother Ewerre who testified that
there is a place in Umuahia where millionaires, doctors,
lawyers and all the prominent men in the society go and
receive their charms.
When you get there a talisman will fall from heaven and drop
into your hand. A voice will call out your name and ask you
what you desire. When you hear the voice you will think you
have seen God face to face. And people will pack their
money in thousands and give to them. You have also heard
that there is another place also in Umuahia, where you have
to thousands of pounds for a single ring.
Even here in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star there is one
sister Florence who said that somebody took her to river
bank where he promised to invoke Olumba to give her
money out of the water. You can see that these are the
things, which the worldly people run after and spend lots of
money for. You will see the cars lining from here to Lagos,
people waiting to meet and consult the oracle because he is
a person of the world like you. You saw how a whole lot of
churches came together and contributed a lot of money to
invite the whites to come and help them destroy, “the work
of Satan in Calabar.” They said that Olumba Olumba Obu
was causing a lot of trouble.
The white man came here and returned home with shame.
Upon all the money the whole country contributed to him, he
went away with shame. He had rings on every finger off his
hand, but in the end something spectacular happened. After
that failure, just of recent, a whole multitude of churches
gathered again and invited another white man to come and
destroy “the activities of Satan.” Finally when he arrived
here what happened? They alleged that the Father sent
thunder to kill him. The people were exasperated. Here was
a man who has come to heal the people free of charge. What
is actually wrong with this wicked Olumba Olumba Obu? Can
a human being be so wicked? When he came, he kept a drum
at one corner and people continued pouring in money. They
were so encouraged to put the money in because it was for
God and so they filled the drum with money. This is so
because he is their man.
When this white man failed he went away, the same people
hired a Bendelite who claimed he was going to cut Olumba
Olumba Obu into pieces. He also came with a drum and
continued telling the people to put in their money and tithe,
and people pumped in their money. But no sickness was
healed. Do you now realize this saying: I have come in my
Father’s Name but people do not receive me but when
others come in their own name, everybody will rejoice with
them and call them to see that a wonderful man has arrived.
If you go to preach that Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is
the real God you will be stoned to death. But if you come to
yourself and ask what folly you are committing. If the people
ask you about Brotherhood of the Cross and Star you will
reply that Brotherhood is Beelzebub. They will accept you;
tell you they have a car for you, if you confess that in the
open. You then accept to calumniate against Brotherhood of
the Cross and Star in the public. You will tell them you have
seen the pot of Beelzebub. They will place you on a chariot.
You continue to tell them that Brotherhood of the Cross and
Star drinks blood and kills people. That you were the person
who holds the key to the murder pot.
The whole world will shake, every person calling on the
other to come and hear the wonders. You will be very
prosperous and they will never allow your feet to touch the
ground. That is the situation that makes people wonder why
is the world like this?
The point is that the world loves its own and God loves His
own. If you are of the world, God has no business with you. If
you are of God the world has no business with you. That is
how they are arranged.
The Head of the Roman Catholic Church came to Nigeria and
the people turned out in unison that their Pope has arrived.
If you were to throw sand into the crowd the particles would
not find their way to the ground of the mammoth crowd. The
head of the Rosicrucian Order Amorc came. The Archbishop
of Canterbury came. All the different societies have come.
And now they have what they call Eckankar which has
gathered witches, sorcerers and whoever can concoct evil
so that they can come together so as to attain supremacy.
You find all the lawyers, doctors and prominent members of
the society going there. Since they are of the world, they do
not look for God.
You heard the testimony given by a brother from America.
He was suffering from a particular disease for four years and
had spent a hundred and fifty dollars without a cure. But
when he came here, God healed him free and he did not give
a dollar as a mark of gratitude to God. When they come here,
they say that God does not require anything but only their
heart and when they get home they call Him Beelzebub.
When you ask him why he does not come to Brotherhood of
the Cross and star any longer, he will tell you that he is a
staunch Catholic. His position there is very high.
The suffering of the children of God at the hands of the
people of the world can only be imagined than told. It is said
that it is not necessary to tell rain stories to the fire. When
Paul was a Pharisee, he had no problem. When he went to
Damascus to capture all those who were preaching Christ,
either to imprison them or kill them. But when he repented
and started preaching about Christ even in that same
Damascus, the people conspired to kill him. He became a
wanted person. And this indicates that you should not be
disturbed when the people of the world persecute the
children of God.
Right from the foundation of the world, this had been the
order of things. The children of this world do not like a man
of God because he is not one of them. No child of God has
any business with the world because he is not one of it. The
second lesson will now be read again.
SECOND LESSON: ST.JOHN: 15:19
“If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but
because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out
of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”
We have reasons to rejoice with the Holy Spirit who has
come in person. It is for this reason that our Lord Jesus
Christ said, “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.” What particular sin do you think
Peter, James, John and the other disciples whose heads
were chopped off committed that the people of the world did
not commit? Paul was personally given thirty-nine lashes on
five different occasions.
Imagine Paul, a well-qualified lawyer, laid on a plank and
inflicted with corporal punishment. What sin did he commit?
The reason was that Paul was elected out of the world. He
was not one of theirs.
Let us be particularly grateful to the Holy Spirit who has
come in person. Since He has overcome, you all have
equally overcome. There is nothing in existence besides the
Father coming in person that would have afforded you the
opportunity to have a say, enjoy freedom and call upon this
name. His coming has shaken the world and has liberated
the children of God. That is why our Lord Jesus Christ says;
flesh and blood cannot do this work. It is a truism; no flesh
and blood can accomplish such a feat. Even if you
possessed guns, aeroplanes and ammunitions, they would
be incomparable with the number they have and you would
definitely be exterminated.
With what did Moses release the children of Israel from the
hands of Pharaoh in Egypt? Pharaoh had soldiers, money,
oracle priests and many other things. What had Moses to
have been able to release even a single Israelite from the
hands of Pharaoh? Imagine that Pharaoh only learnt from his
sorcerers that a prophet would be born who would
overpower him, and he was told when this would come to
pass. It was because of that he ordered that all infants from
one hour to three months old should be killed. This was if
haply the child would also be killed.
This was the standard of the wickedness prevalent in the
world. The world is full of wickedness. They have chosen
their lot. What evil did the infant child do to him, an innocent
child who knew and did nothing? What did Moses do? Also,
in like manner, when the three wise men emerged from the
east to Jerusalem saying, “Where is he that is born king of
the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are
come to worship him.” Herod on hearing this demanded of
them where it should have been. They told him that it was in
Bethlehem of Judea and Herod privately called the wise
men, and charged them to go and search diligently for the
young child that after finding him, he too may go and
worship Him also.
And being warned by God in a dream that they should not
return to Herod, they departed into their own country
through another way. When Herod saw that he was mocked
of the wise men, he was exceeding wrath, and sent forth,
and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all
the coasts thereof, from two years old and under. The
reason behind killing from two years and under was so that,
according to the information gathered from the wise men, he
should not miss killing the Christ supposed to be about two
years old as at that time.
These reveal to you that if you are theirs, they will love you,
besides which you will be hated. You are hated because you
have been chosen out of the world. Whoever is not of the
world will not be loved by the world. Your father or mother
or child, or husband who are of the world will not love you,
and none of them will be happy to hear your voice. There will
be no case whatever. There will be no court to judge.
If you like surrender all the things you have to them,
including your money, or prostrate on the ground and accept
to be accused falsely. These will avail you nothing. There is
a demarcation, which exists even unto the end of the world.
Have you not heard when our Lord Jesus Christ called you
the “little flock” when he said “fear not, little flock; for it is
your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom?” This
implies that even if you are the only one sent by the Father,
the Father is with you. One thing remains certain, and that
is, the world will not love you because the Father has
chosen you. It is often said; “Man know thyself.” As I am
speaking to you now, I want you to know yourself. If you are
a chosen one of the Father and for fear of hatred you decide
to turn back to certain things in the world, it is too late for
you. The world is no good place for you, and will not love
you.
If you indulge in diabology, it will not work well for you.
Stealing will not suit you. Killing or whatever you commit
will only attract people’s hatred to you. Going forward, you
will be faced with the fear of death and turning back brings
you face to face with death. It were better you stood firm
with the One who calls you because since He had
conquered, you have also conquered.
Learn from the last elections in this country. Of the
Brotherhood of the Cross and star members who sought
gubernatorial nomination in their parties, was any of them
nominated? Were they not fit for the post? Upon the amount
of money spent by Pastor Ekanem and Ibuaka with the hope
of being nominated, were they nominated in their states?
Money that would have been invested in the service of God
is given to Satan. Satan knows you.
That is why you are instructed in clear terms that if you
were of the world, the world would love its own but because
you have been chosen, the world will not love you. Even if
you go to them, you will neither be accepted nor loved,
because the sign is upon your forehead. That being the case,
do you not consider it too late to retrace your steps? You
are not of the world. It is said that the one who comes from
the earth speaks of earthly things but he who come from
heaven is greater. He speaks of what he sees and what he
hears. Those who believe his testimony know that he glories
in truth.
Brethren, it is a very pathetic situation because the first
thing you are expected to know is whether you are of the
world or of God. If you are of God, for you to receive from
another person means poverty for you. You are impoverished
when you receive just a pound from a person. You stand to
lose all, even if you had one hundred pounds at home. At the
end of the sermons of our Lord Jesus Christ, He usually said
those who have ears to hear, let them hear. Those who hear
are the children of God? When it is said that it is better to
give than to receive, it is directed to the children of God. It
is the responsibility of the children of God to give out.
If, as a child of God you give out the last one pound you had,
you will have thousands. If you give twenty pounds, you will
have millions in return. As you give out, so do you receive?
You’re giving out means that you are receiving.
As you serve others, so do you enjoy bountiful grace? The
moment you stop rendering services to man, you are a
finished man. That promise He made when He said; I will not
forsake you, I come unto you, is not meant for the world but
for the children of God. For this reason, the children of God
receive all their knowledge and wealth direct from the
Almighty God. They have a direct link with God; their
communication is also direct. All their wealth and glory are
received directly. Their work is to use these acquisitions to
help the people of the world.
If you are a child of God, ask nothing from man, be it a piece
of advice or money or assistance because you will not be
given. Even when help is given to you, it will still lead you to
poverty. It is not given for you to receive. All your help
comes from God. Charm, juju, apparition, wizard, human
beings and whatever there may be have no power over you.
That is why any name is given when reference is made to a
man of God, sometimes they say that he should be left out
because he is not known.
A child of God knows not when he is rich or when he is poor.
Whatever happens and whenever it comes up, he always
spring surprises to the world. For this reason they will often
refer to him as a wizard, or charm. They run away from you
because the way of God beats their understanding. Why
many children of God suffer, is that they lax in their
endeavours because, according to them, they are always
rewarded with evil whenever they do well to people. For this
reason, they decide not to do good any longer.
When you stop doing well, trouble sets in. If you dare stop
doing good, you are engaging yourself in a duel and the sort
of trouble that will face you, will render you a confused
person, to the extent that you will want to consult an oracle.
What kind of oracle will you consult? How dare you go to an
oracle, or inject black powder into your body, or believe in
any man, or receive money from somebody to help
accomplish certain plans. If you receive even five pounds
from someone, you have set yourself on fire. Have you not
heard God saying: “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten:
be zealous therefore and repent.” Brethren, it does not
bother God whether or not a worldly man indulges in the
preparation of concoction or steals, but when an elect of
God, a chosen vessel, fathered and protected by God steals,
be it one penny, he is at his wits end.
Have you not heard the Scriptures tell us that we should
“despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you
are rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,
and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.” His wrath is
not on the people of the world but rather on His children.
Why do you, as His children, watch the world burning: Go
forth and assist them. Do not be like unto them because it is
given for you to care for them and not otherwise. What does
the world have to provide for you?
It is the height of shame for a child of God to go a begging
for what to eat. You have, by such an act, disgraced God and
you are worthy of punishment and death. That is the
greatest form of disgrace form of disgrace you can mete out
to God. Dare not do it! That is why you are asked to know
yourself. And when you know yourself, do not stand before
any man asking for even one penny. What are you going to
do with it when your Father owns heaven and earth? Is it not
expected that you should supply the needs of others?
He says, I will neither fail nor forsake you. The Father does
not forsake His children even for one second. When God
loves you the world does not love you. Whomever God loves,
it is sufficient to enjoy the love of God? I want the love of
God because it is sufficient unto me. I do not seek for the
love of men. You seek to be loved by man. Let our golden
text be read. Listen attentively to the text of this day.
GOLDEN TEXT: ST.LUKE: 6:26
“Woe unto you that are full! When all men shall speak well of
you! For so did their fathers to the false prophets.”
Have you heard that? You have always been reading through
that passage but do you understand its meaning? The
reward of those who go about receiving money from people,
and are carried shoulder high is. Woe unto them! They are
the children of perdition and have completely perished. They
have no more room in the Kingdom of God.
If you come across any man received by the world, they do
so because the person is a deceiver like them. He has
perished and they who receive him have also perished. They
are children of perdition. Do you not know that whoever is
loved by the world is of the world? Do you not remember
Judas Iscariot in whose hands the treasury was? You will
take it to be a matter of good luck that he was given such
responsibility. Does it not portray the “ Woe.” When all
monies kept in the control of one person, people will say he
is very, lucky to be in possession of so much money. Note
that such a person is a man of the world, and so the woe is
upon him.
And it is ordained that to whom the world loves, to them be
woe. You will be exalted, provided with cars, ocean
steamers, and land property. They will acclaim you to be the
Christ and bestow all glories names to you. They will tell you
that whatever you utter is the voice of God. Because you are
theirs, they all accept you. Perdition is their lot. A murderer
is set free in court and awarded cost. Somebody who
prepares charm is spoken well of my men. What do you think
of such a person? Will you not put yourself and your hero in
prayers? All those who are of the world love the people of
the world because they had been prejudged and have no
defense. They have completely perished. I do not say that
they will perish but they have already perished. There is no
salvation for them.
Can you realize how the way of God surpasses human
understanding? It is, said; “Woe unto you, when all men shall
speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false
prophets.” You are theirs that is why they love you. If it were
not so, they would not have loved you. Why do you think that
they love you when you are stealing, drinking, fornicating,
initiating into secret societies, and no truth is found in you?
Can you not realize that you all are children of perdition?
On the other hand, God loves the man of God. The world
does not want to set their eyes on that sort of person. They
will always agitate that he be eliminated.
In time past, you had been saying that in your next
incarnation God should cause everybody to love and love
whatever you do. After this will you think it wise to offer
such prayers again? Will you not beg God to take prayers
aside that you no longer want it the way you formerly did. Do
you remember King Herod who, after he had arrayed himself
in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration
unto them? The people gave a shout, saying; “ It is the voice
of a god, and not of a man.” And immediately the angel of
the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and
he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. That is what
happens to many of us because we are deceivers. You seek
for the praises of men rather than that of God.
You are recommended when you steal. When you fornicate,
or steal, or tell lies, or calumniate, you are held in high
esteem, and you are a president or king to them. But to have
a share in this kingdom of God is to you an illusion. You are
adjudged and proved to be a perished man. When an evil
man rules over a city, the city mourns and is impoverished,
but when a good man rules, there is progress and joy in the
city. The people of the world are fully aware that if a man of
God is at the helm of affairs, that they are finished. What will
a thief eat? What about a prostitute, or murderer or
abominable persons? They will look at the man of God as a
thorn in their flesh and for this reason, they will not
welcome him. But if they chose their brother who is a thief
and murderer, will always vote their person to power.
Brethren, can you not realize that all those whom the world
receive, love, attend to, cloth and feed are the people of the
same stock with them, dressed in the same robe? And the
Holy God has neither part nor lot with such men. It is always
woe unto them. What is said of those whom the world hates?
It is said; “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and
persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for
great is your reward in heaven.” Now that you are in heaven,
your brother or sister does not love you; your friend and
relations do not love you. The moment you inform them that
you have left Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, they will be
very happy and without asking you, will supply you with
clothings, money and promise to secure employment for you.
Even if you do no other thing, every person around you, will
rejoice at that move. Is that not a sign of perdition? You
have perished with them. They have so behaved because
they have found their brother.
Do you not realize that you cannot satisfy all groups of
people? If you do right, you will please God, and offend the
world. If you please the world, you have annoyed God. Such
being the case, you have to make a choice. When you were a
drunkard, all drunkards were your friends. When you were a
thief, you befriended thieves. When you fornicated, you
associated with fornicators. When you indulged in ideology,
and smoked, and told lies, you had many customers coming
and going.
But right from the time you decided against all those things,
all of them became your enemies. It is not the man who
praises himself that is worthy before God but he whom God
praises is accounted worthy before him. Do not seek the
praise of man.
Our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified as an evildoer. But God
is not an evildoer. But God declares Him as His; “beloved
child.” Who rules today? Is it not our Lord Jesus Christ?
Brethren, it is said a stroke of the cane is sufficient unto the
wise. I do not intend to be tedious unto you. He, who has
ears, let him hear. May God Bless His Holy Words. Amen.
THANK YOU HOLY FATHER